Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-30

agreement to remain In effect yearly
thereafter, subject to three months no.
tice of change prior to April OF any year.
In connection with the suggestion that
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie would be proper
person to succeed the late Senator Hanna
as president OF the National Civic Fedora
ton, General Master Workman Simon
Burns OF the Knights of Labor, in a state
ment to the press OF Pittsburg. recently
made the following declaration:
IF. as president of the National Civic
Federation, Andrew Carnegie could estab-
lish a permanent Industrial peace he would
build for himself a greater monument than
all the libraries he can ever erect will be-
Il know of no other man in the country
who could do more good or could WELD a
better influence in that position than Mr..
Carnegie. He IL q broad-mfnded man and
has had a great deal of experience In deal
Ing with labor. both organized and unor-
ganized. True, he has in his career made
many enemies among the members of or
ganized labor. but do not think the fact
that he has successfully fought labor or
ganixatton should be held against him.
that his theory Of universal peace should
apply to labor and capital. and that he
would use his best efforts to bring this
about He is the man FOR the place. and If
he accepted 1t he would be pledged to the
support Of the theories and practices of
the federation, which all will admit are for
the general good
With his immense influence a great deal
Of good could be accomplished, and, as
said before, II through hts efforts, together
with the efforts of the other members Of
the federation, lasting industrial peace
could be established he would erect to him
self a more lasting monument in this way
than he could in any other.
am.yery much In favor OF Carnegie as
the head Of the Civic Federation move
ment.
An agreement has been reached between
the Brotherhood Of Boiler Makers and Iron
Ship Builders and Structural Iron Workers
In which the demarcatIon lines Of the work
coming under the jurisdiction of each or
ganization are rlade clear The former or
ganization has jurisdiction over the follow
ing work: All boilers, breechings, uptakes.
iron and steel ship building. all iron and
steel tanks (pontoons air, Oil and water
Tight, purifying boxes. standpipes. smoke
consumers, brewery watts. water towers; all
work in and around blast furnaces and roll
ing mills. except skips. stockhouses, top
rigging and other frame buildings.
The following work belongs to the bridge
mems organization: The erection and con-
structiOn OF bridges and viaducts, whether
Of iron, steel or cast iron; erection and con-
structfon of all steel and cast iron entering
into the construction Of buildings viz: Col
umns, girders, eve beams, channels, angles
and lintels; bearing plates of steel and cast
iron, coal bins, stairways. elevator in
closures and all ornamental work; the erec-
ton of structural towers HOSTS, car dump
ers, coal cOnveyors and ore unloaders the
wrecking of steel buildings and bridges.
Local unions CT the Amalgamated Meat
Cutters and Butcher Workmen of America
have received official copies of the call for
the fifth annual convention of the organiza-
ton, to be held in Cincinnati, Ohio, beginning
Monday, May 8. In the call Secretary Call,
referring to the election of delegates says,
in part:
I'VE would respectfully request that you
do not elect a member as a delegate simply
because ne Is good fellow but select your
best material, a careful. conservative intel
ligent worker 1t does not matter very
much whether he is an orator not, for the
convention Is simply meeting of represen-
tatives to discuss general conditions and
outline plans by which to build up and
strengthen the Amalgamated Meat Cutters
and Butcher Workmen of North America
as an Independent body, hence the necessity
OF having wise counsels prevail"
The Clerks Union of Melbourne, Aus
tralia, has asked the secretary of state to
have legislation introduced fixing the hours
Of employment and establishing a minimum
wage for clerks The spokesman of the
union said that Australia was the worst
country in the world for retail clerks, that
wages did not exceed from - to S. week,
and many of the girl clerks worked for as
little as $1-25 week.
Mr.. Charles w. Winslow, secretary Of
the Central Labor Union, has forwarded
circular letter to the various labor organ
izations throughout the country requesting
that organized labor petition Congress for
passage OF the pending labor bills during
the present session. The communication
states:
1T is currently and reliably reported that
the committee of the United States Senate
which determines the legislative program.
of that body has decided to sdetrack all
labor legislation during the present session
Of Congress. In view of the fact that
measures Of vital importance to the labor
Of our country are now pending in Con-
gresS this announcement of the disposition
of the Senate should engage the earnest at
tention of organized labor.
There is now pending in committees of
both the Senate and the House the eight
hour bill and anti-injunction bill, upon
which hearings have been closed.
These very important measures have
provoked the active opposition of the Parry
element, the so-called 'Anu-Boycott Asso-
ciation,' the Armour and shipbuilding syn
dicates and other combinations which have
fattened from the enormous profits obtained
from government contracts; in fact the
whole horde of commercial cormorants who
on the industrial field are waging an un-
compromising war against the organized
labor of our country are aligned against
the committee rooms and Hobbies of Con-
gress with the avowed intention of delay
ing legislation upon these measures ses-
sion after session, and by such tactics pro-
hfbit the enactment of important labor
measures
ut therefore behooves organized labor 10
act promptly to counterfeit these influences
SO far as possible, and it is advised that the
organizations of wage workers throughout
the country request their respective sena-
tors and representa- tives in Congress to en-
act the pending labor measures during the
present session of Congress"
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