New-York tribune., 1867-06-21
THE LABOR MOVEMEHT
COOPERATION TO BE BORN OF TIE wORE1SGMEN's
EIGHT-HOUR CONVENTION.

EIGHT-HOUR CONVENTION.
The Workingmen's Convention Oh Saturday even.
ing unable to get further than the election Of OIL
Seemingly this because the managers had not
"a the politicians say. "cut and driod the thing" in ad
vance; but really because the best thinkers who
have taken active part in the labor movement have
found the Eight Hour Lava very unnageaDle eiepnant
Tho officers Of Saturday nights gathering know that
the delegates from the q societies which were represented
mus. decline to adopt the Lghllour Law fGI tue very
good reason that vast majority Of the VorkDgncn OF
New-York and vicinity had either emphalcaiy pro,
he Ilt on until November n time when few mccbancs
work longer than eight hours day But those Of ths
delegates who looked under the snlace oI inc Conyen
On and took "A deeper view saw material for gIander
combination than the worbngmen have yet been able to
pce their plans. They were 80 far successful as carry
an Adjournment to next Saturday evening AZ that
tals and be able TO enter without delay upon the work
Which l. TO be done Alr Ennis President OF the WORK,
inT donto1 Of the sgthour rule but dccgates
from other and weaker societies viii combat hln with
the md!sputable fact that ia many labor 0rganzatOnsn
Is held to be a suicidal pres the eghtlour rule n,
this time They viii add that the delegates represent
nearly II not quite $4,000, which the worknSmens soce
ties have deposited IN savings banks, and they wiz
uTge tine investing Of this capital in vast cooperative
workshop which shall both employ score OF trades aud
Initiate the eIghthour reform. II. viii say tat m no
other way can wOrAnnen reduce their hours o. labor IL
eight day and in pruOf Of the soundess OF thcr ldos
that worbnsmen's cooperative combinations can Carp
tits or any other reform, they Will instance the
Cooperative Iron Foundey at Troy and the works OF the
COOPERATIVE GLAss-CUTTERs
II,
any time within the last three months have reduced hoh
hours OF labor. and at tie same time competed success
ly with the woaltbies iron founders or gasscuttes In
the country Then the delegates VINO favor c2opelatoo
VIII tell their brethren that these two eninenty success
fl organizations grew out OF labor societies Just IKE
those which have delegates to the Eight Hour Con-
yeItOn For example; nearly year ago tAe %
Cutters Protective Union men discussed cooperation as
means Of keeping themselves employed Ihy s1die%d % tas
subject we'll and at length voted 10 take $500 OF tneli
money from the Savings Bank and riSk ~ IN theli
own workshop, each asserting member OF ne Uh9n AZ
a. =
the S25OO, and 10 contribute thereto utI te COlh
panys capital should be deemed ample Tor me S com
Brooklyn Flint Glass Companys works thIew many OF
the society out and FASTENED vote 10 begin coop
eratve work before the partners had Accumulated TIE
desired capital. This was last Autumn a M bliuin9
Was found nj Nos lg9 and Waterst IN Brooklyn and
THIS was hired without delay. But the necessary stones
and tools not being for sale ~ America Ge Toocid3r.
we're necessarily delayed until these could be bIongh;
from Euclaud: and H. was not until the hrst Oh
January last that the glass cutters were aDle 20 uIVH
their doors open 10 tie public, IGelr, pa1 Gpu.a
beginning they employed - ot their hgsl sAiu "o a
their number found fu situations elsewhere ana tls
in the cooperative WORKSHOP was IeugSet 80 Cs'
every man was employed siN day Wee" ~ ~ Oolo 20,
tors take no apprentices ana keep none ON l4' uDs'
skul gasscUeTs Lave the Best toO & 'o m t 's 5on
I'm the country and moreover every u'H ~ ~ Wppes
interested IN turning out the hhcst NUIA, i,nts -
they have already become more than tlict l.f'i hss
their former employers; ana II Is ot'iss'tg rLsd
they might now have ruled the market lley hto
they have compelled MessTs H0ale " Datg anu V.te.
