Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-03-10
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J0URNEYMEN BAKERS
NATIONAL UNION.
OPTICAL
OFFICE NATL SECRETARY,
ial William St Nnu, NnrL



fTFSIgJS 100 William st, New York,
The third annual convention of the
Journeymen Bakers National Union be-
gan its session at Druid Hall, st. Louis,
Mo last Monday morning, and was opened
by an address of welcome by the recep-
ton committee of ST. Louis Union, No.
-. Ernest Schmidt, of New York, was
elected chairman, and committee on
credentials was appointed who reported
the following delegates entitled to seats:
+, Miner. Denver; l.. Kenherz, Louis
vile; +, kuestner, Cleveland; Henry
koehler and Jas. Kramer, Chicago f..
Reinhold, ,Pittsburg; f. Nachtigall, ,Colum-
bus. O.; VIM, Hoffman, Cincinnati; c.
p. Schell Boston; John Mohr, Newark,
n, j.; Peter Heinstett, Ernest Schmidt,
Otto Carstens and A. Mailer, New York;
Aug. Delabar, san Francisco; Geo. Bauer,
Milwaukee; VIM. Enrich, Brooklyn, N.
y; NJ. Harm, II. Gruenwald and Theo.
Burger, st. Louis; }. b. Bessell and
Chas. Hacker, indianapolis. The COM
mittee on rules and regulations recon-
mended that a chairman be elected for
each sitting The National Secretary,
George &. Block, then made his yearly re-
port which showed that the National
Union comprised seventy local unions,
an increase of thirty since last conven-
tlon. The resolution adopted at the Chi
cago convention reducing the working
hours to eleven per day with fourteen on
Saturday, has been generally adopted.
though there were still shops in each
city where the men had to work longer
hours. All in all the organization has
made good progress which, in view of
the general reaction in the labor move.
ment, is especially noteworthy. The
secretary referred to the statistics pub
lished last December in the WoRKMEN's
ADVOCATED which showed that the work
ing hours had been reduced, on the aver
age, twenty hours per week, in this con-
nection he recommended that participa-
ton in the furnishing of statistics be
made obligatory, or that it be entirely
dispensed with, as he thought that sufii-
cient interest was not manifested in the
collection Of reports. He acknowledged
the assistance of the Cigarmakers' Inter
national Union and other trades in the
work of organizing the bakers He also
recommended that subscription to the
Baecker Zeitung, the official organ, be
made obligatory, not for financial reas-
ons, but for the influence it would have
in preventing the growth of reaction
ary element in the organization. The
Secretary thanked the Union for the
confidence placed in him, and announced
that he was not candidate for re. cleo
ton, as the growth of the organization
required division of the functions up
to the present performed by the secre-
tary. The report was received, and a
vote of thanks rendered the author Of
the same.
On the second day of the Convention,
Tuesday, the morning was employed in
the transaction of routine business. The
proposition of San Francisco Union, No.
"a, to levy an assessment of fifty cents
per capita for the purpose of defraying
the expenses of an agitation for the
Unions on the Pacific Coast was reported
favor bly, with the amendment that the
assessment should be twenty-five cents
instead of fifty, and the report was ac-
cepted. The labels of the international
Cigarmakers' Union and the United Hat
ters of North America were endorsed,
and a resolution of sympathy with the
Brewers Union in their struggle with
the Milwaukee, bosses adopted and the
boycott against Milwaukee beer endorsed.
Resolutions condemnng the judicial
murder of the anarchists in Chicago and
calling upon local unions to assist in the
support of their bereaved families, were
also adopted. In the afternoon reports
of delegates were received which indi-
Gated progress, .s.
The morning of the third day was oc-
cupied in the reception of reports of del
egates. 1t was decided to expel James
Phillips, of New York Union No. |, and
permit the reinstatement of George
prigge to membership in Newark Union
No. 2. The afternoon was spent in de-
batting on the Office of secretary, its du
ties, etc. A vote of thanks was rendered
Chicago Union No. 40, for their assist
ance to the National Union.
The report will be continued next
week, the above being the latest received
before going to press.