Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-21
CENTRAL LABOR UNION
The Metropolitan Aal@ay Has Been Placed
Upon the Uafair List.
Gambrinus AssemAay to BE Organ
Other Business Transacted.

The Central Labor Union at Its regular
weekly meeting last evening, with Presi-
dent Milford Spohn in the chair, voted to
place the Metropolitan Railroad Company
on the unfair list, and adopted the follow
Ing preamble and resolutions:
where's. a number of members of the
Street Railway Assembly have been dis
charged from the service Of the Metropol.-
tan Railway Company for no other reason
than that they were members Of a labor
organization, therefore, be it
Resolved. That we, the representatives
of the trades unions Of the District of
Columbia, do hereby condemn the action
OF the Metropolitan Street Railway Com
pany as being inhuman, tyrannical and I'M
American;
Resolved. further, That we pledge our
selves to aid the locked-out employees in
every lawful manner to the end that the
said railroad company may be compelled
to recognize organized labor"
The decision Of the Central Labor Union
was not reached until after an exhaustive
discussion Of the subject. Messrs. Dent
and Ryan, the committee from the Street
railway Assembly, who appeared before
the body and requested that the {. l.. o..
boycott the Metropolitan road, were asked
by President Spohn whether the request to
DO so came from the Street Railway As
sembly. or whether. in case the request
was granted by the c. l.. u. 1t was the In
course as an Endorsement of the action
OF District Assembly No. G8, Knights OF
Labor. and the local federation In the same
natter.
For some time there was no response
to Mr.. Spohn's question, and 1t was not
until after the chair had made the inquiry
four separate times Mr. Dent answered
that the petition came from the Street
POI lrxynN
two bodies named had nothing to do with
the request. The resolutions, as above
printed we're then adopted.
Later In the evening" on motion OF Dele
gate Silver, a committee, composed OF Dele
gates Silver, Wolf and Meagher. was ap-
pointed to investigate the whole subject of
the pending troubles between the Metro
politan Railway Company and its dis
charged men, with instructions to report
the result at q future meeting of the Cen
trail Labor Union.
The secretary was instructed to write a
letter to President Phillips Of the railroad
company, informing him that If agreeable
to Mr.. Phillips the committee will have a
talk with him concerning the difficulty
Friday afternoon next
Delegate Wolf reported that the power
house OF the Washington and Baltimore
Electric Railway Company was about to be
constructed by non-union men. The matter
was referred to the contract committee.
Delegate Cant Of the. Steam Filters
& Biggs and James Hendley had signed the
contract or the union in reference to an
etght-hour day, and recommended that the
names OF those houses be removed from
the unfair list. The request was granted:
committee from. Journeymen Horse
shoers Union No II was granted the floor
for the purpose of entering a protest
against the issuance Of a charter to the
new Herseshoers' Union which has been
formed in the District and which, when
organised will be affiliated with the Gen
trail Labor Union and A. F. of L. After
listening AT tentiveiy to all that the commit
tee had to say in reference to the matter,
and to committee from the new organiza
tfon In reply, the Central Labor Jnion voted
to reaftrm their previous, action on the
subject, which WAS TO indorsa the appliCa
ton OF the new orga mia ton for a charter
from the American Fedora ton of. Labor.
Al the request OF the. members of Gam
brinus Assembly, Organizer Weber was in
structed to attend the next meeting OF
Gambrinus for the purpose OF forming then,
into a union, to- be connected with the Cen
trail Labor Union. This action was the out
come Of an agreement made by the general
officers of the National Brewery Workers.
Union with those of other national bodies
affected that the brewery workers here and
in many other cities throughout the United
States will withdraw from the X. of L. by
September l, and become affiliated with
the A. F, Of L. The new organization will
contain only brewery workers, and not
driEers7 and other employees in general, as
was the case with Gambrnus
The order of business was suspended to
allow Mr.. James Wood, one of the vice
presidents and general organizer of the
International Cigar Makers Union, to
make statement in reference to a north
ern firm, which he said sold many cigars
to the dealers in the District of Columbia
Their factory was, he said veritable
slave pen. 49,.
Credentials were received from the Elec-
trlcal Workers, and the delegates were ad-
mitted and obligated.
The Bakers Drivers. PIasterers Tile
Layers and Carpenters assemblies at their
several meetings last evening voted to in
dorse the boycott of the Metropolitan Rail
road Company.