Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-13

! alton without representation Principle is
| as dear to us today. We cry out for JUS
| tice Shall we get 1t at your hands? Our
| brothers, we beg for consideration, other
wise We have reached the parting of the
ways. Our patience is exhausted If wa
cannot have justice We shall take liberty"
| This appeal to the patriotism of the min
| ers had no effect on the convention, and
| the engineers will have to stay in the same
locals as the miners or take the conse-
Quences. II the engineers attempt to secede
the miners will not work with them. few
separate charters have already been issued
| to engineers and blacksmiths in the Braz
field In Indiana, and. according to the ac-
ton of the convention, these charters will
have to be revoked.
The protest of the engineers will furnish a
| grain of comfort to the strict trade au-
i Economists" as the United Mine Workers
have been regarded as one of the best ex-
| amples of ''industrialism" in the organized
labor world. The autonomists will be ready
to show by the action of the coal hosting
engineers that there can never be harmony
where men of separate and distinct crafts
are forced together in one organization. The
report of the tellers in the convention show
ed that Mitchell received II, 100 votes and
Vice President T. l.. Lewis 70.223 Neither
one had any opposition in the election.
The Boot and Shoe Workers Interna-
tional Union is taking referendum vote
on the question Of holding a convention
this year. The Chicago locals have voted
unanimously against the proposition. The
boot and shoe workers seem TO be a little
up in the air. as to what they could do
even IL they held convention. The recent
| election tangle is still before the supreme
court of Massachusetts, with little prospect
! Of a decision being given for some time.
At the general election last fall the adj
ministration was defeated. and when the
canvassfng board met to count the votes
there were SO many evidences of irregu-
| larity that the election was declared in.
valid and new one ordered. The general
executive board ordered the election De-
cemhpr "
| went into the courts to compel the officers
| to issue them certificates of election. The
| old officers are still holding the offices
| pending the decision Of the supreme court
At a meeting of the general executive
board of the United Brotherhood of Car
apols the recent vote taken for general Of
| fcers was canvassed and showed that most
| of the old officers were reelected, as fol-
| lows: President, william d. Huber; first
vice president, T. NJ. Guerin second vice
president, A. A. Quinn; secretary, Frank
Duffy; treasurer, Thomas Neale; general
executive board, A. NJ. Watson, d: A. Post.
w. G. Schardt, r. r. l.. Connolly, John
Malquest, p. H. Mccarthy and William A.
Deyl.
Schardt, who retains his position on the
executive board, was formerly president OF
the Chicago Federation of Labor. and
Thomas Neale, who was reelected without
opposition was for several years secretary
of the Chicago district council. The head
quarters will remain In Indianapolis.
The warning factions in the national
Transfers organization, which resulted in
secession at the last annual convention
| and the setting up by Albert Young. one
of the men under indictment with Con.
Shea, of rival organization to the Inter-
national Brotherhood of Transfers known
as the United Transfers of America.
Young turned states evidence. and is now
| in hiding The secession occurred in Chi.
| cago, and 1t Is a Chicago man that liz
being looked to to heal the breach He
| is Martin McGraw Of the Keg Beer Wagon
Drivers and Helpers Union. He has just
| been elected president of the Chicago
| Transfers Joint Council, and has been
| selected to try and bring about harmony.
Charles Sagerstrom, prominent mem-
\ Der of the Young organization, speaking
| on the efforts TO be made to bring that
| body back into the National Brotherhood
| Of Transfers. said that he believed that
McGraw would follow out different pol
\ Icy from Shea, and those who were asso-
| ciated with him. He declared, however,
| that the membership Of the locals in diff
ferent parts of the country who allied
| themselves with the new association would
have to be Consulted before union could
be effected. In the meantime, the Chicago
| teamsters have pledged 81, $50 to aid Shea
| in the new trial which the state of Illinois
| Is Manning n against