Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-02

SdniorI(a mas been chosen member of
a boar0 of arbitration to hear the griev-
anceS of the parties concerned in the late
street car strike in Chicago. Mr.. Livernash
was counsel of the railroad men in the re-
cen. aroitratlon OF the street railway con-
troVerSy In San Francisco. His argument
before the arbiters secured the railway
men an increase in pay
| The American Federation of Musicians is
| berding all its energies and exerting It's
| powers to prevent bands from foreign coun-
| tries being brought to the worlds fair at
| st Louis next year to compete with Amer
! lean civilian musicians.
The time Is fast approaching" says Vice
president James Duncan of the American
Federation of Labor. in the current issue of
| the official journal of the federation when
| the great majority of corporations as quite
| a number have already dOne will realize
that the proper and businesslike way is to
meet the representatives of organized labor
| to discuss and agree upon properly defined
| working rules and carefully prepared wage
| scales. Distrust and misunderstanding are
] the two greatest disorganizers of modern
| industry, and as long the two great fac
| tors, capital and labor stand aloof and
fire at long range. that long will indiscrlm-
| mate and unfriendly acts be perpetrated by
| each toward the other"
| A. question which may possibly result IN
| strained relations between the Brcklayers
| and Masons' International Union and the
| American Federation of Labor was refer
1
| ton by the recent convention of that body
! ms action was taken upon the report of
| the committee on organization, to which
| was referred the request of the stone ma
sens for utilization with the American Fed
| GRAFTON of Labor.
In the application for charter the stone
| maSonS state:
| "At the executive council of the Fedora
| ton of Labor at Toronto in April 1903. The
| application for charter for the Stone Ma
| sens International Union of America was
| refused on the grounds that the BricKlay-
| efS and MaSonS Union "a body not affilia ted
| with the American Federation of Labor
claimed jurisdiction over our craft, and be-
| cause of the protest of the BricklayerS and
| Masons' Union the charter was refused. we
| therefore appeal to your honorable body
| and ask your consideration of our just
| claim to the rights and benefits which
would result from the power and influence
| o. an international organization of our
| craft under the banner of the American
Federation of Labor, and ask at the hands
OF this convention that our claims be given
the consideration granted to all other or
CARNATIONS by instructing the executive
council to comply with our request by
granting a charter as in accordance with
the provisions of the constitution of the
American Federation of Labor"
The bricklayers state that the Interna-
tional Union of Stone Masons withdrew
from the Bricklayers and Masons' Inter
national Union several years ago, which
has resulted in continuous contention be-
tween the two bodies.
AS the bricklayers and masons claim
jurisdiction over stone masons they having
been affiliated for more than thirty years,
either in mixed or exclusive unions the
bricklayers have persistently refused to
recognize the Stone Masons Internal onal
Union as a legitimate body
AS stated the application of the stone
masons for charter from the federation
was refused pending the referendum vote
of the subordinate bricklayers, unions on
utilization with the American Federation of
Labor The vote as announced this month
being unfavorable to affiHation it Is stated
that probably the executive council will
conclude to grant the charter, in which
event the bricklayers would be precluded
from animation with the federation should
they desire to do so in the future
The Hearst Club of Workingmen of this
city has received. through P. H. Sugrue,
president of the organization, a letter from
representative w. r. Hearst thanking the
otf1cers and members of the club for flowers
placed upon his desk at the opening of the
present session of Congress Mr. Hearst,
in conclusion, says:
II sincerely hope that I shall he able to
90 much in Congress to fulfill the expecta-
tons of such kind and generous friends and
deserve their good opinion. The work.
ingmen OF the country have been particu-
larly good to me and more than apnrecia-
tive OF my efforts to make some return for
their Kindness. 1 can only pledge LOYALTY
10 their interests and an earnest and con-
| SAiOCdNoi " promote their Welfa
through whatever means I bav. ~ ~,
command or shall have hereafter"
At the request of several local organize
lions the central Labor Union at its last
meeting appointed a committee to ascertain
the conditions under which the Italian Ia
porers employed in the terminal work of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Comuanv arc H,,tno
The committee will also II ia sra tod ascar
tain and report to the central body the CON
ditlons OF labor of those employed as skilled
Workmen.
At the last meeting of the Central Labor
Union 1t was reported that the mason work
or the vfaduct and other work is being done
by imported laborers, and that the work of
carpenters, stonecutterS, bricklayers and
portable engineers is done by non-union en-
pioyeS at wages much less than are paid to
local union workmen.
1t Is stated that the sentiment of the local
membership OF the Brotherhood of Carpen-
tiers Is not favorable to the decision recent
~ rendered by Adolph Strausser as umpire
In the differences between the Brotherhood
of Carpenters and the Amalgamated Assoc
citation of Carpenters The decision. which
In substance requires the amalgamated as
ISOLATION to become part of the brotherhood
AFTER January. 1905. Is acceptable to the
membership of the brotherhood, but it is
likely that the proposition will be rejected,
as the amalgamation Is contingent upon
the acceptance to large extent Of the gen.
erai laws Of the amalgamated association.
1t Is said this would increase the dues of
the membership at least fourfoid more than
is now paid by the brotherhood.
The decision of Mr. Strausser has been
submitted to referendum vote Of the subor-
dinate unions. the result Of which will de-
termfne the action of the national conven-
ton Of the brotherhood. which will meet at
Milwaukee. Wis, next September
Local Bricklayers Union No. 1 will hold
an election on the 10th of this month for
three delegates to represent the union in
the annual convention of the Bricklayers
and Masons' International Union which
will meet in Trenton. N. j.. on the second
Monday In January. The polls will be open
at the rooms of the union in Typographical
Temple, from to o clock pm.
The candidates. who were placed In nomi-
nation at the last meeting Of the union are
Joseph Hutton Dennis Ferry, John G.
Wolfe, Joseph Quill, James F. Murtaugh,
William H. Maghan, Reuben Shipley, Will
ford Sorrell and M. p. Lynch.