Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-07
NEW YORK CITY,.
Important Changes Proposed In the
{. l.. 1.-THE Lockout.

{. l.. 1.-THE Lockout.
Forty-two new delegates presented
credentials at last Sundays session of
New Iork's Labor Congress, the Central
Labor Union. After the reading Of the
minutes, two delegates from the Granite
Cutters National Union were heard.
They declared that certain j, &. Bat
terson, of Westerly, X. l., was running a
scab yard, and requested their brother
workmen of New York to aid them in
boycotting Batterson's scab-cut granite
This boss is the one who lad it extern
sively advertised that he is "diyiding his
profits" with his employees, whereas ne is
only attempting to injurc the Granite
Cutters Union by the prctcnsc The
matter was referred to the Building
Trades Council
The Urania Labor Club has completed
the organization Of the cOlorcd walters,
The boyCOtting of Ducbcr's watch
cases will be carried on with renewed
vigor.
The Excelsior Labor Club forwarded
the following preamble and resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted
WHEREAS, The committee appointed H. inycs
tigate the affairs of the new aqueduct caused
Their report to be published In the daily papers
OF January ~, without the endorsement Of the
Central Labor Union, and
WHEREAS The said report was not In accord
ance with the facts of the case, but merely a
device ON the part Of the committee to white.
wash Clark & O'Bricn and other firms Of con
tractors, and thereby relieve them Of the re.
sponsibility attached to their negligence in fail
Ing TO place proper safeguards around their
WORK, thus sacrificing the lives of thirty eight
workmen and
WHEREAS, The great work recently finished nt
He'll Gate, under government cont rol wherein
thousands OF tons Of explosives were used and
acres OF solid rock exCavated without the loss
OF IA single human life, is in direct contrast to
the vicious contract system employed ON the
new aqueduct; be II
RESOLVED, That we repudatc the report of
the committee and condemn he cont ract Sy2.
TEN on all public works as being detrimental to
the public good, imperiling the lives Of workmcn
and robbing them Of the just fruits Of their
labor.
Several delegates denounced the report
as shame and disgrace to the Central
Labor Union. 'Such q report might be-
expected from legislative investigating
committee" said a delegate "hut for Il
committee of workingmen to whitewash
contractor was unheard Of and uncaled
for. One OF the committee, j. Z. ArCh-
bald, was eXOneratcd, rs it was considered
that he had been mised.
AbendrOth * Roots stoves are put uu-
der the boycott at the request of the
MOulders union.
THE GRAF LOCKOUT.
Tho .,,....... /
the lockout Of the cigarmakerS, and eN-
planned the reason why they did not in
vite the International union men to a
conference. 1t seems that the lntcrna-
tlonai union-that is to say its leaders
held secret conferences with bosses, en-
deavoring to freeze out the Progressive
union, which in New York comprises the
great majority Of union cigarmakers. A
new price list submitted by the bosses
was put to general vote and was re-
jected. The delegates of the lnterna-
tional men charged the Central Labor
union committee and the Progressive
union committee with treaChery, which
created much lll-fecling among the dele
gates present, and ii was voted by an i'm
mense majority to demand the recall of
the international union delegates until
such time rs that union recognized all
unions represented in the Central Labor
union a. bona fde labor organizations.
This they have 50 far refused to do, and
the workingmcn of New York are not
favorably impressed with their spirit of
eXrlusiveness and aristocracy.
REoRGANlzATIoN
The committee on constitution has
been at work upon "A plan for the rcur-
ganzation of the union, by creating
Trade Sections, composed as far rs poSsi-
bic of affiliated trades, and making tn,
central body composed Of delegates from
each, for the transaction of such business
only rs is of general interest
At special meeting of the {. L. t.,
held on Tuesday evening, a communica-
ton from Cigarmakers' Int. Union, No.
Is, was read, in which il acknowledged
that the Cigarmakers Progressive Union
was BONA .fde part of the {. J.. L. AZ
well as all other bona fae organizations
represented there The rather mgrn.
ious wording of this letter was not con
sidered AS in accordance with the re-
quirement, and after "A lively debate ii
was tabled.