The evening times., 1896-01-12

appointed To actSwith thescxacutive CON
mittee OF lhe District Assembly in cas- .
the brewers Desiring 4 conference LOOKING
toward a-seitlement of existing difficulties
DISTRICT ASSEMBLY.
A fun REPRESENTATION from the local as
scIutles of the Knights Of Labor greeted
Master Workman Simmons when he sounded
his gavcl at the regular meeting of District
Assembly No. 66, held last Thursday night
Credentials were presented from local as
scmblies Nos. 1928, 2672, 1903 and 2031
which were approved by the committee aud
accepted by the District, after which the
newly elected delegates were admitted and
the degree conferred,
Notification was also received from the
general seeretaryircasurcr that local
Assembly No. 1870 had been attach To
District Assembly, No. 6G. No. 1870 is a
ncwasscmbly, composed orcolored employees
ofthcbottilng houses. Tbcmastcr wor kiIIan
reported visits To several local assemblies;
hehail found them weiattcnded u nd In good
working order.
The financial secretary reported that hc
had visited the colored laundry workers at
their last meeting, and had Installed the OF.
Ticcrs for the ensuing term.
The. worthy foreman reported visit Ia
the Bakers Drivers, and mad installed the
Officers. Under call of assemblies, the
Bakers Drivers reported that their ini,i;,-
ton fee had been raised To S25, AMI that
they had indorsed the action of The brewery
workers.
Laundry Workers delegates reported
installations and several applications for
membership.
The placing of the hrcwcrrs on the un.
fair list was unanimously indorscd.
Iconoclast Assembly reported the cleo
ton of officers and delegates and indorse-
mcnt OF the brewers.
Iron Workers reported that an open
meeting woald be held by their assem-
bly,. TO which the members of the District
Assembly were fratcrually invited.
Bottling House Employees reported that
the case OF the brewers lockout had been
debated at length, with the result that the
assembly had decided to notify the propri,-
tors of bottlng houses that If no settlement
was made during the week they would
refuse to bottle any beer manufactured
by the brewcrics declared unfair.
The feature of the evening was the re
port Of Gambrinus Assembly delegates,
who gave a full history of thc unpleasant ness
now existing between the brewery employees
and their employers. The delegates gave
an entirely different version of the affair
10 that Published 10y the attorneys OF the
breweries. The delegates stated that they
were called up on Saturday evening and
asked the question, Are YOU Il member of
the knights OF, Labor" And as all the
employees in the brewcrics are members
of the order. tha answer WIS / am" The
reply tothis was" Then you are discharged"
The delegates reported that they were
meeting with every cncouragc cement from
the brewcrics on the outside. who had given
them Il guarantee that they would have
beer enough here to supply the entire city.
Through the courtesy OF the Labor Bureau
they had made their headquarters in the
rooms OF the bureau, 31G Eighth street
northwest.
In reply To qucs, ion the delegates
stated that the published statement that
some of the brewery employees had signed
the bosses contract was false. Not
Single mau had gone hack ard would not,
and... ruEthfr. not. a pint OF beer had
been brcwed in any of the brcwcries since
The lockout. After the whole matter had
beep"uTroughly debated1he action of the
Federation IN placing the four breweries
on the unfair list was unanimously in
dorscd.
Delegates from the ShocmakcrS' Assem-
bly, reported good meetings. A triangular
card was being designed by the assembly
which will he displayed in the windows Of
all union shoe findings stores. The card
will have the picture OF a shoe in the center.
Tin and Sheet Iron Workers stated that
at a largely attended meeting of their as
sembiy the brewery workers had been unan-
imously indorsed, and that heavy fine
would be imposed on any member found
saloons keeping unfair beer.
The assembly had also decided to pay Il
per capita assessment 10 the Labor
Bureau. s''t -7' V'rT-.f
Bakers reported Endorsement of the brew
cry workers.
Carriage and Wagon Workers stated that
their next meeting would be held on Non
day evening. District Master Workman
Simmons was requested TO be present for
the purpose of installing the Officers.
Eccentric Engineers reported installment
of Officers by Treasurer Doyle of the Dis
trict. At their last meeting the United
States Government had applied to the as
sembly for an engineer. An investigation
was being made us to the employment of
union engineers in the union lauDdrics.
The election of Officers resulted as fo:-
lows: President, n. c. Spraguc. of the
! p. Prcssmen's Union; vicc-president,
Ella II. Claggett, of the Ladies' Assembly:
recording secretary. +. J. Rae, OF the
the Eccentric Engineers: financial secr-
tary, Charles J. Wells, of The Plate Print
crs' Assembly: treasurer, Jennie l.. Mon
roe, of Excelsior Assembly: for register
of the bureau. c. A. Maidcns, of the Paper
hangers Union.
The executive committee then made its
weekly report. In the case OF alleged vio-
iation of contract by a carriage firm, the
committee gave The facts of the case. but
made no recommendation. The matter was
referred 10 the Carriagcmakers' Assembly.
in the case OF the Ana costa Bus Line,
The committee would AT the next meeting
present & full detailed statement. owing
TO the latcnesS of the hour the installa-
ton of the Officers was postponed till
the next meeting.
EUGENE V. DEBS.
There seems TO he no immediate pros
pect Of organized labor I'm the District OF
Dcbs, as will De seen from the followinglet-
ter received by the committee on invita-
ton:
Tcrrc Haute, Ind, Jan. s, lS96.
To the Joint Committee Federation of Labor
and District Assembly No. Sc, X. of
L., Washington, ID. C.:
In the absence of President Dcbs, and on
his behalf, ] beg 10 thank you cordially for
your favor in which you, on behalf of the
I Federation OF Labor and District Assembly
No. &c, X OF L.. of the District of Columbia,
extend an unusually generous Invita- ion
10 Mr.. Dcbs TO visit and address the mem
bcrs of your organizations at any time
that it might be coDvenicnt.--
Mr.. Dcbs has dates made for the next
three months and unless something unlocked
for should occur he will not be able to reach
four section il that time. have, how
ever, made Il record of your letter for fu-
iurc reference, and will take pleasure in
advising you If Mr.. Debs should plan IL
route in your direction.