Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-08
IN LABOR
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The interest of the organized workers Of
the District centers at present In the con-
troversy involving the Allied Council OF
Building Trades of sthe Central Labor
Union and the District Carpenters Council,
representing the three local unions Of the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners OF America The difficulty had its
origin in the alleged refusal of the council
to recognize the card Of the carpenters
council.
The relations of the building trades coun-
Gil and the carpenters board became some-
what strained through the dispute, and it
was feared the two bodies would resort to
contest. As result OF the dispute ap-
plfcation was made to the Central Labor
Union to have suspended from membership
IN that body the delegates of the cirpen-
ters. out motion to that effect was de-
feated and conciliatory measures advanced.
IN ACCORDANCE with an agreement reached
samuel Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, will preside as arbiter
at conference this evening of the repre-
sentatives OF the carpenters and the coun-
Gil of building trades. 1t is more than
probable that the difficulty will be amicably
adjusted.
President Gompers of the federation to-
DAY announced the successful competitors
IN the contest for the prizes offered by the
A0NSA oeAoh AoI the tnree pest essays On L ne
Union Label" The first prize $25 in gold
was awarded to Walter Macarthur of San
francisco, editor of the Coast Seamen' S
journal; second prize, $40 in gold, to p. HI.
Shevlin, trade unionist of Cincinnati.
Ohio and third prize, IS in gold to Charles
y Hemming trade unionist Of Scranton.
Ia The judges of the contest were Harry
W. sherman general secretary-treasurer
OF the Brotherhood of Electrical Workers;
Joe M. Johnston, president of Columbia
typographical Union of this city, and Ar
thur Holder, assistant editor of the Ma
chinists' Monthly Journal.
The International Association of Machin-
ISIS mas entered into agreement covering
the rules and regulations for machinists
ana apprentices for one year with the New
YORK, New Haven and Hartford railroad
Under its terms nine hours shall constitute
a days labor, except Saturday, when the
time shall be eight hours and pay for nine
hours received; time and one-half shall be
paid Tor all overtime work; there shall not
De more than one apprentice to each shop
and an additional apprentice to each five
1ourneymen employed; when any changes
occur In the shop force the older men in the
service will be gwen preference. everything
else being equal, and there shall be no DIS
elimination against men who may serve on
the grievance committee. A raise in pay of
11a cents per hour is granted
President James O'Connen of the machin-
lists is at Charleston, s. c., in conference
with the officers of District No. of the
machinists and the officials of the mechan-
ical department of the Southern railway, in
connection with the renewal of the annu !
agreements between the association and the
railway system. First Vice Pres dent P. j.
Conlon is in charge of the headquarters in
this city of the machinists, during the alb
sence of President O'Connell.
An attempt by "a camera manufacturing
nrm or Rochester. N! Y, to re-inaugurate
the ten-hour workGay in it's establishment
resulted Monday in strike of large num-
Der of union machnists. The machinists
have been working mime hours a day, and
the attempt to increase the hours of labor
met with stubborn resistance from the
workmen. Consultation with the general
officers of the association in this city re-
suited in the issuancasof an order by Vice
President Conlon calling the machinists out
on strike.
The members of the, administrative coun-
Gil of the National Metal Trades Associa-
ton held meeting last week and adopted
further measures bearing upon the handling
OF strikes. The adopted measures include
substitute for, article of the bylaws OF
the body, and went into effect June 1. The
revised article is as follows:
Section L. Whenever a disa greement shall
arise between member and his employees
such as seems liable to lead to collective
action on cir part, immediate written no.
tice thereof shall be given to the commits
sioner and the chairman of the district
These officers shall be kept fully advised
until such difficulty is finally adjusted
Section 2. Whenever a collective demand
is made by employees on a member OF thi.
association, notice of such demand in writ
ing shall be Immediately sent to the COM
missioner and district chairman, and a full
account or copy of such demands shall be
mailed to such officers. Note-Whenever
possible, it shall be insisted that such de-
mands shall be put In writing and a state
made those he n n
that a copy will be forwarded to the N RI
L. A.
Section 3. Attendance of commissioner
Ii in the judgment of the chairman or the
commissioner representative of the asso-
citation is required On the grounds the CON-
missioner shall at once proceed to the scene
OF the difficulty or deputize in writing solas
responsible person to act for him
Section 4. Authorize ton of strike defense;
The defense OF a strike shall not involve
this association, unless regularly authorized
IN writing by the commissioner and az
proved by the administrative council
Should the commissioner and the member
disagree as 20 the measure or method of re-
lief, the member may appeal to the admin
lstratlve council, and its decision shall be
final.
Section 5. Methods of relief Any of the
following methods may be adopted by the
commissioner for the relief and protection
of members:
(a) Assistance in procuring men to re-
place strikers Gn which case the number
of men SO procured by this association
shall in no instance exceed 20 per cent of
the number of the particular trade o.
trades strike which were employed pre-
vious to the difficulty, as shown by the last
quarterly reporis). If, in order to procure
men in the event of a strike, 1t shall he
necessary to pay bonus to secure thei
services, such bonus may be paid at such
rate and to continue only during such time
as the administrative council may decide
CD Legal measures. The employment of
legal measures to be invoked only on the
written authorization of the commissioner.
(c) Having members work done
Cd Financial assistance. In cas- SEES where
the administrative council may determ ne
that fir ancial assistance may he necess airy
in addition to relief measures a, or c
such assistance may be rendered in such
amounts and at such times as the admins
trative council may decide
Section 6. Conduct of strike The con-
duct of the strike shall be vested In the
district committee acting under the direc-
ton of the commissioner in order to be
binding upon the association.
Section Z. Directions entailing an ex-
pense must be given or confirmed in writing
by the commissioner. Such directions shall
be given in advance of the action and
limit be set to each expense so authorized
Any expense bill which has not been so au-
thorized before 1t is incurred, shall not be