Workmen's advocate., 1889-12-14
ORGANIZED LABOR.
WEEKLY MEETINGS OF THE
 CENTRAL BODIES.

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 ments Will be One Next Sunday
 The School Questionable "LOad Line"-Bossism Weakening and
 Labor Moving Onward All Along the Line.
 A delegate of the Millwrights and Millers' Union, No. }, presided at last Sundays meeting of the
 CENTRAL LABOR FEDERATION.
 A delegate of Eccentric Engineers Mo- was Vice-chairman.
 Credentials were presented by new delegates of tho Progressive Laborers' Union and referred to the Committee on Credentials.
 A communication was received from the Executive Committee of the New York State Federation of Labor inviting the c. l.. F. to elect delegates to the State Convention to meet in Albany on January 2S. In view of the impending consolidation with the c. l.. U. the con- munication was placed on file without action.
 Cigarmakers Union No. 90 corrected the report of it's delegate at the last meeting about the Unions position in regard to the Worlds Fair The Union had not protested, as the delegate stated erroneously, against the Federation taking favorable action but only resolved to take no active part in the Worlds Fair as an organization. The delegate explained that he had labored under misunderstanding.
 The Brewery Employees Protective Union wrote that they would not recognize the Journeymen Ale and | Porter Brewers Union but would admit | it's members on the same conditions as before. The matter was laid over until after the consolidation.
 A communication was read from the | Central Labor Grievance Committee, of | St. Louis, asking the Central Labor | Federation for endorsement of the boy colt on certain pool brewers in St. Louis Since the last announcement two more brewers have joined the pool; these are: | The Anheuser- Bush Brewing Go. and | Wm. J. Lemp's Western Brewery. The | boycott against the other pool-brewers was endorsed by the Central Labor Federation some time ago; on Sunday the two pool-brewers named were en- closed in the boycott as requested. I nf RraUprQ' No. a special boycott was declared In communication to the Federation the Brewers state that the proprietors of the Budweisser Brewery are pretending to their customers that they are going to make their brewery union establish ment, but when committee attempted to organize the employees, not a man dared to show up, obeying without doubt some secret hint from the firm. In ordering the special boycott the Federation directed the Secretary to in- form all trade organizations of New York and vicinity of the ordering of the boycott and also requested the Brewers Union to send in list of the customers of the Budweisser Brewing Co.,, in order to have them each visited personally by a committee of the Federation.
 A letter was received from the Secre- tary of the Navy saying that the con- munication of the Central Labor Feder- ation on the overlooking of vessels had been referred to the American delegates in the International Maritime Confer ence. The Secretary also stated that the committee of the Conference in charge of the matter had agreed on a certain action and their resolution would not be changed for the present.
 Mayor Grants Secretary sent an answer to the resolution of the Feder- ation, demanding that no railroad franchises be granted to any corporation except on condition that only union men be employed; also recommending the management of all street railroads by the city The Secretary said that the resolutions had been laid before the Mayor and would receive [" his Honor's ," full attention.
 A committee of the Clothing Cutters
 Union appeared hefore the Federation and stated the causes of the strike in Rogers, Peet & Co.'S. establishment. , The matter was referred to the Griev- ance Committee, which was enlarged
 for that purpose.
 , The Walters Union reported the dis , covery of corruption among the walters at Webster Hall. They accused head } waiter Behrends of levying assessments
 on the walters employed in that hall, and read in support of the charge affi- , davits of A. Delabar, Secretary of the , Bakers National Union, A. Waldinger, | Financial Secretary, and Ernest Boehm, r Corresponding Secretary of the Central e Labor Federation. In these affidavits Continued on third page)