Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1890-01-18
ORGANIZED LABOR.
WEEKLY MEETINGS OF THE
CENTRAL LABOR UNION.

CENTRAL LABOR UNION.
WOrkingmen, Attention.! The New
York World" is Boycotted.-
Pulitzer's Agents in the C. l. U.
Onmasked and ROuted-Matthew
Barr on the Rampage-W0rking
Women's Labor Bill and Other
Trade Matters.
A discussion of the Pressmen's griev-
ances against Joe Pulitzers World took
up most of the time of the Central Labor
Union last Sunday. Delegate Daniel
Harris was elected Chairman. Absent
were the representatives of the following
Unions: Enterprise Association, Cement
Labor Association, Becker Union No.
80, Coal Shovelers' Union, Journeymen
Pie Bakers, Oystermen's Union No, /,
United Order Of Carpenters & Joiners
No. 5, United Order of Carpenters &
Joiners No. 2, Theatrical Progressive
Union, Hackmen's Union, Miller & Mill
wrights' Union No. /, Journeymen
Plumbers Union, Coopers' Union No.
l, Amity Association, Sailors & Fire
mems Union, Slate & Metal Roofers'
Union.
An employee of the World distributed
printed circulars relating to the Press
mems troubles. They were eagerly read
by the delegates and comments were
made upon the "cheek" of manager
Turner in.trying to pull the wires of the
@. L. U.
Credentials we're sent in by the Tile
workers Progressive Union and Jour
neymen Brewers
From the Clerk of the House of Repre-
sentatives letter was read stating that
the request of the Theatrical Progressive
Union in regard to placing imported
scehery, ETC., upon the list Of customs
duties would be laid before Congress.
A request from Section No. 10, to
affiliate all Unions formerly belonging
to the Central Labor Federation to their
respective Sections or to reconstruct the
same, was referred to the Organization
Committee
The German PAYERS Union reported
that they appropriated 800 to the
Worlds Fair Fund.
Hereupon the discussion upon the
willy tricks of manager Turner of the
World was entered into, the Arbitration
Committee having reported that Mr..
Turner would not listen to any propo-
sition made to him by the committee;
for this reason the World shonld be
taken in hand by the Non-Intercourse
Committee. Matthew Barr was the first
speaker. He, of course, sided with the
World. He was not aware that all
peaceable means had been exhausted as
yet, and he wanted boycotts proclaimed
only if one could be sure that they
would be carried out He also made all
sorts of insinuations against delegate
Doyle, who, Mr.. Barr intimated, was
''paid" for opposing the World Delegate
Dampf followed with pointed speech
in favor of the boycott, declaring that
the World was partly produced by non
union labor, and thai it was the duty of
the @. l.. U. to boycott it; if it failed to
do SO it might just as well declare that
it was unable to assist organized labor
| in its struggles. Delegate Doyle of the
| Franklin Association then went in for
Matthew Barr, hot and heavy. He
stated that the exhalations of rum could
not smirch his fair name, for which ex.
preston he was called to order by the
Chairman. Mr. Doyle then declared
that he was paid to do his duty toward
his Union, whether the World was in.
volved or not. Delegate Lloyd was
against the boycott, as it would injure
many labor unions while only the Press
men were at issue with the World, and
| tildt Hub tllClI OWu ldulIt do bItl "CIt
not united.
Delegate Cadden favored the boycott
declaring that the World did not employ
any union-men at all, as its compositors
stereotypcrs and engineers were moi
bond-fde labor men and that their SO
called unions had never assisted oIgan
lied labor. After some further discussion
Matthew Barr made himself laughing
stock by intimating that the men who
composed the Central Lab r Federation
were not respectable men," 1t wa
resolved to place boycott upon the
World. The vote stood 80 for, and 81
against thu boycott.
In regard to the Webster Hall troubl,
the Arbitration Committee reported
progress. The new delegates of thu
German Painters. Firemens Unior