Show FEDERATED TRADES Chinese labor The Silver Question Condition Con-dition of the Trades The regular meeting of the Federated Trades and labor council was held last c evening there being a fair attendance of the members f b Several new delegates were admitted And a vacancy having occurred in the office of sergeantatarms Mr Terry was electd to that position CHINESE LABOR The arbitration committee reported that the report circulated to the effect that the proprietors of the Wasatch restaurant were employing Chinese labor was unfounded un-founded The organization has taken a decided stand on the Chinese labor question and the members think they are now in a position to demonstrate to employers who I I hire Chinese with a view to cheapening expenses that they are making a mistake I mis-take I LABOR DAY CELEBRATION A communication was received from the l Building Trades congress asking the i Federated Trades to unite with it in celebrating cele-brating Labor day at Saltair The communication com-munication was declined with thanks and the organization decided to invite the congress to join with it in a celebration CONDITION OF THE TRADES The condition of the trades was reported re-ported as follows MachinistsDull Typographical Dull CarpentersDull Cigar makersVery bad Cooks Waiters and Bartenders Dull BakersAll union men working BrewersFair Molders All shops but one closed ClerksDull TailorsDull THE SILVER QUESTION The silver question was then called up and the action previously taken by the executive committee was endorsed It was also decided to get up a monster petition pe-tition asking for the remonetization of the white metal Adjourned for two weeks |