Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-30

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e eerra secretary. g. julie Murray: financial
sssecretary, G- w. Seiben: treasurer, w. F.
W conductor E. Dement,; warden,
" w. r. FRAZIER; trustees, w. Borrie w. B.
boteier and G. Warwick
| family entertainment and hon was
gwen saturday evening at Odd Fellows
| I1a,, unoer the auspices Of Bakers Local
omion. NO us Mr.. James Duncan, gen.
erai secretary of the Granite Cutters Ma
| uonai Union. delivered the address of the
occasion. Mr. John Weber made the in
tIoductory remarks. A vaudeville program
| musical numbers. A Santa Claus distribute
I eo presents to the children in attendance.
! The Amalgamated Society of Engineers.
| decided to affiliate with the American T.ahor
Snion. This organization, which has it's
headquarters In London England has
.sna,.;s throughout the entire English
speahihs world, and financially is one of
the strongest labor unions in the world It
mas never proved successful in this country.
nowe.er, because Of Its Industrial form of
~, aoI,.ss .ioh. IL includes in its membership
! .uaIIiiilists' engineers. blacksmiths pattern
makers and millwrights. Its charter was
revoked by the American Federation Of ia
fr; 81, doout year ago because it was in
The inss o of me jurisdiction Of other unions
] So Ups oI the charter, however has SEEM
an naS nad little effect-on it, as It had hut
S,oVV members at that time and Ito renort
49, he, . III month shows 1t to have 3,041 ,uem-
oefs IN this country.
| onon cigarmakers of Chicago. Ill. have
| formed a sick and accident assoc;a tio,
,nin,, ~ no way is connected with their
eIioh. ana does not conflict with the hene
nts paid by the international hodv TIE
new organization will pay sick benefit of
70 a. week for thirteen weeks in anv ono
'e"' over NV men form the organization,
Secretary Henry White of the Tinted
| garment Workers of America in the err
n aens issue OF the official organ of that
sraIt. makes several observations as to
! ihopportune demands for Increase in nav
| py the workers. He sees danger in s1ch
demands and explains the tendency on the
In part, he says: ~
| often the mass pushes blindly ahead.
| uemanding without a clear conception of
the apiilty OF employers to grant the de-
mands at the time. The workers finding
| themselves freed from the subject condition
OF the past and relieved of the burdens
| that they had to bear. strive for ideal con-
uitlons at leap. After habitually submit
| ting to the tyranny of the foreman, they
| seek. when able to enforce their mandates
IN the shop. to usurp his function, and even
| challenge the employers authority In the
legitimate conduct of his business. In ad-
dltion there is the human tendency to take
| advantage OF power for immediate gain,
and disregard. not only the rights of others
but the largest interest of self. Organized
groups of workmen. when once secure in
| their position. even legislate against their
| fellow union men by restricting the num-
| Der allotted to each shop and by forbdding
| other Workmen to enter the trade In order
| to create an official scarcity of labor Some
| essay to pass upon the quality of their own
| work and to decide the competency Of
themselves
! ut is an old story that the oppressed
/ 70 tho
| highest moral sense play the despot in turn
when they obtain power How to regulate
| power has been the problem of the ages,
| and we have that problem before us in a
| new form. There never was time when
! the working class able to dominate.
| What Will 1t do with its power is the ques-
ton now in everybodys mind, and all
| hinges upon that! Will the unions develop
| the capacity to restrain themselves and
| place themselves in harmony with society?
| What is needed at this supreme moment is
| a demonstration Of this needed restraint
| Warnings sounded from men in the ranks
| will do more to allay apprehension than all
/ the retorts made to criticism Radicals
| who prefer an upheaval. who believe in
| progress through revolution, are delighted
| at the tendency of things. but those who
believe in betterment through peaceful evo-
luton tremble for the future
| 1t is learned from official sources that the
differences between the United Mine Work
| ers of America and the Western Fedora
| tlOn OF Miners nave Deen brought 10
| close. The officers of the United Mine
| Workers have sent out the notices to that
| effect to all affiliated unions.
| Structural Building Trades Alliance of
| America" which was tentatively formed
| several weeks ago by representatives of ten
of the national building trades, is being
submitted to the various subordinate unions.
| The local bricklayers' union will vote upon
| the question this evening, as will also the
| stone masons at their next meeting. The
| preliminary temporary organization of
| the alliance was the result of a call issued
! by M. P. Carrick. general secretary of
| Painters, Decorators and Paper Hangers of
| America.
| 1t is stated that the methods of the pro-
| posed organization will in many respects
| differ from the methods usually adopted by
| building trades organizations in the past,
| and which have resulted frequently in dis
| sensions and descriptions.
Under this proposed organization the local
| unions of AFFILIATED trades in any locality
will be required by their respective national
| orga Mutations to form a local alliance of
| structural building tradesmen.
| In restraint of sympathetic strikes all
| affiliated organizations will be required to
| submit all grievances to. the governing
| board of the alliance and special approval
| must be solicited by the affiliated national
| organization of the craft Immediately in
| voIved. Any local of affiliated trades en-
gaging in strike without first having Sc
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| ton and board of governors will forfeit the
| support and sympathy of the allied trades.
| All sympathetic strikes must be concurred
| in by al least two-thrds of the local board
| of governors prior to their being settled
| or declared in any locality. This local board
| is composed of one member of each affil-
| ated craft. who is appointed by the various
allied national unions.
! 1t Is required that all local unions shall
| be required to conform to the provisions
| of the constitution Of the alliance, and a
| failure to do so will subject the national
| union to such fine as the general board
| shall impose. Such fine to be paid within
| thirty days, under penalty of expulsion
| from the alliance.
| BY majority of four-ffths of the subor-
dinate unions affiliated with the Bricklay-
! ers' and Masons' International Union a
!, referendum proposition has been adopted.
This is said to be a radical change from
previous methods which have prevailed
since the organization of the national union,
thirty-eight years ago. Formerly all ma
| tional laws were adopted in convention and
! all national officers were elected by that
| body.
| Referring to the matter. the current issue