The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-10-11
THE LABOR WOLRD.
New Movement Among Printers
Notes of Various Trades.

A resolution was passed at the meeting
of Typographical Union No. "a. held last
Wednesday evening In STEERS Hall, d.
recting the Secretary of the Union to
open a correspondence with John p. Me-
DonnelI, OF the Paterson Labor Standard
and other prominent printers OF the State
looking towards the formation of State
organization of Union printers. to be
under the jurisdiction OF the Inter
national Typographical Union In gen.
eral, but to act Independently as regards
the governing of the craft in the State
New York has just formed such a body
with every prospect of success.
Ia nearly every State in the Union the
printing OF the records. bills. laws, and.
in fact. every variety of printing neces-
sary to have done, has been the bone OF
contention between employing printers.
In some States. notably Illinois, State
printing offices have been established
with marked success. In this State,
however, the state printing is done under
contract, and as consequence. Newark
and Jersey City. the two largest cities in
the State, have been unable to BID for the
work. by reason of paying fair prices for
labor In the printing offices, while Tren-
ton, which pays just one third less wages
to compositors tnan Jersey City, gets the
lions share of the State printing, and The
remainder has for years gone to Camden,
which has no union az all
Que of the objects of the State Unions
to bring about an equalization of things,
so that Jersey City, the metropolis of New
Jersey, and her sister city, Newark, will
get a fair share OF the work
A case of importance b3th to employ
ees and employed: will be tried tomorrow
In the Hudson County Circuit Court.
The Building Trades Council has brought
suit against Lawrence Pagan, the propri-
III Il
Works, for 5000 damages for false i'm
prisonment. During the strike OF the
housesmiths two months ago. Herman
Fahrendorff and others who were in the
ranks of the strikers were arrested AZ the
instance of Mr.. Fagan, and imprisoned
Tor some time, the Uuion claims, without
any warrant or other legal procedure
Mr. Fdhrendorff's case was made specific,
| and Counsellor Gilbert Collins retained
| to bring suit The Council will make a
| test case OF this, and the case will be
watched with interest by the wage work
| ers of the county.
The Second annual ball of the Marine
| Engineers Beneficial Association No. "a
1 will be held at Woods Hall on Tuesday
evening. November IL. A prize OF a
| lady's gold watch will be drawn for on
| the night of the bali. each ticket being
| entitled u chance. The music will be
furnished by Prof Beggs.
A State branch of the International
Typographical Union is 10 be organized
in New York.
Mr.. ]. Kern is the new president OF the
| Hoboken Branch OF the Workmen's GEN
eral Benefit Union, vice H. Gutbrod, re-
| signed.
/ Elizabeth is TO have Central Labor
/ Federation. The body will be organized
| during the coming week.
| Work in the building line Is reported
extremely good in the county, particularly
in the outlying districts
The project OF forming Il subordinate
! union in HoboKen has fallen through.
and the men employed Iii that city Will
continue members OF No. "a, the Presi-
dent Of the International Union having
decided that it would not conserve to the
interest Of the craft to have two unions
| in the county. -
The United Tin Trades WIN hold their
second annual ball In Tammany Hall.
New York, Monday, November 80. The
organization Is composed OF the Jersey
City, New York and Brooklyn Tin and