Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-24

| Until now the employees Of the navy yard
| have been inactive in the matter of work.
Ing during that time usually devoted to rec
| reauon and sleep, bnt none the less have
| they been meditating over it. and whenever
| the occasion is favorable will ask that
all work performed after the usual working
| day be paid for at extra night work rates.
| Whatever may have been the source of
| information of the paper referred to, this
| may be taken as the expression of the sem
timent of very large majority of the navy
yard employees, and also of the American
Federation of Labor, with which we are
proud to be associated in the general move
ment for the reduction in the working hours
| throughout the entire country
Factory inspectors. says the official jour-
| nal OF the printers, report children at work,
| In round numbers. as follows: Massachu-
sets, 5000; New York. 10000; Illinois,
10000, and Pennsylvania, $4,000 The as
tonishing figures for Pennsylvania do not
| include the breaker boys in the mining re-
g1ons, but merely the children engaged in
manufacture and commerce. In Illinois the
number Of working children has more than
doubled in the five years between 1897 and
| 1901.
In recent issue OF the Chicago Record
Herald there appeared an article bearing
upon union labor over the signature of
henry George, jr. The article is OF great
length and sets forth every phase Of the la
Dor movement. In concluding the story Mr..
George says:
ITO those who see in the amazing expan-
sion OF the principle Of monopoly monster,
which, If permitted to grow or even to en-
dure as It now exists will strangle this re-
public that was dedicated to liberty, is 1t
not peremptory duty, a duty not to be
eVaded or paltered with, to cry out from the
| housetops, and to keep crying out: 'Monop-
oily must be destroyed"
typers and electrotypers have formed a
temporary joint organization for the pur-
pose of formulating plans for the enter
ta1nment OF the delegates who will attend
the second annual convention of the ma
| tional organization, to be held in this city
next August.
joint committee has been appointed and
| Is composed of John e. Parker, w. ]. Hart,
r. L. Thixton, c. J. Kirby. M. j. Shea,
c. O. Buckingham, ]. G. Buck, P. J. Eckels
and F. K. Tarboy of the Electrotypers'
Union, and F. 8. Larkin, A. M. Hurd, ]. 8.
Briggs, r. l.. Christian, George H. Thayer
| and w. s. Whitmore Of the stereotypers'
Union. The committees have elected John
+. Parker, chairman; G. o. Buckingham,
| first vice chairman; F. 8. Larkin, second
vice chairman, and W. 8. Whitmore, treas
urer.
The officers have established headquarters
at the National Hotel and subcommittee
printing, entertainment, reception and
| finance have been appointed Several
meetings Of the joint committee have been
held lately. and if the program of events
now being prepared is carried out, the COM
Ing CONVENTION, II Is declared, Will De d
grand success in every sense Of the word.
At a recent meeting of the Milk Wagon
Drivers Local Union, No. 349 officers were
elected to serve for the ensuing term Of six
months as follows: Grafton Rice pres1-
dent; R. A. Bell. vice president; W. T.
Trittipoe, recording secretary; John Bray,
secretary: J. w. Murphy. treasurer and
correspondent; K. L. Bowles and Henry
LuSby, trustees.
Officers OF the jOurneymen Bakers Bene-
| fetal Union have been elected to serve for
the ensuing year as follows: w. B. Girls
man, president Twelfth term); F. G.
Henau lt, vice president; John FRANKIE, re-
cording secretary; F. H. Schulz, financial
secretary; Henry Arnold, treasurer; finance
committee, H. w. Brown, chairman; Carl
Simon, c. Loewenstein, Philip Melcher and
w. J. Crown. The union was organized
and held its first meeting in Concordia Hall,
corner of 9Th and E streets northwest, on
| the 18th Of July, 1882.
The seamens Union Of Germany has es-
tablished a pay office for its members at
Hoboken, N. ]. This agency on American
soil, says the Coast Seamen's Journal, is
bers Of the German Seamen's Union who
are sailing in German steamers out Of New
York to Italy and South America. The in
cident is to be welcomed as an evidence OF
the growth and business-like methods Of
organization among the German seamen.
A large number Of the members Of the
Registered Drug Clerks Union, No. 24O of
this city, visited Baltimore. Md, Tuesday
evening and at tended smoker given by the
Retail Drug Clerks Association Of that
city. They were treated royalty and heard
an interesting lecture on pharmacy by
Professor Simon Of the Maryland College Of
Pharmacy.
President Bahlhorn of the Brotherhood of
Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of
America, whose home is in Lafayette. In
diana, visited this city during the week in
the interest of the craft.
Columbia Typographical Union. No. 101,
presented Senator Gallinger of New Hamp
shire with a beautiful bouquet Wednesday,
upon the occasion of his reelection to the
words, From Columbia Typographical
Union No. 1O1 to true and tried union
printer was attached to the remembrance.
Complete arrangements have been made
for the holding Of a banquet at Besslers
Hotel next Wednesday evening by the
compositors employed by the local news.
papers. Judging from the number Of
printers who have signif1ed their intention
of attending, covers will be laid for large
number.
Post Office Clerks Union, No. 1884, which
was organized and chartered by the Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor about year ago,
and which has been affiliated with the Cen
that at recent meeting Of the Clerks
Union it was decided to withdraw from the
Central Labor Union.
In communication informing the central
body Of the action of the Clerks Union 1t
is stated that this organization is in SYM
pathy with the objects for which the Cen
trail Labor Union stands, but the conditions
at the present time made the withdrawal
necessary.
Pending the acceptance of the withdrawal
by the central body the matter was referred
to the American Federation Of Labor as
the constitution of that body requires all
organizations under IT'S jurisdiction shall
join central unions when one exists in the
same locality.
1t is stated that local union of beer bot
tiers is being formed by general organizer
of the Brewer Workers Interna tional
Union and will be chartered by the national
body. About year ago Bottiers Union
No. S647, was organized and chartered by
the American Federation OF Labor The or
ganization, which was composed of both
beer and mineral water bottlers, was not
very successful, it is said, for the reason
that the differences of the conditions of
employment of the two classes of bottiers
precluded that active cooperation which is
necessary to success.
The organization proposed will be COM
y@nc aa IF hoe hot