The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-03-09
Local Labor Notes.

The Foundrymen Helpers Union will hold
an open meeting in the Machinists' Hall
March IS.
With the opening of the building season
the Carpenters Union will raise its initia-
ton fee from $40 to $l5.
The laundry workers will give ball in
Masonic Hall on the night of March 30.
and the sawmakers on March q.
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The District Council of the Hardwood
Finishers' Unions Nos 13, SO and 155 will
give ball in Germania Hall April 6.
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The Transfers Union has secured a con-
tract with Harry Roberts to pay the union
scale, 1913 a day The union expects to
have number Of other contracts signed
this week.
The engine painters employed at the At
las engine works have formed a union of
about fifteen members. The organization
Will extend to other plants and take in
all men of that craft in the city.
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The members of the local union and aux
Hilary organizations of the United Brewery
Workers are taking exception to an article
published in a local paper to the effect that
the stationary fremen and engineers en-
oloyed at Cincinnati had not been expelled
by the Central Labor Union of that city.
There are 100 brewery workers on strike in
Cincinnati. while the firemen and engineers
are working. These trades were recently
absorbed by the brewery workers, and it
is the old fight of trade autonomy again.
The brewery workers say the fremen and
engineers are responsible for the present
strike, and they were expelled by the CEN
trail body. The local organizations are send
a Cincinnati
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y special committee Of the Retail Clerks
Union is agitating a uniform closing of all
business houses at 6 o'clock on five days
of the week, at 10 o'clock on Saturday and
all day Sunday. The matters and furnish
ers keep open till $50, but the committee
thinks it will soon have an agreement with
them to close at g. The union has recently
made rapid progress in organizing stores
and has distributed a display union card
TO be exhibited in order to save clerks the
trouble of showing their cards 10 each pur-
chaser. The firms that have already union
lied their stores are Bliss, Swain * Co.,
Saks q Co. L. Strauss & Co., the Globe
Clothing Company, George J. Marott and
the Douglass and Emerson shoe companies.
1t is said a number of other stores will sign
the agreement this week
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The building committee of Central La
building temple regardless of the assistance
of the labor organizations of the city if
it is found they cannot raise sufficient
means to start the building. The committee
says it has a means Of financing the move
ment if no money is contributed by organ
lied labor. The temple will be built at a
cost ranging all the way from $4,000 to
$4,000, according 10 the ready cash the
committee has on hand when the purchase
of a site and cost of building are considered.
The plan is not only TO provide a meeting
place for all local unions and the Central
Labor Union, but also provide a free il
brary gymnasium, baths and swimming
pool and other conveniences for the benefit
of members of organized labor. A house
will be rallied off, which is expected to net
the committee $1,000 or $500, and together
with funds secured by assessing members
of the various unions of the city and the
81 800 the Labor day committee has that II
will aggregate enough TO start the build
ing 1t is estimated that the stock issued
will bear about / per cent. interest.