New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-05-03
THE LABOR MOVEMENT.
:. .,,n,nvnrn c.nrrNrrR.s AssocATlON.

THE EMPLOYING CARPENTERS ASSOCIATION
Alta meeting Of the Employing Carpenters Assoc'a-
ten held Tuesday vnlng, April %, resolution "'C'u
ing to the demand the striking Journeyneh o' . "S
was referred to a Committee consisting OF Messrs o
xastArbrooh Smith Kane Lewis and Hennessy' Inns
Cbmmittee was TO report at meeting OF the AssoeH0
ealing the meeting order, the President announce
that accordance with general reqnest on f pa the
enestion of inviting any person present WHO T shaw
Sent of the striking Carpenters Association finding
the vote unanimously Yea, sraightway depaLsedd and
genial but spirited debate over the Tep0res The repor
ended by their going 30 look after Mr. shaw n is
the proceedings Of the boss caIpentes over
evening was, therefore, cut short ny understood
which reporters had no control; but ~ Wa a. rs
e1 Sav 70 the best wormen and of giving others wha
ever they might be worth They dd Os 81 adverse
thereto and asked week 70 consider c Se E
ING the pay at g % per d Iac G sre . and
tion put as that was te SS H. tssocation
would be 80 until OtherSise ordered ny TIC NS'o
NHw-YoRK BmCKIAYERs' UNION. D.
The Operative Brcklayers' Protective ana b"nST
Sea Sh Mr. Brain m the chair After the preliminary
business the Committee ON General Goou Icio v,ous
Which met on the s6th Of April together with the reso
heretofore published regarding te aegeu b rcs
measures plaseTers. On motion 70 adopt te o
iatons referred TO (Which published III Yesterday
iea OF the plasterers attempting 10 rule the mlckaes
Was denounced, and the members were called upon TO
characterized deceptive and discreditaDe me IT'S
dent stated that there we% ID ,e my and SrLayng
shS thefe were members of the Pasterers Associations
md II was due To themselves stand by their rights ana
Sbef disn5ty other members spoke earnestly TO the
came point and the resolutions were ma Tye,
adopted. and the action viii be reported 10 th" f
sion Tuesday evening next The meeting was 4""'
attended. -
On nearly every block in the Nineteenth anu Ven
socond Wards. where the builders nay haIffn
lshed dwellings that are deserted me PeSetS Ss have
threatened strike The aborers demand s. da{, tae
y
scaDst Jumpers or employers who will employ o9tn
asCSs ana and SSSerer burden of complaint
that, while Erc, tsy whose sS''"T scale calls
for only day, sometimes employed M nS n
sereIs nash The Complication has seriously pepexed the
builders and already given owners no niue a nyn
where both plaserng and 6lcklaying are usnt te
apprentice builders might snap or i ~ 5 brirI
layers reared IN cities and nave become sAeu III
Said builder yesterday, 81 have paid the prices de
Aanded by the maSonS the pasteleIS the ealltnTil
and the labOrers but here the society men nave a
among themselves and am nnocenty me suieIer, Inc
Dasons and pastererS think are Iyg 70 b tV'' osb
10 that the brickiayers and Their employers haNt
wages without sufficient notice to enable employers 70
anticipate the advance in making Their contracts, Az" i
Shat no notice shall given Of intention 10 ask an III
crease wages long the necessales OF lie may NC
bought at TIE current prices ,,osterer said 1--WE
have won s. day and if those hrlcklayels VINO are
knoS H. At any rate they ask only 81 they are
oftentmes put into buildings to the exclusion 81 p9s}e
and protect ourselves We have deemed IL auNis
hs to strike against IHe that are skilled plaster
ere would oin the Pasteres Society and thus heal the
difference between the two trades but they loon az me
cas- which they have paid into the treasury oI ther own
society and then to the So required by the paSieer
