New-York tribune., 1884-02-25
D0LNGS OF THE HoEEJNGAEN.

STATEMENTS AZ TO UNSAFE BOILFR,-STRAIION ON
&, STORM TO BIZ BOYCOTTED.
A meeting of engineers having charge OF
satlonarv boilers this city held last nigh a. No
352 West Thlrty-hfth ST.. and the NewYcrk State Asso
citation of Engineers was formed Ii is the intention OF
the association to endeavor 10 efecV
reformation in the present system Of granting
licenses 10 engineers, and In the matter OF In
spectinc boilers II proposes 10 establish branch or the
association in each city the state. One Of the speakers
said II the people Of New-York knew what they were
walking over every day there would be popular upIls
tn aain-t the present system Of receiving engineers
ANY boy who can answer the questions propounded bJ
fe board of examiners get license provided ne mas
influence The examination is Of the most supeIhcI-
character In the matter Of licensing boilers the sS'n
Is even worse There G,OOO boilers IN the CITY
know personally. least twenty-five that have never
been Inspected The boiler that have charge Of IS not III
20 be m use but DO dare complain Of IT, for fear O.
being and blacsed There are boilers unsafe
at 40 pounds pressure that anty run at 60 We
rrouose 10 have complaints made through officer who
win not be dependent on any employer for living
The regular meeting Of the Central Labor Union
was held Yesterday at Odd Fellows Han. communca-
fi0p WIS received ron the Sociasrc Labor Party, o.
ipdanapo asking the Central Labor linton 70 push TIE
amend he Copstitution OF tie United states mitin
the hOurs Of labor OF persons emp u h Ie
Throughout the United States. The nattcr was
referred TO the Committee on Labor Bins Inc clsar-
srat.on storms factory was kcy 10 be l9ui one
me committee or the Central Labor Union Whicl has
fhe affer I'm charge was instructed to inform stratOn
q storm that II the reduction we're enforced the hI
wond be b0ycotted II would also in@t
thar the member OF the Board Of Arbitration VINO
La been discharged should be renstated ,
The COMMITTEES the Manufacture or Clothing IN me
Prisons reported that the AttOrneyGeneraI hsd decd
that all contracts for prison labor male before th -
Soc Of The act aboshing contract labor ID the PRISONS
held good Until their 1praOD, and that the contract Tor
clothing had s,il three years TO run Ihe commtlee s
erst-d ha bill be introduced in the Legislature prchD-
Ring the Manufacture Of elothiDg IN the
mass meeting OF the Brooklyn bakers was held yes
feray at No 365TultOn-st James i. Morton or ie
largest employing bakers 10 Brooklyn, addressed tle
mreug and said that he III sympathy with Tie 0' o.
IDent for shorter hours ana that after Apll he Wod
reouire his men TO work only eight hours day.
He hoped that the would back him up by
RECURRING the other houses TO follow SUIT.
epaec,ss were also made by leading mem
berr of the Bakers Unions OF New-York and Brookyn
A meeting Of tine Tugboatmens Association Was held
Yesterday at No 1913 BOwery The Committee on Hu'ls
and Boers reported that II would shortly have some IN
portsnf revelations 10 make public. Il resolved 10
Hight the truck system" under which the men ae
forced to buy their supplies from stores under control O
the owners Of boats under pain Of dismissal