New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-09-24
NATIONAL LABoR CONGRESS,
THIRD DAYS SESSION.

were rgored gnd gdutGd Mm tb6 GESn". Operative
Pas,ercrs' T. e. Society Richard ltItio'
Mich MI Gale pat on me rbc renort of the
Laws ~ alsgSei NH presented during the previous
session was then discussed LIZ III rs eo;peratiou
, 70 he W. oas br,pch.s Of nlns,ry or Sasls.s ty pc
Soe .ad he cIisbe distribution OF W'AA among nO VIC
n9s nj, pleasure upoa the being made to e,ti6
~ roeoeop hrHcb 81 productive sor ana We t M
ya5e. az & e. pr practical peon thesS I n.
or lockoais vail tissPFcsr from '0c,b anu AO' ''' "
f ss Resolved that the Congress recommend to eaen
,hor organization, 81 whatever name or canE nf NC
female the practical adoption aGn ar, nf OHIO moved
I'M re words mrr;i1ncd in the report on coopeiaom
called "strkcs" aud locLouls Dg r"rSrad TO throw
report, fOr tHe that these %os ~ the vok
SIC rSspopIio' o imam 81 the Capcncrs9 sad
,iaat no rcnrcseuted $500 working men IN uIs
city who have never frtciNco ihu.u 90 30 st,sbcs
from their employers without me ara o , sH,ih' -
b"l,cvr said h. that cooperation viii evenuualy q"
away with si' : aud iLtlr allehHt SnS - or rnt
Inns be educated. sI Winter a. good men as eHcI SuI
= shaving were i while immense quantities OF lunoca
lay IA the luubcr ~ 10 sr"nhg lor SOM 9c ~ I, n
and use s. We had plenty al money at uu"' tio ~ Ia
Int shops and inaHuf cure This stock up Dnt we Were
disorgau'led and helpless. know wofhhgwoinn,ns
who during the War, matte Amy shTls ny hiA 0 his
apiece for u millionaire v 40 pat hotter clothing on us
than the poor Woman could AFFORD Tor er S IN
the army. lighting for the Union ana GGe"hhS Mo
homo OF the millionaire VINO was s%u,,oaa-l There
are men to-day who have smah suns OF monVaa
with which they eouII . c9oiut."bhoi, i,af
than to be oppressed 10y cruel hosscS wonq can lne
attention OF hS CoagySS TO ro v are forced 70 do for
ANAL wages These stand on thelr itct 10 NOUS
day. and eat tG,.r Hlo tist neSusel No one looks
after car driver To If ho IS iame huhey OF siCA'
When driver is found driving lame horse he Is ar
,sstd Gu, and sc to jul. because he drives horse
which the Railroad Companies lorcc upon nun, ~
panscl about Hc Tor some one 10 establish 80
rety for the prevention Of cruelty to human beings
iGieat Appidu,' ros, o,s so,d THIS whole gues-
tion of strikes is ~ the utmost Importance to worhng
women well worknglnen Aprlause,l We mus
look at strikes as do at war War only cclnes 10 lsht
wrong Wars necessity hut thcx shouiu on! e"o
when all other means have Iaed .aI mi
SHOULD do y O IA r. the labor ORGANIZATIONS thtoH5hout
Tie country Try eyer means pos'c ocloS !. .' ~ ~,
them to resort to SiegS zee was d wv was eteaiIy
,nconyenicnccd in getting down town, sun
Siored IN a cir sl,nuk Aprlauscl want you TO uu-
tr y. here iogy that Wc advocate strikes for
YOU, these women whom lrelrtScn nave nov iuICIu
raGn iasics :or ali Of the aborng classes Applause
What we want is justice. ana n we cannon get II We must
resort TO STRIKES hu only when al other means naHS
remedies bus when they failed then they prescrDed cal
omel, and II necessary, the lancet. GTcat applause
Sir Ford OF Bnmorc said Every man OF us agrees that
strikes are necessary, hut We don't seem 70 ngiec as 70
y years, and Owac II IA slaves You may ASK why
STAKEHOLDER coue mp here to advocate c2operagn De
fore assembly "f ahTng men My iltheI lh,e ~
learn the currlcis trade when boy and 1t was by TINS
means that worked u when thrown down ~ misfortune
II was then resolved maj IN me olhloh on nv Nv
tee on the Presidents Address the very existence OF te
It's object the elrSiph 0t iccShtouNS pii 70 tl
National C0uucil, - zen, cal, especially 10 nose VINO
- L@bor T1,chin tue action Of the Congress daring
the previous session Ia admitting Mrs Elizabeth Cody
strange being. Tli%k otmy wife voting with the Repub
loans aud nyself with the Democrats say let women
right of suffrage it viii be all right. We had strike
in trade, but We went TO work right c.ce ana
to When this body amends the constitution
