Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-08
LABOR FORCES TO
DEMAND CHANGE
IN LIABILITY LAW
Prison Work Will Also Be Dis
cussed at Federation Con-
1 vention.

Important changes in the employ
ers' liability and compensation law
and speedy installation of the state
USE system in place of the contracts
at the State prison will be two of the
things urged at the coming conven-
ton of the New Jersey State Fedora
ton of Labor. The convention will
be held in the Labor Lyceum, 70e
South Fourteenth street, from Au-
gust II to 10, inclusive, and will be
fraught with much interest to the
$4,000 union men throughout the
State.
The federation will demand a
change in the employers liability
law. The union men point to the
fact that while this State was
among the first to enact such c law,
other States have enacted what are
claimed by the workers to be far
better and more just laws to protect
employees in case of death and in
Jury. The union labor delegates will
demand that there be incorporated
in the law clause calling for State
supervision of the payments due to
the workers from injury and death.
TITS claimed that now less than sixty
per cent. of those entitled to COM
pensation in this State receive it and
that other States are far in advance
of New Jersey in this respect. 1t is
claimed that these States make sure
that those entitled to compensation
receive the full amount due them
under the law without having to
make recourse to the courts to en-
force payment.
i, To Take Up Prison Labor.
Prison labor will be taken up by
l the convention. Labor men point to
1 the fact that it is now four years
4 since the state use' system law was
enacted, and they say that very little
effort has been made to bring about
the requirements of this law. The
unionists claim that the contracts
have been extended from time to
time under what one man termed
1.-THE plea that the convicts must be
employed or the prison would become
madhouse Labor men say they
agree with this contention, but are
also convinced that the state USE
system has not received the attention
In the last four years that it should
have. Some even hint that the prison
contractors are exploiting both the
State and the convicts in this matter.
Among other laws that will be
asked for by the delegates will be the
so-called anti-injunction act, to be
drawn after the fashion of the Massa-
chusetts law. The convention will
also urge the next Legislature to en-
act "one-day-rest-in-se law.
This piece of legislation has been de-
clared constitutional in other States
AZ Cd ha lah Nr
men say. A shorter workday and a
curtailment of night work for women
will also be asked for again. A bill
providing for these things was passed
by the House in the last session and
failed to get any farther.
The convention in all probability
will also take up the matter of occu-
pational diseases. Recent investiga-
tions in this State have brought tc
light conditions in trades where
workers are exposed TO trade poisons
and an effort will be made to alleviate
these working conditions. Laws will
be asked that will protect the workers
and also compensate them In case
they contract any disease In the
course of their employment.
Talk on Accident Liability.
One of the most interesting adj
dresses to be delivered at the con-
vention will be that of I. j. Duffy, q
member of the Industrial Commission
of Ohio. He will speak at the morn
ing session of August Is on Com
pensation and Employers Liability,
Obcupational Diseases and State
Supervision of Payment of Compen-
sation and State Supervision of Acci-
dent Insurance.
Tt is understood that all of the
present officers of the State Fedora
ton will be candidates for reelection
and UP to the present time there does
not seem to be any opposition to
these men manifesting itself.
The present officers are: President
Arthur A. Quinn, Perth Amboy; first
vice president, George w. Marsh,
Williamstown; second vice-president,
Luke B. Travers. Trenton; secretary,
Henry F. Hilfers. Newark; treasurer,
William H. Shindle. Jersey City. The
executive board consists of the off,
GERS and Patrick j. Donovan, Eliza
BETH John M. Lang, Newark; Henry
Koch, Paterson. and Leland L.
briggs, Elizabeth.