The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-03-18
slatiunal Rspablitau.
DEFERRED LOCAL NEWS.

Monday ,s. ing a meeting of the Journeymen
Plastcro = was held At German Hall to consider
qucnce OF the bosses" refusing to pay the ad
vpnced wages.
After the reading OF aictter addressed by the
corresponding secretary TO plasterers' assoeia-
causes OF The strike, the Chair was authorized 10
prepare a statement for publication In the daily
1 1sffe relative to the reason i0' the present
Mr. Robert F. Gill submitted the following
preamble and resolutions:
Whereas at regular meeting OF the Journey.
men Plnsterets' Association, held on the 9th OF
December 1857, u was resolved that after the
lion would demand IS per day; sndwhereas this
same was duly published for the benefit Of all
plSstcrcrs OF the city OF Washington, failing to
notice the same in any spirit Of Cancellation with
the association for the purpose OF eheetins an
1mlcRble arrangement with the same: therefore
be IL
Rs'Olrtd, That the Chair appoint a committee
OF i've 70 contract for work to be done by the
Rciolrcd, That the above be published in the
morning and evening papers Of Washington.
Considerable discussion ensued pro and con on
the adoption Of the preamble and resolution,
when Mr. Robert Muir offered the following
resolutions introduced by Mr.. Gill:
Rc,2irCd, That any member or members of this
cessation who may undertake work during this
to be a member of the association.
The substitute was debated at length by sew.
ctnl members, in the course OF which Mr.. Nor
row said he thought the master builders had
ACTED In bad faith toward the journeymen, and
the latter should do everything they could to
make themselves Independent. Five months ago
the Iourneymen Plasterers' Association had no.
tined the employers that they should demand %
per day after the 18th of March, which timely
notice they had taken advantage of, finished up
their Jobs, and then turned their workmen adrift.
Many Of the contractors had already been doing
while they had only paid $3.50 and " per day.
He was opposed to sticking by the constitution
# hat stand. IN the 81 ths sues
cess OF the issue made by the journeymen 1t
should be knocked from under as an onerogs
cooperative plan, before he would take " per
day from the bosses There wasvery little work
not do for less than Is per day, and he should
vote for the substitute resolution and the CO.
The question was then put, and the preamble
and RESOLUTIONS, with the appended resolution,
was adopted.
Nj, GIN called up the communication read at
the fast meeting from two employees Of the
'lunFtermastcr's Department, asking permission
lars per day M the Increase asked for was paid
regularly by the bosses OF the city. The appli.
cation OF the parties concerned elected pro-
traetcd and general discussion, wherein some
took the ground thvt the applicants, while mem
hers of the association, were at work at Fort
ton OF the society, while, on the other hand, it
was cOntcndcd that no matter in what section
they were At work, they could not remain MEM
bcrs OF the association and work for less than
the established wages. Besides, IL they were ut
work at Fort Washington, they were residents
% n9e gSa And ,ss
worked here.
Finally, motion OF Mr. Cohen to lay the reso.
luton on the table, with the understanding that
the association objects to acceding to the re-
quest, was adopted.
The meeting thereupon adjourned with the
partial unders tandins that another would be
held on Thursday night
FIRST WARD DEMOCRATIC AssocIATIoS-Th
Hall, corner OF Twentieth street and Pennsylya
MIA avenue. n. Cailan, president called the
After the regular routine of business was trans
acted, Andrew Carroll, Ferdinand McCiee, owen
Pagan, WIN, J, McMann and j. Ii. Moore were
proposed and elected members OF the club.
The Chair stated that he wished to attend the
would not be with US long, and he felt In duty
bound to stick to him until the last.
On m0tSH % was for printing
By request of the president, VIM. Boyd, vice
president, then took the chair.
On motion the Chair appointed Messrs. X.
French, u. Comartin and John OSullivan a
committee TO ascertain who OF their friends In
the First ward were not naturalized, and report
the same to the executive committee, who
would assist them In procuring their naturaliza.
lion papers.
dressed the association at some length. He re-
irrrcd to the deposition of the President, and
commented upon the eHectB that would be pro-
duced by that act. He said that his position had
always been the antl-war position, but as sure
rs the rising OF the sun tomorrow morning the
course that the Radical party was pursuing
would produce double civil war: first, between
the black and white races in the South, pext be-
tween the American born and naturalized In
the North. lie cntreated the Democratic party to
he active, aud said that he did not discover one
particle Of brain or nerve In the partyi but just
TO the reverse, 1t was all in the Radical party.
He said that II President Johnson Is deposed
by the 4th Of March next despotism will prevail,
Just AS necessary AS 1t Is for the radicals to I'M
peach him now Just that necessary would 1t be
Tor them to prepare to put down the outbreak of
the people. He wanted IL emphAtically under.
stooi by all newspaper reporters that he stood
apart from all party politics. and was merely u
locker on. lie reminded them of the fact that
through the administration Of the radical party
the agricultural, Mercantile, mechanical manu-.
featuring pursuits, sc, of America were ruined
which was the cause of building up foreign
cations, AC.
Hon. Hugh Cameron followed in a few pointed
remarks
Mr.. Geo. Emerson moved that a vote OF thanks
be rendered the two gentlemen who addressed
them. UNANIMOUSLY carried,
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