Evening star., 1900-07-24
CENTRAL LABOR UNION.
Steam Filters Strike Considered at
Meeting Last Night.

President H. W. Szegedy presided at the
meeting last evening of the Central Labor
Union, and Mr.. ]. H Brinkman was secre-
| tary.
Resolutions were adopted to the effect
that as the Steam Filters Local Branch
No. 10, N. A., and Steam Filters Helpers,
Local Branch No. q. of the National AS
ISOLATION of Steam and Hot Water Filters
and Helpers of America, have submitted to
the Master Steam Filters Association of
the District Of Columbia the contract as
agreed upon by their organizations, and the
Master Filters Association having agreed
to accept such form of contract subject to
such propositions which they require to be-
come part Of the contracts, as follows:
That 1t shall be made part of the agree
ment, and considered by both unions and
without question: that such of the filters
ard helpers they may designate. at
present employed by the various members
of the Master Steam and Hot Water Fit
ters Association, shall be admitted to the
unions after proper application without ex-
pense OF any nature to them, or the master
filters, or the Master Filters Association
and that they shall be admitted on the en-
ployers statement as to their qualifica-
TORS and as the Master Filters Associa-
ton has been invited to meet a committee
from this Central Labor Union, Wednes-
day. July %, 1900. in an effort to adjust the
trouble existing between the organizations
named and employers; and In the event OF
this purpose not being attained; the secre-
tary of the Central Labor Union Is in
structed to communicate with the various
organizations allied Herewith and inform
them of the efforts of the employers to dis
rupt the unions of steam filters and help
ers and request their membership to dis
courtenance any individual or firm, who
will permit the imported non-unionists and
"scGbs" to be employed on any work owned
by them; and, further, that unions be re-
quested to instruct their members not to
work on any job where non-union or scab
steam filters or helpers are employed.
A communication was read from the In
ternational Association of Machinists.
whose headquarters are In this city, for
warding, with the approval of President
James OConnell, an appeal from the local
have been on strike since May %, stating
that they are fighting one of the greatest
monopolies in the country-the Standard
OIL Company-as 1t has a large shop there
and the superintendent of this is the
leader of the opposition to their requests
and has, 1t is said. made the assertion that
he will starve them into submission.
TIE appeal asks for financial aid in MAIN
tanning the strike in order to convince the
official referred to that he cannot execute
his threat.
Consideration of the appeal was post
poned until the next meeting of the Central
Lobor Union.
The delegate from the Carriage and Wae-
or Builders Union No. 1. reported that
since the organization of that body, one
year ago, with membership of thirty
there has been constant increase to the
rolls until tine union row contains more
than 100 members i'll good standing. He
further stated that there are only eight or
ten members of the craft in the District
who are not members of the union The
union mas, he said, recently issued a fair
caro-. which contains the names of nine of
the leading carriage ard wagon makers of
Washington and vicinity.