Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-06
IN LABOR CIRCLES
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An effort is being made by certain
local temperance leaders. 1t Is said. &c
enlist many Of the organized wOr king
men Of Washington in the prohibition
movement here. One OF the most active
prohibitionists in the District is taking
hand in this movement and is en-
deavoring to form an organization ia
be known as The Workingmen's Pro-
hibitiOn League" The cold-water ad-
vocates who are engaged in this work
are said to be themselves mechanics
and members of trades unions. One OF
them remarked last night:
"A large number of our brother work
men are already on the water wagon
and believe in the cause OF temper
ance 1t is the opinion of some Of them,
too that a dry Washington would
mean greater prosperity for the men
who TOLL
\ meeting of workingmen in favor of
prohibition may soon be called. it is
said.
1t was pointed out today by labor
unionist that the boycott of the Buck s
Stove and Range Company has been car
ried on more actively and extensively by
trades unions since the issuance of the
recent injunction than before. Nearly
graphs as the following:
1.-The injunction cannot compel you 10
buy the Bucks stoves or ranges.
Verbal announcements OF similar
character are made at the sessions or the
unions all over the country. it is said.
Delegates to the Central Labor Union
have been sworn in and seated in that
body as follows:
Journeymen Stone Cutters-James F,
McHugh. William Knighton. Ernest
Edeler. John Duncan. Thomas Campbell
Bartenders' League. No 1oCT. f. Dali
ley. Jere F. Mccarthy. II. c. Sonault
Frank Mccormick. F. {: Pooh. Wy ~
Old. Samuel Tapp. Edward ID. koehler
Daniel Mcdonald.
Bakery Wagon Drivers-Frel w. Fox,
J. E.. ToOne, w. ii. Hummer. Thomas c.
Fox. Thomas c. Hill.
Steam Fitters-F. c. Luce. c. f. ALL
son. e. Mastin. Joseph Douglas. II.
Richard.
MaiY Bag Repairers-G. Fl. Emmons.
l.. w. Kearney. Joseph Laughiin. w. b
Rakers and Confectioners-H Lang
ley, l.. Gillchrist. j. G. Schmidt. W.
ROess}er, John kneffner.
The proposition was recently made to
establish a midnight bread line i'll con-
nection with one of the local missions the
bread line like those i'm New York city.
is arranged for the distribution or hai:
loaves of bread to hungry and homeless
wayfarers. prominent memoer OF tne
Central Labor Union declares he will re-
sist the introduction of the proposed
bread line here. His reason for opposing
the project, he explains, is that it VIII
attract to Washington many undesir-
ables'' of the tourist" or roadster va
riety. who would prove to De an linposl-
ton on the public.
There are too many unemployed men
in Washington already" he concluded
A conference Of importance to the Co.
600 skilled mechanics in the building
trades i'm New York city is reported to
have been held. at which the master car
penters' organization gave notice to the
Brotherhood of Carpenters that after
January / their wages will be reduced
from s. to $3.50 a day. Because OF the
tightness Of the money market 1t is claim
ed that the construction o. buildings has
decreased 80 per cent and this the MASTER
carpenters gave as reason Tor their ac-
ton. The question has been referred 10
an arbitration board. Mechanics in other
trades are fearful that * the master car
penters are successful in reducing wages
their example will be followed by employ
ers in other trades.
fore the Twentieth Century Club is said
to have attacked the toilers of the ma
ton picturing them as given over TO
sloth. Incompetence and mental stagna-
tion is professor of English In Harvard
University and is noted as litterateur.
He was born in Boston in 1855. and was
graduated from Harvard in 1877. Three
wears later he became instructor at his
alma mater. and subsequently became as
sistant professor of English. ana since
1898 he has been pro essor OF English.
He has written extensively on English
composition and English literature. has
published two novels and also literary
history of America. His home Is in Bos-
ton.
special from Wheeling. w. Va. says:
THOMAS ]. Lewis. the labor leader and
new president OF the United Mine Work
ers of America. while older than his
predecessor. John Mitchell. whose name
IS held immortal by thousands of coal
diggers throughout America, is young to
command that force of men. yet fully
capable At the age of forty-two he is
heading an army of men who make up
one of the strongest labor organizations
in the country.
Tom Lewis is second to the eldest of
eight brothers. four of whom have won
national prominence through connections
with labor, and TIE others. yet young.
hold prominent positions i'm labor unions
The eight brothers. sons of a Welsh coal
miner, began work in the mines before
reaching ten years of age.
Tom Lewis was born in Midway. Pa.
the son of Thomas Lewis and Mary j.
Jones Lewis. July D. 1865 His father
died in 1883. leaving Tom and an elder
brother. w T.. upon their own resources
and the support of a widowed mot her
with six other boys and two girls, all
quite young. Their parents came TO
America from. Wales i'm 1854. three years
after the first child was born, and the
fathers earnings up 10 the time of his
death were consumed by the support Of
the family.
Tom Lewis held a number of important
positions in the knights of Labo until the
year 1891. when he Joined the remainder
of the family at Martins Ferry and began
work On a muck mill In the Etna- Stand
ard plant of the American Sheet Steel
and Tinplate Company. Soon afterward
his brother. w. L. Lewis. then state Ia Dor
commissioner of Ohio under Gov MclNin-
ley, employed him to gather statistics for
his deparfmenf Ia 1896 he WAS elected