, 1879-05-19
e,, +he .Hundredth Time Eight
Hours Is Proclaimed a
Days Labor.
xearney Congratulated On the Adop-
tjon of the New California
Constitution ::
MA mon Barr Howls Against Labor
Saving Machinery OF Every
Kind. =.
r;#or Dsuunciation Of Wilbur T. Storey,
~ His Test-0atb, and the !,
Times" I

an Sorts OF Corporations Re-
ceiye General Turn !:
ing Over
r,aatfnp was held in the West Twelfth
e.-.st Tnrner-Hall yesterday afternoon for the
"sao.s os.s, of discussing the Eignt-Hour law, the
,,laeed triumph Of kearney1sm IN cail1ornia'
..,5 Tho Storey tes1-oath. There was {: large at
tendance, including about thirty OF the gent1er
MA. r Parsons called the meeting to Or
asr announced that smoking would not he al
1oxea aud nominated D. r. streeter, OF the
T,nographical Union, for Chairman. -.
Mr Streeter said TINT the meeting had been
rs1led by the Trades Council for the purpose OF
considering several important matters, chief Of
Thirh was The Elcht-Hou1 law He then read
the following: .... .-...,
m. Chicago Trades Council, at It's regular meet
,r1 he1d on Friday, April IL. fndoraed series or
1esolutions that were passed BY the Trade md La
bor Assembly Of st. Louis, ana presented Tor con
.sderstion 70 all trade and labor organizations
throughout the United States and Canada, as fol-
W. W1zKEAs. Hundreds Of thousands OF working
men are out Of work, and many OF tnem nave M oeen
81 for wears and many more expect to De so any
d.y' ~ and mani more work only half-sime, but all
At reauced wages; and .-..-.-, -,
WaEEEAs, Gases OF starvation are reported ~
o7er the country, and crimes are being committed
in hope Of finding food and home IN some pfls-
On: and .s,,.,o .,o+ r. +ba 1ahorinp r1,as-
~ wouId work LESS hours in day It would give
1he nnemn,oyed chance to get work and earn
IN honest living, and alleviate the suffering, to
great extent. Of the toiling millions; therefore.
Resolp<d Taat ne call upon all trade and labor
organizations to discuss the feasibility Of intro
duc,ng the eieht-hour system.
Yffolred Thst all tr1de and labor organ1zo-
ttons unite in one body In proclaimins to toe world
On the 4th day Of July, 1879, that eight hours
shall be a standard days work.
All l.bos organizations arc requested 70 vote
vee OF no on the above resolutions, and forward
fhe result to the St. Louis Trades Assembly.
The Chicago Trades Council. after considering n
several points OF vital Importance relative to tne
shortening Of the worS-day adopted the following
preamble and resolutions:
WHEREAS, The Trades Assembly Of Washington,
D. C.. hare indor.ed. the above resolutions; and
WHEREAS. The International Labor Union OF
America has also ratified tho same; and
WHEREAS, Said reduction is we'll caicuiated 70
create denand for labor by placing a limit upon
the supply q labor; therefore, BE- it
Kesolred By the Council Of Trades and Labor
Cnions Of Chicago and vicinity, that We also give
our support to them. and earnestly recommend The
adontion Of the sa1ne by all the Trades and Labor
Unions Of the United States and Canada
Retolred, That the Secretary Of the Trades coun-
resolutions to all laaor papers throughout the
United States and Canada for publication.
Mr. Creech, the laureate Of the Socialists,
sang song, the burden OF which vas, Cali
fpruia has be- gun to roll tie bali along" ne:
song icing iaudatory of Denuts hearney ana
denunciatory Of the monopolists-
EASTMAN 1oQU1rUR-
The Chairman then introduced Mr. Joseph
Eastman az the first speaker. A1r. Eastman
once wrote pamphlet on '3Rcason anu RIOT
and is, in a general way, more OF an author
than workingman or q speaker before work
tugmea's meetings This BECAME very evident
in an exceedingly brief space Of time. He be-
gan by saving that he felt ill-prepared to ad-
dress so large meeting OF wo!kingmen, and, as
be said this, the paleness OF his tace BETRAYED
something Of what might be called sfage-t1lgnt-
Summoning. up modlcum Of courage, he man.
aged to say that, tn considering the question OF
the reduction OF the honrs OF labor, he would
trent the subject rs scientific one, which it
really was The general apathy Of the crowd,
combined with the Speakers nervousness, was
too much for him, and, looking around, he Wh:s-
psred IT, Parsons that he coulan't go on. Parsons
and the Chairman evidently sgmpathized with
him,-pcrhaps they had been there themselves
on occasions,-and the latter. came to his res
cue with the statement that he
was not SO we'll prepared now as
he presumably would be after awhile In the
meantime, Mr. Parsons-a man who was always
prepared to address Workingmen- would address
tie meeting.
Mr. Eastman was applauded for his praise
worthy effort, an0 Parsons was received with
the usual amount Of favor. .
BE started with an apology for Eastman as
beginner. He agreed with Eastman that the
elght-honr question was purely an economic
one It was the application OF sociology to
practical things Mr. Parsons defined the
said that body occupied the same position 10 re-
gard to the Torkinpmen as the Congress OF the