New-York tribune., 1872-05-28
,CHE FIGHT-HoUR CRUSADE.
,,pop REFORM IN NEW-YoRK.

AND OTHERS.
large number of workingmen, belonging
20 various trades assembled in the City Han Park Ses
,erday 10 hear addresses by some Of the best kuU"
oarors among them in advocacy Of the Eighthoui
movement Two staads-German and Eng1Sn-MVio
provided and set up by the carpenters ana
secked with flags, and red, blue and gt tiinine
nished by the uphOlsterers. The assemoiase Nas
to order by John Ennis Of the pasterers VINO
the object Of the meeting and proposed james Conhoy
OF the painters, Chairman. MI |V""0i' N"'"e '1
enthusiastically elected, said;
Vr,1ovvWoRK1NGMEN: We have been ground down
by the hSgr law for y9T and @ hoy fT Te rights We
have tried 20 laws passed by the egsa1Ve Dovs @
OH and baSe n,Se refused to enforce them none Of the
%departments % OF the CITY Government are the laws
sands Of men sweeping the streets compelled
to work ten hours day and the rcSIny SShaSEHf 1f
lake IL out again.l Although we have had many
friends they have been of no avail The Whole eHponiS
about $4,000 year. and tho profit derived ron % 1S o
yeaF and the state is txsd every year over $4,000 to
support these prisoners. Why Is TINS because ule
until this time to demand that these laws shall
be enforced. and these abuses abolished rive NeeSs
that they would he no longer tranpled upon We went
into tins fight meaning to WIN we nave Won: Win tpTro u
but few organizations who aTe moi now low VIII u.s.
The politicians OF this state last Fan taught the worKing
men lesson but they taught MS that there is sucn
thing as breaking up the greatest institutions the
world ever saw We have broken up the
mean to go on and by next Fan to change the entire
State Government, and the entire municipal Government
IN city See TO H. then that IN the time 70 come you
support those who ere your friends, and marx wen thoe
who your enemies
said: All ask is that there shall he fair ana eet
mate GpnoIa oHeIe9 70 Us 10 5uI' % AN
We desire to have little OF the money that our employ
ers make out of our labor. We not revolutionary IN
our idea,as some say who think wish TO tear down all
social, political, aud moral fabrics OF To-Day, ana
leave nothing tut chaos and Iuin. We don't desire
tlis. Capitalists grow sentimental the tight grows
warmer aud lament that this IS going TO destroy trade
that the will then get no work What is capit0lt
GttenOachs Only represent our ia6ot my aie
The medium between past IaDgt ana tle cutN"tIO Hhu
the Of future labor. without labor II Is nothing
tie sun, and there the pile might remain
unless your brains and hands went to work
greater percentage of the results Of labor. We nave
come TO the conclusion that we have bodies and souls
riches when m we nave ave gyen ven 70 % t1e ana we 1ee 1e t
equal We don't want divide stewards wealth among
ourselves and nobody olses but We do ask that the
wealth produce shall be divided among ourselves. If
there are any here who don't want 70 70 IN with
because they afraid our efforts wiz be failure,
Why don't do anything at ali out Just go home and Jut
yOur feet in hot water and mustard plaster on your
hood. You may make up your mind that this movement
Is success and that no eor on tIe part OF those VINO
lukeWarm can Tetard H. No effort on the part or
those VINO have held the power in their hands can Pre-
vent the ultimate success OF or G4e. II - o!c ol no
greatest fights OF the age and ~ We say TO those who
don't want TO Eight with Us Is, Don light against US
lApplause.l
Mr McDermott Of the plasterers, then read the fol-
lowing resolutions which unanimously and enthu-
siastcally adopted
Hhersas The progress during century
S N n6asry 5y means S5erco large psr Of the Tof5 formerly
,b.l l.1v,
toao lboI continuing proportion
,a present bcurs Tabor vOuli result
only te products required for consumption proucedi by
oos e,a l sc6uI Issei at The present scale Of working houT by
TT % % o. 'sS H6G S eH5o5e1 S & ana Ss ne uoso %
tses H. ess5 mn nn1ved eYen can ob fTd
Ialg the working classes have been Impoverished
1rea careful consideration Of these evils renders reduction
90 ,n1,s,t @ % % o ~ az rs ~ sygs tSt H CoSgIs ~ G rI 3 e
nd he seVe afes 81 Re vso1s states have eSae, laws
WIas Tle laws the Eghiou Statute so called by tAeir letter
en- sln 1as '.1t e.I To Aau legally consist & o. esa Ions
egariei NE laws and tie imperative which meed tn,
BAe Hitherto the inventions Of laborsa7pg machinery hsviar
sn benefited Tue employers who have saved through them The pr
he labor Which the n5clnes accomplish only JUS and equitable
ngmen boas Of labor order that the vorkiugnel too
h vorkmea Of te C New.YOlk assembled meeting
Re'l That eight hoas' work and fair equivalent the
wages f which i1 are nov rAa or days labor "a -, A.. 49,.
measure for days eo and pesesb combining for TIE purpose
fo9 e oa v are oay earring out the principle lad down in tie
equal they endowed by their Creator With
an iaSnaoe nsi that among besc LIE liberty and
Eoed lis demand nothing which the general
aud Leures have declared just equitable
Es That those who BY their combination rn,ehinaous op-
dsi progress not only seg he densbG Of
'e and eg1 but ens y their stubborn opposition TO Efforts
EeH q h Congress Of the United States and tie Legislature Of tie
Alexander Troup Of the Typographical Union followed
with long speech, in which he said:
FELLOW -WORRINGMEN: The entire body Of working
from one end OF this Union to the other have been
watching the progress OF the movement here New
York for the past two weeks; the fight you are making
We have determined this year to make
e Of ofMaESaan Island to the other The law has bee1
openly violated for the past three years,
blame for i'll Not the politicians but the wOrkngmen
themselves You able to enforce this eight hour law
You are aple to carry any other measures. You
only will IL you shape the Government and shape
the LEGISLATURE irrespective OF the Republican the
Democratic party lApplauseJ am not here to-day
politician This is not political meeting, but meeting
Of aw-abdiug workiuCmen seeking have the law Of
United States enforced long 1t upon
the statutebOoEs Capitalists say they don't place much
~ RoaTs SeV 3 WHAT Of III IF he nSs Want nfS wSr
~ boura lei Them We want 10 work 3 hours and a.
long obey the other laws this law carried
10 the letter. This now Is not movement of day
or a week, in behalf OF trade or one State,
but II Is movement TO be kept until succeed and
means the success Of the entire wOrkumen
TO put any into any particular office We here
simply wOrkingnen demanding our rights. The Police
threaten 10 interfere with the rights Of peaceable
citizens 10 carry out what they believe TO be law. am
told good authority that the Police have endeavOred
interfere with Committees Of the organization who
have done nothing more than to merely persuade
70 join with them in their effort. want to the
are the OF Of this city they the power
that created them and the power that created them
can remove them lAppausej Workngmen, you can
be encouraged for have the good opinion of the
press by your sobriey and orderly conduct, you
have 100000 sympathzers throughout the United
States. The matter entirely with you fApplausel
pasterars and DAILY Of the Workingmen's Union also
made speeches similar in character, eneoqragng the
near ana tnat success depends solely themselves.
TIE GERMAN MEETING