The morning call., 1890-04-29
EIGHT HOURS A DAY.
Enthusiastic Meeting of the Car
penters and JOiners.
Opening Of the Ninth Week of the holders
strike-Pattern-Makers Will Send Dele
gate East-Reports From Unions.

The various carpenters and joiners'
unions of this city held an enthusiastic
mass-meeting last night at Metropolitan
Hall. The hall was crowded with the dis
ciples of the eight-hOur movement, and the
speeches were received with applause.
William r. Jacks called the meeting to
order and introduced the President of the
evening, w. F. Floyd, President of the Car
penters' Union, No. %, who made some ap-
propriate remarks regarding the movement
which the Carpenters Union has been fight
ing for.
The following list Of Vice-P Presidents was
then read: Edward Owens, Joseph Saun-
ders, Thomas c. Rowe, j. j. Turney, p. NJ.
Wellin, Edward Oliver, John Mccartney,
j. d. Campbell. Thomas O'Neill, o. II.
Warner, E. Z. de Royns, William Ricken-
back, Charles Goldbeck. S. II. Tucker.
William Livingston, William Black, John
LaTkin, JOHN Streeter. Thomas Kane, James
Keone and William Cole.
A CLEAN, UPRIGHT FIGHT.
The President then introduced Edward
Owens, eX-President of Carpenters Union,
No. %, who, after giving short history Of
the growth of the Carpenters Union, spoke
of the fight for reduction in hours and a
standard of wages. He was glad to an
nOunce that after years of fighting the
union had at last won the victory for which
it had battled. He was glad also that the
fight had been won in a clean. upright man
ner, and he could state. without fear of
contradiction, that the union members and
the bosses are working in very harmonious
manner.
James II. Barry, the next speaker, said
that he had advocated the shortening of
hours for 'bpPausp ~ said bn
1t would give employment to those out Of
employment" He thought that the work
ingmen should not be made to labor long
hours, believing that they should have tire
for study and recreation. During the
speakers remarks cheers were given for
Typographical Union, No. p, of which
Barry is member.
THE SPEAKER OF THE EVENING.
Alfred Curtin was next presented as the
speaker Of the evening"" His speech was
frequently interrupted by bursts of ap-
plause. In opening, he said that any per-
son with the idea that shortening of the
hours OF labor is not beneficial to the
laborer has never worked for a living. He
maintained that long hours are Injurious to
mans life.
When workman is worked out he is of
no more value, therefore a w0rkiDgman' s
that the workingman should be represented
! IN Congress, SO that laws beneficial to his
class might be made. The eight-hour move
meut is a true one, and the promoters of il
are in earnest to reduce the working hours
OF labor
The speaker demonstrated that if the
members Of other unions stood shoulder to
shoulder, as the Carpenters Union did
| there would be little difficulty in reducing
the hours of labor in all crafts. There was
no doubt in his mind but what by the 1st
of May a majority of the tradesmen of this
State would be compelled to work no more
than eight hours per day.
BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS.
7. NJ. Nellin stated that it afforded him
great pleasure in announcing the results OF
conference Of the builders and contrac-
tors, held yesterday. The main subject
taken up was the matter of working their
employees eight hours a day. When the
question was put before the meeting out of
lO3 contractors and builders present 10l
voted III favor of only working their men
eight hours a day. Mr.. Wellin was sure
that there would be little difficulty in bring
ing the other tw9 contractors into line.
&. +. Bergman made vigorous speech in
| favor OF the eight-huur movement and sew
eral congratulatory illusions TO the Car
penters' Union upon the successful conclu-
sion of their struggle.
Several other speakers addressed the
meeting, and the audience dispersed with
cheers for the shOrt-hour movement.