New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-10
poNGs OF THE WoRKINGMEN.
rTNOJNCING THE ATTACK o. RIDLEY s-sIElAL
OF LAST WEEK.

uENOJ NCING THE ATTACK Oh RIDLEY s-sIIIhLs
OF LAST WEEK.
The regular meeting of the Central Labor Union
was held Yesterday afternoon at Odd-tcHoWs HalL
Sccoud-st. and the BOWcIy. RESOLUTIONS were
adopted condemnmg all acts of violence IN the
settlement OF labor troubles as ncalled Tor ana
barbarous. and calling upon every member OF INC
Central Labor Union 10 investigate the recent Jul
rage al Rldlcys and use every means 10 blihE lhe
guilty persons TO justice. committee OF thlte
-. s.upoiufed 10 visit RidlcVS and present the
resolution. IL was resolved to boycott an hfms
handling the cigars of Straiton " storm ana reso-
luiOns were passed strongly condcmning the Olgdr-
makers International Union, and particularly
AdOlph Strasscr. The president lOI hepls llt HIIl
4 committee of three was appointed 10 NlSit TO
lice Headquarters and protest against the OutIdSeS
on pckcts The COmstock M. making IL q INSIDE
meanor for union men TO speak 10 people employed
In shops in which strikes were gong on was De
nounCed a. revolutionary measure. The commit
tee on organization was INSTRUCTED to visit Inc
slaughter house butchers and help them TO or
game. ~,
on Saturday night ANA it was agreed that no one
would accept work in JackmanS factory untl the
lo. lost uI The buttOu-hOlc makers was settled.
meeting Yesterday al 30 $50 West Thirty -ffth-st.
A committee appointed 10 make an lnNest!Sa-
ton OF the boilers and report at future meeting
The TugbOat Employees Union met yesterday
afternoon at No. 1913 BOweTy. The committee on
hospital dues reported that they thought II best to
make fight Tor the retention OF the dues ana 1t
was agreed unanimously TO accept the recommends
ton of he committee.
There viii be a general movement among the
building trades on April l for reduction OF the
hours OF labor 10 nine a day. Last week the labor
Crs employed by Contractor Richardson on the
buildings in Sixty-iirSt-st., between Tenth and
Eleventh AYES, struck for nOn-pdylnent OF wages
The strike lasted three days The un-TOOieTs
strnck against the employment OF nOn-uniOn men
on the building at nineteenth st.
and MadisOn-aye. Ghc strike was settled by the
uOn-uuiOn men joining the union. The stalr-Oulld-
els struck against the employment OF nOn-unQn
men ON the building in e-hundred-and- seventh
ST. between First and Second aves. Inc stllke
was successful. The labOrers employed on the
building in Seventy-first-st., between FIRST ana
Second ave struck because their wages were not
paid. They were paid after remaining out TWO
days .o..
( meeting of the striking cigar-nakeTs OF StraltOn
a Storm was held in Bohemian Hall III lfth-st.
yesterday morning The action of the police III
arTesting pickets was strongly condemned. A nnan-
was abundantly able to support the strikers FOR
some time 10 come.
ENDING HIS LIFE WITH PISTOL SHOT.
The dead body of man, age about thiTty-nine,
was found by Officer MOncreH yesterday morning
in vacant lot at SiXty-thiId-st., and Avenue-A.
a bullet wound was in the right temple and re-
conveyed to the Flfty-ninth-st. police station.
Pap4rs in the dead mans pockets led to his Ideuti-
3cation as Oswald G. Christopher of No. 35s Hud-
son-st a German who was brought TO tins country
when a child. For many years he was letter car
rier: but through drink he lost his place.
He became an agent, or pedlar, for the American
Paper Pail Company, of No. and East iOnTth-st
This winter he found much trouble ID making q
living although he had only a wife TO support
Iast "Wednesday he bid his wife gOod-by ana saic
that lie would he home early, az he wished TO attent
large meeting Of the United Order OF foresteiS' o.