Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-16
ORGANIZED LABOR.
WEEKLY MEETING OF THE
CENTRAL LABOR Federal
TON.

Moral Sympathy and Financial Sup
port for the Striking Railroad
Employes-Depew and Vanderbilt
Denounced as Willful Murderers,
whose Ayarice il Annually
Causing Enormous Loss Of Life
and Limb-Help the Bingham
ton Cigarmakers-Fiye Additional
Unions Represented in the c. l.. +.
AT the regular meeting Of the Central
Labor Federation of New York, delegate
Simon Gompers of the Boot and Shoe
Workers was Chairman and delegate
Lucien Sanial American Section, Vice
Chairman.
Credentials were received from the
following new Unions: Italian Mosaic
Workers, Suspender Makers, Amalga-
mated Brass Workers No. !, Brother
hood of Decorators and Paper Hangers
No. 1872 and Pedlars' Union. Changes of
| delegates were noted from the Button
hole Makers, Eccentric Engineers No. 3,
Pie Bakers, Carl Sahm Club, Cloak
makers and American Section 5, l.. 7,
They were all admitted except the Pa
perhangers who were laid over one week
pending a report of the German Pain
ters' Union.
A complaint of the Buttonhole Makers
against the Cloak makers was referred to
the Grievance Committee.
The German Walters Union reported
having held mass meeting on August s,
and resolved to form another branch
under one executive head and one set Of
delegates.
A letter was read from Topographic
No. 7, requesting, that the American
Section S LIP. be removed from the body,
as it represents politics, and stating that
they would not join unless said Section
got out. Amid the laughter Of the dele
gates the lettef was llIeu.
The regular weekly report of the
Building Trades Council was received
1t showed increase of business and will
hereafter meet on Friday evening s
o'clock at 1856 Bowery.
A delegation of visiting bakers was
granted admittance as visitors.
The election of Division Marshals fol
the Parade was laid over one week.
The Divisions will consist respectively
of the Clothing trades, the Bakers
unions, the Building trades, the Brew
ers. and the Miscellaneous trades.
All the arrangements are complete
including the matter Of refreshments a
Pleasant Valley Grove, and all friends
of Labor on the line of march are re
quested to decorate their houses.
The Razzle Dazzle Committee reported
in favor of circulars being issued agalns
Fleischmann's Yeast and Cigar Manu-
facturers Katz Bros. and Petreni. En-
dorsed.
Delegate VIM. Bucksath was elected
on the Arbitration Committee in plaC
of J. Tucker.
The following resolution was intro
duced by the American Section AM
adopted amid great enthusiasm.
WHEREAS, The Vanderbilt Railroad
System, an illegal combination of mono
= polists banded together with a capita
| of S640, 900 for the robbery Of th
people and the corruption of govern
: ment, has undertaken to deny its EN-
. ployes their natural, constitutional an
j. sacred right of association for the legiti
mate and lawful purpose of mutua
r protection and economic improvement
s be it
r Resolved, That this Central Labo
: Federation extends its most earnef
/ sympathy TO the SAID employees, now o
r strike in the defense of their fundf
mental rights as men and as citizens
= and pledges to them its moral and tinar
ciaI support to the utmost extent of il
r ability; and
l. WHEREAS, The said combination an
It the various corporations included Their
l. in have repeatedly violated the organi
|. law and other laws of the United STATE
D the various States from which and Of Il
o said corporations have Tespectiyel
e obtained public franchises which shou
l, never have been alienated;
o Resolred, That we demand the repe
of the charters which have thus be-
II shameles5ly used to oppress and defra'
5, the people; and we demand the resuIn
le ton, by the nation, of the public right
ID franchises and functions unduly al
t corruptly alienated to the said corpor
G. tons by venal Legislators; and
rt WHEREAS, In a criminal spirit
avarice these corporations have fai!