The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-11-16
ACTIVE PRINTERS.
They Are Going Into Practical
Politics for Their Protection
Labor News in General.

Labor News in General.
The latest tit of information In labor
circles is that the printers OF this city and
county have decided to so into politics.
Ihave found that labor men as rule
have not the time to actively enter the
| political arena themselves and when this
| move was made started out to find the
cause for it. interviewed several print
ers on the question, but all declined 10
talk unless I withheld names until the
arrangements were perfec ted
One OF these men spoke as follows
well. we started a political league LAST
week for our own protection, and we pro-
pose to do all IN our power TO carry it
through. ! have always been a Demo
orat aud always will be, ] guess, hnt when
so-called Democrats range themselves on
| the side Of cheap and unskiiled labor as
| against organized and competent work
workmen, then l thought it was time
| to do something A good many of
| our people thought so, too, and the result
| is we are in politics. We do not propose
to stand for ourselves alone, hut we In
| tend to ask all other labor organizations
| TO assist us and we in turn will help them.
| When men who should be only servants
of the people discriminate against us to
| such an extent as to deprive us of work
or bring about o reduction Of wages, we
| nave got to fight for our rights. / expect
TO see a labor league in this county Ia q
short time of such proportions that we
will be able to prevent such actions in
| the futnre."
| The sentiments above quoted seemed to
| be the same all over and The printers most
| likely will lead the army of wageworkers
into most bitter political contest or
| contests
Labor Notes.
The Building Trodes Council had one
of the liyeliest meetings on record last
| Friday night The cornell of late has
been adding considerably to its member
| ship and new delegates are evidently
| going In to improve II they can. a COM
| mittee consisting of one representative
| from each organization was appointed
to revise the bye laws Of the
work Immediately. A committee Of
| three, Messrs. Callaghan, Clarke
and Edwards, was appointed to secure a
hall that will meet the requirements of
4 the council on account of Its increasing
N .mbershsp. Reports of the condition
\ of trade from the different delegates was
4 very favorable. Other business of rou-
tue nature was transacted, and the meet
/ ing adjourned for one week.
Painters Union No. 169 had visit from
| Mr. G. Wright, OF Union No. 10. Al
leghany City, at its last meeting. He is
an entertaining speaker. and gave the
| progress Of the order.
! Mr.. William b. Gardiner, ex-presi-
dent of Typographical Union No.
81, and formerly foreman OF
| THE SUNDAY MORNING News. has &C
cepted similar position on the Heboken
! Negrs Billy is a capable and trust
i sr,orfhv workman and Ia well onalifiad
| to hold the sit"
The Tin and Sheet Iron Workers are
| extremely proud of the desk they capt
| ured in the tug Of war contest. 1t makes
a pretty piece OF furniture for their cosy
meeting ROOM
regular meeting last Tuesday night.
| The Building Trades Council has
| quite a number OF parliamentarians who
study "Cushing's Manuel for all they
are worth. and President Spencer will
have to hustle to make decisions on tech
| meal points.
Joseph Ward. Of Painters Union No.
100. who has been very sick, is about
again.
enterprising bodies in this county is
| Union No. 1869. of the Brotherhood of
| holding series OF open meetings to in
| crease their membership. Last night
ithey met in Logan Hail. Fifth street,
Hoboken, and had quite q large audience.
A number of visitors from New York
city were on hand, including Theodore
Hard, who is one of the prominent men,
bers OF the craft in that city. A delega,
ton from the Building Trades CouncI
was also present. The benefits ac-
cruing to organized labor were
fully stated. and il is expecred
that large number of painters, who do
not at present belong to any ORGANIZATION
will be Initiated at the next regular
meeting.
Representatives from nearly every labor
organization in the county were at the
| annual bali of the Surface Railroad En-
| pl0yes.
The Coach Drivers Union held \ rep
| ular meeting on Friday night. Some Of
the younger members started the idea of
having ball, but the older ones did not
seem to give it any support. The young
blood had its way, however, and the or
ganization will entertain its friends in
the near future.
The fourth annual ball of the HUDSON
County Association Of Surface abroad
Employees at Oakland Rink on Efiday
night was a grand success, and too mucii
| credit cannot be given the celnmituee
having the arrangements in hand Sne-
| cial attention was bestowed upon visitors
from other labor organizatfons,la nd every
one went home happy in the morning.
Secretary Bowling, Of Typographical
| Union no. "a, wants TO resign. His rea-
sons for SO doing Is i'll health aud he
wants rest. There are plenty Of rood
| workers in the union who can mi the
| position II they will only accept.
| One of the most interesting labor papers
that circulates in this vicinity IS the
Blttdtng Irudcs Record, puhfished in
l New York.
| The Operative Painters have been in
structed from headquarters to devote
one-han hour at each meeting
in discussing the eIght-hour move
ment. It is expected that the order
| will demand Gig bit hours as DAYS work
| on the first day OF next April. and it is
with this end in view thar fh1 n. 3 h..,.s