Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-12
GIVEN A WATCHWORD.
Messrs. Gompers and Mcclure Think
Courage and Manhood Will
WIN THE CARPENTERS STRIKE,
Two Conferences and Meeting, in La
fayette Hall Yesterday.
SMALL SCRAPS FROM LABOR CIRCLES.

| Vice Presidents. Willian,C n,Calhoun. John Pot.
ter. Thomas RaiIev. A. b. Smythe, M. p.
Skelly, h. L. Phillips, H. j. Davis, A. nj.
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oohlsoh, w. n. lrWni' f. f. 1ones' w. VI
mlppel 1. McMas1ers' d. u pooA' @ nooor'
Aenary, UeorSe Jones anu " y. inouias'
nr. MclVef, ntrouuceu T. =. mcuuIre' the
Ioherai oecretary oi the Oai lohVoie aiiu
ooiiisis VI tne ohiteu ota'es' VIZ na" spen'
'ie uly In uhe CITY, as Ine speaAei VI @ 'he
e,ehiig- MI. Mc1ulre Is nl,uuie-aseu man
WIN heao OF gray nalr. ne ls hueht
speaker ana ne interested MS auuience Ior
over an nour- he began ms ADDRESS py stat
InS that he nad great confluence III the locai
s.iussle, anu that Win uepelniiili.ioli' III
. iiooo anu soiiuity' success is assuieu ior 'ue
"iPenteis' ne saiu ne was Siau 1he eai pen
Uers Oh Plttsburg had recognized the neces-
sity OF taxing tne present suep Ior snorter
hours anu ADVISED the men never toconcede
anytnlnS on the question OF hours OF iapor
| fntspurg is hot-aiohe III Ihls nen'' anu
sne must keep up her record as hrst-class
city, sald MT Mcguire. 'Ihe bosses say the
carpenters are the only tIadesmen making
the demands, and that the trade. does not
justify the demand. On closer questioning,
tney say there is not enough WORK 10 !ustny
tne glantlng or shorter hours- Inats just
why we want elght hours, because tnere Will
De more work for each under that klnd OF q
system" 49,
Found the Local Situation Encourapipp.
Mr. Mccp;re nov. ,efe,.red to tho condi-
tion in which he has found the local situa-
tion and so id be never lner a strike where
the men were more un;ted and recalled the
nino-bonr tio,,t ,rh;nh ,,-os ,,-o,,, ,rhon tbo
,,,,;o,, IA So, ,,,n,,aI rroi.;,,s. -, tho
a,y,,n,a,,ts ,f tha hossas ID throral, h;s
;nter,;en- Nth tIo,,, NJ, McCu;re cold
some of the contractors obiected IN the de-
,nands beconse tbere ORC so ,noIn1sca ,,,enters
who are NOT worth moro than - Ok day
cav onl,, ror,ad, fo,. +hot 90 No. 20 a,,,,,Ir,
mon urbo ora ,,ot 1rortr tLa Soo,o Secs !,
no or. ar1 my Will .iio eoaio WAGES
sald ne "Ihey are not compellec TO en-
ploy them The woods are full of us, and
care say there are contractors who don't
hIo" ~ eHousn W oe III 1ne business
IN i.le,ehoe W 'le IepoI' Sna' 'ne iooai @
s sViiSo iiau no' Sne suppor1 oI the proellel-
iioou' nc s''ie' lou nave no" .aheh Steps
70 .na' YOU caillo. Ie1laoe MiInou. Ig anu
= S you neou aseis.anoe, VIC "ni M help YOU. We
can give you something LOT running e4-
penses now, ana may De able TO DO more for
you after while. The bosses try to tell you
that your forces are diyfdedxthat the Ger
mans will No. st;,l- UoII i o., ,,loa ar,
n".. l,,als VII nv S'ion. an siau 'ne
ueIihans are SUN sbickhg.
Iaklng up the question OF conference
Mr.. Mcguire advised that a committee be
appointed with full power to act. "Be con-
ser-vative The older We GROW in o,,ua nizo
tio,, tho ,,,o,o ao,,s,',., ,e;,. - ha
r,on 'ie' lnoro oohser'a'Ne we pecolhe'
Both sides ought to have standing confer
ence committees for the settlement of oil
strife. They should meet each other half
wnv at ALI times >, -
On the eigbt-bour movement IN esne,oI
On tuo oisn movement IN general
MI Mcguire said 1t was the question of the
that
afford to give up. "Eipht hours a dny or
nothing The bosses nronose to cIossif,, the
xort,nen anG a;ve tha,, Io .no
"orkinen anu give tnem certincates OF work
mansmp. don't thtnk the workmen OF
P1ttsburg are ready to adopt a system that
was discarded by the French Government II
land over 800 years ago.
Opce Mora Adyisad 4, Staraor.
" o'aA 'Ane- :
In closing, MI. McGuire advised the men
TO stand together and follow the advice of
the men who have been chosen to manage
the fight ''The carpenters have accom-
nIished one good daad az Loot - so;d h[
i,vS.. ' 80 49, aS io"s', saiu NO.
hou nave made the Builders Exchange
stronger IMAM IL ever was before. L am
giad tney recognize the value of organiza.
ZION: Iney seem TO be nght1ng your organ
naSioh 1,1 o. anu your walking delegates, but they
ha& at1,N 70 oIgalllze 10 uo IL.
been sign of riot. or bi9odshed Ynn ore j
prepared for the fight and 1 believe If you
remain hrm to your organization you will
toiI;,, ne posses nre tryang 10 DiuH you Dy
that as soon rs there is a tI5,Se tro,,Se thnrss
is nothing to do. The history of every
strike is that just as soon rs a settlement
has been reached, everybody is given plenty
of work The union in this county is in
such a position that it can win this fight
and / want YOU all to remain tIue to tbe
cause.r
Mr. Mcclure closed by calling for a vote
on the question and every hand in the
house went up in favor of eight hours
Samuel Gompers President of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, was introduced
next He began his short address by an
swering the argument sometimes made that |
the men want nine hours nav for eiyht hours;
work. He branded it as ridiculous. saving
that it might as we'll be said they gel 10 Or Il |
hours pay-the time they were EMPLOYED 40
or 80 years ago. CARRYING out his argument |
further he said it might as well be argued
that men receive seven days pay when thev |
only work six in a week "You demand |
eight hours and 35 cents an hour.n said he
Mr.. Gompers referred to the lock.ont of
the plumbers and stonemasons, and said he |
sire on the part of the Builders Eycban@e to
bluff the carpenters into weakness SThe
contIac ctors are bluffing.n said Mr.. Gomners
"Well, there is rule In draw poker to- the
effect that the man caught bluffing loses the ]
game" -o'o0 '--o
One way oil Reckoning Up Losses.
heard among employers of labor relative to
tho lossoo of n season NJ, r,or,,.a,., 4-',a -,
.,io ioooSo Y, 0o"'oi' ui' uui.ipers 'oiu no"
the reckoning Is aone' III a contractor
counts on making 81, 800 on job," said he,
"and only makes 81 600, he counts that he
has lost $500, and by the end of the year he
has lost fortune; Contractors ever COM
RlaH RIaa1, bas, aDouI t r1sg g 30 lnueh eVerp year.
Mr.. Gompers closed bv describing the work
done by labor organizations in the past 30