Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-09-23
The werkinsmens Assembly.

EXCURSION TO GLYMoNT to-day by the pro.
pee j. II. Shaffield.
The werkinsmens Assembly.
-fdd1>ss 81 1r. Cdrss-TRs National Labor Con-
EfH'tCn-The LGbCy Pt0 10 M-NaisOs NJ Ba 81
Ih' th'ness Qd'ss,Cn, dc-4'd.ess Of General
Va sa-Hs II CIcs INFO tss crime e.
A meeting OF tie Work ,ngmeps' Asse nbiy
was held LAST evening in the Council e amber,
City Hall, VIM. Brown, President il the chair,
and j. A. Perkins acting SecTetsry. Mr.. A. 7.
Cayls star, q the object of the meeting. The re-
poitvhicn hevase&P. cied 10 present that even
ine as delegate TO the NattonsI Labor GA.
vent On, be woald deer TILL another meeting
ard would present T. then, NOT 10 " ritipg. bat
IN De shape OF few II rarks on the labor
platform Zee 'nty 'Cp. by ,b't Governor.
lie thought That 10 was sdch q pla. form as
would commaud The 3imira;iOa OF all, being
based on the facs that lab Or wes the source CT
national W i. That bsing so IL VS., the
Gu 10 &c La lc sIsla' 0rs prote ciei labor. aud
50 framed 'he laws that toe rates at which
money could Re y. cured should be bi I'd on
The ne;t pTodue Cf iudu~''y. Toe rIsh dis
sIiu iIatloE IN Ilyor OF cIp al and asa INST Ia
boz be illustIs.Nd py siviug q history of the
wcrkir-s o. Nat'Onsl Bank. THIS system of
trance aoso bed labor at a rate of Is to 100 per
cent annually. 1t had be demors,rar~d
10 De an lnlquily, as every dollar taken
from labor and put INTO bauk were made
ulhu'ary 70 the aggrand'Zsment of wealth. No
man would invest bis money in enter prises of
iaoOr paying generally only Is per cent. when
ne Id oy gong mo the JId and banking
nu- Iss :. m~se p or ~ per cent To prove
ma the work pg man bad no banking facil-
i'es, ne SID that the Ar emus Ward fund of
Tue typographical Union YVES invested in q
si,t'- oO ~, for the s.fe-keeping OF " aich thew
nan 20 pay arout one per cent. The National
LABOR mon asseris the principle that the
public lands Ielong 10 tno-e who settle on
those Iands snd work them. whereSs the Gov.
eminent had donated - the Pacific Railroad
company la1G exceeding in value four times
me COS. OF the read. Referring to the national
debt ne Ola not believe, as Jay Cooke had as
ser'eo, mat snch debt was a national Llr-s.
ing Speaking Chinese Immigration he was
IN FAVOR CT 1t, so lopg as II wa immigration
proper but when II assumed the phase Of i'm
PSi- atit he WIS entirely oppo, ed TO II, as in.
Imlcat 10 lsbor.
NJ {: Wis then introduced General A. NJ.
WOE PRESIDENT OF 'hs y chsr,cB' Council of
Cahfo'D'a- who read a wI.lea adirs e in
WIFI ne congratulated the nesting that the
problem OF social equality is now being worked
out he then referred to the protective upious
formed by tae different trades and occupafions
ana advocated their prosperous continuance.
Referring 10 cheap labor, he said that in is a
Ourte 20 the country. The laboripg man "A
thereby made slave, while the rich man is NOT
Denetfed by IT.. II v as the cry for Chez labor
ina, n.st infrcdueed slavery into this country
asd wnien Gene near being its destruction
NOW he coun ~ is aroused upon the 81 piect of
Cnuese labor millions of Cinnamon, without
wives or Children, can be and are being intro.
oueed INTO THIS country. They can live on ten
CeGts day and sleep IN place two feet by six
They wear the same kind Of clothes that their
1stbeis worea thousand years $50. They wor.
snip lools, even In this country, and are thieves
and prostitutes by Iatare and practice. The
VT mau or negro, with their wife aud chtl.
