The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-02-23
In LABOR'S FIELD.

Undertakers and Their Drivers Have
More Differences Labor Notes.
The organization of the coach drivers in Hud-
son county is being assailed again by the en-
ploying nndertakers' association. Last fall the
differences between the drivers and some of the
employers 1t will be remembered, led to a num-
Der OF unseenly occurrences at funerals and
gave rise to a good deal of talk at the time
Backed by the other labor organizations of the
county the Coach Drivers Association succeeded
in maintaining their organization and the higher
rate of wages with shorter hours of labor which
united effort had brought abont The unusual
death rate this winter kept the undertakers so
loaded down with business that they had no
time to discriminate between union and nom
union coaehmen. 1t is said that the members OF
the drivers union good naturedly worked longer
hours than their rules call for and made other
like concessions to help out their employers in
the busy season
With lull IN the work of burying the dead
comes renewal OF former efforts the part of
the Undertakers' Association TO put wages for
coach drivers down below living rate as one
of them tersely expresses it. Before the drivers
organized, their wages ranged from seven to
nine dollars week, and they worked from If
teen to seventeen hours daily Under the union
scale these men have risen to twelve collars a
week for twelve hours work day. Organza-
son did this. and the employers association, il
is asserted, are determined upon breaking this
oranization up Ii Is expected that the labor
bodies of the county viii support the union
coach drivers, and it remains to be seen whether
the Cndertakers' Association will nursue a fight
which promises to arouse such formidable oppo-
sition.
Although very large number of their en-
pIoyes have petitioned for weekly payment of
wages the railroad corporations are using
every body who can be used 10 defeat the Weekly
Payment OF Wages bill in the State Legislature
great amount OF time and attention has been
directed toward the advocacy of the DILL which
Thomas b. Usher will introduce into the House
on Tuesday and il appears to represent the SEN
timent Of the working people OF the State The
other bills brought 10 the notice of the Legisla-
ture do not demand that railroads shall pay
their employees once week. At the ruoiic hear
ing last week the bill that would exempt rail-
roads was not particularly strongly backed,
while the Weekly Payment OF Wages bill, which
Includes all corporations, was ably supported by
Henry c. Gruber and g. Shugru representing
the X. of L. Legislative Committee. and trades
unions as we'll X. Of L. Assemblies sent resoii-
tons in favor Of its passage
Local Union 1872, United Brotherhood of Car
penters and Joiners, will hold open meeting
Third National Bank, corner Of Erie street and
Pavonia avenue. All workingnien are invited TO
attend
The Central Trades Assembly meets in regu-
! lar session ON Thursday night.
Newarks newly organized Central Labor
Union comprises delegates from fifteen organi-
zaticns.
The Textile Workers national convention will
/ be held in Paterson. y. j., in July.
Wages for plumbers are dropping downward
i in Philadelphia. The union OF the craft in that
1 city recently dsbanded.
New YorEl's delegates Of the Building Trades
4 favoring the eight-hopr movement prefer their
city 70 be the centre OF the fight on May /, in
Tomorrow night open union and X Of L.
/ painters and decorators win meet in Clarendon
Aall New York, 70 consider uniform measures
! in the interest OF all concerned.
conferences of all cgarm ak ersa unions for
the consideration Of united action has been
called TO meet In Maennerchor Hall New York,
on March9.