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Show CAMPAIGN F0e--HH GOODS Merchants Will Be Asked to Stock Up With Union Made Articles Salt Lake, Feb. C.1 In possession of a full charter from tho American Federation of Labor at Washington, a Union Label lcaguo was organized nt tho Salt Lako Labor temple last evening with representatives nnd del cgntos from forty-two labor unions of the city. Tho league proposes nn active campaign In favor of merchandise merch-andise bearing the union label. Charles McKec, member of tlio cooks and waiters union, wns chosen prosidont. Tho othor officers aro ae follows: I Charles H. Ua'dwln, blacksmiths', union, vice president; F.' E, Morris. I typographical union, recording and f corresponding secretary; J.-.J.'Cush- man, enrpenters union, financial secretary; sec-retary; II. Klenko, musicians' union; Robert Currlo, carpentcra' union; C. H. Haldwln, blacksmiths' union; Dmll Schnoldor, browery workers' union; Uudd Drooks, building laborers' labor-ers' union; Ned Castlo, building trades council, and A. II. Kempton, Salt Lake Federation of Labor, mem-bors mem-bors of executive board, Mr. McKee president; Mr. Baldwin, Bald-win, tho vice president and Mr, Morris, sccrotary; proposed at the organization that blanks be sent out to all merchants ln Salt Lake nnd throughout the stato, In which may bo filed In tho names of such union label articles as thoy handlo, for Information In-formation of all unions. This proposal pro-posal was agreed to unanimously and It was voted to publish tho names of all merchants handling union made goods as a buying guldo. It was nlso urgod at the meeting, that tho league lndorso a union mall order house ln Now York, from whlsh union men may buy tliolr goods and morchandlso until such tlmo as merchants mer-chants ln Salt Lako may stock up with union mado goods. This matter, however, will not be glvon doflnlto consideration until a futuro mooting of tho league, when merchants liavo mado returns on tho union labei blanks. Wives of union labor men will bo organized Into an auxiliary of , tho Union Label league before tho close of the month. ,) |