Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-03-20
The TaIIor,s Troubles.

THREE FIRMS THAT ARE OBNOXIOUS TO THE JOUR-
NEYMES-A MASS MEETING CT woRKISGMEN AND
WHAT WAS DOSE-REPJRTs FROM The VARIOUS
TRADES
A wail-attended mass meeting OF workingmen.
called by the ta:lOr'S union, under the auspices OF
INCORPORATION of Labor, was held at Abner's hall
last evening. Mr.. A. NJ Kenaday, president OF
the Federation OF Labor, was chosen to preside,
ami the following gentlemen were associated with
Inn as officers: Secretaries s. E. Boyce and f. H.
BoZenbery; vice presidents, E. G. Grumey. Co.
iuinoa Typographical Union; Thomas S. Dem
union: I. \. OBrien, stone cutters union. ,ru.r
Lynch, brick!ayers union, N.viiuias PiaSS plumb
trs ini"n: CGJ. wells, Drckmoulders' uaion:
--.,-rv fIAl. blkcrs Union: George Wood. tailOr5'
union; j. Gray, presstnen's union: J. S. Linken
hookbinieTs un!on; JOB I. II der, turner's and
scroll sawyerS; Mr.. WOodEed, galvanized iron
workers: j. w. COnsiiine tinnfrs' union: j. w
fdlecner, paper hangers union: John W. Howard
aergtant-at-lTIns.
1HE GRIEVANCE OF THE TAILoRs.
After VI kenlday had announced the purposes
OF the meeting. Mr.. b. 6. MaeDol1id, OF the tail
Ors union, spoke for the purpose of presenting the
complaint OF the tailors' union against Eseman
Bios, }. hamburger Sons, and a. y coil. Two
OF the nrns, he said never pay one dollar in this
city except for rent. All OF the firms, 1t was
Claimed opposed the union b. employing cheap
labor He declared that all the merchant tatlors
III the city patti the unioa scale. Alter Mr.. Mac
Donald had rated the obnoxious clo.hiers soundly,
M henaday read the circular OF the taiiors union
addressed 'Io the workingmen OF Washington CITY
and the friends OF honest labor" setting forth
their complaint against the three clothing houses
named, AMI asking the workingmen to "boycott'
them. This circular was adopt; I'd as an expression
OF the sense OF the meeting.
Co-oPERATIOs OF OTHER TRADES WITH THE TAILoRs
Speeches were then made by Messrs. Michael j.
Curry, OF the Bricklayers' Union; Thomas H.
Lucas, Brotherhood Of Carpenters; A. d. Brock,
Coiumhil Typographical Union: J.J. MacNamara,
1lnners' Union; ia. Smith (c0lOred(, BrckmOuld-
ers Union; Thomas s. Denham, Painters Union,
and Joseph Tanning, soft-stonecutters' Union.
ate with the taiIors In nearly every case the rep
Tesentatives OF the various unions declared that
they had at present no grievances,
JoURNEYMAN PAINTERS INCOME.
Mr.. Denham in his rem irks gave an account OF
the Journeymen painters controversy with the
bosses now pending. He said the bosses had had
six months notice that after April I'd So day
Wouid De demanded. The Journeymen expected
TO win. A Journeyman painter, he said, could not
get WORK for more than seven months q year.
which gave him an income, at the present rate of
g % per day, OF s42O year After paying for his
house rent, sugar, coal and wood, coffee and tea
and meat. he figured that the painter had SIS left
for doctors bills, clothing for his family, milk.
vegetables, and other necessaries.
Inc meeting adjourned about IL o'clock
A CARD.
To the Editor of the EVENING STAR:
WASHINGTON, DC. March 90, 1888.
Mr. G. B. Mcdonald, at the wOrkingmen's meet
Ing last night, accused the firm OF l. Hamburger &
Sons. among other Washington houses, with '.boy-
cotuh2 "orhihSheh. he charged that we had
no work done in this District, and spent none OF
our profits here. We We're denied the privilege of
answering for l. Hamburger & Sons by Mr. Nc
Donald at the time, and are therefore compelled to
answer here. All the work which our business
VIII submit to Is done here. This includes all the
hne and higher priced garments upon which Jour-
neymen tailors make their best Mr.. Daniel
OConnel. himself an honorable member OF the
Tallors Union, has charge Of this department of
our business He has made more money while In
our employ than he ever did during the same
period since he came to Washington. We respect
FULLY refer to him to refute this Islander. While
we have very prosperous business In Baltimore,
we claim, and the facts VIII bear US out that there
is no house here whose proprietors have-a more
earnest desire to promote the interest Of working
men than ours. They are largely our customers.
In the degree that they are cOntented and pros
porous do we reap profits from their custom. To
attempt to array us against their interests is I'M
Just. 10 say that we are in any degree opposed to
their we'll being Is untrue.
Respectfully, l. HAMBURGER & Sons,
6l5 Pennsylvania avenue.