New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-08
wORKINGMEN IN COUNCIL.
PLANNING SUNDAY EXCURsoNs-THE NEW HALL
SENDING MONEY TO GERMANY.

PLANNING SUNDAY EXCURsloNs-THE NEW HALL
SENDING MONEY TO GERMANY.
The Central Labor Union met Yesterday alteI yer,
noon at Second-ave and First-st. Nhen inc Ioi,
was called thirty-seven unions rcspohueu' III
un,ons reported that they had begun to 1eel !he
effects of the parade in the increased apPnCatiofs
for membership and every union was III az $500 y.
the series of excursions TO be gwen on tne sl1nsr
PIvmonth Rock beginning next Sunday BIlck-
LAYERS Union, No. 4. reported that 1T had about
gained the strike but intended al S n
her of non-uniOn wOTkingmen brought INTO tne CITY
either to join the union or go home; Several men
will he nut TO work to-day by MI trancke, tne
executor of Samuel Lowden, the boss builder VINO
has disappeared. The men go to work on tbelr own
terms The Cigarmakers' Union reported tnaU
Straiton Il Storm have been ASSISTING lhe CluciIi-
natl bosses who have locked their men out, by
sending them enough goods to MI current 9r9eIs,
and the Ohio cigarmakers ask Tor q renewal OF the
boycott against Station 81 Storm. The Progressive
Cigarmakers have a strike on in the shop OF flatt
man q Condit. The silk ribbon weavers reported
that this trade is dull, and the BOSSES nave taken
advantage Of the fact to reduce wages. ,,,..,
The Committee on a WoIkingnens liallreporteu
that 600 copies of the plan for the formation OF
company to build hall had been printed for circu-
lation. The corporate name of the company is 10
be: q he Trustees of the Labor Unions Hall OF
the City of New-York." The object of the company
is TO purchase ground and erect ana MAINTAIN
bulldipg for the use of and benefit of trade ana
labor organizations in New-lOrk Inc amount OF
capita stock is TO be 100000 in $lO,OOO shares,
and the company is TO exist nifty years, None 9I
the stock can he sold to any one not duly accred-
tied representative of trade and labor orgsniza;
ton, chosen BY the organization TO purchase ah3
hold the stock in trust for il. Already a fund oil
about S3 600 has been raised. ana IL Is hopeu lnat
this will be more than doubled by me me
excursions on the Plymouth Rock. J. ne
Central Labor Union will hold its next regular rlsr
meeting on the Plymouth Rock next sunday. me
committee appointed TO collect funds 10 helP eect
members to the German Rcchstag reported tnat
they had SO more to send TO Berlin, resolution
was offered By the delegate from the Excelsior
Labor Club cOmmcndlng the brOwhstohe Oul,cIS
| atttgfI Tn Ia
norting the bricklayers and laborers in their
strike, and speaking of them as beng the only
union that has for tweiSe years 9cen OF
the Boss BrownstOne Cutters In banding together
TO prevent the quarrymen from iurnishlng anyIne e
not a member of their association stone thus
shifting out all competitor. was denounced as
violation of the conspiracy law for which trades
union man would be prosecuted The resolution
was enthusiastically carried
MANY MARRIAGES AT ST. CHRYSOSTOMS.
Some comment has recently been passed upon the
fact that st. ChrysostOms Chapel In TINS city Is
apparently much sought after by runaway couples
and others DESTROYS of entering the matrmonlal
state as expeditiously as possible. Two cases IN
particular happening within rev h oay sOnS e"f
such an extent that TRIBUNE reporter q
| day or two ago made some inquiries al
the chapel. The cases referred 20 are those OF an
| actress who married q who already had a
| wife, and Brooklyn Organlst who eoped WIN
| young member of his choir.
/
sisaut rector "but were to be placed again IN the
! same circumstances | should act in precisely the
same manner. In the first had tho positive aSsuT-
| ance of the young man that his first wife was dead
| III the second | knew the young people, and
| took course which. though regretted believed
under he circumstances to he the best Tor all con
! cerned Under the lax marriage laws OF tins state
! a clergyman is placed in difficult position lie
| NAV on his responsibility refuse to unite a
couple coming to him. but should he do this with
! ont positive proof of something being wrong he
| but sends them to justice of the peace TO be
united without the blessing of the Church, or to
! something worse. That many strangers are mar
ricd III church is due IN a
great measure, ! think, to the fact
| That it is open from years end 70
| years end That some of these marriages should
turn out unfortunately is inevitable, but until the
! marriage laws of New York receive that revision
| which they stand much IN need of, hardly see
way out of the difficulty. | am, think as carefni
as can be under the circumstances. whenever
there is time | invariably send round TO- the
addresses gwen me TO make sure that all Is
right but there are cases where tins is impossible
and then | have to judge 10y the manner OF the
applicants OF those whom | have refused 10
marry the majority were denied because the
manner in which the questions were answered
rather than the substance OF the answers seemed TO
| me unsatisfactory"