Evening journal., 1914-04-08
WANT Home WORK
FOR Home WORKERS
Central Labor Union Thinks
City Building Should Be
Done by Citizens
NEW REPRESENTATIVES,
IN THE CENTRAL BODY

The recently organized local union OF
the Amalgamated Association OF Street
and Electric Railway Employees OF
America was recognized at the meeting
Of the Central Labor Union last night.
Delegates were admitted from the new
local Of teamsters and chauiIeurs.
Il was said at the meeting that the
labor union men OF the city would not
march in the suffrage parade ON May ?
as a body as efforts were being concen-
ltratcd on their Labor Day demonstra-
ton. There We're ~ delegates present
last night.
The following open letter from Local
G26, United Brotherhood Of Carpenters
and Ioners OF America was read and
Unanimously endorsed and ordered given
publicity:
For years Wilmington mechanics
! in the building trades, the carpenters
in particular. have been handicapped
/ by employers who, when they are IN
need of workmen, too often apply to
some unfair contractor who Is utterly
void of anything like city or State
pride, who instead of employing VIII
mington mechanics, scours Philadel-
phia and other cities for the riff-raff,
incompetents, etc, that are unable to
/ earn "a fair days pay and who Will
work for anything they can get, but
who are usually dear help at any
price. This not only works hard
ship on the mechanics here, but is an
insult to the taxpayers Of Whining
ton, of which every working carpen-
ter or other mechanic, is one.
"The employment of out of town
help for the sole reason that it looks
cheap is also a slap in the face to the
buy-at-home movement we hear 50
much about
I'VE believe there are many mer-
chants and city officials that have
given out contracts to such unprinci-
pied contractors. who were entirely
ignorant Of the real character Of the
persons so engaged when they did so
1T is hoped that in the future the
record of every contractor will be eX-
amined. and il found to be one of the
undesirable kind mentioned, for the
benefit of Wilmington, give him nc
further consideration.
ut is our desire to give this letter
as much publicity as possible, in or
der that the public in general may know
how Wilmington mechanics have beer
hoo-dooed in the past by a few unprin
cipled contractors, aided by a few short
sighted business men and a lot of care
less or ignorant city officials.
at is hoped that the truth OF thes'
statements may strike so close 10 hom'
that neither a business man nor citl
official will dare TO forget the Whining
ton mechanics in the future
"Yours for a square deal,
John il. Hickey
"Elwood Black,
"iV. +. Cartwright,
COMMITTEE"
The organization, reported as FOL
lows: Carpenters, fair; BARRIERS. improv
ling: printers, good; horse shoers, dull
iplumbers. dull cigarmakers dull; brick
llavers. improving; house painters, good
e lmachinists dun; tailors. improving
l. patternmakers, dull; varnish and shi
d painters, good; stage employees and mu
e sicians, no report.
e The grievance committee was hand
d ed the complaint of the BARRIERS un
l. ion against member of the mus
Is clans for alleged running of a non
e union barber shop.
&c The new local of teamsters had II
y delegates present in full force an
they told of the conditions in thei
IL line Efforts are being made
Ie further perfect the organization. Th
y organization committee Of the c.
N L. will assist the teamsters wheneve
~ called upon.
4 The secretary was authorized
le correspond with the directors Of
p local bank which is now erecting
* new building to have union men en-
u, ployed exclusively on the said buil'
= ing.
~ The next meeting of the centri
y body will be held Tuesday nigh
y, April 21