Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-26
IN LABOR CIRCLES

ers bf the organized workingmen say il
Is refreshing to note that the cause OF the
toiler Is being taken up by certain reli-
gious denominations The Presbyterians
have for some time. maintained affila-
ton with organized labor by sending fra
ternal delegates to central labor unions
and other representative bodies OF work
ingmen.
And now come the Methodists-not 10
be outdone by their Presbyterian brethren
AS allies to the labor unions. In Chicago
last Sunday and also in Boston labor ser
mons were preached in Methodist
churches. and it is said that in the near
future other denominations may be found
sending fraternal delegates to the unions
of the workingmen.
Progressive churchmen believe" said
Rev. Alexander L. Duncan. that it is a
Christian duty to support and encourage
the toilers-the nation builders-in their
contest for human betterment and human
rights. They are striving for the natural
right to eXist-to live adequately. Is
their God-given right-and II is the duty
Of true Christians TO support them in
their contention"
Mr.. F.. c. Roberts of Columbia Typo
graphical Union. No. 1O1 of this city. by
direction of the officers of his union. IN
going to meet the Methodist minister's
of Washington on their own ground. and
tell them of trades unionsm and what it
stands for. He will address the Metho-
dist Ministerial Association next Monday
forenoon in the lecture room of the Y.
N c. A. building. and his subject will DO
THE Workingman and His Cause
Mr.. Roberts is said to be an eloquent
speaker and we'll verSed on the theme he
has selected. His designation to speak
before the clergymen will be at the re-
quest of the Ministerial Association, which
was made to President T. G. Parsons OF
the printers union. The expected result
is that the Methodist Church may also
decide to be represented in the Washing
ton Central Labor Union by fraternal
delegate. as the Presbyterians are al
ready represented.
Sam De Nsdrey is also scheduled to
speak at the New York Avenue Presby-
terrain Church this evening on Sunday OBJ
servance. He is secretary of the Central
Labor Union and editor of the Trades
Unionist. and will discuss the matter
from the workingmen's point Of view.
Delegates have been seated In the Gem
trail Labor Union as follows:
Bricklayers-T. Costello and Charles
Haislup.
Butcher Workmen-George Bakersmth.
]. H. Leonhardt. F. j. Bouckert, Roman
Horning and August Bold.
Musicians-Frank Fauth.
Sheet Metal Workers-Charles Carter,
vice ]. H. Steffey.
Amalgamated Carpenters. first branch
L. Green, vice f. l.. McClelland, de-
ceased; E. E. Garlick. vice n. Sloan.
Engineers. No. 98-Joel Mann, ID. II.
Curz vice Ward and Ryan.
Press Feeders, No. 42-Frank B. Waple
T. H. Smith, A. r. Humphrey and NJ. c.
Johnson.
President Parsons is in search of a
number of good men. For instance, he
desires to fill two vacancies in the dele
cation to the Central Labor Union caused
by the resignation of Messrs. Ring and
Rodier; representative for the Allied
Printing Trades Council. to succeed NJ q.
Nolan, deceased. and five members Of a
committee to report on the advisability
of securing a burial plot for Columbia
UniOn.-H. 8. Sutton in the Trades Union
ist
1t is reported that the Alligator Catch
erS Union of southern Florida has dis
banded The organized lobster fishermen
of the north seacoast and the Pa1lbearers'
Union Of Alexandria are said to be still
doing business at the old stand" The
spirit of organization seems to be infec-
tnus. Even the colored cooks and house
maids of Washington are said to have
formed tentative protective society.
labor statistician has figured that the
recent telegraphers' strike cost in round
numbers S20.OUNUOO.
Machnists and boilermakers in the en-
ploy of the Great Western railway at ves
Moines and Oelwein, Iowa, have had their
working hours reduced from ten to nine
hours. and from this time on they will
receive time and half for overtime and
Sunday work
movement for the members of the
United Mine Workers to give a free-will
offering to retiring President John Mitch
ell has been started. The plan is that
every man in the organization be assess
ed>o cents: This would give Mr.. .-.tcheu
practically $4,000.
Thomas P. Butler of Boston. Mass.
Carriage and Wagon Workers Union. has
been elected international vice president
of that union The national board, which
is this year composed of members of the
Boston union, has just completed lie
count of the referendum ballot.
Alexander Hume Ford, the magazine
writer, writing to Honolulu from Fiji,
says that the Hindoo coolies, introduced
there as laborers for the sugar planta-
lions, are fast driving the white popula-
ton out of Fiji, and are even driving the
native Fijian to the wall and will event
ually not only be the laborers but the
owners OF the sugar industry.
Recently twenty-eight new locals of the
masons and bricklayers of the United
States have been organized in North and
South Carolina. During the same period
five locals were reinstated.
The Vancouver Trades and Labor Coun-
ell has decided to try to secure a supply
of cheap fuel along the lines followed in
Seattle, and has appointed. committee
to inquire into the question. In Seattle
the unions have bought coal mine, and
hope to build railway line to it. The
saving already amounts to So a ton.
At the annual conference of the Miners
Federation of Great Britain, Labor Mem
Der Enoch Edwards, in his presidential
address, pointed out that there was no
quarrel with capital, the trouble arose
over the way in which it was used, and
the workmen, he declared, must have
some say as to what was to be their share
for nr0drcinp