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W0RKINGMEN'S ASSEMBLY.
PRESID DENT TyEsSUP'S SARRhIGNMBNH
or THE POLITICIANs

The Eiaht-loBv law n Deiu siou-Tbe Ap.
prentice Laws-The Evils Of Convict I.n.
bor-An Invitation to Coiored Working
mcn-IntelliRont View Of Cody Labor.
ALBAsr, Jan. 95.-Thc sixth annual sesslos
OF tho State workingmen's Assembly mot st II
o'clock President VIM. J. Jessup, OF New York, 10
the chair. l.. H. Weaver, Of Albany. Treasurcr.
Aicx. Troup, Secretary, and about sixty delegates
were present Tho President read long address
The past year had beon one Of great starn alton anS
depression In most mechanical branches He al
iuded to the ground taken at the last annual meet.
ing on tho conspiracy law, prison labor. contracs
system, apprenticeship laws, &c. Little heed hal
been given BY the Legislature 10 the petitions Of the
workingmcn The prospect In the present Legislature
was decidedly better He then alluded to tho decay o<
American commerce and Its effects upon large cissees
OF flaborers, and expressed the hone that Congress
would at is pres ent session pass measures 10 rem
ody tho evil.
THE EI0Hr-BoUn Law
lie alluded To the Right Hour law as blot and a
mockcry, and entirely inoperatlve. The now CapL
tol now erecting in Albany was built By contract
and ten hours labor required OF the men. The
national cighthour law was also dsregardcd on the
New York Poet Once. President Grant has been
appealed to. but he oharacteristcay says nothing.
In the Brooklyn Navy Yard alone Is the Law OBJ
served.
LAWS.
An effort was made last year to procure a revisios
OF these laws by the Leg stature, but without sue-
cess.
The evil effects OF the prison contract system were
then alluded to. The boot and shoe manufacture
wss especially oppressive 10 them. A bill 10 cor.
rect this evil also was introduced at the last session
OF the Legislature, but failed tn receive attention. q
met which the Ptesident attributed TO tho money %
sne contrsesors. This bill 10 to bs pushed st the
TIN CONSPIRACY LAW.
Ihs prospect OF speedy passage Of the repeal Of
The address proposes to nyits coiored Isbor.rs d,
orvanihe IN the same manner as whites and 10 rs-
rights.
The grouod taken on this subject is wise and iib.
sraon from any quarter but Wholesale oln ,mporss 1%%
tons of hborers should be dscounteuanccd In every
way.
The tendency TO the aggregation Of labor In .
Few hands was neIt dwelt upon. The rich
THIS is rnught with the greatest danger 10 the per.
petuty OF our institutions. Railroad monopoiios
are s absorbing nearly all the public lands.
The address then went on to discuss the question
OF strikes, which u treated ~ " necessary evil
Injurious but inevitable. Cooperation is the oniv
" tried 10 be pronounccd certain Of success
Mr. Trcvellick, President ofNationsl Labor Un'o,.
being In the room, was invtpd TO a seat on the Mat
forul, and was warmly greeted In taking his seat.
AN EFFECTIVE EroHr.nouR LAW.
The Workingmen's Assembly then discussed n
some length a proposition to adjourn until Septeu.
Der next with view TO thorough political oryanizs.
,on for the fall election. After an animated debate
IN which workingmen were appealed to to sever
their connection with all political parties and form
new party for their own protection, the proposi-
tion was referred 10 Committee. The idea seems
70 fnd much favor. drsf, Of bill for an effective
Elght-hour law was read, and after protraotcd dis
cusson, referred.
APPEALING TO LEGrsLlrrRE.
A delegation from the Workingmen's Assembly
attended before the Assembly Committee on Trsds
aud Manufactures this afternoon urge the passage
OF Mr.. PergcDs ti for the better security Of lie
and limb In mining and manufacturing operations.
hs bill provides severe penalties for injuries arising
nom the defective construction OF sclfYoldlnrs.
shans OF mines, &c. The bill was ordered TO bc
GyOrably reported.
A DELEGATION from the worklngmen win appear be-
fore MIR. Murphy's Senate Committee to.molros "a
urge the passage OF substitute for the Conspiracy
~ now before the Legislature. The proposed sub
sttute is one that has been approved by the Work.
ingmen's Assembly