The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-04-11
UNITED LABOR.
The Central Trades Assembly Hold
an Interesting Meeting.

The Central Trades Assembly held 8
regular meeting last night in Coopers
Hall. Adam J. Zoller, of Pocahontas AS
sociation of Cigarmakers No /, was in
the chair. Reports from the delegate:
present gave the state of trade as fair
A discussion arose over the affiliation ol
the local branch of the Sailors and Fire
mems Union and other friendly Drganiza
tions with the Assembly, and the Com
mittee on Organization were instructed
to renew efforts in this direction
The secretary was ordered to commu
nicate the whole facts concerning the in
debtedness OF Carpenters Union No. 48:
to the Assembly to that body. The car
penters gave notice of the withdrawal oi
their delegates from the Assembly in the
middle of December. 1t is claimed thai
they owe dues for that month, but No
4S2 disputes the claim.
Delegate Henry G.. Gruber presented
the following resolution
Resolved That the Central Trades Assembly
hereby places itself on record as being opposet
to that clause of the Werts Ballot Reform bill
which calls for official envelope in place OF ar
exclusively official ballot to be distributed only
within the polling booths on the day of election
The motion was seconded and went
through without opposition and little dis
cussion. 1t was admitted that the Werts
bill was step in advance, though it did
not satisfy the ideas of the delegates alto
gether.
Delegate Joseph Fullem moved that ali
organizations connected with the Assem-
bly, be requested to have their printing
done in union offices. In supporting this
motion Delegate Stuart said that two or.
ganizations with which he was connected
would have to get some printing done
presently, and it was desirable that union
shops should receive the work.
Another 1aIaUata daptqrnd that ioE
printer who did not employ single
union man was getting altogether toe
much patronage from labor and benevo-
lent societies and it was time to stou
going to him. The motion was adopted.
A proposition was put forward that the
delegates request the members of the or
ganizations they represented not to pur-
chase goods in any store where the sales
men or saleswomen employed could not
produce card showing membership in
the organization of their calling, and
that the wives of the labor men also call
for these cards when shopping.
Some merriment was occasioned when
a delegate stated that while he agreed
with the proposition he guessed he would
save money, as he would have to dc
without a great many things in his
neighborhood, where the union clerks
were not so plentiful as they ought to be-.
1t was argued by another delegate that
tue idpor OIgduihhlionS VI gue county udu
secured early closing for the clerks and
sales people and in return they should
enter into the active work of the labor
movement and do their share. Besides
there were some merchants who were do
ing the straight thing and it was but
right tnat they should get working
peoples patronage. The proposition was
acceded to and the delegates instructed
to bring the matter before their organiza-
tions.
BY unanimous vote the secretary was
instructed to ask Mayor Cleveland in
making appointments for city boards to
select individuals who were known to be
fayorably disposed toward union labor
and a fair rate of wages.