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

Bakers Union No. l has levied an assessment sf
80 cents to establish an agitation fund.
The Journeymen Lathers' Union holds It's nrse
meeting at its new headquarters. 1872 Ninth ave-
nue.. this evening.
Engineers Union No. and Mnchinists' 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 N
Paterson. y. j.. with a membership OF seventy
Ave.
Funds are being collected by the unions anil
ated with the Hudson County Central Labor FED
Grafton for the purpose OF establishing a 'ao''
lyceum.
The Brooklyn MachInists' Union has called .
special meeting for next Saturday to consider
Union.
Strikes were ordered on the Jobs Of several several
bosses yesterday by the New York Trainers sn m,
contract Twenty-seven firms have signed.
A motion to reduce the working time OF steadily
employed members to five days per week IN oIast
over TO- one month by Typographical Union No:
274. The delegates to the Central LABOR In.on
we're instructed TO vote for independent po''eAA
action.
A special labor convention is to be held in
Trenton by delegates of labor unions In New Jer-
sey to demand that the LEGISLATURE OF tna' StauS
Of the New Jersey Federation OF Trades Unions
The date OF the convention has no, yet been an
nounced by Chairman J. +, Mcdonnell
Members OF Federal Union soil. A. F. Of L..
laundry workers, have been locked out by Rose.
chase & Co., Oakland avenue and India street.
G Gsssn tPom pb Tnsy lp Ss1e and dff Freeaold ~ Nj, Presi-
dent Gompers yesterday promised the assistance
OF the American Federation OF Labor to the
locked out men.
as a member OF the Cigar Makers Downtown Agi-
tation mmittee The blue label was granted 70
Manufacturers II. berlin and G. Bergen. The ~.
ceipts OF the Agitation Committee last week
amounted to ;sos, and s26l was expended. A mo.
tion to print h list OF union bosses has been voted
down by the Label Committee.
May Day demonstrations were nrst ~suggSted by
the international Labor Congress whose delegates
assembled In Paris on the centennial anniversary
Of the French Revolution. July Il. 1888. The In,
,,ntiou was to unite the workingmen OF all
countries upon a common demand, the Introduce
ton OF the eight-hour work day being selected a.
the most appropriate one
John o'B-ien. General Organizer OF the Hotel and
Restaurant Employees National Alliance is stu
local unions. At the last regular meeting OF Bar
tenders Union No. l he stated that some Of ths
pending the bartenders for UNFOLDING the Brooklyn
Labor Lyceum, and he has recommended that 9
new charter be Issued to Union No. l, and thas
the boycott be lifted from the Labor Lyceum.
Claims for benefits to the amount of 81. COS were
approved by the General Executive ofhcers OF the
brotherhood OF Carpenters and Joiners last month.
once were IS. 1856. IS, Charters were granted 70
new local unions at Newark, y. j.; Yonkers. N.
"; N MSIR' M Mi' Taylor. Pa: GRAND Rapids.
Mich, Camden, Ark. Chicago. III.
The bakers in Sacramento have for several
wears had an agreement with their bosses limit
ing work to six days per week. Some big 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
The CITY Board OF Trustees to make an ordinance
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 seven
day system.
Offers have been made to the Socialists in this
city by the Belgian Socialists to establish a CO.
lucrative exchange of products. In Belgium the
Socialists have more than $50 cooperative fac
tories and stores, where more than ! 500, 900 per-
sons purchase their neCessarles OF life, and II 10
now proposed TO export textile fabrics to this
country in exchange for American meat, canned
goods. s~ewing-machineS and other commodities not
obtAinable In Belgium at prices as low as Ia
country. Among the cooperative establishments
Ia Belgium Is a great bread -1ctory at Veryiers
with a surplus OF $50, 900. wit. which q big Labor
Lyceum Is now being built IN that city.
For several months the representatives OF tho
local bricklayers' unions were unable 70 agree
with the boss builders Of this city upon the terms
Of their annual agreement, which, however. was
aligned by both parties yesterday. There had been
talk Of a lock -out by the bosses. Wages and
hours Of labor have not been changed. but The
weekly payment rule was abolished and journey
men will have TO furnish their own toolA ifhs
bosses had proposed TO reduce wages from " Y
As cents an hour. but they rocedcd from thsfI
~position when the/deiegntrs OF the uniona deears1
thss : reduction would certainly cause : 5hsrs'
1890