Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-04-23
The werktnrmen,s meet,nv.

THE JOURNEYNEN TAILORS COMPLAINTS-THE
| CONTRACT sYsrEM-THE EIGHT HOUR LAW, ETC.
mass meeting OF the Workingmen's AS
| sembly was held last night at Franklin Legion
hall, corner 9Th and streets, the subjects
| under discussion being the tourneymen tailors'
troubles, the eight,hour law and the contract
to order, and stated that they were here at the
instance OF the Tailors' Union
OFFICERS ELECTED.
ne nominated the officers of the evening as
81. Bell; vice presidents, VIM. Boron, John Fal-
! H, J0nn F: Clarkson, T. G. Campbell, G. Wild,
Mm: Stickell, Gustavus Cranay, N G. Plass,
Au[ed ThOmas, VIM. Boston, Ed. Wayson, j.
W. Reynolds. Richard Emmons and VIM r.
ramsay; secretaries, Joseph Rosenbury and Z.
l.. Barker.
Mr.. b. G. Mcdonald, of the. Tatlors' Union,
took the floor and went on to harrate the man
ner In which some merchant tailOrS do their
clothes and sending them to Baltimore and
other places where the articles are made up.
This would be one OF the happiest cities in the
Union were 1t not for sending to foreign cities
for everything we eat drink or wear. He be-
lteVed that the time would come when our bib
ulous citizens would send to Baltimore for their
cocktails, were 1t not for waiting too long. The
Taflors' U MON is demOrallZed here, and have
lost their grip on account Of the action of the
Mr.. E. l.. Barker read preamble and resolu-
tions In which 1t is declared that 1T is not bone-
Iclal 10 the interests or the public for the mer-
chant tailOrs to send their work to other cities
While there are SO many starving men and
women at home out of employment; calling
on The publlc not to patronize such merchant
ta1lors; declaring opposition to the contract
system. and calling upon Congress to define tue
meaning OF the eight-hOur law, and If neceS-
sary 10 amend 1t for the protection OF labor.
LABOR SAVING MACHINES DENOUNCED.
MI. T. u. Campbell, from the Brotherhood of
the Union, and ex-senator from Georgia. was
the next speaker, and said this warfare was q
common cause with all classes of labor: it af-
fected the unsklled as we'll as the skilled labor.
lie went On to argue that the common laboring
man was as much affected as any other class
by this oppression of capital, monopoly, and
contract system OF doing work. There Is but
is by union OF all .labOrers In one common
cause, to work and vote together: Elect none
Tor any Office who will not consider the cause Of
Work1ngmen. He spoke against labor-savlng
machines, and said that 1t was one
OF the great causes OF trouble for the
Workingmen. The machine is made to work
the man and not the man for the machine In
other words it works for the benefit of the caD-
tallSt and mOnopOlist and against the laboriIlg
man. The Inventions Of the age we live In con-
duce 10 build up capital instead of diffusing 1t
among the masses as they should. Slavery and
oegredation Is the result to the workingmen.
he next took up the contract system and its
ABUSES. Under the rule OF giving out Contracts
70 the lowest bidder not only is the government
c1eated, out the labOrerS and those who fur
nlSn the material are also, and the contractor
makes all the money and gets rich. DR.. Thorn
as Mr.. Craney and Mr.. WEIGH were the next
SPEAKERS, after Which the resolutions were
adopted.