Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-02
CENTRAL LABOR UNION
Resolution Endorsing Product of Brewer.
Who Have Signed Union Contract
Circular Letter Issued by Organise
of ''Self-Conssttuted CommIttces.-

The meeting last evening of the Central
Labor Union well attended and the
proceedings were more than usually inter-
esting. President Milford Spohn occupied
the chair and Messrs. Crowley and Moul-
den were secretary and assistant secre-
tary. respectively.
NO reply having been received from GER
tain brewery managers to the last letter
OF Secretary Crowley on the subject of
the Brewery Workers Union contract, the
&C mmittee having the matter i'm charge
was discharged and a resolution was adopt
ed as follows. to the effect that the CEN
trail body indorses the product of those
brewers who have signed the contrac. of
Brewery Workers Union. No lis. and
VINO are using the union label. and that the
label committee is directed to do an thar
IL possibly can In the interest of the
product which bears the union label and
that the secretary he rsqueste. TO com
municate with the Building Trades Council
ana request that IL indorse the action of
the Central Labor Union"
Under the call of the unions n state
ment was made in behalf of Bakers Driy-
ers' Union, No. GS5o 1t was stated that
The members of the union are antagonized
Labor.
The Bakers Drivers,
A circular issued by the organization
committee of the Central Labor Union
WAS adopted and ordered to be distributed.
The circular is follows:
"Self-constituted committees have been
calling on grocerymen and dealers I'm bread.
attempting either by persuasion or threats
to compel them to refuse to patronize those
bakers who employ members of Bakers
Drivers Union, No. 6}6g Their methods
have been questionable and their state
ments absolutely false. They have not
only presumed to dictate to the drivers
what organization they shall join, but have
threatened to boycott those bakers who
refuse to force the drivers to join an or
ganization which is repugnant to them
Their threats and efforts will be unayaiI-
Ing. as they nave neither the moral status
TO invite cooperation nor sufficient force To
make a boycott effective. Allied AGAINST
them and their methods is as per cent of
the organized labor of this city which will
support the drivers union i'm their efforts
TO maintain an organization This union
is perfectly legitimate being chartered by
the American Federation of Labor and al
lied with the Central Labor Union. with
which are affiliated the largest labor organ
izations in the city, aggrcgating as stated
40 per cent of local organized labor. To the
support of the drivers these are pledged
and dealers are not only advised against
yielding to the threats of these enemies to
union labor, but will be supported and aid
ed If they assume a neutral attitude sni
ccncede to the drivers the same right that
they exercise-that of attending to their
business without dictation from others"
The circular is signed by William Silver
John Weber. F. ID. Neale, Lawrence Fen
rail- ard j. A. Brett, the organization COM
mittee Of the Central Labor Union.
Naming the Delegates.
At the request of the District suffrage
committee, Delegate Richard Lanis was
elected to represent the Central Labor
Union in that body
William Silver and Gabriel Edmondston
were each nominated for delegate to the
national convention of the American Fed
Grafton OF Labor, which is to be held in
Nashville, Tenn, beginning December TO-
The election Will take place at the next
meeting of the union.