The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-11-21
The Industrial Congress or Working
Mems Commonw saith.

The morning session OF the Congress place yester.
day 1t ten A. M at the Metropolitan Academy, No. O.
Sixth avenue and opened by A. T. DIANE the Presl-
dent OF the Commonwealth, calling the meeting to order,
and reading the and objects OF The
bly,, which were for the purpose Of raising capital OF
81 900, by means Of ten dollar shares which capital
could be increased from time TO time Is necessity re-
quirei. This sum OF money would be used In the pur.
chase OF such commodities would be required BY tee
working ner, and supplied to them IN small auaa,i!e.
At Wholesale prices thereby checking the action specs
lators.
Business Committee AM q Comm ltiee Resolutions
appointed, while they were celebrating several
speakers addressed the meeting The former committee
reported and the following were elected tue o;ers Of
Presideni-Dr j. r. snodgrass.
v,ee Prad..tI-hesns J commeriord, Beaay, N.
Dc Camp i NJ Poor, w. J. Young, {. Stewart, Of Sow
Jersey N. Neal, Of Brooklyn hss s. n. Johnson, Mrs.
Cora symes, Mrs / n 5ri,6aac
Mccarthy, asd Mrs A. NJ spence
Tssdstutr-A. 7. peane.
AFTERNOON SESSION
10 the afternoon session three NJ the Committee
Resolutions reported Of revolutions aud several
eloquent speakers addressed the meeting upon each in
order The two ru we're adopted Inc preamble 70 the
which Was 10 he e q Thai Inc presen, system OF trade
tho working classes and ought 10 bs radically reformed
Tho two resolutions read follows
Resolved That Tie preseat ,ystem 81 rs!e ani com.
merce, the manner Of exchanging tue projects Of
labor fate, aod productive only Of Eeqra w. power
~ and degradation Ia The racter AMI con
don OF the iaborer therefore lacy should be Abolished
and methoa substituted based n the priacple u
exact equity and lrslice
Resolved That tee great principles 0, equity snd us
tce upon which the exchange .; tue products Of the la
borer-the only producer Of the wealth Of the world
men-shoud themselves receive the sll and entire net
produet OF their labor.
The meeting then Adjourned I'll seven O'clock 10 The
evening
KvrSNG SESSION.
The evening session Ien better ATTENDED than
the other two preceding meetags-a age number 81 the
working glasses, both nae and emale, being present
The chair occupied turing the sosence VI Fresh
dent, At TIE early part the evening, ~ Dr foans rho
Mr. DAVIS, Who, 10 the course Of .ome-hsi eus,hy re.
marks, said tina, We lived ~ Ter govtrament la, was
radically impure hat i iAe vWxtpg IN ted they
woud soon clear tie egsat;vc hale o. a~yers, whose
business was 10 max enaeimsn,s vexsiiogs nj
In their might be elected none,i men ffon their
own Glars, ard Il was their driy 10 unite T.
would be isss than men-they would % cowais.s
Alter further remarks be SAID the present Contemplated
that il would be mposslbs FOR ,pccaators 10 buy 10
produce when reasonable Ia price and bold the
until . became deacr, laereby inJaax ia.r fellow
could obtain FOR themselves ~ their tlJrts
cheap bread, low renis and ast wages rasy could
form COMMONWEALTH 70 prrehsfe, sni every member
could obiao tue commoc lies IN small quantities. whole
price,, thus checking The rckcsy ~ unisr trades
men. He then spoke against the .soor ,aTibg machines
tina, had been inveuted denounca he N sropay and
stating that every that ms9e brought nto
sounded the sesih snsll o. Thousands Of aborers
After further remarks
ma T. prssx rnse a3d stated that the worsiayueu
would dnd b. thus operating they could acbtan coal
Al dollar aud nsf ess per sn, tao At aity . seventy
Eve cents lees pure mik sound agslty bread, ADD
other articles much esesptr and gnadutsrated.
Mrs erstx was Inn introduced. ald lst gihy Nd
drcss her experience, which mai srusd rom her
rqur ipto the condition Of ihe male rOrsinx Slaes,
stating II her belief iha' much of ise ailUra "
man - be treated larry by eupoJers resalst 10 Der
want OF energy She SAD that toe workers
10 factories - iae Naftn we're isr more deserving
ouih, about whom mu ~ SAD AMI written Tne
former the trae sense atho ugt sbte the
latter we're 20, Asr felant some sces y sae lad vii
messed. abe said that These The fee state. that
a pattern 10 the South sac then pro p0sed
10 Divide the city into dsir cts - have pcrsons
ected TO visit the same and 81 the employees know what
the Congress proposed 20 Tor boEeag She did
net eypest earaze the social posoa y tie Avouger
ard the professional anthst was frposs be-but she
hoped 10 the day when the extreme distance between
them would be less UDtil the North emanc pAtef her
white slaves she recommeretd tnsy should leave tbs
black alone
Mr. BRsSr u,iee that the work armsu had the power
10 redress The evils they afflicted vth, they oay
had Etsll.scni head 10 direct them he spoke
Of the present crss, and gave fact
that iage house YES siected that thsy
hsrsly knew hoe 70 pay their no,ts Only able
Ia ave their credit by throw "a tue snouut n tne
berth-n upop 10, shouee u these 70 bssr a.
randy, the ~ krsn . Their smploymsai They the
euploJes Sere 81 znoysn of tae fact. bit "a pre- sni
week ihey would nni That their Tai pa vout act DC
siven ihfn out pssnsps oniy i~o tirJs. durox
The meath they suai % rsd1c.d to aaf pr. whch
voul9 coeiinue ubt MARCIA aext 4 ~ got r>ss7
Mas sLt tbs tie ~ hays 70 MT -, beeaoss
their employers o.i them fhslr FsSsr Il tbs asso
cation aocptsC soi "a hrouxh ~ib spirit soes
events a. ths ila rot AL 90 80 ast 3ccDr.
Furihsr ajirssss -sre made ~ s-s t,ss All Mr. W.
waIK vhch 30 fsxrst 90 bsTe ahertsrstsy not r,sns
,osive 10 or r'e'ea' $50