, 1870-01-12
The ERicKlAYERS.
second Days Session of the
National Convention.
Annual Report Of the President
His Views on Strikes and
Colored Men.
The Conspiracy Tag "-Oolleotion Of
Dues Officers and Delegatet.


sscretary's and Tressurer's Reports
| FORENOON sEss1oN.
The National Br5cklaJeD' Convention reas-
femb1ed yesterday morning IN tho 1ouaye Hall,
| P7eaident Hamlu In the chair.
Delegates from No ], Of Maryland, offered pro-
test1 aRalnst certain tAx which had been levied
upon Their organization
Nj. Rourke aaid that the regulatlonA Of the
union prohibited the sending Of delegates by any
local union which had net paid iu dues. but ten
or twelve un1ons hsd u yet paid their duck and
the otne1s vese not eligible to Beats. This WIS
arJOst, and he moved thst the conspiracy tax be
| 1ebcanhed.
The motion was temporarily ls1d upon The
table,
I PREElDKSr's RxPoR1.
The President then read hia annual report, Of
Which the following u an abstract: After rncog-
ntztrg the mesctfu1 goodness OF Providence IN
| permitting another sesa1on Of the National Brick.
1aJers Union, The President reports that the pro-
ceedinga OF the last session, together with the
revised constitution, nave not been printed, o wing
TO the failure e many Of the local unions to pay
iheir dnes In advance, Is agreed upon BY reaolu.
ou, and the fact that the printer after receiving
oce.ha1f the tul amount for doing the work, re-.
fuses to complete and deliver the Job uattl the
whole Is paid argues dlstruss On the part OF the
| rs4nle1 Of the honesty and solyency Of the
unions now e1iatine IL Is. Of WITCH tue foIo Wing
have been granted charters dnr1uR lbo past year:
No. 4 Of o6io, At colpnbus: ~. 81 Of Nev fost.
@oud; So. OF Illinois, st cbtcsso; a' = No. eH 10
q Peu9sylyaoia az Chsster CITY: No IS Of
Sss s'f { csfeaDa st Sa Nc 3, ss1 =;
! Yorf, At Brooklyn; No. II OF Pennsylvania at
Beaker Falls; No. u Of PeunsJiyauia, at BIZ
minsnatn; 10. Of Wisconsin, q Milwaukee: Nc.
neid; Ia s ct New YorE. st s5iacase; So. / T Of
& @ u Il ~ sa 4orf saa
70. Of connecacur: pave dlasolsed during 1889:
It extremely dldlcuit % ootsln enpio5menI e.
pectaly has the puatress OF honse-b1ildtng fallen
on in large ctleS, where, IN consequence the tnu-
ence Of the unions has been injured.
The following unio5s have, dnfiug The year, re-
ported dnculues ex,sung 10 tne!r taf!Atlcuoas in
consequence OF the.r demanding au advance OF
uldays: AZ enors On the part q their employers
dearorlDR TO maintain tae,r laws in reference to
'f fo. oi New Jerpey, April s, for ao savanco Of
waRes. In which they were slccessf1l
No. S Of New Je.1ey, May 10. agxtnst a reduo-
| tTon Of wages, tn which, after short struggle,
1be1 Wtft ruccesaI1l BY the aid Of contributions
20 the amount Of s95s from yarto7s ststet unions
| union negotiated q loan Of $500 In order 70 sus-
| taln their men 10 tie strike: har1cg received
| 10 convention bnonlo p1osios fo1.
| No. Of New Jersey. aay 81, Tesisttng the yto-
lbeg ana nos
call upon the National Union for s2s4 to sesae
IA Of Chic, June !. An attempt by employ
| eTs TO reonce wages: the union VICTORIOUS.
No. Of PennsJ lvouts, June 8, struck for q re.
| oEctton Of the heufs Of labor On Saturdays. Re.
Au9usl 9. The employers OF Newark, N. J., re-
ploJes from $50 to Il per day. Inc uuton at nrst
trade and the conlinued innuI Of men from other
.uin n' q i Veik a1 the rcaeeed rstes ''lA
rhe PRESIDENT fs OF The opinion that the Nation
| al U1!on ts compelled 10 contribute money to tho
support Of s.s,kes 1esostsa 70 b, seasen e an A.
tempted reduction Of wages ircreata IN the houra
Of labor, OF violation Of the apprentice reXula-
tiors, of any ATTEMPT 70 ar1og Into contempt the
y1k'on adepfed whereby each Local uuloo should
be coMp-led 10 E16atl tta 2cton a. long Hs posAi-
u 10 feiatlon 10 % tao asseisnens oy czPredens
Frost, Of - cents pe1 a.a nsmosf to-. to dc, e,
@ ne 81 e i9e a eases
Jertey, but nineteen uc1oLs have paid tner quota
Of tax. The principal feaEoEs Of their la1lurrs TO
hays sye 1sp bseu s iai pea s I'd ID g.
\ gether with the hard tines It's rccommended
that the amount yet due be nasessed upon the de-
The Pyeaident suggests that the present system
0! granting authority Tor unions to HtrtKe be re-
pee!ed. as the plan requires too much sme before
10 favor Of Gsr,kes until all other means have been
| exhausted: IN Iact, an opposed to the whole
| We should adopt some tu:es which give the unions
| equal protection With the enploJelt. Tue nu-
thonty 70 grant permission for st!kes may With