The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-30
EIGHT HOUR LEAGUE.
Annual Meeting Of the Association al
Boston Yesterday.
The Leaders Rejoicing Over the Success of the
Recent strikes-The New Platform-Alle-
glance to Any Presidential Candidate
Who Will Forward Their Cause.
Either Grant or Greeley
Boston, May 90, 1872.

BOSTON, May 90, 1872
The annual meeting OF the Boston Eight. Hour
League was held at the Meioncan, In this CITY, to-
day and this evening The attendance at the even
Ing session was quite large, embracing besides the
usual complement of masculine women and feminine
men, q large number Of genuine workingmen ana
working women. There were also present delega-
tons from the Carpenters and Joiners' Association
and other trade organizations in New York and
other sections OF the country all Of whom gave en-
couraging accounts OF the progress and growth OF
the eight hour sentiment in their respective locali-
ties. The principal speeches OF the Convention
were made by Ira Steward and George Z. Nell OF
Cambridge; N +. Chase, OF Boston, and j. H.
Cocker, OF New York.
EXCLUDING COLORED MEN FROM CONVENTIONS
The latter speaker was a cOlored man, and com.
planned that in his city the doors of the Trades
Union were closed to men of his complexion, a dis
elimination which he hoped would be pronounced
upon and rebuked by the body he addressed.
FELIX CHILLINGwoRTH, OF the United States Ar
mory In Springfield, gave an account Of the eight
hour system there, and said that he believed GEN
eral Grant was In sympathy with them Beyond
this simple illusion there was little said in prefer
enee for either Greeley or Grant. The proceedings
OF the body were generally harmonious, and from
the recent movements in New York ana elsewhere
the meeting seemed to take fresh encouragement.
sYMPATHIZING LETTERS
Dawes and Hoar and senator wilson. The commit
nicaton from the latter gentleman enclosing con-
tributon of slo
TUE PLATFORM ADOPTED
by the Convention Is quite lengthy. Its preamble
recognizes that party is the great fact with which
the labor movement deals, and the resolutions
rying out its ideas demand: First, that the laws be
amended so that no more than eight hours can be
spent IN the manufacture OF patented articles:
second, that cities, towns ana manufacturing cor
porations shall adopt the Eight-HOur law or sur
render their charter; third, that eight hours shall
be made legal days work in the absence OF a
written agreement
WHAT THE EIGHT HOURS" MEAN.
second resolution declares that eight hours
does not mean less wages, but that it means more
knowledge and more capital for the labor less
poor people to borrow money and less rich ones TO
lend it; more idiers working and more thinkers
working; womans wages increased, and the saliva
ton OF republican Institutions. The factory system
Of Massachusetts Is pitched intOn heavily, and
the movements OF the eighth0ur men in New York
are euogized, after which the platform concludes
as folloWsi-
Resolved That greetings and pands go ont the
ngmen on the Continent whose strikes for less hours
labor eyerywhere, TO The trades HnonIss Of New
have ave- snnmoned and now we" wei come 70 our plat:
hearty s % s @ Ra%SEH"a "aa
@ ,hsS have Wiring rom 3 lies
Ing as traitors to the cause all WHO accent oySrwork
selves sustained in The coming years and will prove how
VIII DC aled Win The sound Of their praises and The
p..ov I%a, Sus;roS OF raTry sgrronr ,.,
or bonds are taxed whether taxes or tariffs arc high or
low or whether preenbacks or gold, any system of
nanc. proposed adoped or civil service or one term
for President shall prevail not lnborers questions,
because hey have no appreciable relation to the vases
system. through which the wages classes all
u es Sy become cs S w e AND wns
cooperate III its production and whether the
have anything Ia choose between President Grant and
Horace Greeley turns entirely the question: which
Of the two will be most likely 10 the legislation
demand, well ms the enforcement upon all government
works of the law already enacted.
A resolution was passed thanking Representative
Dawes for the interest taken by him in the eight
hour system.
DENNIS g. GRIFFIN, OF New York, made forcible
remarks and said The movement was almost a com
pletc success in New York. and advocated strike
here.
Mr MITCHELL. Of New York, also advocated q
strike and said that working long days crushing
W the Intelligence oil the people, and thought work
inR-inen should join temperance societies, save
money and fight the question.
Remarks were also made by Miss Jennie Collins
OF Boston, j. u. Bates, Treasurer OF the Eightlour
League ana Others after which the Convention adj.
JOurncd
mass meeting of all trades unions viii he held
in f0neuIl Hall on Friday night 49,