United labor bulletin. (Denver, Colo.) 19??-1915, 1910-05-12
AN INTERESTING
LABEL MEETING
Label League No. l Assem-.
bles in Regular Session
and Discusses Topics
of Interest
TWO VISITORS ADDRESS LEAGUE

Union Label League met in regu-
lar session in their hall, 31S Club
building, Friday evening. There was
large attendance, and the meeting
was presided over by President
White, while all officers were pres
ent.
report was read from the label
boosters who gave a dance April 23
in Eagles hall at their own risk,
showing a net result of about $3.50,
which will be donated to the Label
League.
The committee on the Marx-Haas
Clothing Co. of St. Louis, who have
locked out their garment workers,
reported great results in their effort
to keep orders from being placed
with that unfair company.
The Broommakers reported that
the committee from the Trades AS
sembIy had not done their duty in
the craffey strike case, and said that
negotiations had practically been
broken off on account of the neglect
of that organizations committee to
do its duty. There is one nonunion
man working in the shop. Delegates
Conkle, Hafner and Carr were named
as committee from the League to
take up the matter with Craffey and
see what could be done.
It was reported that the White City
had signed up with all unions, by Albert
Parish of the Cooks, and that all union
men were now at liberty to go to Lake
side without being conseience-stricken.
Mr. Parish also stated that Luna park
formerly Manhattan) was an unfair re-
sort, and urged union men and women
to place their patronage where it would
do more good than patronizing the prod
uct of nonunion labor Motto: Pass up
Luna park.
resolution passed by the Building
Trades Council, which was in session in
another hall on the same floor, denounc-
ing the editor OF The Bulletin, copy of
which was ordered sent to the League,
was read and tabled in just 16 seconds
by the clock The EDITORS stand on the
assembly water committee disgrace was
what prompted the resolution. The name
of John Barrett president of the Build
ing Trades Council, member of the as
sembly's water committee, and candi-
date for water commissioner on their pc
tition, was attached to the resolution in
two places.
William NJ. Rossell of Chicago. and a
member of Maehinists' Union, was pres
ent, and addressed the League for a few
minutes on the label and what it stands
for He said it was to be regretted that
all union men did not wear union label
clothes exclusively. He said that the
greatest power of the union man was in
wearing union-made clothes. When you
wear nonunion-made clothes you hire
nonunion men, the speaker said; when
you wear label clothes you hire union
pleasure to be shown through store
that carried the immense stock of label
goods that does the Emanuel Bros.
store on Sixteenth street. He says the
like does not exist in America.
o. P. Smith, an organizer for the
American Federation of Labor. and first
of the Indiana State Fed
GRAFTON of Labor. and member of Cigar
makers Union. followed Mr.. Rossell with
an enthusiastic talk on the label. He
told the Broommakers that they were
making their last stand-a stand against
brooms, and that the label
was their only hope. He believes, he
said. that the greatest usefulness of the
label lies in educating the women in the
demand for the label. He urged that the
women are the spenders of the greater
part of the salary OF the union man. and
that they should be shown why they
were working against the interests OF
their husbands. fathers and brothers in
not demanding the label on all pur-
chases.
Much was accomplished. and as a
whole the meeting was beneficial