New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-06

principle notice that satisfied Just In proper
ton az they get increase in their wages When a
workingman breaks away from his tolls and establishes
himself business and becomes prosperous how quick
his ideas change! He thinks things about right
they are after ALL 1t shows what he is aernot srug
Cling 20 the rights OF the workngman but for h
ACKNOWLEDGMENT. The Government has q right TO say
whether man shan work eight ten hours the
an employer has, but when they give ten hours pay
for eight hours work, it will be found be only clever
trick TO catch votes. suppose in the NayyYard and IN
the Ursenas the operatives get ten hours pay for eight
pay the difference.
Fourth; This system is self-destructve. remember
When the r0n-mOngers could dictate their own terms.
They could pronounce strike and hold their employers
tolt What was the RESULT BY and by the employers
banded together and In year the strength of the IRON
mongers was broken. Take the case of the miners in
they had their side. The facts show the
claimed not too much PROBABLY not near enough butyou
strike rather glory in the fact that will resist
such powers as have been arraycd agans the miners In
to be wrong Can they afford to take position that In
eyaby assas those poorer than they Unless these mar
shaken OIL from these organizations there can be no pro-
gress
The President called upon Mr. Drury member Of the
Grspn organization to respond In the negative. MT
through his opponent their representative He didn't
know whether the gentleman represented his New
row ideas OF the objects and aims of the Workngmen's
Association. applause They are the Rip Van Wrinkles
TO New-York Labor has created the wealth OF the
world and what was the portion of those who created
that wealth They were slaves. The worst form of
slavery is the "wsges" slavery. tApphuse.l
We have Joined ourselves into societies because
not satisfied with working for you
from sunrise sunset barely earning the bread ate
The present division between labor and capital is not
just The conditions you impose on us are not just
We know as well as you do that strikes are loss to us
but it's the only we've got against armed aDtag
onist and won't drop It till get something better.
We shan't be content with being societies of resistance
but will become societies OF production, and will do as
you do with your coal and your corn OH yOu think
strikes nearly knocked on the head do you} On
you thought that some years ago. mani You call us
fools because don't do what want 10 DO. We
don't do 1t because We not in position to- But look
out for strike byandby then! When the gentleman
was speaking before me il the impression that
he had never known what hard days work is mean
laundering hard days work. Laughter IL is only
working man that can understand this.
Mr.. Haywood interrupted pleasantly with something
about knowing pretty well what it was To work hard
but the speaker stopped him with scOrchng look OF In
dgnaton, remarkng, II we are workinemen zoe know
how with pOiteness He then described what he
meant by the hard days wOrl Il the Nottingham when
he drags himself home at night and falls exhausted TO
the floor lying until perhaps 10 O'clock when he would
feebly remove his clothes and get into his bed
Mr. Haywood followed with "a short rejoinder, after
which the Convention adjourned until this afternoon