The evening world., 1893-12-07
IN THE WORLD bF LABOR.

typographical Union No. 1906 will nominate on.
GERS at It's regular meeting next week.
by Furniture Workers lnion No. S.
Wages have again been reduced Is per cent. on
x. j., u" TT" !" ''0
For the benefit Of the labor press an entertain.
mcnt viii he given on New Years eve by Ma
chinists Progressive Union No. 1,
Trainers went on strike yesterday on a Job at
l2S West Fourth street to assist the brick han
oilers. who are fighting Uoss. EdLell 4 Co.
The railroad s%witchmen in Omaha, Neb., have
organised a lodge Of the SNitchmcn'S Mutual Aid
Association, and named 1t after Jay Gould,
William g E%ndiConcr has been elected President
OF Federal Union No. aesO, A. =, Of L., LatherS.
The new Secretary is Thomas Stewart.
The differences Of the wood .carvcrs with Con.
tractor Meinhardt have been settled. as the men
employed by him have Joined the organization Of
their trade.
The upholstercrs' Union has tabled an invitation
to send a delegate to the annual Convention " the
New York. Wo~rkingmcn's State Trade Assembly.
4 lecture upon the care and abuse of steam
boilers and economical firing will he delivered at
next weeks meeting OF the Progressive Engineers
Association, Of Paterson. \. J.
A strike against the employment Of nom union
men has been ordered at the shop Of william car
lin, Sevcnty.eighth street and Western boulevard.
by lonrneym'n Horseshorrs' Union No. /.
Tho u. OF L. and A. +. Of /" Clothing cutters
Committee OF Forty-twO met at 81 East Fourth
street last night and made the final arrangements
for their a~malgamation, which will now go to the
different unions for their Endorsement.
To morrow evening General Master Workman
James II. Sovereign viii visit the sessions Of Dis
trict assembly 1853 and Local Assemblies l ,563 and
c,S53.
The man who was largely the cause Of dis
| rupting the movement Of the Kansas city BARRIERS
for the abolition OF Sunday work Ia now In
prison, convicted Of forgery Ills name Is The
ophilus Kerr. and he Is described as being an
"aris'ocratic looking gentleman
chief Ramsey, of the Telesraphers' brotherhood.
has been vindicated by the General Executive
o e, %Isb0rss, Of , that ,O SrssT.sa,,SH t lrS% IG' D1 rs%,Ees
against him. The charges OF wiro-cuttiHR during
the Huntington. Cedar Rapids and Northern strike
were also declared TO be groindless.
Paul lricse has been elected trustee Of the
Architectural Iron Workers Union in place OF a.
Wolf, who leaves the city. The members OF the
union men who took the places OF strikers at
Contractor Bnschmann,s, shop. No one Is per
mi''cd to work on huildingR where material pre-
pared by these men IL being used.
The demands formulated by the Trades and
Labor Conference at its meeting last might. which
are to lie submitted to the state Constitu'i onal
Convention. Will be: Abolition ~ the Conspiracy
law; home rule for cities; liability Of employers
for accidents. and legislation by the initiative and
referendum system.
A. W. Wright and Tom O'Roilly have resigned
from the journal Of the knights Of Labor, The
new editor is John NJ. schonfarber, late Of the
Baltimore critic. and Master Workman OF Dis.
trlct Assembly No. Al. The first number ~ the
Journal edited by Mr.. Schonfarber. will appear
tomorrow. and 1t viii contain an address 10 the
npTllpTt OF 1T uIltI " hfHtlul WIN
man James Il. Sovereign.
Clerks Union No. 2, of Washington. composed
Of employees OF the leading shoe houses in that
city, is a spirited young labor organization. They
are aeitatins for early closing and have already
induced a number OF the principal fSns to close
at s =. NJ. The shoot clerks OF the capital city
have put themselves In touch with the labor or
ganizstions OF the District OF Columbia, and are
now represented in the District Federation OF
Labor.
The Officers elected a, the last regular meeting
OF Coopers' Union No. 2 are: Thomas McGrath.
President J. r. %Corrlgan. Vice-prcsident Dennis
f1Spsar, Rs 70 j. c ssT + E R @t e MSnnaT,
I.ovett. sergeant-at-Arms G. Mccarthy. F. White.
J. ]. o'Neill. J.. Francis, j. OConnell, Executive
Committee: William Kelly. T. Monaghan, E. Gun
ningham, Trustees.
Topographic No. IS. Beilevllle. H., fined one
of it's members. Hans sChwar.; 50 cents for fall
pealing to the General Executive Board Of the Ger
~man-American Topographic. In this city, states thai
he paraded with the unions In St. Louis. because
in nelleyiIle politicians and non-union men wer'
riding and marching in the parade. The mattel
is ntill being investigated.
Charters were granted by the United Broth,
.rhood OF Carpenters and Jolners to new Local
unions in Boston, Savannah, Detroit and Perry:
Oklahoma, last month, The receipts at Genera
Secretary p. J. McGuire's ONCE were 81. 273. ~.
and $, Gal. So has been expended. among which was
81 A69 for benefits. The balance on hand is about
s. 900 For the protective fund |2't'o was col
leCted.
Delegates Weismann. Barr and Henry. OF the
Central Labor Union. had a conference last night
at Clarendon Han with representatives OF the
Delegates OF Building Constructors. and Their" are
good reasons to believe that the differences between
the two Boards will soon he settled. The charges
Of conspiracy against the Ave members OF the
Board Of Walking Delegates viii probably be with
drawn. and the Boards are TO amaigamate'
New watcr-works are to he built in Kansas city,
Mo and the authorities propose to raise the necss-
sarv funds by the usual means of issuing bonds.
But the industrial Council; ne central Sody Do o,
scrip be Issued. redeemable in labor, and payment