The Washington times., 1895-03-17

custom In all cases where "other union
of the same craft or calling Wa Hicauy
in the Federation, were referred To tnat
union, TO show cause why the new uniCsl
should not be admitted. The Musical
Assembly will report next meeting night.
The Eccentric Engineers requested that
a committee be appointed to wait on Mr..
Beriah wilkins, of the Post, and ascer-
tain why his written promise in regard
10 the engineers had not been compiled
with. The request was granted.
A letter has been received by the secre-
tary of the Federation from Mr.. Brady,
the Building Inspector. requesting thaass
a committee from the Federation act in
conjunction with him in plugging the
walls OF the street school building, TO
ascertain the truth or ia lsity of the
charges made as to the existence of hol-
low walls. Reply has been sent that the
request will be laid before the Federation
al its next meeting.
Letter has also been received from the
acting secretary 10 the Commissioners in
answer to the request OF the Federation
that n committee be grant ed an interview to
make a proposition relative 10 the charges
made by the Federation. The Commits
sioners request 'that Il commit ee report
10 the inspector OF buildings for the pur
pose OF specifically locating the alleged
defective work on the + street schoolhouse
so that the inspector may thoroughly in
vestigate the matter"
The committee appointed by the Fedora
ton at its last meeting was for the purpose
or presenting proposition TO the Commits
sioners 10 create a commission of disin-
terested competent builders TO make the
investigation. The request for an inter
view not being granted, the committee
does not feel empowered to take further
m At OF fan aaaf tor hnc hoo n i'm
laid before the Federation, especially as
the charges have been denounced as false
in the report OF the inspector TO the Com
missioners, therefore, the committee is of
the opinion that the investigation should
De conducted by outside judges in prefer
ence TO one who has already rendered an
adverse decision.
DISTRICT ASSEMBLY.
No meeting OF the District Assembly
was held last Thursday, the use OF the hall
having been rendered to the Suffrage As
sociation for that day
The executive committee has, however,
been transacting the business during the
week and will have some interesting
reports TO make next Thursday night.
II is also requested that the delegates
and members of the order viii attend the
meeting of the cement workers to-day,
Sunday, al o'clock, at the Plasterers' Hail,
for the purpose of perfecting arrangements
for their organizing into an assembly of
the Knights OF Labor.
LOCALS.
At the last regular meeting of Local
Assembly, No. 1914, Knights OF Labor,
composed of jourDeymen plasterers, held
last Monday evening, and largely attended,
considerable attention was devoted to a
commu nicat ion received from a sub
contractor on the flats now being erected
for Mr.. Robert Portner, president of the
Portner Brewing Company. The 'ommuni-
cation contained a request for the assembly
10 furnish sufficient number of union men
TO do the plastering on the aforesaid flats.
The debate which followed the reading
OF the communication was TO the effect
that, while the assembly was willing at all
times TO unioEiZe any job, when the propo-
stion was made in good faith, still, when
the fact was made known that the specifi-
cations for the work on the flats impera-
lively required that union men only should
be employed, and when the records OF the
assembly showed the same contractor had
but a short time previous positively re-
fused to employ union men on another job,
where it was not specified that union
men should he employed, the members were
ofthe opinionthat the request was not made
In good faith, but simply because the work
on the flats had to be done by union men.
The plasterers were also of the opinion
that to furnish union men, as requested,
would be doing rank injustice to those
employers who had so homrably stood by
the assembly by employing its members,
regardless OF whether or not the specifica-
tions called for union men.
1t was unanimously resolved not to com
ply with the request.
A committee was then appointed to see
the architect of the work and inform him of
the conclusion of the assembly. This was
done, with the result that the contractor
has been notified that he viii have to ostrictly
comply with the specifications or give up
the job