The San Francisco call., 1910-05-26

or capital; therefore be il
Resolved that the members of Butte
miners union No. 1, Western federation
of miners. do and hereby brand will
liam Randolph Hearst a political faker
and mouatebank: and inasmuch as the
san francisco Examiner is the mouth
piece OF this faker, we earnestly urge
all members of organized labor to see
that II does not reach their friends.
DAN HOLLAND, President.
AL MCCLELLAN, Secretary
Enough has transpired in the contro-
Versy in the iron trades industry of
this city to show that there will be no
strikeNfor the eight hour day June /.
me contract entered into three years
ago will go into effect on the day set.
The conference committee from each
SIDE viii. however. continue to meet at
slated times after June l and it is
hoped that a peaceful settlement will
result from the deliberations.
All branches of the brewery workers
in this city and Oakland signed a three
years agreement with the proprietors
tuesday afternoon. Extra drivers will
receive $23 week instead of s21. I'm
der separate agreement the employ
ment OF commission drivers. or the So
called peddlers or agents, will be dis
continued.
This agreement states that all agents
or drivers must sell to the legitimate
trade, and If any tradesman or store
keeper sells to peddlers such conduct
will be construed as violation of the
contract
Dispatches from San Diego state that
agreements have been signed for three
years in the brewing industry. Bot
tiers secured raise Of 81 TO 81 a week,
The drivers will work only nine hours
day. The engineers received what
they asked for-s25 a week. The bot
tiers wage scale in San Diego is a fat
rate OF $3.50 q week.
All brewery men are still out In Los
Angeles. Plenty of fair beer is being
shipped into that city, and those having
the settlement of the difficulty in hand
seem to think that only a short time
VIII be required to adjust matters.
AS a result of the recent streetcar
strike in Philadelphia. according to a
statement made by Luella Twining,
president of the carmens auxiliary, the
textile workers, laundry workers and
machinists unions of that city have
made so per cent gain in membership.
public meeting is called for today
by the boot and shoe workers union at
create an Increased demand for San
Francisco's union made boots and shoes.
The manufacturers have been invited
and are expected to join in the dis
cussion of the movement to assist home
industry
This is the tenth week of the
leather workers strike for the shorter
working day. Only one desertion has
occurred. The members are deter4
mined to remain out until the eight
hour day is granted. The financial aid
from local unions is most encouraging.
The Eureka trades council at. its
last meeting received word from the
American federation of labor that, in
order to regain rights now withheld
trade union organizations should go
into politics. All local unions reported
increased membership and improve
ment
There was a special meeting of mill
mems union No. 422 Tuesday night, at
which President Messmer presided. The
local decided TO take $500 worth of stock
in the Panama-Pacific exposition. The
charges preferred by the st. Louis dis
trict council Of carpenters against Gen.
eral President William d. Huber came
before the meeting. and the action of
the general executive board, generating
Huber, was unanimously sustained A
block of tickets was taken for the bene-
fit of David Graham, a member of car
penters' union No. 1882, who recently
was disabled from following his calling.
The entertainment will take place
Saturday night. Secretary Morton re-
signed because he was about to leave
the city. and Emil Steimberg was elect
ed in his stead. He was also chosen
delegate TO the building trades council
and the labor council.
Hereafter meetings of the bridge and
structural iron workers will be held
Monday nights in sheet metal workers
hall, Guerrero street. near Fourteenth.
Milk wagon drivers union No. 226 will
hold a meeting next Wednesday at
which all members are requested to be
present. The question of sending rep
resentative to the convention of the
International which convenes in Peoria,
H.. the first Monday in August, will be
decided.
Wages to Be Increased
DENVER, May 25.-Managers of IA
railroad systems in the west met in
T1e0Ver this morning and decided fo