Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-05-06
THE EIGHT HOUR MOVEMENT.
Meetings Held Inst Ntght-BOss Rrick-
men.

Last night meetings were held by various labor
organizations TO consider matters I'm connection
with the pending eight hour contest. Local
Union. No. L, Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners, which had been In session continuously
since Monday, last evening held a large meet
Ing at the hall, eth and l. streets. The hall was
crowded to overfiowing, over 600 knights OF
the saw and plano being present Mr. Edward
Humphreys presided, with Mr.. Magee secretary.
Inc meeting was as usual held with closed
doors, and was given up to the initiation OF over
TWO dozen candidates and the hearing OF re-
ports III was given out that the trade here num-
oers some 400 or 1,50o men, 200 being in
the association or the knights OF Labor, and
the remainder, 300 embracing all the non
union men, white and colored Fully two
thirds of the union carpenters il is stated, are
at work for eight hours. The statement at-
.trbuted TO a boss carpenter that bosses were
compelled 10 keep incompetent men was EN-
phaticaily denied. and it was asserted that the
union had never YET interfered with a boss
Prerogative to discharge an incompetent man.
Oie man. putting on "A large force. said 10 The
STAR reporter, THE city is gone up and we'll All
starve, tor Dan Mccarthy says he'll shut up his
shop for a year. 1t was announced that "A
number OF bosses had conceded eight hours
BOSSES WHO ARE WORKING EIGHT HOURS.
Mr.. NJ. j. Curry, of the Bricklayers' Union.
says in relation TO ''bosses'' who have been an
nouneed as granting eight hours:
Mi Fleming in his statement In THE STAR
OF tuesday said those who were at work at the
Mr.. John Miller, one of those i'm the list is one
OF the largest builders, employing twenty brick
layers. Then there is Hope & Langdon. who
pulit some OF the finest churches and largest
school houses in the city: Chas. Knight who is
putting up three fine houses on X street north
west, between oath and % tn streets. and who
built the w. and G. II. II. offices and car shops
ana stables; MIR. John Lloyd contractor of ST
Domlnlc school house, who has been n we'll
known builder in the District for a quarter of a
century, and Mr. A. Davis, jr., son of the we'll
known builder who built the baltimore and
Potomac depot, entered on the eight-hour rule
who built Saks d Co.'S building. corner 7th
street and Louisiana avenue, fell i'm line with
eight hours. Peter Little, of Capitol Hill who
has been in the building trade all his life gives
eight hours. Zeph. Jones. OF the Pension build
ing. works eight hours. Boyce Grace "A veteran
builder from the Navy Yard swells the column
OF the friends of short hours and fair wages
James Hughes is well known, having erected
many fine houses for Mr.. a. l.. Barber under
Mr.. James McGill architect. Arch Hutton.
who can count The bricks that he has laid by
the millions, gives eight hours. Walter Dobson
can look at some of the finest buildings In the
city and say with pride that lac built them
george Dant who built the Convent OF ST DOM
mics, has yielded. Joseph r. Collins, who is
doing the brickiayfng of the Sun building and
below 9TH street southwest, has granted eight
hours on those buildings. George Cole of The
nrin OF King Cole, is working eight hours.
Hurdle d Moore well known an the West End
are working eight hours. John Philips who Ina !
quit hundreds OF houses for MIR. Dau.nhower
ana r. Harrigan, who is doing B. H. Warmers
Drlck work, are all working eight hours"