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

organization of such into compact forma-
lions, the better to combat labor.
On the other hand, the optimistic trade
unonist points with a satisfied smile to the
recognition and treating with labor by many
large employers, and especially of late to
the surrender of the Burlington railroad
to union engineers after many years of OPP
position, and the complete victory of union
labor in San Francisco in the municipal
and county elections. A noted labor writer
in touching upon this subject, using the
printers strike as his text, says, as We
have pointed out before that the strike
now In progress Is the critical period OF the
movement. He says:
"Organized labor has reached the crucial
period of its existence. The enemies of
organized labor have at last grappled with
a union of skilled mechanics trade which,
in the adeptness, art and knowledge re-
quired in the work, should properly be
classed with the professions. Wherever
the practitioners of printers are have or
ganzed they have uniformly raised the
standard of their work, always pointing to
the dignity and position to which 1t is en-
titled. In Great Britain the printing trade
has for a number of years been on the
eight hour basis. In the present struggle in
America great strides are being made to-
ward the successful establishment of the
eight-hour day, but for several years the
middle men-the employers-dictating alike
to the producer and to the consumer, have
been massing all their strength of money,
influence and cunning to defeat the print
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full with that powerful and intelligent body
all other bodies of organized labor will
fall easy victims to their intent TO sub1u-
gate producers, and bring them TO point
where the natural law of hunger and cold
will drive them to the will of their mas
tiers without questioning.
1.-THE members of the second division.
government printing office" says the Trades
Unionist propose to give banquet On
the eve of Washingtons birthday. The
same gentlemen who successfully engineer
ed last years banquet are the moving
<pirits in connection with the present af-
fair All reports are TO the effect that on
the former occasion the corporeal wants
of the guests were amply PROVIDED Tor,
and that consistent streams of wilt and
merriment RIPPED along the now OF .aik
like moonlight across a wind-sWept lake.
It is therefore safe to conclude that those
who attend Will enjoy time to be re-
membered.
Estimates prepared for the national con-
yentton of United Mine Workers at In
dianapolis show that 100000 persons In the
anthracite coal region are directly de-
pendent upon the mines for support, being
the wives and children of the mine work
ers and the mine workers themselves.
The annual convention Of the Information
al brotherhood of Bookbinders is announced
to be held in this city next June. and head
quarters will be established at the Hotel
Regent. The excursion steamer Charles
Manchester has been chartered for June IL,
and the visiting delegates will be given an
outing down the Potomac. The opening
exercises will be held June ~ at the CO.
lumbia Theater. The following. local COM
mittee of ladies has been appointed to en-
terrain during the convention: Miss Mamie
Daniel, president of the Women's local;
Elizabeth A.. Towes. Laura A. Graddick.
Alice ". Hagne, Bessie MacNamara. Caro-
line Brennan and Margaret MacNamara.