Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-13

per, president, American National Bank;
temporary secretary. G. A. Pfau, treasurer,
Allied Label League; counsel. Chas. w.
Darr; directors, H. w. Sherman, president,
Allied Label League; John II. Brinkman,
vice president, Central Labor Union; Jere-
miah Mccarthy, president. Allied Label
League: E. A. Bachrack, treasurer, Retail
Clerks Union, No. 262: P. A. Drury of Alb
ner-Drury Brewery Company; Emmett L..
Petit of the Hub Furniture Company; II. l.
Meader, merchant; j. B. Dickman, ex-p pres
ident Columbia Typographical Union; N. c..
Sprague, ex-president. Pressmens Union,
No. 1; T. w. Webster; Emmett L. Adams.
ex-secretary. Columbia Lodge International
Association of Machinists. and L. j. Silver
man.
Local printers are engrossed in the ap
preaching annual election of officers of CO.
lumbia Typographical Union, No. 101. The
candidates for the office of president now
held by Joe NJ. Johnson. are Harry O'Don-
nell, John R. Berg and w. r. Ramsey. The
nominations Will be made at the meeting
next Sunday.
A report was current a few days ago to
the effect that the bonding companies hold
ing bonds of foremen in the government
printing Office are averse to the latter occu-
plying the office of president of the union.
1t is stated that two of the candidates for
president are foremen at the Office, and
that the obligations to the union of feremen
and the ordinary employees of the office who
hold union cards are equal
The advisability of inaugurating general
movement for the purpose of abolishing
night work in all the bake shops through
out the country is being discussed by the
members of the Bakery and Confectionery
Workers International Union of America.
With this end in view the members have
decided upon a novel method of obtaining
public opinion upon the matter.
Joseph. Schmidt, editor of the Bakers
Journal, the official organ of the union, has
compiled list of questions bearing upon
the subject, which is being sent out quite
ed and later submitted to the legislatures
of the various states in the form of a book
let.
The Central Labor Union and the Allied
Council of Building Trades of this city have
forwarded to the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives petitions requesting the pas
sage of Senate bill 1898. Ito authorize the
extension, construction and operation of the
Great Falls and Old Dominion railroad into
the District of Columbia" The petition of
the Central Labor Union, which is practi-
cally the same as that of the Allied Coun-
Gil of Building Trades, in part, follows:
1--WE respectfully submit that the con-
struction of this road along the route pro-
posed will afford street railway facilities
which are necessary for the development of
our city and for the comfort and conven-
fence of our residents.
1--WE believe that this Improvement which
is generally desired by our people, can only
1898 and the extension of the Great Falls
and Old Dominion railway along the route
designated in said bill.
I'VE further believe that the two existing
railway companies are opposed to the pro-
posed movement, and that the proposition
of the Capital Traction Company to con-
struct a line as provided in the amendment
to bill 1888, recently introduced In the Sem