Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1891-03-14

who have heretofore paid fair wages,
will, if this is not stopped, be compelled
| to cut down wages, or be driven out of
business, and great deal of misery
would be the result.
Now, we ask you, gentlemen, do not
buy any more furniture of Volt Bros,
who, for the sake of doing business, are
trying to crush out all competition, no
matter who will suffer. The workmen
at large and the Central Labor Fedora
| ton have promised us their assistance,
and we shall use every means to bring
this fight to a successful ending,
Hoping you will give this your earnest
consideration, we remain,
Yours respectfully,
The uPHOLSTERERS UNION OF
NEW YORK AND VICINITY.
Two bosses, g. Watson, 40 Montgo-
merry street and G. Dampierre, SS New
ark Ave, persist in patronizlng this firm
and the G.. l.. +. of Hudson Co., through
the General Executive Board will be
asked to take them in hand.
The United Hebrew Trades presented
a resolution in which they stated that as
theirs was central body they would
withdraw from the C. l. f. and join the
General Executive Board. The delegates
were informed that they could not join
that Board, the organized labor of New
York being as a whole represented
therein.
The Carl Sahm Club complained of
the United Hebrew Trades. That body
they said, recognized the Progressive
Musical Union No. / as the only musical
union to be patronized by any of the said
trades. They will be asked to deal fairly
with the two musical unions.
A delegation from the Brooklyn G.. l..
F. was admitted and the body went into
executive session in the Feigenspan boy
colt. Among the transactions at this
session the following resolution of Brew
ers' Union No. l was approved
WHEREAS, Several union brewers
have combined under the name of "Fair
Trade Exchange" and conspired against
the organized labor represented in the
c. L. F s of New York, Brooklyn, Hud-
son Co. and Paterson by not accepting
the customers of the boycotted Feigen-
span Brewing Co.; and
WHEREAS, These bosses are thereby
injuring the Organized Labor which
alone was the means of developing their
trade for the past three years;
Res0hed, That Brewers Union No
protests most emphatically against this
attempt of the said bosses to interfere
with its legitimate business, and, to-
gether with the United G. l.. Fs de,
mand that they rescnded the aforesaid
nhrp VI rnsnlDtinp 11nHar ~ of lnutnfr
the patronage of Organized Labor.
EIGHT HOURS.
A delegate of the S. l.. p. Section sub
mitted the call of the party for Con-
ference of labor organizations to be held
at 25 E. 4th street, on the 21st inst, for
the purpose of arranging a grand eight
hours demonstration on the 1st of May.
(The text of this document is published
in another column). A delegate of Typo
graphia No. Z thought that the S. l.. F.
had made a mistake. The object of the
said party being political, the initiative
of calling an eight hours demonstration
should have been left with body whose
object was essentially economic. The
delegate of the S. l.. P replied that such
mistakes had always been committed
by the Socialists and were likely to be
committed again and again until the econ
omic emancipation of labor had been
accomplished by political action. 1t
was by committing such mistakes"
that the socialists had brought about
the Revolution of 184S and the Commune
of 1871. 1t was by committing such
mistakes that the International Asso-
citation of Workingmen had been formed.
and that this celebrated Association,
under the presidency of Karl Marx, had
first formulated the demand for eight
hours. Again, through similar "mis-
takes" of the Socialists, the international
Labor Congress had taken up the Eight
Hours question and pushed it to the
front until, as stated in the appeal un-
der discussion, 'eight hours" was in.
scribed on the banner of every craft
throughout the civilized world. Where
would the labor movement be without
such "mistakes?" Amid general applause
the appeal was endorsed, every affiliated
organization requested to send delegates
to the Conference. and delegation of
three members-Guenthner, Blumen-
berg and Greb-elected to represent the
y. l., +.
THE PITTSBURGH VICTIMS
The case of the three men who are
now pining in Pittsburgh Jail under a
sentence of death for their participation
in labor troubles was next taken up. 1t
was resolved to arrange demonstration
in their behalf. 4 special committee of
seven was elected for this purpose, as
r n
nowsky, Guenthner, McVey. D. Harris
and Simon Gompers. Every central
body in the country will be corresponded
with and requested TO arrange like de-
monstration on the same night.
4 committee of the "Lasalle Dramatic
Society" offered the services of their
organization in a performance for the
benefit of the Defense Fund. They