Evening star., 1905-10-18

of the district organization This is shown
by the increase in the membership OF the
brotherhood and the inability of the off,
GERS to comply with the requests of con-
tractors for additional skilled workmen."
Luke Grant. in recent article on the
labor conditions of the country says:
One of the most important questions be-
fore the trades unions of the country today
is the question of observance Of trade
agreements made between employers and
organized workers, and on this subject the
street car mems convention went on record.
Not only was the position taken by Presi-
dent w. D. Mahon in the subway strike in
New York last spring fully upheld, but the
convention declared that the laws of the
national organization must be carried out
If half the unions In the country have to
be suspended In order to enforce discipline.
Ever since the foolish and unwarranted
subway strike ended in disaster there have
been murmurings of discomfort among the
radical men in the street car mems organ
ization. The socialists throughout the
country have used 1t as an argument that
the national officers OF labor unions are
'grafters' and that the National Civic Fed
Grafton is a delusion and humbug
Resolutions favoring the establishment of
a photo-engraving department in the gov
eminent printing office were recently
adopted by the International Photo-E En-
gravers' Union in annual convention at
Buffalo. n. Y.
Judge Brentano of Chicago has knotty
problem on his hands to decide whether
pneumatic tubing should be done by steam
filters or plumbers. He has been chosen as
umpire by the two organizations, and w.
]. Spencer, vice president of the American
Federation of Labor. secretary of the Struc-
tural Building Trades Alliance and member
of the United Association of PlumberS Ia
attorney for the plumbers. John Mangan
Is attorney for the steamitters Spencer
has pleaded at the bar before, but Mangan
Is temperance worker, and this is his first
experience.
BY the decisive majority of 1900 the
general membership of the Internat tionaI
brotherhood Of Painters, Paperhangers and
decorators has voted to hold convention
the coming winter Memphis, Tenn will
probably be the place, and the date will he
some time In December. 1t has been four
years since the union has had a convention,
Journeymen Tailors' Union and the Car
ment Workers International Union will be-
come one organization, with one label
There are about 600 members in both or
ganizauons, and merging of interests
would mean strengthening of both
branches.
1t Is said the city is being flooded with
of the Industrial Workers of the World
at Chicago. This new industrial union, a
rival to the American Federation of Labor,
is more determined than ever to establish
a foothold here.
The new organization Is practically a
simon pure socialist movement among the
western workngmen, which eliminated in
the formation of the Industrial Workers of
the World at Chicago during the summer
The principal backing of the organization is
the Western Federation of Miners, which
included the smelters and miners of the far
west.
When the twenty-ffth annual convention
of the American Federation OF Labor IS
held next month In Pittsburg an interesting
campaign to flgh. the new industrialista
Will be mapped out and from then on Il
will bs fight - . finish.