The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-08-21

Unions In this city, some very important

Unions In this city, some very importan
information, and requested should con
vey the substance thereof to leading mem
bers oil the most numerically powerful
labor organizations throughout the Union
Us facilities for direct communication
with those bodies by the committee hay,
not been perfected Us vet.
The Senator expressed en- opipion tina
the plan heretofore presented by the Wash
ington City branch OF the Federation o
Labor, namely, the Central Committee o
representative workmen from nil sections
OF the Union at the Capital, with duly au
thenticated subcommittee or directory
Will prove the most practicable method o
obtaining information relative to the pres
ent condition OF the working classes ant
their grievances, the causes OF labor strikes
and practical suggestions as 10 what will
tend TO the improvement OF their socia
condition. siTG,.! ~. -
Senator Blair remarked, also, that por
ton OF the public press Is doing great In
Justice to the Senate Committee by intima
ting that members thereof are unmindful
OF the great Importance OF the vital ques
lions submitted TO them for investigation
insinuating they have turned the atfail
into q "lunketing party ut the seashore.'
IT will hc the aim OF tho committee to
fairly adjust relatations between capitalists
and laborers, not hurriedly, but with due
deliberation. He therefore hoped that
both capitalists and laborers will selec,
representative men, in whose judgment
and integrity they can place implicit reli.
ance, and both parties will do the com.
mittee the justice to believe that they will
net honestly and fairly, according to their
judgments. ~ . :
In transmitting the foregoing inlorma.
ton, at the request OF the honorable chair.
man OF the committee designated by gu.
preme power, the law.making power OF
the land, to arbitrate between aggressive
capitalists and apparently defenseless Ia.
borers, l cannot resist the opportunity to
say, as colaborer OF the earnest and dc.
voted men TO whom this commu.
nication is respectfully addressed, that /
think it would be u wise policy, at this
Juncture, to adviseal workingmen now on
strike, who rely upon financial aid from
the scanty store Of their fellow.laborers, to
resume work at an early day-at least be.
lore winter, with increased expenses, sets
in-upon the best terms obtainable from
their late employers, and continue to work
with as much patience as they can com.
mand until they see what Congress will do
in the matter next winter. .7Ua
II it should transpire in this legislative
inquiry that the industrial classes are be-
ing juggled with by knavish tools OF un.
scrupulous power (which will not believe
until it is clear ly proved), rational strike
could be inaugurated within thirty days
after the adjournment OF Congress next
March, by the unified labor organization Of
the United States, with tenfold more effect
than the recent strikes OF one hundred and
fifty thousand men. II the siege is raised
and hostilities cease for the winter funds
now devoted to sustaining strikes may be
more effectively applied to the economi.
cal maintenance Of central committee OF
vigilant and active workers at the Capital
in collecting and preparing statistics to
sustain our cause before Congress.
l dlsclaim any authority from any body
Of men for the suggestion contained in the
above paragraphs, but submit it as my in-
dividual view Of the present situation.
Very respectfully,
ALEXANDER n. KENNEDY,
President Federal Labor Unions, Wash.
ington City.