The evening world., 1890-04-29
EIGHT HOURS The SLOGAN.
Labor's Army Fully Prepared for
the Great Battle Of Monday.
Carpenters to Open the ll-W Wise
Counsel from Long-Headed
Leaders.

Fully 70. 900 carpenters in this country,
will. according to Samuel Gompers, Presi.
dent OF the American Federation of Labor.
make a formal demand during the first weel
In May for n working day of eight hours.
The carpenters have been chosen by the
Federation to %inaugurate the eight-houI
movement. and while in different cities q
few individual unions Of different trades
may also demand the eight-hour workday.
President Gompers has done all in his power
to prevent sympathetic strikes.
Mr.. Gompers leaves for Louisville. KY. to-
night to help along the Inauguration of the
movement there Thursday. During his
brief stop at home he has. held a conference
with Vice-Presidents William Martin and p;
J. MCGUIRE. Secretary Chris Evans and
Treasurer Henry Enrich. who comprise the
Executive Council of the American Fedora
ton of Labor, The movement was thor
mature deliberation it WAS decided to issue
amanifesto TO all the %toilers of America,
The manifesto, which \ is given out to-day,
expresses joy that already the movement
gives promise of success. and has touched a
responsive chord among the down-trodden
to lers of Europe.
pursued is advised. and caution ID urged
against anything bordering on the furious
in the contest now being waged between
capital and labor.
tAo
The Executive Council Of the American Fed.
grafton Of LABOR having selected the United
isn 10 makes tie e. d Sarhsnaiff or a the ' enferse Sr Ahe Of
,lom e asS aTmpo T yssiiG sytri ! ask E ySpb to refrain refrain
iiO yoa any so sg'1 ma asd the e. 6arpent easa and jo oi n
10 win in the contest. To the Carpenters and
lie eniorceIIent Of the eight;hour woIiday.' il
Is ROT q matter OF theory, 1t Is, a positive fact
%re-uniate NE nseiyes, and TO your beneat, as soon
fstAe cignt;hour worktay has been In opera
sisht.aour Worfday With other conditions, then
allow them to remain open for future ADJUST
IN The demonstrations to be held May / turn
out IN vast numbers and by your presence mani.
eirit.hour Sorfday enforcod. though by one
trade at a time, yet for ali, as the ultimate result
sncape in no riots. let the watcbword be the en-
i IssSr%s!s and on me pSsit fiTn'- %ish s ToTtfhS hearts ss and
clear heads. let us concentrate all efforts for VIC
tory on the carpenters and joiners. A.,
Men OF labor. steady along the line to the
achievement OF the eight-hOur workday.
Walking Delegate Alfred Ashley, Of the
A 1%ali1eFs, ssia so,Ssy! Eve tw c1 ao mos exS aRs
tllat many men will be called out in this city.
because the bosses are practically agreed N
granting our demandS. Two are opposed to
them and four are holding of.
"Ihe latter say they favor eight hours.
but their present CONTRACTS require nine
hours labor or u considerable loss to them
' Vi VIZ ~ w N1N Nv
tons in their cases. for others would also
ring III plenty or excuses ON us.
The whole question u one OF hours here,
6nd not as i'll Chicago. We are on very good
terms with our bosses here. and treat with
them individually"
Walking Delegate Owens, of the United
Brotherhood, said that wherever the bosses
refused May ) to grant the demands OF the
men the latter will be called out, and kept
out until their demands are conceded..
Neither he nor Delegate Ashley him 1t
will be found necessary to call out more
than three hundred men on that day. Clsr-
tiers, and each striker will receive 81 u day
during the time he is on strike. For every
day he IL on strike. therefore. each man will
lose SO. so.
The, carpenters will hold a mass-meetIng
at Webster Hall. in Eleventh street. Satur-
day night. r. J. Mcclure, SECOND Vice;
President of the American Federation OF
Labor; Father huntington, Seryius
4. Shevitch; Henry Emrich;r Gen,
eral Secretary of the Furuiture-W0rkers'
Union; Daniel Harris, of Cigsr-Makers'
Union, No. la; DIR. haniel leLeon, saul
Grottkau, T., Is. Wakeman, II. Zamstkin,
J. kshu and ]. H!lkowitz, will be the speak.
e!s at the big eight-hour mass-meeting III
Union Square Thursday night,
Among the organizations which will par
ticipate in the parade that evening are the
tdrniture-workers. clgaT-makers, cement
miasons. Hebrew trades %, o strongl, silk
ribbon weayers, waod-woTkers ms the Ger
man trades OF Brooklyn, numbering 1000
men.
The Ale and Porter Brewery Employees
Assoclation will also demand an eight-hour
Torkday May s.