The San Francisco call., 1910-12-08
MOLDERS' UNION
ARRANGING PICNIC
Officers Are INSTRUCTED to Sign
Up for Social Affair
Next June
Edited by o. M. BOYLE

rmTrs John I. Nolan made
TSaaEi IDs.2S ll05EsD an interesting re-
aaEEkEg port of the pro-
ceedings of the international executive
board at the Tuesday night meeting
of molders' union. no. Is4. The officers
of the local were instructed toNsign up
for a picnic to be held in Shell Mound
park June Is. A committee from the
tobacco workers union urged the buy
ing only of tobacco carrying the union
label Two candidates were obligated.
Nolan is now in Newark in regard to
stove prices, He is expected back in
a day or two.
Plumbers union. No. $50. of Bakers
field has voted to withdraw from the
building trades council. Henceforth
it will be an Independents body.
President A. c. Beck of the joint
board of culinary crafts has gone to
San Jose to adjust sope differences in
day or two. The joint board has sent
request to the international TO have
Beck sent to Los Angeles for organ
izing work. Next Tuesday there will
be a special meeting to make arrange
ments to celebrate the tenth anniver-
sary of the organization of the culinary
unions in San Francisco.
meeting of the board of directors
of the musicians union of San Jose viii
shortly be held to elect president.
President Percy Pogson has been in
Australia for several months. and his
stay there Will be indefinite. The board
is at present composed of the follow
ing: Elmer E. Chase, w. H. Lake, W.
T. Antilles. Frank Lovegod. A B. Pinard,
0. H. Werner. c. P. Duncan. S. Corson
and Frank W. Kimball.
Twenty-Five members were added to
the roll at the last meeting of steam
laundry workers union. The following
nominations were made:
President, D. J. German; vice president. Liz
zie Williams: secretary. Carrie Farmer and Mrs.
NJ. Carson; treasurer, Charles Linegar and VIII
liam Clifford: sergeant at arms. B. Mctrana-
James AIagnuson; trustee. James Nhittle; au-
diting committee William Lauriston, Louis Jeu-
mittee-Harry Korts. janis white. Emma
0'Keefe. James Brooks. James Linegar. Ed Moss.
s. H. Gray; law and legislative committee
William Clifford. D. ]. German, NJ A. Peter
son, Charles Hawley. Louis Matter, s H. Gray
eil-Emma o,Keefe. George Black Mrs. L. G.
Walden. Charles Lineaar. Lizzie Williams, Mel
lie Victor. Minnie Heinrich. Mrs NJ Carson
chafies Hawiey.
John 1. Nolan, business agent Of
molders' union No. 164 and member of
the executive board Of the fnterna-
tional has returned from a meeting of
the latter in the east.
The local plumbers union is opposed
to the proposal to divide the work of
~ Tor 1f hi
city with the water workers union. 1t
is reported that the long standing
iurisdictional despute between the. in
ternational plumbers and international
steam filters unions may be settled
by a merger of the two organizations.
The convention of the building trades
department of the American federation
of labor. now in session in St. Louis,
is wrestling with the controversy.
Organizer~J B. Dale of the state
federat tion of labor reports that Mo-
desto has a BARRIERS union now and
that there is movement in that city
to- organize the clerks in the stores
Several locals have affiliated with the
state federation lately through DaIe's
efforts.
Complete arrangements have been
made by the committees in charge of
the ball to be given by mattresses
union No. 4S in Golden Gate COM
mandery hall Saturday night The pro-
ceeds will go to the sick and death
benefit fund.
The following nominations were
made at the Saturday night meeting of
building material teamsters' union No
215: President. Thomas McHugh: vice
president, A. Maillard; recording secre-
tary, w. a Swanson and c. NJ Con-
molly; secretary-treasurer and business
agent, Walter Duryea; conductor, A.
Green and A. Kelly; warden. r. s. Sfrnn-
son and George Prescott; business
agent, ]. j. Morris and C. Cameron:
trustee, Joseph Trumphour. Nomfna-