| Show MEETING OF THE FEDERATED TRADES COUNCIL president G B R sleater presided over a meeting of the federated trades stud and labor council sept delegates froni from nearly all the trades we were present represent as well as a number of non delegate the committee on joint city and county building reported that the joint committee for the city and county had bad agreed on the bid of contractor bowman as the one which they would recommend to the city council for adoption A new committee consisting of burn buria redmon porcher tallman and williamson Wllliam son was appointed to wait upon the council at once and ask that the requests heretofore made to legai the joint committee that the job be regulated ted by union prices and work given to union men under the eight hour rule be inserted in the contract the committee was excused from the session to attend to the duties imposed the executive committee reported that they had bad visited the merchants regarding the early closing hours for the winter A communication was read from the pioneer building association asking that the council would include in their recommendations to the legislature one favoring the exemption of such associations from taxation A committee consisting of caven auga colter and cook was appointed to arrange with william jackson armstrong for a lecture under the auspices of the council and upon such subject as might be selected notice having been given at the previous meeting tahe to the eff effect act that an amendment would be offered to the L bylaws by laws by striking out article 4 the same flame was taken under consideration and an after dafter a lengthy debate was expunged the wording was as follows any member of a union in good stand standing tog shall be eligible to any office in this council the vote was 16 for to 8 the necessary two thirds vote having been given it was declared adopted the following amendment to article 11 1 of the constitution ou on duties of officers was submitted to wit all money belonging to the council which may be turned over to the treasurer shall be properly receipted for and immediately deposited by the treasurer treasur er with some rep reputable mutable safe deposit institution and at every regular meeting positively must exhibit his deposit book to the financial secretary and the president ot of the council and no excuse shall be accepted for the absence of said books from any meeting even though the treasurer himself be not present no funds on deposit and belonging to the council shall be drawn except for payment ol of bills ordered paid by oy the council and when funds are withdrawn for that purpose a check for the same must be signed by the treasurer and countersigned counter signed by the president and recording secretary of r the council laid over till next meeting under the rules under the head re reports lorts irom from the several trades the following were submitted carpenters no boom some men out of work trade dull plumbers all busy work improving in bathers lathers outlook better cigar makers trade frade dull all summer t typographers business fair brewers bome difficulties but chances are they will be settled some few out of work and some few scabs in cooks and waiters doing fairly well retail clerks three establish meats yet holding out on the closing proposition tailors trade picking up men all at work building improving I 1 mp roving barbers about as asua usua usual z the executive committee and the committee from the retail clerks union were instructed to arrange for a demonstration next monday night in recognition of those merchants who had bad complied with the requests concerning early hour closing and condemnation of such as had not the special committee appointed early in the evening to watt wait upon the city council returned and reported that the suggestions of the joint committee on city and county buil buildings diDge relative to letting the contract to bowman had bad been presented and add adopted by the council but the request of the federated trades as above set out was not considered although brought to the attention of that body before their final action the report of the committee was received and the following resolution was adopted resolved that the federated trades protest against against the treatment received at the hands of the city council in that it refused to listen to the respectful appeal of this body before adopting the report of the joint committee and without considering si such protest particularly in reference to the employment of union men and eight hour rule |
