Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-11-19


which meets December l., at Detroit,
Michigan. Financial secretary, Z. B.
Jones, will represent the local organ1-
cation at the convention.
Miners Union No. 6f3.
| With the cold weather this organiza-
ton has increased its membership TO
almost double it's former number and
it's meetings are largely attended ana
! the members enthusiastic. 1t has
some bright trades unionists in its
ranks.
| Federal Labor Union.
/ The officers of the Federal Labor I'M
ion report that the attendance at their
meetings is increasing and that much
interests being taken by the members
in pushing the matter of the union la
bel 1t is the desire of this organiza-
ton that all laboring men, who are not
eligible to any other organization,
make application and join the Federal
Labor union. This union holds its
meetings every second and fourth
Tuesday of each month.
Bakers and confectioners.
/ Without any noise or gush the
bakers are moving along at splendid
rate. They now have the largest ma
jority of the bakers of this city in
their union, besides mony of those in
the towns adjacent to Ottumwa.
| Meat Cutters and Butchers.
Union men will notice the bright new
union cards displayed in great many
al, Oh cfo Of
this city. Wherever these cards are
displayed, it denotes that all the meat
cutters in the establishment are men,
bers of the organization and it is de-
sired that the union men look for and
patronize this card.
Decision of Executive Board.
The controversy existing between
the National Building Trades Council
and the Schlitz Brewing company was
referred to the executive board of the
American Federation of Labor for
decision. The board decided as fol-
/ lows:
ut was shown that the Jos. Schlitz
Brewing company of Milwaukee secur-
ed number of bids for piece of
plumbing work and awarded the con-
tract to the lowest bidder, insisting
that the successful bidder should en-
ploy plumbers in good standing in the
union of the trade.
"The loca! Plumbers Union refused,
however, to permit it's members to
work for the contractor who was the
successful bidder.
Dispute thereupon arose as to the
terms of the agreement existing be-
tween the Milwaukee Brewers asso-
CT zion, of which the Jos. Schlitz Brew
ing company is part,and the Building
Trades Council. Section TX of the
agreement reads as follows:
"'Sec. I. The said Building Trades
/ Council agrees to furnish all the neces-
sary union men to contractors for work
to be done for members of the Mil
waukee Brewers association at the
then prevailing union wages, irrespec-
tive of VIII Their the said contractors
have so-called union shop or not
"The question in dispute was wheth-
er, under the terms of the quoted sec
4 ton of the agreement, the Jos. Schlitz
Brewing company was permitted to
give a contract for work to an employ
err having union shop or not and
whether the union in interest, part of
the Building Trades Council, should
furnish all the necessary men to per.
form the work required.
after mature consideration, the Elk
ecutive Council of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor declares as it's judg
, ment that the Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co
, did not violate the terms of the agree
ment, as provided by section TX there
of; that the Plumbers association was
in duty bound to furnish the success
full bidder, above referred to, with 6
, requisite number of men to carry or
the work, and it is our further judg
ment that all hostile acllon against the
Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co., resulting
from the matter herein stated, is
wholly unjustitied.
1--WE have no hesitation in saying
further that the terms agreed upon be
: tween the Building Trades Council Of
Milwaukee, and the Milwaukee Brew
ers' association, which provides thai
: the union shall furnish non-union con
tractors ,antagonistic to union labor
with union men to complete any parti
cular species of work. is inadvisable
and contrary to the best interests O
the workers and the trade union move
ment."
Jos. e. Schlitz Brewing Co., by E. L
, Phillips, VIM. J. Spencer, representa-
; tives United association; James Dun
can, representative the Executive
Council A. F. OF L."
Boiler Makers.
Eleven delegates gathered in Chica
go, on August 16, 1881, to form what il
!; now known as the Brotherhood O
Boilermakers and Iron Shipbuilders
, Union of America The title adopted
at that time was National Boilermak
ers and Helpers Protective and Benev
) client onion. the change to the presen
title being made in 1893.
Although the number Of delegates tt
the first convention was not large
, they came from Chicago, ST. Paul, De
troit, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Erie, New
, York, Paterson, Boston, Buffalo am
Providence, where flourishing loca
+ unions already existed.
The national union has experienced