Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-20
LABOR'S SAFEGUARDS
Reported Violation Of the Eight-Hour
Law.
Requests That the Plasteyers' OrganI-
nations BE EquitaHly Dfeated in
the Division - work.

The Operative Plasterees' Union held their
regular weekly meeting last evening at
Electrical Workers Hail, No. sos 18th
street northwest, with President Proctor
in the chair.
President Spohn of the Central Labor
Union addressed the meeting. There was
large attendance Of members, and ten
candidates were- initiated. The union is
sued its first working card. 1t was re-
ported that the members Of Plasterers
Assembly, No. 1914, K. Of L., employed at
the Rosslyn brewery objected to working
with members Of the new organization.
A committee was appointed to see the
| superintendent and ask that the work be
equally divided between members OF the
Operative Plasterers' Association and Plas-
terers' Assembly.
The objections that have been made by
Assembly 1644 to the organization or the
new union and the statements That were
made by the committee of the assembly
at the last meeting Of Columbia typo
gre hical Union were considered and a
statement was directed to be prepared and
submitted to the grievance committee OF
the Typographical Union.
Statement of Grievances.
The statement will, 1t is understood, be
as follows: 1.-THE principal objections set
forth by the Plasterers' Assembly are that
"a
is composed of expelled and defaulting
members of their assembly.
THE standing of the two organizations
numerically and socially will perhaps ex-
plain the present situation.
1.-The membership of Local Assembly No.
1914 is less than fifty all told on books. and
In good standing twenty-five. These state
Ments are from members that have left
the assembly during the last three
months.
~
Union Is 80 members.
The principal grievance of the men
against the assembly is the arbitrary way
1t Is conducted by members not actively
engaged at the trade, but are employed I'M
der the government. and use the assembly
to further their own personal interests.
The principal grievance that has caused
the split and divisions in the assembly Is
that they allowed their members to con-
tract for work, and II they succeeded In
making 81 per day 1t was acceptable to the
assembly, but they were all compelled to
demand from the regular bosses the regu7
lar wages. 325 for eight hours.
'Phe new union Of plasterers has the as
surance Of four-ffths Of the employing
plasterers that they will employ them with
the understanding that they will not con-
tract for work and be members Of the
union at the same time
"One OF the laws adopted Is that when
)ourneyman goes in business he will imme-
diately apply for a withdrawal. card, and
Will not be eligible for membership for one
year. "
The total number of -plasterers in the
city is $50. OF these there ARE, as stated
above. in Local Assembly 1874 So and in
the Plasterers' Oper alive Union 49,"
Eight-HOur Law sViOlatfOns,
At the weekly meeting of District Assem-
bly, No. g. K. of L., LAST night, a report
was made that the eight-hour law was be-
ing violated by the contractor who Is doing
the excavating for the new school at NE
corner of 9Th and K streets southwest; the
men, as alleged, being required to work
nine hours per day. The matter was re-
ferred to the proper committee for imme.
date investigation and report. So.
communication was received from, it
was stated, District Assembly 40 of New
York. calling upon Knights of Labor gener-
ally to unite with the writer's and form
national body in which the uenets of inter-
national socialism will predominant.
1t is stated that there is good outlook
for the success of the concert and hop for
the benefit of the Workingmen's Library
Association and Bureau of Labor, which
are to be given at Typographical Temple
Monday evening next-a large number Of
tickets having been already sold.