Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-24


ent time operating p. policy. Numerically
opposed to the principles of trade autonomy
by issuing charters to all fradesmen in
Canada as well as placing upon the market
label consisting OF d maple leaf surround
ed with the following words, Canada for
Canadians as substitute for the union
ing to disrupt and destroy the international
labor movement in Canada, and having in
mind that the Tradesiand Labor Congress of
Canada has placed isself squarely on rec
ord in favor of the operation of the trade
union movement along International lines
and with a view of Strengthening the con-
gress, as the legislative mouthpiece of the
legitimate international organised wage
provincial governments Of Canada, thereby
making 1t a more powerful factor for legis-
lative purposes in the interests of the wage
earners of that country"
The parliamentary committee of the
trades union congress OF Great Britain has
prepared bill which has been introduced
in parliament relative to picketing. which is
an outgrowth of the famous Tan Vale de-
cision.
The bill has three chief clauses: a. For
the LEGISLATION of peaceful picketing: ca
amendment of the law of conspiracy; go
protection Of trade union funds. Under the
first 1t is sought to bring matters back to
the reasonable position that men should be
allowed to talk with and try to persuade
men who were looking for work.
The second clause does away with the law
of conspiracy as recently decided by the
judges. The third clause IS as follows:
trade union or other association aforesaid
for the recovery of damage sustained by
any person or persons by reason of the ac-
ton Of member or members OF such trade
union or other association aforesaid .
It has also issued circular to London
trade unionists on the subject OF education,
urging that at the London county council
elections in March candidates should be
pledged to support the educational policy
Of the trades congress, which comprises full
popular control over State-afded schools,
with the abolition Of school fees the estab-
sion of so-called religious instruction.: prf-
mary, secondary, technical and higher edu-
cation to be free, with an extension of the
scholarship system, and provision for. the
children remaining at school up to the: age
of fifteen; the establishment of technical
schools for the blind. and the expenses incl
dental to education and scholarship to De
charged to the national exchequer
The executive council Of the Brotherhood
of Painters. Decorators and Paperhangers
has fixed the monthly tax at 50 cents a
member, in accordance with the new by
laws as in the future all initiation fees will
go to the local union where the candidate
is admitted. Heretofore these fees were
paid into the district council. The new
laws also provide that an assessment of "
be made May 1 On each member for de-
tense fund and all coming here on clear
ance cards between May 1 and January l,
1906 will be required to pay that amount.
In accordance with a mutual agreement,
the representatives of the United Garment
Workers of America and the Shirt. Waist
and Laundry Workers International Union
held a conference recently in Troy, n. z,
in an effort to bring about settlement in
the trade Jurisdiction controversy involving
the two organizations. At that time an
agreement was reached. and will soon be
presented to the executive committees of
the two organizations for ratification.
REPORTS have been fnecived in washington
to the effect that the officers of the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, I'M
der date of the 18th instant. sent out cir
cular letters to each of its affiliated locals
in the United States. recommending that
a referendum vote be taken On the question
of withdrawing from the American Fedora
ton of Labor and proceeding as an indie
pendent organization in the future.
Labor unions throughout Texas have
started a movement in opposition to the
state penitentiary board leasing convicts to
coal operators to work an the mines. Mem
bers of the board claim the right to lease
the convicts In this way, and say that the
81 200 received as wages monthly from
them materially helps nj reducing the taxes
of the state. % 5r-
Under date of the 18th instant President
John Mitchell issued call for a special
convention of the United Mine Workers OF
America. The call is published In the last
edition of the official Journal of the craft,
and Is, in part, as follows:
when the fifteenth annual convention OF
the United Mine Workers of America ad-
1ourned it was understood that the Joint
scale committee of operators and miners
would be called together and endeavor TO
adjust the wage scale for the ensuing year,
and in the event of a disagreement of the
nj 10 a
of United Mine Workers of America would
be called for the purpose of deciding upon
the policy that should be pursued by the
organization. The representatives Of the
Mine Workers on the special committee, Sc
lected for the purpose of arranging date
for the joint conference. were unable to
agree with the representatives of the Ope-
rators upon a date for reconvenfng the
scale committee except upon condition that
the entire joint conference be recalled.
''You are therefore hereby notified that a
spedlal convention of the United Mine
Workers of America will be held in Tom
linson Hall. Indianapolis. Ind. beginning
at 8 am. Monday, February %, 1904.
1T should be distinctly understood that
this call is for the entire organization as
we'll as for the central competitive coal
fields. AS 1t Is practically reconven1ng
of the fifteenth annual convention for the
purpose of considering the wage scale for
the central competitive coal field, We de-
sire to recommend and urge the same dele
gates who attended the fifteenth annual
convention be sent as delegates to the spe-
cial convention, because they are, by rea-
son Of their attendance at the annual con-
vention, more familiar with the situation
than a new delegate could be.
Locals sending delegates should furnish
them with credentials signed by the presi-
dent and secretary, and bearing the seal
of the local"
For several years the claim of the
Brotherhood Of Painters and Decorators
to the membership and control of coach
| painters employed in carriage manufacto-
ries has been source Of contention be-
tween that organization and the national
organization of carriage and wagon makers
The last convention of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor decided favorably to the
claim of the painters and the carriage
workers were ordered to transfer the coach
painters belonging to that organization ia
the Brotherhood of Painters ,ss s7 >.
1t is reported that the carriage workers
are not disposed to accept the decision and
that the subordinate unions of the organi-
zation haxe been officially requested by
their national organization to disregard the
order of the American Federation of Labor
The claims of the local stone masons to
the exclusive setting of cut stone, as pro-
vided by the rules of the national organiza-
ton of their craft, IS regarded by the stone