The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1866-09-01

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issGEz as1a1.i s,.,.st1 :. - .,..s,s ~
received; ana 70 ionE ~ botches sr. re.
cogniEe1 - competsnt woriEmen, this prip.
ciPle ID virtually ignoesd. 81. 3 .si.s
They Hopld also snggest that.ss there ars
4. great many iaborers who do not form .
|pArt Of Trades Unions, nnd asit Is desirable
~ bring I'll within the ranksa Of theg labor
fmsssnents that . general verkingmens as
soeiaioaI be recognized - belonging v the
gepefA organisation, and its delegates en-
titlsd to seats Ia any future Labor Congress.
Your committee would also recommend
the establishment of Mechanics Institutes,
|4ycesunssud Reading Roons wherever prac
|ticsble, and that ipstitutes b. erected on
ground owned BY the several labor associa-
tiops.
L With regard 70 the s.Shjec+ o. strikes, yodr
committee give itasI their dsi.bsrats opinion
shat theyhsks been prodsetiye Of grsat in
jury 70 the laboring classes I; that many have
been ipiudicious and III advised, and the re-
Fs,ih Or impulse rather than principle; that
these who have been the fiercest i'm thsir
advooscy have been the Rfst 10 advocate
sabnlssioRs and wonld therefore disconnten-
ance them except as, . -der-sisT resort and
when al means for an Amicabie and honor
able sajustment have bean sszhAssted. Your
commiftee would Also rscomInend the ap-
p0intment by each Trades aAsHsnbly or n
ARBITRATION COMMITTEES, TO whom shall be-
referred all matters Of dispute arising be-
tween employees and employers. believing
that the sArlier adoption Of such . system
'would have prevented . majority of these
10 advised so-called 'ssGrikes"
! iHconclusion, your committee would again
retcr 10 she ali important question Of organi-
nation IS . paaassa for this growing evil, be-
cause when every mechanic WAS enrolled as
o member Of Trades Unions, strikes would
become iInpossibilities. Neither can this be
taken as menacs to employers, knowing
As we do that the principle involved Is not
aggressive but dsfeasige in character, found
ed on the principles Of actual truth and JUS
tice. On the contrary they bslicve it would
Be the means ofcrsasInga bond Of sy npathy
between employee and employer, inaugural.
ing q reign Of confidence and mutual esteem,
Ia place OF the sntagouism and jealousy At
present existing. II fa sdI GEE nrs
The report vas accepted, and on motion
was adopted. .aai
The next report in order was that Of the
COMMITTEES on co-operatiss organizations and
prison labor. Q st s1 aass-
Mr.. Troupe, Of Boston, presented the fol-
lowing report: sal9r.E -ai le
o., ,co.opre .-,ve u, .r,oxx .xn p.,sox
Y 49, ',..os NY
M NJ. 49,
. lne No'n'nl.lee On 1o-oPerauss Assoela-
us1s q s'1 l.sop L1oos, isp9r's4 - sohows
srnrougn the'r cha'r"An, a. u irSsPe'
Asq- af a7.a = .a.a .stE
as.aasa faas ths dsse.is. e sas NaiioaAl labor
eie tA.s pssisAns & crsassed ssd ss
a . ths dsfs.t Lss.siarss assias spsa sAsn pas
r..",'ss -. s..'-" 2. :. n !.
labor 4 sois iern' your cosnissee sre u opinion
sh.kn eoAscI lsssr cAssSs = snfrsay sbelshed tat
- s.sss 2pd re.pssss ssstes u 80. =.
1hg 81 cenvict lz5sr = NJ psidia wsslshsps
s - pssop ,S., 80 -, Sos GSnse sssa rsssees
and shsif lsspsssivs On sA;s sasjses d q
vn'sh sso@'sssa. y1-i ~ u..... cs.,
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.- sa"r - 49,. 49,. ~ 80 : oarn..s<S .nn..<'5
~ 3 follows:' IN :" - - p''
Your committee, 70 .whos sas referred
z I Che duty Of preparing a. address - the
mecnanics ana workinemen OF tne I1feo
States: setting sorta she Necessity saa 'the
a. available means by. which, the same
may be sbtainsd, beg leave 10 report that
aiteE : csreiai res'ew on tne wnole u'Sttss,
nsidefmg the tact tnst sucn An appeal