The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-03-27
TO RECORDS AID WAGE SCHEDULE
Building Trades Councils
Will Unite to Make
New Rule Operative.

Should their assistance be necessary the
National Building Trades Council. repre-
senting membership of 100000 through
| out the country. stands ready to aid n
every way the industries allied with tae
United Building Trades Council OF Hud-
son county, which have adopted new wage
and hour schedules to become operative
on and after April next
This Information was impaired at last
rights meeting Of the county central er-
| ganization at Central Hail. No. Il Ho-
boken avenue. by General President E. L..
Smith and General Secretary Treasurer
r. w. Steinbiss Of the national body, who
had joarneyed from ST. Louss to assure
/ shelr fellow union men in this county II
fheir. readiness to aid them financially or
! otherwise if necessity required.
General President Smith said that the
allied building industries throughout the
country were in hearty sympathy with
their brothers in this county. He said
that in every similar case in which the
national organization had participated,
except two. had been successful with
out resorting to strike and he felt con-
4 vinced that employers generally in this
county would see the justice of the de-
mands of the workmen and grant them
without opposition.
The Council extended it's thanks to the
visiting National officials for their kindly
! offer, but told them that from present in
dications ther would be little or no opposi-
ton to the new schedules of any of the
Industries. If. however. assistance should
be required ther would be no hesltancy
about supplying it.
The only new delegates seated were D.
Hearn and H. Thompson Of Plumbers
Local Union No 16S of Hoboken
The Executive Board reported the re-
election of Business Agent John E. West
lake by unanimous vote for the term
commencing April 1 next The report
was concurred in by exclamation
The different industries reported bus
ness improving in every section of the
county.
The executive board announced that it
had declared unfair the job ON Bereen-
line avenue, near Twenty-third street,
West New York. the plastering work OF
which is being done by Boss Wagenbran-
ner for Contractor Farnough- The reason
for this action, as stated was to the ef-
feet that Wagenbranner was indebted to
several members of the allied industries
The committee in charge of the ar
rangements for the annual labor day
demonstration reported that it had or
ganized by the election of James A. Gal
lagher as president and William E. Ward
Jr., as ecretary-treasurer. Nearly al
the locals that had thus far voted on the
subject had reported in favor of parade
in connection with the picnic to be held
at the Union Hill Schuetzen Park ant
the committee recommended that ths
different trades arrangesto have suitable
'.foats1 typifying their respective indus
tries.
It,was also announced that several nov
elites, including a vaudeville entertain.
ment, both afternoon and evening. were
being arranged. as well as special attrac-
tions for tn eehildren.
All the conclusion of the meeting an i'm
promptu social session in honor of the
visiting natioal officers was held.