New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-27
LABOR UNION FOR WHOLE CITY
THE PLAN PROPOSED BY THE CENTRAL
FEDERATED UNION.

>, H., rounced at n meeting on Sunday OF
the Central Federated Union can be ca'.'eu W
completion. the city will have one OF 'ne iu's,'
ard mos, powerful labor organizations In the WORM
rn,. .oho,,a nronosed by Eugene A Johnson IL
20 aralvamate all the central labor bodies OF the
enlarged city into one. This ono poo! "o"'u -,
Gent 100000 toers. Eugene A. Johnson Nia ~
Barr Ernest Bohm, August Waldnger anu W. 80
Perine have been appointed comri''eo W o
IN. oninIons OF all the organizations on the pro-
posed amalgamation.
THO objects aimed at by this consolida ton are
s,mplIAcaton OF the problems of employers ana
employes one scale OF wages for workers III eaen
trade in all boroughs OF the city. instead OF OH
ferent scales as present. and the increaseu
power with increased numbers are supposed 10
give
There are many obstacles In the way OF such
plan being successfully carried out. largely due 10
the differences that exist even among the branches
OF a single trade. Yet II can be said that somethhs
has been accomplished toward matchmaking all the
union into one central body. because the present
Central Federated Union was formed about six
months ago by an amalga nation Of the old central
Labor Union and the Central Labor Federation TINS
amalga nation was deemed impossible al one tine'
because the Central Labor Federation was largely
composed Of Socialist unions whose members APP
peared 10 be obstructionists more than anything
else I'm the so-called labor movement
But after the lion lay down with the lamb so 10
sneak the eyes OF the labor leaders we're turned
toward the Central Labor Union, OF BROOKLYN anu
there was strong talk OF bringing that BODY INTO
the newly formed Central Federated Union 80
far however nothing in that direction has been
accomplished further than the formulation OF GER
tain rules that will apply 10 the conduct OF oo'h
bodies and a mutual agreement to respect eacn
others rulings in relation TO strikes ana o'her
business.
one thing which has interferred with the anaI-
gamation OF the unions has been the nght Whnen
has until recently been going on between the boafu
OF Delegates which represents the building trades
in Manhattan and the Building Trades council
The latter organization Is composed OF certain
unions in the building trades that seeded from the
Board OF Delegates in OF those periodica Iapor
squabbles about two years ago. " .,,..
The Board of Delegates represents aDout tniIty
thousand men. and Is affiliated with inc Centia
Federated Union, while the Building Trades Coun-
ell has ten thousand twelve thousand members
and Operative Plasterers' Society, and one OF the
prominent labor leaders OF the city SAID tne other
day that the Central Federated Union would gIadly
take In the Building Trades Councl but th MAJ IL
did not see it's way clear to do so. The Building
Trades Council includes unions OF the same trades
as many of the unions In the Board OF Delegates,
and one OF the principal aims OF the Contra. REQ
era ted Union is to bring all the men OF one trade
into union -,
There are also several large labor unions In the
city that not affiliated with any OF the central
bodies. Among them the brlcklayers and masons,
one OF the most important unions in the nulldlng
trades. and numbering eight thousand or ten thou-
Still IL is plain to see that there is a much better
feeling existing between the different central labor
bodies than there was formerly, and amalgamation
not notcea BILE TO those OF the leaders VINO nave
not read between the lines.