The evening world., 1894-03-08
IN THE FIELD OF LABOR.

Ninety new members were enrolled by the Cap
Operators Union last night. The organization has
about 500 members
377 and $40 Broadway. resumed work yesterday. az
their demawd for higher wages was conceded In
part.
Delegates to the Laborcrs' General Council, ara
IN be elected by The Fifth Division OF the Labor.
ers' Union Protective Society this evening.
More than 5000 workmen at Leavenworth,
Kan. wear union buttons hearing the seal Of the
Leavenworth Trades Council.
= stcreot ypers are warned against going to Hos.
ton where their trade 10 overstocked. stereoty pers
falling over each other to secure a days work.
A National Convention OF boss BARRIERS, who also
will admit delegates from journeymen BARRIERS
unions, is to take place In Pittsburg on March 81.
The Iron Workers Protective and Benevolent
Union, which was organized recently In Jersey
city, has applied for a charter from the American
Federation OF Labor.
Sam Gompers, Prof. George Gunton and Mrs.
Il. NJ. Pettengili will speak at the Pratt InstI.
tute. Brooklyn. this evening upon The Ethics OF
Labor"
Michael Kelly has been elected Delegate to the
annual Convention OF the Hotel and Restaurant
Employees National Alliance by the Magnolia
Association Of Walters.
The Shirt Makers Union IL recognizing many
shops on the east side. This week a successful
strike was terminated at the shop OF Contractor
ferltnutter, 2S3 Madison street.
A new steamntters' union was organized by the
VI ittlptTb
last Saturday.
On Monday evening, March 10. the Hotel EN-.
ployees' Union will have It's second annual re-
ception at Tammany Hall.
Local Assembly 1911. X. OF L., Roofers.
Tin and sheet-lron Workers. loaned more than
$500 to the unemployed members during the last
four weeks.
Twelve members Of Progressive varnishers'
Union No. I won a strike for union wages yester-
Day on the new synagogue at Eighty-second street
and Tenth avenue.
About 1000 X. OF L. tailors held a mass-meeting
at New Irving Hall. Broome and Norfolk streets.
Yesterday evening. The speakers were Prof. Dam
lei De Leon. Abraham Cahan, Leopold Schwarz
and several others.
Settlers Union who were suspended for neglectinx
10 pay their dues are returning to the ranks,
paying up their arrears.
Brewery schools have been established by the
Government In Bavaria. and lectures on the art
OF brewing constitute a feature OF the curricu-
lum at the Universities OF Berlin. Halle. Bonn
On the second Wednesday in May about 800
delegates Of local lodges Of the brotherhood IT
Locomotive Engineers will assemble In annual
Convention In st. Paul, MINI. There is some OPP
position to giving another term to Chief p. ".
Arthur. but II 10 believed he will be reelected
by a large majority.
The Crystal Glass Works. at Bridgeport. o.,
gives each employee earning more than ~ per
week stock In proportion to his ability to pay for
II out OF his weekly earnings. As he pays for his
stock IT VIII be transferred to him on the Com
panys books. and he will at once begin to get
dividends II the Company earns money. The stock
Is made non assessable. and the men cannot lose
except the value OF their stock In case Of bank
ruptcy OF the concern.
The Park Commissioners were sharply criticised
at Yesterdays meeting OF the Board Of Walking
Delegates for refusing to issue tickets to unem-
ployed members OF unions afiliated with the
Board. and also for characterizing as Outrageous
In the Park Department should be paid the union
scale OF wages of $3.50 per day. 1t was resolved
to request all local central bodies to take action
upon this matter.
The Commltte appointed recently by the Build
ing Trades Section of the Central Labor Union to
call on Mayor Gilroy regarding the Plumbers Ex-
amining Board reported progress at yesterdays
meeting. The Mayor requested the Committee to
submit afhdavits OF the charges against the Board
and promised he would then consider them. The
will do this when Mr.. Gilroy returns
from California.
cisar.Makers'. compe,itors'. Pressmen's, Car;
makers, and Corniee Makers Unions. as we'll as
several local assemblies OF the knights OF Labor,
have called a convention OF the organized work
to nominate candidates for municipal onaces.
Members belonging to organizations refusing to
ward clubs and Assembly District associations.
President John p. Eberhart, and Secretary WILL
lam Springer, Of L. A. 800. X. Of L.. window
glass workers, have been exonerated from the
s tssn .o1 os h aime nso. m' rhs cssre oi tns s. asn,Sst
finds tina. the books are in good order. and there
is a balance Of about SIS; 900: The unemployed
fho NNN'f abouk ~o'vV ~ VIVA. ~ 10 "a
pected that MIR. Eberhart will be nominated for
Congress next Fall in the Twenty fourth District
Of Pennsylvania.
The nominations made for officers by the Miscel-
laneous Section OF the Central Labor, Union are:
For Secretary, C. N. Adler; for Sergeant alarms.
William Mayer; Organization Committee. NJ.
Dampf, II. Weismann. j. 8. Steele. II. Winston.
II. Sweeney. c. Roberts: Arbitration Committee,
r. Winston. William Schimmel, J. s. Steele, f.
Graf. s. Bail; Grievance Committee. H. Meisel. d.
Harris. J. Mobiles, A. L. Mackaye, J. T. Rohan.
The section will make a complaint TO the central
body next Sunday alleging that the United Broth
erhood. OF Carpenters and Joiners has been
patronlzing a hall where non-union cigars are
for sale.
The Culinary Trades Council was organized last
night at the International Labor Exchange. 267
East Tenth street, by delegates OF the Magnolia
Association OF Walters, Walters Assembly 10, 727.
Bartenders' Union No. /, Walters Union No. I
Bakers Union No. l. International Hotel and Res
taurant Employees Association. brewers Union
No. l and the Spanish Walters Union. The initia-
ton fee was fxed at So for each new union. The
officers are: H.. Sweeney. President: William
%Schimmel Vice-President; II. Weismann, Secre-
tary; r. Jolly. Treasurer: Paul Hoffman,, Ser
geant-at-Arms. Next week a constitution is to be
adopted.