Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-16
SHORTER HOURS, MORE WAGES
NEW SCALES PRESENTED BY THE WARE.
HOUSEMEN AND statesmen

To the Quarterly District Convention of the
knights of MISREPRESENTATION Adopted
Deprecating Antagonism Between Labor
nizations-Committees Appointed.
The quarterly meeting of District Assem-
bly, No. was held yesterday in Knights OF
Labor Hall. There were about 80 delegates
present. The membership of the district has
increased BY 400 since last meeting. The re-
ports of the committee on the state of the order
and on other matters were received and repre-
sented as being satisfactory;
The following committees were appointed:
On credential, W. J. Ward, of l.. A. 2l26; Thos.
Baldwin. L. A. 1874; Thomas Morgan. L A. l7Oa.
John Easily, L. A. 2946: John Fernan, LA. 1874
On finance, l. N. Ross, L. A. 1890; NJ. J. Ward, L..
A. 2l26: H. E. Bright, L. A. 1858; +. j. picus,
L A. 1880 On appeals and grievances, II. F.
Dempsey L. A. 1877; Frank Vincent, l.. A. 2Iz6;
George ]. Snyder, L. A. 1907; o. A. Williams L.
A. 1850. On resolutions, Thomas Baldwin. l. A.
1874; w. ]. McKeever. L. A. 7190; T. R. Fitzsim-
MONS L. A. 96Sl. On law, John Flannery. l. A.
1907: John d. Hughes, L. A. S34; John Reed, L.
A. 204.
The new scale for statesmen was presented
and sanctioned by the convention. The scale
calls for the closing of all stores at 8 P. NJ. ex-
cepting on Saturday, when they shall close at
10 P. M; week before Christmas at O'Clock
p. NJ: Christmas eve at 10 P. NJ. and the eve of
the Fourth of July at P. NJ. On Decoration
Day and Thanksgiving Day the stores shall
close at u noon: on other legal holidays they
shall remain closed all day. The stores shall
open at o'clock and one hour shall be given
for dinner and for supper. Preferences in en-
ployment shall be given to members of the
order. Stores not complying with the agree
ment when accepted shall be posted IN West
Virginia, Eastern Ohio and Western Penn
sylvania.
The new warehousemen's scale was also pre-
sented to the convention and Endorsed. 1t
provides that 20 hours shall constitute week s
work; that men now receiving less than Si2
shall be paid so cents a week of an increase;
those receiving sl2 or more shall be paid 10 per
cent advance; that overtime shall be paid for
as time and half; that the members of the AS
sembly shall be allowed a half holiday each
week in July and August. and that none but
union men shall be employed. The time for
presentation of these scales was not fixed.
Frank Vincent. of L. A. 2l26, and George j.
Sneider, of L. A. 1907, were appointed trustees
in lieu of Charles Brothers, of l. A. 1858, in.
capacitated by Illness and Thomas Wisdom. of
l.. A. l030. who is absent from the city. Local
Assemblies 1881, 4sU7 and 1880 were instructed to
select one man each to act as auditors: John
Flannery, of L. A. 1907. offered the following
resolution. which was accepted:
WHEREAS, The Knights of Labor recognize
branches of labor, and see in our order an
agency for the employment of proper means of
fundamental reform, therefore be it
Resolved, Torenew our efforts and allegiance
for the order and its purposes: that we depre-
cate the antagonism of our fellow toiers who
seem to think their services dependent on our
downfall; that in our order we recognize nc
standard of creed or nationality, but humanity
as represented in the teachings of the Knights
OF Labor; and do hereby declare our sympathy
and fraternal good will toward all branches OF
organized labor.
Contrary to expectation the convention did
not discuss or notice the circular letter of the
General Master Workman regarding the posi-
tion of the order toward political action.