Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-08-29
NIElLlGENCER. TUESDAY. 1882

NCAO1Lh Z DAlL1 l. In
THE LABOR CONVENTION
TaOs. A. AkMsTRONG FOB GOvERNOb.
A Sweeping Platform Adopted asd . Lively
Fight About taking Part In Politics-
Mr. Mcclure Denounced.
In the Trade and Labor convention at
Philadelphia on Monday, the text of the
resolutions offered by Welsh, of Schuyl.
kill. was as follows
WHEREAS, there frequently appeared in
the Philadelphia Times editorials charging
the Workingmen's Union of Schuylkill
county with selling out to the bosses, and
We, the Industrial Executive board of
Schuylkill county, do hereby stamp the
whole matter as base fabrication, and in
order to give the gentlemen An opportunity
to prove his assertions concerning the
WoTkingmen's Union of Schuylkill county
therefore be it
Resolued, That We hereby invite Aleck
Mcclure or any committee he may select
to meet us at any time or any place in
Schuylkill county. and should he McClure)
refuse to meet said committee, we ask him
to retract the foul charges he has made
against the workingmen of Schuylkill
county, and should he not comply with
the above We brand him as a liar and a
coward, and regard him and his paper un-
worthy to be recognized by the mass of
the coal regions !; and Furthermore be it
Resoloed, That We, the Committee of the
I. E. B., of Schuylkill county, are author
lied to prove, when the proper time comes,
certain charges against Aleck Mcclure,
which will unmask the action of the gen.
tleman and show him up in his true light
before the people of this commonwealth.
Signed-Reese P. Daniels. Philip Mohan,
Christian Byrnes, John F. Welsh.
After a lengthy discussion the resolution
was referred to the committee on resolu-
tiOns.
John Jarrett, the permanent chairman,
made speech in which he claimed that l.
was the right of the wOrkingman to strive
to elevate labor, and that it was the duty
of the wOrkingmen to attempt to touch
the heart of the nation, SO that it shall
respond to the claims Of the laborer. The
reason of the prolongation of the strike in
Pittsburgh was because the oligarchy of
the banks was behind the capital against
which labor was conteDding. The press
was the servlle tool of capitol. 1t could
see everything wrong in labor, but it
never could sec anything wrong in capitol.
He would say to them: "Pull the beam
out of your own eye, then you can sec to
pull the moat out of thy brothers eye
Let the press say what it might, they were
not there in the interest of the radical
party or any other political organization,
l,,,& 80 Abx,n
we will be free men,"
pied the chair. He announced that Chair
Chester to settle a dispute about wages
gates were present.
the effect that the chairman be instructed
not to entertain any resolution offered in
the convention having for its object the
Endorsement or recognition Of any known
political party. This resolution struck a
marks of approval from the delegates.
tion to the dOorkeeper on the right side of
the hall, who, he said, was not in fit
condition to attend to his duty.
kill water, evidently" remarked Chair
man McPadden, as Philadelphia dele
gate hastened to relieve the Overstocked
doorkeeper.
w. II. Borrell, of tho shoe cutters asso
citation of Philadelphia, offered resolution
stating that for twenty years the working
men had looked in vain to the two great
parties for recognition. The true remedy
fOr all the ills lay in pure, able and
economical administration of government,
and workingmen should pledge themselves
to bring about such a result.
]. NJ. Cuddy, of Morocco dressers' as
sociation, Philadelphia, caused a lively dis.
cussion by advocating the adoption of
resolution cOndemning the import alton of
Italian labor. He asserted that Italians
were as hurtful to American LABOR as the
Chinese. He favored raising the cry of
The Italian must CO." Mr.. Cuddy's
proposition wasnOt popular, and his sug-
gestions were attacked by half dozen
delegates.
At the evening session the galleries were
thronged with spectators, and number
of ladies smiled upon the delegates from
the prOscenium boxes. Chairman Nc.
Padden read a telegram from Mayor T. V.
POwderly, of Scranton, which caused q
feeling of sadness in the assemblage. Mr..
POwderly, who is grand master of the
Knights of Labor Of Pennsylvania, said
that his father was dead, his brother
badly injured and his brOther-in.law dan
gerously ill. This accounted for his alb
scnce, but he wished the convention Cod
speed. A resolution expressive of the
sympathy of the convention for Mr.. Pow
derly was unanimously adopted.
Frank Heath rose to a personal explain.
alton, and stated that he was in the con.
vention simply as delegate, and had no
other object than assisting workingmen to
take measures to secure their rights. He
was member of the Grecnback party, but
he would not ask them to indOrse his party
or its candidates. He believed labor to
be above all parties.
The KcsOlauiOus
The committee on resolutions appeared
at last, and Chairman Rankin read the
result Of its labor, which was as fol.
lows
Whereas the freedom of labor is men-
aced in Pennsylvania as never before by |
recent political and legal action, we be |
lieve the time is at hand when united labor |
should take such political action as shall |
secure just recognition before the law.
1. That we demand the repeal of that
portion of the act of 1872 iegalizing trade |
and labor unions organized for their mu-
tual aid and benefit and protection which |
deprives them Of the practical benefits of |
it's otherwise just provisions, to the end |
that associated labor shall have all the |
rights and privileges permitted to associ-
ated capital.
2. That we demand such revision of the |