New-York tribune., 1886-05-04
DEMANDING SHORTER HOURS
NEARLY 3 600 MEN STRIKE IN NETWORK.
THE DEMAND GRANTED BY MANY EMPLoYENs-ThE
e.,,,r 1rn,. RI.r II LIE rIANO TRADE.

decided that the condition Of business did not war; '
them In cutting down the number OF working nou's !"
day TO csht In ali the building trades with Tue eN
ec,ion OF the paper hangers and the iiescol""''i'
who have worked eight honrs for som" tme' arr"'s'
uens has been mace with employers to grant 'uo
,,,e hur r,,l, and satisfactory scale o. WAGES was
agreed upou; 80 tue builders may rest resurcd u IVA"
tsison that further attempt al sHoI'oi " "
higher wages will I've made.
An ~ the 5000 members OF the lnfer'"i"n"' N'
makcr,' Union IN this CITY went to worh lH oi ''' VS."
lonr arrangement Al the last general c'n'eh ION o
g. ,,,u ohch w.s held at Ciucinuatl last year, the
t,p.winc amendment made TO the CONSTITUTIONS
Every local union shall have the power 10 reSn'ae ,ne
hos Of labor ~ is ne. %ay on and after May
i 1856 Any member OF any local union w." sn'li la
~ corly this article snau te nltu OV cen's u"'
for each VIC Et II thereof
In view Of this provision all o the cgarmascrs asked
uud received eiga hours days work Not single
rcfas was report ed the once of Secretary Danlf
The cotnins cuters have decided not 10 erforce the
eis hour rule At recent meeting the following reS"
luii.n was unanimously adopted by them;
That on aud after May TO- 1856 ne hours OF laoor LOT
Mi aemhers OF the Uut Il CloimnS Cut ers "' New.
York aid vieiuty shal he from a III 10 o ,,n p M 81
from 80 M. tat y. NJ. TINS prlhs Il, , Wp,t or
tie shops in accordauoe wit th'r le sIt custom, o,
every shop shall be CLOSED on saturdays al l. h'"h'
Since the odopt ON Of this most OF The shops have been
visited and nearly every case satisfactory ""sc
rs neen given Yesterday Secretary Joseph H.
Gels sent . circular letter 10 all tne cmPi"ycrs ""N
Them 10 return All answer in writing ss to what hey
ropo.ed TO do before Saturday The circular says III
conclusion:
ia adopting the above hours have been mindful OF
fhe ya>i INTERESTS rersrnod by our Hraneh oi lnu"sp
fn this city, nd II has been our alu 10 Dln- a"ou @
chang. ~itnoa materially affecting those 1terr - tus
COZ tipuapg feeling a" srcnrlt' a"u ui"tui i"'0''''
which sloald always exist hoi~"eh us.
Secretary says tina all The big shops D'e a"e"'
granted .he dc aud that there vii be no sirike
Only tv enty i've 4" tne 500 menOe'e OF 'he 1iioi'
l-nlon went .ack To work yesifrd1y M"rplDE' AoV"'
GA of e others went to the Gcrnaula Asse IL Rooms
n,.No 20! BoWerv and held meeting. Speeches were
,,rd. ri ci,ally ia German and ii was unanimously
sol a. mat uo one should return 10 work until they all
seut Ia npder The eight hour rule Alter the adJoin
mcni of nrriug tbe Executive Board looF up meas"
quarter at hail in the BoweIy near siXti-s' where
HE, IL tened repor Of tho committees apolnel
L. watch different sh0ps 1t VAS deoioe III case "e
strike lasted so long tbsi the mon should receive %
each pn Monday next DuIing tae aitaruoon reports
were received from iodr shops stating tuai the deua
Lad been compile with AMI the men III those shops
could ~ to WORK tnis morning. Later 1t was learned
mat meeting of The eD! loving rriers Was bel held
al The Metropolitan Hotel TO decide "n what course "'
action It would be test take reg"r 10 tue sIriSe
Al lie meeting OF .he manufacturing fuiricfs at the
METROPOLITAN Hotel in tie afternoon the following pre-
ainbe and resolu'in were adop'ei
heces The purpose and beet o. labor unions ought 10
n,m,Is -levat ~ der ciaiaoter. rcasmg ddr
4 sc a ness IS .elnDe ~ eboOal Z A eduealioi
ana a ns oS Ss ~ FarTGs rgG u o ha- praise
ium.nib iriyo @eman a a. g, o
nna III i iand e. aJur,u, alike to employers as
~ IS,os he u1ion bg reason o. deviation has be
1um i troasi ana an15 aa,e " tie Gu P'G ~ "n
O. ,hts co.nm t. OF iIeeucn now, ther..o'e e u -
yT.rs ssoiatio al cre site the IN rers
tnoD vi II on sy So @eei o, N 'lsr s e
hs EN- loy as lons a. re 1e, h sl .y ,e'' 97'
"Iai, mrau~" sad C. c. -hiy"c, "taai II lhey do
not come to work regular rate of ten hours per
day either Gnion OF nondnion mer We VIII not nave
any more to do with them. We will not compromlsr on
the question OF and THIS is our final answer and
vii he scn the employees by tner employers. not 10
The ur,on " hich we refuse To recognize,
The Joint sinke committee OF Cabinet makers Uh1on
No = Furniture II ak Is Union. Uphostcrer's Uuiol
and VI ion 10 session all day lons II
Clarendon From the reports that tnev received
Il was evident that tine strike for eight hours III theIf
trade was a complete success Nearly 200 shops grnted
Tie demand without protest ard the men 1id not nave
Ia lose ANY time The other shops which have not
decided as yet the demands do not 1t Is sal l.
