Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-24
IN LABOR CIRCLES
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the central LABOR Union OF THIS city at
the Benning race track will serve as an
illustration Of how the day will be cele-
brated, as a rule. elsewhere. At Chicago
there will be a monster picnic under the
auspices Of the Federation CT Labor. while
the associated building trades. the team
sters and other unions. including many OF
the strikers. will parade. In New York
there will be variety of celebrations,
while organized labor of Pittsburg will par
ticipate in a great parade. in which it Is
expected there will be 10000 uniformed
workingmen.
The building trades of st. Louis and vi
entity will celebrate Labor day by worlds
jubilee at the fair grounds in st. Louis on
Monday, September 5. All the unions OF
the city will parade through the business
district to the worlds fair grounds H. w.
Steinbiss, secretary of the National Build
ing Trades Council. writes that it is the in
tention of the promoters to make this the
greatest Labor day celebration In the his
tory Of the country. On the report of the
success of the project by the arrangements
committee he had this to say:
Great enthusiasm prevailed at the meet
ing Of the Building Trades Council of st
Louis and vicinity when the Labor daJ
committee reported that the worlds fair
management had decided upon the celebra-
ton Of Labor day on Monday, September
8, in honor Of organized labor and in recog-
milton of good work well done in the erec-
ton and decoration Of the grand and beau
tiful structures and palaces by the members
Of the National Building Trades Council of
America. The picnic grounds and the
stadium of the worlds fair. a monster band
of music and other concessions were ten
dered by the Louisiana purchase manage
ment to the Building Trades Council of
ST. Louis and vicinity, which was most
heartily and unanimously accepted"
Preparations are in progress among the
Toronto (Canada) unions for the annual
celebration of Labor day. Committees are
at work. and no effort will be spared to
make this years celebration a record
breaker.
For the first time the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen will participate in the
Labor day parade this year at Toledo, Ohio.
President Samuel Gompers of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor has promulgated
from headquarters in this city Labor day
proclamation. 1t is addressed to city CEN
trails and local unions from Maine to Cali
fornia, and reads:
"Greeting The time is now at hand when
preparations should be made by all organ
lied workers in arranging to participate
and celebrate labOr'S holiday. and thereby
show to the American people and the world
that the spirit of amity, good will and true
loyalty animates and exists among the or
ganized workers of the American Fedora
ton of Labor.
This same spirit of loyalty to ca CHI other
should be displayed by all unions and the
right hand Of fellowship should be extended
in the trade movement for each other. as
the success OF one craft depends on the sue
cess of all others, to whom we must extend
q helping hand.
And how our membership show this
spirit Of loyalty and good will to better add
vantage at the present time than by adopt
ing the most peaceful method of advancing
our interests a class. and by deciding
that on Labor day all local union members
shall participate and show that true union
ism exists among all by wearing only
union-made garments such as shirts, col
lars, hats. shoes and clothing bearing the
union label?
This is the time that our local unions
should enter into contracts with the deal
in their own localities to supply the
necessary wearing apparel for this day,
and we earnestly request that each local
union or central body will appoint a uni
form committee. which will take the mat
ter in hand. and when the style and kind
OF garment to wear Is agreed upon. then
to secure the WeaE s size from each mem
retailers to supply your wants and thus
show your loyalty to the cause of labor.
by attending to this at once you will be
supplied on time and your demands will be
the means of increasing and strengthening
our membership and placing the American
Federation of Labor on better footing to
help the cause Of labor throughout the
country.
with best wishes to the membership at
large and trusting that immediate action be
taken and a committee appointed for this
work.
In this of labor-saving machinery
many novel and some utterly absurd In
ventions are being received at the United
States patent office. That labor-saving ma
chinery begets laZness to some extent at
least is indicated by a report that fog
ging machine has been perfected by Rus
sian inventor with the object of saving
labor in what is termed that detestable
department of official industry the whip
ping of prisoners in the land of the car
for variety of crimes and misdemeanors.
the Central Labor Union of the District
from Botters' Union, No. 251 in place of
Edward Thomas.
The formation of a structural building
trades alliance in this city is regarded with
interest by the local labor people, particu-
larly those of the building trades. 1t Is
the general consensus of opinion outside
of those Immediately interested in pro-
noting the organization that it will fail to
accomplish the object declared in the
constitution of the alliance. which Is Ito
advance the interests and welfare of the
building trades, to adjust trade disputes
and to create more harmonious feeling
between the employer and employee"
1t is said by Washington labor leaders
that local conditions in the building in
dustry are generally satisfactory. so far
as the relations of employer and employee
are concerned and which has been ac-
ing Trades organization, and that the adj
vent of a dual building trades organiza-
ton will result in contentious. discOrd and
consequent injury to local trade interests.
1t is also stated that the claim Of the
basic trades to the control OF what is
termed the tributary" trades will bring
forth prolific crop of trouble which in
stead of promoting cooperative action will
result in the contrary. On the other hand.
some of the observant trade people say
they do not regard the movement as being
of much Importance.
A prominent member of one of the build
ing trades when questioned by a Star re-
porter remarked that 1.-The alliance,
local affair. will accomplish no good.
neither cause any harm. 1t will be SIM
ply composition of few so-called basic
trades that have never been in sympathy
with other building trades and have al
ways opposed cooperative action for the
purposes defined in the law Of the ALI
ance The local branch is composed of
the carpenters who were dissatisfied with
the local council and also with the de-
cisions of the American Federation of
Labor In several instances involving their
claim to trade jurisdiction with other
woodworkers The plumbers are also at
war with the steamftters in an effort to
absorb that trade, and are opposed to the
retention of the local steamfitters' organt-
zation in the Central Labor Union and the
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