Evening star., 1896-12-23
IN LABOR CIRCLES
Building Trades Council Have an Interesting
Meeting. -,
Relation to the Amerfcam Fedora tion
of Labor -Presiaent 0ompers'
statement-Other Bodies.

The regular weekly meeting Of the Build
ing Trades Council. which was held last
evening at Electrical Workers Hall, was
well attended, and the proceedings were of
more than usual interest, owing partly to
the fact that President William Silver, who
had Just returned from the annual conven-
tion OF the American Federation Of Labor
at Cincinnati, to which he was q delegate,
gave an account Of the proceedings of that
body.
Mr.. Silver in the course of his remarks
the headquarters of the A. r. OF L. to
Washington, as was ordered by the con-
vention just previous to its adjournment,
would be of great advantage to the cause
States. -a.-
Mr.. Silver further stated that the mem
bers of the executive council We're much
pleased that they would, after January l.
spend much more of their time IN The ma
tional capital than they had heretofore
been privileged to do, and that at the re-
quest of the council President Milford
Spohn and himself would meet the former
upon their arrival In this city during the
present week and render what assistance
they could toward the selection of a proper
place for the headquarters Of the order.
In concluding his remarks, Mr.. Silver
said that in view of the fact that there are
four organizations in this city holding
charters from as many national organiza-
tions affiliated with the American Fcdera-
ton of Labor, but which are represented in
the local Federation of Labor here he had
asked President Gompers for q ruling on
the question as to whether they could
legally continue this relationship and still
be considered as belonging to the America
Federation of Labor.
President Gompers' answer. Mr.. Silver
said, was that the language of the constitu-
ton of the A. F. of L. was very plain as to
matters of this kind and that in substance
1T was that National unions should in
struct local unions to join the central bodies
affiliated with the American Federation OF
Labor when there is one in the locality"
and that while the American Federation
of Labor is voluntary organization when
II declared for a certain view 1t was ex-
pected that it would be lived up to by the
members of its affiliated bodies, and that
if there were those who did not comply
with the views entertained by the supreme
body, their orders would be enforced by ex-
pulsion. 'and that this was also the sense
OF tie convention, which was concUrred
in by the officers of the national organiza-
tion, who stated that they would so inform
the Washington unions affected
The call of the roll showed a full repre-
sentation present. committee of three
was appointed to act with similar COM
mittee from the Central Labor Union to
visit the directors Of the Consumers Brew
cry ard formally protest against the action
of the board in discriminating in the mat
ter of giving out work at their establish
ment in Rosslyn.
The committee was also instructed to see
after the matter of the non-payment of
wages to mechanics recently employed on
one OF the theaters, and to peremptorily de-
mand that this be done at once and if
this is not done to inform the proprietor of
the theater that his place will be put on the
unfair list.
The proposition in reference to the gen
eral working card, heretofore explained in
The Star, was called up, and the secretary,
MI j. NJ Boyce. stated that returns hav-
ing been received from all the unions rep
resented in the council, 1t was found that
the scheme was defeated by. vote Of &
to D. Those voting in the affirmative were
the Granite Cutters, Carpenters. 100;
Filters and Hod Carriers; those opposed
being the Rricklayers. Galvsnized Iron
Workers. Stone Masons, Plasterers, Paint
ers and Electrical Workers.
The following have b.en elected officers
for the Tile Layers Assembly, to serve for
the ensuing year: Master workman, j. A.
McIver; worthy foreman, E. Wilson; re-
cording secretary, William Eggemann;
financial secretary, E. Elliott; treasurer,
William Thompson, sergeant-at-arms, II.
Hopkins; delegates to District Assembly
No. st. Knights of Labor, Messrs. William
Thompson, E. Elliott and j. A. McIver;
delegates to local Federation of Labor,
Messrs. ]. Dowd E. Wilson, R. Boyd, w
Thompson and j. A. McIver.
Journeymen BARRIERS Local Union. No. 21,
gave their first annual ball last evening at
ouu r elioWS HAIL Inc attendance was
very large. The march was led by Miss
L. Callahan and Mr.. n. D. Christensen.
The program comprised dances dedicated
to THE Central Labor Union," "Our Boss
es,' Our Lady Friends Our Gentle
men Friends and others. The committees
in charge were follows: General-B. b.
Yost. chairman; George Miller, Robert Sal
mon. II. f. Meier and G w. Brown; re-
ception-F. L. Kircher. chairman: w. o.
Bechenbach. Claude Brown. O. B. Chris
mon1 and G. W. Schultz; dancing N d.
Christensen. chairman: T. F. Mattingly
E. j. Ganoway, B. Celinto and G. T. Har-
per; floor manager. Thomas /. Dolan.