Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-03

by President Gompers There will be two
sessions day. A large number of union
claims. jurisdictonal fights and internal
disputes among the various afhi'ated
unions will be threshed out and disposed
o. Among the most important juris-
dictional fights that will come UP is that
between the carpenters and the wood
workers which Is of several years
standing and has caused much bitterness
on both sides.
The carpenters insist that the wood
workers should give up their charter. dis
solve their organization and join the car
penters' union. Their attitude is based on
the ground that he two crafts practically
are identical and that dual organiZat ions
are detriment to the best interests OF
the craft The woodworkers urge with
equal vigOr that there Is wide difference
in the two trades and cling tenaciously To
Their individual organizations.
A dispatch from india napolis states
that the canvass of the official returns
of the election Of officers Of the lnterna.
tfonal Typogra phical MON was completed
last night, showing the election of the adj
ministration ticket almost throughout.
James NJ Lynch led the Ticker Tor pres
ident of the organization by a vote OF
21O76 over H. S. Hudspeth of New Or
leans who received 13.36l votes.
J. NJ B,amwood was elected secretary
treasurer by 2O.S6 votes over Thomas
F. Crowley. who received ESP votes.
Minneapolis was elected over w. n +.
Reed of New York.
That a labor union is liable for dam
ages If it calls out its men because a
workman is not member of the union
is decision rendered by Judge Lam
mann in the county court at Victoria.
B. c. Graham. II Calgary stone cutter.
member of the local union at that place.
refused to submit To working test by
contractor it would call the men out un-
less Graham was discharged. Because Of
his loss OF employment Graham sued the
union for $500 and Judgment was given
in his favor. the court holding the union
had exceeded its legal rights.
Suit for s3O.Ooo damages against a la
Dor union. in which 1t is sought to OBJ
tain judgment against the property Of
individual workingmen. has been brought
by the Citizens Alliance OF Denver. Col.
on behalf of marble company, on the
ground that members of the Marble
Workers Union held up the construction
OF the Ideal building In Denver by "a
strike for higher wages. The American
Federation of Labor will fight the suit to
the highest courts. it is declared.
The supreme court of Nevada has rem
dered a decision that boycotts in a forms
are illegal. and makes IL possible for
parties injured 10 recover damages from
anyeparty, individual or corporation, in
stituting boycott
An order issued by the Pennsylvania
railroad to discharge all foreigners and
employ none but American citizens has
caused. a sensation. The order affects
only the laborers. as the office force, oper-
ating and mechanical departments have
always been operated by English speak
ing men The Pennsylvania railroad sys-
tenn when operating to its full capacity,
employs about lS0oH persons
Sam De Nedrey secretary of the Cen
trail Labor Union. and delegate from
the District of Columbia to the demo-
cratic presidential nominating convention
to be held at Denver has received a mum
Der Of coneratulatory letters on his re-
cent address before the local .Asso ration
Of Presbyterian Ministers. He maintain