The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-07-24

or 20 ADVANCE Tue Bhknts
The following committee were appointed:
On Finaace-- Messrs. Tenant, Mnlverhil
and Fortune.
On tho State of Trade Messrs. Good.
Tenant, Smith, Crouch and Rosenberg.
o. Prinfing-Messrs. Davis, Carmichael
aud Roberts.
On the Presidents address --Messrs. Craig,
Hogan and Mahoney.
the general, secretary, W. J. Roberts, Of
Detroit, presented his report, which showed
shaE there bad been no retrogression 10 the
past year, The rate Of wages bad been good,
and work abundant, except for a few weeks
ia winter The eight hour unions still main
tain their position, viz Brooklyn 50 day,
New York 81 50 and Detroit 81. The other
unions worked ten hours, with wages rang
ing from So so to S., and early closing on
Saturdays.
The expenditures for the year of the sec
retary's ofhce had been S2l so, and the re-
ceipts $50. Application for membership /
had been received from Orange, N. j., Quin-
CIV and Stapleton, Staten Island.
The Convention then adjourned till ten |
O'Clock Thursday morning.
THURSDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
The convention assembled at 10 O'Clock,
President Mclean IN the chair.
Tue finance committee reported the ex-
penditures of the past year as STA; re-
ceipts 1881 balance $l37. The fund for
the Newark Lawsuit is $942, $S5 having been |
returned to the Patterson Union.
The address Of the retiring President, ohm
Fortune, made yesterday, was approved and
ordered to be printed.
The Der capita tax on the different unions
II. sva1
by Mr.. Roberts, the Secretary, ten cents for
each member, $248 20 10 all, and by him
paid over to Mr.. Gallagher, the treasurer
Mr.. Roberts read letter from England,
from Charles Williams, the general secreta-
| nv there. showing that on the 9th Of April
they were having FIVE town strikes Ia Eng
4 land. which drew on their funds heavily and
required assessments, and an eight-h0u
strike in Sheffield and they had to contend
with the Builders Association, and with q
body called the Free Labor ASSOCIATION,
composed Of leading men organized to sup
| plV workmen to employers, and neutrallze
efforts of the laborlng classe to better their
condition, by strikes or otherwise
I II was further stated that there is pros
porous union in Halifax, N. s., which has
l lately obtained an advance.
/ A letter from w. ii. Nicholson, San Fran
cisco. Secretary of the California Mechanics
State Council, was read, speaking in high
terms Of the progress of the eight-hOur
movement there.
On motion Of Mr.. Carr ichael, OF Phila-
delphia, the fund Of S940, contributed for
/ anticipated legal expenses in NeWA-k, at the
time of the trouble there, was directed to be
returned to the different unions that contrib
uted it, the interest to be retained b7 the
convention
A communication was read from Samuel
| Gall, President OF the National Bricklayers
Union, appointing Mr. Garvin as a delegate
to discuss the subject of a proposed union
Of that body with the National Union Of
/ Plasterers.
At II O'Clock the convention adjourned
till 2 O'Clock, when M. GarVin was to be re-
ceived, with Mr.. Gall
Through some mistake we have failed
to receive the report Of the afternoons pro-
ceedings)
fridays PROCEEDINGS.
I The convention met at 10 O'Clock, Vice
President Craig 10 the chair
Mr. Roberts of Detroit moved that com
mittee Of three be appointed By the chair 70
ing Of charters by the International Asso-
citation to the local organizations, an that
they also ascertain the cost Of engraving
and preparing seal for the same.
The chair appointed Messrs. Roberts, Da-
Wis and Mclean as a committee
Mr.. Fortune of New York, on the commit
the on resolutions, appointed to consider
the expediency of raising a fund, to be kept
IN possession Of the Union in cases of strikes
am ong the plasterers, eubmittet report
that fl /. shall be created equal Il SIS for
each member represented, the fund re-
main in the hands Of local unions until
called for. according to the laws OF the so
ciety, and also submitted the following re-
| solve:
Resolved, That any local Union contemplat-
ing an advance of privileges, whereby a strike
or lockout may be incurred and support re-
CURED from the General Union, that said local
Union shall forward to the General Secretary
an exact statement Of the privilege demanded,
with the number of members, probable num-
Der of non>members amount of wages paid and
number OF hours worked per day. The Grand
Secretary shall send copy Of such statement
10 all the other local Unions, and they shall
vote upon the requisition and return the cor
rect number Of yeas and nays ss,taken to the
General Secretary and if majority of the
whole vote cast is in favor Of the same, the
President shall have power to levy a per capita
tax throughout the whole General Union suffi-
Gent to pay each member while on a strike the
sum OF ten dollars per week.
After slight discussion the report and
resolution wers adopted, and the Conyen-
tion adjourned until P. NJ.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The society voted to refund $25 to the
Hoboken Union, the same having been paid
by them into the treasury Of the Information
al Association to sustain q strike at Newark,
n. j., the said money not having been re-
quired for that purpose.
% motion Of Mr.. Davis Of Boston, it was
voted that the Secretary of the association
correspond with the Plasterers' Union 10
Halifax and Montreal, and with the several
States Of the United States, and invite them
TO join this Association.
The by law providing for the election of
delegates to the international Association
in May, was on motion OF Mr.. Fortune
changed, 50 that they should be choeen in
November.
On motion Of Mr.. Roberts, il was voted
that the initiation fee Of $40 required of all
4 Unions entering the National Association
shall be inserted 10 the consti tuition, il hav
ing been in the form Of resolve.
The committee on the state Of trade re-
commended the more perfect consolidation
OF general laws, avoiding infringement on To-
cal peculiarities and q more Uniform rate of
admission, since past experience shows that
advantage is frequently taken ny members
joining those Unions where the rate 10 low,
in order to evade the larger tax, and then
deposit their card, In Jnious where the rate
is higher They further recommend that the
apprentice system should be as near as may
be comic rmed 60 the plan proposed at the
last session in Chicago.
They fur'as. cay that although DO official
request has been lad before the Committee
regarding the latter question, yet from ex-
perienoe it has bee found detrimental to the
interests Of this Society, and would advise
the local IIni0nH mot tn comnliaata the WORK.