New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-20

Mr. U,pe Up to the present time thero "as ,r,a,o %
ton ON any of the questions but d p,d on, %
resolutions and statements have been ,,oo ON
ferred by the different financial doc'oi' ."
or cor responding with this Congress
WHO ARE THE DELBGATEsi
% ,ob for the ontllnes OF the moVemehts progress
Now briefly for what are us constituents -.
boun that II grew out of the Trades UNIONS puV ~ ~
,ro,vn IN embrace than those III Iact IL mas 0o
lool,od NJ somewhat cOldy by those VINO are Ono"'o
or nothing else The events OF the last three u"y ''
not lr,elv 70 strengthen the movements hoiu on 'n
s,tI the most restricted side OF the labormoYemeht
Tho late President VIM II. sylys twhO, by the way Wa"
man Of great executive ability Of Thoroughly hono
nurpose and liberal views, as was eVihcou W ms 0
nrebensive and untring devotion to the
co;neratou) complained earnestly oil 'nS NUM- .h,s
manifested by the Trades Union 70 INC 'nO' - :,
National Unon, and declared his VIC" " ,,oa from
the evils under which labor was suffering .
- crrahel,v legislation. Mr.. Jessup repOIIeu " Oo
Nv York Congress that he had the address VI ."i1
900 labor organizations in this country IL 'n"v
dcleoates were present from Two lhterhaVlon"i
go, Ntiorol two States Trades Assemblies ldeHpeI'
ative or delegate bodies from tine local uio"S, IS
toaot-,, state Association, fortyfour local ITand
80, aoon Labor Unions, two or tire CoOperaty-two
80 yvor,ipg Women's Associations; In all thousand
| or,,nizations comprising about a hundr
| members. .EPREsENis
| yU,r THE PHILADELPHIA CoNGREs number Of dele
The present Congress contains Gnded constituency
Gates representing much moretes were present from
In the New York Congress dehsylvana Massachusetts,
| the states Of New-YOrk A. Illinois, Michigan, Mary
| connecticut, Ohio, n9en states in all In the pres
land and Wisconsin, delegates present from six inter
Congress ther6us (mosY their chief officers, PFesi
| national organtaries), from many state Hrauu
| dents and FOor Unions, and Trades AsSenl'
Lodges, Il being delegated bod!es)' and III
bhes mons Of which so are found IN New-forA
| lOcPnlnsyyana. This makes in all l23 orsahHallohs
Q.sented by about 1856 delegates. The National Union
- granted charters to 26 local unions and there are
about onehrd more not chartered. The best Informed
men in the Congress say that these organizations have
constituency Of at least 100000 persons Or the l2J as
nct organizations about 100 Trades Unions proper
the others being manly amehOntlye, or special move
meuts gotten up in the interest Of some utopia OF
the projectors II is worth while 10 bear in mind
the great preponderance Of the Trades Unorists
in considering the anmatng motives Of the fierce strug
gle which for three days has consumed the Assembys
There are only four associations represented that
claim to be dstncvey cooperative, or to nave that as
leading feature Of its purposes.
That there has been Oeyalizng influence pervadins
the movement in some direction, rather that seiin
erest in the whites and the possessed by the col
ored Trades Unomsts, evident from the unquanea
admission Of cOored delegates to the Congress year aE
the New-YOr Congress threatened with dsruptOn az
the suggestion by the President that Is meSsuio 10
protection COOred wOrkngmen ought 10 De drought
nj.
though the presence OF Miss Anthony on the other hand
created such an excitement to bring the body several
The Congress las occupied three days in discussing
Miss Anthony right TO seat and tnaly ehded ny re-
iecting her active delegate, though as FORMER
member she is entitled TO scat and voice but not
vote. The struggle was one growing OUT Oh lIaues
of this great movement, like myself, IN that
IL developed a striking antagoisin DTe~teh
Iuiouiss and those minds in the Congress, who wle
they equally much Unomsts AZ the others nave
grown within the past two years into clear conception
Of the fact that their agitation is greater than the mere
restrictive idea, because 1t looks To the aootioh Oh o
causes which make necessary these protective assn
''"'O"s' TRADES UNIONS LIMITATIONS.
The truth h very evident that the Trades Unions have
found out power there in organization They sec
how much more compact 1t can be made when anlnSd
broad enough to cover large class stun IN IT'S essence
their members purely fanaca in their the
ideas and purposes thereof Besdes they love he power
Wien c0mbined with powcrar excessively hard Grad
icate II is very evident that many leading Labor Re
form dread the close corporation tendencies OF lhe
Trades Union ideas when pushed 20 logical conclusions
Many Of the ultra unlonists We're rom Great Brtaln,
They INDUCED 70 the fun the bitterness developed there
by much suffering endured against all who do not
work as they dO-at manual labor The eXtraneous rub
Dish has been got out OF the way by the settlement OF
tins dispute, and the remaining days VIII be devoted
to discussing the rubbish left from which fear but hte
Of the wheat will be wlnnOwed
FOURTH DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 19.-The Congress was
not in session this morning. The afternoon session
opened at O'Clock After the reading OF the minutes,
Mr. Walsh, who stirred up the Miss Anthony trouble,
rose to personal explanation lie read from one Of the
morning papers Of Philadelphia a communication which
severely criticised his conduct in the Convention ycser
day His comments on the letter gave ohense 20 Of
the delegates and disgraceful ensued, wherein
personality was uppermost. When order had been
stored the Committee Organization presented report
The subject Of appointing state members Of the EXecu-
tive Committe for Labor Unions was discussed at great
length, the point i'm dispute being 10 how the Com
mitteemen should be selected from States Sow
eral Independent Unions organized. The National
Union a political body whereas most OF the State
Lodges Of Trades Unions not Finally the report was
recommitted, and the Committee enlarged.
The Committee on Public Lands reported IN favor Of
rearming that part of the platform Of the Congress Of
Chicago which related TO the disposition Of the public
report was referred 10 the Committee on Cherokee
Lands.
with resolutions, propositions, and papers, many Of
which 10 the same purpor that the committees have
morning, to compare aud harmonic the papers IN hand
The Congress has decided TO adjourn at p m Saturday
Gen. Wynn OF California is here, representing the
IRENE party opposed to Chinese Immigration, He was
armed with several square feet OF senator CasseTys
Geo Dunn Of The Piadeiphia Post presented protest
the Associated Press and the Western Union Tee
graph Company and demanding postal telegraph sys-
TEN 10 be established by Congress IL was referred to
Committee Platform. communication embOdying
Peter COOper's question Finance referred 20
Special Committee. number OF papers were presented
on COOie Labor Finance Public Land, Female Labor,
and other subjects which appropriately referred.
Public meetings announced for this and tomorrow
evenings, at National Hall, on MaTketst., and at the
Assembly Building,
LABOR MOVEMENTS.
A meeting of the parties interested in the
German TailOrs Cooperative movement on foot In
this city, held last evening at headquarters in Fifth
st. the President OF the Association, Mr. Jacob MOrsat
of the Journeymen TailOrs Union in the chair.
The principal business the reading OF
the report Of the Committee Constitution
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