Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-27
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unions predicts that the government will
run up against a snag'' in the bricklayers'
strike at Washington barracks should the
orickwork on the partly finished buildings
De completed by non-union bricklayers.
In that event." he said, union carpen-
tiers, plasterers, painters and others will
refuse to complete the structure upon
which the brickwork was done by scabs.'
they have a strike of much greater magn-
tude on their hands than that now in
progress
Several OF the new farmers unions re-
Gently chartered by the American Fedora
ton Of Labor. will participate in some of
the Labor day parades In Texas.
cage, Walter A. Wyckor relates the fol-
lowing incident OF a former strike in that
city:
Many of the men were so weakened by
the want and hardship of the winter they
were no longer In condition for effective
labor. Some of the bosses who were in
need OF added hands were obliged to turn
men away because of physical incapacity.
One instance OF this shall not soon forget.
1t was when / overheard, early one morn
lng at factory gate an interview between
would-be labOrer and the boss. / knew
the applicant for a Russian Jew who had
at home an old mother and wife and two
young children to support. He had had in
termittent employment throughout the win
ter in sweaters den, barely enough to
keep them all alive, and, after the hard
ships of the cold season. he was again in
desperate straits for work
The boss had all but agreed to take him
on for some sort OF unskilled labor. when.
struck by the cadaverous look Of the man,
he told him to bare his arm. Up went the
sleeve of his coat and his ragged flannel
shirt, exposing a naked arm with the mus
cles nearly gone and the blue-white trans
parent skin stretched over sinews and the
outline of the bones. Pitiful beyond words
was his effort to give Sembance OF
strength to the biceps which rose family
to the upward movement of the forearm
But the boss sent him off with an oath and
contemptuous laugh, and L watched the
fellow as he turned down the street, facing
the fact of his starving family with
despair at his heart which only mortal man
can feel and no mortal tongue can speak.
The announcement IL made by friends of
Mr.. James NJ. Kreiter. a well-known Wash
ington printer, that his name Will be pre-
scented as candidate for reading clerk of
the International Typographical Union con-
vention at St Louis commencing August ).
Referring to the bricklayers' strike at
of this city Gays:
There is no law that will compel any
man or group of men to work in surround
ings that are obnoxious, and the solution of
Taylor on work that would not bring him
in contact with union men,"
A labor statistician has compiled figures
showing the number of workingmen in
several of the leading industries who are
idle each day in the year, as follows: Brick
and tile workers, 81 600; cigar makers, ~
coo; mill workers, 1900; printers. 1900;
boot and shoe workers, 1900; leather work
ers 10000 lumber workers, 26s,Ooo; work
ers in the industries controlled by lS3 in
dustrial combinations 10S,Ou0.
The International Brotherhood of Team
sters will meet in annual convention next
month in Cincinnati Nine hundred local
unions, with an aggregate membership OF
about 100000, will be represented
The committee OF the Central Labor
Union having in charge the arrangements
of the observance of Labor day at the
grounds of the Washington Jockey Club at
Benning, are preparing an elaborate pro
gram of events. AT a meeting of the COM
mittee last evening 1t was decided to
two beeves and all who attend on
that occasion will be supplied with free
1t has also been arranged for
a vaudeville exhibition and a number of
pike amuSements.
Milford Spohn, chairman Of the general
has appointed the following
named as chairman of the various subcom-
mittees: Martin Helmuth, on barbecue;
Edward Northnagle, on pike: H. ]. Wells.
on sports; E. ]. Ratigan, on grounds; Jere
F. Mccarthy, on refreshments; T. o. Pyles.
on dancing.
Frank Morrison. secretary of the Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor reports the state
Of employment for last month as follows:
OF the COL unions making returns for the
month. with an aggregate membership OF
81, 500, there were 1.3 per cent without en-
unions with a total membership Of 44.S7O.
reported AZ per cent without employment.
AS yet the differences between the var
lous carpenters unions composing the Car
penters District Council and the Allied
Council OF Building Trades is not adjusted.
1t is stated that 1t is probable that the fac
tional differences will not be settled IL the
insist upon the reorgantza ton
Of the Council of Building Trades as con-
dition OF their becoming again affiliated
with that body. Since the expulsion Of the
organizations from the Allied
Council of Building Trades no effort has
been made to restore the amicable re1a-
tons which existed previous to the alliance
Of the Amalgamated Society Of Carpenters
and the Brotherhood of Carpenters 1t is
stated that 1t Is likely that the carpenters
will become attached to the Structural
Trades Alliance, which will be
organized at a convention to
be held at Indianapolis, Ind. during Au-
gust.
The disaffected carpenters form a local
labor contingent of about 1900 men, and |
the local unions 100, SS4 and 1861 |
of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and local |
branches Nos. 1 and 2 of the Amalgamated |
Society of Carpenters and Joiners
The bricklayers' unions throughout the |
have had submitted for referendum |
vote the question of utilization with the pro- |
posed Structural Building Trades Alliance, |
which was temporarily organized by rep
of nine trades in convention |
held at indianapolis, Ind, last December.
The object Of the alliance Is stated to be |
the encouragement and formal ton of local
bodies Of building tradesmen, and the con-
ferring of such power and authority on the |
several locals of the alliance as may ad-
vance the interests and welfare Of the |
building trades, to adjust trade disputes
along practical lines as they arise from
time to time between affiliated unions and
create more harmonious feeling between
the employer and employe. Recognizing the |
Justice of local trade Jurisdiction, the alli- |
ance aims to guarantee to the unions, |
of the building trades industry, |
control of such tributary trades as by right |
legally or technically belong to the main |
or basic trades in the building line and to |
award to each associated national or inter- |
national union rightful Jurisdiction of new |
and improved methods Of construction, or |
installation of any division or subdivision |
Of existing established or basic trades 1t |