The sun., 1901-08-19
Barbers' Early Closing Movement
y Begins Today.
labor DAY CELEBRATION
local Carpenters Effect Permanent
Organization at Big Meeting.
Steam Engineers to Have
# Convention.


The j0urneymen BARRIERS shorter day il
to go into effect today, Beginning to-
night the shops will be closed every
night in the week at s O'Clock excrp.
Satnrday night. 1t is Iexpected that
every employing barber in the city will
close his shoa at 8 o'clock tonight III
though several of them ut first refused
tQ%isign the petition. The jonrneymeil
feel Sratefu! to the master BARRIERS for
conceding the request. The journeyinen
bnrbers have been working hard to get
~ Shorter day and have received much
encouragement from the public in then.
efforts.
The United Labor League held its
regular meeting yesterday afternoon in
the smith Building. The proposed Labor
DAY celebration was the most important
matter discussed. 1t has now been prac-
ucaily decided to not have a parade nor
anxffpeechmaking on that day. The
ssporting events for the day will be MS
foliows: 100 yards dash, high jump, 24D
yards dash, throwing 16 pound shot, run
ming broad jump, pole vault and hon.
step and jump There are already i
large number of entries and prizes will
be awarded the winner of each contest
lhrtin, Il. Maurer and G. w. Brown
inEgc amprise the committee in charge Of
thVsports.
~ the meeting of the United Labor
E18gue yesterday n communication wis
end from the Plumbers Association IL
egnPI to the new brewer. to be con
Eructcd on French street between Front
nd Second, The Plumbers Assoc,:,.
On is making efforts to have uniou
Wh do the plumbing work at the brew
~ The matter was referred to the
,Vi<liiig trades committee for actiCn and
tefommunicatioE was sent to all the
her Unions. John Price is the dele
(atefrom this city to the Plumbers. Gas
Steamfitters' Convention which be-
naRt Buffalo today.
tFbe local carpenters held a another
sn'eeting in the Smith Building on
ttrday night when pcrmenant organ
tioii was effected. The officers elected
RE- as follows: President, Lewis J.
ompson; vice president, Lewis Hall
0Hiing secretary, George Raymond
anfia secretary. Sampel Crossnn.
3srrer. Charles Ford. conductor, John
Ice. warden, Ernest Chandler. About
rty additional members were taken
The charter will be open for thirty
William ID. Huber, president Of til,
otherhaod of Carpenters Of America.
Frank Morgan. national organizer
ensed the meeting and made nd
'sse% President Huber in his address
ted that recently while in Scranton.
: of The striking miners and his fonl
is told him that they had not received
ent ~ money for four years. Every.
ng bad been paid in store checks. not
hstandine the fact taat this it against
laws of Pennsylvania. rhe averag,
ses of the miners are $17 per month
ftuber stated that the Broth, rhool
carpenterS had mere than 800 organ
ioits in the United States with
nhwship Of more than 100000 QuItr
Mlber of the local carpenters work
honrs and few have the Satur-
halt holiday Organizer Morgan am,
laid Monck Of this city also made
'csses. The carpenters will, h I'D an
rmeeting on Thurs lay eveoin. in
- Single Tax Club rooms, No. 6,Qk
ket street.
a meeting of the National Asso
NnkDf Steam Engineers on Saturda,
ingtth following committee was ap-
ted 10 arrange for the association,
anniversary on October 18th: Viii
W. htrfHHry, Imam A. Bow
Edward Morris, John w. W.theril
Edward Young. A large and hand
picture was received by the asso
n from the A. A. Griffing Iron Com.
g The annual con, enton of thr
y nal Association Of Steam Engineers
be held at Rochester. N. ", from
b the 9TH of September. John w
herill is the delegate from the local
. iation and William A. Bowman is
-. nate The Rochester Association il
IN ng elaborate arrangements for on
x ming the delegates. The convention
- be held in Fitzhugh Hall which is
S y the largest buildings in Rochester
ufncturers will have exhibits of
e machinery in operation. A special
am of entertainment has been q
S d for the entire five days. On tho
city of Rochester will entertain
H elegates at banquet and hall
{ mter 81 they will be taken on an
N don on the lake by the Rochester
lation. On the 4th they will be
O tests Of the International Traction
. x any on an excursion to niagara
u which on that evening will he
x BY searchlights On the 5th
q will he guests of the New York
"a commissioners mt the Buffalo Ey-
- m.The Board of Trade of r.
"a will entertain them Oh the 9th at
met and bali.