Action on Eight-Hour Day Blocked
By a margin of one vote, the Board of Aldermen, New York City, declined to call the bill from the committee for an eight-hour day for members of the New York Fire Department. The gallery and halls of the Aldermanic chamber were crowded with firemen and their friends when the matter came up for consideration, and others waited outside to learn of the result.
Vincent J. Kane, President of the Uniformed Firemen’s Association said, “We consider the vote a decisive victory. When the next meeting will have been called, we will be able to present more than 1,500,000 signatures of registered voters showing their approval of the eight-hour day for the firemen.”
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