United labor bulletin., 1913-02-27
TRADES ASSEMBLY LETS DOWN
POLITICAL BARS.
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that the proposition of organizing at
the state house would be attended to
| in the near future.
| Arbitration Committee Censored.
| The arbitration committee received a
severe censor from delegates to the as
sembly because it had not. attended to
the investigation of the Rex cafe. The
committee for weeks. The arbitration
has to do with the engineer at the
| cafe.
Legislative Committee.
| Chairman Bryan of the legislative
committee reported that his committee
had taken up the ordinance that would
cause city prisoners to be worked at
anything the city officials desired He
said that Alderman Ford had been WIS.,
| tied, and his committee was assured
that the bill would be killed.
| Moffat Tunnel Bill.
| The legislative committee also re-
ported on the Moffat tunnel bill. The
committee members said that they had
visited Jesse Flemming, a member of
the tunnel commission and Mr.. Flem-
ming had told the committee that it
was too late to have any provisions in
serted in the bill providing that Colo
RADIO labor should be used and that a
| fair wage should be paid. The commit
bill. Delegate Harrison produced a copy
of the bill, which he was able to get at
Williamson Haffner's, where the petit
tions were being printed. 1t appears,
from the sentiment expressed on the
floor of the assembly, that every dele
gate is opposed to it in the present
form. A motion was made to defer ac-
ton to the next meeting, and the COM
mittee was continued.
Good Shepherd Committee.
The special committee Investigating
the Home of the Good Shepherd re-
ported through its chairman that it had
interviewed the district attorney and
also District Judge Butler, and had been
told by those officials that nothing could
be done through their offices to correct
the matter under investigation. The
committee recommended that it be con-
tinued that an attorney be consulted,
and that a bill now before the legisla-
ture be amended in order to give the
Home of the Good Shepherd an appro-
priation provided it cease doing COM
mercial laundry work or in any way
competing with free labor. The report
was adopted but was vigorously op-
posed.
casson Invited To Speak.
| Herbert N. Casson, the publicity ex-
pert connected with the Chamber of
Commerce, was invited by the assembly
to deliver an address to the assembly,
but when the committee called on him
he was not at his office. He will be in
vited to speak at the next meeting.
Ask Boycott for Iris.
The Musical Protective association
asked that the Iris theater be declared
unfair, as did the Moving Picture Oper-
ators The trouble was referred to the
arbitration committee.
| Noted at the Assembly
| The Glove Workers want campaign
made for gloves and mittens in order
to assist them in their strike against
the Lacrosse Knitting Works. The
proposition was placed with the labels
committee.
| A communication from the A. F. of
| l. REGARDING state universities was re-
ferred to the Legislative committee.
A communication from the Affiliated
Trades of the New York navy yard was
read, and the secretary asked to send
communications to the different sena-
tors and congressman. asking them to
assist in the desired action. The COM
munication has to do with the building
of battleships at the New York navy
| yard.
A communication was received from
| the Federation of Musicians about It's
| iurisdictional trouble with the Brass
Finishers The communication was filed.
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