The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1889-08-18
LABOR MEMS PICTURES.
They Will All Attend the Federation
Meeting Tomorrow.


Tomorrow morning at half-past nine
the delegates to the Congress Of Federated
Trades and Labor Unions of New Jersey
will meet in the City Hall, this city.
Samuel Melior, of Trenton Typograph-
ical Union, will WELD the gayel until the
permanent organization is effected and
his successor chosen. The Congress will
contain all the representative labor men
Of the State and few short sketches Of
the most prominent will not be amiss.
! Samuel Mellor, the president of the
Federation, is q printer by trade Short
and slight of build, with d face inclined
| to effeminacy. he would not impress
one at first sight as a man of much force
OF character, but a closer acquaintance
ship will dispel any doubts as to his men
| tai strength, for Mr.. Mellor Is close
reasoner and noted for aggressiveness in
| any thing or question that enlists his ac-
| tive sympathy He is fav0rite with his
craftsmen, and has represented them as a
| delegate to the International Union, the
highest position within the gift OF a
| printers union.
The secretary, o. B. White, of Pater-
son, is creeping toward the middle age,
rather tall with O slight sprinkling of
gray in his hair His chief characteristic
| is his indonitable perseverance in any
| thing he undertakes.
j. p. Mcdonnell, the chairman of the
| Legislative Committee Of the Federation,
| is q noted figure in all New Jersey labor
| gatherings. He bestrides the tripod in
| the office of the Paterson Labor Standard,
| the official labor paper Of the State. and
is a far better writer than talker. He is
| tall, with red hair and mustache.
Like Roscoe Conkling he affects the
Hyperion curl. Mr.. Mcdonnell has many
warm friends and some earnest enemies
in the ranks of labor.
j. p. Mccain, of this city, Is another
member of the Legislative Committee.
He is tall, with brown hair and mustache
an engineer by trade, and an easy and
| fluent speaker. His style Of delivery Is
| not unlike that of Ben Butterworth, of
Ohio. He never loses his temper in debate
and always adheres closely to the subject
under discussion.
| Charles Zimmerman, of Trenton, Sec
rotary of the State Labor Bureau, is also
delegate. Mr.. Zimmerman has been
we'll and fayorabiy known for years
among the organized workers of the State
and his appointment to the Secretaryship
of the Labor Bureau was everywhere
hailed with expressions of pleasure. He
is rather short, and looks as If he were
with good capon lined. He has passed
tho meridian of life and the silver threads
are plentiful in his hair.
John Callahan, OF the Tin and Sheet
Iron Workers Of this city, is a delegate
who has devoted the best years Of his life
to the service of organized labor. Mr..
Callahan Ia not an orator, but, better still,
thorough worker. His face is strong
one on which determination is plainly
written. His hair and beard are iron gray.
He is Of the medium height.
Delegate Haines, of Newark, is a dele
gate who will make his MAX He is not
an eloquent, but, rather, an earnest
| talRer, and Yields an immense influence
in the Essex County Trades Assembly.
President Spencer, of the Building
Trades Council, is also delegate: Dan
is recognized as thorough good fellow.
He is over the fifty line in age, tall, well
built, with gray mustache and merry,
open countenance.
Delegate Richard Allen, of this city, is
too well known to need an extended
description. He has been candidate for
Mayor and Sheriff in this city on the
Labor ticket, and made an excellent run
flor the Mayoralty.
Delegate j. w. Jakeway is q man who
has seen some ups and downs. He was
at one time quite wealthy. He is of the
medium height, spare, and affects side
Ballot Reform Association, an ardent
single tax man and great on "resolu-
tons"
J. #. Burke, of the Printers Union. is
of medium height. with brown mustache,
and quite stout. He has been an active
worker in the labor movement for ten
years. Was president of the Cleveland
Trades Assembly, secretary of the SYRIA
cuse State Convention of the United
Labor Party, and is now recording secJe-
tary of the Central Trades and Labor AS
sembly of this city.
Herman Henkel Is the delegate of the
International Cigarmakers' Union, and is
an ardent worker for the spread of the
blue label. He is TALL stout, and wears
mustache and ''Dundrearys"
Fl. F. Trapper is one of the younger
delegates who will be heard from in the
CONGRESS.
Joseph Fullem will represent the Sur
face Railroad Employees Association
He is one of the best workers in the
movement hereabouts. Quiet and I'M
assuming he generally makes friends
wherever he goes, and generally gets
what he goes after.
James A. Stuart, president of the
Painters Union, is tall straight as an ar
row, with jet black hair with here and
there gray hair struggling through. He
was power when District 40, X. of L.,
was a power, is an old soldier, having
served calamity in q Missouri Confederate
cavalry regiment.
Barber Turner will be central figure
in the Congress. He will be the only
colored delegate as far as known. He is
very intelligent, and will be heard FROM
He comes from the Keystone Labor
Club.
The above will give the reader a fair
idea of the general makeup of the
Congress. That they will accomplish
much good work is predicted by ALL The
principal subjects to be handled by the
Congress are Ballot Reform, Better Pub
lie School Facilities, the Eight Hour Work
Day, the Ten Hour bill for Surface Rail-
roads and more satisfactory system OF
factory inspection.
j. c. Il. g. l. AS New Issue.
The Jersey City Building and Loan AS
sociation has determined to issue a new