, 1879-02-18
THE LABOR QUESTION.

Legislative Amendments Wanted.
Last night committee Of fifteen, appointed
At meeting ol wOrkinemen held several weeks
nyo at tho WorkTngmcn's Hall, corner Of West
Twelfth Hl,d Waller streets, met at No. Clark
street. Mr.. Miles Kcloe presided The work
Of the Committee was to consider number Of
bills whic, orc to be presented 10 the Legislature,
uitl this work tie Committee completed by
dscl.1sng to recommend tlle Endorsement of the
bills by mass-tnccttng to be held Friday night
at Masketl Hall. Tile bills are: In reiut!on to
liens; an net TO facilitate tho collection Of
wages; bill amending the law for the levytng
Of taxes; for tho creating Of half.holtday upon
dsys Of elections; a bill for tho Abulishtng
Of convict labor upon all public
worK, except the manufacture Of articles 1scces-
sasy III tie maintenance Of tho public insttto-
uous. The principal fnrasure aino'Ig the above
Is the proposed constitutional amendment
which provides that tic sans Immunity shull 0e
given tn tile 1nuttcr OF LIABILITY to ussesssnsnt
Is given In thr matter Of liability fur debt; thnt
Il. that every man al,al1 hu allowed immunity
frum tnxatuu upon 81 900 worth OF real estate
aud $400 worth of nrrsonal property.
BulckLA YEns' Strike.
Agutn has trouble arisen between the people
who are plcAked to call themselves the wage
working, hurny.handcd sons of toll and tho
class wllom the wngc.workers aro wont to dcs-
4tlIALE I'D tHo VludlCu caGllN4lbket 4uE tIE8EnL
trouble ID III, the ranks Of tho brick-
layerd, and Is, as one might readily
suppose, about compensation for ,aI,or.
Yesterday morning tile ulcn employed BY How
new bulldEns corner Of Randolph street aud
Wabash avenue, stopped work on account U{
the price puid ulem fDr their LABOR 1t Bretns
that lust Tuesday the lrlckayers' Union dccd-
or 90 cents per hour, GU und after Feb. II, md
$aa.U per day on und after April |. Howard IL
Fox refused to acccde to the demands IT tllr
uulnn,- they havhIg bern paying sl.50 aal $1.75
per duy,-nMl slir union men were bound to
strike. Mr. Howard was interviewed yesterday,
mud ho stated that tie notification Of thu
bricklsyers WAS an unfair one. lie considered
It u warning to contractors to use Tie
The fact was tint thu contract with J. W. Doane
d Gu. Ind been made Inst NovenDer, a1l1 had
butn based Upon the labor-prices tlen ii vogue.
To yield now 10 the d0mands Ut tile uniun
tructs of The nrm. Thy llr1n will Try to enguxo
no,-ut,lon men at from SLED to tl.f15 per day to
complete the buildings now til process of cree
tIun, mud they are confident that they will have
no trouble T.! getting oil the han,ls for whom
they eau lind WORK: Mr.. j; ". Doane snid, III
relation to the work, that Howard d; Fox Ind
agreed to complete the building by April IL.
'i'hey would be held TO the agree,ncnt. Doauu
& Co Ind nothing to do with the strike.
Tic English section Of the EetcklAycrs' Union
held largely Intended mcetIuE last night at
No. Clurk street. Il constitution and bylaws
was adopted So fnr as could be done without
tile ratification Of the German aGctipnt uAd
meeting Of Tie Inter section was appointed for
Thursday night ut No. Is West Like street. at
which meeting tlie aforesaid ratification Will bc
given, II is expected. A mass.meet!ng was also
appointed for next Sunday as o'cluck ut No.
81 Weat Lake street, when the constitution, etc.,
will come up for ~Anal action. The business
having been tisooscl Of, 4 season geuerM
alrl cati,est protestatton was allowed. Tic
cause Of the present EricyAnccs WAS stated 10
be what is sct forth above III the Howard s.
Fox ease. Many Of those present made speeches
iu which they announced their inability to enr1,
for themselves and their families q respectable
living 81 the prices paid for work. Oihers Bud
that Howard j. Fox WAS tile only firm TINT did
not pay So pcr day, ntid still others sad
TINT the firm could well afford to pay
tic auy..nced price, tlIer having purchased all
their brick at 4 very low tigure last fail. No
action was takeu In tho mntter, but 1t plnill
to be seea that thc men desired 10 take Holne de
cislvc stcps. The Secretary read from IN inter-
noon paper au account OF the trouble Of yester-
day, nnl wlcn he read llte statement TINT i. W,
UuAne d. Go. would hold Howard ~ Fox to the
strict fultfllmcnt Of their agreement there WAS
cnncrtlud stamping Of feet and clapptng Of
halds tl,at Indicated a common pleasure in any-
thing hat might act to the ncoavenicnec Of tho
contracting hrnl.