St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-12
The President to be Asked to En-
force the Eight.HOur Law.

The President to be Asked to En-
force the Eight.HOur Law.
WASHINGTON. Dec 11.-When the labor
federation met this morning the committee
OH resolutions made a report, which set
forth that the remedy Of boycott has been
grossly abused, so as to endanger the use
tulness of this legitimate and powerful
weapon in the hands of the working people
to protect their rights and interests; that
some organizations resort to it for trivial
measures, and there were instances where
rival orders Of workingmen had placed
boycott on union employees. or firms en-
ploying union laborerS. In facts, the reso-
luton recites that the federation discounte-
nances such proceedings, and depreciates it
on account of the odium cast upon the
working classes and the injury to their in
terests. The report was adopted. A reso-
luton recommending WOrkingmen and their
friends to smoke no cigars except those
bearing the label of the Cigarmakers' union
was adopted. A resolution was anopted
urging that some measures should be intro
duced in congress prohibiting any combna-
ton from acting as spies for corporate
monOpolieS, for the purpose of Overawing
and intimidating wOrkmen who are peace
ably engaged in protecting their interests
and rights. Resolutions were also adopted
calling on the president to suspend Judge
Ellis of this city, because of his hostility to
trades unions, and requesting all the Or
CARNATIONS to indorse the handmade cans,
bearing the trade mhrk of the National
Canmakers Protective association. A reso-
luton instructing the legislative committee
to induce the president OF the United States
to enforce by proclamation, on or before
May l, the eight-hour law was adopted.
On reconvening the finance committee sub
mitted favorable report on the resolution
providing for the levying of a ten-cent.
per capita tax on all members of trades
unions
WITHIN THE JURISDICTION
of the federation, for the purpose of ex-
tending the usefulness and power of the
federation. An amendment was offered to
make the tax instead of 10 cents, and
after long discussion the matter was Ie-
ferred to the respective unions. The reso-
luton committee reported series of reso-
buttons, which were adopted, denouncing
the convict-labor contract system as per-
nicious and opposed to the interests of the
working people of the country; calling upon
all labor organizations to oppose any
candidate for national or state legis-
iative honors who will not pledge
himself to the abolition of the
system and directing the legislative commit
tee to draft a bill and have it introduced
into congress providing that all government
work shall be done under competent super
intendents, and that no further contracts
for such work shall be hereafter entered
into, and making it the duty of said COM
mittee to endeavor to. have bill to that eff
feet passed by the various state legislatures.
A resolution constituting the committee on
legislation, board of arbitration and boy
cotting was adopted, and the proposition to
organize an independent labor party in pol
itics was defeated. Resolutions demanding
the enforcement of the laws restricting
Chinese emigation, calling upon the work
ing women of the country to organize, and
authorizing the executive committee to as
sist them, and calling for compulsory edu-
cation of children up to their fourteenth
year, and prohibiting their employment in
mines and factories. were adopted.