The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-07-08
BOSS MLAUGIILIN'S SINS.
THE RINGS PLOT TO OPPRESS rim
STREET LIBORERS

The Eigbt-Hour Law Contested Jui-a
.- that the Pirates cannot Controi-Thc Cpso
ngninst the FuIton Avenue Contractors IN
be Broseht before the Grand Jury. ,
-- Boss McLaughlin's thieying Ring having met
with immense success in the work n plundcrinr the
taxpayers of Brooklyn. now rdSing ~ anothe,
job when directly interests the thousands u WORK
ngmen OF that city, and which il accomplished.
viii tend to further enrich the Boss and few 9th.
ers who ire in league with him
...,.t... THE LATEST Jon
is nothing lees than desperate EFFORT on the Fart OF
Mclaughlin - Co. to prevent the enforcement Of
tho RisiitIlour law in Brooklyn:
The readers OF THE Sun are already aware TIA, a
prominent member OF the Trades Unions of Brook
I'm recently entered compinnt before Police jus
ice Wulsh, charging that Mr.. Charles Guid t. the
contractor for the fat Ring job OF ropaving Fulton
avenue, was Infringing upon the law by compelling
his iaborers TO work ten instead Of eight hours a
day. Seeing that Mclaughlin & Co. Ind shu, HIN
OF from securing execution Of the warrant
against MIR. Gudot. the complainant consulted with
Distri ct Attorney Morrs, who took the papers from
Justice W nlshs Court and appeared before Justice
Riley OF the Third District Court. Judge l,iey "a
not owned By the Ring, nor does he care
...r.. FIG FOR THEN.
So he Immediately diroctedt Guidet to appear. and
ai6eore Sq a SPS OT o elimination arrived Jads
Riley fell III, since which he has been confined TO his
house. district Attorney Norris, knoVins that
until nitef thc Grand jury WAS DISCHARGED. his do
tornined to bring the case before the Grand Jury,
which is now In session, and VIII do 50 IN 10y or
Thc way by which Gui,et and the Ring hone to
escape is by asserting that they pay the by the
hour and not by the day, tie conversation being
81 10 per day Of ten hours II cents IN hour II
tee %en a S'rs on' esaa oSrS e dSy ~ &
pr9Gs OF all the PARTIES interested ere, would pc mlt,-
poor workingnen were to be benefited by TIE loss.
The King Is not composed OF men Of principle,
THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR
lie uppermost with them, and how TO II Ia the
great question they ask themselves. Is II not enough
for the wordngmon to ltbor a! tue present sturva.
tion prices paid them, without Mc1.auclhn y Co
coming IN 20 rob them Of their Just dues llbsrer
WHO has wife and Eve children land rsny have
large famihcsl TO support out OF S150 day. With
and the neecssaries Of life sr his vie md ihtis
ones. Ills would seem an utter impossiblity,i hnt
yet how many do 1t. The Sherld Of Kings county
number OF prisoners This being the ease. TIE tax
payers must be paying aioEethor too mgcn Cor tbo
support Of criminals, and tie Sheriff having fat
thing OF 1t. In face OF this
STARTLING STATE OF AFFAIRS
Boss Mclaughlin and his gang now endeavor To-
defraui the honest worsingmen of their rights
They win probably say txt IL tho law b enforced.
the men Will be paid by the hour, and,his WIN only
serve TO reduce their pay from <l.70 TO $l3o per
uayI
McLaurhiin & Co. are associated with Gudet. be-
cause they Interested in the Fulton avenue job,
and therefore sOlicous rs to the rcsut OF the
present Irrigation rs he is himself
In the face Of al these facts let the workingmen Of
Brooklyn ponder wei and when the election of next
fail arrives to 1t that they do not vote TO retain
any Of
BOSS n'LAUoHLIN's SATELLITES
In power. Let them remember this opposition to
the Eight Hour law. They that in New
York, by the order OF Boss Tweed, all the laborers
employed In lis department have the benefits Of the
law, and receive lar-er pay-$2 per day aUd then
they aud rightly too. that II the law applies
in the city OF New York, 1t should hold good in
brooklyn also.
1t is the Intention Of the Trades Unions Of Brook
Ign To have the question settled; and District Attor-
ney Norris who has ever been the friend Of tho
workingman will aid them In the work. This case
OF Guidet Is
TEST CASE.
There are thousands OF laborers besides those
employed on the Fulton avenue job VINO are de-
privcd of the benefits OF the law, and who arc
eagerly awaiting the settlement OF the question
whether they 10 labor ten hours a day while
there Is a law upon the statute book which declares
that eight hours shall constitute days work.
4 weilknown member Of one o; che trades unions
Of Brooklyn expressed his belief the other dag that
nothing could DO done with Guidet, as he WAS not
reilly the contractor for tho Fulton avenue lob hut
that Kingsley. & Keeney were the men Upon he
ing Informed that tis haC been denied bY tue pares
he declared that this denial was merely a "blin1,'
to deceive the people. The present litigation VAL
perhaps determine that question.