The San Francisco call., 1910-11-04
CARPENTERS FAVOR
RETAINING HUBER
Bay Counties Council Votes for
Reelection of Interna=
tiOnaI President
Edited by o. M. BOYLE

vw Mayor Mccarthy at
CTfI6Is5 ( 70 cogEsfO tended the meeting
SEfHlss of the bay coun-
ties district council of carpenters
Wednesday night and spoke on trade
conditions throughout the country. The
council took vote for president of the
united brotherhood of carpenters and
joiners Of America. There are three
candidates in the field but two only
are being considered. These are the
Incumbent. William d. Huber. and the
chairman of the general executive
board. ". 9. Schardt. The council went
on record as favorable for the reten-
ton Of Huber by q unanimous vote
At the last meeting of electrical
workers union No. the local adopted
q label TO be placed upon all work per-
formed by members of No. 6. The local
made distribution of ball tickets. The
union will donate the services Of two
members 10 the Industrial home, 617
Sansome street. 1t was stated that
the home was without funds and the
board Of fire underwriters and board
of electricity had condemned the
building owing to defective wir-
ing. The necessary material was pro-
vided from the contractors electrical
cEcDl.lGllOl- lie UNION Q6tlQtu 10 90
the work without cost TO the occupants.
Charter amendment No. 81 is opposed
by the membership.
NJ p. Scott was in the chair at the
Wednesday night meeting of walters
union No. 50. Eight candidates were
initiated and y applications received.
Bert LarUe. z prominent member Of
the union. attended the meeting for the
first time in several weeks having re-
covered from a severe sickness The
sum cf $500 was sent aside by the local
for the purpose of having a Christmas
dinner for members out Of work and
also 10 meet socially and discuss the
good and welfare Of the union Walters
coming from the east report advertise
ments in eastern papers promising en-
ployment to all who come TO San Fran
cisco. They are bitterly disappointed
after arrival. as they find many walk
ing the streets looking for work. The
bovcotts on Girards. Johns grill and
Roeder's saloon are progressing favor
ably
Secretary Emil Muri of the brewery
workers union, who has charge of the
brewery workers strike in Los Ange-
les is IN the city. He will return TO
the southern city before the end of the
week.
Mrs. L. c. Walden has been appointed
general organizer by the executive
committee Of the international laundry
workers union. She viii begin her
work in Alameda county.
The officers Of the local cigar makers
union have issued q bulletin giving
detailed account of the strike in Tam
pa, Fla. IL is said that the authorities
Of Tampa are determined to wipe out
---r0~-fer17 f- ho
asks all trade union organizations to
give support TO the Tampa strikers by
refusing TO buy nOnunion cigars from
that town
Paul Schsrrenberg was in the chair
st the last meeting Of sailors union of
the Pacific. Secretary Furuseth re-
ported that shipping was dull. Ballot
ing for delegates TO the convention of
the International seamen's union of
America was ended. The agents up and
down the coast generally report ship
ping dun.
Organized labor is taking deep in
terest in the recent explosion of gas
in the CLYDE apartments in this city
Il is claimed by those who have made
investi cation that rlere are many sinli-
lariries between il and the Times dis
aster i'm Los Angeles. Were it not
for the fact that the Clyde apartments in
Ellis street was fireproof building. il
would have been as badly demolished
as the Times building" said an official
who has made an investigation. There
were three , inch feedpipes supplying
gas 10 the various meters and the con-
nectiOns inside the basement leaked.
Gas was ignited Immediately after the
fire. After the fire had been extin-
guished the gas continued leaking The
gas mad great destructive force, pulling
all the wire netting away from the
walls and lifting the skylight of the
roof IT is miraculous how the fire.
men escap ped with their lives. Ordinance
2l3 provides that all buildings except
dwellings and tenements shall be
equipped 50 that gas can be turned off
from the mains at the sidewalk A
court decision maintains that apartment
houses shall be designated as tene-
ments. An endeavor Will be made to
change the ordinance so as to provide
against q repetition OF the Clyde apart
ment disaster. thereby providing as
much protection as possible to frenen
in the performance Of their duty An
Official report wiz soon be made on the
explosion"