The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-21
NINE.ROUR MOVEMENT.
MEMPHIS MECHANICS INSISTING
ON ITS ADOPTION.
qbe Manufacturers Give Tseir Side
ofthe QuestiOn-rh'y VigOr-
Ously Oppose II.

NJ the workingmen Of this city is as
tuming alarming proportions, and ihe
manuf tctursIs declare that If II goes
N the extent thie ttened II will r. sult
In the sitting OF the trade they have
iabored so long and 30 earns sly to
build up and will Iu,n them indiyld'
ually, and Memphis as a chipping
roint for var Gus conn otitles.
The fist move # aIy IMPOTENCE
was made by the employees OF tue Cole
mandatory about three weeks ago,
and was chronicied in the APPEAL at
the time. The carpenters there
stTuck for ten hours pay for nine
houra' work, aud about 100 men wsnt
ont NJ one time. Two or three dArSies
Who were left worked for hat an boar
or 30. and then became frightened aud
quit. They are still ont, and have IN
srituted a boycott against the Cole
Company. No union mar, whether
tnrner. carpenter, joiner, bucklayrr
n,inter. ia mitted to strike a lick OF
work on building in whose
construction a del ar's worth o.
material from that establishment
Ia us,d. Yesterday contractor who
could not get certain Kind OF paint
he desired anywhere excepting at
Coles SAINT an outside wagon Tor " ana
had il hauled around about way IN
order to reach the building upon
which he was at work, fearing STRIKE
in case of discovery. The fret wood
manufacturing company visited wac
NH Coover & Co., VIII , signed with
the understanding that Co'e had al,
ready agreed. The c)mmitiee are SAID
TO have stated t, Mr.. Cola that they
Intended to take one firm at
lime, as their funds would mo-
allow them to support t1e whole
number in case OF a s'rke. Ire
tlnnsr5 have already signed tie nin'
hour agreement, aud notice has nov
} been served upon the variout foundry
men that unless moulders are glveI
= the benefit OF the nine hour move OF
! and after Monday they wild ctr k'. 1
"a also said that the br.ckmasons WI
! demand SIS a day for eight hou!f
work on and alter June lst Tie de
3 msnd for ten hours pay every "a
0 during the week, with nine hour
/ work on five days aud eight tours o.
0 Saturday, the manufacturers Say
| am cunts to on incre s>ot about ~ Pc
q cent. in the present wage scale, wblc
| thew declare to be sire ady greatly
- excess cf that pad in other cite
G MANY OF the employees are Tayin
more than union ValeIto good moi
= but thiuk il unjust that they be itrce
. at this particular time to pay "a II
U crease OF Is per cent. on the Rentr
,, Iuu, and look with particular despa
5. upon Anything which prevents the
u from fixing wages in such way as
Ia nrevspt the most skilful aud lhe be
* workmen from receiving ths be
4. wages. The union declares again
l. niece work, demar ding unitnr
- scale to all men dong cert
D. clalsss OF work. As an illustrauo
2. one OF the W, o len msnul icturers "a
r. last night that he had one man in }
|, shop who made $24 week, anoth
G s2l. aqother $lS, another $l4, and Of
on niece work made but IS q wee
The latter sIuntered in about 8 o'clot
r. took his time, and quit at 4. /
9th, rs had big families, end work
eary and late, hoping to lay hl
= money by for rainy day. The mar
III iacturers 90 on to say thai mo !
Ise their businfss lies outside OF Me
ny phis, and lhs greater por ion OF II
ns been built up in the past two yea
" The oopeIage 'ac'cry, for instau
lt S now does q business Of about $lSO,
ou year where none was done bel'
Oh, Lumber is SHIPPED SIS FAR south as
uu lan'a and a big rade is done In
Northwest, where @ cents NOR, irei
is paid than by Chicago. To inclle
-, the amount OF wages by cutting dc
Dill the hours and demanding a cont
alton Of the present rate would, q
be declare, make it impot slble i.r u
no. to compete with other Citiee. If
=. insisted upon, and the workmen seer
the determined TO take every ranch
, A trade in tbs city ssriatim, they b
ved no a ternative but tina. oil reiuhlng
submit, VIII ch would cause a susI
.Lo sion of business, and sch sueI
t dio sion would loss them the terril
~ lbey have fought 80 hard fjr. L
all sessrt that hey do not obJeC
"'0 labor ORGANIZATIONS AS such, but u
their demands unreasonable, and
TER NOT think they have the right to II
Jos fere, IS they cow propose to do,
gice others who are no. wha, they com
ian unreasonable.