Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-05-03
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Secretary"
Other trades have cards in substantially the
same form.
This alnalgamatiOn of trades said the
committeeman, goes into effect to-day. Under
fuse to work on any building ii there is any
man working there without card from u rec
OSnlZeu orgaulZatlOn.
LOOKING OUT FOR "SCABs."
Each trade had d committee out this morn
ing watching for II ,n-union men from other
cities who might think it a good time to come
to Washington. These committees were at the
depots when trains came i'll and during the in
tefvals made their headquarters at the 41a-
street hail. No ''scabs"' had come in THIS
morning. 1--WE do not expect any to GOMEZ
said member OF the stone cutters committee
TO Il STAR reporter The 'scabs know too much
to come here; they know how well We are or
gained. Another thing, a 'scab' doesn't like
10 leave his home and go TO a strange city. We
are Vlgilant OF course, and are in communities
ton with the organizations In other cities"
THE PLUMBERS.
The plumbers assembled in considerable force
about the X. of l.. headquarters this morning
Theywere jubilant and confident In addition to
the dozen bosses reported last night as having
conceded the eight hours, 1t was announced at
the hall this morning that William Ward of
New York avenue, ana Hannah BrOs.-Eugene
and trank-had granted the eight hours. .'rhe
bosses, l think. would have all given in at
once, said one OF the plumbers to STAR re-
porter, "it they had supposed the apprentice
boys were going to leave them. The boys have
stood by US, SO the bosses have no one at all to
Il am sure" said Mr. Nicholas Plass, "if the
boss plumbers had a meeting to-day that they
would all grant the eight hours. Those who be-
long to the master plumbers organizations are
under obligations which they feel bound to OBJ
serve. II there was a meeting their action
sign, SO as to get rid of their obligations. They
did not know there would be SO many master
plumbers who were willing TO grant the eight
hours"
THE sToNECUTTERs
Out of the 125 members OF the Stonecutters
Assembly only about eighteen or twenty were
at work to-day. The boss stonecutters will
meet tonight and the journeymen hope and
expect that they X, viii then decide to yield the
point asked. The StOnecutters have, up TO the
present time, been working only nine hours a
day and only eight hours on Saturday. To
grant the eight hour day would involve only
live hours a week. 1T Is a very poor work.
man., said a stonecutter, "who could not and
would not make up that five hours. believe
their men under the eignt-hOur rule than they
ever could under the nine-hOur rule"
THE PLASTERERS AND THE TIMERS
have been working under an eight-hour rule
since last November. In their cases to-day
there were few men unemployed, except in
instances where nOn-uniOn men OF other
trades were found at work on the buildings.
THE CO-OPERATIvE GROUPS.
A knight of Labor told q STAR reporter that
two cooperative gangs or groups, organized by
carpenters, are now engaged on buildings in the
city. "We will wait u week." he said, "and II
we have not won our point then we will 20 to
work very generally for ourselves. You see"
ne added, holding up y roll of paper, "here is
the plan OF building on which we are making
estimates"
NO NEED OF POLICE.
"Ihere Will be no need for Major Dyes SER
vices to-day" said another knight of Labor.
sour men have been instructed to be orderly in
everything. You will not find them drinking
| OF annoying any one. There never was anV
trouble or any occasion tor public alarm on
account OF the mechanics of Washington. Ii
Herr Most and men OF that stripe came here
they could not get an audience from the intelli-
gent mechanics"
CoLoRED MECHANICS AT WORK.
| There is class of mechanics at work To-
| day." said District Master Workman Hobbs
! 'These are colored men--colored carpenters