The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-29
CENTRAL LABOR UNION
A LENGTHY AND WELL-ATTENDED
BUSINESS MEETING HELD.
Nothing in Musicians Union Com
plant Against the Zoo-ROutine
Matters and Brief Talks.

The meeting of Central Labor Union last
night was attended by probably more dele
gates than has any meeting in many
months. 1t is also probable that fewer of
the delegates left the hall before the ad-
joGrnment than at any other meeting in
its history There was nothing of start
ling interest to require their presence, but
there was general interest which held all.
Adjournment was not taken until after II
o'clock.
Robert f. Croft Henry Friedman, Clar-
ence Gaumer and John F. White. compos-
ing the entertainment committee, which
investigated the grievance of the Musicians
Union against the Zoo management relative
to the employment of nonunion musicians,
reported that it found the Musicians Union
had no cause for complaint. The report
was received. The musicians asked for a
Central Labor Union boycott. In the dis
cussion it developed that the musicians
interfered with the work of the commit
tee of the central body in acting them
selves after placing the matter with the
Central Labor Union. Delegate Beiesen-
herr said the members of the Zoo band
were not paid over 81 a week, and that the
complaint originated with the managers
of the theaters here, who threatened to cut
the wages paid members of their orchestras
unless the Zoo band was unionized. He
also said the injunction issued yesterday
10 prevent three members of the Grand or
chestra from quitting work was because
the three men presented their designations
as the result OF the threatened reduction
Of wages. The matter was finally referred
TO the grievance committee
Organizer Blue reported the organization
of the photographers and Bill Posters
Union. Later he presented a resolution ask
ing that the body go on record as opposed
TO House Bill No. Is, which was intro
duced in the Legislature several days ago,
providing that lease contracts must be re-
corded in the office of the county recorder.
The matter was referred to the legislative
committee. He also presented d resolu-
iIon calling for the appointment by the
president OF q committee OF eleven men,
bers to have full charge of all matters re-
lGting TO entertainments for the benefit of
the proposed permanent home.
The delegate from the Painters Union
introduced a resolution asking the central
body TO use its influence toward securing
legislation for the adjustment of the poll
tax.
II. d. Mccarthy, representative of the
United Hatters of North America, was in
troduced and talked for some time. telling
of methods employed by that organization
in furthering its interests. His talk was
entertaining and contained much that was
new 10 many OF the members.
Mother Jones, of the mine workers,
came in with a number of miner delegates,
and she had not been in the room more
than five minutes before she was called
upon for a talk. She opened with the state
ment that she started out yesterday morn
ing with a few soiled handkerchiefs, and
after visiting many laundries found there
was only one union laundry in the city.
This she understood was about TO close be-
cause of lack of patronage. She urged the
members to patronize the union laundry.
She talked for about forty minutes and in
sisted that members of unions were not
loyal unless they required in their pur-
chases goods with the union label She
referred to the working classes and their
complaints about capitalism, and said they
were as a rule not alive TO their own in
terests. as the place TO remedy the exist
ing evils was in the election of Legislative
and executive officers and not by attacking
| through labor organizations the men and
| their enactments after casting their bal.
| lots for them. Mrs. Jones was followed
| by Mr.. Simons, secretary of the Central
Labor Union of Philadelphia, and Delegate
i Harrison