The evening world., 1894-05-01
IN H WORLD OF LABOR.

Bakers Union No. 1 has levied an assessment q
80 cents to establish an agitation fund.
The Journeymen Lathers' Union holds its hrst
meeting at its new Headquarters. S32 Ninth ave-
nue.. this evening.
Engineers Union No. l and Machin!sts' Union
No. 2 have agreed to assist each other In procur-
Ing work for unemployed members.
Grand Chief Clarke. OF the Brotherhood Of Rail-
way Conductors. has organized a new division in
Paterson. N. j.. with a membership OF seventy
hve.
Funds are being collected by the unions anili-
ated with the Hudson County Central Labor Fed
Grafton for the purpose OF establishing u labor
lyceum.
The Brooklyn Machlnlsts' Union has called Q
special meeting for next Saturday to consider .
proposition u Join the International Machinists
Union.
Strikes were ordered on the Jobs of several
bosses yesterday by the New York Framers' Union.
These bosses refuse to sign the Unions annual
contract. Twenty-seyen firms have signed.
A motion to reduce the working time of steadily
to give work to the unemployed has been laid
over fo- one month by typographical Union No.
were instructed 70 vote for independent political
action.
A special labor convention is to be held in
Trenton by delegates Of labor unions IN New Yer.
pass the bills submitted by the Executive Hoard
OF the New Jersey Federation OF Trades unionA
The date Of the convention has not yet been an
nounced by Chairman J. r. Mcdonnell.
Members Of Federal Union coll. A. +. of, L..
laundry, workers, have been locked out by Rose.
Chase 4 Co.. Oakland avenue and India street.
men from Philadelphia and Freehold. Nj. Presi-
dent Gompers yesterday promised the assistance
Of the American Federation Of Labor to the
locked-Out men.
Fred schaefer has been replaced by II. Walters
as a member OF the Cigar Makers Downtown Agi-
,ation Committee. The blue label was granted to
Manufacturers IL. berlin and Il. bergen. The re-
ceipts OF the Agitation Committee last week
amounted to sos. and s?sl was expended. A mo-
tnn o. pFlnf = IA nf ntnp IAgaau has AAaa .,s-A
down by the Label Committee. I'
May Day demonstrations were first suggested BIZ
the International Labor Congress whose delegates
assembled In Paris on the centennial anniversary
''ntion Was TO unite the workingmen OF all
countries upon a common demand. the Introduce
the most appropriate one.
John oB-ien, General Organizer OF the Hotel and
Restaurant Employees National Alliance is still
local unions. At the last regular meeting Of Bar.
tenders Union No, l he stated that some OF the
former National officers made a mistake by sus-
pending the bartenders for UNFOLDING the brooklyn
Labor Lyceum. and he has that .
new charter be Issued to Union No. 4. and that
the boycott be lifted from the Labor Lyceum.
Claims for benefits to the amount Of 81, sc5 verS
brotherhood OF Carpenters aad Jolners last month.
The receipts at General Secretary Z. J. McGulrs's
once were S,lS6.SS Charters were granted to
new local unions at Newark, y. j.; Yonkers, N.
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Mich. Camden Ark, Chicago, Ill.
Tho bakers In Sacramento have for several
years had an agreement with their bosses limit
ing work to six days per week, Some hig facto-
ries have now commenced to make bread on Sat
urday nights. and the smaller bosses. cooperating
with the union Of their employees, have requested
prohibiting the delivery OF bread on Sundays. They
say that six days OF work is enough for bakers,
and they do not propose TO return TO the Neven
day system.
Offers have been made TO the Socialists in this
city by the pel1ian Socialists to establish a CO.
operative exchaie "oducts. In belgium the
Socialists have more than 1850 cooperative fac
tories and stores. where more than /. 5OV, 900 per-
sons purchase their necessaries life, and Il 10
now proposed to export textilet pbrics to this
country In exchange for American meat, canned
goods, sewing machines and other commodities not
obtainable In belgium at prices as low as In
country. Among the cooperative establishments
in Belgium iB q great bread factory at verviers
with a surplus OF $50. 900, with which a big Labor
Lyesum Is now being built In that city.
For several months the representatives OF the
local bricklayers' unions were unable to agree
with the boss builders OF this city upon the terms
OF their annual agreement. which. however, was
signed by both parties yesterday. Thers had been
talk OF a lockout by the bosses Wages and
hours OF labor have not been changed, but the
weekly payment rule wAg abolished and Journey
men will have TO furnish their own tooIAA Ths
bosses had proposed to reduce wages from 30 70
rs cents an hour, but they receded from their
position when the delegates OF the pnioaa declared
that q reduction would certainly cause . general
strike.