The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-09-02
A LABOR COLLAPSE.
The Central Trades Assembly Dis
solyed--Future Hopes.

Something over year ago the idea OF a
Central Trades Assembly was generated
in the brains of few prominent Labor
project broached than 1t was as ably
taken up, and the result was the birth of
the Central Trades and Labor Assembly
of Hudson county. The object meant to
be attained was the amalgamation of all
trades and labor organizations In Hudson
county for their mutual aid and benefit.
This attracted the attention of goodly
number of men whose interests are all
the time centered in the welfare of labor.
Various organizations sent delegates and
one delegate brought another until full
representation was had.
Then reaction came. Delegates began
to be missing nights, ana one after an
other the organizations represented with
drew. Still few of the members who
were directly connected with the forma-
ton of the assembly held together and
meetings were still held regularly. The
meeting time was changed from Thurs
day night to Sunday morning, ostensibly
to secure a better attendance of dele
gates, but even then the result was
Move we adjourn
DISSOLUTION.
Eventually this got tiresome, and at
last a special meeting was called for
last Sunday morning at the Union Square
Assembly Rooms, Third street and New
ark avenue to take some conclusive ac-
tion. In answer to the call seven dele
gates put in an appearance. Delegate
bowling, of Typographical Union No. "a,
took the chair and stated the purpose of
the meeting as being 20 consider the
question of dissolution. An animated
discussion then took place and at its
close the following resolution was
adopted by unanimous vote:-
Resolved, That the Central Trades Assembly,
of Hudson county, merge with the Industrial
Senate of New jersey, and that the finances,
now, or hereafter to be in possession of the Off
GERS be donated to the employees OF the N. Y. q.
G. II. r. r., who are now engaged in a struggle
to determine whether labor has the right to or
ganze; and that all books, papers, stationery,
seal and other property Of the G. L. A. be held
in trust by committee of three who shall be
empowered to collect all arrearages. or moneys
owed to the aforesaid body. and pay all depts
constructed by it, and to issue call for the
purpose of reorganization whenever they may
deem fit
The Industrial Senate mentioned in the
resolution is a State institution of the
Knights of Labor, which meets monthly,
each time in a different town. Its next
meeting will be held in this city on Sep
tember IA Its objects are for better
legislation in the future, the cOndemna-
tion of bad enactments and bad legiS-
lators in the past, and for the general
good and welfare of the men who belong
and are in sympathy with organized
labor.
BETTER THINGS HOPED FOR.
After The dissolution II member of the
Central Trades Assembly said :-t, it mas
died the natural death which was pre-
dicted for it some time ago. 1t is pos
sible, however, that another and better
organization will take its place. The
late assembly was not entirely free in its
actions, and did not have the genuine
ring in it's makeup. While all the
delegates were as sincere as sincerity
itself, still the power which q genuine
central body should have would clash
with certain interests, and those interests
were mainly instrumental in its disuse.
With Ga more liberal spirit prevalent
among the organizations represented a
great deal of good could be done. This I
hope to see in the new body when it is
formed, and I hope that the next central
body will be what it ought to be, the in
spring of the labor organizations OF this
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