Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-23
FEDERATION OF LABOR.
Matters Considered ut the Meeti,
Held Last Niuht

Matters COnsidered Mt the Meeting
Held Last Night.
The meeting last night of the Federation
of Labor was well attended and full of in
terest.
The receipt of communication from a
large manufacturing concern which has
been on the unfair list for some time past.
through its attorney and the discussion
thereon revealed curious state of affairs
and is likely to lead to further complica-
tons between two of the organizations rep
resented in the federation.
According to the communication the con-
Germ referred to was placed on the unfair
list because 1t had in getting some work
done employed non-union men to perform it.
Subsequently the concern had lot of COM
bination gas and electric fixtures put in its
Union No.26. Electrical Workers, of this city
The plumbers objected to this on the
ground that electrical workers had no right
to put in gas fixtures, and in this view the
former were sustained by the federation.
Meanwhile the concern. according to
the letter. was, it is said, losing
money heavily, and was anxious to
get off the unfair list. In order to accom-
plish this the head of the concern sent for
the contract committee Of the federation
during the latter part of last week and a
conference on the subject was held. Upon
q promise being made to the committee
that the portion OF the gas nXtureS not
yet hung should be placed by union plum
bers, the committee agreed to have the
boycott removed. After fully discussing
the matter last night, the federation voted
that the concern must remain on the unfair
list until the gas fixtures hung by the cleo
trical workers shall be removed and the
entire work performed by union plumbers.
The electrical workers claim that plumb
ers have no right to put combination fix
lures in a building. but what they will do
relative to the matter has not yet trans
pred u Il
The Labor BuHeau.
Announcement was made that an office
for the operators Of the labor bureau has
been opened at No. 610 1ath street north
west, ard all members of organized labor
who may be out of employment were re-
qrested to call and register their names
stating at the same time the sort of work
they desire.
The credentials of the delegates from the
Bottling House Employees Assembly were
received and the delegates obligated.
A communication was read from the
Plate Printers Assembly stating that they
had Endorsed the actions of the laundry
workers in trying to obtain redress of their
grievances.
The painters announced that they had
also Endorsed the actions of the laundry
VIC rkers above referred to.
The Eight-Hour Law.
Report was made by a delegate that the
District government is violating the eight
hour law in the work Of opening a street
near Garfield Hospital, and a committee
was appointed to make an investigation of
the matter and make report at the next
meeting of the federation.
At the request of the Carpenters Council
the federation appointed a committee of
three to unite with similar committee
appointed by the former for the purpose
of comforting with Bishop Hurst of the
American University and asking that the
work on the proposed structures about to
be commenced shall be performed exclu-
sively by union labor.
The galvanized iron workers reported
that the contract for the galvanized iron
work on Heurich's brewery has been
awarded to a Chicago firm, who 1t is
rumored. will bring Chicago men to do the
work and q committee was appointed to