The San Francisco call., 1910-02-05
WANTS SMOKING
ORDINANCE VETOED
Member of Sailors Union Makes
Plea in Behalf of Men Rid
ing on Cars
Declares That Women Should
Not Object, as Some of
Them Puff Cigarettes

of the Pacific created quite sensation
in the labor council last night by NOV
ing that the council place itself on rec
ord in favor of the repeal OF the anti
! smoking ordinance as TO streetcars.
! He said that as the women smoke 20
! tons Of cigarettes a month In New
/ York and more than 500 women Of
! this city go TO Golden Gate park daily
! to smoke cigarettes in the bushes. he
could not see why women should OBJ
+ ject 10 workingmen smoking in the
! cars to and from work
I Delegate Tracy spoke against the
motion, declaring that the board that
passed that. ordinance should be given
Z credit for having adopted 1t and that
1 the council should not try 10 influence
the supervisors in this matter, which
is now before them.
/ Delegate Miss Hagan of the garment
workers moved that the motion be
tabled and this was carried with only
six dissenting votes.
On motion OF delegate the law and
/ legislative committee was requested TO
see if the ordinance requiring women
to remove their hats is effective in the
poor mans theater and if so to ask
the authorities to have it enforced in
the nickelodeons.
The secretary was instructed to no
tify the California senators and repre-
sentatives in congress that the council
is opposed to the proposed increase of
second rate postage from 1 cent TO 3
cents q pound.
One of the delegates remarked that il
would be well to notify our representa-
tives that we are tired of receiving
the usual answer I shall give this mat
ter my careful and earnest considera
tion,' and give US positive assurance as
to their stand on the particular matter
drawn to their attention"
The executive committee reported
that a complaint had been filed against
the laundry workers union some time
ago and that a copy of the communica-
tion had been sent TO the union, but
that no reply had been received. That
a second letter had been sent request
ing 8 reply and also that a committee
be sent before the executive committee
to respond TO the complaint, but that
this. too, had also been ignored. 1t
recommended that the council direct
the union TO comply with the request
of the committee. The council SO
directed.
The council decided to organize a
label department of the American fed
Grafton OF labor for the purpose of
boosting the union label Delegates to
the new department will be named at
the next meeting.
4 boycott was declared on the
Schmidt label and lithograph company.
Business Agent Brown Of the machin-
lists stated that there are one union ma
chinist and two nonunion machinists in
the shop, and now that the boycott has
been declared the Gnion and nonunion
machinists Will walk out.
The secretary of the American fed
GRAFTON Of labor announced that at the
meeting of the executive committee of
that body in this city next April many
matters in connection with organiza-
tion Of workers will be taken up.
Credentials were received from the
following unions and the delegates
were seated: Cigar makers. pattern
makers, postoffice clerks and sailors
union OF the Pacific.
A committee from the butchers
union and from the Retail Butchers
association held a conference at No. 3l4
last Thursday night and discussed a
number OF trade conditions, with a
view TO adopting measures that shall
uplift the business in this city. Sug-
gestions We're offered and these will be
submitted TO the respective organiza-
tions at the next meeting. If they are
approved Of and adopted they will be
made public.
The business of the butchers union
has increased to such an extent that
there is more work than the secretary,
Dennis J. Murray. can handle, there
fore the union at its last meeting voted
him an assistant, J. J. Kretzner being
appointed to that position.
Bookbinders union has elected the
following named officers for the ensu-
ing term:
Thomas P. Garrity. president; George Monck
vice president: J. .. Kelly recording secre-
tary: Joseph Floyd. financial secretary: Joseph
Collins, treasurer; r. HasSler William Booth
ecutiFe committee.
The union voted to continue the IL
per cent assessment on earnings to
keep up the organizing fund 1t in
dorsed the proposition 10 create an al
lied printing trades department of the
American federation of labor.
The blacksmiths' helpers union has
iDdoTsed the plan or the district coun-
ell 70 secure the payment of a 800 sick
benefit 10 the beneficiary of a member
who dies in good standing with his
local. The plan is to create fund to
meet the claims by the payment OF a
fixed assessment, and after that the
payment of so cents per capita upon
the death of a member.
Carpenters union No. 1910 last Thurs
day night gave the first OF its winter
series OF monthly socials in the Build
ing Trades temple. There was an en-
tertaining program of vaudeville num-