The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-06-10
The Worhing CIasses.

Strong moyenents among the work
ing classes seem to be going on4all over
the country, and IN fact over Iargepor
tons of the world. The pressure upon
this large and necessary class of our
people is very hard at this time. They
are TIE bone and sinew of all countries.
They do the hard work of building our
cities, our railroads, our canals, our ma
chine shops They delve in our mines,
cultivate the SOIL and work up the fab
RIGS that dress and adorn mankind They
bear the sweat and the burden of all
this, and yet large classes of them are
poorly paid for their labor Women in
many places, and especially in mann
featuring establishments among the
lorlly Yankees, delve their lives away
for shilling day-not enough to keep
soul and body together with bread and
meat. Last week the Boston Labor
Reform Convention adopted the follow
ing resolution H..
Resohced, That the refusal Of Ulysses
S. Grant to receive Mrs. Emmie A..
Lane, who visited him in a respectful
manner, as the representatives of the
workingwomen of Massachusetts, and
the daughters of ST. Crispin, was a
gratuitous insult to us all, and we be-
lieve it so intended by Grant, and is
another evidence of his want of decency
in his personal and official intercourse
with the people.
Perhaps this resolution is too severe
on the President; but we copy it to
show that the working women of that
sanity portion of the world are suffer
ing under great oppression from the
weight which capital too frequently
bears upon labor.
In Philadelphia last Saturday large
meeting of workingmcn was held for
the purpose of hearing addresses respect
ing the interests of the working classes.
L. Klein, president, briefly stated the
object of the meeting, and SAID that for
some time workingmen had been suffer
ing on account of the small wages re-
ceived for their labor. In order to
bring about a better state of things
frequent meetings were recommended
for the encouragement of the working
classes, and the formation of trade
unions among the different branches Of
mechanical pursuits was suggested as
one of the most effective means Of mu-
tual protection. RICHARD +. TREVELICK,
of Detroit, Michigan, also addressed the
meeting, and by his remarks encouraged
unity Of action among the working
classes, tempered with wise counsel, that
the plans designed for their benefit
might be the more readily carried out
The formation of trade unions was also
recommended .
What are called labor strikes are
always unfortunate, and frequently in
furious to both capital and labor, but
they are sometimes made necessary by
the soullcss greed and oppression o
those who use their money TO grind the
poor instead of to justly compensate
them for their work and toll. But our
working classes, both male and female,
should always remember that capital is
as necessary to labor as labor is to
capital, and that the one cannot protita-
bly, exist without the other Hence in
all their labor operations and unions
they should bc careful not to transcend
the bounds OF reason and justice, or
make war upon those who are blessed
with more of this worlds goods than
they are.