The morning times., 1896-01-05

present year will be, but It 10 known
that over. twe-thirds Of the old delegates
were retIrned.
After The acceptance Of the report OF the
| committee and the obligation Of the new
delegates tue assembly went into an ele.-
tion of Officers, which resulted as follows:
For master workman, the incumbent, W.
IL. G. Simmons, was again. for tue fourth
time, unanimously elected. The annouce-
ment was loudly applauded by the dele
gates. The runor on the outside that there
would be strong opposition to the re-eiec-
ton of Brother Simmons did not materialize
on the inside.
TIE incumbent of the office OF worthy
foreman, Michael Cuff, was also reelected.
The iDcumbents of the offices of record
ing secretary and treasurer positively de-
cned a denomination, but at tue same
time assured the District Assembly OF their
undivided allegiance 10 the administration.
Stephen A. Clements Of the Piasterers'
Assembly was then elected as recording sec
retary, and john Il. Doyle OF the Bakers
Drivers treasurer.
Messrs Clements and Doyle are two OF
the oldest delegates to the District AS
seinbly and have served several terms on
the executive committee.
For financial secretary L. F. Pywell was,
for the tenth year, unanimously reelected.
f. J. Rea was also reelected as inspec-
tor.
The election of an executive committee
was then carefully considered, and the
election resulted in what is considered one
of the strongest and most intelligent boards
ever having charge OF the affalrS OF the
District Assembly
As the hour OF midnight had arrived the
rest of the business was laid over for
the next meeting. Before adjourning an
Douncement was made OF the meeting OF
the Labor Bureau committee which will be
held at the new headquarters OF the bureau,
No. 3l6 Eighth street, today Sunday at
$50 O'Clock.
AMONG THE LOCALS.
The Bottling House Employees held
largely attended special meeting on last
Monday evening, The meeting was ad-
vertised to be held in The Times building, Dut
owing to some mismanagement on the
part OF the janitor who could not be found,
the members had TO search for other quar-
tiers, which were, after considerable tramp
ing in the rain, secured in the Elks' Hall.
The Times deeply regrets the circuin-
stance, and assures the bottiers that IL
was unintentional on its part, and further
assures them that arrangements have
been made SO that it will be impossible for
such an affair to occur again.
At the meeting the case of F. H. Finley
& Sons was carefully considered, after
which quite n number of the employees of
that firm were balloted for and elected to
membership.
The prospects of the BottlinS House EN-
ployes' Assembly are very flattering, and
it bids fair to soon become the largest
local assembly in the District of Columbia.
The only labor organization that held
meeting on New Years Day was that OF the
Pioneer Laundry Workers, which met in
the /. o. NJ. Hall for the purpose of eiecting
delegates TO the central bodies, with the
following result: Federation of Labor, j
W. Slater, Fritz Herman, W. Ii. Wilder
Miss Nellie Bolger and Mrs. NJ. s. Wilder.
District Assenibly-Mrs. N. S Wilder, Miss
Annie Foley and w. H. Wilder. The In
staIlation OF officers was laid over for one
week, and installing officers of the District
Assembly so notified and requested to be
present.