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The Connecticut labor press., 1920-02-07
ORGANIZED LABOR .
PLANS TO BUY ON
COOPERATIVE PLAN
Recommendation of Trades Coun.
Gil Head for General Stores
Meets Favor.
ACTION NEXT MEETING
Success of Venture in Other Cities
Can Be Had Here
Is Belief.

The workingman in New Haven
through Organized Labor is going into
business and sell to himself if the
recommendation to be made by Presi-
dent Ira M Ornburn of the Trades
Council is carried into effect To Judge
from the enthusiasm with which the
mere mention of the recommendation
was received at the meeting of the
Trades Council on Thursday night the
plan, through the cooperative store
idea will soon be in operation here
The recommendation will come for
na1ly before the Trades Council at its
next regular meeting, in the report of
President Ornburn which with the re-
ports of the other officers was post
poned last Thursday night because of
the small attendance due to the storm.
President Ornburn, however, explained
that the chief recommendation in his
report would be the Immediate con-
sideration of plan to organize and
operate cooperative store in New
Haven wherein Organized Labor men
could purchase the necessities of life at
about cost price and use whatever
profits accrued for the upkeep of the
business and his own general welfare.
Several of the members present heart
lily endorsed the idea and were of
mind to take it UP then and there and
start the ball a-rolling. Mr.. Ornburn,
however, suggested that the better plan
would be to acquaint the various locals
with the project Before the next meet
ing and urge every delegate to the
Trades Council to be present at that
time with the sense of his organization
back of him and then fully discuss and
decide on the matter. If the project
is started, as it most likely will be, it
should be started on a full cooperative
basis and not by a few organizations,
SO as to ensure its great and immedi-
ate success.
Cooperative stores conducted by and
for organized labor bodies have made
tremendous success in other parts of
the country and there is no reason why
it shouldn't here, Mr.. Ornburn pointed
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-02-07
URGE MOONEY RE-TRIAL.

San Francisco, Feb. 6.-Advocates
of a new trial for Thomas J. Mooney
continue their agitation, although their
efforts are not receiving frst-page pub
1icity because of after-war problems
On the last day of his term of Office,
District Attorney Fickerf attempted to
have the other indictments against the
alleged bomb throwers dismissed. This
would make it impossible to secure a
new trial. Judge Griffin blocked the
game by dismissing indictments against
Mrs. Mooney and Weinberg. who were
found not guilty at their first trial. The
court retained upon his calendar one
indictment against Mooney and Billings,
and now the advocates of a trial for
Mooney are asking the new district at
torney to proceed with trial on that
Indictment
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-02-07
TRANSFERS GIVEN
INDIVIDUAL RAISE
But Deadlock Portends on Recog-
milton of Union by
Coal Dealers.

Although substantial increases in
wages and in some cases, reduction OF
hours, has been granted to the chauf-
feurs, teamsters and helpers employed
in the coal trade in this city, the adj
justment of the demands made upon the
dealers by the workers is yet far from
settlement The concessions made SO
far have been made on the determina-
ton of the dealers to treat with their
employees individually and not as an or
Canized labor body. This is objection
able to the men as whole as it leaves
them unprotected from layof or re-
duction in scale at the pleasure of the
employers without chance to discuss it.
The increases granted SO far range
frcm SO cents day to So week and
the reduction in hours from 10 to nine
hours a day but so far as a general
recognition of the men as class little
has been accomplished. To date Presi-
dent Ira M. Ornburn of the Trades
Council who is conducting the nego-
tiations for the workers, has received
but two replies from the dealers in an
Swer to his request for general agree
ment One is from Verdi & Ba1samo
asking for conference on the matter.
The other was from Sheehan & Cronan
in which it was stated that while in
creases had been given their employees
they did not see any reason why they
should deal through the union organlza
tor To await othel replies action has
been deferred until probably next
"Wednesday when it IS expected definite
answers sufficient to act on win have
been received.
Adjustment of the controversy of
the yard workers who, when organiza-
ton was being perfected, were taken in
under the marine workers union will
also probably be made at that time.
The yard workers are in no sense con-
nected with marine work and ask to be
affiliated with the teamsters and helpers
where they belong. The, transfer has
been practically agreed to.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-02-07
INTERVIEW" GETS
O'MEARA in WRONG
G. r. of l.. President Wrongfully
Quoted in New Haven
Daily.

