Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-08-14
LABOR UNIONS
SEEM TOFAVOR
GEORGE LEARY
He Seeks to Win Presidency of
the State Federation of
Labor.

From whisperings heard at the
weekly meeting Of the Essex Trades
Council last night il would seem that
George LearY, delegate fo1 the Buff
fers and Polishers Union. Local No.
A, has the support of the majority
of the local unions in his fight for
the presidency of the state Fedora
tion of Labor, the annual convention
of which will open Monday.
The nominations will be held on
August is, at Grand View Audi
torium, Ogden avenue and Franklin
street. Jersey City Heights. The cleo
tion will take place the following
day. Mr.. Leary will be opposed by
Arthur A. Quinn. assemblyman from
Middlesex county, the present In
cumbent. who is seeking e-election.
1t is said that the attitude dis
played by Mr.. Quinn when bill 606
was brought before the last Legisla-
ture, has brought about the Leary
candidacy. Quinn is also being
groomed for the State senatorship,
He is a resident of Perth Amboy
where the present State senator, DR.
William 10. Ramsay, resides. 1t Is
thought that on account of both o.
these men being citizens of the sam,
city, William y. Florence, ex-mayol
Of New Brunswick, will finally bt
selected by the party to make the
fight.
1t was at first thought that Sec
retary Henry r. Hilfers of the Essex
Trades Council who is also secretary
of the State Federation of Labor,
was backing Quinn in his fight to
be the head of the organization.
Hilfers emphatically denies this, de-
claring that he was neutral.
Leary, who was present at last
nights meeting, declared that he had
not sought the candidacy, but that
now. that he had been selected to
make the fight against Quinn, he
was in It to stay. Leary is interna-
tional vice-president of the Metal
Polishers and Buffers international
Union. He was a delegate to the
conventions of the American Fedora
ton of Labor on five different oc-
casions He lives at 36 Richmond
street.
Wished to Vindicate Himself.
John b. Manger, who conducts a
barber shop at 10 Mechanic street,
asked permission to vindicate him
self Of charges made against him at
the meeting and was granted the
floor. Mr.. Manger said that he had
lost the trade of union men who for
merly patronized his shop, because of
statements made by representatives
of Local 319 of the international
Journeymen BARRIERS Union at the
council that he was unfair to union
labor. The reason his shop was placed
on the unfair list he said, was that
a competitor who opened a shop near
him had the charges preferred
Theodore Jennings, secretary of
the local, in refuting the charges,
said that the matter was not brought
to the council until Manger had been
found guilty by the local and inter
national arbitration board. What
might have resulted in a heated ar
gument was stopped by Secretary
Hilfers, who advised the men to 'get
together" and settle their differences
amicably.
Recommendation for division
for the Essex Trades Council and the
hiring of music for the coming labor
day parade was made by William
j. Brennan, chairman of the Labor
Day committee. Patrick Kelly. Of
the Engineers Union, was elected
marshal.
Mutual Protective Union, reported
that non-union musicians were being
hired at the Greedy hotel in Broad
street He said that the men en-
ployed there had the same initials as
his union but were not union music
ians. Delegate Sigmund Moss, of
the international Bridge and Struc-
tural Iron Workers, reported that the
strike of his union was settled, all
of the shops in the "hill' section
with the exception Of three having
granted the demands made by the
union.