Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1890-02-22
ORGANIZED LABOR.
WEEKLY MEETING OF THE
CENTRAL LABOR UNION.

CENTRAL LABOR UNION.
None but Citizens--A Cheek Upon
Reckless Charges-Away with the
PinkertOn Murderers - Worlds
Fair and POlitics-Guarding the
Interests of Labor-SchoOl Agita.
tiOn to be Vigorously Continued.
There were hardly fifty delegates
present when the regular meeting of the
Central Labor Union was called to order
last Sunday by Secretary Archibald.
Delegate NJ. Dampf Of Cigarmakers'
Union No. 144 was elected Chairman
The Ale & Porter Brewers Union sent
new delegate, whose credentials were
referred to the proper committee,
An invitation from Luetzow Com
pany No. 10, NJ. S. b., for their Ball at
Arlington Hall, No. 10 st. Marks Place,
a notorious scab hall, was returned to
said society,
The action of the Building Trades
| Section in regard to introducing bill
| iii the Legislature amending the con
| solidaton of the act requiring contrac-
tors for city works to be residents of
| New York City, and to employ none but
citizens, was indcrsed by vote of so
to 30.
| Upon motion by the Building Trades
| Union the following resolution was then
referred to the Sections for adoption, as
it involves an amendment to the consti.
ton:
Whereas, it has become common of
late for delegates to the G.. l.. U. to cast
personal reflections upon the character
of each other without any foundation
for the same; therefore be it
Resolved, that the following amend
menu to the constitution be adopted:
Any delegate who shall openly make
accusations rejecting on the character
of any one CT more of the delegates to
the G. l.. u, or any of its Sections, shall
be compelled to make charges against
the delegates and faiiing to prove the
same, he the accuser, shall be expelled
from the {. l.. U. and never allowed to
become a DEF egate again.
Delegates McGregor, David and Ham
ilton were then unanimously elected
members of the Grievance Committee.
A communication from Firemen's
Union No. / complaining that ID. A. 40
refused to recognize the cards of that
Union and tried to compel one of its
members to join an Assembly was re-
ferred to the Grievance Committee.
The Miscellaneous Section having re-
ported that d. A. 40 is to hold its annual
picnic at Sulzer's scab park on the Har-
lem River it was resolved to send a list
organizations in this city.
The following resolution from the
Miscellaneous Section was unanimously
adopted:
Resolced, that the c. l.. U. indorse the
bill known as "A Bill prohibiting the
employment of Pinkerton'B armed
guards" that has been introduced in
the New York Assembly by Assembly
man Nolan. And that we call upon oil
organized labor to give their utmost
support to this bill as a good one and q
bill calculated to put al end forever tC
the employment (by corporations and
others of Pinkertons hirelings who moi
only club the workers Of thus country
but stand ready TO shoot the citizens
of the United States at the beck of theil
s. masters.
A protest from Ggarmakers' Unior
No. 80 against alleged violations OF the
! constitution, as had occurred of late a.
several times, and motion to declar,
the boycott against the knCkerboCkel
v Brewing Company to be legal caused /
+ protraCted discussion, which resulted IL
tabIing the protest by vote of g.
= against 35. And then, upon motion O
= delegate Collins, the boycott against th'
!, kniCkerbocker Brewing Company wa
: unanimously Endorsed.
Delegate Collins then presented a Sc
of resolutions commencing Mayor Gran
, for his "non-p partisanship In the ap
= pOintment of the Worlds Fair Commit
!, tee, and denouncing the attempt of 9TH
other parry" to change the complexion
of the said committee. In the discus
sion that followed no one seemed T.
> realize that doodle politics" ant
"boodle finance" would at any rate b
= at the bottom of this Worlds Fair ant
that it would be most creditable to th
4 &. l.. u. to let the boodlers fight it ou
:, among themselves. a most narrow an
:, mercenary view of the whole subjec
o was taken by the speakers and the lesc
;, lutons were finally adopted by q vot
of 81 to 26.
MIlers' and Millwrights' Union No.
sent a letter announcing its withdrawi
from the G. l.. U. An invitation to til
annual ball of the Journeymen Barber
Union was accepted.
i Upon request by Newspaper Printer
re Union No ! it was resolved to prote
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