The San Francisco call., 1913-07-19
LABOR COUNCIL
PREFERS CHARGES
Electrical Workers Union
No. 6 Accused of Writing
Defarnatory Letter

The executive COM
ctsE5 ::ss sSss]D mittss e. reported Dr.na.so to
Labor council last night that it had re-
ceived a letter from Electrical Workers
union No 6, in which 1t declares that
it has no apology to offer for letter
previously sent the council and
which charged that the members
of unions who have delegates were
crowded out of the meeting of
the council lobbyists on the night
a vote was taken on the ques-
ton OF indorsing the strike OF the
Light and Power council. The commit
tee recommended that charges be pre-
ferred against union No. s. which in
its letter declares that 1T will not be
guided by the council
This brought on discussion in
which several delegates urged that no
good would follow trial of the union
as the council can not give the ac-
cused union a fair and impartial trial.
as the delegates are witnesses and will
have to be the judges and 1T was urged
that the matter be passed until Repre-
sentative Ellison who was sent to
present the strike condition before the
executive committee of the American
Federation of Labor, returns and
, makes his report
During the discussion Delegate Nor
timer of the Cigar Makers union. urged
that no good can come from the course
proposed by the committee as 1t will
only widen the breach in the ranks of
labor. THE laboring men should stop
wrangling among themselves and stop
playing politics..
sWill Delegate Mortimer state what
he means when he says that parties are
playing politics? Does he mean that
the president of this council, any Of
its officers or members of its executive
committee are playing politics? asked
President Gallagher.
Delegate Mortimer replied II sup
posed that the president knew what
meant
Il wish you to be specific" said the
president
well, if P. H. Mccarthy is not play
ing politics what is he playing?"
Nobody answered.
There was motion to defer action
until the return of Representative ELF.
son, but this was defeated by a vote
of 112 to IS, and then motion to con-
cur in the recommendation of the COM
mittee that charges be preferred
against No. of the electrical workers
for having written false and defama-
tory letters about the council and its
officers was carried.
The office of member of the execu-
tive council, held by Frank G. Nc
Donald, was declared vacant because
he had absented himself from three
successive meetings of the committee.
]. Gallagher, not having been re-
elected as a delegate. was automati-
cally dropped from the executive COM
mittee.
AT the request of J. NJ Murphy, rep
resenting the Sonoma County Produce
/
with the executive officers of the coun-
ell to prepare report on the subject of
improving conditions between producer
and consumer E
The communicat tion from Electrical
Workers union No. 6censuring officers
of the council. whicfi was laid over at
| the previous meeting was read. and
of untruthfulness OF cSlxain statements,
| in the document The communication
was filed for future reference
Delegate Vaughn of Pile Drivers No.
~ reported that men of the trade were
called off a job at Orland controlled by
the Ross company because it refused
to comply with union rules
Delegate Radebold reported that he
will furnish the secretary of the coun-
ell with the names of a number Of
union men who are working to break
the strike of the press feeders and
pressmen.
Delegate Fitzgerald of the press
feeders reported that during the day
two of their pickets were attacked and
badly beaten, but he did not give any
names.
The council voted to send two dele
gates to the California Federation of
Labor that is to meet in Fresno, Octo-
ber 6, and S. Schulbers, J. A. OConneil,
A. j. Gallagher and D. p Haggerty
were placed in nomination.
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At the last meeting of the Building
Trades council the Journeymen Stone
Cutters union presented a letter of
thanks TO the officers of the council,
and especially Business Agent Frank
C. Macdonald. who is always on the
job for assistance rendered in secur-
ing the selection of California stone for
use on the buildings to be erected by
the municipality on the civic center.
Architectural and Structural Iron
Workers, local No. rs. elected A. John
son as a delegate, vice William Koplin,
but when he presented his credentials
the council refused to accept them and
seat him on the ground that his ac-
tions and conduct have been detri-
mental to the best Interests OF the
council and its afffliated union,'' and
notified the local to that effect.
new telegraph cables will connect the