The evening world., 1888-08-01

The present session OF the United States
Congress enacted a law giving the postmen
eisns ;h noars as .ne INN. Oh snen service IN
u 'oi'ee'ins mt puoho Halle
To-day that law took effect, and 1t Is
claimed by many of the postmen that il
10 "mor. honoroJ IN .bo hr.ooh ,h.n In a.
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observance. by the postmaster IN TINS city.
Two hundred and sixty new carriers were
enrolled into the service and plaoed ON
drtv Thoso row mon IL IL .vorrod b.uo
been assigned 80 that their work is
done within the law, while the old
carriers are required TO work as long as four
teen hours and thirty Ave minutes, even
longer than under the old system' when
| twelve hours was the limit for the short"
day and fourteen for the long.
The men who were active in bringing about
the Short Hour law assert that they are the
pray for relief.
The old and well.tried carriers say that
| thew are placed on duty SO that thew are com
| PEELED to remain about the general Office ali
hours. Thev also say the Postmaster dis
| criminates in favor of the new man. who are
the only ones who get the benefit of the law.
By the system of swings" many of the
| postmen declare that their burden IL
ain greater. One man who was seen
by an EVENING WoRLp reporter said
TO = day that he came on duty
at G. 80 A. M. and worked four hours continu-
\ ously: then he had a swing of three hours.
during which time he is required to look mn
lost and misdirected letters and newspapers.
After chat he goes on duty delivering ard
collecting mails four hours more, making
eleven hours continuous service, three hours
Another carrier on a downtown route said
he was ON duty from q. is A. M. TO o A. M.
has a swing until / p. M, when he delivers
mail until s. As ?; M: then swings again until
$50 P. N.
still another poes on Mt 7. IL To A. NJ.
wings 70 II and Is out ON duty until i. SO n p
NJ; then swings until 8 and quits at 8 AS.
with another swing until I. 10, when he de-
iiyers or collects mail until $40. A third
man does duty from 7 Is A. M.until 6.45 p. M.
with two swings in the interim.
parade on the Fourth of Julyy a assert that
they are the victims of the long hours, while
the men who did not parade and the new
carriers have the short hours with a brief i'm.
teryal In some instances.
The postmen who thus claim that
the Postmaster is u~njustly discriminat-
ing against them have arranged for
IN indignation mass-meeting, which will
be held shortly when they will demand that
the law be inforced without Partially or
ia sim;isp eomplaints to the above comes
from the ub-stations of the Post Office.
Petitions for the removal of the Postmas-
ter for this alleged evasion of the law were
put in circulation to-day, and as early as
noon we're numerously signed.
One list at John Blakeley's store in Broad
way contained over five hundred names of
men Of both political parties, and Mr..
Blakeley reported that over thirty thou
sand names of voters had previously
been attached to petitions for Mr.. Parsons
removal and would be forwarded to Presi-
dent Cleveland within the present week.
All the labor organizations have
signed these petitions. including the
local assemblies Of the Knights of
Labor, the 800 unions attached
to the Central Labor Union and the Assembly
District organizations Of the United Labor
party.
Hundreds of lists have been put in promi-
nent places all over the city, and have been
freely signed and will DO sent to the Presi-
dent.
CURED mto tne system just inhuRu-