Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-15
Regular Weekly Meeting and the
Business Transacted.
TIE PAY OF GRANITE CUTTERS
Sunday Delivery Of Bread Comes
Up for Discussion.
OTHER MATTERS CONSIDERED

The regular weekly meeting of the Cen
trail Labor Union was held last evening at
Typographical Temple, with President Mil
lord +. Spohn in the chair. Eighteen
unions were represented by full delegations.
communication addressed to Secretary
iorrens, which was received from Mr..
I1ndall, secretary of the board of the Dis
trict Commissioners, was read and placed
on file. The letter was as follows:
referring to the matter CT three In
quiries in your favor Of the 18th ultimo.
the Commissioners direct me to reply as
follows:
THE contract of last year for supplying
curbing, with Mr.. Jones Of Lithonia, Ga,
has expired by limitation. New contracts
hVe been made with other contractors.
Upon hired labor paving work first-class
paVeis and curbsetterS are paid u day.
Men employed upon rough cutters and
second-class brick sidewalks along county
roads are paid from $1.75 to $3.50 day. &C
cordinS to their skill. Men engaged in re-
placing granite block, cobble, rubble or
Vitrifed brick in cuts made in pavements
or upon small repairs of same are skilled
laborers and receive $1.75 day. The Com
missioners believe these rates are fair and
In excess. somewhat, of rates paid for sim
liar work by contractors and by street rail-
road companies.
The skilled labor used In replacing cob
BILE. hubble. etc, as above, has so far given
satisfactory work. The men are reported
tc be contented and glad to do such paving
labor and get higher wages than for COM
mon labor"
Issue Taken.
When the reading of Secretary Tindall's
communication was concluded, the dele
gates from the PAYERS Union said they
We're compelled to take issue with some of
the statements made therein. They were
glad. they said that the matter in refer
ence to the curbng contract had been set
tied according to their wishes, but that
this was owing entirely to the interest
taken by the Central Labor Union, through
Its legislative committee in the matter;
that they had through their own commit
tees complained to the District Commits,
sioners, but always without avail. 1t was
an error, they said on the part of the
Commissioners to assert that they were
paying PAYERS S; a day, when the fact was
that there was but one man in each gang
VINO was claSSed as a payer, and that the
others, though paid lower rate of wages,
were required to do much work as the So
q day man.
The matter was again referred to the leg
lslatlFe committee. with the request that
they would take further action in the case.
bread Question.
The delegates from the Bakers and Con-
ASSaohOAS itpOTteu tJdt lucy iEuu
carefully considered the request which
had been referred to them by the Central
Labor Union from number of bakers who
wanted to form a bakers union under
charter from the Central Labor Union, and
had decided by a unanimous vote to dis
approve the applcat alton. They further
stated that it would lie useless for them
to take airy other course in the matter,
as the National Bakers and Confectioners
Wi wit toll,
would not, under any circunls tances, ap-
prove an application for a charter In q
locality where a local union of the craft
alre ady existed.
committee of the Central Labor Union
would call on the District Commissioners
and have them, If possible, enforce the
law in reference to the delivery of bread
on Sunday as they believed that it is
violation of law to do SO. When the boss
bakers have their bread delivered on Sun
day, as all but FIVE ii the city do, SO it was
stated, the journeymen bakers are con-
PEELED to work on Saturday night, and as
they must of necessity work Sunday night
IN order to prepare bread for the Monday
morning delivery they are compelled to
work seven nights in the week. They
have always, they said, been opposed to
working Saturday night, but have here
tofore taken no action in reference to the
subject because the members of Bakers
Assembly, No. 174S, Knights Of Labor,
who work in the same shops as the mem
bers Of the Bakers and Cenfectioners'
Union, have not as yet opposed Saturday
night work. "-r-r W =
They likewise stated that a committee
from the bakers and confectioners called
last winter on Representative Babcock,
chairman of the House District committee
and consulted with him on the subject
and that Mr.. Babcock stated that to de-
liver bread on Sunday was a clear viola
ton OF existing law, and that the Commits
sloners Of the District possess the power to
prohibit 1t legally.
The legislative committee was instructed
to visit the District Commissioners, in or
der to ascertain what the law upon the suh
ject is, and if it shall be found that the lat
ter have the power to stop the Sunday de-
livery, ask them to enforce the law on the
subject.
Other Matters.
Delegate Silver reported that he had in
formed the National Granite Critters
Union, with which the local Granite Cut-
ters' Union is affiliated, of the action Of H..
District Commissioners in regard tn the
curbing work heretofore performed for the
District, in Georgia. Too much nraise
could not, he said, be given to the Central
the dispute over this thing between tho
granite cutters not only of Washington hu+
OF the entire country. The local union h,5
he said. for years tried to do what the Cen,
plish after two or three visits to the hoord
The delegates from the Painters I-nion
reported that painters were being emnIove =
by the government to paint the seals ana
Enclosures of the public parks to whnn,
there was being paid but sl.75 a day When
the scale of wages is s. a day. The Central
Labor Union directed that the Psinters.
Union send a committee to see Col T NJ
Wilson, superintendent of public buiIJinas
and grounds, who has charge of the matter
and ask him to employ only union painters
and pay them the union scale of wages.
Organizer Weber stated that he had IN
application for q charter from a number ~
bod carriers, who desired, they said. to or
ganize Hold Carriers Union No. in 1his
city, and that the latter wanted the indorse-
ment of the Central Labor Union on the a n
plication. so that they could secure tha
necessary recognition from the National
Hold Carriers Union. At the request of the
delegates from Hold Carriers Union No. /,
the matter was referred to their union
for consideration as to whether it would he
desirable to have second union of the
same craft here, and it was understood tina +
unless the members of Hold Carriers Union
No. l approve the formation of the new
organization the Central Labor Union will
refuse to indorse the application
Delegate Silver stated that the meeting
this evening of the Building Trades Council
will be of great Importance and requested
that every delegate to the body would At
tend.