1Ita 20 support getting but 50 day, are
are IN reduced in his place at less than n mar
day, price at which no man can supporr a
Amy. CptnSSe labor ais a canker on society:
as presence Is everywhere me-ked nv viccs
ci~ esses and DE- ,eneracy" They aye OWNED
~ masters IN disgui- e, who hire them out. re.
ceiSe tneLr pay. and pay them what will sup.
conitnpa' When the fifteenth amendment
ia u have b en- adopted we may look fol- ward
hNe or SIX years, when the hundred thousand
low 90 the Pac nc eo.St Will control the
eieS'lon sHd - -.bl'sh he worship OF Josh
as TIE religion of the count unless reyC-
lullon sail befo.e that line deluge the
eoooIy IN blood, and free the people
rom tner political miasmatic influence
lie approved of The eIght-hour system. clam
ing hat the man who s;snds in the way Of
reform must expect 10 te run over. In CALI
IClnia oey has worked with rapldity in reia.
ton 10 'oe eIghi-hour movement that has never
DE equallet IN any portion of the world
PriCr 70 l-o7 he ship-working trades had been
Wolkng out e'e NJ hoOrs for a day; but in Jan.
mar v OF fhat yeSr be hoGIe carpenters oreari.
zed snd r10d be d o. June following IS the
dsy when hey ould eorrencs tue ei~ht-
EOur system OF Io6or, 8nd re eight-bour
league Of San fISnci co unItt d IN grand pro
e. sslon on hat day. Over So ~ appeared in
tne streets w .Oul-snTrIrg music and bJu.
neTs nying- Twenty-four hundred carpenters
banded together have sustained the system
a.slpst The combined power of their bitter op-
ponentS. In the fall of L g. snd electico fNr
Repre- -entativss and Senators srou, ed the me.
ChaL'cs 10 acton. and no mar was elected IN
that city fbat ID not iavor TIE wishes ana in
ieIesis Of The laooriDg man. They saw,
however. that their efforts in indi viduaI soc,e.
ties were no affecting the pubic nnipd ~ their
1aNcr VI hetX'ent desired, and committees OF
COZ ierelce were appended from the differ.
en- eIgnt-nonr societies, who came to-
gether in q spirit of compromise aud or.
ganized The MechapIcs State Council of Cali.
Inia- IWo years before this, thousands had
teuuo ned the Legislature TO pass an eisht-hour
Jaw members OF tue Legislature laughed at
me lGta, and Sc3s ned the petitions 10 the
waste bSske's. T. j; saw 10 danger 70 their
parties while there was 10 ORGANIZATION OF
labOrIpg men, but now II was a different thing:
slx thousaro men were organized and repre.
stnted In lie c. IeIl- They could act together
aud parties eould not afford 10 lose their votes
Inc result was that both parties avowed in
their PiarfOt us that they in iayor of the
eish' hour sy stem of labor On the 30 OF de-
q. u s 7, -. the j. "a OF Education IN San
FRANCISCO passed resolution that those work.
inc on The sCboOl-konses should work bu.
'Ieht hours for day. On the I'D of the same
month tbe board Of supervisors passed a simi-
lar resolution. In January, ISIS, The councH
sent 10 The legislature an eight-hou bill,
whIC was passed into a law with but one dis
senting vote, and that was in the senate The
parties there cannot do without them and they
dictate Their own terms. The same can r,
done IN every Sale IN THIS Union, by a prone
orgariZf'iOn which they hoped 20 accOmpIIsh
during this year. General Wins remarks
were greeted with applause Remarks were
ffsH inside by MsssTs. Oims;sad aud Peters and
aI'r exteEOlng vote of thanks TO the speakers
The reel ng adjourned.
THEfOcI KILLER wANTED.-rhe scrawIiIg
OF "a lew Feeble remarks" on scraps OF dirty
plpe- by simplefoDs, who seal them 10 bottl~s
apc throw the botu : into the river, Ia order
ma hey may be picked mp, wondered over,
Suc G rried TO the NJ rest newspaper once by
other boobies. Is of all stupid business the most
drs2Ty and witless. One such case found its
way iu'J some OF the newspapers here a few
weeks $50, when Items Were scarce, which EN-.
ooidersd ne perpetrators Of these stale lokes.
so tnat DOW every old topper along the river
HOnt VINO empties his bottle, and has not the
wheiewtnal TO rehil IT, set' II adrift in tse Pc.
tomsc with some idiouc scribblipx euclosed
Two tsyssSo one Of these Pre- cious documenfs.
found IN eottie picked mp down the river
wss bandediq 20 Tas STAR ONCE It j. a far
sample Of bottled letter and a. such we
print IL It's written on o dirty scrap Of pa.
per, from which q printed heading has b. en-
torn on-proo-bly an unpaid grocer's bill
and leads a. follows:
Lone BRrDeE. MIDNIGHT. Sept 1st, 1867
De0rest Rrmd When this shall meet the xi-s
arf M m al q hi a.