The Labor enquirer., 1885-05-23
THE PRINTERS.

The morning papers of Wednesday
contained set of resolutions which had
been passed the day before at a special
meeting of Denver Typographical union
No. 40. The resolutions related to the
strike now in progress upon the Denver
and Rio Grande, and were condemna-
tory of the action of last Sundays meet
ing at the rink, which action was not
very favorable to the News. !
Just why these resolutions were passed
is not clear to me, and have given the
subject some thought) and it does not
seem the wlsest thing in the world for
the union to oppose kindred organiza-
lions. There should be harmony be-
tween all labor organizations, and the
man who understands the labor question
and honestly desires the best interests
of the cause will be very careful how he
acts when there is a possibility of inter-
ests clashing. However, it is to be hoped
| JldG uO SOOu uudu Will oNol hdFO OSIa-
sion to regret the passage of the resolu7
tions.
It will do no good to publish the reso-
lutions in THE ENQUIRER and send them
to the labor centers of the country, and
it will not benefit anyone to say great
I dead upon the sNtjeet, therefore, d dis,
miss it with the hope that the spirit of
harmony will yet win the day in all
labor organizations, and that as speedily
as possible.
The Republican of Thursday con-
tanned the gist of petition which it said
was passed at the meeting of the union.
The petition is to be sent to the June
meeting of the International union, and
the Republican says it is for the purpose
of obtaining action by the International
whereby members of the union will not
be allowed to be Knights of Labor
I have no personal knowledge of this
portion of the proceedings of the meet
Ing, but l presume, from what have
heard, that the report is correct. If so,
this is serious mistake The Interna-
tional is not usually composed of chill
dren, but large percentage of the dele
gates are men who fully understand
principles, and are CALCULATED to study
anything which touches the labor ques-
ton as men and without prejudice. 1t
is easy to foresee what will be the fate
of such a petition before such body.
In this connection want to say few
words upon an editorial which appeared
in the News on Wednesday morning.
1t said that I was present at the meeting
when the resolutions were adopted and
that I tried to bulldoze the union into
taxing other action and that was ere
pudiated" by the union.
Now, as The ENQUIRER did not have a
reporter at the meeting in question, and
as the editor is too good union man to
divulge it's secret business, AM at a
slight disadvantage in this matter the
News had the best of me- But believe
l have the right to say that the "repudia-
ton" business did not take place while I
was in the meeting, and I have not yet
been notified by the proper authorities
that it took place after my departure.
1t is time the sensible men came to
the front, and put stop to the business
of allowing an organization to be used as
a means of venting the spite or jealousy
of any of it's members.
For the benefit of foreign readers of
The ENQUIRER will state that there Is
no truth in the statement of the Rocky
Mountain News l am net only consid-
cred a good union man at home and
abroad, but there are plenty of records
to show that the News is not a compe-
ttent Judge in this case.