The morning times., 1896-11-15
FEDERATION oF LABOR.

The regular weekly me, ting OF the FEEDER
alton of Labor was held on last Tuesday
Ivening President James r. McHugh
occupied the chair and representatives from
Iweuty-three local organizations responded
to their names when Delegate William l..
Bailey called the roll in the absence OF
Sc. retHrS : A Clements. who is looking
after his Knights OF Labor constituency in
the Rochester convention.
The first business of the evening was on
the acceptance OF the credentials of dele
gates lTUrI the Operative Stonemasons'
Union and Gambrinus Assembly. which
were approved and the del. gates obligated
md seated.
Quite Il number of delegates reported
The action of their organizations on the
matter, which had been referred to them
by the Federation. relating to the placing
Of Ihe Grand Opera House on the unfair
1st. Judging from the reports made,
the protest 80 vigorously presented by the
stageworkers' Assembly delegates at the
last meeting of tine Federation against the
placii z Cf mat theater ON the unfair list,
must have had considerable effect in in.
luencing the action of the organizations rs
here seemed to lIav, been quite a change
of sentiment regarding the proposition
The committee appointed 10 interview the
business men or the city III the interest uf
photographers Association reported that
the business men seen were perfectly will
M TO give home Industries the preference
If their work could be- done here at near
the figures that they had TO pay elsewhere.
The report uf the committee was accepted
rs progressive with the instructions To con
unue the work.
Tie committee appointed To investigate
the charge tnat the Webster .choul hopld-
Ing was In an unsafe condition. reported
that careful and thorough Inyesti. IIon
had hnpn made nf l,u5l IN.
mittee had been afforded every facility to
inspect the building bythuSe in charge and
the conclusion arrived at was that the
report was without any foundation what
ever. IL was certained that the rumOr
as 10 the unsafe condition had arisen from
the falling of some plaster. which had been
put on by Some inexperienced person in
pointing up some cracks in the ceiling.
The plaster had been made up ont If
Unsiacked lime, hence when dry had fallen
down.
The report was accepted and on motion
II was decided that as the matter had been
given Il large share of publicity it was but
Just That the same amount OF publicity
should I've given 90 the decision arrived at
by the committee The Committee Incl
dentally stated in making the report that
the Webster building was built in the days
wien there was less Of the Cut-tiroat com
pettiVe contract system in vogue than
tDere is at the present time. The result
was that for substantial work the Webster
building would contrast very favorably
with any school building erected during the
past few years.
President McH ugh reque sted that the Rea
monument excursion Committee present a
final report at the next meeting
Delegates from Gambrinus Assembly
stated that the future meetings of their
assembly would be held in the Labor BIZ
reau hall on Sunday evenings Their as
sembly was now in better condition than
il had been for many months and the pros
poets for the future were very bright
Delegates from the Protective and Bcrc-
ficial Association reported their organi-
Zation had decided to adopt a union label
which would be attached to clothing made
by local labor. The delegates we're ie-
quested to carry the matter back to
their respective organizations. The adop-
tion of the label was not only for the
protection of the craft, but for the in
formation of its friends who had no way
of ascertaining whether their clothes
were union made or not.
Manager Maiders of the Labor Bureau
reported that the tickets for the ami
versary celebration of the Workingmen's
Library were now out and ready for
distribution. The entertainment committee
had prepared an elaborate program for
the occasion, which would take place on
Monday evening, November 23, at the
Typographical Temple. BY special re-
quest OF the many patrons of the last en-.
tertainment the committee had again =.