Morning journal and courier., 1893-11-10
SCHOOL MEETING TO-DAY.

A Blg Attendance EXpected-The Question of Exclusive Union Labor -Other Quest1ons-LegaI Barriers.
 This afternoon at o'clock at the Grand opera house the school district meeting oc. CUTS, and the petition that only union labor men shalt be allowed to work on the new manual training school building will receive, an airing. From the indications this important meeting of the voters of New Haven will be largely attended, and prove one of the most interesting in years. The tyrannical demand of the labor unions is frowned upon generally by citizens as most unwarrantable and also wholly un- constitutional. The resolutions embodied in the call and which therefore will come before the meeting for it's consideration are:
 Resolved, That the board of education be ordered to proceed to build as quickly ss possible the manual training school, and be 1t further
 Resolved, That no bid will be accepted from any one not resident of the city of New Haven.
 Resolved, That we, the citizens of the city of New Haven, recognize the danger to manufacturers and workingmen in be- ing brought in competition with prison make goods, therefore be it
 Resolved, That we, the citizsns of the state of Connecticut, town and city of New Haven, order that the members of the board of education of the aforesaid district shall purchase no goods made in prison; and be 1t further
 Resolved, That none but union men be employed upon the construction of said Manual Training school.
 It is not improbable that the whole mat ter may be referred by the meeting to 8 vote of the people of the city at the polls. The meeting will, after choosing its presid ing officer, proceed to tackle the question before 1t. Various names have been men tioned for the position of presiding officer. One-third of all the attendants may ask for ballot at the polls. Should that be done, it will ba necessary to adjourn the meeting to some tims that must be fixed within one week by special call.
 Lawyer 0. H. Fowler says: Before the district school meeting is held, attention should be called to the constitution of Connecticut on the "D.clsration of rights"
 GIVE DECLARE:
 ''Section 1. That all men when they AoA LII Q 5OoAok oOAaHdoe dAC CQuoi HI 1iSutsS and that no man or set of men are entitled to exclusive public emoluments or privi- leges from the community"
 ''It is against common rights and natural justice that any set of men should be granted special privileges in 8 public work" Norwich Gas Light company vs. Norwich City Gas company, 25 Conn.,, Rep. IS
 If the resolution should pass restricting the work to any set of men an injunction will prevent the building of the school at all under the resolution.
 As the school is 8 public work no class of men are entitled to any special privilege therein. All classes have the same right to compete for the work, and the oommu- nifty has an absolute guaranteed right in the benefit of that competition.
 0. H. FOWLER.
 The Builders exchange has sent notices to It's members to attend the school district meeting this afternoon at o'clock in Bun nell's Grand opera house.
 PLANS OF THE UNION MEN. They Win Attempt to Secure the Passage of Union Resolutions at the School Meeting To-day-The Central Labor Union Last Night Decided
 
 Nominated T. HI. Sucher for Chair man of the Meeting-Speeches 10 be Made by Prominent Local Labor Asitators.
 A largely attended meeting of the Gen. tral Labor union was held at Carpenters hal, 744 Chapel street, last evening, at which strenuous measures were adopted to carry out the plans of the union at the meeting of the school district in the Grand Opera house this afternoon at o'clock. The meeting was presided over by John Ryan 1 and Patrick F. Collins acted as secretary. The meeting continued in session over l two hours, during which time the mem bers discussed at length the best way in | which to secure victory to day for union | abor. The union intends to compel by le- gal means the passage of resolution favor ng the employment of union men and 1nion material in the construction of the | lew manual training and high schools. It was also decided to keep all their plans se- ret until they were sprung at the meeting # the district this afternoon.
 But notwithstanding their sworn secrecy he matter leaked out and portion of the ,lans, at least, were disclosed. At the meeting last night Theodore H. Sueher,