Evening star., 1896-12-08
CENTRAL LABOR UNION
Resolution ON the Work ON the F Street
Sewer.
Much Busincss Of Interest Transact ctei
Last Night-The Work on the
New Brewery.

| Typographical Temple, with President MIL
ford F. Spohn presiding. All the affiliated
bodies were well represented.
| The most important business transacted
was the adoption of a preamble and reso-
lutions in reference to work on the F street
sewer. as follows:
Whereas work on the sewer on F street
oEas beer suspended until next spring by
order Of the District Commissioners, thus
deprfving a large number of mechanics and
| laborers of work. which at this season Of
J the year and under the present depressed
| business conditions is very necessary, and
Whereas. believing that this very neces-
| sary work was suspended without justif-
able reasons and that 1t will result in fore
| ing into idleness more than 100 men who
desire to labor. therefore.
Resolved. That the Central Labor Union,
| in the name of the labor of the District of
| Columbia. protests against the suspension
of said work, and further. directs that a
committee be appointed who are hereby in
| structed to request the Commissioners to
| order a resumption of the work referred to
| without delay
Messrs. Canty. Brett, Dee. Neale and
| William Webber were appointed the COM
| mittee.
The consideration Of the trouble at the
Consumers Brewery between the members
| of the Plasterers' Assembly, No. 16i4, h.
OF L., who are employed there. and the
| Operative Plasterers' Union. which wants
| to get some of its men on the job. occupied
| large part Of the time of the session.
Immediately after the committee on the
part OF the Central Labor Union had made
| report to the body stating what they had
done since the meeting of last week. and
announced that some of the directors of the
Few brewery company had promised to at
tend the present meeting of the Central La
Eor Union. a committee of the board of di-
rGCtOrS brewery announced
being in the ante-Ioom.
They were. on notion admitted, and, af-
| ter the adjournment of the meeting of the
Central Labor Union, the announcement
was made that Director E. L. Jordan stat
| ed in the course of address which he
made to the members of the Central Labor
Union that meeting of the directors of
the brewery company had been called for
| today 20 consider the subject, but that they
had already reached the determination 10
allow things to remain as they are regard
Ing the controversy between the knights
of Labor plastererS and those affiliated
with the Central Labor Union until after
the decision of Columbia TypograD Dhcal
Union. which has undertaken to investigate
| the matter, is announced. This. it was
stated. will not be likely to be known for
nearly two weeks hence. and that by that
| time the plastering IN the brewery will be
nearly or quite finished.
A delegate interrupted Mr.. Jordan to say
that the members of the Operative Plaster
els Union had not been given by the di-
Mr. Jordan replied that the work concern
irg which there is SO much controversy be-
tween the two local organizations is being
performed by the day, and that the reason
that Mr.. Foster. the superintendent of the
JOB, bad not discharged every man under
his control who is concerned in the trouble
before this is that there is penalty of 500
a day for the non-completion of the brew
cry by the date stipulated in the contract
referring to the painting to be done on
the brewery Mr.. Jordan stated it was
| said that Central Labor Union painters and
those belonging to the Knights of Labor
would be treated alike with fairness in the
giving out Of employment. Mr. Jordan
also said 1t was announced that II the
Central Labor Union insisted on the MEM
| bers of it's affiliated bodies being reorgan-
lied, their object would be accomplished
also that the outcome of the present con-
troversy would be satisfactory to all con-
cerned and that a conclusion of the whole
trouble would. he thought. be reached in
side of twenty-four hours.
After some discussion to the continued
non-appearance of Secretary Torrans at
| the meetings of the Central Labor Union
| the office of secretary was declared vacant
and the assistant secretary. Mr.. J. J. Crow
ley. was promoted to the vacancy. The
post of assistant secretary was filled Nv the
| election of Delegate Jarvis Moulden.
| Delegate Cross of Columbia Topographic
| cal Union reported that in pursuance Of a
| resolution adopted at recent meeting OF
| that organization the secretary had for
| warded to the secretary of The American
| Federation of Labor at Indianapolis the re-
quest Of the local Typographical Unicn
| that the American Federation Of Labor at
| it's coming convention will direct the es-
order in Washington.
On motion Delegate Edmonston If the
Carpenters Union No. 100 was elected al
| ternate delegate to the Cincinnati cOnyen-
ton of the American Federation of Labor
which assemblies in that city Monday next
and Messrs. Silver and Edm onds.on who
are delegate and alternate, resp ac.ively
were appointed committee to present the
| matter of removal of headquarters 10 this
| city to the convention and 20 urge upon
the members thereof the fact that it is
the unanimous wish of the members Of the
Central Labor Union that the headquarters
of the American Federation of Labor Shall
in future be here.
| A communication from Carpenters J'nicn
No. 100 asking that one of the theaters
here be placed on the unfair list was re-
ferred to the grievance committee. A mo-
ton was adopted that the mem )arsnip CT
the grievance committee he increased ard
| that those added be taken from among
| the carpenters affiliated with the local
trades unions.
Delegates Silver. Owens and Proctor were
appointed a committee to call Ipon ,he
directors of the Consumers Brewing Com
! pany at their next meeting to look after
the interests of the Operative Plastcrers'
Union in regard to the controversy be-
tween the Knights Of LABOR and Central
Labor Union, concerning the plastering
trouble
Delegate Weber. who has charge Of the
| matter of organizing the brewery en-
ployes into a union. reported that the work
was progressing in a satisfactory manner.
Delegate McCrink Of the contract COM
mittee reported that he had written to
the proprictors OF various summer re-
sorts in the vicinity of Washington. ask
ing that only union labor be employed
there hereafter. but as yet he had re-
ceived no reply from any Of them.