Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-17

APiL l. II Is tuOuSut employ CTS Will
acquiesce in the demands of the union.
Many local carpenters are now receiving
3.25 per day.
Messrs. Milford spohn, R. H. Cowan, Jer-
emiah Mccarthy, H. W. Sherman. p. H.
Shugrue and c. Cos1gan, composing the
legislative committee Of the Central Labor
Union. recently sent q communication to
each member Of Congress in advocacy Of
the eight-hour bill and urging it's passage
Mr.. Spohn. the chairman of the committee,
is in receipt Of letters of acknowledgment
from many Of those to whom the letter was
addressed.
The members Of the sixteen labor unions
composing the trades council Of Plainfeld,
N. j.. have formed what Is to be known as
the american League Of Workmen." The
purpose Of the new body, it Is reported, Is
to prevent unnaturaliZed foreigners from
working with American union men. 1t is
the intention Of the league to organize
branches throughout the United States.
The recently organized International
union known as the Commercial Telegra-
piers Of the United States. Canada and
Mexico" has elected the following officers:
President. Percy Thomas Of New York
secretary and treasurer, j. M. Perkins of
San Francisco; vice president, W.. F: Craig,
jr., Of Pittsburg: executive board, Messrs.
M. H. Weber. this city, chairman; A. E.
Rose. Cincinnati. Ohio: W. o. Rowley, De-
troit Mich. w. A. Daley. Kansas City.
Mo-, and B. A. Riley. Philadelphia, Pa. The
international headquarters are located in
St. Louis Mo. and New York city has been
chosen as the place Of holding the annual
convention in October next.
It is reported that the American Flint
Glass Workers Union has withdrawn from
the membership Of the American Fedora
ton OF Labor. A referendum vote was re-
Gently taken among the workers and, in &C
cordance Herewith. Secretary Morrison
was officially notified of the withdrawal
The labor leaders of Brooklyn, N. z.
have instituted movement, which has the
Endorsement of the Central labor Union Of
that city, for the purpose Of forming an
organization for scattered workingmen
whose particular trades are not represented
In the American Federation OF Labor.
A union Of all the millinery workers. men
and women. of Paris, France, says the off,
cial journal of the plano makers, has been
formed. and II 600 skilled milliners are out
on strike, demanding higher prices for
piecework and the exclusion Of Belgians
and other foreigners from the Paris ate
hers. The employers refuse to accede to
these demands, as this is the second time
this year that the milliners have struck
The employers declare that a further ad-
vance Is impossible. while the milliners say
they only get 1.-THE Of the profits made
by sales to wealthy women of America
The milliners Of the fashionable shops earn
from 80 to 100 francs q week during the
busy season.
At the regular meeting Of Retail Clerks
Union, No. 262, held Monday evening last
the annual installation took place The Off
GERS are: President, George B. SquAres: first
vice president, Mrs. J. Thompson; second
cording secretary, N. Jobes; financial sec
rotary, j. Flynn; treasurer, j. W. Rfden-
our: guide, r. c. Lake; guard, ]. Gilbach.
At the conclusion of the installation cere-
q yvr,,o ct al 4
rendered by the members, and refresh
ments served.
Mr.: John Dickman, member Of Column
pa pa typographical Union. No. 1o1. and
the occasion, taking as his theme "Or-
gained Labor and Trades Unions"
There has been reported to the local Cen
tal Labor Union a matter involving the
question of the national aff1liation of ca
pet Upholsterers Union, No. 1897. which
ma! AFFECT the local status of that organi-
cation 1t Is stated that the upholsterers
were organized and chartered by the Amer
lean Federation Of Labor previous to the
formation Of national union of unhoIster-
ers, and have therefore been directly af-
Inflated with the federation. In the mean
u ~ sine Inc upholsterers' International Union
OF Nortn America was organized for the
purpose OF combining the various locals
throughout the country AS the constitu-
ton OF the American Federation of Labor
requires that local unions shall become af-
nl1ated with national organizations tha
local upholsterers have been requested to
DO 30 by President Gompers It is stated
that the organization is not disposed tn az
nllate with the national body, for the rea-
Oon that upholsterers generally are admit
ted to affiliation. 1t is said that the local
prefers an exclusive carpet upholsterers' or
eanlzat1on and has been communi eating
win other organizations for the purpose
OF forming national organization of that
character.
There has been referred to the legisla-
i've committee OF the Central Labor Union
a communication from the Chicago Fedora
uon OF Labor requesting that senators
and representatives in Congress be urged
to repeal at this session the desert land act
ana the Communication clause of the home
stead act, as was recommended by Presi-
dent Roosevelt in his message to Con
gress.
The communication referred to states.
There 10 fight on in Congress which we
ought to take hold of quick and strong.
We got the national irrigation law through
at the last session Of Congress and there
Is now more than $1OO0O.OOO in the treas
ury to build government irrigation works
But the land thieves are stealing the gov
eminent land SO fast under the old desert
land act and communication clause Of the
homestead act that at the rate they are
Land lett to reclaim. as the land grabbers
and spectators are robbing the people of
the public lands at the rate of two mil
lions of acres a month"
The serious trouble between the employ
Ing brewers of Cincinnati, which was OF
national interest to organized labor has
been amicably adjusted through the efforts
or committee appointed at the recent con-
vention OF the American Federation of
Labor.
President Samuel Gompers, in a commu-
nication to the affiliated unions, expresses
qualification that an agreement has been
reached satisfactory to all parties concerned.
and advises that the Brewers Exchange,
consisting Of the brewery employers Of Gin
cinnau, Ohio, and vicinity, has been re-
moved from the I'VE don't patronize' list of
the American Fedora ton of Labor and
placed upon the fair list" ..
The Coopers' International Union. with
headquarters at Kansas City, Kan, has re-
Quested the Central Labor Union to peti-
ton senators to oppose a bill which passed
the House last June which is designed to
stop the issue of revenue stamps by the
government for one-eighth kegs of beer.
The coopers object to the measure be-
cause. as they state the use Of small bar
rels for the shipment of beer is a con-
venience to those who are unable to buy
In larger packages. 1t Is also alleged that
such legislation will seriously injure the
small brewers and coopers, and is favored
by the large brewing firms for that reason,
1t Is stated that should the hill y,ocov,a