Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-26

announce that it is not their intention to
antagonize the railroad officials. In speak
Ing of the matter. Grand Master Sargent
said the trouble between the employe and
the employer was that they did not under
stand each other. He thought there should
be more honesty of purpose upon the part
Of both capital and labor. He was sure
that the labor societies were rapidly bring
ing such condition into being; they had
already improved the moral tone of all
railroad employees, who had learned to ed
ucate themselves, and thereby to appre-
ciate the better class of work, whereby the
railroad itself had been greatly benefited.
He thought that the first step in the max
ing of the proposed federation was to see
that conservative men were placed at its
head: men who would do the greatest good
for the greatest number, and put their foot
upon anything that savored of antagonism
toward one another.
The Electrical Workers.
The usual weekly meeting of Local
Union No. &c, Electrical Workers, was
held last night at their hall, No. S27 7th
street northwest. In the absence Of Pres
ident Berger, Mr.. R. +. Metzel was called
to the chair. The attendance was good.
Henry Hubbel was reinstated and S. Sill
verbarg was admit ed to active member
ship: Applications for membership were
received from four other persons.
The matter of differences between the
Electrical Workers and the Plumbers
Union relative to the hanging of some
combination electric and gas fixtures by
the former in large establishment in
Washington was discussed at much length
and committee was appointed to confer
with a like committee from the Plumbers
Union. An effort was made to adjust the
matter satisfactorily.
The action of the convention committee
at their meeting Sunday last regarding the
appointments of various subcommittee
was confirmed. The list of the latter is
follows:
Theater, J. NJ. Berger, chairman; Walter
Burke. John Lloyd. John Hebbard and
John Rosser: banquet, ]. NJ. Berger. chair
man: R. F. Metzel, Malcolm Beaton, Geo
A. Malone. Henry Phillips. David H. Carr
John Lloyd, John Rosser and William
Watzel; printing, David H. Carr, chair
man; Albert Brooks. Il: F. Metzel and vii
liam E. Dykes; reception, Henry Phillips
chairman; George A. Malone, VIM. Watzel
Malcolm Beaton. David H. Carr. Joseph
Darmill and John Hoffacher; illumination,
Rowe, Albert Man, John Collins, Joseph
Collins. David H. Carr, William Watzel,
H. T. Ba1ser. Joseph r. McCrink, H. K.
Miller AMI A. johnson; night parade. Will
srink, John NJ Berger, R. F. Metzel. Will
liam H. Whitman, Walter ]. Williams,
William Watzel and Henry Phillips.
The rast has been busy week with the
members of the union getting ready for
the biennial convention of their national
brotherhood, which meets here November
II to H. The contract for making the
banner, which is to be a very fine one,
has been awarded. 1t will be suspended
across 9TH street from their headquarters
about November l, when the front of the
building will also be decorated.
In the Labor Field.
Contracts have been made with the Mid
dletown, Pa. car works for the construc-
ton of $50 cars, fifty of which will 20 to
Mexico. The building of these cars will
put a large number of idle men to work
Articles of agreement have been signed
transferring the Honesdaie, Pa, green
glass works. which have been idle for five
years, to a syndicate of Scranton glass
blowers. Fires will be started November l.
The seml-monthly pay roll of the Penn
sylvania Steel Company Saturday last
amounted to s101,1iS. divided among 4,S72
employees. The plant is being run to its
full capacity.
President John Mcbride of the American
Federation of LABOR addressed a mass
meeting of workingmen at the cid city hall,
Pittsburg, last night.
1t is said that a large number of miners
IN western PENNSYLVANIA are sick and des-
ing districts the typhoid fever is endemic
An appeal has been made for aid.
The iron manufacturers and tie workers
representatives are preparing for the next
adjustment of the iron scale, which will he
during the first ten days in November.
1t Is said that the demand for labor al
Minneapolis is greater at present than
ever before known. Men are wanted for
the woods and for the logging camps, and
for railroad work and various sorts of
work that will last all winter, while there
is no end of employment for men willing
to do such work as must be finished be-
fore winter. and therefore Of short dura-
ton.
1t is estimated that at this time there
are fully $4,000 miners or strike IN Perm
sylvania alone. The leaders in the strike
counsel a policy of peace and will try to
accomplish their ends without having re-
course to violence.
1t is understood that the trouble at Fort
Myer. Va. between one of the contractors
for the erection of the government build
ings and his bricklayers has been salts
factorily adjusted and the men have re-
sumed work.