Workmen's advocate., 1890-10-18
ORGANIZED LABOR.
WEEKLY MEETING OF THE CENTRAL LABOR FEDERAL
 TON.

Cigarette Makers on Strike-The
 Masters Recognized-Grieyance
 of the Brewers against the K. of
 L.-Measures Taken to Fortify the
 Barbers and other Trades Judge
 German Denounced
 It was fifteen minutes to three when Recording Secretary Wm. Handler called the meeting to order.
 Delegate Christian Ensminger of Bak- CTS Union No. 31 was elected Chairman and delegate Wm, Bucksath of the Ad- vance Association (Bookbinders) Vice. Chairman.
 A large percentage of delegates were not present on time. and their respective organizations should exert the necessary discipline, and in the interest of them selves and organized labor in general, force them to attend or send new ones
 Credentials were received from the Brotherhood of Paperhangers and Deco. rators, Custom Varnishers and Polishers, Beer Drivers Union and Brotherhood Painters and Decorators 1S2. They were admitted.
 A committee of Cigarettemakers was granted the floor and requested moral support in the strike against boss Rose, This was granted and committee, con- sisting of delegates Foreman, Stubbs and Quinn, elected for that purpose.
 The special Committee on the Fleisch- man Yeast and Bread case reported that circular was to be issued requesting all organized labor and its friends to buy only bread with the seal and label of the International Bakers Union thereon.
 Brewers Union No. reported that the Masters had been reorganized. Mir. Gessler as representative of the Masters stated that the Organization Committee had neglected to organize them and the men had done so themselves. He asked that the said Committee be instructed to perform it's duties. Delegates McVey, Rosenfelder and Bucksath will attend to the case. The Corresponding Secre- tary was instructed to advertise the meeting of Tuesday evening at Kessler's Hall, 23d street, between 1st and 2d Ayes. in the Volksseit,tng and Daily Ne,os and also insert an appeal in the former pa- per.
 Ale and Porter Union No. then re- ported that the Knights of Labor had con tinuously attacked the members for the past two years. Wherever and when- ever the John O'Connell and Reardon Association had been able, they had indiscriminately struck Union No. Is men out of jobs, had persecuted them and in some cases done personal injury. l Organized labor had been vainly ap- pealed to. No aid had been rendered by the American Federation of Labor, to which this union was attached and at last it had been decided that the union had stood on the defensive long enough and that it was time to become aggres- sive. The men employed by Tracy and Russell, ale and porter brewers, had been good union men until O'Connell and his henchmen had levied an assessment of | five dollars per man for some reason never divulged. The men wanted to know what the money was wanted for, and this information being withheld, they refused to pay. Thereupon OCon- neil ordered a strike in the said brewery, which collapsed. He then had boycott placed on the brewery, being careful to twist the case to suit his own purpose. On Saturday, Oct. Il, the men, % in number, applied for admission to the Ale and Porter Union No. and were admitted. Two or three other breweries are ready to come into the fold and union No. 1 is ready to protect it's own interest. Applause greeted the report and the action was sustained.
 The Barbers' Union again appealed to organized labor to ask for the union card in every barber shop and insist upon it being displayed. All union men are urgently requested to bear this in mind and every represented union will be asked to appoint a committee to find out the number of union and non union shops in its district. The delegate also desired to know whether they could advertise in the New York World but was told that the said paper Is under boycott.
 The Progressive Laborers' Union No. reported that Tom Lyon, walking dele-