New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-03-20
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
nr,,,Nns Of LABORING MEN.

FIFTY delegates from the various trade unions % VI
The CITY and it's vicinity forming the ence Hail
SANITATION Of the Labor Union. met IN d,scpssed
In Eighth-st, yesterday afternoon, ana Rob
81. nnestion of the convict-contTact system son
ert Hiissert of the Taors Union, presided: st
tons were passed denouneing the piie ehnmaE and
calculated to rob the workingmen OF theM 10 ths
y;ghfsD IL was resolved that the members % str
Legislature from New YORK anu - 70 900 work
;,,u,sr 20 hiring about such laws as would aDonsn
The nresent system of conv let labor ana reduce To
working hours of the convicts to eight gay; heip
Ssiagates piedged themselves to do oil IN tneir
nower 10 defeat at the polls those members WIZ
failed to try and effect the desired legislation no
trade npon but that he had been an officer IN we
State prisons for five years, and had ag.aoeI uno
onestion solely through his love ior .ne
men requested all present to attend mass nest t
az No ai2 Grand-st next Friday, to probe stu iur
Their the iniQuities of the present systSn . ,"n1
appauded for his magnann9us oUI IL vas adyisa
bie to ask employers for money to aid the move 5
ment The delegates finally decided not 70 no 3D.
hut 10 stand on their own merltS ,,oJ 90
COMMITTEES of three which had been employed 10
draurht resolutions of sympathy WIN uela ,niI
bronght in o report "denonncing Minister toW tba
for his cowa-dice and trucking conduct 70 emS
Rri,ish aristocracy whereby American cluZGns
were uuustly confined IN British prisons uii ~; w
handing that President Arthur promptly recall Mn
After this specches were made denouncIhg caPnai
ms thc enemy of labor. The speakers sald that =.
nh wealth was created by worklngmcn leI ouEn t
IN rur the country, and that thelr IeeuOm "aa ~,
worth cent SO long as it was dependent on CAPITA a.
One delegate suggested that their platform nd
Labor against Capital and that the paIlo's ii
not strikes be chosen the instrument OF reqrfSs
inc their wrongs A member of the Bakers Union Union
fhonght tins plan was too old. The oTganlzaTtiVn
then elected John 7. GrahaIo OF the jersey ivy
Iongshoremen, first vIce-preSident, ana AuguS'
Fynst of the Clothing Cutters Union, second wee
president, and adjourned to meet AGAIN heA' o"'-
day afternoon. ~: baId q
Tine German House Painters Union heid "a a
f.tNa AT
Sixtk-st.. With John Jacker In the char. nc on
iect of the meeting to instruct the lhelhpets III
The principles of the organization and 70 ehcoi5o
an agitation for an advance III wages from % "
81 20 a day. The president, Mr.. JackeT, MI
Schaefer and other speakers addressed lpe ihoo's'
No immediate strike is contemplated. ~
A meeting was held at GeInanla Assembly hoolhs
NV the working cutters of this city yesterday slteI
noon Charles +. Lawson presided. lie saiu Tue
enters had not received any advance OF wages for
several wears The highest pay they received was
S1h per week They decided TO demand an increase
o - at the close of the present month OF to strike
meeting of special COMMITTEES otbrass workers
was held al StOrsePs Rooms yesterday. The com
nttee reported that most OF the men were III favor
ofonitting work at the close of the present month,
nn1,ss they receive better pay. There are LOU
nrasS workers employed in this city.