Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-07
<LITTLE LABOR LEAFLETS
VI BY MI MelERNON. Ze2

TN Chicago a movement was started
a few days ago looking to the es-
Il tablishment of a central joint ar
bitration board of all unions and en-
ployers in the building trades indus
try. The initiative was taken by the
United brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners' district council and the Anal
gamated Carpenters union.
The object of the movement is 10
prevent sympathetic strikes In the
building trades without the joint con-
sent of all unions involved in any given
DISPUTE with the contractors. Should
the plan be successful 1t is predicted
that it will terminate all such strikes
and force all matters in dispute to ar
bitration. the result of that conference
to be considered binding.
The proposition was presented TO the
arbitration board of the carpenters
union and it was Endorsed Immediately.
Officers of the union have held several
conferences with the president OF the
Carpenters and Builders association,
and in a few days plan Will pc
drawn up and presented to the Build
ing Contractors council for adoptloh.
AS roughly outlined the plan is 10
form a Joint arbitration board COM
posed of delegates from each of the
building trades employers associations
and from the various building trades
unions All disputes, whether as TO
wages, hours or working rules, are 10
be referred to the joint board FOR maj
settlement, the decision of the board TO
be binding. meeting to bring the
proposition to the attention of all
unions and employers will be arranged
in a few days. Judge John X. New
conner, who is umpire for the joint ar
filtration board of the carpenters I'M
ions and the contractors, has given the
proposition his Endorsement. Compul-
sory arbitration in all disputes gov
erning the printing trades and the
American Newspaper association mas
been success and is approved by the
printers and the publishers all over the
country.
Soliciting funds from charitable peo-
pie for the relief of sufferers is opposed
by the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea, they believing and maintaining
that it is the duty of the mine owners
to provide for the victims Of mine ac-
cidents, caused by insufficient protec-
tion and safeguards thrown around the
workers. In the middle states the
miners are proposing that the owners
cooperate with them in establishing
relief and pension funds, and in asking
the states to pass laws making UNDER
ground work less hazardous.
1T may seem an eXaggeratlon,' said
prominent Ohio operator recently,
but il IS nevertheless true that prac-
tically all the great mining horrors Of
recent years occurred in non-union
mines. The union men insist that
mines be made safe. The non-union-
lists fear to talk
Meetings This Week
Wednesday night - Lathers, Sign
al 90 a
Sheet Metal workers, Building labor
ers Web pressmen, Stereotypers, sta
tionary firemen, International Brother
hood of Electrical workers No $40,
Plumbers, Western Fraternal associa-
ton
Thursday night - Building Trades
council Transfers No POS, Engineers,
Bartenders. Painters. Ice Wagon
drivers International Brotherhood of
Electrical workers No 81.
Friday night--Bottlers, Carpenters
No. ass, Central Labor council. Iron
molders. district council of Painters,
International Brotherhood of Electrical
workers No 4S9. Plasterers.
Saturday night-Bakers and Beer
drivers.
At the meeting of the Central Labor
council Friday night the subject for
discussion will be Woman in NUM-
cipal Affairs" and will be handled by
a we'll known woman debater. The
Introduction of topics in which the
general public is concerned has proved
I a profitable one for the council and
has resulted in an increased attend
ance at the meetings of that body.
Tho wave of prohibition now sweep
| ing the country is being discussed by
| the members of the Hotel and Restau-,
| rant Employees union and the Bar