The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-10-10
PR OC H L DIN G .
or fHE
Second Annual Session
NATI0NAL LABOR UNION
C0RvEERD
New Fork. Sept. Al, 1869.


F" VIII DC necessary 10 appoint secretary
pro tenn
o. motion If Mr.. Alex. Troup, Mr.. Henry
B Mulhsl' vas elected secretary pro tenn.
TIE secretary then read the cali under
Which the congress had assembled.
Mr. JesSup moved that a committee OF
three on creuent Is be appointed.
! The motion was carried, and the chairUan
sppornred NH ! Jessup, Of the New York
Wotkingmru', q ion, Nr. A. G. Cameron.
Of the Ch'ea.v I AIDES Assembly, ! Mr..
\ W. Stock OF, Of the Ship joiners OF Balti-
iIufe.
I Mr J-nIo, " syracuse, moved recess Of
tsl' NJ h'u', 10 or1er 70 give the committee
-utfci' M tiIoe % ,xsmine the credentials.
4 Ar. Gao erO", ~ chicago, ,niovt an amend
mrnt ilst ti.c r,css be taken till two
I o'ci ck
I Cu.iel unanimously.
AFTERNOON SESSION
lac convention "a, q, pursuant to adjourn
uent, a. o'clocE, 4 n, the president in
! the cnair
Mr.. WIn. j. JtSsrP, chairman of the CON-
uiiiiee on eredeniiai~, reported favorably
upon the admlss "a VI the following dele
gates
Nav YoRK--J ,incs Ratchford, B.kers' r.
aud 4. Society; w "a. J. Jessup, n. Y. Work
ingmens Union; Henry T. Mulball aud Julius
lopp, \. l. State Morkingmen's Assembly ;
tredrick Muhlmeister, United Cabinet Makers /;
Daniel O'CalLhsn, Bricklayers No A; George
c. Platt, Union House Painters Association
Jacob Conde, n. Y. CarVers' Association Hem
rl kelting, Housesmiths' NJ z. Association /;
sim0u Sehuch, German Narnshers and Polish@
ers S4muel Roberts, las and Steam Filters
sf.+i I
?; W. .. Newman, Paper Hangers Association;
Edward Gordon, Slate Roofers' Association /:
Conrad kuhu, Cigar Makers Union, No 80:
John Hewitt, Uniied Coopers, No / /; Patrick
Wvlsr, L b0reIs' U. Il. Society John Vincent
Typographical Union No. 8: Edmond Gridley
Carpenters and Diners Consolidated Union !:
IL Se.Oyrt CicgHiea Piano Makers Association !.
Il L. VIII ms, Amalgsmated Union q. and J
BcncyoI-u. soci -ty G. Ii. Lucker j our TaiIors
r. Union JOHN 0'Donoghue, Workingmens
A scmbly, and Nathaniel Gillard, Rochester
Lodge NJ. "a K o. L. c. Jeremiah Dooley, Ma
sons LaUorers' Union John JUNO, Mechanical
Order Of the Sun; Syracuse. Jos a. Marrow.
Bricklayers U nion No. 10 Daniel Mace Cyrpen-
ters' and Joiners' Union; John Moran, BrickIay-
ers' Union; No. Jas. A BourSe, B. and p
ciety of Practical Painters; John Hudson.
Hudson River Laborers. Verplancks.
MANIFESTATION w. Stock ton, Ship Join
ers Union No /, Baltimore Peter w Ford.
Jour. Curriers' ASS. Baltimore Charles Luke
from Coopers Union, Bait 4; Ignatius Ba,tory,
LaborReform Ass. Bait. W. T. King, Bri, lay-
ers unioh No. /. Baltimore.
ILLSvIs.-A. G. Cameron Trades Assembly,
and Chicago Typographical Union; Alex Camp
bell, Miners Union No, 6, La Sale VIM. II.
