Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-23
CENTRAL LABOR UNION
Movement for Establishing Amicable Rela-
tons Among Labor Organizations.
Request for Conference With Knixhfs
Union National Omcers.

The regular weekly meeting of the Gen.
trail Labor Union was held last evening,
and was largely attended. President Mil
ford Spohn presided, and Mr. j. ]. Crowley
was secretary.
The most important business transacted
was the adoption Of resolutions declaring
it to be the wish of the Central Labor
Union to have amicable relations with all
labor bodies in the District, and, believing
that success can only be secured through
cooperation of all concerned for the good
of all. they requested District Assembly.
No 66. Knights of Labor, to appoint a
committee of five to meet a similar COM
mittee of the Central Labor Union in con-
ference to determine some means by which
friendly and helpful relations may be es-
tablished and maintained between the Cen
trail Labor Union and all other labor or
ganizatiCns in the city.
A communication was read from President
Gompers of the American Federation of
Labor, calling attention to the Consolidated
Steel and Wire Company, which has been
pronounced unfair by the Federated Asso-
citation of Wire Drawers of America The
matter was referred to the grievance COM
mittee.
The agreement of Electrical Workers
Local Union. No. &C. which will be SUBJ
mitted to the electrical contractors of the
city. was approved. The agreement pro-
days work. At present the members of
the craft are working eight and one-half
and nine hours. The agreement also pro-
vides that the minimum rate Of wages for
journeymen wiremen shall be So per day,
paid weekly, all journeymen to be held re-
sponsible for any work they may perform,
and to be obliged to rectify all mistakes
made by them in their own time No jour
neyman shall contract for any work that
may property belong to an employer and
wiremen must pass an examining board,
consisting of two members of the union,
two contractors and a fifth chosen by these
four. No non-union wireman shall be newly
employed by the contractors after the date
of the agreement but the state of labor as
1t exists today shall not be affected until
a date. to be decided upon, when the en-
rlcyer shall agree that all men in his en-
ploy shall be union men. of good standing
in their organization. In case of any al
legged breach of contract, the matter is to
be submitted to arbitrat ton
Credentials of delegates from Columbia
Lodge of Machinists. No. III, were received
and the delegates admitted and obligated.
The constitution was amended to
prohibit in the meetings of tie body all dis
cussion of sectarian and political subjects.
Ny Joseph Patterson. who represented
Local Union. No. 26. Brotherhood of Elec-
trica! Workers, at the recent national con-
vention of the craft in Detroit. returned to
Washington yesterday. Mr.. Patterson will
make his report to the union at it's next
meeting. In conversation he stated that
the convention determined that a suitable
monument shall be erected over the grave
of the late Henry Miller. the founder of the
order, who was killed ny an electric shock
about year ago. MIR. Miller was the first
president of the brotherhood, and served
continuously for eight years
The officers CT the brotherhood for the
ensuing two years are: j. H. Maloney, San
Antonio, Texas. grand president; H. w.
Sherman, Rochester, y. V. grand secretary
and P. H. W:ssirger of Baltimore, grand
treasurer