Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-19
BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL
The Gauntlet Thrown Down to Other Labor
Bodies.
Decision Reached I'm the Brewers
TrOuble-NOn-UniOn Men Working
ON Government Contracts.

The Building Trades Council at its meet
ing last night practically placed a large
sized chip on it's shoulder and dared the
local Federation Of Labor and District AS
senbly No. 66, Knights of Labor, to knock
it off.
The meeting, which was presided over by
President William Silver, and was the most
earnest held since the organization of the
body, was mainly devoted to the considera-
ton of the proposed settlement of the beer
war ami the situation was discussed at
great length.
1t was unanimously agreed that while
the Building Trades Council had nothing
to do with the imposition of the boycott or
with the difficulties at present existing be-
tween the brewers and District Assembly
No. 6G, X. of L., and the local Federation,
II Will not permit d. A. G6. the Federation
or the Retail Liquor Dealers to force
any settlement of the beer trouble
which to the least extent would initiate
against the interests of the Building Trades
Council or interfere in any manner with
the contracts which have been entered into
between the brewers and the Building
Trades Council 1t decided also that
while II desires very much to have the
long-peEding trouble adjusted in a manner
that will be honorable and amicable to all
IGrties concerned. it does not intend to
yield ali inch of the ground now held by
=, and that the council IS convinced
Lat neither the local Federation nor d. A.
10, x. OF L., has any intention of trying to
have peace except in their own way. unless
forced :" do SO.
A Committee of Fifteen.
A committee of fifteen was appointed to
cooperate with the committee recently
appointed by the Central Labor Union to
visit tine business houses, the retail liquor
dealers and the saloon proprietors and as
certain to what extent the agitation COM
mittee of the local Federation and D. A.
66, X. of L., have succeeded in getting
those concerns to boycott the Washington
brewers other than iir. Harry Williams.
and to report the result Of their investiga-
ton to the Building Trades Council at its
next meeting.
1t was further agreed that II the COM
mlttee above referred to ascertain that the
agitation committee or any other commit
tee or parties in the interest of D. A. 90 or
the local Federation have made misstate-
ments in reference to the Building Trades
Council or the Central Labor Union the
matter will be promptly reported to the
Central Labor Union. whose members have
given assurance that the latter will take
very prompt and vigorous action in defense
of Its membership.
NOn-UniOn Men on Government Work.
The bricklayers reported that their union
had appointed steward to look after the
work on the Consumers Brewery, and that
if he found that any non-union men are
working there the matter will be reported
to the Building Trades Council, which will
request that the non-union men be dis
charged and union men substituted.
1t was stated by ono Of the delegates.
who said he was entirely conversant with
the whole matter, that the contract for
building boiler house at the government
printing office had been given to a man in
Albany, N. Y, although there were two
Washington bidders, each OF whom made
a lower offer for the work. The matter was
referred to a special committee for inves-
tiGation and report.
The delegates from the electrical workers
made report in reference to the work of
indignation. 1t was stated that the con-
tract for the work there was given to a
New York city man, whose superintendent
Is also New Yorker, and that OF the thirty
employees who are doing the work fully
four-fifths are boys from an electrical
school in this city, and that the rest Of
the employees are nOn-union men, while
there is not a local electrician at work on
the contract.
The matter was referred to the Electrical
Union and 1T was understoo that a COM
mittee will be appointed by that body to
see If change cannot be made in the stu
alton and some of the local electrical work
ers be given employment there.
The delegates from the Hold Carriers
Union presented their credentials and were
admitted and obligated.