it should do SO way that hereafter the people OF
America Will not say You have made laws that produce
scounet between Capital nd Labor" This should Dc
think would be great thing n tho men Of ts ,S Com
ess were educated Tp 10 G ISer o pas rso
tons for the D.to The oppressed. and not exclusively
for men" lAppause.l TIC Congress here ADJOURNED
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The meeting was called together at o'clock
D. Tie question first brought up was the pr9piiety 81
want oreGniz' grand Labor party tnat VII sweep
tne pP nSa9i NJ %ant men Of brains and not men
Of money TO represent us lAppauSel TINS serpent OF
corruption must he crushed lapplause and the working
men OF this land show to the world that they able TO
sond out men fo Their organizations TO represent
11 C1ys~I tiik this matcr WIN bring dissension into
our Order and tend TO damage our cause in very great
degree Others we've OF tine opinion that such move
ncnt would be uuvise this time especially while the
Presidential campaign is progressing. Members OF the
understood they did not wish to create distraction bu,
only wish 10 urge on the attention OF congress te nm
pOrtauce OF such movement being agtated tAppauscl
We are here said " the delegates, as repre-
TO work for their Interest aud not use our power 10 hoist
few politicians into office just SO soon as the man
agrees represent gets into the legislature he
tcian's. Mr.. Cameron said that Gen. Carey has done
for the wOrknguau than dozen Labor Congresses
one delegate said ne would like to see the obnoxious
laws OF this State repealed There is dependence 70
be placed on political delnagogues Men who prom
ised the most have done the least. lAppauseJ We
want said he man who will do his duty wnen elected,
without our coming down with the dimes and dOaTs
Miss Anthony here arose aud said: 10 seems to me that
II is Of vital IMPORTANCE that the men who hold the bal
snce VI power this should make this balance
of power fan on the side Of labor lApplagse] Both
those who make politics trade and live on the steangs
Oh tHe 9tsS ~ ~, d ot the; "C o ,1 70
represent their Interests The man WHO Ias nothing at
home to hold him in check will sell himself To the highest
bidder aud become corrupt
Mr.. Phelps said We sending rumsellers 70 the Leg
islature Without murmur bur the minute a word Is
said about having workingman TO represent u.s. howl
set and we are told that our men viii become cor
rupted as they mix with the politicians have
Of trusting any workngman who may be sent to
represent US IAppausel We want the laws that have
handed down 10 the nineteenth century from the
dark ages ~ be repealed lGreat appause The laws
that allow little children To he dragged out OF bed and
taken of 10 factories to work have been repealed through
the influence OF "orkngman IN the Connecticut Legs
Long aud heated debates followed in favor o. the pro-
posed National Labor party IL was conceded that no
clusiyey political organizations The resolution TO organ
i've National Reform Labor party was unanimously
adopted amid loud applause. IL was voted that the Con-
Eess ballot Tor 0incefs 10 dy at II O'CLOCK Inc report
Of the Committee Female Labor was received, alter
against the Organization Of the National Labor party
Mr. Heating said that every word In the report stood for
an idea aud passed would be used handle by the
women to the ballot the ground that the Ma
tiOna Labor Congress cOuutenanced wOnans suffrage
He looked on IL political move
Mrs. Mcdonald said that she never saw dictionary
which defined the word suffrage to mean politics. as had
been asserted.
Miss Anthony then made eloquent appeal in behalf
OF what she called the dsfranchsed class She touched
on the power OF the ballot and showed that class with
out the right Of suffrage IL always pOwerles 10 protect
themselves. Whatever the ballot does for man II does
for woman In England strikes are usually failures, be-
cause tho work. ngmen denied the ballot. Here in
free America working classes have become power
aud to-day they dreaded by political parties. One
gentleman said he the father OF five little children
al off he