The morning times., 1895-10-27
FEDERATION oF LABOR.

The proceedings of the regular weekly
session OF the Federation of Labor, held
last Tuesday night, engaged the attention
Of the delegates till a late hour.
In the absence of the president the first
vice president Charles II. Worden, presided
over the meeting.
Tue first business of the evening was on
the consideration of the application for
nffiiation from the Bottling House En-
piOyes' Assembly, which ifas Recently been
organized. The credentials of the delegates
from the new organization having been
approved, The delegates were admitted and
obligated. The admission of the Botthng
House Employees swells the number OF
organizations represented in the Federation
to furty-three.
The reports from the respective com.
mIuees v.,stt+d some very Interesting ue-
bates.
The contract committee reported that 8.
saIomuu. the saioonist, had signed the
agreement requested by the Federation
at the last meeting, and on recufnmenda-
ton uf the committee his name was taken
off the unfair list.
The committee on Labor Bureau and
Workinginen's Library reported that the
bureau was now in full operation, an office
had been opened at coo Thirteenth street
on the second floor for the transaction OF
business A clerk would be in attendance
to register the names of all members of
organized labor that were out of Employ
ment; also would be prepared to register
the names of all those that deserve help.
The office is connected with telephone,
therefore is easily accessible to both the
unemployed and employers.
Quite number of communications were
received, among the list was one from
the party placed on the unfair list at the
last meeting The communication requested
answers to several questions bearing on the
work that had caused the whole trouble.
The decision arrived at by the Federation,
after thorough debate, was to leave the
matter in the hands of the committees of
the Federation, District Assembly and the
Plumbers Association, with power to de-
clare the matter amicably adjusted when
the terms previously agreed upon between
those committees aud the representatives
OF the party deserving adjustment. The
matter, as stated at the Federation, was
the grievance, not so much as to what
slass of union men had done the work, as
the evasion entered into to defeat the
plumbers association, which had, through
Its committee, found out that an employer
of non-union men was doing the work, and
aad reported the matter to the Federation.
The special committee on the grievance
of the Bricklayers Union against J. F.
Doherty and A. Goode, brickwork con-
tractors, for being employers Of non-union
labor, reported the charges susta iSed, and,
on recommendation of the committee, those
parties were placed ou the unfair list.
Communication was also received from
the Plate Printers Assembly, notifying
the Federation of the Endorsement of the
action of the Laundry Workers publishing
the names OF the laundries employing fair
labor.
The delegates from the Painters As
sembly also reported that their assembly
had indorsed the laundries recommended
by the Landry Workers. and had liked
as a penalty, one days pay, for any men,
Der found patronizing other laundries than
those recommended.
AT the request OF Carpenters Union No.
l, committee of three was appointed to
request an interview with the proper par
ties having charge of the letting out of
contracts for the proposed new structure
OF the American University, for the pur-
pose of having orga uiZed labor recognized
on the work.
Another violation OF the national eight
hour law on some masonry work that Is
being done for the District government
near Garfield Hospital was reported and
referred TO a special committee for investi-
cation.
The list OF fair employers in the car
riage and wagon building business as
prepared and published by the Carriage
Makers Assembly, was una nimously in
dorsed.
Ii was reported that in connection with
the brewing plant at the new Heurich
brewery a large amount of galvan nized
iron work would have to be DONE and as
the contractor for the plant was from
Chicago it had been rumored that the men
would be brought from that city to do
the work while many Washington me-
chanics were out OF employment. While
il was well known that the Heurich COM
pany had inserted in all its contracts
thai union labor should be employed and
Washington men given the preference, still
IL WIS thought hesI for the committee on
that work to call the attention of the COM