Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-01

effort will be made to defeat the measure
by the National Manufacturers Associa-
ton and those private firms having govern
ment contracts. For this reason the rep
resentatives Of organized labor are inclined
to regard Mr.. Moody as friendly to the ac-
tive opponents of the eight-hour bill, which
they consider to be the most important
labor measure pending in Congress.
The grievance committee of the Central
Labor Union, to which was referred the
complaint of Gas Workers Union, Nc
10343, against the Washington Gas Light
Company, conferred with Mr.. John R. Nc
Lean, president of the company. last Tues
day, relative to the trouble. 1t Is stated
that Mr.. Mclean proposed to the commit
tee to Immediately reinstate twenty of
the fifty-siX locked-out men, also the seven
teen street workers who were discharged,
it is alleged, because they refused to take
the places of the union men. Mr.. Mclean
also stated that the men not given imme-
date employment will be taken back as
their services are required as vacancies
in the force occur. The right of the men
to organize was conceded, and the union
will be recognized
The propositions of Mr.. Mclean were sub
mitted by the committee to the union,
which, 1t is presumed, were accepted,
as, 1t IS stated, twenty of the men re-
turned to work last Wednesday As 1t was
understood that If the propositions were
rejected the committee should be informed.
and as the committee has not been notified
OF any adverse action by the union, 1t is con-
cluded that the trouble, after seven weeks
duration, is ended.
The thirty paperhangers who quit work
at the Shoreham about ten days ago in
a sympathetic strike against the employ
ment of a number of Amalgamated paint
ers nave returned to work. Those in
charge OF the work having refused to dis
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Objectionable to the Brotherhood of Painters
and Decorators, both factions of the trade
are employed, as they have been for sew
eral months past.
The employment of the Amalpap,tao
painters has been the cause of considerable
friction between the painters and the trades
employed on the work, and much in-feeling
mas been engendered. 1t is said to he prob-
able that both the Brotherhood and Anal
gamated Association will continue to work
until the completion Of the repairs as the
otner trades employed are not inclined to
support the painters in their demand for
the discharge of the Amalgamated painters
II is stated that to successfully enforce the
demand of the Brotherhood would require
d sympa.netlc strike of the several trades
employed on the work, which they are I'M
wiling to do, s the painters state that
acter. ~ ~
The trouble which has existed for several
months between the Maryland Granite
company and the National Union of Gran
lte cutters, growing out of the discharge
" union Workmen and the employment of
cutters not members Of the organization.
may delay the construction of an extensive
pulialhs now being erected in the north
west section of the city, and incidentally
"a me building firm in the trouble 1t
Is stated that the stone used in the build
ing Is furnished by the Maryland Granite
company, which, it Is alleged is cut nv
n-unlon Workmen at the quarries of the
company at Guilford, Nd. For several
months the executive board of the granite
cutters organization has endeavored to adj
just the differences which resulted in the
lockout, but without success Finally the
Iocad , building trades were asked to render
moral support to the granite cutters. and
about a week ago the trades decided that
after a definite date stated the members of
tne trades now employed the building
until the Maryland Granite Company en-
ploys members of the Granite Cutters Ma
tional Union.
can Federation of Labor reports that dur
ing the month of September 129 charters
We're issued, Of which eighty-two were
granted local trade unions, twenty-four fed
eral labor unions, twenty-one city central
unions
The number Of affiliated unions on Octo-
Der is stated as follows:
state branches, 81; city central unions. AS:
local trade and federal labor unions, 1855.
1t is also stated that during the month of
September 1 las unions with an aggregate
membership of 6S,6OO, reported Is per cent
without employment. In August 1,403
unions, with a total membership of &c. 597,
reported 1.5 per cent unemployed
The local union of carriage and wagon
makers has nominated Mr.. John H. Brink
man, secretary of that body, for delegate
to represent the International Union of
Carriage and Wagon Workers of North
American in the next convention of the
American Federation Of Labor to be held
at New Orleans, La, beginning the 18TH
proXimo. On account of his high standing
in his own organization, which he practi-
cally organized and carried to victory in the
recent struggle Of the workers against the
local Carriage and Wagon Manufacturers
Association, the members feel that he will
be elected to the office for which he has
been nominated.
1t is claimed that he will poll nearly all
the eastern vote and portion of the votes
cast In the western section of the country
His activity in behalf of the craft has won
him prestige and favor. Mr. Brinkman
himself is not sanguine of winning the race
he has entered, as he points out that there
are three men in the field for the coveted
honor, Mr.. George Ramsay of Cincinnati,
Ohio; Mr.. Thomas Dunwoody of ST. Louis
Mo-, and himself.
Phe contest is an interesting one for the
carriage makers all over the country and
the result Will not be known until some
time next week.
1t is understood that the carriage makers
will make a fight in the next convention of
the American Federation of Labor for full
and complete jurisdiction over all persons
engaged in the carriage and wagon indus
try, and it's allied branches, such as axle
wheel and spring makers. At present coach
smiths are eligible to membership in the
Brotherhood of Blacksmiths, and the coach
painters in the Brotherhood of Painters
Decorators and Paperhangers of America,
which bodies have organized carriage MAX
ers in some cities under their respective
Jurisdiction.
In the opinion of the carriage makers
the attitude of the alleged encroa ching or
CARNATIONS is far from wise, for they rea-
son that to divide trade only invites COM
plications and ultimately disaster.
1t is stated by Mr.. Fred H. Hook sec
rotary of the Amalgamated Society of Car
penters and Joiners, that the report pub
lished a few days ago to the effect that
that body had withdrawn from the local
carpenters executive board, is incorrect
Mr.. Hook says his organization had never
notified the carpenters board that It wishes
to sever it's connection with that body and
does not contemplate such action.
Secretary Healy of Typographical Union,
No. 6, of New York city, in his annual
| financial report, gives these figures show
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