The morning times., 1896-01-05
SATURDAY, JANUARY11.
DISTRICT ASSEMBLY.

The regular weekly meeting OF the Dis
trict Assembly of the Knights OF Labor
was held last Thursday evening The at
tendance was larger than at any meeting
held for the past eight years, every available
seat in the hall being taken. This in
creased attendance was due 10 the first
appearance OF accredited delegates from
the newly organized assemblies, and also to
the fact that it was the night set for the
annual election of officers.
Master Workman Simmons, called the
meeting to order promptly at 1:3O O'Clock.
The report of the retiring officers were
read and showed very gratifying state
of the Order, in the District of Columbia.
The financial secretary's report showed
that the membership in this jurisdiction has
been in creased about tfifteenhundred though
his report does not include the new locals
organized during the past three months,
which viii still further increase the roll
of membership. when the per capita tax
for the incoming quarter is paid. The
reports showed that all old locals were
well up with their per capita. The treas
urcr's report corroborated the report OF the
secretary.
Under call OF assemblies nearly all of the
locals reported election of officers and re-
qucsted Installing officers to be present at
the next meeting.
Several locals had passed resolutions re-
install their Officers, and Master Workma n
Simmons, promised to comply with the
request as far as he was able.
The Structural Iron Workers reported good
attendance at their last meeting. Eight
propositions for membership had been acted
on, five accepted and three rejected. Their
meetings in the future would be held on
Monday evenings in the hall at the Bureau
of Labor headquarters, 316 Eighth street.
Delegates from the Brewery Workers gave
some very interesting Information as to
the progress made with the boss brewers.
The delegates stated that the contracts
dra WI up for tn eproprietorsc CT the breweries
TO sign had been set aside and the men IN
three establishments called into the office
to sign an agreement, which would virtu-
ally break up their organization If the
terms laid down were adhered to. In ad-
dition another clause had been inserted, to
the effect that any other rules or regula-
tious not IN the agreement and made 10y the
Knights of Labor or the Federation OF
Labor had been made without the knowl-
edge OF acceptance OF the signers.
The delegates further stated that IL
was the firm belief OF the brewing
employees that the Heurich and Washing
ton companies would have signed the con-
tract except for interference.
The National Capital Brewing men,
IT was stated, had been called in one at a
time, and u large number had signed. In
the case of the other breweries the agree
ment had not been pushed SO hard, and
received few signatures. The opinion
rea ched by the assembly after hearing the
report OF the executive committee was
that no company that would accept such
an agreement from their employees could
be considered friends of organized labor,
therefore it was decided by unanimous
vote to place the National Capital Brew
ing Company on the unfair list
The action of The Federation OF Labor In
taking F. A. Blundon off the unfair list was
Endorsed.
The committee on credentials Of dele
gates elected for the ensuing year reported
rayorably on the admission OF all delegates
from the following locals: Plate Printers.
Butchers, BARRIERS, Street Railway En-
ployes Carriage and Wagon Makers, WASH
ington Times, Shoemakers, Plasterers,
Bakers, Bakers Drivers, Field Musicians.
Iconociast, Industrial Laundry Workers.
Brewery Workers. Pioneer Laundry Work
ers Eccentric Steam Engineers, Washington
Musical Assembly, Bottling House En-
ployes. Bridge and Structural Iron Work
ers, Carpenters and Joiners, Mount Vernon
Assembly OF House Painters, Journeymen
Tailors, Shoe Clerks, and Excelsior Assem-
bly,. Quite a number of assemblies elect
their delegates In July, therefore no cre-
dentials were presented from those locals:
also a number Of others have not az yet
presented their credentials. At this time
II cannot be definitely stated what the
personnel of the District Assembly for the