The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1867-08-24

III On The c6oios Of place Tor holding the
next annual session, with the following re-
sui. Pittsburg, 10; New York city, 10
Philaislphia. q Ooi0mbus. O.. J; Clncin-
matt. A.; Kichmond, Buffalo, A; 81. LOUIS,
1.
On motior the ballot was ccofned 10 Pitts
burgh and New YORK. Whole number cast
Vas 80. Of which Pittsburgh received ~,
New York Is, aud Philadelphia /.
Motion wss made for third ballot, and
declared host by the Chairman, but on d.
vision being called for was declared carried
Ayes %, nays Is
The Convention ordefe a second formal
ballot, Mr.. Whaley, President, in the chair.
Whole number Of ballots cast a.. Of which
New York received 80 and Pittsburk Is. The
vote VAS declared null and void.
On the third ballot the delegates voted By
roit call Y; whole number cast was 90, OF
1 wkicn New York receis ed SO and Pittsburgh
a.
The President declared the Congress bad
selected the City Of NV York A. the place
for .oldsng their nsxt session.
COLoRED LABOR.
~. Phelps, from the Committee on Negro
Lrbor, reported that, having bad the suoJec
undrr consideration, and after having bear'
the suggestions and opinions Of several mem
bers OF this Convebtion-Dro and con-hAv
arrived At the following Conclusions
That, While We feel the importance Of Tn
subject, and realize the danger N the iutur
If competition il mechanical negro labor
vet we find the subject involved N 50 muc
mystery, anJ upon it 80 wide diversity
opinion amongst our members, We beheV
thAt ID Is lnexpedient 10 take action on Ga
sublect IN this National Labor Congress
Resolved. That the subject OF Negro Labe
" l.ii over till the next session Of the Nation.
Labor Congress.
The report was extensively discussed, Al
= rsevellick taking strong ground against II .
the ground that the negro will bear 70
: taught bis duty, aud has already stood Il
; sround nooly when nsnroer Of 'f---
mon.
= Mir. Harding opposed it because be did d
n like ID confess to the world thai there was
! subject with which they were afraid 70 cop
"A and Mr.. Green thought that the consider
J ton y! the subject had been TOO lona deierr'
- already. He well remembered hat III
h. yerv nllestion was at the root OF the reb'
=. lion. ' hlch was The war Of the poor WIN
r nen Of The South, who forced the slavebol
As err into the war. tInterruption.l
. M. PeabJdy was against the adoption
ct the report. lie did not want 20 see slns
az labor organization misreprcsentej 10 ~
to Congress, black or white. The difficulty,
r. gvgr laid over, would be even greater "a
now.
n Mr.. phelps said in New Haven there W,
%, A plumber Of respectable colored mechanI
X hnt they had not been able TO induce I
ndI Trades Unl1ns b aimit them. H. ask
u was there any Uuion il The States VII
We would admit colored men
he Mr.. Van Dorm was sorry that The vi
ais ssblack" or s'colored" had been used ia
nd Convention He believed N meeting
u difficulty, how, Fer, as it had been rails
lal and would vote 70 taks in the black worl
m ~ i duty u 4 common brotherhood.
nj coIored man was industrious, and suscepu
ant If improvement and Advancement.
ID Sr Kuykyndail SAID that me negro
I'VE white man had not been Rentlcncd ~
Ike Constitution already adopted, and there '
'ut no need Of enteringep any discussion Of
De matter. -
the Mr.. Mitchell had leak ed on the matter
70 being fully settled.
Icy M. Gathers understood the intention
Gal be to legisla.e for the good q the entire
his boring community OF the United Sta
There was no necessity for the fois'Inl
the the subject Of colored labor, or tne apo
nt-, ment OF committee to report thereon.
OPP mad no doubt that the blacks would cont
~ together OF themselves and BY themsei
lch ,vithout NE assistance &c the whites.
On speed them; but let not the whites try
lis carry thtia % theH shoulders
ts Mr.. Ellacott moved To Tee0mmit the re-
ana I'D the hands Of the COMMITTEES, AMI Sir. IL
the er suggested that they would not be exp
MI ed 10 report
'aid Several other gentleu " cOncurred N
tie view. Claiming that these questions were
Port tl.d when the ConstitG IN was adopted.
; A. Mr.. Gibson said II would be time emo
Two 10 talk about admitting cOiored inen
iebt Trades Unions aud to the Congress =
lxty they applied for admission.
! 10 Nj. Sylyis said this question had beer
rv- ready introduced il tie South, the vi
striking against the blacks, and creatin
that an,agonlsm which will Kill OF the Ira
! a. Unions. unless the two be consolida
yer There i nc rudeeaanng Co. fact tAlArt the /.
Tor will come WREN the ''negro will take pos
anH sion of the shops if we have not taken
MY session OF tie negro. Ii the workingmei
70 the white race do not conciliate the bla
list the black vote Will be cast against them.
the Mr.. Peabody said that the capitalist
ing New England now employed foreign
sen and gi-ls in their mills, to the almost en-
lies excl 1sion of the native-born populat
Just They would seek TO supplant these BY GO
and ed workers. He thought there was i
all danger Of black men wanting 70 ehter "
ing Trades Unions any more than Germ
low would try to iain the English societie,
10 America.
NO. "A motion was made to re- commit to
cpmmittee and discussed till the b. ar Of
'4 loaERment arrived, when the Congress
~ j1dfned-
ine FIFTH DAY.
VI The Union was called 10 orler w Pr
dept j e. G. Whaley, and the minutes
" the previous day session were read
'"' a5epted.