Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1899-10-28
Street Railway Employees and
Chain Workers Are Now
Represented.
Communications Read From
National officers Concerning
the Local Middle.
AMERICAN FEDERATION DELEGATES.

Beck's large hall presented quite an
animated scene when President James
McGill took the chair Sunday afternoon
to preside over the deliberations of the
Central Labor Union. All the officers
were present excepting Secretary Hen
messy, with more unions represented than
for some time past.
After the reading and approval of the
minutes of the preceding meeting Gre
dentials were received and delegates adj
mitted from the following labor unions:
Walters Union--J. T. Caudel
Brewers Union-August Timel.
Amalgamated Association of Street Rail-
way Employes-william Jacobs, Two
Greene, Edward Pierce, Charles Johnson
and Gus Fairfax.
Falls City Chain Workers-Thomas
Falvelvey, Leon Vezolles and Frank
Lane.
The constitution was amended so as to
give the Central Labor Union jurisdic-
ton over Louisville and vicinity instead
of Louisville alone, as heretofore. This
will enable all unions adjoining this city
and in Jacksonville, where there is no
central organization, to affiliate with the
Louisville body
Secretary Young's table was covered
with letters and correspondence, the most
important relating to labor matters in
this city. A communication was received
from President Gompers approving the
course of the Central Labor Union and
expressing the hope that all labor organ
izations in Louisville would come under
its banner. A letter from the National
Brewery Workers Union was also read,
rpiedgtng rs support ana asking union
men to assist the local body in its fight
against the non-union common beer
breweries of this city.
Answers were received to letters sent
to national officers of the several unions
in this city now composing. the United
Trades and Labor Assembly. G. w.
Perkins, President of the Cigarmakers'
International Union, exceedingly regrets
the split and will do all in his power to
bring about satisfactory settlement.
Jacob J. Schmalz, Secretary of the Ameri-
can Federation of Musicians, closed his
letter with the assurance "that this Office
will do all it can in behalf of the unifica-
ton of the forces of the down -trodden
labor organizations. The International
Typographical Union will use the good
Offices of Vice President Hugo Miller
with the German printers, and Max Nor
ris, Secretary-Treasurer of the Salesmen's
International Protective Association,
writes that the attitude of the statesmen
will receive the prompt attention of their
Executive Committee.
Resolutions were adopted condemning
the course of the Chicago News and Rec
ord and committee appointed to request
dealers not to handle them as long as
they antagonize trades unions. The COM
mittee will have little duty to perform, as
neither paper has any circulation here.
The foregoing action was taken at the re-
quest of the Building Material Trades
Council of Chicago.
Communications were received from
President Gompers and the American
Federation of Labor announcing the
holding of the convention in Detroit, be-
ginning December IL. The sessions will
be held-in Harmony Hall. The Fedora
ton also condemns the conduct of the
Cameron Milling Company of Fort
Worth, Texas, because of the lockout of
its employees for the only reason that they
belong to trades union organization.
A request was received from the Boiler
makers Executive Committee asking Or
ganizer McCill and the Central Labor
Union to assist in recognizing the boiler
makers of Louisville and vicinity, which
was placed in the hands of the Organiza-
ton Committee.
The election of representative to the
American Federation of Labor was made
special order for the next meeting.
Walter NJ. Young, of the Typographical
Union, seems to be the choice of nearly
all the delegates and his election is con-
sidered foregone conclusion.
The officers were instructed to enter
their protest with the Government Off
Gals at Washington against the Cramps
of Philadelphia. who have been violating
the labor laws. The delegates were also
requested to call the attention OF their
respective unions to the matter.
The Federation Executive has placed
the Tlliuoia Iron and Rolf Nof,,oo,,xr $50