Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-01

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S> country are making
n for a working week
~ - wi limited to forty
0ASs0 eight hours.
| ~VUCy The essential part
NE2XSI Of the demonstra-
t,on will be refusal
% .,.v NJ their machines longer thah
eight hours a day. alan ~
ths leaders and workers plan IT,
the mills will start Monday as '".
and work will go on as 'eua =.
cent that when eight hours $3.50
done, the mill hands will auiesy ny. arS
their machines. put on uie"
coats and go home
Not Planning Strike
| A. the leaders point out. tneS 49,
NJ r,apnine to strike. So far as tney
~. ppancerned there will be no strike.
1,h. onIv chance of trouble they see 10
a Iook-out by the mill owners
N,,rday will be "Eight-Hour Day Tor
..xt,ia workres all over the uniteo
states. In some mill centres tLey a.
ready have been promised torty,e,snt
hour week by their employers, ..s, '
..s where the American woolen Com
nanv acceded to their request.
r,,,. cornoration-the largest OF its
a., the country-accepted the forty
~ hour week with the understanding
.ns, ,ha workers pay would be put on
the same basis.
rh,. is another important aspect OF
situation. The textile workers, in
at. city and elsewhere, are not at this
tin,e striving for increased pay. wages
A. NOT enter into the controversy.
w All Of Kensinston and other parts Of
,ha citv as well where textile workers
are strong are virtually Interested IN
What will happen Monday. Feeling Is
via In those parts of the city where
~ ,,;iis are located. Thousands OF
s,,,,ons printed in red. white and blue
"a hearing the motto, Il am for eight
ho,,rs. Textile Workers. February 3.
ioio" are being worn by textile work.
ers and, union men ana women gener-
ally.
Display Button Poster
A reproduction of the button In the
form of huge posters pasted on the
sides of wagon is being driven
throush the streets Of the mill district
da,iv For weeks there have been
Meetings of the textile workers in prep
aration for Mondays action. The
sneakers at these meetings have beer
oficers of the union, both local and ma
| tional and men and women from other
recognition of the union principle.
The movement for an eight-hour day
In the textile trades was inaugurateo
many years ago, but became dehnit'
and concrete at the last national con
vention of the United Textile Worker:
Of America, held in New York IN Novem
Der Of last year.
At the convention resolutions were
adopted demanding a universal recogni
ntvl,t hAs1
campaign for an eight-hour day ant
forty-eight-hour week throughout th'
country has been directed from thu
national offices in New York Uniform
literature has been used throughout th'
country.
workers Resolution
The textile workers organization IL
Philadelphia is working under the pro
visions of a similar resolution. Thi
resolution in part, follows: q
whereas, the principle of maximum
workday of eight hours has been in
dorsed by the President of the Unite
States and officially by the United State
Government as a standard OF productiv
ity, of living and Of conservation. pro
tecting the workers from overfatigue an
enabling them to make their most efec
tive contributions to production and
useful members of society;
Therefore, be 1t resolved. That thi
convention 60 on record in favor OF tn
eight hour day for all textile worker
of the country, same to go into ehec
on February 3, 1919;
"And be it further resolved. That we
the Textile Workers Of Phffadelphis
pledge ourselves to use all legitimat
means within our power to secure IN
eight-hour day on February 3. 1919. fc
all textile workers, and call upon ol
ganized labor and its friends and a
those who favor this humane. progre.
sive and justifiable effort OF the Unite
Textile Workers Of America, to cooper
es ate to tie fullest extent that success ma
crown our efforts to bring a shorter wor
A. day to the hundreds OF thousands {
e. men, women and children employed
the textile industry"
ne The plans and hopes OF the textil
o. workers are embodied in a statemer
e, o. issued by the president Of their nations
rs body, John Golden, who recently rt
e. turned from labor mission for III
al American Government In Italy.
10 Mr. Golden's statement
rs Mr. Goldens statement, which wa
sr sr sent to all the local organizations,
4 as follows:
with a view of obviating any mis-
Ia understanding In the mlnoS OF eithe
es textile manufacturers. textile EN-
~ ~ ployes, or the general public. the latte
" undoubtedly being deeply interested
iii this effort to establish an eight-hour da
e. for all the textile workers In the cour
try, we wish to make clear the action {
CO our recent convention and the meanin
a of the resolution adopted.
"The textile industry Is composed {
number OF different branches. an
r as cotton, wooden and worsted, sill
- etc. The hours ct labor as establishe
by State legislation vary in dfferer
&C. parts of the country. In most STATE
in the North and East, the general run
fifty-four hours per week In cottol
r woolen and worsted, and fifty hour
~. per week in the silk industry-this fift,
A. hour work week being establshe
MT through the efforts of the United Text
ey Workers of America a little over tw
ny years ago.
IN the southern States the wor
are week runs from fifty-eight hours p'
OF week to sixty hours per week. The II
al tent of the action of cur recent CONVEX
ne ton was to put all the States and a
gs the various branches of the textile II
dustry within these States on an equi
a'i footing. Hence, the resolution called fS
nj a universal eight-hour day for all te'
gh tile workers throughout the country.
Is "The reason the forty-eight-hour wor
no week Is mentioned is due to the fact thu
ly In the northern and eastern States Il
an Saturday aiterno on holiday has becon
,e- a recognized institution. and doul
on very much whether either the manufa
le. turer or the employe would care
ne disturb this phase Of the situation.