Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-24
THE CENTRAL LABOR UNION
1T WILL INDORsE NO ONE FOR
DISTRICT COMMISSIONER.
Action Mt Meeting Held Last Evening
Pay of Letter Carriers.

The meeting of the Central Labor Union
last evening adjourned at a late hour, the
time being largely devoted to the discussion
of the merits and dement's of the various
aspirants to the District commissionership.
The discussion was the result Of a PROPOSE
ton, submitted by a delegate. to indorse
the candidacy of a gentleman who is in
full sympathy with organized labor" After
a general expression of opinion 1t was
finally determined that the Central Labor
Union, being a distinctive labor body.
would not recommend the appointment Of
any one to the position of District Commits
sioner-
The committee to which was referred at
a previous meeting the statement of the
upholsterers relative to the conditions under
which the cutting, sewing and laying of the
carpets in the Treasury Department are
being done reported that after inquiry they
had ascertained that the work Is being done
for cents yard. This price the commit
tee stated, is at least 50 per cent lower than
current prices for similar work, and as a
result the employees of those having the
contract are paid 81 week, while those
employed by other firms in the city receive
from $12 to SIS week. 1t was also report
ed that the work Is being done in the treas
ury building. and the employees are re-
quired to work in excess of eight hours
which. it is claimed is a violation of the
federal eight-hour law The secretary was
of these conditions, and request that the
law in future be enforced.
Carriage and Wagon Builders Union, No.
1. announced that it will the I'd Of May next
issue a card upon which will be printed the
names of those carriage and wagon build
ers who have exclusively In their employ
members in good standing of that union
This card will be distributed among the
merchants of the District with the indorse
ment of the Central Labor Union.
A communication was read from Har-
riette A Keyser. secretary of the Church
Association for the Advancement of the In
terests of Labor, extending an invitation to
the delegates to attend the conference of
that body to be held in this city April % and
30 The communication states that Mon
day, April 30. will be of great Importance
to organized labor. as It gives members of
labor unions opportunity to present their
views TO church people.
The invitation was accepted. and it is
probable the conference will be largely at
tended by members of labor unions
Pay of Letter Carriers.
The bill to increase the pay of letter car
riers. which was recently introduced in the
House of Representatives by Mr.. Lorimer,
was Endorsed and referred to the legislative
committee of the union. The bill provides
that all letter carriers who have served as
regular carriers for a. period of three years
or over shall receive 81 300 per annum; all
letter carriers who have served as regular
carriers for a period of two years or over
shall receive $1,000 per annum: all letter
carriers who have served a period of one
year or over shall receive $500 per annun !;
all letter carriers who are or may be ap-
pointed to the regular service shall receive
$500 per annum'
The following was unanimously adopted:
Desiring the national unificaton of labor,
and believing that only by that means can
the labor of the country fully accomplish
the purposes of organization the secretary
is hereby instructed to communicate with
the Journeymen Stone and Marble Cutters
Association. Mosaic and Encaustic Tile
Layers and Helpers Unions and the Ope-
ratIve Plasterers' Association. and cordially
invite them to representation in the Central
Labor Union.
Delegates from Bridge and Structural
Iron Workers Union and MoIders' Union
recently organized under charter of the
American Federation of Labor were obi