The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-05-12


rose parade. There will be no meeting
of the council tonight
delegation from the labor council
will also be present in the Garden City.
Cement workers union No. of the
A. B. c. w. will hold specially called
meeting Wednesday, May IS, in Cali
fornia hall, Building Trades temple, to
vote on several important amendments
to the bylaws and trade rules of the
union. All members are requested to
be present.
There has been a conference between
the brewers protective association and
brewerey workmen, drivers and bot
tiers to consider the working agree
ment for the coming year Another
meeting will be held the latter part of
this week, when it Is expected the
agreement will be signed by both par
ties. No trouble whatever is expected.
The schedule is the same as last year,
with the exception of a slight increase
for the bottlers. The present agree
ment expires May Is.
International Secretary Proebstle ar
rived in San Francisco last night on
his way to Los Angeles and Cincinnati.
The locals will tender him a banquet
during his stay in this city.
The latest semiannual report of the
international association of machin-
lists shows the receipts from all sources
for six months to be $211,111.02, and
the expenditures SIG, 423.12 The or
ganization has S94.53S.75 invested in
government and other bonds.
Harry Gildea has been elected dele
gate to the international convention to
be held in st. Louis June Is by boiler
makers lodge No. EOS. William Clin-
ton was chosen alternate
According to the statistics issued by
the United States labor bureau there
are 100000 wage earning women in
this country and they are receiving
less wages and work longer hours in
the same industries than the men,
At the last meeting of printing
pressmen's union No. "a drafts of sew
eral amendments to the bylaws were
submitted to be presented by the local
delegates to the coming international
convention. The most prominent
changes are those asking for an adii-
tiona1 member of the Joint conference
ship of the allied printing trades
label The convention meets in Column
bus, O., June 20. The local took $500
worth of Panama Pacific exposition
stock.
Several labor unions on the water
front are pressing Walter. Macarthur's
name for congressman from the fourth
district. meeting will shortly. be
held. when plan of campaign will be
outlined.
It was announced at the last meet
ing of the marine engineers associa-
ton that Business Agent Seary and
several members have made individual
subscriptions from five to ten shares
The association subscribed for so
shares-S500.
The income for the last year of in
ternational cigar makers union was
$S2S,4sS.S7. Benefits paid out for the
year were s55S,Ss2.S4.
The number of fatal accidents to
wage earners in this country for the
last IL months was between 10000 and
$4,000, according to the United States
bureau of labor.
special meeting of the steam laun-
dry workers union will be held to-
morrow night to hear the result of the
conference committee with the en-
ployers in reference to the new work
ing agreement. The meeting will UNI
doubtedly ratify the findings OF the
committee. The agreement is practi-
cally that which has prevailed the last
year. Some minor concessions are
asked for and no trouble will arise
over them.