The workingman's advocate., 1869-09-04

said executive committee ceasinS upon TIE
formation Of the State U ,pn, whicl shan
bs eOnsidersd complete upon the rsceDti1
Of . charter from the United Safes Union.
Section sixth on the qnessi m OF mileage
was dropped.
A motion vas made that the report be re-
ceived, which was agree to.
Mr.. Daily, Of Ohio, moved that it be not
adopted. --
After considerable debate, the whole mat
ter was laid on the tabIe.
The committee then desired 10 be dis
charged. This was agreed to, and the COM
mities received the thanks Of the conven-
ton.
Mr.. WAllbridge, of Mass, on behalf Of
FeQ.ale Labor, reported the following
Your committee ON Female Labor would
respectfully report as follows:
Resolved, That this National Labor Con-
grsss recommend thSt all the Trades Unions
make immediate effort to secure thorough
organisation Of Female Labor, AMI demaRd
the same pay for work equally we'll done by
woman NJ that done by man.
Resolved, That every avenue Of labor Tor
which woman Is physically capacltated
should he freely opened TO her on the same
terms and conditions as allow ID To aIv class
Of laborers.
WHsRkAs, The origin AID purpose O. this
Labor Congress is To ameliOrate the cIndi
tlon Of working women, as well rs working
men therefore =
Resolved, We as& for women equal Op-
portunities and rights in every hsld OF en-
Grrprise and labor.
\ MARlHA M. WALBRIDGs.
Chairman of Committee.
The above was accepted.
Mr. West, Of Mississippi in view o. the
action Of the convention, moved that the
Chair appoint a commiIt,e, every interest
represented in the cJnVentlOh 20 De rePre
senied thereon, who shall prepare coistl-
tuition before the next sessIOn of the Union.
Mr.. West, of Miss, In view VI the action
Of the committee/ moved that the Chair Sp-
point committee every interest represented
in the Congress co be represented therein,
who shall draft and prepare constitution
before the next session OF the Union, and
report thereto.
APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Walsh (St. Crispin, N. Y. }, offered The
following:
Rerolved, That il shall be the duty of the
President to appoint Standing Executive Ad-
visory Committee Of five, who shall serve until
the next meeting Of this Congress, and until
their successors are appointed, and whose duty
iT shall be to prepare an address 70 the people
Of the United States.
4 Resolved, That the President shall appoin: a
Committee of Ways aud Means, consisting OF
one member from each State, whose duty il
shall be to provide fer the financial necessities
of this organization, and otherwise provide for
its general interest.
The resolutions were adopted.
John M. Bossong, of New York, offered q
series Of resolutions prote sting against what
be designated as the " Southern Pacific Rail
road swindle."
COoLIE LABOR.
Mr. A. C. Cameron, of Illinois, Cbairmau
Of the Committee ON COOlie Labor, offered
the following:
WHEREAS Interested and unprincipled capita
lists are endeavouring to lower the wages of the
mech snics and luborers of the United States
our own citizens, BY the introduction Of COolie
labor; and,
WHEREAS, Our working people, the pillars Of
our institutions, are compelled to incur great
expense towards educating themselves and chill
dren towards the support of Government and
defending human rights for the benefit of all
the world and
WHKREAs CoOlie laboTers would be under nc
such obligations, and would therefore be able tC
urdersell with their labor, that Of citizens, de
grade the dignity of the laborer, and tend to
lead to a state OF pauperism and vsssalsge which
would imperil the continuance and develop
ment of our free, republican institutions; there
fore be i.
Resolved, That while We appreciate the ben
fits TO be desired from voluntary emigration, we
are opposed in rorO to the importation Of ser
vile race, bound to fulfil contracts entered into
on foreign soil.
Resolved, That We demand the rigid enforce
ment Of the Law Of Congress of 1862, prohibit
ing Coolie importation.
Resolved, That voluntary Chinese emigrants
ought to enjoy the protection of the laws like
other citizens
SiGned.- A. g. Cameron, Illinois JOhn
Maguire, Missouri; J. P Powers, Massa-
chussetts p; A. NJ West, Mississippi; E. d
Linton, Massachusetts,.
Mr.. Towers, Of Massachusetts,, deemed II
impossible to carry the convention over thii
week, be moved that the report and resolu'
.iOcs be taken up at once, seTtatina
Agreed to.
After some debate, Mr.. Mclean, Of Massa
chusetts, moved that the whole matter be re.
committed to the committee, and shat the
following gentlemen be added u: Winn, Of
California Cummings, Of Massachusetts
and Jessup, Of New York. Agreed to.
The following committees v ere then an
nOuDced by the chair:
Special Committee on Peter COoper's Ee
solution. John Pratt, Of Indiana; A. NJ
VIM, of California Isaac E. Wear, james
Beatty, j. w. HaDey, W. II. Stewart, j. w
Slucks, and Miss Susan B. Anthony.
Mr.. West (MIss. moved to strike out the
word unprincipled," on the ground that il
was unnecessary and harsh. q
After heightened discussion participated
in by Messrs. Cameron, Mcguire, Mclean
Knhm, Walsh, TrevellIck and Dunn, the
motion was disagreed to.
Ou motion the name of Mr.. West, was al
lowed to be ERASED from the report.
The following were appointed commit
tee on new political party james y.
Sylvis, of Pennsylvania Seigfried Myers,
of New York James Carr, of New York
Hal. I. Walker, of Alabama W. j. No
Laughlin of Massachusetts,.
COMMITTEE ON MINES.
Mr.. S. B. Pratt, Of Boston, Mass, from
the Committee on Mines and Mining, sub
mitted q report as follows:
1t 10 undeniably true that the preiudices
of the workingmen, as well as the manufac.
turers Of the whole county, have been un-
Justly aroused against The miners Of Penn
Sylvania.
A careful and dispassionate examination
of this whole question will astonish every
lair-minded man. With the press and the
telegraph manipulated in the interest of cap
itAl, it is not strange that the Impression has
gone forth that the miners are responsible
for the present high prics Of coal.
What are the facts in the case We find
by careful inquiry that up to the time of the
formation of the present organization, K nown
as the M. B. A., the miners had suffered out
rrge and long continued abuse in many ways
without the power Of redress. Tne opera
tors had cheated and oppressed their men
until a spontaneous movement placed thirty
thousand laborers in line 10 defend their
common rights as men.