Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-02
MUST RELEASE THE FIREMEN
Brewery wSrksrI Union Gets Positive
Orders to this Effect.
eoaPERs' RULING FINAL AND EFFECTIVE
Central Labor Union Wakes Announce
meat that May OPen Up Long
standing DimcuIty Supposed to
Have Been Settled.

Local lodge No. 90, Brewery Workers,
must comply with the laws Of the Amer
lean Federation Of Labor regarding the
afhliation Of the unions OF stationary fire.
men and brewery workers. as interpreted
by President Samuel Gompers or forfeit
its representation in Central Labor union
Of Omaha. This action was taken by the
Central Labor union at its meeting last
night.
The matter came up on a protest against
seating delegates from No. 96, rendered
by the Brotherhood Of Stationary Fireman
Of Toledo, o., and the above action was
decided on by a vote Of 80 to IL. Tho
motion as finally adopted provided that
the Brewery Workers union shall sever
connection with the hremen. allow them to
return to their own union. as prescribed
by the laws Of the American Federation Of
Labor, OF suffer the penalty of forfeiting
the seats Of It's delegates in the Central
Labor union.
This action was brought about only after
n stubborn fight by the brewery workers,
who maintained that as the contracts en-
tered into between them and the breweries
OF Omaha. whereby the fremen were taken
into the Brewery workers union, were
made for one year from last April and
would, therefore. not expire until next
April, to arbitrarily dissolve this com-
pact, they claimed, would be unfair, but
their plea was vain. It is possible that
the effect of last nights proceedings may
be the desertion Of the union by all the
brewery workers and the opening up of
another aggravated controversy.
Brewery workers assert that this fight
Is over two years old and that II the con-
stitution Of the federation is violated by
the amalgamation Of unions they could not
understand how It is that delegates from
their craft were seated in the last Fedora
ton OF Labor.
VIII Go Into Politics..
The Central Labor union last night de-
clared In rather emphatic terms In favor
Of an Independent political party. an or
ganized labor party, and that a ticket rep
resenting such a party should be in the
field by next spring.
The origin OF this movement was In
volved, In a subtle communication from
the Federated Trades Council Of Milwaukee,
the organization whose membership is said
to consist Of IS per cent Of socialists. The
letter asked for cooperation for the for
nation Of an Independent political party
and in its course stated:
As nothing can give us the fruit OF our
toll while the present competitive wage
tfy ourselves, both organized and unor-
ganized workers alike, with such a po-
nScas party as adyoeates the abolition
systern, t@aetker hadth 2 co-nnera tive sys-
tenn Of society to take its place.
Anttsocialist members saw in this a
direct effort to promote the interests OF
the socialist party, as that is the only
political party taking a specific stand
against the wage system, and II. Steven
son. business agent OF the Bricklayers'
s.ntar rnaA. - A-nA,1.A-N -zAS--
(Which ordered the secretary to answer
the communication saying that it was
fayorably received and that its request
that the plan be considered by the local
unions, was approved), providing that all
political parties. the democratic, repub-
hcan. popuiist and socialist. ''be cut out"
and a straight labor party be formed and
a ticket placed In the field by spring.
81 anticipated the purpose Of the So
cialists,' said Mr.. Stevenson. land my pur-
pose in making that motion was to head
on any action of this body in joining In a
movement to indorse the socialist party,
for that is what 1t would have amounted
to-"
Notwithstanding this provision Of Mr.
gtevenson's amendment the motion car
ried the Endorsement Of the central body
30 far as the plan OF considering the mat
49, W.
that the union men devote an hour each
evening to the study Of politics.
HodcaFriers Have a Complaint.
Hodcarriers' local union No. s,O43 pre-
Gented q protest against the seating OF
delegates Of a new union, No. 2, on the
grounds that the union had been formed by
one Willis. without warrant of the higher
body and that the new lodge therefore was
an illegitimate and fraudulent one. formed
for the purpose Of drawing the color line,
to exclude the negro hod carriers. The
protest was given the Endorsement Of the
central body, providing that the seating OF
delegates be not allowed until the matter
could be thoroughly investigated.
The bS tenders grievance against W. w
Cole at Krug park and the cooks griev-
ance against Louis Burkmaster, proprietor
Of the U. s.. restaurant. were submitted to
the arbitration committee.
An appeal came for help for the striking
miners Of Pennsylvania and the delegates
were requested to lay the matter before
their respective orders. It being the sense
Of the Central Labor union that relief be
granted.
These delegates were elected and given
seats; r. A. Kaiser, iron molder. to sue.
coed NJ. J. o'ConneIl; B. Gilroy and s.. z
Egan, Transfers; William Harper, steam
engineer; Peter Green. plumber; E. s
Tucker, stage employe.
Messrs. Duncan. Kid and Lehman OF tbs
executive board OF the American Fedora.
tion Of Labor had ~telegraphed from saI
Francisco that they would be in omahl
August 4 and the message was read at tn
meeting.
President Mevea announced these com.
mittees:
Law-Elmer z. Riland. z. skeisey. o. s
Watson.
Education-A. Miller. G. Russell, P. Con
nell.
oTganIEation-F. Bobzin. ]. C. Tierney
y. r.. Philbrick.
Arbitraton-E. Lamb. E. F. Kennedy. J
Curry,
Home Industry and Union LABEL. {
Moran, G.. Hollo, r. Christie.
Press-J. Bapst, ]. Polian.