Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-24
N LABOR CIRCLES

The hurdy -gurdy man who was to
have brought big. blatant handorgan
to this city to grind out Whats the
Matter With Father? He's All Right.
and ragtime airs In an effort to collect
funds for the Philadelphia carmen
strikers has not yet made his appear
ance on the streets of Washington.
Whether he has abandoned the project
cannot be learned, for. after consulting
with Sam De Nedrey. P. J. Ryan and
other local labor leaders. the musician
suddenly left town.
Some years ago cornetist, and he
was an artist too, came to this city
to raise funds for the sufferers by the
Johnstown flood. He could play the in
strument artistically and with pathos.
Some of the points of his largest col
lections were the department buildings.
Aiming his cornet at the structures, he
would play most plaintively such airs
as The Last Rose OF Summer" Scenes
That Are Brightest. Annie Laurie and
others of that serious character. Soon
after he began to give his repertoire
the windows Of the department struc-
lures would be raised and the ftfne.ant
cornetist would be fairly showeTed with
nickels, dimes. quarters and often nall
dollars. SO great did the shower of sill
yer become that he employed youth
to accompany him and gather up the
money.
Whenever he stopped on a street core
ner to play his cornet lie was surround
ed the first note. and his collections were
always large. 1t was said he lost his
wife and daughter when the great
mountain of water descended upon
Johnstown, wiping the town from the
map.
That man is playing from his heart,
was the remark of Washington mu-
sician who listened to one of his street
corner performances And so It ap-
peared. He had lost his all in the ter
ing to assist his neighbors who sur
vived the avalanche of water.
Samuel Gompers has received at head
quarters of the American Federation O;
Labor. in the Ouray building, an appeal
from the Central Federated Union of New
York. It demands the organization OF
national party in this country modelled
on the lines. of the British Labor party
This action is taken, it Is announced, as
q result of the recent United States cir
cult court decision in Hartford. Conn.
awarding damages of $22O.OOO against
the matters union for boycotting. In con-
nection with the appeal for new politi-
cal party the labor men state that under
this court decision any labor union in the
country Is liable to lose every cent IN It's
treasury They add that the courts have
dared to render such decision only be-
cause the labor element has no repre-
sentation in Congress. In Europe. 1t Is
said. boycotts are allowed, and decision
like the Hartford one could not be made
Information has been reviewed from
Chicago that peace has been declared III
two strikes there. One was that or the
building trades workers on the McCor-
mick building and the new structure OF
the Peoples Gas Light and Coke Com
pany and the other was the strike OF bill
posters against the American posting
service. The building trades strike was
of the George A. Fuller Company. build
ers. who promised the anti-Madden lead
ers to bring about a satisfactory settle
ment Of the dispute between the striking
elevator constructors and the Otis Eie
vator Company. A force Of 400 iror
workers. steamfitters, sheet metal work.
ers and marble settlers who walked on,
a week ago returned to work.
Having pushed the price of haircuts uI
to 35 cents Saturdays because OF the
weekly rush of business, BARRIERS OF Pitts
burg. Pa, are now trying to abolish Sun
day shaving, claiming that they need the
day of rest. The union of the craft, rep
resented by Lawrenceville Council. NO
"a. has agreed that all its members close
their shops Sunday, and to insure the
agreement being lived up to private de-
tectiye agency has been employed to run
down violations OF either agreement OF
the law.
Electrical workers employed by the
traction companies Of Chicago hove form
ulated demands for higher wages More
than 100 men are employed by the CHI,
cago Railways Company, and ABOUT IN
are In the service of the City railway. the
Calumet and South Chicago, and the
Chicago and Milwaukee electric roads
The men demand scale OF ~ Gay,
Under the old agreement. which expired
January 1, the scale was $3.25. A COM
mittee will present the demands some
time this week Inside and outside men,
linemen and cable splicers are involved
The statement comes from the head
quarters of the international! Typosrapn.
ical Union at Indianapolis, that based on
the amount of per capita tax paid into
the American Federation of Labor during
December, 1t appears that the aggregate
membership of printers under the Jurls.
diction of the International Typogfaphica
Union is 49,
statement comes from Baltimore to
the effect that President Willard of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company said
there was nothing in the situation from
the company's point OF view that left q
strike of it's employees as the only aiterna-
tive. Referring to the report that there
would be a general strike OF conductors
and trainmen. Mr.. Willard said the com.
pany is paying its employees higher wages
than any of the competing lines, with
nossibly one exception. While not willing
to grant the IA ler cent increase demand
ed he said the company is willing to ad,
lust some of the service conditions and
some of the salaries. Mr.. Willard SAID
the company was willing to arDitrate as
provided under the Erdman act.