Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-11
IN LABOR CIRCLES
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Wednesday night. Members of the central
body state that the officers who have
been chosen for another term were tried
and true and that no necessity for a
change existed. The men who will steer
the craft for the next twelvemonth are:
John b. Dickman, president: viii s.
Crown, vice president; Charles w. Wins
low, secretary; John G. Schmidt, financial
secretary; ]. NJ. Heisley, delegate
large, and Samuel Beckett, sergeant-at-
arms.
The withdrawal of the Stereotypers'
Union. the Slate and Tile Roofers and the
PRINTING Pressmen's Union from the Gen.
trail Labor Union, as stated in The Star
yesterday, is said to have no special sig
nlncance. 1t Is stated that the reason adj
Vanced for the withdrawal of one of the
three bodies was that the benefits re-
ceived would not compensate the subordi-
nate body for the expenditure OF per
CAPITA or dues, to the Central Union.
reorganization of the Central Labor
Union along lines which will do aWay
with some things that are now considered
bodies.
AS the Grand Army of the Republic is
sometimes termed ''the disappearing
army, owing to the advanced age of its
deaths In its ranks, SO has the term the
disappearing trades union been applied
10 the Shipwrights and Calkers' Union,
not necessarily because of the ages Of its
pianted In this progressive twentieth
century in the industrial evolution
through which the iron steamboat has
shf. the place of the wooden sailing
shipwrights and calkers has but ninety
locals. all told, and the number is rapidly
decreasing as the union Is passing our.
me , work being done by boiler makers
The cigarmakers' unions of Ohio have no.
tined Their representatives in Congress
that they are opposed to the lowering Of
the tariff on cigars coming to this country
from the Philippine Islands.
~, Inc sixteenth annual convention of the
Pittsburg District United Mine Workers of
America opened Monday at Pittsburg. Pa.
Separate bills have been introduced IN
the pensioning of army Locomotives enpi-
neers, fremen and telegraphers, as well as
the widows and minor children of the
same. The bills are to the effect that all
persons employed by the quartermaster
general of the army in these several oc
equations. under contract or otherwise dur-
ing the late war of the rebellion and who
rendered actual service for a period of six
- liios.hS' anu were nOnoraDly dis
charged, and who are now. or may here
AFTER, be unable to earn living, shall unon
the submission of the necessary proof he
e emitted to receive pension Of $50 per
lhoh.h' ana that such pension shall COM
mence from the date of the Termination Of
his class of service
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Ens,
neers is back of the bill to pension the
enstheers, ana the organizations repre-
sentlng the other classes interested win
probably take up the pension question in
behalf Of these men. '''
They struck last Monday, when the order
or the contractors declaring for the ''onen
shop was put into effect MANY of the
contractors are completely tied up. while
work. 80
Charles P Neill the recently appointed
commissioner of labor. left school at an
early age 10 enter the ranks of the wage
earners, says trades paper.
lie continued at work for nearly ten
years, and at the age of twenty gave IN his
position to begin preparatory studies for
col!ege; he studied at the University of
Noter Dame. Indiana: at the University of
Iexas. and at Georgetown College, District
OF Columbia, graduating from the latter
place IN 1891, and then returned to Notre
Dame as teacher to secure means to
carry on his further studies He pursued
graduate studies in political economy at
the University of Chicago and at Johns
Hopkins University, receiving the degree of
doctor OF philosophy from the latter insti-
tuition in 1897 He was appointed instructor
OF economics at the Catholic University of
America, in Washington in 1895: was nro-
NOTED to associate professor in 1897, and
was appointed to the chair of economics as
full professor in 1900, and has held this most
up to the present time.
MI NeilI has for years been a close
student of labor problems. He has spent
some time in England studying labor condi-
tons there. In 1902 he was appointed by
President Roosevelt as assistant recorder Of
I he anthracite strike commission, and dur
Ing the long period of the existence of that
commission important and delicate duties
devolved upon him. In the closing address
es before the commission both sides uni ed
in paying public tribute to the thorough
ness and the fairness with which he h ID
done his work The award of the comm s.
sion provided a sliding scale of wages in
addition to the 10 per cent advance given
to the mine workers, and on the application
or both sides to the controversy Judge
Gray, chairman of the commission. ap-
pointed Mr.. Neill commissioner to super-
wise the operation Of the sliding scale and
FIX the rate of wages monthly.
During the strike In the mines Of north
ern Alabama in 1903 Judge Gray was
chosen as the fifth member of a commission
agreed upon by operators and mine work
ers to arbitrate their differences and at
his request Mr.. Neil was chosen as re-
corder OF that commission. He is particu-
larly we'll known in the anthracite field
and has on more than one occasion done
much to aid in removing friction there sinca
the adjournment of the commission and
to bring about better relations between
mine workers and operators.
"Mr. Neill will enter upon his duties as
commissioner Of labor on February l."
The International Photo Engravers' Union,
which is represented in the Pittsburg DIS
trict by large local union, has started ali
agitation for the establishment by the gov
Of bureau of photo-engraving
Vice President A. e. Blanck was asked
what benefit the International Photo-En-
gravers' Union would derive from such a
bureau. First of ALL said he, "it will in
crease the number of photo-engravers en-
ployed and in a general way benefit our or
ganization. 1t will also have a tendency to
increase wages and. furthermore it will
make our union, which Is already recog-
nized factor in the labor movement, a
power The work will be done under the
supervision Of the government and at
much smaller cost. We have noticed little
or no opposition to the proposition and do
not expect any,"
The credentials of c. W. Howdershell as
delegate from the Engineers Union, No.
80, have been received by the Central Labor
Union and the delegate seated.
The Brotherhood of Blacksmiths and
HELPERS and the Journeymen HorseshoerS'