The Washington times., 1895-06-02

Secretary.
The reading of the agreement was well
received and unanimously concurred in
by the union.
| The members were jubilant over the
! pleasant relations that exist between the
| Journeymen and their employers and words
of praise were said by the members in
speaking of the amicable manner that the
bosses had treated the union in effecting
| this agreement.
The union is now in q very prosperous
condition aud includes nearly every jour-
neyman cognice worker in this city within
! its fold.
BY one clause which stipulates that
foremen in shops shall not belong to the
union a few good members will be lost
but as one member expressed it they did
not claim the earth, they had got good
slice and were satisfied.
The Eccentric Association of Steam En-
| gineers held its Regular session Friday
evening. In the absence of the master
workman Past Master Z. j. Rea was
called on TO preside over the meeting.
In addition to the regular routine busi-
ness several reports were had from commit
tees on the prospects of having union en-
] gineers employed in prominent business
/ houses The reports and prospects were
considered very favorable.
Under the head of good of the order
| debate was had on the good work now
| being done by The Washington Times, es-
pecially in exposing the corruptness of the
| Alexander Island outlaw race track asso-
citation. During the debate it was stated
| that several merchants doing business in
| Washington had been notified that unless
their advertisements We're Withdrawn from
! The Times the patronage OF the so-called
| sporting element OF Alexander Island would
| be Withdrawn from them.
This threat had been treated with silent
contempt by those so notified, with the ex-
! ception OF two firms, who are largely
patronized by organized labor and who
had complied with the request. The re-
| suit of the debate was the unanimous
adoption of the following resolution:
| Resolved, That this organization of
! steam engineers heartily indorse the stand
taken by The Washington Times with re-
gard to the infamous swindling concern
across the Potomac River known as the
Alexander Race Course Association; and
| be it further
Resolved, That we condemn the action
of any merchant that will allow this in
! stitution to dictate to them as to
what newspapers they shah advertise in;
and be it further
Resolved. That this association con-
siders any such merchant that prefers the
patronage of the Alexander Race Course
Association to the working people un-
worthy of our support, and we further de-
clare and pledge ourselves to carry out
these resolutions to the full extent of our
abilities and to use our influence to that
| end among our friends" "
The Building Trades Council met in regu
| lar session asst Tuesday evening, with
President O'Brien in the chair. Roll call
| showed that eight organizations were
represented Thecommittee on constitution
made final report that the laws had been
printed and were ready for distribution.
Each delegate and each organization viii
be furnished with copies.
Plumbers reported that the Washington
Brewing Company have used timers TO do
plumbing work.
The resolution to put the seal of the
council on all working cards of organiZa
tions affiliated was referred to the respec-
tive local organizations for approval.
The secretary was instructed to notify the
locals of non-attendance of some of their
representatives.
The report on the Fort Myer job created
quite discussion. That it was being done
by non-union men was quite surprise 10
the council, as no good reason could be given
why the work could not be done under
union rules
One matter which created no surprise but
caused some debate, was the report that
Mr.. Herman, of KerBan's Theater, was
going to build a new house, and that
Mr.. Herman had stated that no union man
should work on the building. The seere-
tary was directed to record this statement
for future reference.
The question of taking names off the
unfair list by one organization to the detri-
ment of others was debated. with the re-
suit that it was decided that all differences
must be satisfactorily arranged with all
trades before a firm can be declared fair.
The Galvanized Iron Workers reported
that satisfactory agreement had been en-
tered into between the bosses and the
union with regard to the employment If
union men.
The Electric Workers reported that they
had succeeded In placing the Evening News
on the unfair list.
The electric work on the Catholic Uni
versity was being done by union men, but
all the rest OF the work Is non-union, hence
there was much dissatisfaction in regard
TO it.
R. R. Rhodes was installed as a repre-
sentative from the Carpenters Council, in
place Of George j. Suter, resigned.
The adoption Of a one card system in
the building trades was brought up and re-
suited in a negative vote.
The Hot Water and Steam Filters ap-
piled for readmission in the council. The
request was laid over for next meeting
The regular meeting Of the Carpenters.
Council was held on Friday night, with
the president, R. r. Rhodes, in the chair.
Credentials of Union 100, in favor Of j. NJ.
Heisley, III. d. Rose, William s. Richard
son, Theo. Perry aud j. F. Boyle, from
174S K. of L. J. c. Wilson, Fred. L.
Harries, Victor F. Montgomery, Martin
Decry and Alfred Waldsaur, received aud
accepted.
A letter was received from the architects
of Mrs. ChiIds' job in answer to letter
sent to Mrs Childs by the council, stating
that Mr. Lowrie, the foreman of the work,
was discriminating against union men. The
architects said in their letter that this
was mistake, so they had been informed
by Mr.. Lowrie. and that the union men
had applied for work when there was no
room for them.
The secretary was instructed to again
write to Mrs. Childs and the architects,
inclosing sworn statements of the union
men who had applied for work and had
been told that no union man should be en-
ployed on the work
The secretary was also Instructed to re-
quest that the men be allowed to only work
eight hours on Saturdays, which has been
the custom for years in this city
A letter from ID "A. 66, in which clothing
firm on Seventh street desired to be taken
off the unfair list, was read, and the coun-
Gil decided that the name should be taken
off the list when Mr. Herman had built a
house and had employed union men.
The organization committee reported
seeing Mr.. Shugras, the saloonkeeper at
Fourteenth and streets, who had ex-
pressed surprise that non union men had
been employed on his work, but assured
the committee that immediate steps would
be taken to put union men in their places.
The new ice plant at Georgetown was re :
ported to have been built by union labor.
Mr.. Gannt, who will build the flats on
Fourteenth and Fl streets northeast has
specified that none but union men shall be
employed on the work.
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