The morning times., 1896-11-10
ADMITTED THEPllsTERERs
Central Labor Union Accepts
the New Union.
WAS WARMLY DEBATED
Motion Was Carried on a Vote Amid
Cheers-C Committee Reports on the
in the Proposed Conference.-The
ports From Locals.

The Central Labor Union held an in
teresting and prolific meeting last evening
at Typographical Temple. President Spohn
was in the chair.
An application for representation was
received from the Operative Plastcrcrs'
Union, and a lively discussion On the pro
priety of admitting the delegates bctw zen
the friends and opponents OF the,new or
ganization followed. The principal op-
position was made by the delcga ates Iro.nthe
Bricklayers Union, Oh the ground that it
WAS not best for labor interests til at there
should be two organizations OF the same
trade organized in the city.
The same grounds Were taken by the
brickla yers in reference 10 the recognition
of delegates from Hod Carriers Union,
No. 2, and their position was sustained
by the Central Labor Union.
The friends of the operative plasterers
claimed that the circumstances governing
the matter were entirely different, there
being no organization of plasterers al
ready affiliated with the Central Labor
Onion. IL was further urged that tile new
organization h ad adopted the union scale
of wages. and consequently had complied
with all the requirements of unionism.
ADMITTED BY VOTE.
A vote Icing taken on the matter showed
,hatthe union was overwhelmingly in favor
Of recognizing the rlaStcrcrs and admitting
their delegates, who, when they entered he
hall, were greeted with enthusiastic ap-
p!ause.
A communication was read from the sec.
retary of the local Federation of Lat OF
na;iry rying the union that that body had post
puncd action on their invitation to a Ieacc
conference and also one from District
AssemblyNo. SO Knight sof Labor, declining
to nrttr in bn Il,fn ty,.,
ground that many of the unions affiliated
with the Central Labor Union, We're com
posed. in part, of members winch had been
expelled from assemblies represented in
the District Assembly.
In connection with these communica-
tons the delegates from the Central Labor
Union and Building Trades Council which
met on Sunday in accordance with the
resolution passed at the last meeting of
the Central Labor Union. offered the fol-
lowing report:
The committee Of this body appointed
to confer with similar committees of the
local Federation, Distr Assembly No
66, Knights Of Labor, ana the Building
Trades Council To secure, if possible, lar
-monious relations between the several cen
trail bodies Of this city, report that your
committee met pursuant to resolutions OF
this body at Electrical Workers Hall, 5us
Eleventh street northwest on November
{. 1896, at = p. M. for the purpose OF
considering the OBJ iects stated in the rcsou
tons adopted by the Central Labor Union
November 2, 1896, and which are here
with appended.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE.
The committees OF the Central Labor
Union and tie Building Trades Council were
the only committees present. Under these
conditions were unable to secure full
conference Il Nick .la cd
chairman and W. F. Weber secretary and
the purposes Of the conference informally
considered.
1T is regretted that d. 4 SO andthe local
Federation declined TO participate and thus
show desire to restore friendly relations
Wit II the other bodies, a nd when tits under
stood that the proposition was made in
good faith and that no suggestion would
have been made which would require the
sacrifice OF lie least principle of unionIsn
or which would in any way affect the in
tegrity or stability OF any organization,
ne refusal of these bodies to Join with us
in friendly endeavOr forces the single con.
clusion that they prefer discurd to har-
money and prefer cnnlity to amity.
Your commit tee. with a spirit OF con-
Citation, was prepared to submit andadmit
measures honorable alike to all, with an
earnest desire to establish amiCable rela-
tionS which should exist between thu,
labor bodies Of the District That they
did not succeed Is not chargcabIe to them
and If in the future di>sen>ions should oc.
cur and cundit ions should prevail to the
Injury Of those allied with the Knights
Of Labor they alone must bear the re-
spunsibliiy.
Your committee asks to tc discharged
from further consideration Of the matter
"siened. Milford Spohn. J. ID. Mckay,
W. +. Weber, William Silver, William
White:
DETROIT ASKS FOR AID.
A communication was received from the
secretary of the American Federation of
Labor asking for aid fer the striking street
railway employees in Detroit, Mich.
The union appropriated $25 for this
purpose and the trca aSurer was instructed
70 forward this amount at once.
letter was received from the National
Brewery Workers Union. enclosing the
new label adopted with the request that
the Central Labor Union indorSe II and see
that 1t is placed ON the product of all brew
cries in this jurisdiction The label was
indorsed and the matter referred to the
committee on label to guard against VIC
lationS
Mr.. William Silver, president of the
Building Trades Council. was chosen IL
delegate TO represent the union at the
annual convention of the A. + of l.. which
convenes in Cincinnati December IA.
In response To the Invitation of the
Heurich Brewing Company 10 visit and
inspect their new brewery. the members
| of the union Will assemble at headquar-
| tiers at p. IN. on next Friday, and pro-
ceed 10 the brewery in u body. Each mean,
Der of the union will wear neat badge
Inscribed, Central Labor CniOn.'
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