Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-14

There will be a conference in this city
March Is next between arbitratorS selected
by the two organizations Of telegraphers
The arbitrators for the International Union
of Commercial Telegraphers have been
chosen, and are: President 1. ]. Mcdonald
Of Chicago, ILL.,, and Vice President M. J..
Reidy Of Boston, Mass. Representatives to
look after the interests Of the Order OF
Commercial Telegraphers will be selected
within the next few days.
The Order of Commercial Telegraphers Is
at present working under an. international
charter Issue by the American Federation
of Labor, and it Is with a view Of coming
under that charter that the International
Union Of Commercial Telegraphers has be-
gun negotiations looking to the consolida-
ton Of the two bodies.
Under an agreement reached between the
two bodies the board Of arbitration is to
will elect two, and these four members will
select fifth, who must be acceptable to
both parties involved.
The question of charter Is not at issue,
mated the body will necessarily work under
the present charter. The different subjects
to be arbitrated will be, principally, the
naming of the officers. the location of the
Headquarters. the publication of the official
Journal and perhaps some changes in the
constitution to suit both organizations.
Although the objects of both bodies have
In the past been practically the same, the
questions at issue consisted solely of who
should be at the head of the organization.
The various locals of the two organizations,
located in about fifty cities, have practi-
caily insisted that consolidation shall be
erected. and have empowered the arbitra-
tors with full authority to make any con-
cessions necessary to the perfection Of one
organization. The decision Of the board of
arbitration shall be absolutely final with
the locals of both organizations.
The two separate organizations as they
now exist are In full sympathy with the de-
mand for an increase Of pay made almost
unanimously by the telegraph operators
ity OF the expert operators Of the country
are affiliated with one or the other Of the
organizations named.
Columbia Lodge. No. ia. International
Association of Machinists at a recent meet
ing adopted resolutions extending its thanks
to The Evening Star for the manner in
which the newspaper has given the labor
Ing people of the District the benefit of its
columns.
The second annual convention Of the In
ternatfonal Stereotypers and Electrotypers'
Union, to be held In this city during the
montn or August, Is an all-absorbing topic
OF discussion among the local members of
the two crafts. Keen interest in the annual
meeting has been manifested not only by
the eiectrotypers and stereotypers. but by
an the local craftsmen, and Its success is
practically assured.
The joint committee appointed by the To-
cal branches Of the craft to take charge Of
the necessary arrangements for the meeting
mas completed extensive preparations to
n fai fha al
VIII come from all parts Of the United
States and Canada.
The joint committee Of fifteen is divided
into various subcommitteesethe printing
committee, William J. Hart, chairman; re-
ception committee. Michael ]. Shea, chair
man; entertainment committee, c. o.
buckingham, chairman; finance committee,
James 8. Briggs, chairman; press commit
tee. r. l.. Thixton and Frank 8. Larkin
chairmen. The chairman of the joint COM
mittee is John E. Parker, the secretary is
F. L. Tarbox, and the treasurer is w. s.
Whitemore.
The printing committee has issued pros
pectus of the souvenir program, which will
contain more than one hundred pages and
will be a specimen Of the finest work of the
artist, printer and engraver.
Paper Hangers Local Union No. 400 of
the Brotherhood of Painters, Paperhangers
and Decorators of America has established
local headquarters at 625 Louisiana avenue.
The organization recently leased the entire
third floor Of the building named, which has
been comfortably and handsomely fitted up
as meeting place for the association and
the social enjoyment Of the unemployed
members, for whom the hall and rooms are
kept open daily from am. to pm
Paper Hangers Union 420, though only
organized about eighteen months ago. is re-
garded as one of the most substantial and
progressive Of the local labor organization
1t comprises, with but few exceptions, all
the paper hangers Of the city, who comprise
the employees in thirty-six shops. The Off
GERS Of the union are: B. N. Freil. presi-
dent; E. c. Bissett, vice president; w. j.
Tubman. recording secretary; c. A. Seay,
financial secretary; r. c. Keiner, treasurer;
c. W. Yost, warden; H. E. Edelin,, in
spector; H. ]. Wells, business agent; E. N.
Ashley, G. H. Wilson and H. J. Wells trus-
tees.
The Stonemasons' International Union.
which is regarded by the Bricklayers and
Masons' International Union as a dual Or
ganization, was recently chartered by the
National Building Trades Council H. W.
Steinbiss, general secretary of the council,
has requested all subordinate councils to
admit to affiliation the unions of stone
nasons chartered by the national organiza-
ton and to assist in organizing such locals
Il is very probable that this action of the
National Building Trades Council will be
vigorously resented by the bricklayers ma
tional organization, with which the stona-
masons have been allied for nearly forty
years.
1t is stated that during the past year
serious local troubles have occurred In
rumber Of localities as the result CT or
ganizing stonemasons' unions by the ma
sons national organization where unions
of the craft existed that were affiliated with
the Bricklayers and Masons' International
Union.
Secretary Frank Morrison of the Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor reports, relative
to the state of employment during December
last, that of the LISP unions making re-
turns for that month, with total mem
bership Of 1893. there were 13 per cent
without employment. In November, 1902,
l ,349 unions, with total membership of
S3,277, reported 1.8 per cent unemployed
1t is also reported that during December
124 charters were issued by the American
Federation Of Labor, comprising the Order
Of Commercial Telegraphers and Glove
Workers International Union Of America
sixteen central bodies, twenty-nine federal
labor unions and seventy-seven local trade
unions, or unions having national organiza-
ton.
The Cab and Carriage Drivers Local
Union No. 4S6, which recently affiliated
with the Central Labor Union. has several
complaints which appeal to organized labor
The cabmen allege favoritism Is shown to
the liverymen, who are permitted to stand
vehicles in front of hotels to the exclusion