Although Patrick F. O'Meara, presi-
dent of the c. F. of l., is one of the
best known men In the state and New
Haven, he is apparently not known to a
reporter of the New Haven Union who
was sent to interview him this week
and succeeded in getting him in wrong"
by interviewing him by proxie The
object of the interview was to get Mr.
O'Meara's opinion on the defeat of
Samuel Gompers for election as delegate
of the cigarmakers to the American
Federation of Labor convention.
The reporter went to Trades Council
hall and picked out NJ. J. Louden as Mr..
O'Meara and straightway began to in
terview Louden as O'Meara. Louden's
interest in the interview was little as he
supposed the reporter was just killing
time with him while waiting for
caller he was talking to at the next desk.
To help the reporter enjoy himself he
jokingly declared the cigarmakers were
liable to act along their own, lines with
out any suggestions from outside.
That was enough for the reporter and
that evening his paper came out with
sharp interview not altogether compli-
mentary to the cigarmakers and the en-
tire thing credited to President
O'Meara. Naturally when the cigar
makers saw it they descended on Mr..
O'Meara en- masse and there was some
tall explaining to be done. Mr.. O'Meara
wanted some. explaining himself and
straight off got into touch with tie ed
itorsl of the paper Next day correc-
ton was printed exonerating Mr..
O'Meara from the interview but mas
much as the statements had been re-
printed in other papers about the state
the late correction was of little avail
and Mr.. O'Meara is yet explaining that
the interview was not an interview at all.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-02-07

Trades Council.
of Columbia University, New York, and
Col. William Collins, also of New York
who had accepted invitations to address
the gathering were confined to their
beds by the flu and word of their i'll
ness had been received too late to per-
NIT of securing other speakers. The
remainder of the program as planned
was carried out however.
Despite the blizzard about 100 dele
gates and friends had assembled and
after the formal installation enjoyed a
bounty of refreshments provided by a
committee consisting of Eugene Treiber,
Robert Munzner, John J. Dunn, Charles
Ciofi, Charles E. Rohler, ]. L. Rich
ards, Edison L. Camp, Willis Brown,
Gebhard Baehr and William Bowen.
During the business session the new
1y elected delegates of the Teamsters,
the BARRIERS, Cigar Makers, Trolley
workers and Mou1ders who were pres
ent were seated The officers for the
year now are:
President, Ira M Ornburn, Local 80,
Cigarmakers.
Vice-President, Eugene Treiber,
Local 81, Brewery and Soft Drink
Workers.
Corresponding Secretary, Joseph J.
Reilly, Local AZ, Typographical Union.
Financial Secretary, August Striby,
Local IL, Bakers.
Treasurer, Daniel B. Mckay Division
281, Street Railway EMPLOYEES.
Trustees, Frank Fitzgerald, Local $50,
Steam and Operating Engineers; John
L. Richards, Local 79, Carpenters John
Landrigan, Local 234, Musicians; Ben
jamin Leventhal, Local 20, Capmakers
F. Walker, Division 281, Street Rail-
way Employees.
Sergeant-at-Arms, Frank P. McCabe,
Local Is, Po1ishers and Buffers.
Executive Council, in addition to the
officers, John Strachan, Local 7o, Car
penters; William Sleeman, Local Sc,
Steam and Operating Engineers
Charles E. Rohler, Local 80, Cigar
makers; Thomas Poll, Local AZ, Typo
graphical
Delegates from the Ladies Garment
Makers reported that several shops had
signed their agreement but, that others
yet refused to do so and urged that the
delegates impress upon their women
folk the necessity of asking for union
made goods when they make purchases
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-02-07
FORCED ARBITRATION. >

New York, Feb. 6.-Compulsory arbi-
tration in any form violates the prin-
ciples of American liberty and will be
resisted by labor, declared President
Gompers at the annual meeting of the
National Civic Federation.
The A. F. of L. executive said there
were numerous instances to prove that
while many employers are fair, ''as a
rule, that which the employer comedies
is that which the insistent demands of
the workers press home upon him. And
that is true not only in private employ
true with government employees, wheth-
er they be of federal, state or national
governments,
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-02-07
HOSTILE EMPLOYERS
LOOKING FOR GOAT
Try to Hang Failure" of Labor
Conference on
Baruch.

