Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-03

union shop Is futile.
organized labor has the right to make
It's own terms, and its terms include. wher
ever that 1t expedient and possible the
union shop. Spacious and foolish decisions
cannot do us any serious harm.
we are interested in facts not in legal
fictions"
In addition to the big meat strike now on
IN Chicago, the organized workingmen or
that city have had added to their troubles
plack list on gigantic scale. which has
been inaugurated by a man named r. w.
Jop, VINO is said to entertain bitter hatred
of trades unions.
According to the labor men In Chicago,
the new employment agency opened by F..
w. Job & Co. at 325 Dearborn street, con-
! templates the most far-reaching crusade
against union workngmen and women ever
conceived. l.. w. Straube. secretary of the
Allied Printing Trades Council. declares
that the blacklist will not only prevent or
ganiZed working people from securing en-
ployment. but with connecting agencies IN
all the cities of the country, will make 1t
impossible for any one to escape Its effects
He also asserts that the blacklist will be
extended to those who do not vote to suit
the employers associations and alliances
There are already a number of these
agencies in different cities.'' said Secretary
Straube. In a short time at least 100 OF
the largest cities will have similar agencies
All applicants for work will be required to
give a full history Of their lives, and their
age and the color of their hair and eyes
will be kept on record. and, II necessary,
the Bertillon system of Identification will be
introduced to prevent officials being de-
ceived by working people. None OF the
members of the employers associations will
employ a workman who cannot produce
character from these agencies. A work
man moving from one city to another Will
be unable to secure work II the agencies
can prevent it. All employers will be
urged to obtain help from these agencies.
If strikes are threatened in one city the
al cities
upon for Strike-breakerS.
The International Brotherhood of Station
airy Firemen will meet in annual session at
Typographical Temple, this city, beginning
next Monday morning. There will be dele
gates present from many states, Canada
and British Columbia. The executive COM
mittee of the organization will meet here
next Saturday and arrange program OF
proceedings for the convention. An ef-
fort will be made to reduce the working
hours of f1remen and to Increase their
wages. President Timothy Healy, who was
cent strike Of firemen at Heurich's brewery,
will preside over the international body.
Washington firemen believe Mr.. Healy will
be reelected president The delegates will
be entertained by the local firemen's union.
The i'll feeling which has existed for sew
eral months between the Allied Council of
Building Trades and the carpenters dis
trict council seems to have become inten-
sified since the expulsion of the carpen-
ters' organization from the Central Labor
Union. several weeks ago. An echo of the
trouble was heard at the last meeting Of
the Central Labor Union. when that body
refused the request of the Council of Build
ing Trades that ]. M. Heisley. the treas
urer of the body and member of one of
the expelled unions. be requested to resign
his official position. Mr.. Heisley was not
only retained in his official position but
was by a very decided vote elected a dele
Of t-1a ID n "a
of the Central Labor Union, notwithstand-
ing the fact that his local organization is
not affiliated with that body.
Mr.. Heisley, it is said, has been dele
gate to the Central Labor Union since its
and has been treasurer of the
body for five years. 1t Is stated that the
very unusual action was taken because of
the general appreciation of his services.
1t has been decided that there will be no
parade on Labor day of the organization
which are affiliated with the Central La
Dor Union. The question was referred to
the various local unions several months
ago, and the responses have been generally
A number Of the smaller or
CARNATIONS favored a parade, but the COM
mittee of the Central Labor Union decided
that sufficient number to make credita-
BILE display on parade could not be OBJ
tanned and the observance of the day will
be confined to a celebration at Benning
The District Commissioners have informed
the Council Of Building Trades that In the
future the painters employed on District
work, will be paid the prevailing union rate
Of wages. Several weeks ago the painters
requested the Commissioners to advance the
wages of the painters employed by the Dis
trfct government and the Commissioners
having ascertained that the wages paid in
the local union shops is $500 per day, 1t |
was determined that the same rate should |
be paid the District employees.
The attempt OF the master plumbers OF |
assisted by the Manufacturers
to create the 'open shop
there has failed after contest lasting ten |
months with the Journeymen Plumbers
Union. The strike was fought with great |
energy on both sides. An eight-hour day /
was one Of the fruits of the victory for /
the journeymen. A point carried by the |
master plumbers was arbitration instead |
IF sympathetic strikes In the future.
Additional delegates to the Central Labor