The herald., 1896-09-14
THE CARPENTERS SUCCEED
they viii All Get the Three Dollars Per
Day Scale
n Laber Day Celebration Was Financial
p4 tvnu Success
1sssssl News end Information Concerning
Labor orsaaixstieas Throughout the City.
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Ce.operation to the Carpenters


The following Il an extract Of a letter
received from headquarters of the A. r.
u, at Terre Haute, Ind. which repre-
sents the opinions Of Eugene V. Debs,
who has pronounced for William ].
Bryan:
II am pleased to be able to say to you
that there never was q time when the
outlook and the actual results were bet
ter. The daily accessions to our number
are more than gratifying, and are taking
root In every section of this countr. The
east is coming forward grandly. but we
are working very quietly in every Sec
ton, and for the first time we are or
ganized in every state in the union. We
have hundreds of forces at work in every
section, although their identity is not
known. We are making marvellous pro-
gress, and at no distant day we will sur
prise the country when we come forward
and show our numbers"
The BARRIERS union will meet on next
Monday evening and it is expected that
fifteen new members will be initiated.
During the past week there has been
. settlement Of three labor difficulties.
Everything was satisfactory.
The exact cash receipts from the La
Dor day celebration up to date are
$1O0S.70.
The labor unions Of this city have been
congratulated on all sides for the splen-
did display made on Labor day.
Labor unions sometimes make mis-
takes. The heart is all right, but some
times we disagree. However, the ma
jority always controls.
The So scale for carpenters for an
>1rrIt Inry teY 1Iprr
throughout the city.
The label achieved triumph in the Re
publican convention last week.
Now that the label has been endorsed
first by the Democratic convention and
laterly by the Republican, everything
Is lovely and the label Is coming to the
front in good shape.
The Carpenters union has a member
ship now of 600.
The Los Angeles Pressmen's union will
meet on Monday evening. at Council of
Labor hall.
The Tocsin has changed proprietors.
It was rat" office.
The wigwam being built by the united
silver forces is union job. employing
dozen carpenters and paying the So
scale.
Union men are making great efforts
this year to secure a mechanics lien law
that will do justice to workingmen. The
committee in charge Of the matter,
Beard. Vinette and Steffen, have re-
ceived copies of the New York, New
Jersey and Nebraska laws and will soon
present the result Of their work to the
two councils.
The Bricklayers' union has Joined the
Council of Building Trades and will use
the working card. The council is now
complete.
The grievance committee of the Car
penters' union now constitute Charles
Fisher, A. Vinette and F. r. Hawley
The Republican county convention
has met and adjourned. The one good
thing accomplished was the adoption of
the union label on all printing to be
given out.
The friends Of labor in the Republican
convention said they would stand by
the union label resolution. Among the
Meserve and others.
The New Charter, Populist paper
printed at San Jose, puts at its mast
head the name Of Thomas G. Watson,
ignoring Bryan for president. And yet
there is perfect fusion in this state for
William J. Bryan. Consistency, thou
art jewel.
The editor of this column of the Her
Eld has contended for a unification of
labor forces for years. Now is the time
and the occasion. Will the friends of
silver vote as unit? We shall see.
We have been resident and tax
payer of Los Angeles for fourteen years.
and never was there time when the
united forces of labor were for a can
didate, representing the labor element
- does William Jennings Bryan.
The doctrine of despair was not long
accepted by the American people. We
are government of the people, and the
people must and will rule.
The Flaming Sword is printed at Chi
fg fc he 4
he placed at the east end of the Garden
OF Eden Cherubim and flaming sword
which turned every way to keep the
way Of the tree of life," and the leading
editorial has this for heading: 1.-The
Supremacy and Dethronement of the
Gold Power" We make one quotation:
1.-THE fight Of the gold bugs is to continue
the policy of the past twenty three years
the policywhieh has reduced the coun-
try to the disastrous condition in which
1t finds itself" Nuff said.
Remember that Eugene V. Debs has
announced himself in favor of the cleo
tion of William j. Bryan.
If the young men of this country de-
sire ito syote- for one of their number
who is abreast OF the times, Bryan is
the man.
The gold bugs have purchased the
great dailies and turned them into gold
bug papers.
Donofiforget that the great American
Federation Of Labor has declared for
silver at the ratio of 16 to l, at their an
nual conventions. Then why not vote
that way? The people rule, and the pro-
ducirg classes are the people.
Orangized labor is coming to the front
In Los Angeles.
Those who are not for organized labor
are against US. Remember that.
At the regular meeting OF the Tin,
Sheetiron and Cornice Works union,
No. 10s, the following resolutions were
adopted:
whereas, Carpenters union, No. 1872,
has frAde demand for 50 per day for
eight t}hptgrS; ard,
whereas, 1t is meet that all organized
labor should stand shoulder to shoulder
for the advancement OF workingmcn:
therefore, be 1t
Resolved. That this union hereby ex-
tends IT, hearty sympathy to the Car
penoDG9 6nicn in their efforts to secure
0wing wages; and. be it further
1aoooved. That we aid them in every