Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-07-31
ELECTION NEARLY
DETERMINED BY
LABEL QUESTION
Garment Workers Wanted All
Candidates for Office to
Prove Their Unionism.
EFFORT is OPPOSED AND
PROPOSITION REJECTED
Council Votes to Assist Inside
lronworkers in Their
Fight.

ulSIODlnS act to get INTO the meetings
in the future. If the action of the
delegates of the United Garment
Workers at last nights meeting Is
any criterion Of future happenings at
the weekly sessions of the represent
atlves of the local labor unions.
A week ago one of the delegates,
who wanted TO make a speech. was
taken into the anteroom and
searched to discover If his clothes
bore the union label, and when the
label was not found the delegate,
while allowed to stay in the meeting,
was told that there would be nothing
doing for him In the speechmaking
line until he could show proof positive
that he was in favor of union-made
clothes.
Last night was the occasion when
the officers for the third quarter of
the year were elected. and everything
was going along without a hitch
when the delegate for the clothing
workers insisted that every man that
was running for office should first
prove that he was clothed from head
to foot in garments that were made
by union workmen in union shop
There was a mighty protest entered
by the majority of delegates present.
who insisted that the time for
searching the candidates was at the
last meeting, when nominations were
made, and not on election night, for
1t was argued that perhaps some of
the wouldbe officers, in their search
for GOODNESS and comfort, had left
their unionmade garments at home
and would have to retire from the
race for office.
II think this motion at this time
is entirely out Of order" said Henry
Hilfers, secretary of the council; II
am a candidate, and while ] don't
object to being searched to see IL 7
have a union label on my clothing,
think that this matter should have
been brought up at the last meeting
and not now. A motion has been
passed TO go into the election of
officers, and I think that the debate
on the union label Is out of order at
this time
Mr.. Hilfers's views were coincided
in by several of the delegates, who
took fall out of the garment work
ers representatives for bringing up
the question at that late hour.
Approaching Farce.
"These meetings are getting to be
Jokes" said one of the delegates.
with this question being brought up
at every meeting. I fully realize that
the garment workers are within their
rights when they ask that the dele
gates show the union label on their
clothes, but they should take some
other means of having this done than
by insisting that men be searched"
Abraham Stlglitz and Charles Cur
tbs, of the garment workers, insisted
that they were within their rights
when they asked that the candidates
for office show their union labels.
"Tu bet that right now I have
more union labels on me than Dele
gate Stiglitz has said Secretary
Hilfers hotly, and Stiglitz was on
his feet in a moment accepting the
challenge. Before things came to a
however, q vote was called
for on the motion.
The motion to search after consid-
erable debate was finally abandoned
and the election was conducted and
the following officers selected:
President, Thomas Drews, Printing
Press Union, Local No 81; Vice-presi-
dent, Charles Curtis, Garment Work
ers' Local No. 2S; recording secretary,
Henry Hilfers, Cigarmakers Local
No. 1888; financial secretary, M. X.
welch, Electrical Workers Local No.
1870: treasurer, William Umstadter,
Beer Bottlers' Local No. 26S; sergeant
alarms, David Huntington, Brass
Workers No. 1S9; trustees, II. j.
Lohse, G. G. Adlon, Gus Schweitzer;
auditors, c. P. ingalls,, Henry Steven
son. Patrick McGovern. delegate to
state Federation. william J. Brennan.
Considering an Appeal.
A communication from Counselor
Henry Carless was read, In which he
informed the council of the injunction
which had been secured against the
Butchers Union and the Essex Trades
Council, and stated that he was OF the
opinion that so far as the Trades
Council was concerned If the matter
was taken to higher court on appeal
the Injunction would be set aside.
This would cost considerable money,
ana ne WanIeu 10 hHbW Al liS SOuhNii
thought that 1t was really worth the
time and expense that it would cost.
The matter was referred to the State
delegate to be taken up by the State
Federation. A communication was
also read from the Central Trades
Council of New York requesting the
council to investigate all appeals for
help from trades unions In the New
York district, and not to give any at
tention to any of them unless their
appeal was indorsed by the Central
Trades Council.
Nuisance at City Dock.
A. J. Cozzolino, delegate from the
walters union, called attention to
the fact that a garbage scow was AL
lowed to stand down at the city dock
for several days at time, and that
the odor was such that II kept people
away from Wiedenmayer's dock,
which was used as a sort of recreation
pier by women and children. The
matter was referred to the municipal
committee to be taken up with the
Board of Health.
Alvin L. Wernich of Electrical
Workers No 252, told of the electrical
workers strike at Point-No-P Point and
of the conditions that led up TO the
strike. Hugh " Reilly told of the un-
rest in the machine trade, and said
that he expected that some definite
action would be taken by the machin
lists of Newark In the near future to-
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