The examiner., 1886-08-14


Texas Knights of Labor are taking live
ly interest in politics, but are mainly look
ing after the legislative positions.
Akron, Ohio, has organized good solid
Greenback Labor club and preparations
have been made for an aggressive cam
paign.
The Essex County Trades Assembly of
!. NJ - decided to enter the
: ss4tesz5ss 81 IND saas2ed problem.
The Greenbackers of Vermont have nom
mated a full State ticket, and adopted a
platform consisting of the 1st, Cd, 18th and
10Th articles of the K. of L. Declaration of
Principles.
A meeting of a Subcommittee, appoint
ed by gathering of representative work
ingmen, was held in Chicago last Saturday
evening to outline course of independent
political action in the county election.
The Labor party in Baltimore seems to
be assuming form. The German Central
Union has instructed it's delegates to have
their unions to attend to naturalizing all
members SO they can assist the Labor party
in the falls election.
L. A. COLT, of ILL.,, located in the legis-
lative district comprising the country towns
in the north part of Cook County, has de-
termined to support candidate for the
legislature by combination with other as
semblies in the district, and with all who
favor the independent movement.
The Central Labor Union of Brooklyn,
seeing the importance of united action on
the part of organized labor in the coming
political campaign, have decided to issue
County for the purpose of devising some
plan which will meet the approval of orga-
nized labor.
The conference called by the New York
Central Labor Union to decide upon the
ACCESSIBILITY of taking Independent political
action, decided by vote of 200 to 40 in
favor of independent politics. 1t is pre-
sumed that Henry George will be the Labor
candidate for Mayor.
A call has been sent out from Chicago for
a national conference in that city on We'd
nesday, SEPTEMBER 1, of knights of Labor
Farmers Alliance, Wheelers, Farmers and
Laborers' Cooperative Union, Changers,
Greenbackers, and -Monopolists, with
a view of organizing a national union party
''for the purpose of emancipating the gov
eminent from the control of the two old
political parties" There are prospects OF
a large gathering, and the movement will
doubtless command attention from all sec
tions.
The Executive Committee of the New
York State Workingmen's Assembly, has
issued call for trades and labor organiza-
tions to send delegates to convention in
Syracuse beginning on Sept. IL It is set
forth that the purpose of the convention
will be to review the action of the late
Legislature as to questions in which work
ingmen are especially interested, to consider
the recent construction of the Penal Code
making boycotttng a crime, and to take
measures for shaping future legislation in
the interests Of workingmen.
The following has been issued by the
Trades Council Of New Haven.
To all Labor Organizations at the Second
Congressional District Of Connecticut,
GREETING:
At the last regular meeting of the Trades
Council of New Haven, held Sunday
evening Aug. list, it was unanimously
voted that every Labor Organization in
this District be invited to send delegate
to conference, to be held at Trades Coun-
Gil Hall, this city, Sunday evening, Aug.
18th, to consider, and if deemed expedient
to arrange for, q convention to inaugurate
an Independent political movement this
coming fall.
Please take notice and govern yourself
accordingly.
Each bona file Labor Organization will
be entitled to one delegate who must
present credtntial bearing the signature
of the Secretary and seal of his organiza-
ton.
This actioni is taken at the earnest So
licitation of many active members of labor
organizations N different parts of the Dis
trict, and it is hoped that the labor ele-
ments of this District will be fully repre-
sented upon this occasion.
(oETl H, Fl. LANE, Sec'y.