Evening star., 1909-09-01
IN LABOR CIRCLES

The pent-up troubles of the Reed
faction OF the electrical workers were not
settled by the district convention which
has just adjourned after several days
sessions in this city.
If there is to be unity in the organ
ization. leaders say. it must come
through the individual action of the sus-
pended locals In other words, the sub
ordinate unions themselves must vote
whether they will remain out of the fold
of the American Federation as units of
the Reed faction, or whether they will
abandon that faction and reunite with
what is known as the McNulty faction,
which appears to have the whip hand in
the organization.
The Reedites have been placed in the
category of seceders by the other fell
lows, and that contention has been sus-
tanned by the A. +. l.. 1t is reported in
labor circles that the Washington unions
will soon take action which will restore
them To affiliation with the \. +. l.. and
consequently with the Central Labor
Union. Echoes of the recent convention
show that there was not all plain sailing
at the sessions, and that there was a
well developed undercurrent in favor of
the two wings of the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers flop
ping together.
The Smidley aeroplane. which has
been announced as feature of the
Labor day outing q the BenninS race
track. VIII not fly there next Monday.
Mr.. Brown, attorney for j. II. Smidley,
inventor of the aeroplane. authorizes the
statement that all reports to the effect
that there will be a flight of the machine
at that time are incorrect. 1t Is explain
ed that the Benning race track Is being
used for experiments with the aeroplane,
h,tt no orr.an have been made for
an exhibition fight.
Speakers representing the American
Federation of Labor viii address the
Labor day mass meeting next Monday at
Vanderg1ift. Pa. the scene of the great
strike of the iron and steel workers.
The labor unions of MIlinocket. Me-
have requested Sam De Nedrey To be the
| principal speaker at the Labor day cele-
| bration to be held at that place next
| Monday Mr.. De Nedrey has accepted.
| He will start for Maine the latter part
/ of this week. In this connection 1t is
stated that De Nedrey was made an or
ganizer OF the International Typographi-
| cal Union at the time Public Printer
Donneliy was president of the internA-
/ tional body Al that time he made the
phenomenal record OF organizing eleven
| typographical unions and reorganizing
] three others in the short period of sew
enty days Later he was organizer for
! the A. r. of l. and did effective work
! for the movement.
! Timothy Healy of Yonkers. y. Y. who
came down TO Washington several years
ago and settled the brewery strike of the
stationary firemen in a jiffy, has been
e-eiected president OF the International
Union of Stationary Firemen. He is a
veteran of the war with Spain. Two
vaars ago Mr.. Healy was the democratic
and labor nominee for Congress from the
Yonkers district. He started into the
noliticaI campaign with but 50 cents in
his possession He was not elected, but
the majority of his opponent was whit
tlsd down to a splinter. He is again
being urged TO enter the race for Congress
| by his friends.
|. Charles Percy Rhodes. a printer, in an
| article In the current number of Ameri-
can Industries, organ of the Manufac-