The morning times., 1896-04-05

| u board for each AFFECTED trade for the
whole colony to fix the hours and rates of
| pay, such board to be elected by the en-
ployeS.
Il rejoice at every effort workingmen
make 10 organize. | hail the labor move
ment. Ii is my only hope for Democracy.
OrganZeand stand together. Let tthenation
hear united demand from the laboring
voice. wendell Phillips.
A bill Is now before the Ohio Iegisia-
ture which, if it becomes law, will in crease
the production of all convict-made goods
$50 per cent. Trade unions throughout
the State are preparing to offer vigorous
opposition TO the passage Of the measure
when il comes up for discussion. The pro-
moters OF the bill claim that some such
action is necessary because of the large
| number of convicts now being supported by
! idlcness.
Forty non-union carpenters were work
ing yesterday on the clght-Story apartment
house at Indiana avenue and Twent y-fourth
street, Chicago, and the union plasterers
anI plumbers employed there were called
out. The Carpenters Union expects to
Induce Contractor Whitley to sign the agree
ment providing for eight hours work and
80 cents an hour. About q dozen union
carpenters quit work on the Imperial build
lUS db SOU lIdTk street
because the contractors, Harrison Nc
GinSey, would not pay the union scale. No
new men We're secured To fill their places
Tho allied trades are moving along slowly
but surely. They are recognized by To-
ronto publishers, and the st. Louis Pub
lsherS' Association has agreed to arbitrate
with the MailcrS' Union regarding scale.
This is quite an advance in the last year,
when the publishers unanimously refused
craftsmen in their employ to organize.
Judge Foster OF the United States cir
cult court has discovered that labor is
better paid and enjoys more privileges as
"A result Of the introduction Of machines TO
take the place OF men. Men in snap po
sitions are apt To have roseate views Of
life that Il few years rubbing against The
world would take out OF them.
Labor-saving machinery is here TO stay
No one doubts that, ami the unions nave TO
confront the condition of affairs as ii now
exists and lcgisatc with the view OF Sc
curing control OF the machines for their
men bers. The problem is a knotty one
and hard to dispose OF even in theory, 10
say nothing of practice.
organization is in the air. From all over
the country come encouraging reports or
new unions and acceSSions TO old ones.
| The present year bids fair TO become the
. banner year of organized labor the coun
! try through.
There must be something wrong with
the air OF Indiana, for strikes are now on
in which ouly nOn-union men are engaged.
y State that can raise uon-union men with
courage enough 10 revolt should be
pretty solid place for unionism.
The clothing manufacturers of Chicago
maintain on all occasions that the wage
question does not enter into their con-
trovcrsy with the cutters and trlmincrs.
minimum scale is such a uOnsirouS ill.,
iquity that they could not think OF submit
ting IL 10 arbitration. or course. rot.
Deny recognition TO the union, brea 'lOwn
the miuifnum wage, and the whole qu"s-
ton OF hours and wages will be just where
the manufacturers want them.
Employers frequently complain that
trade unions are tyrannical ana actudted by
a desire TO deny the employer the right TO
manage his own business. The employer
who, during strike, says that hc has
nothing 10 arbtratc, naturally slips into
the very position which he SuppD>as - oc-
cupcd 10y the trade uniOnist. In taking
the ground that they have nothing 10 ar
hitratc, employers give notice that th2y are
10 manage their own business affairs, but
they go a little further, and H. The stand
they take they deny in emphatic terms the
right OF the worker to manage his affairs
or to have any voice as 10 the nHmh"r OF
hours he shall work or tie dmoant Of
wages he shall consider his services en-
titled 10.
Ii seems likely that u speedy settlement
of the >tOncCuttcrS' strike Will lie effected.
on Monday OF this week, in Chicago,
consultation Of Il committee from the
striking StOnCcuttcrS and the contractors
was held al the fremont House. Tie meet
ing was secret. ana little could be learned
a. To its result. The StOneCutterS, after
stating their grievances and what they
would be willing 10 COnccde, left the meet
ing, and Il consultation OF the bosses was
held. One of their number said aftcFwdrd
that he had nothing to give out as yet,
but he thought matters would very soon
shape themselves. The strikers. while
ready 10 stand their ground. are at the
same time anxious to secure an adjust
ment of the difficulties. Another meeting
will he called for next week, when ii is
hoped 10 arrive AT some satisfactory plan
OF arbitration and adjustment OF The diff
cultics.
On Monday. March Is, The union painters