The morning times., 1895-09-29

so-called Pearl Laundry was very encour-
aging. The assembly was fast increasing
in membership; so much so that another
local assembly of laundry workers would
be instituted during the week.
Delegates from the Clerks Assembly pre-
scented grievances against two business
| houses that refused to close at O'Clock.
/! The matter was referred to the executive
| committee.
| Tin and Sheet Iron Workers reported good
| attendance at their last meeting. The
| assembly had indorsed the action of the
| District executive committee in regard
| TO what had been done in the Emerson Shoe
House case.
The Carpenters called attention to the
| carpenter work that is now being done on
the Improvements on the Emerson Shoe
| Company's new store.
| Delegates from Excelsior Assembly ex-
tended an invitation to the delegates to at
tend the series of lectures that are to be
| given under the auspices of Excelsior As
sembly. Request was also made that the
delegates should carry the invitation to
their local assemblies and invite the mem-
| bers to attend the lectures, with their
friends. The lectures commence on the
| first Friday in October and continue dur
ing the winter. one being delivered at each
meeting, which takes place on the first and
third Fridays in each month.
| Bakers Assembly reported that some
differences were still existing in Corby
Bros bakery. Referred to executive com
mittee.
Carriage and Wagon Makers reported a
good meeting last Monday evening. The
confederation of the new bylaws took up
most of the session. Several applications
for membership were received during the
evening and laid over till NE St meeting.
Delegates from the Musical Assembly re-
| ported that tho Labor Bureau hsd been in
dorsed, and that the musicians would ten
der their services toward giving either a
concert OF ball for the benefit of the
bureau
The Eccentric Engineers reported indorse-
menrof the Labor Bureau, and have elected
delegate. Their committee on securing
employment for union engineers ON the X
street market was meeting with success.
| Two propositions for membership were re-
ceived at their last meeting.
| The Butchers reported two reinstatements
and three propositions for membership at
their last meeting. The assembly had In
dorsed the Labor Bureau proposition and
| also W ould not patronize any store that dis
! played show cards of unfair houses y
was thought that all of the leading butchers
would sign the agreement TO employ union
men.
Delegates from the Iconoclast Assembly,
which is composed of printers and the allied
trades, reported four propositions for
| membership and one Initiation at their
| last meeting. The assembly also indorsed
the placing on the unfair list all firms as
| recommended by the Federation of Labor
and the District Assembly. The assembly
| also passed resolutions requesting mem
bers TO wear the regulation badge of the
| order. r-
The executive committee presented a
lengthy report of its work during the past
week. which Included the grievances of
the Tailors, Butchers, Tin and Sheet Iron
| Workers, Bakers, Bakers Drivers, and
| Laundry Workers, ali of which had been
| attended TO with satisfactory results, in
| most of the cases, and in others only slow
progress was reported
The committee on labor bureau and work
ingmen's library reported that al the LAST
| meeting eleven local organizations had
sent permanent delegates The sub com
mittee on hall was looking out for suitable
quarters. The committee did not thi ink the
hall that had been reported as suitable
one at the last meeting, could be obtained
on reasonable terms. They said the agents
of that building seemed very anxious tC
obtain tenants when none were in sight,
but now seeing a prospective one, and
perhaps a buyer, had suddenly changed
front as to the value OF said property, etc.
The committee at the next meeting viii
most likely recommend that the bureau
have nothing whatever to do with either
the building or the agents, as more suitable
quarters are in sight and can be obtained
The committee will meet again next
Monday evening.
The committee on reception OF the dele
gates to the General A ssenbly stated what
it was doing towards fulfilling the instruc
tions of the District Assembly. The com
mittee recommended that an entertainment
be given. at which the members of the orG.eI
In this Jurisdiction could have the oppor
tunity of meeting the delegates attending
the G eneral Assembly.
The recomme ndation of the committee
was concurred in, and the particulars vii
be impaired to the locals by their repre-
sentatives in the District Assembly.
A letter was referred from Robbins
Brothers, tailors, requesting information a:
to why they were. on the unfair list to
the TaiIors' Assembly.
The District organizer read a list of the
names of structural iron workers whom
he had organized into a local assembly. y.---
The organizer further stated that a char
ter had been granted 10 the drum corps that
he had organized some time ago. The or
ganizer further stated that he would,
before the next meeting of the District
Assembly, organize the colored laundry
workers into an assembly.
The Master Workman then pre-
sented set of resolutions extending sym
pathy to the Cuban insurgents in their gal
liant struggle for freedom from Spanish op
preston The resolutions which were
published in full in The Times of last Fri
day were unanimously adopted.
At the request of the Stage Employees
Alliance, the action of the Federation in
placing the new Lafayette Square Opera
House on the unfair list was unanimously
indorsed.
Encouraging reports were made as to
the prospects of ALIENS Opera House be
ing made a strictly union theater. The
agreement had been signed and only few
details remained to be arranged before
the matter will be given full publication
The regular meeting of Carpenters, Join
ers and Shareholders Union No. 1, held
last Wednesday evening In the hall, Al 8
Tenth street, was largely attended by the
members. The attendance at the meet
ings of Union No. 1 for the past five or six
weeks has been very remarkable, ovss