The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-28
RECEPTION TO MITCHELL
MUSICIANS UNION TO FURNISH BAND
OF ONE HUNDRED PIECES.
Committee of seven Named to Pre-
pare for Reception-Afairs of the
Central Labor Union.


America. has been placed in the hands of
a committee of seven from the Central La
Dor Union. At the meeting of the union
last night President Feltman in pursuance
of a motion adopted appointed Conrad
Streibeck. OF the Electrical Workers
Union, William Ewald, of the Cigar Max
ers' Union. Roscoe Barnett, of Painters
Union. No. A. Henry Beissenherz, of the
Musicians Union. Frank Jirrard, of the
Beer Bottlers' Union, Martin O'Mara, Of
the Wood Workers Union, and himself, ex
officio, as the members of the committee
in which plans for the reception will be
formulated.
When the subject was brought to the at
tention of the union Henry .Beissenherz, of
the musicians organization. said that al
though he did not speak officially and knew
not what plans would be adopted by his
association, he was pretty sure that the
musicians would have brass band of one
hundred pieces TO meet Mr.. Mitchell at the
Union Station and would play a triumphal
omareh for him on his ride from the sta
ton to the place where the committee
would hold formal reception.
The report of the grievance committee
of the Central Labor Union was read, and
in 1t was Incorporated the strike of the tile
workers at the United States encaustic tile
works. At this plant, Ii is said by the
strikers. the men who joined the local of
the International Union OF Tile, Brick and
Terra Gotta Workers, recently established,
were discharged, and this was called to
the attention of l.. p. Mccormack, state
labor commissioner, and he investigated
the causes and rights in the strike. From
the report OF the grievance committee it
seems that vote on the question of union
Ism in this plant was submitted to the
workmen and 1t was found that 135 en-
ployes favored nonunion shop, while loo
wanted a union organization. The vote
Was called by Superintendent Landers and
President Cooper, and they have been
talked to both by the grievance committee
and Labor Commissioner Mccormack. That
the strike was the result of the discharge
of six men from the plant was shown in the
report of the grievance committee and was
also stated by the delegates to Central La
Dor Union recently appointed by the new
union-Orlie Condiff and N Stewart
through President Brinkman. 1t was also
stated by these representatives of the union
that the vote taken at the plant was an
unfair one They asserted that in taking
the vote the heads Of the factory asked for
division of the employees, and that on their
side-1O6 men-all of the men were laboring
men in the plant and on the side favoring
the keeping out of organized labor from
the factory there were women and boys
and some men to the number of 1876.
The report of the grievance committee
and the talks of the representatives of the
union caused discussion in which Mr..
Mccormack, Edward Sands, Edgar A. Per-
kins, Roscoe Barnett an others partici-
pated, and after much discussion OF causes
and effects and propositions of boycott,
which were voted down, committee was
appointed TO look into the matter. Roscoe
Barnett Edgar Perkins and William f.
Ewald were designated a committee by
President Feltman to go over the whole
situation carefully and If they found that
the plant had been unfair to the union to
before Factory
spect0r McAbee and request him to begin
prosecution under the law protecting the
right of workmen who belong to trades
IRON WORKERS STRIKE.
President Feltman reported that the COM
mittee appointed to lay before Mayor
Bookwalter the troubles arising from the
strike of the machinists at the works of
the indianapolis Drop Forging Company
had seen the mayor and had been assured
by him that the city government, through
the police stationed there, were not dis
eliminating between the strikers and the
nonunfon machiniStS who We're working at
the plant.
The union moved an expense account Of
800 to Michael ]. Butler, the delegate from
Central Labor Union 10 the convention of
the National Federation of Labor to be
held in New Orleans Nov, 3D. 1t also re-
ceived and passed resolution condemning
the proposed law being advocated by the
Indiana Retail Grocers Association look
ing toward the repeal of existing Jaws and
the enactment of a new law regulating the
garnishment or wages. The law which Is
not favored by many workingmen reduces
the exemption of married men and allows
by one claimant, and thus, it was said by
Mr. Perkins, representative of the Typo
graphical Union, that If four complaints
were filed. the whole of a mans wage might
be taken from him, TO the misfortune of
his family and dependents.
The complaint of the union carpenters
at the Atlas engine works was found to
be not due TO the fault of the management
of the plant and was so reported by b. f..
Ewald and r. Z. Groff, members of the
grievance committee Instead the subcon-
tractors for carpenter work were RESPONSE
BILE for the action, and hugh III. Hanna
the men that caused the complaint, the re-
port stated.
s. CARPENTERS HEADQUARTERS
d. L. Stoddard. of the Carpenters Union
No. ISL said at the meeting last night that
IL something was not done soon the ma
tional headquarters of the carpenters and
joiners would not be moved to the city The
question of the removal from Philadelphia
was left to a referendum vote to the local
unions. and il the efforts of the indianapolis
merchants and others interested in the re-
moval was not directed to an influencing of
this vote the headquarters would be lost.
Mr.. StOddard suggested that Central Labor
Union use ltS every eUOrt TO convince the
local unions of carpenters throughout the
country of the good of this change, and he
suggested that letters be sent TO all of
them. The Commercial Club and other
bodies of the city want the headquarters
but Mr.. Stoddard thought that in the six
weeks IN which the work will have to be
done the efforts OF the Philadelphia people
10 keep the headquarters there will be sue
cessful III indianapolis is not more energeic
in its effort for the headquarters.
That the union hack drivers are becoming
less every day was the statement OF the
representative from that union to Central
Labor Union. He said that four months
ago there were 400 union drivers in the city
and there now less than forty. He
hoped that all union labor men would try
to drive TO funerals and other places behind
union drivers and thus force the employ
ment OF them BY the owners of vehicles
President Feltman, on behalf of the cigar
makers union, of which he Is a member
thanked the typographical union for insist
ing on the purchase of union-made cigars
by its members and for the rule adopted
which provides a fine for any member OF
IL found smoking a trust cigar. He said
that such concerted action on the part OF
labor unions is necessary TO help the cigar
makers In their fight against the cigar
trust.
REAL ESTATE SALES.