The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-04-09
Important Meeting of the Repre-
sentatives of Labor in
Chicago.
A Sweeping Demand for the Employment
Of None but Members Of
Trades Unions,
Under Pain Of General Strike Throughout
the Country-Eight Hours for
Days Work.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, April Sat the session
OF the Enthusiastically Sunday, Dele
gate Powers, President OF the Seamen's
Union, called attention incidentally to
plan heretofore unmentioned publicly
which provides tacltly for general strike
OF all union workingmen unless their en-
ployers consent to nire none but members
OF unions. Mr.. Powers was discussing the
merits OF a proposition by the recent labor
convention TO enact law limiting the
hours OF work required by employers
throughout the country to eight. He be-
lleyed the enactment Of that law would
have beneficial effect, but was con-
WINGED that the purpose OF the convention
In that partlC ular could be more readily
accomplished by workingmen generally
resolving to work only eight hours than
by their waiting the termination OF slow
and tedious process of reasoning by
which representatives Of the people will
eventually pass the bill.
desultory discussion ensued regard
ing plank in the Labor Convention plat
form on the subject of land.holding by
foreigners, but no conclusion was reached.
Delegates from the Assembly TO the con-
yention reported the action of the con-
yention An intimation having been
made that Delegate Schlling attempted
to folst SOcialistic principles on the con-
yention, Mr.. Schiling made a denial.
Other delegates said several persons en-
dedyored to have the convention pro-
nounce in favor of planks in the Republi-
can and the Democratic platforms, but
that their purposes were defeated.
Delegates from the Painters Union re-
ported that the painters were well organ
lied. Delegate Doyle said the Mayor had
explained that the recent regulation pro-
hiblting the playing of music in streets
had application 10 only the larger thor
oughfares crowded with horses which
| might be frightened and do serious dam
age, resolution inStructing the mem
bers OF the assembly to prepare statistics
setting forth the cost OF living was adopt
| ed. Statistics of wages were received
| and will be read two weeks hence. The
| Tanners a2d Curriers' Cooperative Asso-
! citation reported they had built substan-
tial three-story building and would begin
the work of tanning therein yesterday
B. +. Reynolds, for the Committee on
Legislation, said protest against the
bill to give copyrights to foreign authors
had been sent TO Congress, and that Sen.
ator Cullom and Congressman Davis had
written that they would call attention tc
the protest, and that Senator Logan haC
declared the Assembly might rest as
sured If the bill provided for interference
with the rights of American laborers, ht
would vote against it.
| The Assembly then adopted resolutions
expressing thanks to Judge Prendergas
for preparing the "landlord and tenant
bill and bill regarding the collection o.
debt and congratulations to printers fol-
the government on the addition of the
twenty per cent deducted from their rate
of pay two years ago. The next meeting
of the Assembly is set for April 20