New-York tribune., 1891-05-04
THE STRIKERS ENCOURAGED
RESOLVING TO STAND FIRM FOR THEIR
DEMANDS.
SEVERAL OTHER UNIONS FOLLOW THE Ex'
AMPLE OF THE HousEsMTHs


Tho successful and united stand Of the Housesm'hs
Union IN is city has aroused the desire in the hears
OF other union men here and in New-Jersey 10 WORN
only eight hours or shorten in some measure inc hou
they now work Meetings Of labor unions were he.
all over this city and Broohlyn yesterday anu III o
a meeting OF carpenters, representing ho", -
union men, decided to make sudden oe'iS"u s.,.
ming to-day for eight hours as the hnh' ior '"'
work. H.. ,.,.or
,n os. ,r,rortant meeting held in this city yester
day was bv the Lumber Handlers Union in Rose nm
Hall No 427 Second-ave AT TINS mee''ns " "a
cded 70 order strikes at sunrise To-Day Ill a9o.'
the smaller lunber-ysrds here TO enforce dcna.u M
a new scale OF wages and shorter houfs oI WIN =.
a, tho larger lumber dealers have already acceue"
A., x.r,.nas NJ their men for S13 so week ior
Sou,I.y truck drivers Sl5 for single-nuck urNeiS'
e,o Co.. vardmen and 25 cents an hour for all over
time The men are now compelled, they say, !" WIN
eleven and twelve hours day, ana tieS wan. " 49,
only fen hours This strike will further conp'a' Wv
trouble IN the building trades.
AT the meeting OF the Central Labor Union yeS,ers
resolutions were passed indorsng the strhe VI mou
o,tbs and recing the support OF every union ahhheu
with the Central Union, which means they VIII oiuo
strikes in all such trades where IT Is deeneu
IN help the Housesrniths Union. meeuhs oi .io
BOARD OF Walking Delegates will be heid this norins
and IL is reported that all the wood working trsues
snpnort the lumber handlers and that the boau WIZ
order strikes ON all jobs where lumber Is USED supphcu
nv the firms Who refuse 10 concede the demands oil ther
men. ,, A.
At the last meeting Of the Lumoer Deaeis
socation at No. Broadway, the dealers enterea iU
an agreement that II the men struck In 'ne SaiuS
any one member OF the association, all the other mem
bers would at once lock out their union nieh' uu'
&c now asserted by the that the bosses Will hoI
carry out their agreement If they do' puiidihe oP'
eratons will be almost at standstll ana thousahuS
Of men forced to quit work.
Al the meeting of the Central Labor Federation at
No. 3s5 Bowery yesterday the delegate OF the fur,
riers Union, representing 1000 men, ahnouhoeu u"V
the furriers would make demand on June ior
workday OF eight hours and saturday hali-hohday.
The furriers now work nine hours. The CloaRmakers
Union is preparing resolutions concerning inc Jury
which found Joseph Barondess, their leauer' suiiT
of extortion and it is said that these luiych wiz
be boycotted. The American WorEmens Delehce As-
socation composed of fortytwo organizations many
of which are Anarchists applied for membership ID
the Central Federation. They were not admltVeu Du'
on the contrary were soundy denounced as Deine III
the pay Of capitalists and an incubus ortarv on ue
labor movement Herman M. eeced in his mace
The United Brewery Workmen reported AT , u,e no ~
ing OF the Central Labor Union that tne IN the
Union The Pattern Makers Union announced tn saas
they would strike in all shops 81 i tne demand for
workday of nine hours. The Granite Cuttero HI!o
reported strike on the building OF the nne ~
granite and limestone cutters for the union scale Of
wages @ and that S %e%Gers Soce OF The e' cehr Labor
Union thereupon resolved TO organize a BnchiaSers
A meeting was held by the I<afiiers' Union in Car-
endon Hall at which It was resolved 20 insist upon
Inc right Of walking delegates to Inspect t9e GSr
tracts OF their employers, and If the naste,LaheIs
do not at once grant the demand, they will go 70
work for builders independently Of the trainers. inc
master trainers also held meeting ana resoIVeu "
continue the fight and advertise 1Sr 'oO thg
trainers They deny the report that any OF then
humber have given in while the men say only 400
of them are still on strike out Of 1,500. The master
mass meeting Of carpenters and oiners held
in Carpenters Hail. Mulberry and Market sts Newark
last night at which ii was decided 10 demand WORK
day of eight hours, beginning to-day Labor aslators
we're present from Chicago, New York and BrooKlyn,
and made speeches IN favor OF tne cangS eS eed ~ a.
the demand already, and the men were instructed W
their officers TO continue at work In these SHOPS Dut
ino Eighteen hundred carpenters and joiners will
quit work in Newark to-day
IMPORTING LABOR INTO THE COKE REGION.
Pittsburg May 3-The expected sensation Of the
week is the promised importation of 1000 worhmen
from different parts of the East 1t is said that many
of them will be negroes and Italians. The operators
have little to say except that they must run their
plants somehow Money is rapidly coming into the
miners hands, and its effect shown to-day at
several mass-meetings, which were attended by men
from Jimtown and Kyle, who promised to come out in
the morning on assurances of support. Some 6OO
evictons will be made this week, in order to make
room for the coming into the region, but
labor officials say they will be able 10 prevent the bull
OF them from going to work. Tonight the Rev
Father Lam6ing power among the Sadnolcs oi ", @
calistic element from the pulpit He also created
sensation by repeating his advice that the men re
turn to work. At the Polish celebration In the OpeIs
reiterated