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Cutters Association, which has its head
quarters in this city He has only been in
Washington for a year or so, and has been
member of the Federation less than a
year, but he has already endeared himself
to all of the workingmen and the labor
leaders. who acknowledge that he is one
of the most aggressive. as well as one of
the most sensible, men who ever took a
prominent part in local labor matters
He is exceedingly popular. as his election
to the chief office in the Federation, after
such brief residence and membership will
testify. He is considerably more than six
feet in height, and large in every way, and
has a most commanding presence. He says
that it is barely possible the headquarters
of the Stone Cutters Association may be
removed from this city in August, but he
Is making great effort to prevent that
change, and he believes that he will sue
ceed. He regards Washington as the head
that 1t will soon become the national head
quarters of early every one of the great
organizations
Efficient Officers.
Mr.. Joseph X. Potter, the corresponding
secretary of the Federation, is a native of
Alabama, who has resided in this city since
1885. He Is at present teacher of car
pentry in the manual training school at
the Peabody annex building, on CAPITOL
Hill. being by trade carpenter and
member of two of the carpenters organiza-
tions, national secretary of Union No. and
trustee of the Carpenters Assembly He
mas been corresponding secretary of the
federatlon OFT and on for about six years,
and finds it impossible to relinquish the
post, as he has made himself practically
Indispensable.
Mr.. Stephen A. Clements, the treasurer
of the Federation, may really be called the
father of the Knights of Labor in the Dis
trict, for it was through his efforts that
the Flasterers' Union was organized, in
1851 He has been continuously identified
with In hNr r.izsf ff0,,r ~,
ever since that time and still takes great
interest in the matter. A portrait of him
here presented is not an excellent one, as
1t was taken several years ago.
The present officers of the District As
sembly are as follows: w. H. G. Simmons,
master workman; Michael Cuff, worthy
foreman; c. E. Walport, recording secre-
tary; e. F. PyWell, financial secretary and
Paul T. Bowen, treasurer. Mr. Simmons,
who is one of the best-known timers of
the District, is now serving his fourth term
as chief officer of the District Assembly.
He was born in the District of Columbia
and has lived here all his life except for
brief period in his youth, when he made an
extensive tour of the country. He has
filed nearly every office in the order of
the Knights of Labor and last November
sent by the District Assembly by
unanimous vote to represent this jurisdic-
ton in the General Assembly of the K of
L., which met at New Orleans.
Mr. Edwin F. Pywell, financial secretary
of D. A. g. is a carriage maker by trade
and a native of the District Of Columbia
He first became identified with organized
labor in 1888 by aiding in the organization
of his craft into an amalgamated local as
senlbly. 1856, K. of L., previous to the
formation of which the journeyman car
riage makers were working ten and twelve
get. Mr.. Pywell was elected the first mas
ter workman of his assembly, a position
which he filed six consecutive terms, and
during this period the assembly succeeded
to- yl,>
eight on Saturdays. with a substantial in
crease in wages. He was elected a dele
gate to the Federation of Labor in 1884.
and served eight years in that body, and
has also represented his local assembly in
D. A. &C for eleven years. for ten of which
he has filed the office Of financial secre-