The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-08-05
TRADES COUNCIL

The Cooperative Trades and Labor
Council met Tuesday night in regular
session, with President Ed. Sims pre-
siding. The meeting proved to be one
of the largest held this year with.
forty-fve delegates being present.
1t was pleasure to many of the
delegates to hear the credentials of
Frank E. Hart and Elmer Sauer, of
Retail Clerks Union, read. Hart will
serve No. 119 fer IL months and Sauer
will serve that organization for IS
months.
The minutes of the previous meet
ing were read and approved The
monthly bills were read and allowed:
Brother Bucher, a member of Bak-
ers' Union, was admitted to the meet
ing as visitor.
A letter from Stove Mounters'
International Union No 8, of this
city, was read in which they state
that they have sent out numerous
communications regarding their strike
at the Estate Stove Company, and
that results of their grievances are
bringing results. They ask that a
committee again visit dealers. Let
ter received and ordered complied
with
A letter headed "An Open Letter
to All Who Believe in FREE LABOR.
No Slavery in the u. S." was read
from the garment workers and sign
ed by Thomas Dunn, member of Ma
chinists' Union, Washington, d. G.
The councils attention is called to the
fact that one Max Cowan, of Chicago,
head of the Worthy Manufacturing
Co., engaged in the manufacture of
prison slave-made shirts, is rapidly
enlarging his operations. He has
made contract with the state of
Connecticut to put a large number
of convicts to work in the making of
prison-made shirts. The brands are
known as Worthy Work" "Roomy
Richard" "Old Friend" and Dixie
Dan" They request that we hit this
prison-made shirt menace. The COM
munication was received and ordered
complied with.
Delegates of Painters Union and
also the Electrical Workers requested
a committee to wait on Mr.. Frechtling
of the Frechtling Dairy Company, re-
garding some work at the plant
Scheaf, Ogg and Woodrey were APP
pointed on the committee.
Delegates of Molders' Union No 6S
stated again their fight against the
Holland and Williamson furnaces in
this city. They report that many con
tractors are installing these furnaces
in homes that they are building. From
the remarks of the delegates the
molders are going to make an exam
pie of these contractors who continue
to install these unfair furnaces. The
molders will place the contractors or
the unfair list if they purchase OF
install either furnace.
Delegates of Retail Clerks Unior
reported the Reed-Klopp and Wende
furniture stores as refusing to close
their stores the same hours that other
stores close, and also refusing tC
sign the clerks agreement.
Stanley Ogg, delegate to the Ohio
State Federation convention recently
held in Middletown, submitted his re
port of the convention which was lis
tened to with much interest The re
port was received, approved and the
delegates allowance allowed.
Several of the officers of council
were in conference before the regular
meeting with Mr.. Booker, who repre-
sented the Hamilton Jockey Club
which organization has leased The
Butler county fairgrounds for race
meet. Later at the meeting the Off
GERS reported that Mr.. Booker woulC
arrange matters satisfactory to the
labor organizations to again hold tht
Labor Day picnic on the Fairgrounds
in connection with the Jockey Club
A motion was offered and which car
ried to accept Mr.. Booker's arrange
ment, and to work out final detail;
with him and his associates. The
motion as offered carried.
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