New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-21
NOTES IN THE FIELD or LABOR.
POLITICS AND BEER STIR TIE CENTRAL UNION
ASSOCIATIONS DECLARE WAR

POLITICS AND BEER STIR TIE CENTRAL UNION
ASSOCIATIONS DECLARE WAR.
Politics and beer were the potent factors which
stirred tho Central labor Union 10 rs foundation ~
rs meeting Yesterday afternoon In Clarendon HAIL
An echo Of the recent Presidential campaign vas h'ao
AS soon as the meeting was called 20 order nv george
Bruischln. an ornamental pastcrer. The secretary
read a list Of names Of delegates who had been 81
pended for non-attendance. At IA" head OF u" Isl
wa. the name Of the Central Labor Unions orator
and parameniarlan James r. Arb bald. n" delegate
from the PaperhangerS' rn!on. During hs cahphe
yr Archibald was too husly engaged In Democratic
political affairs ~ attend me deliberations OF tae
Central Labor Union. Now nat TIE campaign ~
ended and Mr.. Archibald, service IN politics are 10
longer required be has turned his attention once more
10 the union but. ms be learned y"'tcrday b. wa
too late. Mr.. Archibald surprised and disguised
with the action taken IN his case. and he said 70
Theodore F. Cuno. who Il was charged ln'rgated Hs
action, that he "woud get even with him vel
Throughout the meeting Mr.. Archibald Wa repeatedly
referred 10 ly his fscetous fellow delegates as ok
Delegate" Archibald. He Insisted hat iAe aelon VA
irregular. but he got little satisfaction.
The Old question n The fanou. rhrct bier boycott
which has scverI tines disrupted ~" union. and who
seems 70 D. doing again, Was -ais'd letter In n
the Journeymrr Pe Baker, Union nas rad IN when
II WAS taid that that union would WING nv iF II Tho
Central Labor Union unless the boycott was nenrfu
IfOgrcsliF
Il, decgat.. ssying that there was no longer any
harmony In the central body. l. wae tLen moved
that the Central Labor Union indorse the Fhrt beer
boycott Nineteen unions voted iu favor Of ndoTAng
the boycott and fourteen against a. a, a tw thiTde
vote is required 10 ndORc toYcOu>, IN" m0njn wa
lost and now there is danger Of the Central Labor
Union being again divided.
delegate from The Theatrical Protective Union said
that II. Il. Jacobs In answering tho unlons letter con
corning the irCnhl. among the emploicS IN the Wheeling
Ousr, Ios. In SyraCuse. had u,ol strong ana dis
Ia icful Language. He said that Mr. Jacob, s;d that
he was under no obligations 81 any uIlon. and that
II the men In The Weiing opera House struck h'
would employ bOotblach, as Stage hands aud wonld
get hand organs take the places Of the musician,
The correspondence referred 10 the nJn lnercnur'
committee, the committee which order, bOtc)iis.
War was declared On the American Federation o
Labor Yesterday by the Central Labor Federation Al
its meeting held Al No "a East Fourth Ct. the new
home OF tie socialist. a delegate from Tailors Pro
grcsslve Union no IL said that the general secretary
OF the United Garment Workers lrying 10 crust
the t.lors union II was then declared by delegate
that the Central Labor Federation ought 10 join th'
American Federation. and thus put Il stop 10 tailors
quarre!s Bittcr words spoken agalI 81 The Amer
lean Federation Of Labor. II sad that the Leaders
Of that organization doing thcc utmost 10 DESTROY
IT, The federation claim OF great mcmt ershlp were
i was said, untrue. II claimed 1000 boohkeep-rs
yet the per capita TAX paid by tie boohkecpcrs last
wear amounted 10 Only 20 cents. it said. The
discussion made special order for next sunday
The Pre,Eel Balcrs' Union reported that II had
mad. during the last week detailed complaint Ia
the Board Of Health, and it Wa hoped that before
many months had passed the foul bakryhOps would
be clean ei aud It would again be safe to pctzels
The question of n uniform nine hour worAday va,
again raised at the adJpuincd meeting OF Typographical
Mon No. g. Nothing further viii be donr IN the
matter until the convention II the lnternationcl Typo
graphical Mon T. held in Chicago next June The
scale FOL operator, ~ typcsettlng machines
was discussed. II decided to submit for decision
10 the vaioue chnptl the relative merits Of the timo
ana piece SYSTEM. The result OF The vote will be-
made known at the next citing OF The union. which
viii be held the nrt sunday In December.