Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-09-28

last meeting of the Central Labor Union
in Clarendon Hall. Nice-chairman was
George Warner, of the Housesmiths.
The meeting was well attended, and
soon after it had been opened very
lively discussion took place ON the mu-
steal question, which has been burn
ing one in the G. l.. L. time and again
The Miscellaneous Trades had sent re-
quest of the Carl Sahm Club to the CEN
tral body to have Lodges 8 and 2 Of the
United Order of American Carpenters
instructed to cancel their engagement
with Bayne's sixty-ninth regiment band
at their picnic, and to hire union music
After quite number of hot words had
been exchanged the delegates instructed
the Secretary to inform those organiza-
tions to comply with the request of the
Carl Sahm Club. Some delegates were
of the opinion that Bayne's music was
union music, and to decide this question
once for all it was referred to the COM
mittee on Grievances. The Reliance
Labor Club of Marble Cutters requested
that boycott be placed on the firm of
Peck, Martin & Co., handlers of build
ing material, to leave them severely
alone, as this was notorious firm which
antagonized organized labor whenever
and wherever possible. Their scabs had
threatened to ''do up" union men in
their neighborhood, and stringent meas
ures ought to be taken to boycott this
firm out of their business. The request
was granted unanimously, and the dele
gates so instructed George Warner now
reported as delegate of the c.. l.. U. to
the Committee on Sites and Buildings of
the Worlds Fair. The gst of his re-
marks was that he had endeavored to
impress upon that Committee the ne.
cessity to have the exposition held as
near the center of the city as possible.
In this he had succeeded fully. A wordy
warfare ensued about the part which
Central Park had to play in the recon-
mendation of the above Committee.
Delegate William Middleton, of the
Amalgamated Carpenters, was the most
earnest defender of the park, its pictur-
esque ruin and grassy plots, but the
Recommendation of the Committee was
endorsed by an overwhelming majority.
1t was decided to make it "A special or
der of business the first meeting in Octo-
Der to devise means and ways to raise
the 500 necessary to cover the expenses
of the Committee on Sites and Buildings,
of which G. Warner was the represen-
tative Of the G. l.. U. Five dollars
worth of tickets were bought to the con-
cert for the benefit of the locked out
bakers. A complaint that the proprie-
tor of Leggett's Hotel had reduced the
wages of his walters was made by the
Magnolia Association, and referred for
immediate action to the proper COM
mittee. A motion to have the proceed
ings of the C. l.. U. published in The
Remedy, weekly single-tax sheet, was
tabled. Progressive Painters Union No.
pledged itself to subscribe for ten cop
les of the proposed weekly English edi,
ton of the Volkszeit,mg, and promised
that twenty-five of their members
would subscribe also. The Central La
Dor Federation announced that the
Urania Labor Club would have to with.
draw its memb, rs from the Atalanta
Casino, Eighth avenue and One Hun
dred and Fifty fifth street, or stand sus-
pended. Resolutions of sympathy were
adopted that John q. Coville, one Of
the most active and earnest workers in
the cause of Labor had departed. The
G.. l.. U. will do its utmost to help any
movement having for its object the sup
port of his wife and children, who were
left destitute. This ended the meeting.
Last Sunday morning the Joint Politi-
cal Committee of the G. l.. U. and the
ten Assembly Districts of the former
United Labor Party held meeting in
80 Clinton Place. The City Committee
of the Socialist Labo. Party had sent an
answer to the request of the committee
to Join in their labor, to the effect that
the request had been sent to a popular
vote, as the committee had no power to
act without instruction. The commune
cation Is placed on file, and after a
short debate it was decided to instruct
the secretary to send an invitation to
the Central Labor Federation to also
help IN the good work of building up an
independent labor party. The conven-
ton of labor organizations to take Pollt-
ical action will take place on Monday
evening next at Clarendon Hall.