emuloy altogether more than $50 men and onl, this
number are strike. The reports were reau iaT'
Ilvl To d ,ont meclug o. the tradrs IN Nilsson HAL
aud all Laud are juJiaDt oveI the result oi Tue moNo
Incnt.
Reports received at the meeting that l65 firms
smyioylug 3 800 had conceded 10 the denahI loi
,iryt I,nr. that hve nrns. rDpoying about 100 men
hal locked tnem aud that four shops haa gone OIL
stTke AInon- he nrHs who gave IN 10 the men were
Hertz Brnhrrs. Frurav Hrrter flr|t-ave; f"tt'
& slymu.. Forty sccond's; H. Herman Worth IT.:
Siiocbri. E.Iz.bc,n-sL, and Frank Hh~uef' twenty
Isri-s' ,,. .,. .,,,, e.,
,,su,n,Lers SOM, oi the biggest manufacturers la,
isiny stated to tn-ir T. al III the Present state
men ,"r cicn hours without seriously dIsaranginl
bu,ines- to render foreign competition lam eion ~
nud e nii's the business 50 ls ih"i IL wOuid b'
lic- To- ,hut The factories alt ether These sta
Lent- did lot. ho~c'eI deter the uhirn men rom per-
made Ia enfnroe them. The Executive C"anIitee OF t'
1'fnnu,aLer.' TuIou were la sessi, from unti
lOI III IN accordance with the pfOcraunr lald d0wi
iae in the shops A>.eni'ied III tleir henh
Sn@irr a. o'clock m MHSy r o ten marched back il
n bod, a. th-y ioIad ihe d"ofs locked against item
thTne Of item Wrss,l Nico 4 Gros, str"uch BI"lner
aud is,n o.. granted The crm""ds al once maNsrI,
d CO.. Err'chorst Co and e"fse b"th"ei reiuNsi a.
first sent back word 10 ine touIi Hc the
their could return to work to-day h'PoIts 'r"i @
the piano shors were n"' 80 rn. "' ,a', M
finrlo, ed br Inner Co., the Istey organ Company
Indermann Co. jacobs Broth ss' slM '"v"it
the Duct rianO omp'ny. Newly Evan, ana hfoessi .
4 son, went work usual except thai tieir da!
work shortened by two hours j. T. Haze drenheo nee
nrst to grant request Out amer "siu uc'ieu i'
bic cou 20 la wOik Under me rnIe %-uHs ,Ss.
Jroihcrs Kranch Il Bach. Decker Br"tners. D~ckcr 4
Sou Stuz 4 Bauer aud Behr Brothers aeclnch iV~l-
lively to .rsut tho demand aud th,ir men were zoe Aed
o.t xn~n ihey reported for duty Weber a son
s-cuway q sons and Channcry D. lesse refused 10 graz
negotiations SDich they hope will be successful III
ea~ciing "a compromise II the fun demands are Lo'
klaltcl "a,
Al tue night meeting OF the executive committee "l
tile pano makers 1t reported mat e D f"ase hIa-
laur Brafhers aud Bent Co. had decided 10 grant the
demands thrir ana that t"lr fctoIrs wouu pe
omen al o'cock This morning. Committees We're al'-
,o,n1-d 10 wait Oh ChIekerng d Co.. rteinway Sons
snd Weber * Co., II tney could not DE induced
either 10 grant the demand ia lu OF aSreo uioh so"e
equitable COMPROMISE. ,,,.,, IL,
The carriage and wagon makers met at Eosehil HAL
in ~.rDu.. FoTtySrcundff- Jhry i"lhahd
ed e.ni bours work. About thirty OF The tinpoNeis
sranted the DEMAND few others gave them nine
fnar ia an advance OF from 1" 10 per ccui III wages
Tir hers asked until Wednesday before they gave de
eidcG answer 1Ar line was rfdn'ru Dut III .ho "
they are now wOrAIng al low wages from 20 10 ID
week. aud have work ouiy Tor about seven nOhtnS III
thr year. . ..,tu,.ha
Tie German printers have succeeded IN reulhg lhr
eight.our rule adopted ia every shop III winch INC
NVTk ,. =, =,
sAe Progressive machinists met at Care, non nan
They wcr- nghting for bOnrs day ana ho>S'sth
pi.yHg 273 n eu had already gianted u. Only one
anal s'rike shop employing nve men La" Oeei
found s-aTy -.
Nearly 500 pattern makers went on siriKe lot re- re-
duct,o ~ The hours of la Ibcs represented an the
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