The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-03-19
TRADES COUNCIL

The Cooperative Trades and La
Dor Council met Tuesday night in
regular session with President
George Wiseman presiding and
about forty delegates were present.
The credentials of Thomas Ble-
wins to represent Plumbers Local
were read received and delegate
ordered installed.
The minutes of the previous
meeting were read and approved.
Thomas Donnelly, Secretary of
the Ohio Federation of Labor in
communication calls the attention of
the trades unionists and the labor
unions of the action of the Ohio
Senate last week In voting favor
ably upon the Gallagher bill to
amend the Miners anti. screen coal
law. The council and the affili-
ated unions are requested to write
the committee on Mines and Min
ing. The communication was re-
ceived and ordered complied with.
Delegates of Hamilton Typogra-
phical Union, No. 900 submitted a
set of resolution which are as fol-
lows:
RESOLUTION.
RESOLVED, by the Cooperative
Trades and Labor Cour Gil that the
action of the Judiciary Committee
of the lower house of Congress,
specifically the member from the
3rd Ohio District, who recommend
ed that the impeachment proceed
ings against the Judicial Car,
Judge Dayton be dropped, present
ing him with coat of white wash,
after majority of the committee
reported that his conduct on the
tench was reprebensible-violating
almost every law in the decalogue,
be condemned by this body. Here
is another Instance where the little
finger of privilege was stronger
than the thigh of Labor. This ju
dicial tyrant has filled the jails of
West Virginia with men and wom-
en- who never broke a law in all
their lives, sending them for using
peaceful persuasion or for the
crime of furnishing food and shoes
to the children of coal miners.
That copy of this resolution
be furnished the Legislative
League with a request that they
send it over this the Third Ohio
District in circular form, and a
copy be sent to the congressman
froma said district.
The resolution was adopted.
The secretary of the Journeymen
Bakers Union in a communication
explained the agitation work and
also referred to the expense incurred
by the joint committee. The COM
munication was received.
A lengthy letter was received and
read from the secretary of the
United Brewery Workers Union of
Cincinnati. They ask that we
again take up the work of fighting
the prohibition movement which
will be up at the coming election
The communication was received
The machinists reported that
conditions in the iron trades was
improving and that the factories
are putting men to work.
Delegates from the Retail Clerks
Union reported that they have
placed a card in the store of John
Holbrock the Third street shoe
man. All of Holbrock' S clerks are
now members of the union. The
Walk-Over Shoe Shop is about
the only store that remains out Of
the union.
The committee to wait on the
Farney- Martindale Hardware com.
pany in reference to the Favorite
stoves reported that everything
has been satisfactorily adjusted.
The Bakers committee reported
that they have waited on Angus
OFT the Main street baker and tha
he absolutely will not sign con
tract with the Bakers Union. TIL,
council was requested to take the
usual action in such cases ane
which was done.
The Lowenstein Loeb matte
was laid over until the teamster'
show up at the meeting.
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