Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-19
CENTRAL LABOR UNION
UNDERSTANDINGS AT MEET
ING HELD RECENTLY.

The second meeting with open doors OF
| the Central Labor Union was held recently
at Typographical Temple, and matters
of moment to both LEGAL and general
| labor organizations were transacted.
resolution favorfng the return to suffrage
| IN the District of Columbia and another
requiring preprietors of mercantile estab-
| lishments to provide seats for their women
employees. were unanimously adopted, and
| Delegate Samuel DeNedrey of Columbia
Typographical Union was elected as the
legislative representative of the central
| body before Congress.
The delegates from the local bottlers as
| ISOLATION reported that one firm in this
| city had yielded to the union demands. and
| negotiations were now being conducted with
| the proprietors Of the other bottiing estab-
lishments by International Secretary Tenn
| per. The jcurneymen bottlers, however, II
was added. are still locked out except in
the one instance mentioned.
The suffrage resolution caused much ia
Vorable comment by the delegates from the
several Washington unions that are affil-
lated with the Central Labor Unoin. The
resolutions recite that the people of the
District We're in 1874. after three-quarters
OF century of home rule, deprived of the
right of local self-government, and an I'M
republican. undemocratic and therefore I'M
american form of government, under which
the great mass of people have neither voice
their consent
That the present form of government in
the capital of the republc--the political
heart of the nation-is contrary to the
fundamental principles of American, liberty,
to establish which our revolutionary fore
fathers pledged their lives. their fortunes
and their sacred honor, and waged a sue
cessful seven years war.
Ballot Effective Weapon.
That the ballot. if inteligently used, is
the peoples most effective weapon. de-
prived OF which they are powerless to
peaceably redress their grievances; and as
the president of the beard of Commission
ers has truthfully said. that in form the
present government of the District of Co
luTnbia is an absolute autocraey :"
1t was therefore resolved that it was the
sense OF the Central Labor Union of the
District of Columbia that Congress should
re-estabiish here a government republican
in form "and in harmony with the spirit
! and institutions of our country, with free
suffrage, limited only by reasonable edu-
casfonal test and a secret ballot.
President Roosevelt was earnestly re-
quested to recommend to Congress the re-
establishment of self-government in the
District of Columbia, and the following
committee was appointed to present the
matter to both the President and both
houses of Congress- Delegates Samuel De
Nedrey, the author of the resolutions; Mil
lUFu Sp0Hn. Mckenna, @lnSiOW, CGlp01Se,
Pau Gilmore, Allison and Bishop
Delegate j. l.. Feeney in strong address
favored the return to suffrage IN the Dis
trfct He said number of congressman with
whom he had talked on the subject were
also favorably inclined to self-government
here Addresses were made by Mr.. Ter
renee V. PoWderly and Mr.. E. w Oyster,
both favorable to the suffrage resolutions.
Delegate De Kedry Chosen.
The resolution which resulted in the Sc
lection of Delegate De Nedry as the repre-
sentative of the central body before Con-
gress recited that as matters of vital in
terest to organized labor are now pending
before the Senate and House, and as 1t is
being urged by the executive council of the
American Federation of Labor that all
pressure obtainab.e in honorable way
should be brought TO bear upon our ma
uonal legislators to induce them to favor
ably consider such matters" it re-
solved to appoint the representative Ito
watch such legislation and report to each
meeting of the Central Labor Union during
the session of the present Congress"
- resolution to request the merchants
to provide seats for their women employees
was introduced by Delegate Oliver I.
Beaumont Of the machinists.
A letter of thanks was received from Mrs
A S. Gitterman of the Public Education
Association for the assistance given her by
ton for the continuance of free lectures for
porated in the District appropriation bill.