Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-08-21
The NATIONAL LABOR UNION.


harmony, and N Hsh business was disposed Of
Mr.. J. +. Walsh en- planned that whereas In
the report OF mrs remarks npou the admisso
OF Miss Anthony. he is alleged TO have SAID
thar she desired TO degrade men to the le vel of
women, not to elevate wom-n 20 the level OF
man, he desired TO state that whsle he may
have uttered such words, Ne dn not mean
had been placed upon them
Mr.. Jsssup, of New York. presented q com.
muDieanon from Hinton Rowan Helper in the
interest of white labor, and reg Nesting a conn
mittae Of Conferrn nee from the Union
Miss Martha waibridgs. Of Mas, from the
COMMITTEE on Female Labor, submitted re.
port, which was adopted, that the Congress
recon mend that all Trades Unions M Axe i'm
mediate Efforts to secure thorough organlZs-
iion OF female labor, and demand the same pay
for work equally well done BY woman as that
done by man; that every avenue OF labor for
which woman is physically capacitated should
be opened to her ON the same terms and condi-
tons as allowed to any class OF laborers.
Glazing that voluntary Chinese emigranss
adopted.
The following were appointed a committee
on q new POLITICAL p,rty:-Iames q. SyIvis, Of
Pennsytyania; Satgfried Myers, of NJ V. las
Carr of N. Y; Hal. T. Walker, of Ala; w. T.
Mclaughlin. OF Mass.
A long report in ~ ference 10 the troubles IN
the coal mining districts was read. In It was
the suggestion that il is q question whether the
Government shall not take Possession Of the
owners fair valuation for the same and ran
these mines as the gold mines OF California
have been run, ia the interest OF the whole peo-
pie, and reserve IA right to all the nation Al
wealth OF the courtry, which shall never pass
out OF the hands OF the people into tina hands of
monopclists.
platform was presented and adoptsd, Of
which the folio WI ng is a synOpsis:
All political power is inherent IN the people,
and free government founded on their author.
ity and established for their oeneft; To ~ labor.
nANtc NJ <fnt H.,
suffering from a system OF monetary laws
which were enacted during the tate war as
measures, il was assumed, necessary to the
life Of the nation and which is now sough; 70
be perpatuated in the interests Of bondhoids.s
and bankers, as means TO subvert the govern.
ment OF our foretatDers, and establish on its
ruins an empire in which all political power
shall be centralized, 10 restrain and Cypress
the rights oflabor, and subordinate us vOtarIes
to the merctless demands of aggregated CAPITAL
and superciious authority; that the nation Al
banking system. being lnimical to the spirit of
liberty and subversive OF the principles of Jus.
tice, and without warrant in the Constitution
OF the United states, is wroagfuily increasing
the burdens of the wealtn-producing classes
millions OF dollars annually, justice, the aspi.
ratIons of honest industry, aud the spirit OF
imperiled liberty demand its inmediate raneal
and the substitution of legal tender notes as
the exclusive currency OF the nation.
That the National Labor Union ia opposed
to the continuation and creation of bonds by
acts Of incorporation by either State or Nation-
al authority, with the privilege Of making, As.
suing, or putting iLto circulation any notes or
other papers Of any other bank TO circulate "a
money, except legal tender Treasury notes
therein contemplated.
That the reven ne laws OF the United States
should be altered go that instead Of subord,.
natiDg labor TO capital they may afford inst
protection 10 labor and the ind ustrial interests
of the whole country.
That the legal. tender money sh ould be made
legal-ender in the payment OF all debts pub.
lie and private, and con vertible at the option
OF the holder into Govern msnt bonds, bringing
interest at thu rate of three per cent Der
apnum, with the privilege % the b older 70 re-
convert the bonds into money, or the money
In 10 bonds, at pleasure.
That the claim of Dor dhoiders that bonds
which were bought by greenbacks, and the
principal OF which Is, by law, payable in cur.
rency. should nevertheless be paid in gold, Is
uDlns 81 and extortiona,e.
That the exemption from tax of bonds and
securities is In violation OF The Just principle Of
the revenue law.
The land nonopoliss are At variance with
the doctrine that all freemen, whea they form
a social compact, ara equal in rights, and. If
persisted in, must ultimately result in the sub.
version OF free institutions, as also the social
ana political well-being OF the laboring
maeses.
That as labor Is the foundation and cause OF
national prosperity, II IS both the duty and AZ.
terest OF the Government TO foster and protect
IL. Its importance, therefore, demands the
creation OF an executive department. Of the
Government at Washington, 70 be denomiuaJad
the Uepar' maDt OF Labor, which shall aid IN
protectII & IL above all other interests.
That the National Labor Con gress earnestly
recommend The adoption OF su3h measures
among all classes Of woTkmeu, IN all sections
OF the country, as will secure the Adoption Of
the eisht-hour system, and call upon me r..
spectIve State Legislatures 10 toIio " TIE ex-
ample OF the National Congress IN the recog-
man g OF eight hoars IS a days work.
Resofret, That political equality being one %
the cardinal principles of this Organization we
therefore urge the full restitution CT civil and
tunl FfrhF a
cept such as have been con yicted OF felony
The Committee on Obnoxious Laws submit
ted the following report; which was adopted:
Whereas there exists in the stttutCJ of sew.
eral States enactment making IL 4 penal Of
fence for American me ,harics ana laboTers TO
combine for self.protsctior 20 secure their
alienable rights, a far days wages Tor a far
days work; and whereas such laws have
passed exclusively in the interest and for the
bene fit Of capitalists antagon s:ic to the spirit
OF American liberty; and where Is there is no
State Of Pennsylvania to take an appeal, if
In MS Judgment he thinks he is unjustly taxed
and convicted under this tyrannicAI law /:
Resolued, That the workingmen of the United
States emphaucalIy demand their urcondl.
tonal repeal.
The Union continued its session for some
time, but beyond the above the proceedings
were OF an unimportant character.
FOUND DADA jury of inquest has held
mac river. over the body of J. T. Suddath,
found dead at that place. The verdict of the
Jury was that he came TO his death from causes
to them unknown, but believed to be from vIo-
lence.-EOrt Tobacco Times.
~At Atlanta, Ga, the boys fly kites with
anterns attached, and have lots of fun setting
buildings on fire.
~ Mr.. w. X. Axdson, an old citizen of Mad
ison county, Tenn. committed suicide by hang
ing himself on Wednesday last. He was Ia
his sd year.
~ Sheriff's officer. in executing a writ
against the goods Of an abseonding DEBTOR in
Canada, se'ZAd the artificial teeth
Of the debtors wife " bile they were TEN pora-
rily removed from her mouth.
H-The subscribers to the stock of the Inter-
national Commercial Company (to promote
direct trade between Norfolk, Va, AID LAYER
pool will meet on the first of next month in
Norfolk for provisional organization.
~ Calvin Logston N ordered aud old woman,
her daughter and granchild, in Fentress coun-
ty, Tennessee, and 10 to be hanged on the 18th
Of October. Although only % years Of age, he
freely confesses to eight murders.
~ Some Of the wor kingmen in Greenville,
o., have formed q cooperative association.
and intend hereafter to buy and sell their own
produce and groceries, and divide the profits,
II any, among themselves. -
BARGAINS BABoAINs
Selling our entire stock