United labor bulletin., 1911-09-28
BUILDING TRADES
HAVE ORGANIZED
TWenty-Three Locals Form
Strong Council and Elect
Officers.

that is the name of the new building
trades council organized and officered at
SEQ Club building last Friday night. The
rev council, as stated in The Bulletin
last week, is a strictly local oreaniza-
ton, having no connection with the build
ina trades department of the A. F. of L.
1t is comprised of twenty-three local
unions and has jurisdiction over from
5000 to 5000 men.
The Painters district council has not
yet sent delegates to the new oreaniza-
tion, but referendum vote is now being
taken, and the representatives from
Painters union No. 79 at the meeting
Friday night assured the new organiza-
ton that the vote would be favorable
and that delegates would be sent.
The Bricklayers are the only trade on
the outside This is not an A. F. of L.
organization, but nothing in the new
councils bylaws will prevent their affil-
iation. 1t is believed the Bricklayers
will come into the fold shortly, which
will make the council the strongest
building trades organization ever in eN-
istence in this city.
Harmony is the keynote, and great
things are looked for in the building
trades in the future The officers OF this
mammoth organization follows:
President-Peter Johns of the Brother
hood Carpenters.
ce-President-Frank Bryan OF the
Plumbers.
Secretary. H. Mitchell of the
Lathers.
Business Agent-Denny Fallon of the
Steamfitters.
Financial Secretary-William Cam
merer of the Sheet Metal Workers.
Treasurer-Webb Van Pelt of the
Building Laborers.
Executive Committee-Frank Bryan
of the Plumbers, chairman; George. La
| mar of the Structural Iron Workers,
Peter Welsh of the Plasterers, John Nc
Lehman of the Hosting Engineers, ]. H.
Cavanagh of the Tilelayers and Edward
Carter of the Team Owners.
Conference Committee-Wm- Cam
merer. James Steward and William
Meisenback-
In addition to these officers and COM
mittees an arbitration board will be
/ formed by naming member from each
organization to serve thereon. II will be
within the province OF this board to set
tie all Jurisdiction disputes and TO pass
/ on all grievances and the finding of the
board will be final No strikes will be
called on account of jurisdiction disputes
or grievances of any organization. Work
will continue during the sitting OF the
board, and upon the board issuing its
/ findings the same shall be carried out by
all locals party to the agreement
] The council has temporary headquar-
/ tiers at 500 Exchange building. and meets
every Friday evening at 500 Club build
I ing.
/ After three years of strife-in which
time many thousands of dollars have
been lost to the organized trades-con-
I solfdarion has been effeCted-Jhe trades
united The entire labor movement re-
joices with The Bulletin in the consum-
nation OF the desired result. Let all
bend every effort to cement the ties
that bind.
While this is taking place the con
tractors have rushed into print with the
statement that the new council would
not be recognized by the general con-
tractors They say that if the new coun-
1 Gil is recognized they will not have the
peace that has prevailed the past three
years.
! But the leaders in the new council re
tort that the peace the contractors are
gloaling over has been had at the eN-
pense of the workers, which has brought
] uoverty to many skilled workmen and
citizens. and brought the rifraff and
''scabs'' OF the country to Denver.
4 The new council does not want trouble
1t desires that the trade be conducted
in an orderly, organized way that will
] bring prosperity to the contractor, as
well as all building tradesmen who de-
sire to benefit by joining the orsaniza-
ton of their craft.
But if the contractors start fight ii
will be finish fght-for the organlZa-
tions that have so bitterly fought each
other, will be better prepared. through
the new council, TO fight for recognition
10 the bitter end-and they will do it,