The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-11-24
LABOR.
Second Annual Session of the National
Trades Council at Cleveland, O.

CLEVELAND o., Nov 22.-Richard Powers,
of Chicago, president of the Lake Sailors
union, and acting in his capacity as president
of the legislative committee of the national
trades congress, called the second an
nual session Of that congress to or
der in the Sloss block The position of
secretary was held by W. e. Foster, secretary
of the legislative committee and repre-
senting the trades assembly of Cincinnati.
After call for credentials the meeting was
adjourned to o'clock, at which hour it was
again called to order, and an address Of well
come was read by George A. Coils, of the
Cleveland trades assembly, on behalf of the
workingmen of this city. The reading of the
list of delegates showed that some twenty
five or thirty national labor organizations were
represented in the congress. A question on
the non-payment of full capita tax on
behalf of Frank K. Foster, of the International
Typographical union, was laid over for the
present. The delegates being admitted,
President Powers then spoke a few moments
on behalf of the congress, thanking the peo-
pie of Cleveland for their hearty welcome, and
said that he hoped for better future for
the small representation present was due to
their own action in keeping the basis down,
and although there might not be a large num-
Der here, they all knew that there was a large
and well organized army of union men behind
them. Samuel Lefhngwell, of Indianapolis
was unanimously elected chairman of the con-
vention. Samuel Gompers, of New York, was
elected vice president Frank K. Foster, of
Cambridge, Mass, was elected first secretary,
and w. II. Foster, of Cincinnati, was chosen
second secretary. The first gentleman de-
clined to serve, and Congressman I. j. Murch,
of Maine, was elected in his stead The cleo
ton of two auditors resulted in the choice of
Mark L. Crawford, of Chicago, and F. J.
Klokke, of Buffalo. A legislative committee
for the ensuing year was then chosen as fol-
lows: Richard Powers, Chicago; John CLASSIFY,
Boston; Hugo Miller, New York Secretary
Foster then read a lengthy report on behalf
Of the legislative committee, and also his per-
sonal report for the year The congress then
listened to paper by Frank Foster, of the
National Typographical Union, against the
protection plank in the platform of the feder-
alton, its title being Protection versus Labor"
Mr.. Crawford on behalf of the Chicago
trades assembly, submitted declaration from
that body in favor of an eight hour labor law
showing that the enforcement of such law
would make the rich no poorer but the poor
richer, and showing how that could be done
Both papers went to the committee on order
of business, which was then constituted as
follows: Fitzgerald, Dayton; Kenneth McKen-
zie New York; Robert Howard, Fall River
Mass. A committee on basis of representa-
ton and capita tax was constituted as fol-
lows: Gabriel Edmondson, Samuel Gompers,
and Richard Powers. A committee of five
were appointed from different states to select
place for the next meeting of the codgress
after which an adjournment was taken.