The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-03-20
EARLY CLOSING
Building Trades Council En-
dorsed Petition Of
Grocers and But
ohers' Clerks.

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The members of the different locals al
liea with the United Building Trades
Council of Hudson County Will assist the
retail grocers clerks in their efforts to
have their hours of labor reduced. This
was decided upon at last nights meeting
of the Council at No II Hoboken avenue,
after Patrick J. Lally, of Local Union
No. 1885, Retail Grocers Clerks Associa-
tion, had explained the situation and
shown the justice of the cause for which
the organization he represented was
fighting.
Mr.. Lally said that many clerks in
grocery and butcher stores were now OBJ
Iiged to work from fifteen to sixteen hours
FIVE days in the week and eighteen hours
on Saturday Some of them who are mar
ried seldom saw their children except on
Sunday, and even on that day they were
obliged to work several hours in the
morning. He said that they were making
an effort to indtce their employers to
close their places of business at seven
clock five evening of the week.
The speaker declared that nearly all the
Jersey City grocers had agreed to grant
the request providing it was made gen.
eraI, but the opposition of one leading
merchant had thus far thwarted the plan.
He urged the Council to cooperate in the
effort to induce early closing.
His request was granted by a unani-
nous vote, and the different delegates
were instructed to report to their re-
spective locals asking all members of the
allied crafts to trade only with such mer-
chants as were favorable to the demands
of the Grocers' Clerks.
Credentials were received from Labor
ers Local Union No. 2, of West Hoboken,
for Edward Tranze. and from Plumbers
Local Union No. IA of Jersey City, for
Edward Nelson.
In a communication the Newark plumb
ers told of the lockout of union members
of the craft in that city, and members of
the allied locals were instructed to keep
away from Newark until the difficulty
was settled.
The North Hudson painters again COM
planned that Boss Painter Zapp was doing
work on Peters brewery with non-union
labor. The secretary was Instructed to
communicate with the brewery owners in
relation to the matter.
T. H. Barrett, of the Theatrical Work
ers' Protective Union, was granted the
privilege of the floor and made application
of the local he represented. He was told
that he only industries represented in the
Council We're those engaged in the erec-
ton or alteration of buildings, but that
the organization stood ready at any time
to assist any labor body in its just fights.
Mr. Barrett stated that all theatres but
one in this county employed union labor.
Former President F. R. Vreeland, who
was the Councils delegate TO the recent
National Building Trades Councils con-
vention at Worcester, Mass, presented
his final report but owing to the abb
sence of Delegate McManus 1t was laid
over until the next meeting.
It was reported that the Barnes Manu-
featuring Company of Jersey City in or
der to get the output of It's mill on the
market in this county had made the con-
cern a cooperative one. The mill wood
workers delegates declared that this was
but subterfuge to induce union me-
chanics of other trades to use stuff made
by non-union men, The Council accord
inggy instructed the delegates TO notify
the members of their respective locals
that the Barnes ff1lll WAS Sliii OIL tllS I'LL
fair list and that they must refuse to
work on any job on which material from
that mill was used.
From reports received from the allied
locals it was learned that all but one of
those that had voted on the subject were
favorable to a parade in connection with
the picnic and games TO pc held at the
Union Hill Schuetzen Park on next Labor
Day.
The Executive Committee reported trade
generally good in every section of the
county, and that the price of working
cards for the next quarter had been fixed
at the present figure. They also reported
that the present business agent, John E.
Westlake, had been re-nominated. and
that as yet no other nominations for the
position had been received for the cleo
ton which win take place on the last
Tuesday in this month,
The sheet and metal workers delegates
reported that the published announcement
that the~craft asked no increase of wages
in the new schedule which becomes oper-
ative on May next, had caused some
confusion. They said that the new wage
rate was $3.50 a day, an increase of 80
cents, and that the same had been en-
dorsed by the Building Trades Council,
Central Labor Union and tho United As
sociation of Sheet and Metal Workers of
the United States and Canada.