and again TO the possibility OF men pelng toHeS ~
pledged TO the Pasterers Society 10 demand 81 90 ana
thns they are left in dilemma The Plssterers Society
IA mutudinou and wealthy: buwhetheT thaS strength
70 carry point the existing strike rrinans 10 be
The hodcarrers and other masons helpers stood out
again yesterday for S. day, and seem resolved To- make
very troublesome fight Notwithstanding the fearful
sdds against them They know that an uhpfeceueh'eu
peyeFs have stipulated for extension OF time Tor me
completion Of THEN contracts NeyeihetSs 1dy 5sn1
Of the Society men have resumed work -, ,..t ,;,,,
N Was reported that all employers have conceded the 81
"a day which was demanded some tune ago, ana ui"'
The quarrymen. the lst inst, demanded an increase
of wages from g. s. 80 day. and at the meeting or
euarrymens L. F. j. Society, last evening " was re
ored that Messrs LOper Davis, John NOOrhis sons
SH3 Knse Sm2 R kSr9a o ImSs S
barley Thomas Duffy. Michael Casey William JGyeg
eaffery. Osgood Taylor John and James smith 1ohla
SSs TeF Patrick SH Moran George Brodeek
Henry Harson Edward Jones' ana J9hh i iS,cr @e
trsctois will Weld before the close the week The
ssd sSSe 1Sn 81 Ms.f51on having declined
LOn, Mr.. Thomas Keenan, was chosen PRESIDENT ia.,
might "a sG fo Snsl Wee President John Bnnncy
iaTy, Martin Treacy ana Recording secretary b"'"o'o
every member Of the Operative Masons Association
N stwork at s. 50 per day Mr. John Ennis President OF
She Workinnens Union visited the society last evening
and made cOnglati&ty speech III I,Ieielcg y" n
un code OF bylaws union Of al operative maon,
societies within radius OF Is miles OF me tiiy hdi
resolution raising the initiation fee 10 $40 having been
INTRODUCED the President. MI. Johu TnOmey took The
IeeE and urged ms brethren not thus 10 make theiIs
society, and on his MOTION they tabled The Ieso
On and after Monday next the Belgian PAYERS well de
xnand IS day and there being few persons in the city
with ali the work that they do they Will get their
proc. Their lsborers also contemplate an advance OF
The stone masOns won 81 day, the ls inst, with
an the CARPENTERS Intelligence office. yesterday
morning the strike Committees desk Was covered with
cards Of employers wanting ourneymen at " day but
not solitary carpenter was unemployed.
FIGHT-HoUR DEMONSTRATIONS ~ 81. LOUIS.
NJ JysssSA!H 70 Tsr IHIBUHs.
- 81. LOUIS May The woIkngnen of this city
had grand demonstration to-day in favor of the Eight
Hour law About 6,OOO men, representing nearly all
Grades, turned out in procession with flags banners,
ottoes devices and music and after marching through
she principal streets, halted in Lueaspace where meet
ing was organized which addressed by the Hon.
John Hogan, the Hon j. j. Mcbride, MI 4. sawyer and
several mechanics, al Of whom advocated the eighthour
system and urged THEN hearers to stand lfmy y theaW
Resolutions adopted pledGng the maintenance "
yhe eghthOur system against al opposition, and Sc
they viii not submit TO IT. as deeIs Of the law. To the
contractors who 10 not oppose the law they commend
comprOmise by dividing the loss, giving eight hours
labor per day and accepting 10 per cent reduction OF
wages. The workingmen recommena, If they are com
peed TO strike for this system, the following measures
make an honorable one, As before mentioned
<eTk On the various branches directly with those who
AaTe 4 70 aud unite the cooperation principle in
7ard That We open Job shops Of our own and invite
orders Tor Work, and do il ON the same principle.
Fourth: We respectfully invite all those who are able
10 do 90 and have any Intention OF leaving mechanical
OCCUPATIONS for agricultural any other pursuits y teks
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