Evening star., 1908-01-29
IN LABOR CIRCLES
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The workingmen of Washington are said
| to be planning several events which will
be of benefit and interest to the organized
| toilers One of the plans contemplates the
erection in the near future Of a magniti-
cent temple OF labor in this city. An
other the building of a home for the aged
and infirm and still another for mon
ster industrial display and parade over
the streets of Washington July 4 next.
The latter event to be in cooperation
with the celebrati tion of liberty day by the
| United States Historical Society.
| The organized workingmen showed what
| they could accomplish in the way OF a
| parade last November when they marched
in torchiight procession on the occasion OF
| the visit to this city of the delegates to
| the A. F. l.. convention held at Norfolk
| But they believe they can largely discount
that affair next July by daylight march
over the principal thoroughfares of the
city. AS Secretary Sam De Nedrey OF the
Central Labor Union puts 1t:
! I'VE will show the Washington folks
something grand and splcndiferous-and II
will be in the nature of an object lesson
too
Then the building trades unions here are
also planning. 1t Is said. and the mlscel-
laneouS trades are planning to help tneHi
resume the fight. If necessary. against the
open shop 1t is intimated that IN TINS
contest the international bodies VIII az
lively assist the locals when the olue-
birds begin to warble in the early spiiiis
and the sound of hammer and saw Is
heard at the beginning of the bulioiiis :.
season The fight will be to hnfsh' u
is said.
President Samuel Gompers of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor is still receiN-
;,,rr lot
everywhere on the celebration Oh nls
fifty-eighth birthday anniversary ids
week. He has been the recipleii'
flowers, poetry and other thinss.a "
encoura cement and "brotherly greetings
from his fellow-workers in the cause oi
humanity and organized LABOR.
When Editor Sam De Nedrey nkcs any
particular matter. man or moNement ie
saws so. according to his felloW-Workefs.
And when he does not like any person or
thing he is just as emphatic III ms ,.,, uu
nouncement He evidently likes DIN
that has lust been introduced IN ton-
gress and this is what he says about II
in the Trades JTnionist under the headlng
"A Worthy Bill:
Representative Frank Clark of Florida
presented a bill for an elght-hour law
HospitaI for the Insane in the House Oh
REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday. 1t also pro,
vides that the employees OF the hospila
shall have the same vacation ana slch
| leave as other employees OF the govern
ment.
.'Thank goodness there Is some one
who has the nerve to go to the front TOT
those employees at st. Elizaoelh. Ihere
are no employees of the government so
deserving and Mr.. Clark should be given
the hearty support OF LABOR III securing
| the passage of his bill.
| New delegates to the Central LABOR
| Union have been sworn In ana seated III
| that body as follows ,-
Federal Labor Union. No. 1262l-J.
Fayne. T. G. Trafelet. Frederick y: Whal-
lev. p S. Butcher and Edward l.. Shankle
Stationary Firemen-W. Moreland, NJ j.
| Costello, NJ ]. Cookery n. A. James ano
Rarbers. No o39-John e. Wilson, Jo-
seph Handloes. George Young and Theo
! w. Wetzel. ~
Columbia Lodge of Machinists. No: l'4-
| O. T. Beaumont. E. L. Adams, 4. f.
Johnson. +. L. Stevens ana +; u oina
| + A. Bachrach. F. S. Long. A. kuntz
and l.. ]. Pollock.
| Stone Laborers-Henry Barnes, vice D.
Z. Campbell.
| hangers Union, No. 40. Of the Brother
hood of Painters. Decorators and Paper
hangers of America have been compn-
mented by members of other craits vi,
the recent opening of their new nan allu ,
haadouarters over the Lincoln Nat1onal
Bank. at 7th and D streets. There are
cluh features, a meeting room, an once
for Business Agent Harry j. wells ana
other apartments. and all have been htteu
I'D handsomely by the members
Nuch regret has been EXPRESSED in labor
circles on the death early yesterday morn
ing of Arthur F. Bloomer. a veteran
printer, familiarly known in his craft as
.Pard" Bloomer. He had written many
articles in favor of organized labor and
asainst it's enemies His writings were
| forcible and pointed. and he possessed the
| faculty. as friend expressed it, OF writ
| ing the drollest drollery and the Wittlest
| wiz when occasion demanded. lie was
employed at the government pruning OIL
flee at the time of his passing.
The result of che election of the Mu-
sicians' Protective Union Of this city Is
| as follows: A. c. Hayden. president 6Oo
18th street northeast: c. V. Samuels. vice
nresident. 451 NJ street northwest: c. P.
Huestis. recording secretary. 10 9th street
| northeast; William Wagener. hnanclai
secretary, 937 l. street northwest n. Z.
| Rakemann, treasurer. l2e street
arms. a full board of directors. finance
| committee and examination committee
| were elected. John Pistoria, leader of
Pistorios band, was elected a delegate
| to the national convention. Mr.. Plstorlo
| belongs to d long line of musicians eX-
| tending away back beyond the time
| early in the last century-when his grand
| father was member of the original
| United States Marine Band.
| Word comes from Indianapolis that
| during a recent session of the miners
convention. John Mitchell. former pres-
dent of the United Miners. stepped to
the front of the stage. holding a news
paper in his hand. He was very much
agitated as he read the headlines and
text of a report that he was to be made
chief of tho proposed national bureau OF
mines and mining.
gentlemen he said. hotly. lest this
article may convey to you a false i'm
preston, l wish to reiterate and impress
on YOU a statement that when / was In
the hospital / had published in the Mine
workers Journal when my name was
connected with government position.
II have not sought a government posi-
ton A government position has not
been offered me. So far as I am now
able to say. l shall never engage in the
government service
Continuing, he added: "And l respect
fully ask that any false impression that
may have been created by the publica-
A committee from the emigration agen-
cies in Toxic held a conference with Min