Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-11

waukee, Wis, in October of next year.
The strike of the building trades the
four apartment houses of which Mr.. Fran
els Duehay is contractor and Mr.. T. F.
Schneider is architect continues in force.
AS yet the officials of the Council of Allied
Building Trades of the Central Labor
Union and the contractor and architect
have not reached an agreement Both par
ties. however are apparently satisfied with
the outlook
A conference was arranged the latter
part of last week. Mr.. Duehay, it is said,
agreed that the non-union tile settlers at the
Woodley apartment house. who are said to
have been the cause of the trouble. should
become members of the union, provided the
strikers would return to work beside the
non-union workmen that he secured to fill
the places of the strikers. This proposition
was fatty refused by the labor leaders.
Acting Business Agent Harry Wells is con-
Quoting the fight of the building trades.
The annual meeting of the board of trus-
tees of the Union Printers Home in Colo
RADIO Springs, was held recently. The in
stitution was found to be in first-class con-
ditdon. Many improvements have been
made during the past year.
Referring to the labor of children in that
state. the president of the New York State
Workingmens Federation, in his report
says in part
'In our state five very important amend
ments with respect to child labor were
passed in 1903. Briefly. these increase the
educational requirements and place restric
tons upon child labor by requiring attend
ance for the full school term up to fourteen
years of age. instead of twelve. as former
ly. Vacation work by children between
twelve and fourteen years. formerly pro-
hibited in factories only, is now Illegal in
commercial establishments In cities of the
first and second classes; the old law re-
Stricting hours in mercantile establishments
has been extended to cover children in de-
livery and messenger service, hotels, offices
etc: new statute makes it unlawful for
girls under sixteen and boys under ten to
sell newspapers in cities of the first class,
and boys between ten and fourteen may
sell only with a permit from the school au-
thorittes. The hours of labor for all chill
dren under sixteen years of age have been
reduced from ten per day and sixty per
week to nine per day in industrial and
commercial employmentS, and evasion of
law by misrepresentation of the child s age
has been made much more difficult by the
requirement of additional evidence of age,
chiefly birth baptismal certificate in
stead of simply the parents affidavit, and
the law has been strengthened in other
ways
A protest of the local union of Brewery
Workers against the seating of the dele
gates of the Beer Drivers and Stablemen' s
Union in the Central Labor Union has
raised a question of trade jurisdiction which
involves the national organiZa ton of brew
cry workers and the International AsSOcia-
ton of Team Drivers. 1t is stated that the
local union of beer drivers which was or
ganized about two years ago under the
jurisdiction of the brewery workers re-
Gently became dissatisfied with the affilia-
ton. and upon application We're granted
charter from the National Team Drivers
Association
The brewery workers claim exclusive con-
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Central Labor Union to refuse to recognize
the local beer drivers as a subordinate
union of the National Association of Team
Drivers. The matter has been referred to
a special committee of the Central Labor
Union for investigation and report at the
meeting of the body next Monday even
ing.
The latest addition to the ranks of local
organized labor is an organization recently
chartered by the American Federation of
Labor as Mill Workers. Helpers and Labor
ers Union. No. 114S5. The membership Is
composed of the laborers employed In vari-
Gus lumber mills of the city. The organiza-
ton is allied with the Central Labor Union,
delegates having been admitted at the last
meeting of that body.
The local Hold Carriers Union. which
since its organization has been an independ-
ent local. has recently become affiliated
with the National Building Iaborers' mon,
which was organized in this city last June
and which. II is stated, has subordinate
unions in every city of the country.
The organized granite cutters complain
that the stone work being done by the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Company is con-
Structed by non-union workmen, and that
the SUPERINTENDENT in charge OF the work
has refused to hire union stonecutters. 1t
is stated that the workmen employed are
required to work ten hours day at
wage Of 50, while the local union rate Is
So GO for a day of eight hours.
The matter was reported to the Central
Labor Union by the granite cutters, who
stated that committee of the branch is
endeayoring to secure the work for union
mechanics and will confer with the officials
Of the company and ask that the work be
unionized. 1t is stated that non-union
stone masons and bricklayers are employed