The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-02-26
STENOGRAPHERS TO ORGANIZE
Other Office Employees Also Are to
BE Eligible - Municipal Picnic
Passed Up BY Organized Labor.
Central Labor Council Takes Action
to Increase Attendance at It's Reg
ular Meetings.

| typists, bookkeepers and other office en-
ployees is to be formed in this city. it
was announced by the Committee on Or
ganization at a meeting OF the Central
Labor Council Tuesday night. A meet
ing was held at o'clock Thursday night
at the Dennison Hotel Among the
speakers were Frank l.. Rist. Organizer
for the American Federation of Labor ::
James Wilson, international president of
the Pattern Makers Union. and John
p. Frey, of the Iron Molders' Union
The Council decided that organized
labor would hold its picnic as usual on
Labor Day, the Park Board to do as it
| pleased with reference to a municipal
picnic. This action was taken upon
recommendation of a committee appoint
ed at the meeting last week to meet with
the Park Board and discuss the matter
The committee reported it had asked the
board to change the date of the muni-
cipal picnic, but were informed that the
request could not be complied with. The
board last week extended an invitation
to the council to have organized labor
take part i'll the municipal picnic.
Mass Meeting To BE Held.
The Executive Board reported that
/ thursday evening, March 1G. had been
selected as the date for mass meeting
/ in Music Hall in behalf of striking ma
chinists. Efforts will be made to have
James OConncll, Washington. member
of the Industrial Commission and for
mcr President of the International AS
sociation of Machinists. make an ad-
dress, Other prominent labor speakers
will talk ON the strike situation. Thos.
| II. Mugavin, President of the council.
will act as chairman 1t is planned to
have a band concert before the meet
ing.
The Committee on Law reported that
it had engaged an attorney and would
present a draft of a picket ordinance at
the next meeting of council r. l.. Cor
ley, general organizer for the Interna-
tional Association of Machinists. told
of the treatment he said pickets are re-
cciving at the hands of police.
Since the protest to the Mayor as to
treatment pickcts are receiving at the
hands of the police it has been worse
than ever he declared.
Upon request of the machinists, Sec
retary Prout was instructed to send a
letter to the Central Labor Council at
Worcester, Mass asking it to protest
against students of the Boys Trade
School, of that city, being sent to Gin
Cinnati to work in a machine shop where
Il strike exists
Undecided as to Brandcis.
Senator Harding wrote to the Council
that he had not reached a decision in
the matter of voting for the confirmation
of Louis ID. Brandcis as Associate Jus
tice of the United States Supreme Court
He said he would wait until he heard
both sides of the investigation.
Ice Drivers Union reported that
United States Senator Pomcrcnc had
informed it that he had voted twice for
the Burnett immigration bill and would
again vote for it,
Butcher Workmcn's Union reported il
had signed working agreement with
Becker Bros. Commpany, conducting
mcatstorcs in Cincinnati and Newport
and Covngton, ky.
\ motion carried TO appoint a commit
tee to visit the proper authorities anc
request that all city printing be done by
union men.
In order to increase attendance at tn,
Council meetings Secretary PrOut wa
l instructed to write to all local union
meeting ON Tuesday night and rcqucs
, them to select another night
| Delegate Kitchens announced that O
d. Bennett, Australia, would talk il
Workmcn's Hall Sunday afternoon OF
The Labor Movement in Australia" anc
Cornelius Leblanc, Ireland would maxi
an address Wednesday, March /, in Cen
Z tral Turner Hall ON Labor, Conscrip
tion and the War"
1t was announced that efforts would b.
made to have William A. Hopkins mem
Der of the Rapid Transit Commission
explain the loop plan at the next meet
ing of the Council.