The Detroit times., 1916-03-09
Federation "DisavOws"
Authorship of Sticker
Hitting Brewers
JOHN STEELE is
NEW PRESIDENT
A n n ual Election Is
Most Holly Contested
In Years

cHiHisls Hdil, wednesday nBnt,
with the alignment OF the building
trades faction against the VETS"
and brisk debate on the question
Of the circulation OF dry" sticker,
for the source OF which August
Goebel. president OF the Employing
| Brewers association, had asked the
| organization.
The injection OF the wet and dry
issue into the election brought out
rd-breaking attendance for
the election. and the votes of the
| 29s delegates we're not counted m
al o'clock. Thursday morning.
The building trades ticket was de-
| feated in every case with the ex-
ception OF the election OF Samuel p.
| Tobin. of the Iron Workers local
No. 25. 10 the executive board, to
which he was chosen for the eighth
time. John Steele. OF the Lake
Seamen's union, was elected presi-
dent.
The split on the Prohibition ques-
ton in the organization IL declared
TO be the result OF q difference be-
tween the building trades faction
and the Royal Ark which. the build
ing trades men hold, has not kept
an agreement to employ union men
in it's work in return for the united
support OF organized labor Not di-
rectly affected by the issue. the
members OF the so-called label
trades" have been staunchly In
favor OF the liquor interests.
"Stickers with the mandate, Vote
dry, union men and friends were
posted in many places a few weeks
ago and resulted in the communica
ton from August Goebel. asking il
the federation was responsible for
it,
The liquor interests OF Detroit
have their building work done by
unfair labor Don't patroniZe those
who don't patronize YOU the OF.
Tending sticker ran.
President John b. Cannon was
in favor OF having the organization
disavow the posters, but Samuel B
Tobin. an iron worker. and one Of
the leaders of the building trade
men. moved that the recording sec
retary of employing brewers be ad.
vised that the building trades coun
Gil had, had the sticker circulated
and not the Detroit Federation OF
Labor.
IF the brewers are so particular
~ anxious TO have us with them, let
them sign up an agreement with the
different trades" he said. II know
case where we are treated un-
fairly"
President Cannon. the calm ar
bitter of a hundred squabbles during
the meeting, almost engaged In
one himself when he declared that
the brewers we're employing union
men. but that there was a jurisdic-
tional fight on.
81 don't believe in making this
organization an intelligence bu-
reau,' said Delegate Reeves, an
other of the building trades men.
The resolution was passed. re-
ferring Goebels letter to the build
ing trades council for reply. The
letter from the Employing Brewers
association had declared that the
breweries employed union men ex-
clusively.
Those stickers were a slander-
Gus thing" said President Cannon
after the meeting. and ought never
to have gone ut" He said that
they had been printed In q non
union shop. but the union label ap-
pears on them.
Approximately 10000 labor votes
we're represented by the gathering
of delegates that packed Mschin.
lists hall, and while the friendly
tone Of the letter from Goebel and
It's attitude OF cooperation indicat-
ed close bond between the wet
interests and the Detroit Fedora
tion OF Labor, the hotly-contested
election and the noisy support that
backed up the building trade men
II the debate on the brewers let.
ter gave evidence of a large dry
following.
Stanley Anderson, OF the Street
Railway Employees association, was
chosen vice-president; Charles II.
Lewis. Box Makers No. 27, record
ing secretary; David Thomas, Sheet
Metal Workers No. los; reading
clerk: Mrs. Lenora Lick. Garment
Workers No. "A, financial secretary
and librarian: Miss Marie Fessard,
another garment worker of the
same local. was made assistant H.
brarian without contest.
or nine candidates for the eecu.
tive board, the following Ave were
elected: Samuel +. Ssbin, Iron
Workers No. 562: William Under.
wood, .Machinists No. s2I William
Whitman, Garment Workers No.
"a; John Cook, Plumbers union,