Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-02
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an effort to have Congress pass q bill for
the betterment Of their condition.
The new child labor bill. enacted at the
recent session of the state legislature of
New Jersey. went into operation yesterday.
The measure prohibits the employment of
children under fourteen years of age in
factories. A violation Of the law will be
regarded as misdemeanOr and all Offend
ers will be punished by years imprison-
ment or a fine Of 500. at the discretion of
the court e.
The twenty-first annual convention Of the
Illinois State Federation of Labor will be
held in Springfield, H.. beginning October
Ii. In a call for the session. issued by
President MenSche. that official says:
1T is not necessary for me to tell you
how essential 1t Is for your union to be af-
filiated for you all know that better Or
ganiZation means better conditions and we
cannot be too thoroughly organized. There
fore. l hope that your organization win al
your earliest convenience become a part of
the Illinois State Federation of Labor and
be a power to battle for the rights Of the
workingmen and women.
Every trade union in the state that Is
DESTROYS of a complete organization of labor
in every city in the state should be repre-
sented with full quota of delegates. 1t is
as essential for trade union to affiliate
with the state federation it is to affiliate
with a central body. The federation Is en-
deavoring to do in the state what your CEN
trail body Is doing in the city. therefore the
Importance OF this convention should not
be lost sight Of. as it is expected that this
convention will be the largest ever held.
Therefore let every live and energetic union
be represented
Mr.. Harry w. Sherman. general secretary
treasury. Of the International Brotherhood
of Electrical Workers. will leave Washing
ton next Tuesday morning to attend the
invHN IF hot ~l.--x
be held in Salt Lake City, Utah. which is
to convene about the middle of this month.
In his annual report to the organization
Secretary Sherman states that the men,
bersh1p OF the organization has increased
from 5000 to $4,000 in the last two years,
and that there Is balance of more than
10000 in the national treasury Mr. Sher-
man is president of the local Central Labor
Union.
The grand complimentary excursion of
the Retail Clerks Unions, Nos 262 533 and
no to Marshall Hall last night was a
grand success. The steamers plying be-
tween this city and that resort were placed
at the disposal Of the members Of the
unions. Fraternity and good fellowship
PredOminated during the entire evening.
More than 1000 persons attended.
True to its mission,n says President
Samuel Gompers in discussing child labor
in the official organ Of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor. organized labor has
carried on a persistent Campaign for the
abolition of child hDbO5s and in several
southern states laws 9of more or less eff
cient character have been enacted within
the past few months, In New York and
Pennsylvania laws already on the statute
books have been amended along progress
sive lines. u s;v
1t. Is to be regretted that the legislature
OF Georgia recently defeated the very mod
crate child labor bill which that body had
under DSfdara daro
the house by the marrow. margin of rs in
favor and 80 votes against the measure
georgia imposes no.. restrictions or regu-
lations regarding the: employment of chill.
dren; the hours of labor are unlimited and
the ages of children manipulated II ever
young and helpless chffdren were sold into
Industrial bondage itiofs in Georgia. as
they were in other states before the en-
actment of laws protecting them from the
exploitation by avaricious mill owners
The defeat Of this meas sire in the gem
eral assembly Of Georgia can only be tenn
porary The contest to save the children
from some of the pernicious results of the
worst features of commercialism must go
on. The struggles for this object in other
states. have been reentlessy waged and
the achievement of good results have not
been without bitter antagonism from
tain quarters But organized labor stand
Ing for all that Is just and right and HUI
name VIII carry on the child labor cam
pa1gn until ultimate success is ACCOMPLISH
ed and laws enacted by Georgia and all
other states that shall extend society's pro-
tectlng influence over the children taking
them from the factories, workshops, mills
and mines and placing them where they
rightfuliy belong--in the home, the school
ana the playground where thew NAV have
the opportunity to become mentally and
physically fit men and women to meet the
problems of life
The disturbing question of trade jurisdic-
III. q To- fa~ %
ton between the National Association of
Steam and Hot Water Filters and HELPERS
and the United Association of Plumbers
and Gas Filters for quite a period NAV as
such questions usually do disturb the local
harmony of the trades. To enforce the de-
cision Of Frank Rist an umpire of the
American Federation of Labor. rendered
several months ago recommending the
elimination of the steam filters organiza-
ton. the various central bodies were re-
quested to support the plumbers. or local
steam ftters unions allied to the plumbers
on account OF the plumbers, utilization with
the American Federation of Labor in the
matter of trade Jurisdiction In response
to letter from the secretary Of the Gem
tral Labor Union. stating the fact that the
local steam filters organization is allied
with the central body, and also the Build
ing Trades Council. while the plumbers be-
longed to neither body, S. w. Tilden, secre-
tary OF the United Association of Plumbers
writes that he is greatly surprised to know
That the local union is not affiliated with
the Central Labor Union and Council of
Building Trades. and that he will inquire
into local conditions and as result, he
may be able to bring about a reconciliation
contention which has existed since
1895 between the Brotherhood of Carpen-
tiers and the Amalgamated Wood Workers
Association involving the question of juris-
diction. has assumed an acute phase which
may affect the status of the brotherhood
as an allied body of the American Fed
Grafton and incidentally with local allied
bodies throughout the country.
After several years Of contention between
the two bodies the pa ssage of resolution
at the New Orleans convention of the
American Federation 81, Labor. the ques-
Amalgamated Wood workers International
Union Of America and the United Brother
hood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
was referred to committee to be composed
of five representatives, Of each Of the above
named organizations for the purpose Of eff
fecting a settlement,iand on their falling
to agree. an umpire WAS to be chosen to
decide the points in Controversy
Last March. it Is stated. the committees
representing the contending factions. being
unable to agree. antAnpire was chosen.