New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-05-11
LESS TINE AND MORE WAGES.
URGING TIE DEMAND FOR SHORTER DAYS.
The CLAIM REsIsIFD BY FURNITURE MAKERS
FIRMS IHAr HAVE YIELDED.

The CLAIM REsIsTfD BY FURNITURE MAKERS
FIRMS THAT HAVE YIELDED.
The result OF the action of the Furniture
Manuactrers Association in for ten hours
days work Is uncertain The executive board OF the
Manufacturer session yeste rday and
1t was reported that they received reports from nearly
sl Of the members Of the association saying that they
had opened Their shops at o'clock and that In many Of
them some men to work. while in only few WA
there complete cessation OF business. They have
issued the following bulletin:
Various rumors having found their way In the press
citation OF city and vicinity were adopting
eizh-hour system. permit to say that the reports
from nearly all our members ore TO the eect that the
hour system has been adopted and II the men are
not working is because they Will not work ten hours
n day.
The association includes about fifty Of the largest
ufacurers and It Is said that $500 employed In
all the del artents They laugh at the idea Of their
beng indicted ant arrested for makns fight against
the eight hOnr rule. At the headquarters OF the strike
Committee OF the various furniture king unions
different story is told They that only eleven shops
employing 35S have locked out their mer undor the
resolution passed by the association. They are
Ranch Moore, OF Marion Mr. Pndner, OF Ave
A Peter Kehr OF Mangn-st. George Hess Of Cannon
st. Z. Lessner OF East Seventy nrsr-st. Mr. Roths
child. OF East Twanteth-st.; Mohr Co., OF Elizabeth
st. Burrows Co., OF Beekman-st; schrenheiseu
Co, OF Monroe-s,.; Merklen & Co.. OF East Thrdst ;
however, that other shops will lock out to-day.
The Clothing Cutters Union and tie Clothing Manu-
facurers Association have entered into tho following
agreement:
II Is agreed that nine and half hours OF actual
labor shall constitute DAYS WORK and that less than
forty minutes nor more than hour shall be the ule
allowed for dinner To the members o the United Cloth
ing Cutters VI NewIOrk .
On saturdays from May / until October work shall
begin at the hour now customary in the respective shops
and shall end at IL o'clock, noon. On every other
saturday Of the work shall begin at the hour Gus
tOmary and shall end at o'clock p. with not more
than one hour for dinner
In those shops closed Saturday there shall DO I'VE
ull days WORK ~ nine and one hall hours per day anu
one Half days work Ia addition during the week
No strike or lockout shall be ordered by either party
hereto without notice being first to the other ana
a conference first had thereon.
This agreement shall remain Ia force for one year from
this date
st. They reported " eighty shops in their trade
seventy two In tho building line and all OF these
except Thies " Truck Of Eat Forty third-st.- had
day That firm. they Thought would ave ia N
short time. The eight firms IN the furniture ne hnd
refused grant the demands and about 100 men are out
The carriage and wagon makers reported thht MI
Schimmel OF West seventy frstst. and Mr. Mandel OF
one hundred and sixty seventies and Third ave- hsd
granted their demand FOR eight hours WORK N ten hours
pay They now have $50 men az Work anu 0OV OUT
The Ndrn.shers report that EOnnaun ~ HIuhhn' Vi
EroOkyn, granted the eight hour rule There are
now 100 varuIshers on strike. 49, .
The men enrloyel IN the Pioneer Iron Works in
William Brooklyn, numbering about zoo, STRUCK
Yesterday for the reduction OF time to nlno hours
retaining the pay they have received for ten hours
The 400 men employed In the Hydraulic fuMp Norks
OF the WorthiDst0n Company, In Van Brunt-sI
Brooklyn struck for the same cause Nr. Vorthinson
said that would close his business until the men
returned TO work at the Old terms.