Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-15

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nave done so quite recently. to SO change
| their laws and claims to jurisdiction as to
! cover trades never contemplated by the Or
ganlzations officers or members; never
| comprehended by their title; trades of
| Wnlcn there Is already in existence ma
] t1onal union. And this without a word Of
advice, counsel or warning.
This contention for jurisdiction has
| grown into such proportions and Is fought
| with such intensity as to arouse the most
| pltter feuds and trade wars. In many in
| stances employers fairly inclined toward
| organized labor have been made innocently
| to suffer from causes entirely beyond their
control, and other employers, again, have
taken advantage of the first inception of
] the fancy or notion for expansion of trade
jurisdiction, famed it into a flame and
| taking advantage of the excitement and
hatred Of and war against each other, re-
fused to recognize either organization, pre-
tending to claim it a war among labor or
carnations with which they do not wish
| to Interfere. On the surface the employ
ers' claim appears tenable, but in their
| hearts they enjoy the situation by which
their pockets are enriched. Nevertheless
the employers contention in regard to this
| question cannot be disputed. But Of the
organizations the same cannot be said.
The interests of the Wage-earners of the
| craft, to promote and protect which the
| organizations were primarily formed, have
no moral or lawful right, from a trade
union point of view, to be jeopardized by
| pursuing policy in an attempt at trade in
sent of the crafts invaded.
1t Is not necessary here to particularize.
several instances will of necessity be
brought to your attention during this con-
Vention, which will demand your serious
consideration and action.
without In any way being DESTROYS of in
fiuencing your judgment upon any one of
tue cases Which may claim your attention,
| 1t is strongly urged that action be taken by
this convention that shall tend to check
the indiscriminate attempts made to extend
jurisdiction of any organization without the
consent OF the organization Of the trade
already in existence"
The aboveSare only few Of the features
OF President NGompers' report. The docu
ment also included remarks on issues Of
national importance and Of interest not only
to the laboring masses, but to the rich.
Through the efforts of the Church Asso-
citation for the Interest of Labor in New
York the following law providing for
half-holiday Saturday for women and
! minors employed in the factories of the en-
pire state will be presented to the New York
legislature at its approaching session. IAN
act to amend the labor law relating to hours
or labor is the name given the document,
which reads as follows:
Section 1--Sectfon seventy-seven Of chapter
four hundred and fifteen of the laws of
eighteen hundred and ninety-seyen entitled
An act In relation to labor constituting
chapter thirty-two Of the general laws" as
amended by chapter one hundred and nine
ty-two of the laws of eighteen hundred and
nlnety-nine, Is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Section 77-Hours Of labor of minors and
women: No minor under the age of eighteen
years, and no female shall be employed at
labor in any factory Of this state before 6
CLOCK inrthe morning or after 8 o'clock In
| the evening of any day, or for more than
| ten hoursiin any one day of (sixty) fffty-six
hours in any one week, nor more than six
| hours on the last day of the week (except
| to make shorter work do on he Iact do,
or the Week; or more hours in any one week
than will make an average of ten hours per
day for the whole number of days so work
! ed. A printed notice stating the number
| of hours per day for each day of the week
required Of such persons, and the time when
such work shall begin and end shall be kept
posted IN conspicuous place in each room
where they are employed. But such persons
| may begin their work after the time for
| beginning and stop before the time for end
| ing such work, mentioned in such notice
put they Shall not be required to perform
any labor in such factory except as stated
therein. The terms of such notice shall not
be changed after the beginning of labor on
the first day of the week without the con-
sent of the factory inspector.
Section 2-Section seventy eight is hereby
repealed.
Section 3-This act shall take effect imme-
dately.
Reports from Chicago, ILL.,, are to the ef-
feet that 900 trainmen in the employ of
| the Union Traction and Consolidated Street
Railway Company of that city are to re-
celve an increase in pay of more than 10
per cent, to take effect from September Is
This Is the finding of a board of arbitra-
ton which recently submitted the results of
Its deliberations of two months. This scale
of pay is to remain in vogue until 1904
There are two conventions of the knights
of Labor in sesson-the Hayes faction at
Niagara, n. Y, and the Parsons faction at
Buffalo, N. Y. 1t is the opinion of local
| leaders of the knights of Labor that at
| il1E 1o1r ~ hn
blies an agreement will be reached between
the factions whereby all existing difficult
| ties and grievances will be adjusted.
The differences between the branches are
bitter contention, at one time being taken
| to the Supreme Court of the District of Co.
lumbia. The local knights of Labor or
CARNATIONS are affiliated with District As
sembly No. &c, which in turn is a branch
of the Parsons contingent. The local lead
ers are of the opinion that hereafter the
the Knights Of Labor generally and that
| there will no longer be Hayes faction.
Should a reconciliation between the two
factions be effected it is believed by many
| that 1t will have a tendency to strengthen
| the forces of the knights of Labor, and
| that the organization will gain the power
with which it ruled for number of years
| and which it lost through internal friction
1 All knights of Labor workmen here look
| forward to the close of the two conventions
! with the pleasantest anticipation, believ-
|
| troubles
| Members of the local Bindery Women's
| Union are hard at work organizing They
| have instituted a movement to have all
/ girls and women who are employed in the
| local printing offices join the Bindery Wo-
| mems Union or form an organization among
themselves. The latter plan is thought to
| be best bys many, for the reason that most
| of the members Of the Bndery Women's
| Union are employed by the government and
| that it wouldssbe to the best interests of
| girls and women employed in private es-
| adjustments to form separate organiza-
| ton and tdeynte their spare time to the
| welfare of their own organization
| The efforts OF the members of Women's
| Bindery Union are being rewarded daily
| and within a very short space Of time the
| female employees Of Washington's private
| printing establishments will have an organ
| ization, and will, it is thought, put a new
| scale of wages in effect
| A meeting Of the ex-Delegates' Associa-
] ton of Columbia Typographical Union. No.
! 1O1, was held, last Sunday afternoon at
| Typographical Temple, President W. r.
! Ramsey presiding constitution and set
| of bylaws were framed and adopted, and
| the president was authorized to appoint the
several committees. A reception commit
tee was appointed for the purpose of max
ing the necessary arrangements for the re-