Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-04
CENTRAL LABOR UNION
Semi-Annual Choice of Officers at Meeting
Held Last Evening
Resolutions of Thanks to Commits
sioner Ross and Public Printer
Palmer-Other Business.

the Central Labor, Union was held last
evening, all the oldfofficers being reelected
except the auditors, who declined the hon
or. The officers for the ensuing term are:
President. H. w. Szegedy; vice president,
r. H. Lewis; recording secretary, j. L.
Feeney; financial secretary, E. Wolf; treas
urer. j. D. Mckay; sergeant alarms, Chas.
Heuter; fraternal delegate to Building
Trades Council, John Shandley; auditors,
Meyer s. Cohen, Joseph Huff and A. L.
Dahler.
A communication was read from Mr.. Cliff
ford Howard, acting secretary of the Dis
trict Commissioners, In reply to one from
the Central Labor Union relative to the
Hackmen's Union trouble informing the
latter that "the Commissioners are doing
and intend to do in the matter of hack
regulations what in their opinion is legal
and right to all parties concerned, and that
the present regulation is framed in accord
ance with the opinions and suggestions
made by the court in its recent decision
upon a case brought before it,
Expresses Thanks.
The communication was placed on file
and resolutions to the following effect were
adopted:
''The District Commissioners having con-
sfdered the protest Of this body against the
regulations recently promulgated by the
board, which grossly Disseminated against
the public hackmen, and in favor Of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and in
the consideration of the matter Commits
sioner John w. Ross having opposed the
unjust and unlawful regulation, and,
prompted by his sense of justice and with
due regard for the legal rights of the
citizens, and with a consciousness Of his
honest duties as Commissioner having ia
vored just regulation which would pro-
vide for both the corporation and individu-
ais equal cab privileges at the Pennsylva-
nit railroad depot:
THE Central Labor Union, therefore,
heartily commends the action of j. W.
Ross and in the name of organized labor
extends to him the thanks of this body for
his manly and honest opposition to meas
ure which is evidently in the interest of
the corporation and which grossly infringes
upon the constitutional right of the citi-
Zens.'
The Secretary was instructed to forward
a copy of the resolution, properly attested,
to Commissioner Ross.
Increase in Wages.
Resolutions of thanks were adopted to
Public Printer Palmer for making an order
the Both ultimo for an increase in the
wages to be paid to the printers and book
binders employed In the government print
ing office.
The resolutions state that Congress, at
it's last session, inserted In that part of the
sundry civil appropriation bill which re-
lates to the public printing a proviso. to
the effect that in the expenditure Of this
appropriation the public printer may, in his
discretion, pay all printers and bookbind-
ers employed in the government printing Of
flee at the rate Of fifty cents per hour for
time actually employed
No Specific augmentation TO meet the adj
dtional expenditure of money resulting
from the increase OF pay above mentioned,
the resolutions recised, was made by Con-
gress, and the increase of pay authorized
by the act was left entirely in the discre-
ton of the public printer.
That official having assumed the entire
responsibility which became necessary to
enable the printers and bookbindeFs en-
ployed in the government printing office to
receive the benefits intended by the act of
Congress referred to, is entitled to the sim
cere thanks of the Central Labor Union, as
one Of the representatives of organized la
Dor in the United States.
That Mr. F. w. Palmer, the public print
er, by his action in giving practical effect
10 the act of Congress, in the order issued
by him on the 3Oth day of June, 1899, has
proved himself to be an earnest, sincere
and stanch friend of organized labor, not
only In this city, but elsewhere; and he de-
serves and should receive the sincere
thanks and his action the earnest approval,
of all the different bodies of organized la
Dor.
That the Central Labor Union of Wash
ington, d. c., heartily indorses and sincere
ly commends the act of the public printer,
worthy the approval Of all the citizens
of this country who are interested in it's
peace and permanent prosperity, and who
rejoice in its honor and glory as illustrated
andsrepresented by organized labor.
That copies of these resolutions, properly
engrossed, be presented to Mr.. Palmer. by
committee appointed by this union for
that purpose, and also to the President Of
the United States.
Holiday Granted.
The retail clerks reported that as the re-
suit of the labors Of the committee ap-
pointei by the Central Labor Union num-
Der of the merchants agreed to give their
employees full holiday today.
Delegates from the recently organized
Blacksmiths Union, Horseshoers' Associa-
ton, Brotherhood of Carpenters, No. 100,
and National Union Of Steam Engineers
were admitted