The San Francisco call., 1910-08-23
SPECIAL Meeting
OF BAKERS union
Further Effort to Unionize the
Employees of French and
Italian Bakeries
Edited by o. M. BOYLE

~-6SANE% special HiCClihS
in its headquarters for the second Sat
urday in September to devise ways and
means for unionizng the French and
Italian bakeries of the city. At the
meeting Saturday night a committee
was appointed for the purpose of set
ting the controversy in the bakery in
dustry in San Jose The trouble has
been dragging along for several years
1t is reported that the cooperative
bakery started in San Jose by the union
bakers is meeting with success.
At the last meeting of beer drivers
union No. 227 the following delegates
were elected to the Los Angeles con-
vention of the state federation of labor
George Wagner, NJ w. Silk and P Walk
mann. George Wagner was chosen to
represent the local at the Chicago con-
vention of the International which con-
venes September II. Wagner will be
absent from the city about a month
President H Murrin of the district
council of electrical workers now in
Sacramento, reports that the strike on
the Northern Electric company is
progressing. All the men called off
have secured work elsewhere and it is
announced that several men quit work
last week
The Sacramento building trades coun-
ell and the central labor body of the
capital city have promised both finan-
cial ana moral support to the elec-
tricians.
The following officers have been in
stalled by the BARRIERS protective as
( sociation: President, William Becker;
vice president Alexander Fischer: re-
cording secretary, Robert Oppenheim;
financial secretary, A. Nitschke; treas
urer, e. p. Roche; sergeant at arms.
p. Vicchie; trustees, William Barron
John Eederer, A. Strohmeier; employ
ment secretary, William Barron.
General President Huber of the unit
ed brotherhood of carpenters and Join
ers has sent communication to a Sac
ramento union instructing it that the
assessment levied by the state build
ing trades council to aid the Los An
geles strikers in their battle for union
conditions must be paid.
Secretary Emil Muri joined the party
of labor leaders who left last night
for Los Angeles. In the party are o. A.
Tveftmoe, a. j. Gallagher, a. W. Sef-
ton Jr., c. j.. Pratt. Judge James G. 4
Mcguire, Daniel O'Connell, George
Appel and Austin Lewis.
Delegate Thomas White of stable-
port of the proceedings of the inter-
national convention recently held in
Peoria. Ill, a the meeting of the local
tonight, S95 Franklin street He re-
ports that the convention went on rec
ord as indorsing San Francisco S the
proper place in which to hold the pro-
posed Panama Pacific exposition. IT
was decided to finance the strike of
the cha auffeurs union in Chicago and
also the teamsters strike in Portland
John Mclaughlin of local teamsters
union No. IS was elected delegate TO
the next convention of the American
federation of la bor. indianapolis was
| chosen as the next place for the inter
national convention of the brotherhood
of teamsters and San Francisco was the
choice for the 1915 convention.
The national board Of arbitration of
the international Typographical union
and the American publishers associa-
titn. sitting at indianapolis, has come
to an agreement whereby the scale of
the printers working in daily news
papers in Denver is raised
Five candidates were obligated AT the
last meeting of the janitors' union and
seven applications received. AS the
next regular meeting night falls on
Labor day the local decided to meet
August 81.
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Vice President Reilly was in the
chair at the Saturday night meeting of
building material teamsters' union. No.
216. Five candidates were admitted to
membership and II applications are
pending. The delegates from the Peoria
international convention made reports
of the proceedings. The usual weekly
assessment of the Los Angeles strikers
was paid. Delegates ]. j. Morris and
J. III. Trumphour Just returned from,
the international convention, made re-
ports of the proceedings.
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The results of the agitation for union
made goods in this city are already in
evidence. The retail clerks union has
unionized three hat stores, and several
others viii follow shortly. President
Max z. LIGHT, who has just returned
from a trip throughout the state. re-
ports that within few months two
unions of clerks with over 300 mem
bers have been formed in San Jose In
Fresno the union is growing fast, and
in Los Angeles at each meeting mem
bers are being added to the roll.