Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1890 — EIGHT-HOUR MANIFESTO. [ARTICLE]

EIGHT-HOUR MANIFESTO.

Ail Workmen Asked to Refrain from Strikes Until the Carpenters Win. , The general executive board of ths American Federation of Labor held a protracted executive session at New York. Monday afternoon, and issued a manifesto signed by President Gompers. Aftei denouncing all who do not yield to hta viewß as enemies of those who work,’ Mr Gompers closes thus? ‘■The executive council of the American Federation of Labor having selected tb* United Brotherhood of Carpenters anj Joiners of America to make | the djjgtdnd for the enforcement of the eight-houi work day, I ask you to refrain from any sympathetic strikes —rather remain at your work—and aid the carpenters and Joiners to win in the contest. To the carpenters and Joiners my . advice is to ue mand and insist upon the enforcement of the eight-hoar work day. It is not a matter of theory; it is a positive fact that the question of wages and conditions will regulate themselves, and to. your benefit as soon as the eight-hour work day has been in operation. FortJjat reason, ifyotf cannot secure the eight-hour work ..day with other conditions, then allow tlfcm to remain open for future adjustment. . •. s _ “In the demonstrations to be hekfc May % turn out in vast numbers, and by /yaw presence manifest your nnalterable determination to have the eight hour work dS$ enforced, though by one trade at a yet for all as the ultimate result. Altow no one to provoke yon to a breach of t&s peace. Maintain order, refrain from ik violence, engage in no riots, let the watelp word bo the enforcement of the work day, firm, peaceable and pog.tive. With stout hearts and clear heads lot us, concentrate all efforts for victory upon ,tne carpenters and joiners.” It is said that the natoral gas of Indian: ha* been the means of bringing into that state more thin |30,0j0,00J In c t pftal anc fully 10,000 mechanics. •.;