The Connecticut labor news., 1924-09-13

death of the operator; said appliance | shall at all times be kept in proper working order; and the use and opera ton of such cars shall be confined, wherever possible, to other than main traffic streets.
 Section4. It shall be unlawful for any person performing the duties of both the conductor and motorman on any car in passenger service to start or operate such car, or permit such car to be in motion while he IS collecting fares or performing any duty not necessary | i'll the actual movement of such car; nor shall he permit any passenger to ride upon the platform of such car. A copy of this section shall be posted in a con- spicuous place in each car operated by one person.
 Section 5. Any corporation, municip ality, company, person or court officer operating any street railway as provided in any section of this Act, who shall | the conditions of Sections 2, } and4, shall forfeit and pay to the State of Gonna penalty of not less than fifty dollars and not more than two hundred dollars for each and every violation thereof, and each period of ten days that such corporation, municipality, com pany, person or court officer shall ta1l neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of this Act and each car operated in violation of any provision or condition of this Act, shall be deem Any employe or person described III Section of this Act who shall violate any provision of that section shall for felt and pay to the State of Connecti cut not less than fifty dollars and not more than one hundred dollars. All money collected under and by virtue of this act shall be paid into the common school fund of the State of Connecticut.
 Section 5 All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. If any part of this Act is 1 held by any court to be invalid, the re- mainder of the Act shall neverthless, be valid
 Section 7. It shall be the duty of the Prosecuting Attorneys of the various cities, and Towns in Connecticut to en- | force the provisions and prosecute the violations of this Act
 Section g. This Act is necessary for | the immediate preservation of the pub | lie safety, and shall take effect thirty | (3O) days after its passage. Referred to Committee on Resolu- tions.
 Adopted
 
 Whereas, The United Hatters of North America, for the past several years has been waging fight against the "open shop" due to the lack of de mand for union label hats by many members of Organized Labor, and Whereas, Many of the chain hat stores carry a vast majority of non union hats, especially the Sarnof chain of hat stores, which firm has been placed on the unfair list" by the New Jersey State Federation of Building Trades because they employed non union labor on the reconstruction of their buildings, and
 Whereas, The said Sarnoff Hat Com pany are deceiving the public by mis-, leading signs on their store windows, Union Made," while Tn most of their stores they carry strictly non-union hats; therefore be 1t
 Resolved, That the 39th Annual Con- vention of the Connecticut State Fed eration of Labor endorse the label of the United Hatters of North America and urge all union men to demand the union label when purchasing a hat, and to refrain from patronizing the hat stores of any manufacturer that em- ploys non-union help, and be it further
 Resolved, That this convention re- quest all Central Bodies and Local Unions to appoint a committee to call on the merchants in their respective localities and urge them to carry only union label straw, panama, wool, soft and stiff hats. Respectfully submitted,
 Patrick Ginty, United Hatters of North
 America. |
 Referred to Committee on Resolu- tions.
 Adopted
 To the Officers and Delegates of the Thirty ninth Convention ot the
 State Federation of Labor: Whereas, Local No. 25, Metal Pol ishers of New Haven, are still con ducting a strike against the Winches- 1 ter Corporation, and Whereas, It is Understood by the delegates representing the Metal Pol ishers International Union that efforts are being made to settle this long standing strike by the Officers Of the State Federation of Labor; therefore be 1t
 Resolved. That every effort. SO far made by our officers be endorsed and l that the same efforts be made in the | settlement of the Peck Brothers strike, l who are manufacturers of plumbing | supplies and who are at this time and l have been sending their work out to be l done by unfair labor in jobbing shops, l and be 1t further
 Resolved, That the Cowles Com pany in the City of New Haven also be shown that the Metal Polishers arc just as determined today as they were three years ago of bringing this strike to a successful conclusion.
 Signed:
 Ernest C. Schmidt, Delegate, Local No.
 40, Bridgeport.
 James A. Kennedy, Delegate, Local No.
 5. Metal Polishers.
 Referred to Committee on Resolu- lions