The morning times., 1895-08-21
LADOR'S BUSY DELEGATES
Thirty-Seven Locals Represented
at the Federation Meeting.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
NoC Conference Y ct Held ont he BuiIding
Regula ions-To Remind Mr. Baum
of His Promise-Debs' Case Again
C0nsidered-Marine Band VIII Stay
Here-Eckington and Belt Lines.

An enthusiastic meeting of the Federation
ofLabor was held last evening AT Plasterers'
Hall, corner Four-and-a-h -ha II street and
Pennsylvania avenue, President James F.
McHugh in the chair The attendance was
unusually. large, there being present repre-
Scntatives from thirty-seven labor organ
izations in the District Credentials of
delegates from the Tin and Sheet Iron
Workers, Horse shoeTs, and But chers'
unions were received and fayorabIy con-
sdered
The principal business of the meeting was
the hearing OF reports OF standing and spc-
cial committees, and the consideration Of
communications from several local labor
organizations.
The chairman OF the legislative committee,
which was instructed to confer with the
commission having in charge the revision
of the building regulations Of the District,
reported that no conference was held, but
that in all probability there would he very
shortly
REMINDED OF HIS PROMISE.
A committee was appointed To wait upon
Mr., Charles Baum, who has taken out q
building permit, TO ascertain if he would
keep his promise, made TO the Federation
some time ago, that when he built he
would employ none other than union
labor
AT the request OF the paperbangers COM
mittee was appointed to call upon Mr.
Chas Kaufman, on Seventh street be-
tween u and f streets northwest. in ref
erence to the employment of union labor
The chairman of the grievance committee
of the stonecutters stated that the report
that the difficulty between the stonecutters
and brcklayers at Fort Myer had been ami
cabiy settled was erroneous.
report was received from Plasterers'
Union stating that all arrangements for
Labor Day parade We're completed
Messrs. ". II. 'Stakel, {. j. Callahan,
and ). \. Clements, special committee
appointed to draw up suitable resolutions
on the incarceration Of Eugene V Debs,
made their report The resolutions VIII be
read at the meeting on Labor Day morn
ing
A delegate from the Letter Carriers re-
ported that the Letter Carriers Of Phila-
dclphia had engaged the Marine Band TO
lead organization Labor Day. This
report created no little excitement. as one
of the local organizations felt they had a
first mortgage Of the services nf the Marine
Band Tor the occasion. The matter was
settled for the time a least. by a member
OF the band, who was present as u dele
gate, VINO stated that the Marine Band
would no. so L. Philadelphia ON Labor
Day. but would take part in the parade
here.
AGAINST THE RAILWAYS.
a epreSenlativeIr from the Bakers Drivers
Union stated that organization had unanl-
mously ndorScd the action OF the Fedora
tiun of Labor and Assembly G6, k If l.,
in placing the Eckington Soldiers Home
and Belt Line Street Railways on the
unfair list. and that penalty OF 81 would
be imposed on the members for each viola
ton of 1hat rule.
il petition was received from the Butch
ers' Union requesting that the secretary
OF the Federation be instructed To write
Messrs. Nicholas Auth and y. d. Leoffler
and request them to hereafter employ none
but union butchers. 1t was reported that
the boss butchers were employing men
from Baltimore instead Of giving the
preference TO local union men.
a prominent labor man said the only
way to get even on this was for the
union men to eat Baltimore sausage.
a complaint was made that the butchers
at the slaughter-housc near Bennings We're
made TO work long hours for only 81 per
day
y fine of So. 25, the amount OF a days
labor, Will be imposed on each member
of the Plasterers' Union who fails to turn
out on Labor Day.
The Crawford Paving Company was
placed on the unfair list for the non-com-
pliance with the demands OF union labor.