Clark, Hope Labor Union, Lostant
Coz, EcTfcUr-C w. Gibson, Trades Assem-
hir Aorwiglt. J.rnes Ernr,n pi.,.n
Association, n. IT,
NEw JERSEY n Stockton, Bricklay-
ers' and Plasterers' Union No. /, Jersey City
John 7. Mellor, Iron Moders' Union, No. OF
Jersey City. Il w. B. Nichols, Bricklayers'
Union, Newark, John PatenAn, Housesmith
Painters Union, No. /, Newark
MAssAcHusETTs.-J. w. Le Barnes. Iudust. al
Order OF the Sun, Boston; John Prince, Indus
trial Order Of the Sun, Boston
Ono.-Jobn L. TomIinsoa, Trades Assembly,
Cincinuati L. A Hine, Labor Union, Loyeland.
MIcnleAN.-- VIM. L. Stockor, Ionia Labor
Uaion, Ionia-
lSDrASA.-A. n Putt Labor Union, stete Of
Indisns, Greencastle.
PESNsrLyASIA.-PhiIip McGovern, Lehigh
Forge Iron Rollers Union, No is, Allentown :;
John Hoes, Carpenters and Joiuers' Union No.
SO, EsstOn-
and Aieysnler Troup, National Typographical
Union.
A helps F L. Rosemsn and Andrew
lurnhf National Carpenters and JOiners
Uni.4
- Ill., Gaul, National Bricklay.rs' Union.
JonsGhan Z. Fincber, international Union of
Aachinists and Blscksmths, North America.
FINALE LABOR ORGANIZATIONS Mrs. Mary
Kellogg Putnam, Workingwomans' Association
No,2, New-Y ork city.
Mise Susan Anthony, Workingwoman's
Association No /, New York city.
Mrs. u A Mcdonald, Woman's Protective
Labor Uuion. Mt Vernon
The report was unanimously adopted.
TIE President then presented bis annual
report of the condition and proceedings OF
the National Union during the year. 1t is
as follows;
PRESIDENT wHALEY's ANNUAL REPORT.
! Fellow WoRKKGEEs In accordance with
the requirements of the Constitution, | re-
/ spectfully submit the following statement
/ Of the transactions Of the National Labor
Union for the year ending with the begin
ming OF the present session, with such sug-
gestions in reference to the further advance
ment Of the cause and the improvement Of
the organization as TO me seem proper
and necessary.
The President then goes on 70 state that
Is no correct records Of the proceedings Of
the last congress bad been kept, the report
was made up rather imperfectly OF news
paper scraps and such other items as the
officers could recall from memory, and that
IN consequence they were not issued for
general information asd circulation. He
next calls attention 70 the petition issued by
himself after consultation with some Of the
officers Of State trade assemblies and asso-
Citations, and so rumerously signed BY work
iDgmen throughout the couusry, BY asking
Congress for the passage Of an eight hour
law, which, after dragging slow through
\ Congress, was finally passed June "a, 1868.
Quoting from the discussion of the subjecs
10 the Senate, when Senator Sherman intro
duced an amendment making the rate Of pay
dependent upon the hours Of labor in ma
tional workshops, aud which was promptly
rejected, Mr.. Whaley shows that it was NO,
the intention Of Congress to reduce the pay
Of workmen In its employ 20 correspond e
4 the reduction in the hours Of labor. I'm
medias<ly after the issuaDce If Gen. Scho.
6eldss order, q meeting Of the Working
mems Assembly Of the District Of Columbis
was held, and q committee am ointed 10 lsy
the matter before President Jchnson, b,
whom it vas referred to the Attorney. 6e
ernl, who has not yet rendered an opinion
thereon.
| Toward the close Of June be had repeat
ed requests from different parts Of the oouu
! tsy 10 cali an extra session Of the ~ y. U
70 take action upon the politieal Issues theI
before The country. Believiug thai M gcel
would result tberefsom, hs declined 70 "a
them together, but he gathered toesshsr
few OF The leading frishds Of labor rsfsru
5 90 an advisory council and their procsedine
hs sabmitted. The President called ats6S
tion nsxs to the want Of funds % sasxy q