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

GERS at It's regular meeting next week.
A Scandinavian branch Ia about TO be organized
by Furniture Workers Union No. s.
Wages have again been reduced Is per cent. oil
narrow goods at %strange's silk mill In Paterson,
N. J.
For the benefit Of the labor press an entertain.
ment will be given on New Years eve by Ma
chinists' Progressive Union No. l.
rs FrH w.., S went on ., strike YESTERDAY on a JOB a,
dlers, who are fighting Goss. Edzell & Co.
The railroad s%witchmon in Omaha. Neb., have
organised a lodge ~ the switchmen's Mutual Aid
Association, and named it after Jay Gould.
William c. Endicorer has been elected President
OF Federal Union No. $3.50, A. r. Of L., Lathers.
The new Secretary is Thomas stewart.
The differences OF the wood.carvcrs with Con-
tractor Mcinhardt have been settled. as the men
employed by him have Joined the organization VI
their trade,
The Cphoistercrs' Union has tabled an invitation
to send a delegate to the annual Convention Of the
New York Workingtnen's state Trade Assembly.
A lecture upon tho care and abuse Of steam
boilers and economical firing will he delivered at
next weeks meeting OF the Progressive Engineers
Association, OF Paterson, y. J.
A strike against the employment of non-union
men has been ordered at the shop Of william Car
lin, Seventy eighth street and Western boulevard.
by Journeymen HorseshOers' Union No. I.
The X. OF l.. and A. f. Of l.. Clothing Cutters
Committee Of Forty-two met at IS East Fourth
street last night and made the final arrangements
for their amalgamation, which will now go TO the
different unions for their Endorsement.
Tomorrow evening General Master Workman
James II. Sovereign wei visit the sessions OF DIS,
trict Assembly 1853 and Local Assemblies / 500 and
1853.
The man who was largely the cause Of dis
rupting the movement Of the Kansas city BARRIERS
prison. convicted Of forgery. His name is The
ophilus Kerr. and he Is described as being an
"aristocratic looking gentleman
Chief Ramsey. of the Telegraphers' brotherhood.
has been vindicated by the General Executive
Committee OF that organization from the charges
OF dishonesty and inconpetency recently preferred
ain him ~ ~ rn III ~ Ttn
the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern strike
were also declared to he groundless.
Paul Briese has been elected trustee Of the
Architectural Iron Workers Union in place Of A..
Wolf, who leaves the city. The members Of the
union have been given a list OF names OF non.
union men who took the places Of strikers at
Contractor Buschmann's shop. No one is per-
mitted to work on buildings where material pre-
pared by these men Is being used.
The demands formulated by the Trades and
Labor Conference at its meeting last might. which
are to be submitted to the State Constitutional
Convention will be; Abolition Of the Conspiracy
for accidents, and legislation by the initiative and
referendum system.
A. W. Wright and Tom O'Rciliy have resigned
from the journal Of the Knights Of Labor. The
new editor is John NJ. schonfarher, late OF the
Baltimore critic, and Master Workman of Dis
iF'S1 AS' sGl,sS S Ec' Mr. IT. s IHS h'st G"% WIFI appear %l ear
tomorrow, and it VIII contain an address to the
members of the order by General Master Work
man James X. 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 agitatinR for early closing and have already
induced a number Of the principal firms to close
at 6 P. NJ. The shoot clerks of the capital city
ganizations of the District OF Columbia. and are
now represented in the District Federation OF
Labor.
The officers elected at the last regular meeting
OF Coopers' Union No. 2 are; Thomas McGrath.
President; ]. F. Corrigan. Nice-President; Dennis
Riordan. Recording Secretary; william McCune.
| Treas ,trpr' w COrriPnn Receiver. william
Lovett. Sergeant at-Arrs; c. Mccarthy, F. White.
J. J. o,Neili: J Francis, J; o,Conneil. Executive
bingham. Trustees.
Topographic No, IS. Be~lieville.o M, fined one
Of its members. Hans sGhwar,: SO cents for fall
pealing to the General Executive Board of the Ger.
~man-American Topographic. In this city, states that
he paraded with the unions In st. Louis, because
in Belleville politicians and non union men were
riding and marching In the parade. The matter
is still being investigated.
Charters were granted by the United Broth
erhood of Carpenters and Joiners to new local
unions in Boston, Savannah. Detroit and Perry,
OKLAHOMA last month. The o1 receipts at Genera s1s "a
and s.. sS1. So has been expended. among which was
81, 4ss for benefits. The balance on hand Is about
81, 600. For the protective fund 81 $50 was col
lected.
Delegates Weismann. Barr and Henry, Of the
Central Labor Union. had a conference las, night
Board Of Walking Delegates and the Board OF
Delegates Of Building Constrnctors, and there are
good reasons to believe that the nlHerences between
tho two Boa rds will soon be settled. The charges
OF conspiracy against the Ave members OF the
Board OF Walking Delegates will probably be with
drawn, and the Boards are to amalgamate.
New w~ater-works are to he built in Kansas City,
Mo-, and the authorities propose to raise the neces-
sary funds by the usual means OF issuing bonds.
But the Industrial Council, the central body OF
organized labor in Kansas City, demands that
scrip be issued. redeemable in labor, and payment
to be guaranteed by the community, the work not
to be given to contractors, but to laborers to be
employed by the authorities direct.
President Perkins report that the receipts OF
the International Cigar-Makers' Union amounted
TO 81. 473. so last month, while 81, sO3, o. was ex-
pended. Sixteen local unions are In arrears with
800 each. Charters were granted to new local
unions at Ogdensburg. n. Y, and Kingston. Ont.
The General Executive Board has dismissed an
appeal in the case of Union No. 22S. which
paying dues and complying with union rules
while working for themselves,
The Building Trades Section OF the Central
Labor Union instructed Its Secretary yesterday to
send a written protest to the Park Commissioners
and Mayor Gilroy against giving a contract OF
$50. 900 to the non-union firm OF Potter Il stymus
politan Museum OF Art. This action was taken
upon request OF the United Wood-Carvers' Asso-
citation, whose Walking Delegate. Jacob Bausch.
had also appealed to the Board Of Walking Dele
gates, by whom committees were sent to the Com
missioners and to the Mayor.
A Grave Error.