Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-04-23
EIGHT HOURS A DAY.
President Samuel Ccmpera of
tn. Federation of Labor,
Expresses Himself.
No Progress Made Toward a
Settlement cf the Carpen-
ters' Strike in Chicago.
The Eight-Hour Movement.

CHICAGO, April 2l.-"The eight
hour day is the sole idea now being
considered by the labor world" said
Samuel Compera, president of the
American federation of labor, this
morning. "In the history of the so.
cial and economic movements Of the
world there has not been one which
has received at once and completely
the same sympathy and support that
ias been accorded to the eight.hour
movement. 1t has covered Europe,
and on Nav lst the working people
Of that continent will demand the
eight-bOur day. The labor organiza
tons of this country are de oted sole
ly to this one idea. We think We can
do one thing nj time better tLan TO
multiply our things. To the end OF
obtaining an eight-hour work day we
are concentrating all our energy, and
all our ability. and sllour intelligence.
We are doing it with the least possible
injurious result to business or CON
meIce. We do not want to stop the
wheels Of industry; we want to help
them work more smoothly. We want
to remove instead OF increase friction,
30 We proceed by degrees. We have
singled out the eight-h)dr day as the
first thing 10 be attained. Then we
have selected only one trade for which
this Improvement must be secured.
We have chosen the carpenters as the
fret craft for which 10 win this bene.
fit. When The carpenters shall have
won, We will demand 1t for miners
and mine lsborrrs. In this way the
entire change of the industrial system
to eight hours day shall have been
accomplished without the least effect
on the country's business. There is no
doubt of the success of the movement.
In the American feder ,tion OF labor,
to which by common consent the be-
ri ming Of the eight.hour movement
Ia granted, there are $50, 600 members.
In the movement besides these there
are more than enough to bring the
force I'D to 100000. The movement
for the eight-hour day is on different
basis from It's status in 1856. Then we
had an army Of enthusiastic raw re.
cruits. New we have force of cool,
trained veterans. The movement Of
1856 was chaotic, disintegrated, up-
systematic. To-day it is meihodical,
organized, prepared. We will secure
the eight.hour day fbr the workmen
of the world, not II II takes all summer
but II IT takes the rest Of our lives"
CARPENTERS STRIKE UNCHANGED.
The labor organizations of Chicago
have appointed . committee to arrange
for monster eight hour day process
sion on May !. They expect to have
seventy thousand men In line, No
progress was made toward . settle.
nent Of the carpenters strike to-day;
in fact, settlement seems further of
than ever. II was understood that
~ soon ~ the new master car.
penters association should become
strong enough to give employment Ia
1000 men, that work by that number
would he resumed, The leaders of the
strikers now say they talked with the
new organization as a matter of cour-
te.y, but that In no event will any OF
the strikers be allowed TO return "a
work until bosses representing seven.
eigbts Of the employing capacity OF
the city have given In and recognized
the union. II 10 not probable this
will be done soon. The citizens COM
mittee, which was appointed to bring
about y settlement Of the trouble, was
to have met q committee Of the em.
ployipg carpenters for the purpose Ol
talking over the matter this afternoon
but their conference Was given up un.
der circumstances which point to Q
failure to effect any thing In that di.
rectIon. Seven Of the dissatisfied en-
ployes Of the U. 8. cypress company
andered THAR reai0u atious O.dav,