The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-28

every MN 10 seu.e 'oe rate of Wage g,
A re me ten day saan aa reason ;f 1os
work In ms shop they saJ, too, that in most OF
the othc; t'al,s the ich canrot work all the year
1 continu witrCut int mission.
con- ;iltec appoinie;. 10 draw mp constitution
I and set o, hyi laws 70 tne Board OF Trade, as the
organic; Ion Il TO be called reported the following
names. r Gillian, A. Totdsr, T. J. Palmer George
Hess, j ~. Alison G'C-gc KOCH p. Kehr III.
| Schrenk t~er. RouN, John Barnertz George Brown
1 watson Rh"n Il, Hoffman.
| Out OF total nrnabcr of ninety.four shops that
belong e. t.is orsaniza ION lorty;one reported last
the 4OOC worsmen In the business In the city I765
were ye terday ut work.
resolution was adopted calling for cooperation
OF all mt engaged In mechanical labor In this effort
10 sustain the ten-hour system. A committee WAS
appoint TO procure signatures to the document
unuer W.lcl the organization Is being Effected.
Mass Meeting I'm tho City Hall Park.
A mass meeting of the worklngmen favorable to
the eigl thour movement was held yesterday In
the City uall Park. Two ''trfbunes' were erected
one for the German-speaking orators and the other
for the English. They were built by the striking"
upholsterers and were decorated with taste and
character. Previous to the commencement OF the
speaking small four-page tract was distributed
smeng the crowd, which at no time exceeded
more than three hundred. Tho tract, after
setting forth various grievances under which
the workingmen were laboring, consequent on
the tyranny Of capital, called upon the working
men to combine themselves with each other to
accomplish tho normal eight hour working day,
and to secure the means Of superior happiness, not
H-r~Aa Ala r~v ,Any
The tract also contained the following somewhat
philosophical declaration Of principles
rSsy s oey
Socis s vi IS mcehanca nsrunenisy made 40 o.
gers OF which 1t Is composed.
The meeting was called to order by Mr.. Ennis, Of
the Pasterers who nominated MI. James Connolly,
Of the Painters as the President Of the meeting.
Mr.. CoNNoLLy, who was received with applause,
said that he felt greatly honored by the selection OF
himself as President OF a meeting In favor of the
Eight Hour law, and called in the interest OF the
workingmen OF New York. 1t was intended to
strike behalf Of their hcarths and liberties. The
workingmen had been ground down by ten hour
law for years, but now they meant to strike or the
for their own rights. The high ofrcials OF this
government also until the last week, when the gov
| ernment saw that the workngmen were deter
mined tat those who opposed ~ t should not long
OF the city government was the law carried out
An endeavor had been made by the workingmcn to
change The policy OF working in the State Prison.
but it would not be listened to- because II 1t were
changed the politicians would not be able to put
Mr.. FRANcis fnARsALL was the next speaker
He said that all that the workingmen desired was
labor. they were not Revolutionary in their ideas |;
all that they were seeking was liberty, for without
aae ps as their wss e bSd
Mr. f. p McDermott, Secretary Of the Plastercrs'
Union, tlsn read the following preamble and reso-
lutions, which were adopted by the meeting:-
century ana tle insenon q labor saving ma,
81 SsSsa 5a IL
as b e Tps4:s, sSs
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H. NJ s%'an 'sa & asSSs%ssAsS At
1eis
only dains
Soremen suffering, but only lew employers Fronting;
@ whsrsa. nd
RENDERS me REDUCTION Of SH5s labor
e q as s s q i'd vsas: sSs have
laws for reduction labor. And wherea US
eer and spirit dieate that days WORK f
q ss State Sqy snd a'hGr !as
e sends si f SaHs dfreys Sdns me nGa an md
the lmpsratiys crsSms;aness ,Whsh imPeisd Inc
emy
sIs saSSS 1s' o RsS % @
suce r" s NJ me S n Of Sbs nre
that the .yorknsmen too may reap some benefit from
the ~ sna
HAT eight sis WORK nas far equiv
asnt fS he wa; IS which arc nov red for day. labor
the san},rd measure Tor days labor and neaceably
%o ai a ns sSs SsfS
re ny S sfrnS a ns 5y the a Q"
republic al men are erea ted eqna that they
that ~ these are liie Liberty and The pursuit Of hap
Resolyci, That we demand nothing more than that
which H. general progress in science and art requires
and eauaD the law
Resolve, That those who by their combination and
machine ions Oppose This inst and eausbie measure are
progrss not only ssprnng ls demands Justice and
?"IF@ HGPaso9
/ States al The Legislature OF the State OF New York
| Mr.. TrJUP OF the Typographical Union, then was
introduc, and addressed The crowd with his usual
vigor ana denounced all political interference with
the present movement.
Mr.. ;Sis, OF the Plasterers; Mr.. DAILY, Pres-
dent Of tne Werkingmen's Union, and M Thee
ADDRESSED the meeting, which adjourned shortly
after TO O'Clock.
| The ass Meeting OF Laborers In Union
Square.
The Corporation laborers held mass me citing
| last eveaing in Union square with the view OF
bringing before the public their demand, that the
Commis toner's Of Parks and Puolic Works pay the
| standarG wages ordered by the Common Council.
large platform for the speakers and Committee of
/
1 Broadw \, and about eight O'Clock q crowd com
/ menced 10 gather In its vicinity The weather was
! not yer; propitiOus for mass meeting. but 1t
4 cleared mp towards evening and enabled several
hundred TO be present. 1t appears that the original
| wages q. the men employed under the Crcton De-
partment was 81 80 per day but on the 18th January
| Mr.. Van Crden placed the Croton men on the same
basis as fhosc employed by the Park commissioners,
/ which r, dncel their daily stipend TO So per day