The San Francisco call., 1910-03-22

ol lSdlneT workers on morse SooOS tndl
the workday shall be eight hours, with
Is per cent on piecework additional TO
prices now paid, went into effect yester-
Gay In every city in the United States,
Canada and Mexico.
In this city there are 25 retail or
small shops and three wholesale houses:
w. Davis. E. s. Johnson company and
the Keystone Brothers.
All these places, except six of the
small ones, declined TO comply with the
order of the international. so the men
refused to so to work. The number of
men affected is about 100. 81 of whom
were employed in the wholesale places.
The union. r. F. Davis president, held
a meeting in the Building Trades tenn
pie yesterday afternoon and received
reports from the different shops. A
telegram from Oakland stated that all
the shops but one had agreed to do as
the international asked A telegram
from Stockton gave the information
that all the men had quit work.
c. F. Wittmann, w. A. Fogolsang, J.
Hughes. ]. Edwards and M. Maloney
were appointed strike board. with
power to bring about settlements and
have charge of the strike generally.
Day work wages, SO day, are not
affected by the order
Several nonunion workmen walked
out with the unionists.
few weeks ago the attention of the
San Francisco labor council was called
to the fact that the Native Sons Hall
association intended to build its new
hall in Mason street between Geary and
Post with steel to be purchased in the
east, thereby discriminating against
home industry. The officers of the
council announced that they would in
oI-&s -,
and talk with them on the subject of
supporting home industry.
San Francisco parlor No. 40 took up
the matter and referred it to John E.
Nelson, Robert P. Troy and ]. II. Daley,
it's committee on home industries.
which presented resolution as follows,
and it was unanimously adopted
Resolved, that San Francisco parlor No.
80. y. s. G.. w. is earnestly opposed TO the
purchase of any building material TO be used
in the Native Sons new hall which may be
purchased in the east. and that it earnestly
recommends that all material used In said
hall be purchased when practicable from
firms and persons engaged in business in the
state of California.
Bakers and confectioners union last
Saturday night discussed and adopted
its trades rules for the approaching
term. These do not, except in some
minor details, differ from those in force
now.
The committee on picnic reported
that if had secured Fernbrook park for
the first Wednesday in May, which is
international bakers day. Eight ac-
cepted candidates were admitted to
membership
President z. ScharreF will leave for
Chicago next Saturday and from there
will go to other cities to study trade
conditions.
The ball given in brewery workers
hall last Saturday by the beer bottlers
union was well attended and proved an
enjoyable function. c. Jackowiski was
floor director and Frank Hartwick as
sistant. The other members of the
committee were: J. Karusa. L. Herri,
W. Schultze, NJ. Horan, T. Chossio, John
Busch and g. Demming.
There was a large attendance at the
smoker given in New Era hall last Sat
urday night by electrical workers
union No. 8. There was presented an
interesting program of music, songs
and specialties under the direction of
A. Z. Cohn, A Elkins. Frank Morrison,
W. II. Urmy and p. Kennedy
Boiler makers lodge No. 25 of this
city and lodge No. 40 of Oakland as
guests enjoyed a smoker in Germania
hall last Saturday night. Pipes and
tobacco with light refreshments and
sandwiches were distributed. There was
a good program of entertainment in
addition to addresses by John /. Nolan.
John o. Walsh. ]. A. Kelly and Dom
mick Kane. Harry Gildea presided and
was assisted by ". Simmons, w. Clin-
ton. W. 4. Miller, T. Culligan and other
members of the host lodge.
The janitors' union. at it's meeting
proper authorities with view to have
members of the union do janitor work
in the police stations.
The cracker packers union will at a
meeting tonight vote on set of trade
rules.
Clerks union No. S73 of Vallejo is
happy in the knowledge that with its
membership of 10 it is now the second
largest labor organization in Solano
county. 1t has arranged for bail to
be given the night of the last day of
the current month. The greater por-
ton of the proceeds of this affair will
be invested in stock of the Vallejo
labor temple association.
At the last meeting of the cooks and
walters of Vallejo, which under the
leadership of John Metzler, president,
and Alicia Nelson, secretary treasurer,
has in the past four months been max
ing great progress. it was announced
that every cook and waiter in the city
has become a member of the union.
Charges have been preferred against
Business Agent Godsill of the Stockton
building trades council. He is accused
of neglecting to perform the duties of
his office, for which he is paid s27
week. to attend to other business. The
charges have been preferred by the
carpenters union.
The report on industrial education
which is being sent by the American
federation of labor TO state federations
and central labor bodies contains the
following on the subject of apprentices:
The general demand for industrial knowl-
enge and skill and the almost universal in
terest in the subject manifested by business
organizations. boards of trade and labor or
ganizations, well as by educators and
public men. is sufficient proof that the
right kind Of education for boy or girl
who expects to enter upon vocational ca
reer is second only in importance 70 their
having any education at all.
We must never lose sight of the fact that
large majority OF the working people are
poor and because Of this they are forced tn
begin the battle of life at an early age The
need of the day is that something Re done
FOR the children of this great wage working