, 1874-05-02
LOCAL MISCELLANY,


THn ,n1aHT-HouijRR LAW:
: a meeting Of trado:untoh ;tlelegatoa was holt
ta.t ceonlrg at tlio oflco Of tho lNo,&in9mdn',
Aduocaso to take dollnte action With regard Il
:; nolding Of labor nlass-moeting on tho 18th oi
may Tor tho purpoao OF protostlug aga:nat tht
proaoBod repeal Of tho national Eight-Hour law
lhero "ore twolvo or flftnon delegates prcHont
representing probably halt.a.dozon uniona. Mr
: 1Wadaington, OF tho stonooutters' Union, presd
sd. Mr. Gibson, Of tho sumo Union, was sccro.
tary.
: The Chairman stated tho object Of tho meet:
ing, and explained that tho smnlluess of the
number ptoaont WAS luo to tho fact that mono oi
tho labor sooletica had met durinR tho past wtek.
"A QUESTION OF ExrENBr. :
Mr. .Franh Lawlor stated that ho had tearnod
from member OF tho A,nnlgamated Carpenters
End Jotnets' Union TINT that body waa not Oil.
!; tlorlzed by Its constitution to subscribe to any
, demouBtration, except ono Of tta own. It
NonId participate, however, II 1t cost nothing.
: The Chatr said tho sloneouttets' Uniun pro.
poeed to hold n naaeH-meotlng anyhow. and ho
:: supposed there would be no objection to other
Mr. 6harloH Ii. .Nowland could not 500 why tho
:: PROPOSED n,abs.maeting should entail any great
-; Tho Secretary explained that the object Of
: Co. ASCERTAIN how. many aooieties woull giyd
something toward tontlng d hall, oto:. tor tho
knti!tepoal meeting. III none volunteered, tho
stonceutters . would moot BY themselves and I'M
: vito no other trade to join with then,.- '>!
Mr.. Lawlor believed that great many Of the
tabor organizations Of tho city would giyo the
!, needed assistance II the subject was properly
presented to thena.
<* -. GETTING STEAMERS. III
:, 4 t delegate inquired where npeakors verc to
Mr. Lawjor aaid TINT ID, 600 speakers could be
secnred secsa at mone9ta n9tice alY9nt. H. re- re-
: n; ]: .saSags sdn,o tim6 ago, and sald ho bb-''
. loved that that gentleman would speak to q
meeting Of worktngmen any timo. + "
a. delegate said that the remarks Of any work
ngman On On the labor question yonld bensilt tle
i pf .oergymon and professional BpenkorB, who
/. bad no practical experience. - -
:: The delegato from tho Maohinists' aud Black
tmiths' Union satd; bis society had takon no
!lctton concerning the proposed mass.meetng,
{ llie wtnt9r haYthg b8en seYete and 6oa,ly one.
) :: The socfetary said the n1ass-meetinK, would
necessarily entail some expenRsy-he oould not
Fell how mneh;-andit It would have to be betrayed
by some ono. Speakers would not cost muoh
however. The 1residens Of tho Industrial Con-
gross. he thought, could be induced to come
here WITHOUT uharRo:, :,
I ". NaEland Il said Chicago Posaessed spehkerb
graphical, Coopors', and .Maohiniats' and Black
amiths' Unions, who wero good talkers. and thoy
could DO secured. Thoro was no necessity tor
much orstory Good solid work on the part Of
tho labor organlzetione WAS what WAS wanted,
pot gas. He did not belieye in paid speakers.
A deleghte remarked that men of brains could
pot be induced to oxpend them for nothing. II
they were invited from outside places, their OK
pepHes to and from their homes would have to
II was sugs'sosted BY Miir Milis, i halter. that
1t would be much cheaper to have labor articles
printed and circulated through the country than
to hold nnass meetings. He deprecated tho great
lack Of eoonomy in tlade-unlons, and regretted
traYagant and useless demonstrations. He be-
lteyed it would be better for labor organizations
to 1eep quiet until they wore thoroughly organ
lied and antrenched.
=. Mr, Lnvlor took Issue with tho gentleman On
Bome OF bis points. Resolutions wore not mado
successful BY anything but laundering demon
atrattons and. stirring addresses. It was tho
same With the labor revolution.
'''' bTHEn UNIONS.
:. "A committee sent to interview tho C1garmak-
era Onion and Other. associations reported TINT
1t bad represented the matter Of holding maas-
meeting to several Of thom, and that it had beon
Committee that many now delegates would be
.Rraaont at the next meeting, II one we're held.
,ahe report wab received.
GoYEnE1aNa OF INDUSTRY.
4 delegate. inquired how the meeting felt to-
ward inviting the soyereigns of Industry to take
part In tho proposed maHs-meeting.r !,
:. It waB stated that there could be no objection,
provided that organization waa not Communicate
in its principles.
: Mr. Mills aad tho soyeroigns, Of Industry
were 4 body similar to the Grangors. Tho or
kanizatlon Was based on the principle of Coop
sration, and it's membership was made up Of all
tlasses Of workingmen. It believes that the
taborin9 men were the sovoreigns Of tho coun-
try, because they produced the wealth which
financial politicians were 30 rock1essly handling
at the present time.:' It was opposed to rnonopo-
ly- of all Kinds, and had not an element Of COM
'muniam In its composition.
On motion, the Visiting Committee WAS in
st1ucted to visit the sovoreigns, and extend an
invitation to them.
On motion Messrs. Unger and Murphy wero
appointed a Committee to ascertain the prob
able cost Of . hall, printing etc., for mnss
meeting.
Another weariRome discussion On the propriety
pf employing speakers from abroad was indn1ged
In, but it resulted in nothing.
: The meeting then adjourned until Tuesday
evening".