Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-25

absorbing task Of each attempting to de-
etroy the other. The Brotherhood. at this
time. was struggling, to maintain an or
sanization. with O local membership Of less
| than 10 per cent Of the good, bad and IN
different carpenters In the District. The
craft organizations of the enemy controlled
the local situation. and the membership OF
post. The open warfare ceased when after
months OF waiting at the door OF the local
federation they were admitted. but ascer-,
tanned In short while that the alliance
with the friends. the enemy was rather
| more offensive than defensive The Cen
trail Labor Union, which was organized for
the affilation OF local unions which were
allied in the national organizations of their
respective crafts. was the refuge of the
Brotherhood; 1t was the vantage place, from
which, with the prestige of the central
body, 1t forced the surrender of the con-
| tentious dual organizations of carpenters
| and their final utilization with the Brother
| hood. Under these changed conditions the
Brotherhood has largely increased in MEM
| bership, having within it's ranks approx
| mately, 05 per cent of the craft In the Dis
| trict, and having secured an advance OF
wages which was impossible under the con-
! ditions prior to the formation of the Cen
| trail Labor Union. The half score of other
dual organizations have also been forced
| into the line beneath the banner of
| tional trades unionism and order. at least,
| prevails, and the unification In membership
| In the central body of all the local or
| CARNATIONS with but three exceptions
! These exceptions include the Brotherhood
| or Carpenters, who, fortunately for the or
| ganization, have. through their past afilia
ton with the Central Labor Union. arrived
at condition in which 1t assumes an In
| dependent attitude.
| What has been done in the matter of
| organization can be observed by a glance
| backward since the organzat ton of the CEN
trail body. At the time of its formation
4 there were twenty-eight local orga nization
! of which but thirteen had national affilia-
tons During the years since forty-three
| additional crafts and callings have been or
ganized A few fell by the wayside. but
1 thirty-eight have maintained their organ
| ization and are on the roster of the Central
| Labor Union.
During the nine years since the organ
| ization of the central body the following,
| In the order named, have been honored with
| the presidency: Milford Spohn. Bricklay-
ers' Union. NormanrC. Sprague, Printing
| Iressmens Union; Henry w Szegedy, Plate
| Printers Union; James l.. Feeney Book
| binders Union; John Hammerstrom, Ma
chinists' Union; Harry w Sherman, Broth
erhood of Electrical Workers: John b. Dick
man. Columbia Typographical Union, ana
Jere Mccarthy, Bartenders' League the
| present incumbent.
with President Mccarthy are the fol-
| lowing officers N. c. Sprague, vice presi-
] dent: c. w. Winslow, recording secretary;
John G.. Schmidt. financial secretary; II. r.
| LeClair, treasurer; Samuel Beckett, ser
| geant-at-arms; ]. l. Feeney, John Weber
|
Organizers for the United Mine Workers
are busy in the Irwin Pa.) field, establish
| ing local unions. They say there are 10000
| unorganiZed men in the Irwin field and
| that they have been more successful in
| getting the men into line during the last
few weeks than at any time since the
| region became -uTlton-twelve years ago.
| There were three local unions a year ago;
| now there are thirty.
The executive board of the United Mine
| Workers of Illinois have taken action
| toward the reopening of a controversy
| which has caused the lockout of 1,S00
! miners in the Chicago and Alton subdis-
| trict since July l. The dispute is between
| miners and operators as to the employ
| ment Of shot firers.
There was an innovation in the San Jose
| Cal) Labor day parade, unique In the an
| nails of organized labor The Pastors
Union, composed OF the Protestant minis
tiers of the Gospel. accepted an invitation
to march in the great parade For some
| time the ministers have had fraternai
| delegate in attendance on the deliberations
of the Federated Trades Council.
At the last meeting of Columbia Typo
graphical Union preamble and resolutions
| relative to the eight-hour movement were
| adopted They recited that the contest
for the eight-hour day in the book and job
| branch of the printing business has been
in progress in some of our principal cities
| and many Of the smaller towns OF the
country for several weeks: that the spirit
| OF loyalty displayed by our brothers in the
| locals affected, resulting in many cases in
| complete victory. is a source of great graft
| ffcation to u.s. and that the able manner in
| which the fight is being conducted by the
| eight-hour committee Of the /. T. u meets
| with our hearty Endorsement
1t was therefore resolved that Columbia
| Union, No. 101, hereby extends to the in
ternational eight-hour committee, and
| through II to the locals involved, hearty
| congratulations upon the magnificent sue
| cess thus far achieved"
delegate to the Central Labor Union from
Painters Union, No. 36s, vice Thomas Nc
Gllton, resigned.
| Reports received at the headquarters or
| the American Federation of Labor in this
| city state that the organizers of that asso-
| citation met with much success in forming
| unions of lobster fishermen along the coast
| of Maine. There said to be about $500
men engaged in the lobster industry and
many of these are now union workers, AT
| nliated with the A. F. L.
A novel strike has just been reported 1t
| Is said the Turks. Egyptians, Japs and Hin
docs employed by John Robinson's circus,
| now on tour In Indiana, struck because Mr..
Robinson refused to allow them to smoke
| cigarettes
| Labor in New Jersey is not satisfied with
| the existing state laws on child labor, nor
| with the lax enforcement of the law as II
| is. Therefore, the state federation. as the
representative of union labor in New Jer-
| sey. will exert its influence to secure moro
| advanced and more humane treatment OF
| the child labor problem.
Members of Cooks Union, No Al. of San
| Francisco Cal, have followed the walters
union and have formed a political club to
| elect men known to be in harmony with
! the views of organized labor.
Detroit (Mich.) Y. NJ. c. A. has organized
| class for working boys by joining which
| the latter may gain proficiency in reading,
| writing spelling and arithmetic
| Director Harry Moore of the public safety
department of Pittsburg, Pa, has issued
an order giving members of the fire de-
partment in that city the right to become
unionists.
Agricultural laborers. who in the United
States have never been able to organize,
have in Spain a union with 3,317 members.
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