New-York tribune., 1868-09-22
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eQnal compensation FOR male anu -, encourage and
bcVC that every effort should be nbu and thrn they
assist M the formation Of female soc , urn's soci-
should be brought into c00pel" est 20 tho level of
tl,o bybest !. the true prluclpioh ',,r,iarlv,up
aU ~ t @ cou the happiest of results must i. m
mately ensne. Regarding pnc UoTknemen and con
conchUs Fo instance should the identity OF the Vi
gsnlzaon he lost. or, IN 0tei t rod Assemblies
~ thoi direction, according as ts OF Iat parry
is sustaining your S @ a. eenre the election III
the @ ~or" {V% The address closed with paragraph re-
yrnng yU thanks TO various gentlemen VINO nave "i"e"
t se oT workipgmen politically and otherwise 4,
ne enort nom the Vice-President, Mr. VIM Jcssnp p
~ ifv was also read He highly complnlenleu .no .
rorlngmen of Rochester and OgdensbuTeh, n TO t
the active part they had taken in getting UP are
ON The statute books. Mr. Jessup said that DC % 70 Tho
pared and out large number OF az his own
expense in behalf lOf the wOrkangpes cities
complaints made that inc % ro" oVerTnn with
situated on the great lakes weIT ToU,unralized the
Canadian laborers who have almost den9i .ne" The
Trades UnOrs by their working at t said that The
report IN alludng to the shour noVent,, s nnr the
nldsterers of Brooklyn have been WORKING uluer W III
5-hour system for some tlhle' anu @ n,o thau for
They do better work and make more nioN'! '''"
Mr. essup presented cheering accounts from ns Of
thSs coTnirv letter from Belgium was read eOriaiy
;nrity The New organization 10 seIid ma
i 10 Grand Labor Convention which was TO De helu
in the CITY Of Brussels. III was rspOtvtu rsptt ' Tnions
IVo,LinewOmen's Associations and Protective lhioho %
were rapidly becoming more p ilnpol o,id d. work
hoped that both classes Of IaDOreIS Woutu ,Vn@,
har IN
made for the elevation OF labor The reasurers report
was then read showing the state OF NE lnahc1 lui
g. of Disbursements SAC 81; Cash on hand, S26 ~
Various reports of minor importance were lsau i anu
of Mr. Jessup that the session each day be confined WIN
in the hours Of nine and twelve O'Clock a. IN. hlI
TIVE and hVe ncmScr 0GlESK or m delegate be limited
10 ten minutes in speaking, and that he be allowed te
floor only twice while debating on any one question:.
committee was appointed TO attend To an nlnisneu s
business which left over at the last meeting. 1on
IONS laws" which are alleged to have been recently re-
vived 1t that several men engaged I'D as
Trades Unions in this State have been arrested ana hheu
ON tbe charge of being concerned in an attempt To get up
conspracies against the public peace ana 'le peIso
nrosecutDg them have taken refuge Dehinu an hVI,I
law which they alege prohibits the organization OF All
such associations Trades Unions ,,. ,h,.
The Congress adjourned al o'clock 10 reassemDle bs
After the adjournment the delegates from this state
immediately called meeting 10 take acuon ON the
OBNOXIOUS laws" above referred 10, MI lIQ9p W
Typographical Union NO OF New-loIk Siiy M Saia tn ~
unite elect their own Representatives make laws
TO protect labor ana GI@n6 W Save ts said he
organizations, containing 10000 members, III @ tne
state of New-York alone. we nave tne ptMTa 9,,
organizations, who VIII WOrk lot our Inti,S's
instead Of against us We have been fooled aud swiIueu
by Democrats and Republicans men whom we nave
elected to office have broken their pledges ana today We
stand unprotected and liable at any moment TO
made us promises; yet they have never Put a oai OF
bread tables a dollar in our pockets VIC wan
to organize grand labor party and sweep from our lard
the terrible power which oppresses the working classes
Of this country.
THE woRKINGwOMEN's ASSOCIATION.
The Society, composed of women OF trades
and professions, having for Their object the ameoraoh
of the condition Of those who labor for living met last
evening in the office Of The Reroion, No 81 Park Row
The President Mrs Annie TObt in the chair, and
Miss Elizabeth Broune acted Secretary The Society
was organized Sept 1868 and is composed OF the FOL
lowing officers; President Mrs Annie Iobtt wee fIes
"a. Quefe Inln Pptrs.
Secretary, Elz'th C. Broune Treasurer Jula bronne
The meeting Was wT % aenus1 reaS as t & of he
| previous meeting They were approved Miss Gusse
that women would be US proficient in the trade or bust
ness IN which they received Sml1S S men. as ~ men % w
were not successful 1t might be traced 10 the Tact tha
they had not been resnary trained Tor e DnHhcss IL
Miss Peers next few remarks presentng at the
| The argument that united and persistent effort
should be made for the purpose OF eeNathg woman
MIR Troup a delegate from the Typographical Union,
remarked that he was aware in the lady
conpostors and that he could pledge TO them that tho
National Typographical Union were ia sympathy with
their movement They were great power. lI the
ladies had gone into the composing room OF me b0d
during the strike the printers would have carried their
point and the paper been Obliged to come 10 terms
Mr. Townsend OF Tht ANTI Stdroy Standard sald that
he felt IL his duty 10 contradict the assertion made
by The World that the female e9mpOsors were hn eqai
20 the task allotted TO them He knew instances to the
contrary. That article had done more harm Than the pa
per Was aware, aud II should not 20 unchacngcd Miss
lewis cOncurred Three OF the best comp0sitors Of
Ha,1er's weekly and TWO OF The brooklyn hdgie were
from The World.
Mr. Troop continued Many Of the female conlpostors
believed that The National Typographical Union was op
posed them for that they worked for less
wages and thus endangered the position and pay i male
coInposOrs; but such not the case. The National
Union passed a resolution fayOTng the female compost
tors He pledged them that the Union would
stand by them. The first thing 10
organize aud establish scale OF prices He then related
great power Of the Troy Collar Cnion an association
OF Young women employed in tho factories, who have
succeeded by combination raising their salaries from
e5 and t per week TO sl and vas They number 200 and
have large treasury. When they strike they compel
the manufacturers 10 Hccede TO terms.
Mrs Il. Anthony urged that the conpOsOrs com
bine and thus become power. Remarks were made by
Mr. Davis and others Miss Peers moved that The female
cOnpOstOrs and others in favor OF forming union meet
in the rooms OF The ReUOtiitsOn week The motion
w as adopted, after which the meeting adjourned.