The morning times., 1895-11-17
AMONG THE

| The Bottling House Employees Assem-
bly, held rousing meeting last Sunday
Visitors were present from several of thu
other local assemblies. large number Of
limitations took place and quite a number
of propositions for membership were re
ceived and laid over. The action of the
central bodies in placing firms on the un
| ialr LIST was Endorsed, and q fine of Sc
VIII be imposed on all violaters of the same
| The meeting for today will be very i'm
portant one and a large attendance is an.
uclpated. Meetings will be held until fur.
| Their notice in the hall, No. 609 street
| northwest.
The Douglass Progressive Assembly of
| Steam Engineers held its regular meeting
| last Sunday in the hall No. 609 street,
Master Workman Ransom presiding. A
| case was reported where two engineers are
running plant under one license. The
| TACT that non-union engineers were work
ing at the West End Laundry was also re-
ported. These cases were referred to the
executive committee, and will be. after i'll
vestigation, presented to the central bodies.
Delegate W. II. Young explained to the as
sembly the benefits tobc derived from be- ng
connected with the Labor Bureau.
Mr.. L. j. Rece, OF the Eccentric Engineers,
and Miss Julia Carter, from the Colored In
dustrial Laundry Workers, gave some very
interesting the DeuGIlt OF
The assembly.
Master Workman Ransom stated that but
one member of the assembly was now out OF
work. The ma ster workman also an
nounced with much feeling the loss the
assembly had sustained by the death of
Brother William Henry Lewis, late of the
Corcoran building. The moral assistance
OF the assembly was pledged to the sup
port of the union laundries of this city.
The Il nf Y. Carraurrrc T,ai in.
teresting session last Monday evening in the
Society Temple, Fifth and & streets north
west. In the absence of the master work
man the worthy foreman presided. During
the evening delegation from the General
Assembly, headed by the District master
workman, were announced and admitted.
The business of the meeting was tempo
rarily suspended. as the members were
very DESTROYS to hear from the visiting
brothers.
General Worthy Foreman Bishop was
the first speaker, and entertained the mem
bers with some very Interesting and in
structive remarks. The worthy foreman
was followed by Brother John VI. Kenny,
OF the general executive committee and,
like Brother Bishop, agreeably enter
tanned the assembly. Short speeches were
also made by the other visiting delegates.
Delegate Phillips, from Philadelphia, gave
a very interesting description of the sue
cessful working of the Labor Bureau of
that city. After the speeches 1t was unani-
mousiy resolved to hold an opening meet.
ing on Monday evening and to extend an
invitation to all delegates to the General
Assembly who could attend to be pres.
ent.
The Protective Street Railway Union
held very largemeetingla last Thursda yeven-
ing. The principal business was the dis
cussion of the affairs OF the Ana costa road.
success the enterprise in putting on buses
was very interesting. The patronage was
such that twenty-five of the locked-out
drivers had been furnished with employ
ment and 1t would soon he possible to put
all to work. Delegates to the general as
sembly were present and gave Id members
great byrelating experiences
OF similar enterprises.
The Laundry Workers also held an inter-
esting meeting on Wednesday evening.
Like the other locals the Laundry Workers
received large number of the visiting dele |
gates. The regular order of business was |
suspended, and the members royalty enter |
tanned by interesting speeches from the |
delegates. 1t was announced that |
the date for the grand bali to be given by |
the Laundry Workers had not been def |
nitely fixed. Several applications for |
were received.
The members of Carpenters Union, No. |
1, are practically homeless. When they |
assembled at their hall, 419 Tenth street |
one week ago they found the doors locked |
and were informed that the parties having |
the lease had given It up. After some delay |
the members gained admission and held |
a meeting. Through the kindness Of Mr..
c. G. Conn, the president of the Washing |
ton Times, the use of the hall in The Times |
building was rendered to the carpenters free |
Of charge until such time as suitable
meeting place can be secured. The prop
ositiOn was accepted and the next meeting |
OF the union will be held in The Times
Local Union, No. 100, q. B. of A, held
It's regular meeting last Monday evening |
at their ball, No. 627 Massachusetts ave
nue.. In the absence of the president Vice
President Rose presided. Several members
the meeting on the different
Jobs under discussion. At the next regu-
ar meeting, November 1 g, the question of
appointing a business agent for the Build
ng Trades Council will come up, and II is
loped all members Will attend.