Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-25

trades are not disposed to engage in q
sympathetic effort in behalf of the painters,
since their organization has refused to
adopt the working card Of the Allied Coun-
Gil Of Building Trades. 1t IS said the rules
of the council only require the moral sup
port of those organizations affiliated and
recognizing the card when a sympathetic
walk OUT is deemed necessary to inforce
the demands Of an allied organization.
Retail Clerks Union No. 262 recently
submitted to the Central Labor Union for
Endorsement the form of an agreement
which the union has decided to submit to
the local merchants. The agreement in
substance provides that those clerks only
will be employed who are members of Re-
tail Clerks Union No. 262 or those, II
eligible, who have become members within
thirty days from the date Of their employ
ment 1t is also provided that all places
of business in which union clerks are en-
ployed and the union card displayed will
close at g o'clock p. m. on Monday, Tues
day, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and on
Saturday at o'clock p. m. Places are re-
quired to be closed all day Sundays. Christ
mas day, Fourth Of July and Thanksgiving
day, and half day on New Year day,
Labor day and Memorial Day.
The form Of agreement was prepared by
the Retail Clerks International Union
which, it Is said, has been accepted by mer-
chants in other cities. The agreement was
unanimously Endorsed by the Central Labor
Union last Monday evening, and the mem
bers of the affiliated unions were requested
to deal with union clerks and patronize
those firms who became parties to the
clerks agreement.
The unions of bricklayers throughout the
country which are affiliated with the Brick
layers and Masons International Union are
voting upon the proposition to establish
permanent national headquarters. At the
annual convention of B. and NJ. l. u, held
last January at Pittsburg, it was decided
to submit the question to referendum vote
Of the membership Of the subordinate
unions.
The matter was brought to the attention
of the convention by Secretary William
Dobson in his report, in which he stated
that "the largely increased business In the
departments of the administration of affairs
demands greater concentration The pres
emit system Of government is inadequate and
too cumbersome, and the time has arrived
when something should be done in the mat
ter Of establishing headquarters for the
carrying on of the business of the organiza-
tion."
1t Is claimed that during the past five
years the organization has more than dou-
-5bled both in the number of subordinate
unions and In members, and that the pres
ent system of isolating the national officers
should be changed to one of concentration.
The general secretary, in circular letter
referring the matter to the subordinate
unions, states that in 1897 294 unions were
affiliated, having total membership of 49,
600. At the present time 666 unions are
on the roll, with total membership of co.
600, or an increase in five years of 372
unions and $1,000 in membership.
The troubles of the various local carpen-
ters' organizations recently assumed new
phase which is stated to be the disruption
of what is known as the carpenters execu-
tive council, which was composed of the
Amalgamated Society of Carpenters. 174S,
x. of l.. Assembly of Carpenters and the
remaining members Of Union No. /. 1t is
stated that for reasons not generally known