Boston, Feb. 6.-Anti-union employ
| ers are looking for a goat to blame
the failure, last October, of the Presi-
| dents industrial conference.
In an address to merchant tailors in
this city, Marcus w. Alexander put the
1T" sign on Mr.. Bernard Baruch, New
York business man who was member
of the public group in that conference.
Mr.. Alexander is managing director
of the national industrial conference
board, representing score of employ
ers' associations.
According to Mr.. Alexander, one in
dividual is responsible for the commits
sion's bust up, and the organized work
ers would accept the employers nom
union shop (Which they term "open
shop") but for the political manipula-
tions by the New Yorker.
The record, however, does not sup
port the claim of this representative of
the manufacturers. The unionists de-
manded collective bargaining and the
right of workers to be represented
through spokesmen of their own choos-
ing. The manufacturers demanded the
so-ca11ed "open shop" would recognize
organizations of their own employees
without connection with workers of the
same craft in similar industries and fav-
ored collective bargaining that didn't
bargain and was not collective.
The employers position is best stated
in their announcement in the public
press of October "a, 1919, after the COM
mission had failed and the President
told the employers to go home. That
group then published this "glittering
generality:
Collective bargaining as policy of
principle cannot, be safely used in the
broad and general sense with which the
public has been accustomed to express
it. but must be defined clearly as to its
applicability to the varying relations that
exist between wage Garner and the en-
p1oyer."
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-02-07
new OFFICERS OF
TRADES COUNCIL
ARE INSTALLED
Despite Blizzard and Sickness of
Speakers Event Is
Enjoyed.
COMMITTEE ON JOB
Refreshments and Smokes Galore
Make Up for Lack
of Speakers.

Old Boreas or whoever that mythical
being is who controls the Billiards did
his best 10 put quietus on the open
meeting and smoker of the Trades
Council to mark the annual installation
of officers on Thursday night last But
despite his efforts and the fact that the
two speakers expected for the occasion
were down with the flu the sess1oE
was held anyhow and good time was
had by all"
A short business meeting preceded the
installation during which President Orn-
burn announced that Prof. A. c. Parker
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-02-07

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wage agreements were reached IN other
factories here where the workers are on
a piece work basis. Substantial in
creases so as to bring the average pay
to a par with the day work scale were
secured.
At meeting being held tonight Mr..
Garland placed before the Corset
Workers, Local SO, proposition where
bv those now paid on piece work basis
will be placed on day work basis with
the minimum pay to be fixed at the pres
ent maximum allowed for piece work.
Agreements were also reached this
week whereby the. printers employed at
the Warner Brothers factory will re-
ceive $3.50 week and the rubber cut
tiers, after six months experience re-
ceive minimum of $33 week.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-02-07
COAL OWNERS PROFITS.

Washington. Feb. 6.-At hearings be-
fore the Presidents miners wage COM
mission officers of the United Mine
Workers presented statistics obtained
from the treasury department and fnan-
cial reports showing that in 1917 there
were 335 mining. !comnanies that made
Is per cent. on Their capital stock, 311
made 20 per cent, 3o5 made Is per
cent, 20 made 80 per cent, 232 made
40 per cent. or more, 1o7 so per cent
or more; los, 100 per cent or more,
and eight companies made over 1000
per cent.
Regardless of all increases, it was
stated, mine labor is receiving today
fewer cents out of every dollar paid to
operators for coal than in 1913 and 1914.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-02-07
soLoNs GOOD ORGANIZERS

Washington, Feb. 6.-Attacks on gov
ernment employees who are members of
organized labor by certain members of
Congress is proving helpful to the or
ganized movement, says Luther c.
Steward, president of the National Fed
Grafton of Federal Employees.
"The remarkable growth of our or
ganization is largely due to unfair at
tacks on the mass of deserving workers
in the Federal service" declared the
trade union executive
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-02-07
INJURED GET RAISE.

