Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-13
UNIONS FOR WOMEN
District Workers to Be Or
ganized Under A. F. of L.
STRIKES NOT EXPECTED
Employees in Various Lines Will OBJ
tain Better Conditions. It
Is Believed.

Complete organization of the woman
workers of the District of Columbia will
be started February I by the Maryland
State and District of Columbia Fedora
ton of Labor. which Is affiliated with the
American Federation OF Labor
This action was decided upon last night
at meeting of the executive council OF
the Maryland state and District fedora
ton i'm the Ouray building J. H. Fer
guson of Baltimore. president OF the
council. presided All of the members
OF the committee were present. including
G. NJ. Henderson. J. V. O'Connors. r. p
O'Rourke and Miss Anna Neary. all of
Baltimore; c. o. Roemer. Cumberland
Md: o. C. Small of Hagerstown. Md.
and l.. \. Stearne and J. f. Toone of
this city.
Various Organizations.
The organization work will be i'm charge
of ME. Stearne and Miss Neary. Woman
office employees il is planned will be
formed into local of the Stenographers,
Typewriters. Bookkeepers and Office AS
sistants' Association. The plate printers
apprentices will become members of the
Federal Labor Union. the shop girls the
Retail Clerks Union and the mattresses
and other woman employees of the hotels
VIII be organized i'm the Hotel and Res
taurant Employees Union. All of the
aforementioned are affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor.
Mr.. Stearne said this morning that a
strike in any Of the crafts affected is not
anticipated. as 1t is thought that after the
employees are organized that working
agreement will be reached quickly with
the employers.
Strikes Not Anticipated.
I'VE will have duly accredited represen-
tattves of the American Federation of
Labor in this field and We think that the
organizing will take place without any
strikes lockouts or blacklisting. The
Maryland state and district federation
will work in conjunction with the Central
Labor Union. The work of organizing
will take some time. and before any con-
tract Is presented to the employers every
point involved will be fully discussed
On the grounds that IL interferes with
the rights of states the council last night
which will prohibit the interstate ship
ment of liquor into dry territory
The council Endorsed and will urge the
passage of the bill of Senator w. l.. La
Toilette making fOrty-eight hours the
maximum number that women are to
work. The action of the excise board in
making an Official growler' was favored
MIR. Stearne said thai the council opposed
drinking on the streets, but considered IL
only just that beer may be taken into the
homes in GROWERS which are wrapped
so as not to show their contents or be
spilled on the street
Convict Bill Endorsed.
The council also Endorsed the Booher
convict bill. which passed the House of
Representatives and is now before the
Senate judiciary committee. The bill
provides:
That all goods. wares and merchan-
disc manufactured, produced or mined
wholly or i'm part, by convict labor, or
in any prison or reformatory trans
ported into any state or territory, or
remaining therein for use, consumption,
sale or storage. shall. upon arrival and de-
livery in such state or territory be subject
the operation and effect of the laws of
such state or territory to the same eX-
tent and in the same manner as though
such goods. wares and merchandise had
been manufactured, produced or mined
in such state or territory. and shall not
be exempt therefrom by reason of being
introduced in original packages or
otherWiSe'