Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-10

cal Union and one of the prominent work.
ers in the movement in the District. OF
late years he has given much of his time
in forwarding the work of the American
Federation Of Labor in different sections
of the country. Mr. Rodier has but re-
Gently returned from a successful organ
ling tour through the state of Pennsyl-
Vania.
The convention Of the Women's Inter-
national Trades Union Label League just
concluded at Logansport, Ind, adopted
resolutions indorsing equal suffrage, the
mending Senator Beveridge in his efforts
to restrict child labor, and many others.
The salary of the president was raised
from 500 to $500 per annum. The fol-
lowing officers were elected for the vari-
Gus positions. also to act as the executive
board of the league: President Miss Anna
Fitzgerald, Chicago, Ill; first vice pres
ident Mrs. o. p. Smith, Logansport, Ind.
son, Louisville. KY; third vice president,
Mrs. Mae Douthwaite. Colorado Springs,
Col; fourth vice president, Miss Lena
Lenhart. Ottumwa. Iowa; secretary
treasurer Mrs. Anna B. Field, Elwood,
Ind; parliamentarian. Mary L. Doe, Bay
City. Mich; delegate to American FEEDER
alton of Labor, Miss Anna Fitzgerald;
alternate, Mrs Mary Hanks. Blue Island,
Ill.
Washington is not the only city in
winch there IS trouble IN the Dliluln &
trades. Information comes from Wheel
ing. w. Va, that the Builders League of
that city, an organization similar In
membership and objects to the Master
Builders Association of Washington. has
declined to confer with the striking car
penters of Wheeling. This action is said
to be equivalent to declaring in favor of
an open shop. as it does not restrict men
belonging to the union accepting employ
ment with them, but 1t does not carry
with it the recognition of the local union
No. g.
A recent meeting of the Builders
League was largely attended and the
principal matter considered was relative
to the strike. The business agent or
deputy for the strikers. Kelley of Pitts
burg, had asked the league to appoint a
committee to confer with the strikers.
The action taken was that no COM
mittee would be appointed to confer with
the men, but that any of the old employees
who desired their old positions back could
have the same, provided they applied for
them within a reasonable time. The men
at present In their employ they would
take care of.
A Wheeling newspaper declares:
This means that so far as the Builders
League is concerned the strike is at an end
and that there are no fair or unfair Jobs
as there is no recognized union. Injunction
proceedings are understood not to have
been considered at the meeting.
THE carpenters local will have a meet
Ing tomorrow evening and it Is now
understood Deputy Kelley will not again
| meet with them for the present as nego-
tlations to settle strike on any basis
have proven unsuccessful"
There Is also trouble In the building
trades Of Pittsburg. The Press of that
city says:
THE building situation is reported to be
slightly improving. The formation OF a
' new Structural Trades Alliance, which has
| for its basis arbitration and not the arbi-
! f:ary calling of strikes every little pre-
text, has inspired the contractors and capt.
talists with a little more confidence. and
I it is said that number of buildings, which
have been held back on account of the
conditions existing in the labor market
will now be pushed forward.
Under the old Structural Trades ALI
ance If any trade had a grievance and the
| contractors refused to remedy it, all the
| a real or fancied grievance existed most
| of the time, building was greatly retarded.
| A number of building operations were
stopped on account of Disbursements
among the unions in regard to which one
should have Jurisdiction over certain kind
of work The employment Of non-union
| men caused sympathy strikes among the
members of unions in other trades
'These conditions to created a large ex-
| tent by the arbitrary actions of the unions,
| began to recoil on their own heads A
| great many of the members of the vari-
| Gus organizations were unable to find work.
| American Federation of Labor organizers
were called into the field. who at once saw
what was causing the trouble, and set
about to remedy 1t as far as possible.