The morning times., 1896-05-17
FEDERATION OF LABOR.

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Tabor organizations responded when Sec
Tctary Clements called the roll at the
weekly meeting OF the Federation of Labor
last Tuesday evening. President James
T. MCIIuch occupied the chair and rendered
the decisions with Characteristic impair
tality.
A1tcr seating accredited delegates from
the LithOgrapherS' Union, Carriage and
Wagonmakers and the Printing Prcssmen' s
Union. the reports OF committees were
taken up.
The legislative committee reported that
the tail making il unla wful for aliens to
hc employed on government works. was
now in the hands of Senator Hill of New
York.
The measure undoubtedly met with the
Endorsement OF the Senator. for the bill
was introduced by him on last Wednesday,
and cditOHally indOrSed by The Times the
following morning. Tie bill provides that
no person. not citizen OF the United States,
orlasnot declared hs intention of becoming
such shah hc employed on or in connection
with any public building or public works
under the control Of or conducted by the
Unitcd States, its Territories OF the District
Of Columbia. All contracts hereafter en-
tered into are required TO Contain pro
vision that this law is to bc carried into
effect. Violations are to be deemed rs
mISdcmcanors. punishable by fine of
from $3.50 to $500. and Imprisonment not
exceeding one year or both. TIE chairman
OF the legislative committee also an
bounced that the Commissioners had fav-
orabiy recommended the Federation bill
which provides for days labor III place of
contract work.
The special committee appointed to in
vestigate the charges preferred against
the Cornlce Workers Association by the
Tn and Sheet iron Workers. for open vio.
los lion 81
Cornlce Workers before their admission
into the Federation. made their report. The
connnl'ec stated that only the Cornice
workers side of the controversy had been
heard at the investigations This proved
very conclusively that the agreement had
been grossly violated, and il was not con
sldered necessary that The prosecution
should be heard. The charge against The
Comlce Workers Union was the allowing
OF lts members 10 take work where legiti-
mate union men had been Disseminated
against. After the report had been made
the Cornlce Workers were denounced by
The delegates, not only for being guilty of
the highest crime known in the ewes of or
ganlzed labor-that of treasnn-but for
having the audacIty of attcmDting to de-
iend their action, by alleging that they had
zone The work because the knights of
Labor had been debarred from doing the
same. The unanimous verdict in the case
was that the CorniCe Workers were un-
worthy or affiliation, and the sentence of
expulsion was Immediately carried out.
The work Of the agitation committee and
Its rccomm endation for high license for
liquor saloons received considerable attan.
tion. With the exception of the Cigar
makers, the general opinion. which was
freely expressed, was that the committee
was iHlly justified in making the recon-
meadaiion. Delegates from the Cigar
makers Union reiterated their statement
or last week, that their union was loyal
TO the FedC -atinn aud To the bovcott. bur
they would protest gainSt the high license
proposition as, in their opinion, IL would
only force the traffic into the hands of the
Weather class OF saloon-keepers. who were
the most unfriendly ytoorganized labor. The
CigarmakerS cited as an illustration tho
fact that in majority of the small sa-
loons Union cigars were sold, while in the
so-callcd firSt-class saloons and hotels
the worst kind OF tenement house goods Oh
tanned.
Under the reports from the local orgar.ra-
lions, the Painters reported that, having
come to the conclusion that the Building
Trades Council had outlived its usefulness,
at the last meeting they resolved to with
draw their delegates from that body.