The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-21
CHANGE THEIR VOTE.
Aldermen Will Have Another Chance
at the Eieht-Hour Law.

Aldermen WIZ ElaNO FN''Sh''S'
at the Eieht-Hour Law.
The political condition of two of the
aldermen who voted against the eight
hour bill in the meeting of the board OF
alderman Monday evening is reported
as "shaky''
At the meeting of the Central Labor
union last night, it was broadly hlnted
that one of thu aldermen mad SAID th6t
if given another chance he would vote
in the year ranks. Another no voter as re-
ported as being in favor of granting the
voters the right to ballot on the ques-
ton.
1t was voted to elect a committee to
Introduce the order in the next meet
ing Of the board of aldermen, and j.
D. Pierce, president of the c. l.. o.,
Charles o. Blake of the Carpenters
and Joiners' union, and Dennis Doyle of
the Bottiers and Drivers union, were
chosen to serve.
The C. L. U. committee was instructed
TO hold a session with the committee
from the Building Trades council ana
arrange a date for the mass meeting
and parade. A joint meeting will be
held tomorrow evening. Delegates from
every union affiliated with the Central
| union filed a report Of trade conditions.
All of the reports were, Good.
The action of the Painters and Dec
orators union in declaring work on the
Kelley & Delehanty building fair, was
| condemned. The painters have no rep
/ resentation in the union, and Will be iG-
nored hereafter in demands for re ;1S-
| nitiol by that body.
The following was adopted
The fact that thousands of honest
wage earners have become tramps and
criminals through enforced idleness,
has led the thinking men today to try
and find some remedy that will meet
the present conditions. The trade un-
ions of the United States some time
ago, declared that one of the main
causes of our present conditions, was
through the intense desire on the part
of those who controlled the machinery
of the country to work the machines
the longest possible hours, thereby
throwing a large number of men out of
employment With no new opportun-
titles open for them. They also de-
clared that as a partial remedy the
producing power must be reduced by a
reductionasof the hours of labor. and
they declared for a universal eight hour
work day. The federal government has
already established an eight-hour law
for all government employees, and al
though the state legislators of Massa-
chusetts were not ready to follow the
federal governments example yet they
did recognize the right of the citizens
to pass judgment on the matter, they
to accept or reject But it is left for
the board of aldermen of Worcester to
say by their vote last Monday night
that the United States congress and
state legislature are wrong. one in es
tablshing an eight-hour law, the other
in saying that it should become law
when accepted by a majority vote.
Believing that they have usurped
power never intended by the legislature
or the people who created them, there
fore be it
Resolved that the Central Labor
Union condemn the action of the alder
men in refusing to allow the citizens
of this city to express their opinion
through the ballot, and be it further
Resolved that we consider it dam
gerous to trust the affairs of our city
in the hands of men who would place
party and personal feelings above that
for the good of the people as a whole,
and further
Resolved, that we call upon organized
labor and it's friends to throw all party
feelings to one side and join together
and relegate these misnamed aldermen
back to private life, where they belong.
The City GaborerS Union VIII hold
special meeting in Labor headquarters
tomorrow evening The refusal Of the
board of aldermen to grant voters an
opportunity of voting on the eight-hour
law will be the principal business of
the meeting. The union is made up of
workmen in the city highway depart
ment. HfEv
President Thomas F. Harvey left
yesterday afternoon for Peoria, H.,
where he will attend the national con-
vention as delegate of the local Jour
neyman Plumbers Union. Mr.. Harney's
wife and children accompanied him to
Newark, N. j., where they will pass
two weeks with relatives. President
Harvey will visit headquarters in Chi
cago before the opening of the conven-
Iion Tuesday.
The committee on resolutions of the
Moulders' Union met last night and
adopted resolutions on the death of
two members. Edward Bateson and
August Christianson.