Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-04-19
Federation of Labor to Demand It of
Congress.
COLUMBIA TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION
Talk of Combinations Among the
Carpenters Organization.
1 N L A BOR ROLES

| the American Federation of Labor those
| of the advisory board and about one hum
| dred leading members of various trade
| unions affiliated with the American Fedora
| ton OF Labor will assemble in the hall OF
| the House of Representatives Wednesday
! morning at IL o'clock and will proceed to
cell upon the representatives and senators
and demand of them that Congress shall
| at Its present session enter upon matters of
| general legislation.
| This course was decided upon at a ioint
| meeting held yesterday at the headquar-
| tiers OF the American Fedora ton of Labor
at which were present all the members Of
the executive council who were in the city.
| together with every member of the adyts
\ DRY board
| President Samuel Gompers of the Ameri-
| can Federation of Labor. who presided a,
| the meeting, said this action was ,naa.
| necessary by the fact that the last Congrees
| was wholly neglected. of the interests OF
| the workir & people Of the country: that at
tne HIaeehth annual convention OF the
| american Federation OF Labor held I'm
New york In December. 1895. important
| cessation was suggested and referred 10
| tne executive council for submission 10
| Sohetess, which was done. but they were
| by Congress. "e'ioh
| Typographical Union,
Inc regular monthly meeting of Columbia
| iyPosrapnicai Union was held Yesterday
| AFTERNOON at typographical Temple
| II was determined to place a boycott on
"a tiie theaters In the city on account
| OF the alleged non-payment of wages soid
| 10 be due mechanics since last summer
| "A committee was appointed to ascertain
tne correctness of a report that the pro-
| prletors of one of the breweries intend
70 nave a large amount of printing done in
Europe. because. as is alleged they can
1 chaanar thara
| Soi- - M Robinson, who has been SEQ
retary !or several months. rendered his
| resie natlon, he having been appointed chief
! PROOF reader at the government printinp
| OMEGA position which he held during the
! previous administration of Public Printer
Palmer The resignation was accepted.
| ana an election ordered TO be held Mon
| day next. The candidates for the Office
| thus far announced Mrs. Il. b. Kelly.
Ihomas Mitchell, w. w. Maloney and
| w. NJ. Ganett. 1t is likely that there will
also be several others i'm the field as the
place pays good salary. and the duties
| are not especially onerous.
Inc reports of Treasurer Higgins and
the board of trustees showed that during
the last quarter the receipts including the
balance on hand January l. amounted 10
| So,Z2o.oo, and the disbursements were
S5,?l9s6 or this sum about 81 800 was an
pied TO the payments of debts of the union
The special committee appointed to in
| Eestgate the troubles between the Build
| ing Trades Council and Mr. StiIson Hutch
| ins reported that the various matters in
dispute had been amicably settled.
An effort was made to amend the scale
reiaure TO machines. so as to allow book
and job work to be done by the piece but
the proposition was defeated
"A bill for S213.D presented by Mr. John
L.. Kennedy for loss of time from work
said TO have been caused by the vote of
| the union relative to a letter written by
Mr. Kennedy was referred to the auditing
committee
The name of the late Daniel w. yoor.
heeS 10 lf-.
ordered removed to the memorial list
which includes among other names those
OF Anthony Drexel and George w. ChiIds.
and the acting secretary, Mr.. VIM Ma
4oney, was directed to inform the family of
Mr.. voorhees, OF this action of the union.
Among the Carpenters.
Members of Carpenters Assembly, No.
1'is, X. of L., at their meeting Saturday
evening adopted a resolution protesting
against Sunday work and repairing" by
corporations and business firms. a practice
which, ii is claimed, is becoming much too
common.
A proposition submitted by Carpenters
onion No. i, to the several local organiza-
lions TO form an executive board of the
craft was considered at a meeting recently
held at the hall of the Brotherhood of
Carpenters, No. 1870. which was attended
Dy representatives of all the organizations
interested.
The four organizations of carpenters
since the disruption oil the Carpenters
Council some months ago have not IL is
said, maintained those harmonious rela-
tons which is necessary for the best in
terests of all. The Amalgamated and the
Brotherhood are affiliated with the A. F.
of l.. aud the building Trades Council and
Central Labor Union, while Union No. Z
and Assembly 174s are connected with he
local Federation and ID. A. g. respect
lively.
AT the meeting referred to several prop.
ositions were made by those representing
Union No. ] and 174S which were not
favored by the Amalgamated and the
Brotherhood. 1t is stated that HAS and
Union No. 1 are opposed to utilization with
the Building Trades Council and desire
that the carpenters withdraw from that
body and form executive board, which
shall be absolutely Independent OF all
other trades. This the union organization
refuses to do and unless there can be har-
monious relations established and MAN.
tanned through the Building Trades Council
tons Of the several unions will be mate
rally changed.
A proposition was also made by the repre-
sentative of HAS that the four organiza-
tons combine one body, which shall be
independent of national control and strict
ly local in character. This proposition
also rejected by the union.
As the Amalgamated and Brotherhood
have for some time been working co-opera-
lively and have a code of working rules
which is strictly observed, Secretary Muir
ray was instructed to forward a copy of
these rules to the organization for their
consideration after which another meet
ing will be held to finally consider the mat