Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1890-07-26
ORGANIZED LABOR.
WEEKLY MEETING OF THE
CENTRAL LABOR FEDERA-
TON.

Important AccessiOnS - The Unions
Report General Increase OF
Membership-Trouble Among the
| Walters Fleischmann's Wide,
Spread Intrigues Exposed by De.
labar-The Brewers Fight against
Pool Beer and Scab Labor-A
Plan to perfect the Organization
of all Trades in this City.
AT the regular weekly meeting of the
Central Labor Federation on Friday
evening, delegate Edward Thimme of
the Federation of Bookkeepers and
Clerks was Chairman and delegate j..
Tucker OF the German Walters Union
was Nlce-chairman.
Credentials were received from the
Pie Bakers Union, Silk Ribbon Weavers'
Progressive Union, Bakers National
Union %, Cigarmakers' Union No. 10,
German Painters Union, Pianomakers'
Union and General Laborers' Union No.
5023.
The credental committee reported
favorably and all the delegates were
admitted. A letter was received from
the International Typographical Union
which stated that the protest of this
body against the granting of charter
to scab Pressmens' Union No. 8, would
be considered. Filed.
A circular from the Passaic Trades
Assembly requested financial contrihu-
tions toward establishing the Labor
Standard on a firmer basis Referred to
the Unions for action.
A certain w. G. Gruber, purporting
- be Secretary OF the hitherto unknown
Jersey Association, sent statement
to the effect that the VIM. Peters Brew
ing Co. was union concern and that
this body had erred in publishing the
same as a scab establishment. His COM
munication was referred to the "razzle
dazzle" committee with instructions to
investigate the Jersey Association and
force the boycott against Peters scab
beer all the stronger. The corresponding
Secretary was also instructed to write to
the Hudson County Trades Assembly
about this matter, and inform the "Jer-
sey Association" that they We're not
known. Delegate Ernst Kurzenknabe,
of Brewers Union No. /, stated the
trouble that this Brewery had with the
National Union of Brewers and that Just
as soon as the trouble was about being
settled, the X of L., as usual, organ
lied the scabs into Local Assembly
The President of the American Fede-
ration of Labor notified the body that
its charter had been surrendered to him
by Mr., Henry En- rich with the remark
that the q. l.. F. had ceased to exist.
The corresponding sec'y. was instructed
to inform the President Of the A. +. of
l.. that Mr. Henry Enrich had no such
authority and to formally demand the
return of the charter, the charges and
dues on the same having been paid up
to October 1890.
Mr. Charles J. Quinn in a lengthy
communication appealed to the body for
justice. He had, he wrote, been ex.
PEELED from the Central Labor Union
on trumped up charges by members of
the Ale q Porter Protective Association,
who claimed that he was a spy for Police
Inspector Byrnes. The committee which
had investigated the charge was partisan
and gave him no opportunity to dis.
prove them. The letter was referred to
the Ale & Porter Union No /, and their
action is to be reported to their body.
Some 80 members of the German
Walters Union requested permission to
re-organize the Urania Labor Club,
claiming that since the amalgamation of
both unions discord existed. After a
spirited debate the matter was referred
to committee for investigation
Delegate II. NJ. Stoffers submitted
financial report as fl llows:
81 desire to submit to the G. L. +.
financial report dating from December
Z, 1880, to July Is, 1890.
Cash on hand Dec. Z, 1889. .... $2S0.S2
Paid out. Observation-Disclosures. 1896
Paid out from this amount ac-
cording to vouchers. ..... 90. $500
Balance. Observation-Disclosures. 3.1f
Paid to the Cloakmakers. .. 3.17
Balance on hand. .......... 10000
''The Central LABOR Union stated in its
report last week that / had 1922. "a still
in my possession and that | refused to