Telegram-herald., 1886-04-21

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lhs adoption of the eigAt hour SYSTEM
seuia nai Z te.i yea. threw ogl "a eulIaos
lisli fte lnp3raE uscn. oei a Woaid ctx-sis
q y lndgrfai VACANCY lea s. jsV cashiers and
useless clerks 4. IS gue tl.4i Il might drive
lo lae aaA some as ths siD4il capitalists
/ nal theu We could welcome thelU g. eug
ranks and slRe taem fas same opportunity
Ne eDjos Qi earning an honest dollar Tie
seetna ehItctsgA made and o1e ul which
great siIes> Is iald : CONSIDER al Insult aua
: saut e4eh ane IT yoa v hen The press or
utilsFs slap Nog ln tift iaoe and cali Nou
beer Eutfler1 a. resent be-. O4F ttflSi
Master Workman Pow derry never touched q
arop iu his hie and statistics Vii
prove lhAt but 3 small percentage 81 the
earnings of TIE Naee- wofk kers-~ ben eiui-
pared Nlt. Those ~ other classes are tk
peadei iu lntoAieanis The reduction ~
tae hours oi labor Niii I believe be ~
more heneni e. the temperance cause ihan
al the lecturers on ibe platform stop
eAhauslnE mankind and you vii rot hila
oi . desire Co drink intoKlcauls. winch la
many cases are F.rtakeu 0f to strengthen
oFefWorked and Jircd bodies III Ne can
sei elsht hours 4 aay. ama believe we can.
it niIi enable us g. increase oar income aud
place us iD q position where Ne can rent
one or tao nore rooms aud drop the saloon
where ws have hesn in the habit of meeting
our friends
There vas never time in Chicago =
history - len the labor interest Vas 50
booming Ne have surTed up sentiment
J am proud of Many 0f the ministers have
proclaimed themselves ln favor oi eight
hours means ~ stopping the ups and
downs ~ labor aud / can assure you that II
YOU viii cooperate With the Chicago
furniture workers yuu Nlil gain the desine1
eigi. hours sought Tor aud will see ils
Inauguration May B. ia ls1s the Chicago
fauiiars manufacturer claimed that 30 was
oTcrproiuetun that had ruined their busl-
Ness and BOW why shouldn't they he
willing to live up 70 a project that viii
certainly benehi them now Il n wonld then.
by curIalhns the production
Nl the supleei ~ The boycott he said III
fhs boycott is harbafogs it il simply a turn-
ug 0f the tables Tor when ! took stand
"a oreanIae my felloN workmen into trades
uulon, } was botcotted and The same is
lrue 0i other When VAS The s4ueahng
when we were turned out in the cold
know men who were black sled a. they
used 20 c4li 80. aud they never Ioouid pet
work bat they never sQuealed In phil
o,ophicli sense the boycott demonstrates
that the waseworkers have some rights
which The masses of people Will respect
When Franklin refused 90 buy
English cloth, le 50yc0ited the
English. When the Boston
people threw overheard fhe cargo Of tea.
they boycotiei the English and yet these
thing. were bat the foundation % the
cradle oi independence ! Viii admit that
there are large number of unnecessary
strike, and foolish boscoiis. but that shoGid
not react against the workingmen who en-
deayor o. boycott ar means 81 defe nding
their rights and am here 10 defend that
great weapon Here the speaker referred
20 labor unions showing their strength. and
continued FL hope YOU will remember
that It requires more than pluck 10 win a
battle. You must ha level headed. appoint
your committees secure conference with
employers and do what is best.
The men who do not belong "a
labor organizations are reiarding our pro-
gre.s. Long ago. with their assistance We
could easily have beuered our general con
dluon. You nOn-uuion men-I don want
t0 cali you scabs. for perhaps you have
never seen The necessity Of Joining lth us
have been hanging - oar coat tails
and kepi g- from climbing the pole of pros
Ierily. join us and We promise you that
the elght-hour movement viii be- a success
and that child labor VIII be entirely done
away with ] hope that Grand Rapids viii
! y
can proclaim MAY ! that they have done
their duty. Keep on educating and agitat-
| ing until this great land D. made a. happy
a. ingenuity can make it,
Al ihe conclusion Of the speakers re-
marks Josiah II Thhifis was caned for and
delivered his usual labor address. adding by
way of flavor that The prOspe riiy Of the
manufacture. depended on the prosperity
OF tle waEc- workers. Why. said he no
%
workers decide on, 30 lies lu the poWer ~
such m8udlin thieves a. Jav could and
such scoundreis a. John Mackay 90 stop The
wheels of every industry. and such men
| should not bc allowed such prestige IL BE-
! tAe mean manufactures and mean work
| iDgnsen who have been the means Of cutting
| down wages aud prices. aud want 10 see
nothing made that IS cheap and nasty
/ There are men here Who ran their factories
| fourteen hours "a day and then 60 into other
markets and cut prices away down. II YOU
can't ser the idle men so work by reducing
| the hours of labcr to eight. cat them down
I 60 SIX, f1r every man should work.
/ The f1IiowinA resolutions were presenfc1
/ by the Chairman 0f the Central Labor mon
and unanimously adopted. after wbicn The
meeting adjourned
Ie.t.ri fhat as fhe wealth of thc world s. dis-
fUhrtai through the wage system iis better Dis
! tuf.sf.oa must come through higher wages and
eaIcr oupirHuites uufI wages shall represent
/ ile earuluEs nud uaf fhe neeessiiiee of lap0r.
ihr- melting rrlff Hpfn labor ouf 30 eNie euof
and masIn- cooperation ni sell empo}ed labor,
ihe EafHrsi and logical step from wage riafef5 %
E,elrf thst The f-sf sifr toward thc elnsnc.-
patton el labor b reduction of the h0uu of aior
/ tHai fhe added leisure produced hy q Reduction
{ uf tle hufIr of labor VIII operate ufrlu th'
natural hH'is afd e''-'sa- ef ne people. fiierF
4 Iug HaHt. stimulating ambitgns oe0rfa 10
! liIeuf-e auH increasing wages therefore pe f