Olympia, Wash, Feb. 6.-The Oregon
industrial accident commission has put
into operation the new law which pro-
vides for an increase of 80 per cent.
in payments to injured workers entitled
pensation law. The new act will cover
all cases of disability coming under the
jurisdiction of the accident commission
after December of last year.
There are about 1000 back claims to
be adjusted as a result of the enact
ment of the new law.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-02-07
MORDECAI HEADS
BUILDING TRADES
Reelected President With Other
Officers at Last
Meeting.

George F. Mordecai, business agent
of the Brotherhood of Carpenters, was
reelected president of the Building
Trades Council at the annual meeting
of the delegates held last week at
Trades Council hall. The other officers
elected are: James Cobey of the Sheet
Metal Workers, vice-president; Richayd
Tippin of the Brick1ayers, recording
secretary, and P. F. O'Meara of the
Plumbers, treasurer. The trustees
elected are Edwin Stevenson, Willis
Whiteny and William Smith.
The general reports showed the build
ing trades generally to be in fair shape
throughout the New Haven jurisdiction.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-02-07
MORE TRADE SCHOOLS.

The railroad administration is now
planning in conjunction with the state
board of education and the state direct
or of vocational education for vocation
al training of employees of the New
York, New Haven & Hartford railroad.
Some of the trade schools about the
state may be utilized for this work.
Some of the training would be trade ex-
tension work in the conpany's shops.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-02-07
LABOR TEMPLE
FOR new HAVEN
Is NOW PLANNED
Trades Council to Take Up I'm
portant Subject
at Once.
STRIBY'S SUGGESTION
Recommends Fund From Labor
Day Book Be Set Aside
as Start.

Plans and recommendations to start a
fund for the. building of Labor Tenn
pie in New Haven which will be the
permanent and official home of all Or
ganized Labor in this city, will be one
of the principal topics of discussion at
the next meeting of the Trades Coun-
cii. It was tentatively brought forth at
the meeting of the Council on last
Thursday night but no formal action
was taken because of the small at
tendance.
The plan will come before the meet
ing in a formal recommendation by
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-02-07
GARMENT WORKERS
GIVEN $40 A WEEK
Gartland's Efforts Among Bridge
port Factories Crowned
With Success.

Bridgeport, Feb. 6.--Through the eff
forts of Hugh j. Garland of New Ha-
ven, representative in this district of the
International Lady Garment Workers,
an agreement has been reached whereby
the cutters at the Warner Corset fac
tory connected with Local "a, have been
granted a minimum wage of $40 per
week with the pay running up to $47 a
week. A 44-hour week has also been
agreed to and becomes operative imme-
diate1y At the same time satisfactory
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-02-07
Explanation

Owing to traffic conditions due
to the storm much of the matter
which goes to make up The Con-
necticut Labor Press failed to
reach this office in time for pub
lication.
Consequently this issue is one
half an issue, so to speak, but
effort will be made to make
amends next week.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-02-07
HUB" POLICE ACTIVE.

Boston, Feb. 6.-Police Commission
er Curtis smashed the Policemen's
union recently but now it is whispered
that recruits who replaced the strikers
are organizing. The police cornnis-
sioner has ordered captains to closely
question patrolmen and sergeants, who
are being given the third degree behind
closed doors.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-02-07
: CIGAR MAKERS GAIN.

Louisville, KY, Feb. GA threatened
strike of 500 organized cigar makers
convinced manufacturers that their en-
ployes. were Just,hed IN demanding a
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-02-07
CARPENTERS TURN
DOWN OFFER OF
. 90 CENTS WAGE
Mass Meeting Unanimous in
Sticking Out for 81 Scale
Demanded.
STRIKE SUGGESTED
Leaders Counsel to Try Once
More However
Prevails.

