New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-21
TRGENT APPEALS FOR HELP.
TRADES UNIONS MEET AND DECIDE TO ISSUE
VARIOUS CALLS.
r ,TrITRINGS OF MANY DELEGAlES YESTERDAY
THEY WANT THE CITY AND COUNTRY TO
PROVIDE IMMEDIATE WORK FOR
THE UNEMPLOYED AND TO
PAY THEIR RENTS.

PAY THEIR RENTS
The conference called by Samuel Gompers' presr
! don't of the American Federation of Labor 10 COZ"
slider the situation confronting the unemployed wa
held Yesterday afternoon at the international l'd'o'
| Exchange No. 257 East ~ .ith-st Ihere "eie
/ seventy-nve delegates present. represehtlhS n'o
than n score of different trades. Mr. GomperS'
who called the meeting to order. spoke al cohSuei
ablc length referring to the large number oil uhe',
,loved in the city. I'VE have" said he' cai'eu
this meeting Of the different trades unions Vi NV
York CITY to devise means TO get breai loi "'
needv The various bodies into which the ldoo'
movement is divided draw circles around them
selves There is nothing more huruui 10 ''e 'e"'
than the plan to organize them on religious OASIS
With such intolerance, how can you expect mar
mony among workinsmen?
The sneaker said that there was great oppo'
tunitv for the city to give work TO the uhehPl'!" "
bv building new rapid transit roads by pu'"'"s
new sewers pavements and docks. lie went s'.'
so far as to say that the Erie Canal shoulu De
deepened and that the United states Shouiu O
the long-delayed Nicaragua Canal
Coorre F. Mcneil. lecturer employed py '''
Federation: Christopher Evans. secretary oI t'o
Federation; VI. De Coster a cigarmaker' HiEe,
Dampf Henry Weismann Joseph BarohuesS anu
several other labor leaders spoke. They poured
forth a constant stream OF theories anu ""N''e
Finally resolutions were adopted calling on all
for assistance and calling upon the Mayor 10 us
cuss the advisabiity OF paying the rents OF the I'M
emploved The conference will meet again to-day
The committee chosen to appeal to the Mayor WAS
Henry Weismann Charles Reichers VI. DE Coster
r. NJ Campbell. Henry White, $. Gompers, eN-ofcio
The committee on an address to the American people
was George L. Mcneil :. Gompers. Henry Neis-
mann Christopher Evans J. Barondess' D. I.
WALSH Henry White The committee on rehet
was L. Wolder George W. Middleton, J. Barondess'
c. y. Adler. James Doyle.
In Pythagoras Hall. in Canal-st. just east or
the Bowcry. there a meeting held under the
auspiccs Of the United Hebrew Trades at p. M.
Roman Lewis presided There was a wordy con-
nict between the Socialists and the Anarchists.
1t resulted in twenty policemen and detectives In
plain clothes being sent To the hall from the ponce
station In Eldridgc-st. 1t noticed that nearly
all tn, speakers talked against disorder ana law
lessncss. The United Hebrew Trades issued an
address to the unemployed Hebrews during the
afternoon. 1t was simply a repetition OF the usuai
pessimistc statements made 10y that body
At the weekly meeting Of the central Labor
Union little attention was given to the subject oi
the riots and the other troubles OF the unemployed
one delegate wanted invite all the unemployed
TO parade with the Central Labor mon on Labor
DaV. This proposition was strongly oppoSrl bN
several delegates who said that the Central Labor
Iuion could not. as aw-abding organiLaton
was thoroughly denounced. II did not even reach
a vote The miscellaneous section Of the Central
Labor Union sent for approval petition addressed
to Congress 1t asked that immigration be sus-
ployed a chance TO get jobs. 1t also asked for
strict enforcement Of the Geary law. The petition
was amended 10 ask only for a strict en-
forcement OF the Gcary law.