Workmen's advocate., 1890-05-24
ORGANIZED LABOR.
WEEKLY MEETING OF THE
 CENTRAL LABOR UNlON.

lnter'Union Grievances-"Pope Pow.
 derly"-Mark those Granite Firms
 Woman Suffrage Indorsed by the
 c. l.. U.-Help the Hog. Slaughter.
 CTS of Cambridge Organize the Women.
 M. Dampf was Chairman at the last meeting of the New York Central Labor Union, and delegate Ed. Murphy acted as vice Chairman.
 Credentials for new delegates were re- ferred to theproper committee from the Lumber handlers, Bakers No. 92, Pro- gressive Musical, Hackmens, and Lock- smiths and Railingmakers' Unions.
 A request of the Central Trades and Labor Assembly of Syracuse to make an attempt to prevent the firms of c. c. Corwin and H. H. Hass, of New York, from using the goods of Cheney & Son, of Manlius, N. Y, whose iron moulders are on strike against the employment of scabs, was granted.
 The United Machinists sent in griev. ance agalnst the House-smith's Union for agitating against eight hours, and prosecuting the Locksmiths and Railing makers. The communication stated that the House-smiths, upon the advice of "Pope Powderly," had given in to their bosses by signing nine hour agree. ment. A motion to table the ma, ter was lost, when Dan. Harris moved to refer it to the Grievance Committe. Doyle of the K. of L. Cigarmakers said that the communication was firebrand intended to disrupt the c. l.. U., and it should be treated with the contempt it deserved. A delegate of the Amelga- mated Brass Workers said that the House-smiths were traitors and had knuckled down to the capitalists, while Warner of the House-smiths held that his Union had right to look out for it. self, and that it was untrue that they had acted upon the advice of T. V. Pow derly, whom they had "the honor" of having in their midst few weeks ago. Delegate McKim moved to instruct the Grievance Committee to report upon the matter lin two years"; he unblush ingly declared that he intended to "kill" the matter because "Mr. Powderly, whom thousands of labor men honored and esteemed, had been insulted by being called Pope. By vote of 60 against 39 the motion of delegate Nc Kim was adopted.
 The Granite Cutters, whose ex-dele- gate Dyer was granted the privilege of the floor, asked that the building trades should not handle the goods of the sub joined firms for employing scabs
 Booth Bros, Harricane Island Granite Co.,, White, Gates & Co.,, Whitestone Point Granite Co.,, and others, of Mill stone Point; Bidwell. Granite Co.,, J, w. Waldo Granite Co.,, Cape Ann Granite Co.,, Smith Granite Co.,, New England Granite Co.,, Chapman Granite Co.,, &c., in Westerly and Mantle and the Mower Granite Go. in Roxbury.
 The matter wa, referred to the Arb- tration Committee.
 Upon request of the Miscellaneous Section the Fibre Association was sus pended for being in arrears over three months.
 Complaints against the Second Avenue Railroad Company from the Stephens Assembly and from the Walters against the management of the Brotherhood Baseball Grounds were referred to the Grievance Committee
 The following unions were requested to elect new delegates because their re. presentatives had not attended the meet. ings of the c. L. U. for many weeks: Edison Association, Fibre Association, Coopers' Union, Oystermen, Newspaper Printers, Cigarmakers No. Al, Cigar. packers No. 251, Sailors & Bremen, and Dockside Workers Union.
 The strike of the coal shovelers and stone handlers was indorsed
 A complaint of the Hexagon Labor Club against the Mosaic and Encaustic Tile Layers Union caused lengthy dis cussion. It appears that the Tile Layers won their strike for $4 day, while the members of the Hexagon Labor Club, which consists of tyle layers helpers, were as yet unsuccessful. Now the Tile Layers refuse to extend to tie Hexagon Club. from which they spranp. A heID- ing hand; they have withdrawn from the K. of L. and want to join the Ameri. can Federation of Labor. The Hexagon Club asked that President Gompers should not grant to the Tile Layers a charter unless he had investigated the grievances of the Hexagon Club. This