The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-02-12

iidciil1llsts unions, whose members
are on strike, that the University of
Cincinnati is permitting its cooperative
students to enter shops in which strikes
are on, and that the Manual Training
school also is doing so, Central Labor
Council on Tuesday night adopted a
resolution instructing its grievance COM
mittee to demand of Dean Schneider
and Superintendent of Schools Condor
that students of Our public institutions
shall not be used as strike breakers"
he machinlsts also charged in resolu-
tions that police have been "unduly act
i've in the matter of trying to nullify
their efforts and discourage them from
continuance of picket duty by reason
OF numerous arrests for lettering, and
that unfortunately there is no city or
dinance or state law defining what is or
what is not peaceful picketing, thereby
leaving the pickets at the mercy of the
whlms or notions of the police
BY request of the machinsts council
adopted resolutions instructing its griev-
ance committee to demand of Director
OF Public Safety Friedlander and Mayor
Puchta that the machinists on strike
not be molested by the police while they
are doing peaceful picket duty "recog-
many states, as lawful" and that its
law committee consult an authority on
constitutional law and draft picket or
dinance, to be submitted to Council for
passage.
Another Protest Registered.
Another protest was registered by the
machlnlsts to the effect that the City
Employment Bureau is sending men to
machine shops now affected by strikes.
1t was decided to ask proper authorities
to instruct the Employment Bureau to
discontinue doing so.
L. J. Conlon, Washington. vice-prcsi-
dent of the International Association of
Machinists, said:
How can we expect any other treat
ment than we are getting from the police
when our Director of Public Safety is
President of the Hisey-Wolf Machine
Company and our Mayor Director il
the Queen City Iron Works and both of
them connected with the Cincinnati
Metal Trades Association The police
try to discourage our men in their pick
citing by giving them ride in a patrol
No two police districts in the city have
the same rules governing picket duty.
Unless the eight-hour day is granted
in Cincinnati thirty more shops will be
affected by strikes May 1, involving
1000 men,"
Secretary Prout was instructed to
send letters to United States Senators
Pomerene and Harding urging them to
vote for the confirmation of Louis ID.
Brandeis as associate justice of su-
preme court.
Wood Carvcrs Make Request.
In compliance with request from
the International Wood Carvers Union
the secretary also was instructed to
write to congressman Longworth and
Allen asking them to support bill that
is to be introduced providing for pro-
lection of the public against imitation
wood carving.
The Musicians Union asked that the
plan of the new Geological Garden Com
mission be indorsed. Referred to the
Public Utilities Committee.
The American Federation of Labor
requested that the council use its eff
forts to have textbooks and biographies
union made. 1t also asked the council
to protest against repeal of or any
amendment to the seamen's bill. Both
requests were concurred in.
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amounts they had donated to the Dan
bury hatters.
The Ice Drivers Union reported that
its members are planning to give one
hours pay to striking machnists.
Officers were installed as follows ::
President Thomas II. Mugavin; Vice
President, John Alf; Recording Secre-
tary. William Prout; Treasurer, Kath-
ryn Nordman; Guide. Charles Sullivan /;
Guardian, William Day; Trustees, Al
bert Jones. William McTrinder and
James Shell.
Bouquet For Treasurer.
Miss Nordman was presented with a
bouquet by members of the Progressive
ticket in honor of her election.
President Mugavin appointed the fol-
lowing committees Credentials, Thorn
as Nash (chairman), Lawrence Cotter
and George Tebbenhoff; Grievance, Jo-
seph Meyung (chairman), William
Prout, c. r. Hartman, John Alf and
Thomas Anderson; Education, Ell Pol
lack (chairman), Louis Dstle. Michael
Silbernagel, Joseph Cullen and Michael
Schuld; Law, Adolph Hummer (chair-
mani, Thomas McManus, Charles Tow
ner. Edward Kirsch and Robert H.
Siekmann; Organization, Frank L. Rist
(chairman), Henry OFT, John Gillian,