The evening world., 1893-12-27
IN THE WORLD OF LABOR.

Five new MEMBER were enrolled this week by
the Childfen's Jacket-Makers' Union,
The election OF officers o. the Uphoisterers'
Union will take place Tuesday. Jan. o.
Clothing Cutters Union No. I will be repre-
sentsd by II, White At the annual Convention Of
the New York State Federation Of Labor.
Messrs. surla. Hartje and Friedman were
elected %delegates to the Conference for the Relief
ers' Union No. 1.
Carpenters Union No. bis has given John Hal
kett l6 votes for Walking Delegate OF the Broth
erhood Carpenters District Council In this city,
and II. schultLe received lao votes.
A. j. House has been elected President OF
Electrical Workers Union No. "a, Brooklyn. The
Recording Secretary is J. Z. barry, 22 Herkimer
street. and P. ] Dunn is Financial Secretary.
~Mass-meetinss will be held next Thursday even
New Irving Hall, on East broadway, and by the
shirtmakers' Union at walhalls Hall. Orchard
street.
At General Secretary George L. Horns Office re-
ceipts rom local unions OF the Bakers and Con-
fectione.s' International Union amounted to s2is. 65
last week. while s404.76 was expended.
A census Of the unemployed taken by the Trades
Council OF Detroit, Mich. places the number in
that city at about 25. 900. Buffalo and Indianapo-
lis each have 10000 people out OF work.
The differences between the walters unions Of
payment Of dues exacted by the Hoboken union
from members coming from New York to work In
Hoboken, have been amicably settled.
The new officers @ected by the National Brother
dent; N, Dun, H.. w, Sherman. II. Miller. Vice.
f + ~ E,;;D,s I: T. J. E J. Wives sf F. j. ROTH ,Tse' ". G.
Prickett. Executive Board; II. Miller. Organizer.
The Musical Liberty Protective Union has elected
a: watman. business Manager; n. RSsentnai,
rotary; d. wolenberg. Treasurer; A. Hoehdorf,
Examiner; d. Welsman. Librarian: hessrs. Stein.
Wesheimer and Wolenberg, Trustees.
Local Assembly ~. X. OF L., tailors, elected L.
Schwartz, Master Workman; S. Greenfield. Worthy
Foreman M. Klein. Recording Secretary; J, Cold
urer; II. Deutsch, statistician; A. Weinberger.
Judge: NJ. Ensel. Judge Advocate: s. Sherman.
Clerk.
The shoemakers Of st. Louis have been sue
organization, but the cigar-makers and brewery
wOrkmen are stlll out, and there is no end to be
their interests by the means OF organization.
Local Assembly 743. k. Of L.. better known as
the Apollo Musical Club, has secured a permanent
headquarters at 1856 Lawrence street, near Fulton,
Brooklyn. where the regular meetings will take
place every Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The
employment once is also located there. and the
Secretary Ia In attendance every day from IL A.. M.
to Q p. NJ.
Members OF the Hotel and Restaurant Employees
National Alliance are at present taking a vote
ganization providing for individual membership at
places whore local unions do not exist, and also
for the disseminating OF the stamp system, the
monthly per capita tax OF I la cents to be paid
in cash to the National Secretary.
Delegates Shapiro. wenstein and Cooper will
represent the Onlttu hebrew tHlOHb ht u
conference TO. the relief OF the unemployed at 20
Delaney street. next Thursday evening. The dele
gates to the Joint Executive Board Of the United
cinity. have been instructed to vote for the ex-
pulsion of the Brooklyn Central Labor Federation
for refusing to withdraw the boycott from the
Brooklyn Labor Lyceum.
! During the last two years the number of trades
union members In Germany has been reduced from
27s, 029 to 227, 023. owing to the failure Of many
strikes and the lack Of employment. The miners
unions lost over 1900 members through the inter-
rs,edn'e Of y union snu men WE'RE disebaree eds' fr rpIs ths Gov-
ernment's coal mines In Westphalfa and Rhenania.
Ths following firms in this city are now en-
ployins union sranite-cgtters: Browne, McAllis.
Doian. One Hundred and Fifth street; James Do
Ian. Sc Milton street, Greenpoint; NJ. McGrath.
second street, East River; Wills q Dyer, Ninety
second street and First avenue; Booth Bros. One
Fischer & Bird Houston street and Bowery; W.
Kidney, sixty-hrst street, East River.
4 t yesterdays meeting Of Branch 1 Of the United
s,lk, la.SS.n W y, s,.1s,l u l1, !. was reported 1et that At
prevent the strikers who were evicted from Stein
hardt's tenement houses from being received by
other landlords. but the Strike Committee out.
procured lodsing., At more somiortabis quarters
ed by the Branch next Tuesday evening.
T. ". Powderiy has resumed his agitation In
favor OF temperance. He recently said at a tenn
perance meeting in Scranton. Pa; Throw strong
drink aside as you would an ounce Of liquid
hell. It scars the conscience. It destroys every
thing II touches. Every dime spent in the rum
shop furnishes a paving stone for hell. In one
Pennsylvania county In q single year III. 600. 900
was spent for liquor. and It was estimated that
81, 900. 900 Of the amount came from working
men,
! For 4 long time there has been serious trouble
In the Central Labor Union at Minneapolis. The
body was controlled. as It is charged, by q few
men for their own beneht. whereupon most Of the
unions withdrew to organize q second central body,
which Is now stronger than the old one. Mrs.
Eva Mcdonald Valesh. q well-known labor writer.
and labor editor of the Minneapolis Tribune.
was one OF the leaders In the movement that Gull
minated in the formation Of the new central
organization.