Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-31

pockets of a citizen and using them to
train and equip soldier or marine to
compete with him for a livelihood al
ready assured to the soldier or marine,
this parody on government will cease"
The local musicians union has secured
the Endorsement OF the bill by the Central
LABOR Union and the legislative committee
of that body has been directed TO bring
the measure to the attention of senators
and representative and request them to
favor its passage If reported as referred
to the House committee on naval affairs,
where 1t is now pending.
1t is said that much dissatisfaction is ex-
pressed by members of organized labor
with the action of the House of Representa-
lives in attaching rider to the urgent de-
ficiency bill waving the eight-hour law as
applying to alien labor employed on the
Panama canal. The action of the House is
regarded as a surrender to the interests of
those public contractors who are opposed to
the eight-hour workday and who have Wig
orously opposed the enactment of an
amended or revised eight-hour law which
has been before Congress for the last six
years
The waiver of the law, as provided. is re-
garded of such import that a committee
has been appointed by the Central Labor
Union to prepare resolutions disappearing
of the action OF the House which. If ap-
proved by the central body, will probably
be forwarded to all the central unions
throughout 1.-The country, with the request
that similar action be taken.
Those engaged in window cleaning have
recently organized under charter from the
American Federation of Labor as Window
Cleaners Union, II 020. The officers of the
new organization are as follows: President
charles Evans: vice president, II. B. Nc
Column: recording secretary Robert Tor
niger; financial secretary, s. N. Keyser;
treasurer. n. Lewis; guardian, II. E jack
son; guide, w. w Sloffer: trustees Clar-
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Menke
1t is said that the window cleaners have
organized to secure better wages and con-
ditions than they have been receiving Most
OF the men employed, 1t is stated, are paid
Sl.Jo day for ten or more hours, and are
frequently locked and laid off for several
days for alleged violation of the rules OF
the employer. The men also complain that
to procure employment they are required to
sign an agreement that in the event of
leaving the service of the employer or be-
Ing discharged they will not work at win
dow cleaning in the District of Columbia
for the period of two years.
At the last meeting OF the Centra Labor
Union the following delegates were admit
ted: Retail Clerks, Local Union, No. 533,
NJ c. Graves, J. +. Smith. J. Reed. L. B.
Marmaduke, c. A. Pfau; Amalgamated
Meat Cutters and Butcher workmen Local
Union, No. las. NJ. Helmuth Christian
Bowman, G. Bakersmitb Albert Eckert r.
Samuel -DeNedrey. vice II. w. Templar,
resigned.
At the convention of the Bricklayers and
Masons' International Union recently at
Minneapolis, MINI, the entire staff of ma
tional officers was reelected as follows:
President, William J. Bowen of New York:
first vice president, Thomas r. Preeee of
Chicago; second vice president, George IT.
Thornton of Boston; third vice president,
Edward ]. Brandon OF San Francisco;
fourth vice president, Thomas lizard of
Toronto: secretary, William Dobson of
North Adams, Mass. Patrick Murray of
Albany. N. Y, was elected treasurer for
the forty-nro9 time, and has held The posi-