Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-01

tented. and never stop fighting for what
you have or in your efforts to achieve bet
ter results
Another address of more than usual in
terest Is that addressed to the members of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
of which President Roosevelt Is an hon
| orary member, by John J. Hannahan. grand
master of that body. In part, he said:
With the closing Of the calendar year
we feel that we should call attention to the
splendid condition of our organization at
the present time. The Brotherhood OF Lo-
connective Firemen is in excellent condf-
ton. The outlook was never brighter or
better Applications for membership and
beneficiary certificates are literally pour
ing in. and the grand lodge office force is
worked to the limit in order to keep up
with the immense amount Of business we
are doing at the present time
1T is indeed source Of delight to think
that the commencement of another year
| hnds the utmost harmony existing between
the members of our organization and their
| employers throughout the entire jurisdic-
ton of the brotherhood"
There are likely to be some important
changes in the political movement OF Brit
| ish workingmen at the meeting to be held
in Liverpool this month. The movement
since Its inception has been controlled by
the labor representation committee. One
OF the strong unlons-the coal trimmers of
Cardiff Penarth and Barry-has presented
for action at the Liverpool meeting resolu-
tons the purpose of which is ito make the
labor party really party of labor" The
resolutions provide that the labor commit
tee shall consist of bona f1de trades union
lists, and that its constitution shall be the
same as that of the trades union congress
as regards those eligible to membership.
The Society of the Home for the Aged of
Elmira. N: Y has secured the contract
from the Lackawanna Railroad Company
FOR the making OF all signal flags to be
used on the system during 1908. The con-
tract calls for 27.OOO flags of white. red and
green colors The flags are to be used on
locomotives and trains and by fiagmen and
gatemen
The only place in the world where violin
making may be said to constitute the sta
pie industry Is Markneukirchen. in Saxony
with It's numerous surrounding villages.
There are altogether about 1900 people in
this district engaged exclusively in the
manufacture of violins
International Organizer w Sullivan of
the Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers
Union has been called to Chicago from
P1ttsburg to advise with the general exec
utive board regarding the strike of tin can
makers at the stock yards.
In compliance with a new provision of
the constitution Of the Retail Clerks In
ternational Protective Association the sec
retary-treasurer Of that organization has
sent a circular to all locals requesting
nominations for the offices of president
| seven vice presidents. secretary-treasurer.
three members to constitute a board OF
audit and as many delegates to the Amerf-
can Federation of Labor convention as the
association is entitled to- = t--.
Tt is stated that Maj Beecher B. Ray.
paymaster in the United States army, holds
a card of membership in the army of the
organized workers-the Order of Railroad
Conductors-the field from which he rose
to his present position. Labor application
to duty assigned him and business ability
were the stepping stones which led to the
honor of serving in the Union of Uncle
Sam.
Major Ray was chairman of the Railway
Mems Political Club in 1895, and with the
assistance of the railroad men ran, ten
eleven-car trains-carrying $685. men from
Chicago-to Canton. Ohio, on September Is
that year and introduced the men to Major
Mckinley. His campaign work for the re-
publican national committee closed in 1896
by parade in Chicago of the organized
railroad men, said to have been the largest
Of one distinctive class of labor ever wilt.
messed, $1,000 men being in line. Durinl
both the 1895 and 1900 campaigns Majd
Ray enjoyed the entire confidence of thu
late Senator NJ. A. Hanna, and was his con-
fidential adviser on labor matters. HiA
present station as major and paymasteI
U. S. A. is in the department of the lakeA
at Chicago.