Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-04

on board the battle ship Missouri by sub
scribing the sum of 500 to the fund for
the benefit Of those next dependent upon
the unfortunate victims.
The committee OF the union appointed for
the purpose of investigating and looking
into the ACCESSIBILITY of erecting building
port favering the project. as follows:
I'VE find that a building 100 feet deep,
60 feet wide and three stories high. together
with the ground, will cost $4,000 to build
and furnish, the land to cost 10000, build
ing $751; 600; furniture $1,000. The plan OF
building will be as follows:
First floors stores, each Is feet by 90
feet; billiard and pool rooms. 40 feet by 90
feet; basement, 8 cellars, bowling alleys.
furnace room, coal vault.
Second foor-A large banquet hall with
cloak rooms. waiting rooms. toilet rooms.
gallery: in rear of which there will be
private club room.
Third hoor-Lodge rooms, COMMITTEES
rooms, ante-rooms, etc.
1.-THE committee is of the opinion that
building, after the above plan, would meet
all the requirements OF Columbia Lodge a.
a meeting place and a revenue maker ana
would be credit to the organization.
THE committee has taken into considera-
ton our resources and the possible income
from the building, and realizes the magni-
tude of the undertaking, but is of the opin-
ion that such a building can be cleared OK
of building $45.0o0. estimated cost Of
ground. $4,000; estimated cost of furniture.
s., 00e; total, 10000.
A contention between the Local Carpen-
ters Joint District Council and the Council
of Allied Building Trades. involving the
claim of the Carpenters Council to tho
card of the Building Trades Council. cub
minated In the expulsion of five OF the SIX
local carpenters unions from the Trades
Council at a injecting of that body last
evening. -.-,~.s 80.
The cause o. the action Of the Building
Trades Council It is said, was the demand
of the carpenters that their council should
be recognized by the building trades as the
representative body of the six local carpen-
tiers organizations and that the card OF
the Allied Council of Building Trades should
be issued to the Carpenters Joint Councli
and by that body issued to the aggregate
membership of the various carpenters To-
Gals The Council of Allied Building Trades,
1. is said refused to accede to the demand
of the Carpenters Council for the reason
that the organiza ton was not represented
in that body and that the rules or the s .,,,
Gil REQUIRE thai the card certifying afnlia-
ton with that body shall be issued 10 Inc
various unions.
the Carpenters Council, with the excep-
ZION of Carpenters Union, No. 1870. refused
| to apply to the Building Council for the
| card of the current quarter. and were re-
| ga rded as delinquents.
Tho local unions expelled from the council
| are: Brotherhood Unions, Nos. Ss4, l,lOS.
! 6s1 and two branches OF the Amalgamateo
| Society of Carpenters. Local Union, NO:
| 100 maintains utilization with the Allied
| Council of Building Trades. as this organ
] ixation has secured the building council
+! card and complied with the rules of that
| body.
| IL is stated that the action of the Council
| Of Allied Building Trades will be reported
| TO the Central Labor Union next Monday
evening when that body will be asked 10
| indorse the same. and that probably the
| carpenters organizations will be expelled
| from that body
| The Allied Council of Building Trader