Workmen's advocate., 1890-11-29

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 It was well attended and interesting session that the C. l.. F. held last Sun day.
 Delegate Max Becker of the German Walters Union held the gayel as Chair man, and delegate Simon Gompers of the Boot and Shoe Workers was vice. Chairman.
 Credentials were approved from Bar bers' Union No. and Bake rs' Union No. 92.
 A letter from the United Machinists Union contained a protest against the admittance of the delegate of the Archi- tectural Iron Workers and the same was referred to the Credential Committee.
 The Arbitration Committee reported that the President of the Consumers Brewery had promised that he would interest himself in having the employees join Brewers Union No. 1.
 Bakers Union No. 1 requested that the Arbitration Committee induce boss Friedman to~ send his employees to the union. Request granted.
 Confectioners and Cake Bakers No. : reported that boss Edelstein, whose bakery uptown is said to be in such nanseating condition that the workmen were forced to leave, had three union men arrested. Judge Welde had arbi- trarily aefused to accept bail for the three prisoners and had kept them locked up in cell fer whole night. The union has notified the State Board of Arbitration that they would not now submit this case for settle. ment, but would fight until boss Edel- stein was out of the business. The c. L. F. voted to lend all possi ble aid, 4 mass meeting on this case will also be held and delegates Becker, Carstens and Blu
 
 Firemen's Union No. 1 reported that the organizations having members in factories should aid them by inducing the tiremen to join their union. The Organizations were so instructed.
 A committee from the Central Labor Union of Brooklyn was then granted the floor.
 The speaker stated that they had come to see whether the C. L. F. would object to the employees of the India Wharf Brewing Go. of Brooklyn organizing an independent union and connecting them selves with the c. L. U. of Brooklyn.
 This would have been most innocent request had it not been known that Mir. John O'Connell, of the so called Protec, tive Association of Ale and Porter Brew. CTS, had his finger in the pie and had previously suggested that an indepen- dent union he formed, so that when it would apply for admission to the c. L. U, of Brooklyn he could prevent it's ad, mttance unless it joined his Association, After long debate the following motion was adopted: That it is the sense of the c. L. F. that it will not oppose the c. L. U of Brooklyn in organizing the brew CTS of that city, providing they are or. ganized as local union of the National Union of Brewers and with the assis- tance of Brewers Union No.
 The committee left wiser men.
 The Organization Committee was in- structed to attend the meeting of the Coat Operators.
 Delegates Farber and Blumenberg were detailed as speakers at the meeting of Progressive Tailors' Union No II on Saturday at 136 Pitt street.
 \ committee from the Hebrew Passe- mentiers' Union requested the aid of the Arbitration Committee in their struggle with boss Green and this was granted.
 Eccentric Engineers No. } claimed tbat W Walking Delegate Weber of Cabi net makers' Union No. : had made him self particularly officious in aiding and abetting all the schemes of the Knights of Labor and Central Labor Union in offending the trades union people. At certain shop this Weber had forced two engineers to join the k. of L. engineers