More than 500 members of the local
Brotherhoods of Carpenters and join
ers met in the Arena on Thursday
night despite the blizzard raging over
the city and emphatica1ly and unani-
mously rejected the compromise offer of
go cents an hour made by the Master
Builders of this district. General Or
ganizer William ]. Sullivan was just as
emphatically instructed to wait on the
contractors and inform them of the re-
lection of the offer and to insist on the
from January 10.
The demands were presented several
months ago and were turned down by
the contractors who suggested COM
promise, which has been in conference
since. The conference finally resulted
in blanket offer of the 90 cents per
hour to become effective on April l
which offer was not agreeable to the
several individual brotherhoods so the
general mass meeting was called for
Thursday night.
The meeting lasted well along until
midnight and produced quite large
sentiment in favor of an immediate
strike to force the grant of the demands.
Among the leaders however the opinion
held that such drastic action should be
dS q tdSl ICSOll dIlQ llldI .lllc
matter should be again taken up with
the contractors, the original demands
insisted upon and they be given every
opportunity to meet them before an
actual severance of relations take place.
There was not at any time question
of the unanimity of the meeting in re-
jecting the compromise offer of 90
cents and of sticking out for the ST an
hour demanded, the only difference be-
ing as to the method to be persued to
secure it. From all parts of the big hall
speakers urged immediate strike to
bring the matter to an issue during
which it was pointed out that practically
everywhere else in the state and east
the 81 an hour or more is already in
effect. After thorough discussion, how
ever, it was voted that the contractors
be given another opportunity TO come
to an agreement. zzzTs-s-----
Organizer Sullivan yesterday COM
municated the ection of the meeting to
the employers committee and asked for
an immediate meeting to reopen the
matter. 1t was the sentiment of the
meeting, clearly expressed, that delay
should not be brooked but the matter
rushed and another mass meeting called
as soon as definite answer is secured
from the builders
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-02-07
BENEFIT FOR SUN STROKE

Trenton, N J., Feb. GA precedent
sin compensation cases was established
in this state when the workmen's COM
pensation board awarded $2,8o8 to the
widow of a man who died from the eff
fects of sun stroke, suffered while at
work -
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-02-07

The fellow who believes the local
labor paper should publish certain mat
ters affecting his organization but who
never takes the trouble to put the
paper wise" to the aforesaid matters
and then boots loudly because it isn't
help toward making the paper what it
ought to be.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-02-07
HARTFORD G. L. U. ELECTS.

Hartford, Feb. president A. P.
Krone, Vice President A. Wardinski,
Secretary H. F. Trommer and other
union officers were reelected for the
next year at the annual election of the
Hartford Central Labor Union Wednes-
day night. Edward Bransfeld and four
other delegates to represent the c. L.
U. in the city central committee, which
will conduct the American labor party
campaign in April, were chosen and
the central labor organization again
placed itself on record as enthusiastica1-
ly for the labor party movement.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-02-07
PRINTERS RAISE WAGES.

Hamilton, Ontario, Feb 5.-After a
short strike commercial shop printers
raised wages from $3.50 a week to $35
a week for the present year and $50
for the first six months of next year.
Watch out for the non-union bar
tender these days The union still
f1ourisIes and there's no excuse for
patronizing the place which substitutes
a non-union man for the fellow who
wears. the blue and white button.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-02-07
BIG SUGAR PROFITS.

Washington, Feb GA profit of 100
per cent. is being made on sugar ex-
ported from the United States by mid
d1emen, jobbers and brokers, reports
the department of commerce.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-02-07

The union label stands for morality,
cleanliness, honesty, chivalry toward
woman and protection of the young
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-02-07

You're all right from your head Up if
gou have union label in your hat
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-02-07

Guide your buying by Labor's Buy
ing Guide.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-02-07

Patronize those who patronizs jas.