The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1889-12-08

open up subscription list which would
give all classes a chance TO back the great
enterprise withtheir cash as we'll as their
4 influence. Labor men are disappointed
with the Board of Trades seeming
apathy in regard to New York IS claims
| for the Worlds Fair and hope they will
wake up to the necessity of lively action
| in the matter at once.
Bricklayers' Union No. z is trying to
/ raise five thousand dollars for the
| Worlds Fair.
The Mutual Aid Society of the Jersey
City and Bergen Surface Railroad en-
| plogees realized a handsome sum on their
recent ball There seems to be some dis
! agreement as to what shall be done with
il. A conductor on the line, in talking
of the matter the other dav. said some of
the members OF the society wanted the
money put in the fund being raised to
push the ten-hour surface railroad bill in
the next session of the Legislature. But
there is considerable opposition TO this
proposal, despite the kindly feelings of
the drivers and conductors toward the
proposal TO reduce their hours of labor.
READY FO1. A NATIONALIST CLUE.
Prot. Daniel De Leon, having just
organized a Nationalist Club in Brook
lyn and several more in New York, an
nounces chat he is ready to turn bis
attention to New Jersey. There is good
deal of interest being aroused, not only in
labor, but in church and family circles in
| this city, as to the aims of the people
who call themselves Nationalist. The
wives of labor men are being attracted
by the aluring schemes of cooperative
housekeeping, which promise to tighten
what they style their drudgery duties,
aud it is understood that some of them
will take q hand in helping to organize
| the first Nationalist Club in this city.
| AS soon as sufficient names are for
warded TO Prof De Leon The club will be
started
1t is not generally known that at the
recent conclave of the knights of Labor
at Atlanta IT, " Powderly suggested
that his salary as General Master WORK
man be reduced one half. This idea was
to save expense to the order and at the
| same time add to the General Secretary $
stipend. But the Knights think that
their chief is worth 5000 year and
more, too.
Chinese laundrymen have unionized,
and want So day in winter and " IN
| summer, including board. There IS an
association, or tong" as it is called, IN
| Jersey City
The Central Trades Assembly meets on
| Thursday night
Two hundred women employed in the
| booKbinding trade in New York have
| formed themselves into an Assembly Of
the Knights of Labor.
Inc union plumbers invited the non
union men in the trade to conference
on Friday night at Cooper's Hall. A
goodly crowd attended the call, and fav-
orable results are anticipated from the
meeting.
The Building Trades Council complain
that the plumb ers delegates stay away
from that body until they get into some
trouble, in which case they do not hest
tate to call upon the Council to help them
out
An astonishing amount of controversy
is being waged over the new land plank
in the X. of H. platform. Single Tax men
claim that the new plank represents their
idea, but those Knights who are tariff
men scout the notion that such strong
protectionists as Powderly and Litchman
would favor a single tax.
''oister" Donovan, who represented the
Silkworkers' District Assembly at the
General Assembly at Atlanta is a worker
whose active yet gentle methods win her
great respect.
Secretary O'Hara, of Carpenters Union
No. 4S2, approves of high dues in labor
organizations as being essential to COM
manding the esteem of the members for
their trade body.
!, Samuel Gompers believes in steep dues,
too, but he would nave them used for be-
nevolent as well as protective purposes in
trades unions. 49,
The Ship Caull1ers' Association will
have ball at st. Johns Hall tomorrow
night.