Workmen's advocate., 1889-11-30
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correction. There was no debate upon this question.
 The Herbert Association and the Pro- gressive Painters No. reported being in favor of continuing the Sunday meet ing of the central body.
 From the Magnolia Association pro- test was received against the amalga- nation with the c. L. F., but no atten- tion was paid to it.
 A delegate of the Balfe Musical Club explained that delegate from that body had voted for amalgamation on the proceeding Sunday without having been instructed to do so by his organization. His organization, therefore. requested that the motion to amalgamate with the | C. l.. U. be reconsldered. The Chairman was of the opinion that the delegate had a perfect right to vote according to his conviction, as he had received no special instruction from his organiza- tion.
 George Cavanagh, of the Amalga- mated Carpenters, raised point of order that as the committee on harmony bad been given full power and the placing of the whole matter before the body at the last meeting was but a matter of fc. .n, of courtesy as it were, the whole matter was out of order.
 The Chairman declared the point well taken and so decided
 No appeal was taken and there the matter ended without debate or wrang- ling.
 The committee appointed to investigate into the accuracy of the report of the labor statistician Carroll D. Wright re- ported progress.
 George Warner, the delegate of the c. l.. U. to the Worlds Fair Committee on Sites & Buildings, requested the or ganizations to hurry up with their con- tributions. The United Order of Ame- rican Carpenters reported that they would give $500 toward that purpose. The Amalgamated Society of Carpenters reported that the matter was under consideration and that action would be taken shortly.
 Edward Conklin of the Progressive Painters thought that it was high time that the organized workingmen had mass.meeting of their own in Cooper Union to declare themselves as being in favor of having the Worlds Fair held in New York in 1899. James P. Archibald of the Paperhangers was of the same opinion and moved that Committee of five be appointed to take charge of the matter.
 George Warner of the Housesmiths Union thought that the workingmen ought to hold a public mass meeting for that purpose, as the millionaires and capitalists had not thought it worth while to do 30 before. George Cavanagh of the Amalgamated Carpenters favored that all labor organizations be invited to join hands in this movement. The motion was adopted and committee elected to consist of the following dele- gates James P. Archibald of the Pa- perhangers, Matthew Barr of the Tin & Sheet Iron Workers. George Cavanagh of the Amalgamated Carpenters, Henry Collins of the Steamiitters and George Warner of the Housesmiths.
 A committee from the School Con- ference was then granted the floor. The members of that committee called the attention of the delegates to the fact that according to Superintendent Jasper of the Public Schools. there were more than 10000 children of schoolage, who could not be admitted into the public schools on account of want of room and that it would take more than two years to remedy this evil. They requested that the body send two dele gates to that conference on Friday next at 25 East Fourth Street and that the single organizations do likewise. Many of the delegates present recounted their experience. Some could get their chil- dren into the Public Schools only with the greatest difficulty; others could not get them in at all, while still others complained that their children were driven out of the Public Schools on the most shallow of pretences. They all agrt ed that something ought to be done, and done at once and with vigor.
 A committee of two was appointed to serve as delegates to that conference and see that energetic actien be taken to have this glaring evil remedied at an early date. The meeting then adjourned.