Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-24
IN LABOR CIRCLES


tuFdi bu1lu1nS ITdOeS Alliance nave ftceiN-
ed hearty commentator on the manner in
which they conducted the recent strike OF
the mill workers. who are part and par
Gel of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners of North America. The policy of
the alliance is against strikes One of its
very foundation stones is found in the dec
laration in favor of settling all disputes
between employers and employees by arbi-
tration The mill workers strike was only
in effect six days when a committee repre-
senting the labor council and the members
of the lumber exchange got together and
settled the matter with honor and to the
satisfaction of both sides While the me-
chanfcs did not have all their demands ac-
coded to by the employers, they did receive
some advance In the wage scale, and the
mill owners agreed to vacate their open
shop proposition. So, after all, as mill
worker expressed 1t. it was a case of "all's
well that ends we'll"
1t is said the horseshoers can see rift
of daylight through the strike clouds that
have encompassed them for more than
three weeks. An officer of the horseshoers'
local gave it as his opinion that matters
would soon be adjusted and the strike de-
cared off.
IF the master horseshoers would agree
to meet a committee from our union and
arbtrate the differences, as the mill men
did, he said, there would soon be a set
tlement and the strikers would go back TO
lIIeil dilNiS anu DelIoWS.
At a recent meeting of Columbia Lodge,
No. ia, International Association of Ma
chinists. of this city, international officers
were nominated. The officers of that body
are now selected by referendum, and
there are about 700 locals In the United
States and Canada, those named by Column
bfa Lodge may or may not prove to be the
successful candidates after all the returns
are In.
d. w. Rhoderick of Chicago was nomi-
mated for international president to succeed
James O'Connell of Washington; President
E. l.. Adams of Columbia Lodge nomi-
mated as general secretary-treasurer to sue
coed George Preston, also Of this city, and
Maurice Landers of Massachusetts was
nominated as first vice president. to succeed
P. j. Conlon. The other vice presidents
nominated were Joseph Maltby OF Utah.
A. E. Holder of Washington, D. c.; George
Owens of Harrisburg, Pa; w. Foster Of
OIL City, Pa, and A. McGillivary Of Bridge
port, Conn.
For members OF the new executive board
the nominees were E. l.. Tucker of Column
bia Lodge. this city, renominated; II. F.
Garrett Of Atlanta Ga, renominated, and
three new NOTWITHSTANDING Carroll of Co
lumbia Lodge, A. Shepherd of Des Moines
Iowa, and John Mcconnell of Pittsburg, Pa
Delegates to the American Federation Of
Labor convention at Pittsburgh. Morgan
of Washington, d. c.; James Wilson of
New York city, John Collins of Chicago and
Charles R. Sterling of Boston
Delegates from Pressmens Union No 1
have presented their credentials to the Cen
tral Labor Union of this city and been
sea ted as follows: n. c. Sprague, William
E. Rink and E. H. Sample. The appoint
ment OF Delegate Sprague as chairman of
the grievance committee was announced
by President Dickman of the central body
1t is stated by the Trades Unionist that
a committee representing, Horseshoers'
Local, No IL, which union has been on
strike since May ], appeared before the
Allied Building Trades Council and after
explaining the requests they had made to
the master horseshoers and the treatment
they had received, asked for the moral
support of the council. BY unanimous
vote of the council 1t was decided to give
the horseshoers their moral support and
the delegates instructed to place the mat
er before their respective locals, asking
for their financia lsupport should it be
desired.
Mr.. Frank Morrison, secretary of the
American Federation of Labor, has re-
cefved a report from the general organ
fzation of BARRIERS follows: Our trade
in good condition. We have been organ
izing new locals in the west. During the
month we have had twelve Deaths and
the expenditures in benefits therefor was
$1,000"
S. L. Landers. the Canadian member of
the general executive board of the United
Garment Workers, contributes the fol-
lowing to the current issue of the official
journal: There Is a Canadian overall
manufacturer who does not use the union
label, but depends on a novel scheme to
sell his goods to wOrkingmen. He prom
iSes any workman in Canada killed while
at his work wearing a pair of his brand of
overalls that his heirs will receive 500.
John ]. Pallas, first vice president of
the Pattern Makers League of America
ic 1na1 in ha1 Ia hnr. ant of No
York city who has won public recogni-
ton by being chosen president of the
park commission of Greater New York.
When boy of tender years, without edu-
cation, he became breaker boy in the
anthracite coal mines of Scranton, Pa.
Later he became an apprentice and mas
tered the pattern making trade-a trade
whose association afterward benefited
largely through his services. This line
of work, however did not satisfy his
longing for stage career. which Mr..
Pallas says he had from early youth, so
he started out to become a famous
actor" AS result he travelled extensively
with several dramatic companies. When
he returned to work at his trade of pat
tern making in New York he was soon
honored by his fellow craftsmen by being
elected business agent. At the time no
other association of pattern makers had
business agent, and a little over 100
was the membership of the New York
local when he started his labors. For
eight years he remained in the position,
every six months standing for reelection
and each time being the unanimous choice
of his fellows. When honored by the
present mayor of New York by being ap
pointed park commissioner he resigned
the office of business agent, the local hav-
ing grown and prospered under his work
until it became the largest local of pat
tern makers in the world, with 800 mem
bers From his youth Mr.. Pallas believed
and advocated the doctrines of the trade
union movement and organized the Act
ors National Union, today affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor. Dur
ing the years of service for his own
craftsmen he served many terms as pres
ident of the New York Central Federated
Union and was always ready at the call
of other unions to aid them. He is known
to every man connected with a labor or
ganization in New York state. Twice he
has been elected president of the state
federation of New York, position he
holds now, and while giving to the city
his best services, every minute OF his
time that can be spared is given to the
trade union movement. He is still
young man.
To the end that the possibility of another
great strike in the anthracite region may De
minmized the national organization of the
United Mine Workers is concentrating
1o,f,a forcas Of Orpa niZerS in the field with