The San Francisco call., 1913-07-22
LEADER BEGINS
STRIKE INQUIRY.
Secretary of Reid Faction
May Direct Electrical
Workers Affairs
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the International Brotherhood OF Elec-
trical Workers-the Reid Murphy FAC
tion-arrived in this city Sunday morn
ing to look over the strike situation
In the controversy with the Pacific Gas
and Electric company.
He said yesterday that he purposes
to make inquiry into conditions ana TO
take up the strike from us lnceptloI.
several months ago, making hfihseiI
familiar with all the details that leo
UP to It, before making up his mind
as to what course he shall pursue.
1t was reported yesterday that the
interna tional officer will remain In this
city for several weeks andsthat there
is possibility that he will take hold
of the affairs of the electrical workers
The Light and Power council strike
against the gas and electric company
is creating discussion in the Federated
Trades council In Sacramento, as well
as In San Francisco. At the last meet
ing of that body W. b. Munsey,
member of Electrical Workers NO. 80,
belonging to the Reid-M Murphy factlon
fore, affiliated with the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor contradicted certain
sta tements made by special commit
tee of the San Francisco Building.
Trades council. appointed to investigate
the electrical workers controversy
He declared that the branch OF which
Reid Is the general president is not
''rump' organization, as the committee
sta tes in its report. but legal In every
SO nd he hra a
portion of the report which declares
that the members of No. SO had
"scabbed" on the Building Trades OF
Sacramento, during the construction OF
the Pacific Gas and Electric power
house in Jibboom street.
The trouble he said. is caused by
the impotency OF the American Fedora
tion of Labor. which can not assimilate
itself in different localities with con-.
ditions. No organization can be at
one end of the continent and wisely
legislate for unions at the other end
OF the continent
Delegate A. w. Lindberg said:
Trouble is piling up all the time on
organized labor, but no one suggests
a remedy All the electricians should
join the McNulty faction and then oust
McNulty IL he is not the proper one
to head the organization. Any union
man who carries union card, fully
paid up and does not cut wages. should
be allowed to work on job
Other delegates were of the opinion
that the whole bunch of officers OF
the electrical workers should be fired.
and their places taken by men who
know the wants of the working men
and who will assist them in their
troubles"
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The Janitors' union last Sunday in
structed it's executive committee to
take up and act in the cases of sew
eraI members charged with violations
of the union laws by working with
nonunion janitors.s
The recording secretary was directed
to prepare for the union list of all
halls in this city that are fair to union
labor
Recording Secretary Shuttleworth
was granted twosweeks' vacation.
-Four applicants were elected to mem
bership and several applications were
presented.
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The Mare island civil service en-
ployes have adopted a report of the ad
visory committee. recommending that
the organization affiliate with the
American Federation of Labor for bet
ter protection OF its interests. This
organization will work along the lines
adopted by the San Francisco Civil
Service Employees union, which does
not include the letter carriers.