The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-02-02
EIGHT-HoUR STRUGGLE.
Workers OF all Sorts Preparing for
the Fray---Garpenters
in the Van.

At the present time when labor is rally
ing and closing up it's ranks, carpenters
forces are to the front where the fight
promises to be fiercest. In the struggle
for the eight-hour day their trade has
been selected to lead and the American
Federation of Labor will furnish the
necessary financial backing. Itisreported
that tho money Is coming IN very en-
couragingly from the unions affiliated
with the Federation. Two cents week
on each member for five weeks is the
assessment that was ordered at the Boston
| Convention. But recognizing the neces-
sity Of being well supplied with funds
wherewith TO gain friends and silence foes
the Federation appeals to organized labor
for voluntary contributions. The carpen-
terry trade was chosen to Lead the eight
hour fight because carpenters are strongly
organized pretty nearly everywhere. and
they won the nine nour day, in most cases
without any prolonged difficulties.
HUDsON's CARPENTERS.
Carpenters in Hudson county are
among the liyehes5 II organization OF the
workers, and the United Brotherhood can
take most of the credit for the gratifying
results being achieved.
In the Horseshoe district new local
union Of the United Brotherhood of Car
penters and Joiners which mas received
the charter number Of No 4S8, has
started in to improve the condition of the
trade, and, as the population whereabouts
is largely laboring one. the prospects
for a strong union are considered very
encouraging. Five thousand circulars
have been printed for distribution over
the district and the brethren of local I'M
ion No. ass mean to do their utmost in
building up an organization which, they
say shall be power for good amoug la
Dor
Meanwhile Local Union No. 4s2 Is stead
lily progressing. At the present time the
local has good many sick members TO
care for. In the history of its existence
it has never known so many to be afflicted
as at this period. The open meetings
held by the union ON the last Monday
evening of each month have been very
successful. and much interest in the ques-
tions presented by the visiting speakers
has been aroused. It has been urged that
the carpenters might advertise these open
meetings By sending around circulars
with the names of the speakers and the
subjects to be introduced by them. There
was great crowd of disappointed print
ers after the last open meeting when they
saw by the columns of The JERSEY CITY
NEWS that Everett Glackin, of Typo
GRAPHICAL Union Ne. 9, had discOursed TO
the carpenters.
THE GIGARMAKERS
It is calculated that out-of-Work bene-
fits will involve an increased expense to
the Cigarmakers' international Union of
S10S000 a year. Thr3e dollars a week is
the amount of benefit allowed, and can
only be drawn for twenty-four weeks in a
year. There are q. 600 members of the
| International, comprised in 2T0 locals.
| The general fund exceeds a quarter Of a
million of dollars, and the unions do not
| permit this fund to run below S14 per
| head. Fifty-three thousand dollars was
| spent in strikes last year.
President Strasser. of Cigarmakers' In
| teruational Union. says the adoption of
| the eight-hour day has improved the
moral tone as well as the general health
| of the cigarmakers- Wages have ads
vanced in some places and, as whole,
| earnings certainly have not been reduced.
X. of L. cigarmakers near the farming
| districts OF Pennsylvania and New Jersey
are deriving considerable benefit from
the recent federation of the Farmers Al
| lance with the Knights Of Labor The
yellow seal label is getting pretty extern
sively called for by the farmers and other
products Of the Knights are in great de-
mand.
AMONG THE TYPOS.
Typographical Union No. "a will
hold its regular monthly meeting on
| Tuesday night at STEERS Hall, corner of
First street and Jersey avenue. The in
creased proportions OF the membership
made a change to more commodious
quarters necessary and the move was
hailed with satisfaction, as it connects
the union with strictly union hall.
labor Notes.
John w. Jakeway has editorial charge
of the Jersey City Neio -Adudnce, week
~ labor paper which comes out with to-
| days date line. 1t is a gosd looking
four page sheet, issued under the aus
pices of the single tax Clubs Of this city
and Brooklyn. Mr.. Jakeway promises
that all phases of the labor question will
find place In this new venture, which
is cooperative undertaking.
This afternoon the first concert of the
series to be given under the direction of
Walter Damroseh for the musical eleva-
ton of the workers takes place III Cooper
Institute, New York. The expenses of
these concerts are betrayed from a fund
which was left in charge of Prof. Felix
Adler for this purpose, and admission to
them is procured By showing trade union
or X. of L. cards.
The Jersey City Branch of the United
hog Butchers holds its fourth annual
ball on Friday night at Oakland Rink.
N II. Hysell, the Speaker of the Ohio
House of Representatives, is a coal
miner unionist, who entered q coal pit
when he was ten years of age.
The delegation from Typographical
Union No. 81 to the Building Trades
Council the other night express them
selves as greatly gratifed at the courte-
ous and fraternal manner in which the
Bni lders received them.
Her idea OF Nervousness.
II felt so nervous, mamma said a