wealthy dealers in glass 10 do. Unlike other gasscuhS
est Is
lob from the coarsCst 10 the finest and from the most
trivial 10 the largest II you would nave yonr 99 ht99
ground ON favorite wine glass. or the Le4hdS snonu
desire every pane in the Metropolitan peculiarly oint
mental the Cooperative Glass cutters WOUld execute ne
one order as upon the other Their workshop is ths
largest IN the country, being sp9S3u5, h'a n,s
steam power; aud here. any hour OF the day iAet
President MT John j. McCue. who Is suptriniehue' Aha
manager as we'll NAV be with the solcd apron OF
apdary raversng the great Woikro0m IIOnl stoue -
stone overseeing the whole or perhaps receiving us
FT
ly show you the processes Of glass grinding and ~
triumph exhibit trnkcts OF flint glass wherein Ie o w9oS
man has very successfully wrought cheap gas lhtos
close imitation OF the imperial diamond iRe cooPea9o1.
% who are od eGsSe SsSever m Dividend ha be declared they
will share therein with their outside partners buy yne
dividend is anticipated time 20 come the policy
of e stockLodrs being IL invest their profits In tht
enlargement and improvement OF their WORKSHOP an'
EIGHT HOURS.
The stone-cutters of san tranciSco reduced ihst 5
hours OF labor 70 eight day on the lst OF May at e IN
blowers acceded 10 the arrangement without ths
slightest hesitation. The ship carpenters ana J3es OF
san Francisco have long been at WORK M pTr , and
from TO in the afternoon. Both employers anu cH n
ployed pleased with the new order oi nnd tnsd nv
eghthour rule. Workingman's Convention wa Mas & Hea
the evening Of April 80 IN san Francisco Ise beS
OF the Eighthour .Law the Meehales leu lem Sn
Coole Labor Convict Labor the App%enTe % oySeI that
all workingmen should take holiday on primary eev,Vu
gate Who had not ccnE by the wor1nen,..
convention The delegates from the various dlstugs
were requested 10 present the names OF DELEGATES Vr
Convention of both parties, so that they mlsuI 10
dorsed or rejected by the Convention
OTHER COOPERATIVE COMPANIES.
Mr. Alfred Kershaw of No. 2c Br9auWG
Room No 81 whose advertisements have aIeH,p 49, 49,
published in THE TRIBUNE Is striving 10 olsta s~erv
cooperative store association To furnish groceries o
kind 10 It's sharehoders AT wholesale cost prices NJ
Kershaw's plan OF operations may DC seen IN INC VV
The shares oci to The number o. hE 70 ,. }. an an
limited The funds Of the association % be Kept OsnA l
piled purchase the Of distribution and the pA
Dot or s,orehonse centrally situated Tor Distribution there 70
packages suitable for distribution y Wagons Wheh WI
5ed mis- mode Of operation all the Of rent. ~.
profits and other expenses Of retail Our goos vi"
less an retail prices Shareholder viii also receive d'ldeH' 0A WA
stock equal to Is per cent annually ,..,o, a. Troy
The now Cooperative Foundery Association az ta'.
numbering between 40 and so members, ana n essh
capital OF from $4,000 TO $4,000 In shares OF w
have leased the establishment formerly known a.
Foundery In the Town OF Wateryet, snort % Iii
below the Watervliet Arsenal The new organL' ,,rs
commence operations In few weeks-nealiy iped tn1
amount OF capital required having Deen Gievejand
cooperative store has been In operation IN nrsnass
one year. The first annual report OF n!s,iisSmenf ns
apuears in Ths Clereland Leader. The snmi,ai
was commenced June ], 1863, on "sbows Q
OF $l,797 97, and the years business mounted
profit OF 20 per cent During .ho yesn 49, tSs
and conducting t during that time were N5y 81 the
Committee say that had Its operations Deen bees
expenses OF conducting the business M%oa % With the rt
anti of their ex xperiment, and considering ~ an
ment no longer propose continuing the Dusne ooIstv
much larger scale; GO s9SaTon Mercer Co. Pa
Another cooperative movement mas Deen IN me
menced I'M Newark. A number ot the w0rKmen ~ hsvs
factory at the intersection Of lSh ana n swbIS each
organized as the Mutual Tool Company IA ""
pspher has N equal interest,"