The evening world., 1894-04-12
IN THE WORLD OF LABOR.

c,aar NakNs' Nuicn ~. 90 slcctS cli ,ers mex,
Saturday.
iluss nak,rs Jacob Koss aad T. Maurcr have
signed the contract ~ bakers Union ~. Is.
S,hwsrEcnhach n ruhcr, Of West Hobokcn,
Yesterday granted the demands VI their strlit
inr sin wcaNcrs for higher vases.
Paul wolrsnn is the newly elected Correspond
ing Secretary and business Manager VI rrorsrs
street.
The United Garment Workers have gained a
tolnt by obtaining a raise " wages at the shop
VI H,ruheim, lnurr 4 60.
Frank NJ. Gcssner. the Socialist glnss-workcr
AMI knight NJ Labor, Is ler'hrins in onto Last
sunday he spoke to a large mass meeting at
Cleveland.
Ths Theatrical Protective linton has promised
To furnish all the talent Tor the benefit perform
May May s for '"''e"""".' striking 'N'''"'F'''' o"
Ev. Master Workman W J. Lavery. ~ L.. \
a3l6. X, Of. L.. meat carNcrs, dicd ~ consump-
tIs AT Afternoon sr oH'' from %I &, ' wes, one 5% wv iIun dr. I". and
FIRST street.
Organized labor Of San Francisco has mn EnrlIeh
paper at last. II Is called the New Union. der
man speaking workmcn ot san Francisco have
had a daily paper Of their own ever since 1859.
Richard Meyer and $. Kuohl are the delegates OF
Cabinet. Makers Union No. I to the conference ~
unions to make an eight hour demonstration on
May 1. The election of a librarian has been
postponed until next week.
Extra census bulletin No. g. shows that Sc 81
per cent. of the people In this country live In
rented houses. while li02 per cent. have mort
cages on their homes, nni only Sc Is per cent.
own unencumbered real estate.
cigar makers and cigarette makers are striking
for higher wages at tht shops Of H. T.. Rose &
Co, Houston and Elizabeth streets, They say
that many of their number could no, earn more
strikers is at IT'S Ludlow street.
The annual contract ot the iourneymen Brewers
Dceririvers' and Fircmen's Unions were signed
Yesterday by the manaeers OF the bavarian StaT
Brewing Company, Guttcnburr, and OF the Anchor
llTpN ing IOmpauy. DOhbn Ferry.
President Gompers and Lawson N. Fuller arc
announced as the principal speakers for an after
dinner debate Of the sunrise club, at the Arltns-
evening, April 10. The subject will be Trades
Unions"
In Brisbane, Queensland. the labor ticket has
Old parties. whose candidates were elected by
majorities from . to 90. II was the first cam
paign in which organized labor contested muni
cipal offices at brisbane.
Louis Iecht presented his credentials as repre-
sentative Of the Architectural Iron workers TO the
board Of Walking Delegates yesterday. The ere
dentials were laid over for enc week, as pre-.
scribed by the rules. Mr.. Hecht reports trouble
at the shop OF Prince q Kinkel.
Union p%iasterers won a strike on the Majestic
Hotel. Seventy-second street and Eighth avenue,
yesterday against an Objectionable foreman When
the men had been out about two hours the con
tractor promised that tho foreman would be dis
charged. He had made an attempt to make the
men work harder than union rules permit.
Labor men in Oshkosh. wis claim that In no
other city OF the United States are wages lower
than in that city. The United States census OF
1880 shows that wages In oshkosh averaged 81 Fl
per day. The largest Income OF any ~age-.%rksr
amounted 10 SAP. 40 and the lowest was Slbl 80
per year.
At last nights meeting OF the Sub. Committce
Of the Political Conference, called by the Peoples
party, the representatives II the Knights OF La
Dor. Socialists, Populists and Central Labor Fede-
ration agreed that during the coming election
campaign the principal planks Of their platform
should he nbOltInn of the WAGES system ana the
establishment OF the cooperative commonwealth.
Next Tuesday. April II. Harry E.. Easton,
Grand Organizer OF the International Association
q MachinIs,s vii addresses iossl L ,r,SS,s ~ T.
this city that he may resign after the National
Convention at Richmond, as the lahors Of his Office
his family. from which he has been separated
nearly an entire year. owing to his duties on the
road.
The striking silk weavers of this city will march
to Paterson, n. j., Friday morning at $ o'clock
to visit their fellow strikers in that
s election and on e tss tabor , T'in q them "u., 'es
Mcguire, as Alderman for the Eighth Ward.
They will march from the West Side labor
ferry, thence to Union Hin and Carlsbad. whore
they will be met by a delegation from Paterson.
visions and remain in Paterson over night,
TO return on Saturday. It is expected that about
200 men will be In line.
George Tombieson; OF the Gilders' Union, re-
ported 10 the Buliding TRADES Secton OF the
Central Labor Union yesterday that the Union
Ia making strenuous efforts TO get work for Its
members, 70 per cent. OF whom are unemployed.
Tho delegate stated that the Union will send a
committee to the Mayor and to the Commits
sioner OF Public Works to ask them, II they
could give gilders work in any Of the new
public buildings. Last week a committee OF the
Union went through the Metropolitan Museum
OF Art and noted each picture whose frame
needed r%egilding. repairing or fixing. The Com
mittos Of the Union will suggest to the Mayor
and the Commissioner that II the picture frames
In the Museum are fixed up a little the art
| gallery will be considerably Improved in appear
ance. Delegate Tombleson was appointed to
represent the C. L. U. in the Committee to see
the Mayor and Commissioner.