Evening journal., 1915-11-03
EXPECT MR.. GONPERS
At LABOR'S BANQUET
Affair of Central Union to
be Held at New Merritt
Hotel, November %
COMMITTEE TO MEET
WITH WATER BOARD

The banquet committee Of the Cen
tral Labor Union, through its chair
man. James O'Kane. last evening re-
ported to the meeting of the union
that the banquet would be held at the
Now Merritt Hotel, Front and French
streets. on Tuesday evening. Novem-
her 2S The committee expects TO
have as the principal speaker Samuel
M Gompers. president Of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor Several
other prominent men viii be invited
guests at the banquet The com
mittee has arranged to have the dele
gates tickets on hand for distribu-
tion at tho meeting Of the Central
Labor Union Tuesday evening. No
vember 16
During last nights meeting Or
ranizer Hickey presented TO tho at
tention Of the session the matter Of
The reorganization OF teamsters. lie
reported that p meeting would be held
az The labor hall. No. 60f Market
street SUNDAY afternoon AT . o'clock.
when those interested in the reor-
aanization of Local i47 VIII be pres
rnt New officers viii be elected
and business resumed In the work
of reorganization nc will have the
did ~ the c. L. H. organization com
miftee
The affiliated organizations report
I'd conditions in their respective
trades as follows BARRIERS. good;
bartenders. fair. plumbers, very
busy. failors good patternmakers,
pvery member working, carpenters,
inside and outside men, very busy.
rant get enough men 10 supply the
demand from contractors: printers,
busy: sheet metal workers. very
busy electrical workers. very good:
vomen's federal and bottle sealing
operatives dull. plasterers, very
good house painters, very busy; car
and ship painters. very busy, a
shortage Of men for the work in
hands OF the employers: machinists,
good. with only so OF the strikers re-
naming IN Wilmington out OF work.
the other strikers having secured en-
pioyment al union hours and wages
in other cities: teamsters. reorganiz-
ing: stage employees. good hod car
Tiers and building lahorers. very
good. horseshoers and paperhangers,
no report, cigarmakers, poor, brick
layers, very busy, musicians, very
good brewery workers. strike pro
crossing: structural iron workers
men working in Wilmington. busy
A letter was received from th'
Street ard Sewer Department stating
that N. W Wilson vice-president ans
general manager of the Wilmington
and Philadelphia Traction COmpan,
at a meeting of the board had state'
that his company was ready 10 do III
share Of the repaving OF Market stree
whenever the department was read,
70 start the work. The letter was IN
reply TO a resolution adopted al the
meeting of the G. l.. u. held Octo-
Der s.
The Water Departments reply TO
the Central Labor Unions letter ask
ing the number OF times the Porter
reservoir had been cleaned and other
questions was read and the request
of tho department that committee
be apps tied to confer with the engi-
ncer of the department was adopted.
The committee appointed consists Of
john c. Saylor. of Wilmington Typo
graphical Union, No 1923; John II.
Hickey. organizer OF the American
Federation Of Labor. who represents
Carpenters and Joiners' Union. No
636. at The Central Labor Union. and
Leonard Cooper OF Car and Ship
Painters Union. No. 449. The com
mittee viii correspond with the de-
partments engineer and arrange for
the conference at an early date.
Charles Mttleman, James O'Kane
and G. L. Greene were appointed Ia
represent the C. L. L. in the matter OF
cooperating with other organizations
VINO are end goring TO get Delaware.
Congressional delegation TO pubucl,
discuss preparedness
The reply OF the Board Of Healtl
TO the C.. l.. us letter of October 1
was read and acted upon. A copy {
the health boards letter appeared /
the newspapers yesterday. Il referro
TO the number of typhoid cases
Wilmington at the time the reply W,
written. During the discussion
number of delegates said they we
glad to see the Board of Health
spirit OF explanation TO the citizei
md taxpayers of Wilmington
Dennis J. Lynch. a member OF Loo
Union No. 267 United Brewery Wor
men. said that the various loc
unions Throughout the United Stat
are contributing TO the finances Of q
striking local union. thus allowing q
Wilmington Union to pay the me-
bers S13 a week strike benefits pr
vided they do active picket duty.