Telegram-herald., 1886-04-21
THE FIRST GUN FIRED
Ia the Contest for Eight Hours
for a Days Work
SCHIllIAGS TALK TO TOlERs.
The ONLY Rope OF Peace and Prosper
ity-He Denies That Laboringmen
are Beer Guxziers -ReSo-
tions Adopted.


meeting al Iuoe's kall last night o. hear
discussed the elght-hour question by lhe
Chicago labor asitaior. George a. seAilins
The barn-like structure wa, well nilesi win
| representative e. Of the yauous trade and gne
! speaker held forth for about an hour ADD
half while the reporters struggled with
their notes on unplaned boards, occupslns
| upturned boAes for seats The hail is lis
/ huei for publ, use and sorely stands % need
Of janitor Aboul So persons including
| few ladies. sat through the address and
| from the remarks of the meu as
they left the hall there appears % be
"A united determination 60 give the proposed
| plan a trial sehiling is man of atout
average height, has well pfoporuoned
| head and talks quite intelligently lie MAS
aturcd IN blue sack coat with light irons
| ers and has turn down collar and black and
| red bow neckue gave him much the app
| pe,rance Of a man Of business rather than "a
| laborer. Schidng has been a member 9f
trades unions since he wa. 3 years oi age.
and for thirty wears has upheld their
| principle, and for the last eight
years has advocated them publicly
among wage workers in Chicago.
| lie was "A member of the committee
that waited on The various employers of
| labor in Chicago last December 10 nouy
| them Of the advance dscale of wages de
manded, and a few days thereafter was
notified 10y his employers IN the packing
| house that his services were no longer
/ needed the cause assigned by them being
an overplus OF hands Since that period he
has been agitating the eight hour system
The meeting was called 10 order by f. II.
| Gill president OF the Central labor union.
| &. c. Barber was chosen chairman and
George stone a furniture worker at the
! Phoenix. selected a. secretary IN assun-
ing the gavel Chairman Barber said We
| have entered into "A great contest and what
ever its result the members of the Knights
of Labor and trades assemblies are the men
on whom Will be placed the results Who
are these men, They are the men VINO We
have entrusted 10 build our blocks and elect
our presidents and there nee be- no fear 20
trust them Tor when his contes, is over
and the sun shines brightly again on labor
it will be found that they have done nothing
detrimental TO the interests of the en-
ployer"
The speaker of the evening. Geo. A.
Schilling. was introduced aud spoke as
follows. "In ISIS it was my pleasure to
visit this city and deliver an address on tins
|
that a Grand Rapids newspaper advised me
10 pack my satchcl and get ont Of town at
! once. The battle of political freedom has
| been won. the battle of slavery has been
| won and now comes the battle for the
| adjustment, or reaGiustment of the rights of
labor In the history of the development
OF society We find no longer an adjustment
of the rights of labor, and It j. for a, 60 dis
Cuss the great question, the production Of
wealth and its equitable division among
labor The speaker quoted au article
showing the effects of the Introduction %
machinery in reducing the demand for labor
as well "a increasing productions. and c0n-
tinued Had the hours Of labor been
reduced ten years ago there would not have
been the present trouble, bar the capitalists
are taking advantage of unemployed labor
a. lever % reduce wages and
pile on hours, and the wage workers
are compelled to force "A recognition of their
rights In the Pittsburgh district the natural
gas has thrown ont Of employment r 0n
woTkingmen who are forced 90 beg fpr their
very subsistence Seeing all natural au-
vancements in science and machinery work
ing 10 their disadvantage, can ii be- won
dered az that the laboring men arr dis.afis-
hed2 Forty wears ago this country was
comparatively free OF beEgars. hut now a.
our productive capacity ha, increased the
opportunities for making living
have decreased IN the same
ratio From New England the cradle Of
American liberty, comes a sad and sorry
tale of the working girls walking ibc
streets in the winter weather without shoes
and sleeping n barns for want of better
shelter ln view Of such things is i noi
time for the X of 7 90 protest.
The circulation of wealth performs ale
same function in the social 6niy
a. thr h.ood dse- in fhn
| human bmr Whenevor through aaF
cause money oeuralizes. there musi come
revolution We who are advocating thf
eight. hour system realize what is it at stake
and we aesire to see this chaos avoided io-
stead of preopitaied Look AZ the men in
| Chicago last winter who. duTinE fhe strike
were compelled 20 sleep In the tunnels t0
keep from freezing and then ask YoureeI
why shouldn the k ~ J. enroll Theses
/ poor men under their banner and pru'ee
( them system ~ cooperative PROD ucti0I
must come and We are noi perfect uu-
til we rcf f. Unfortunately f0f ta'
workers they can onlf earn
their bread by earning = profit far others
and .ahnr ard capital are today e'-nT,eraf
lng and If is the wHrseF wag Ereaees th'
machinery fo provide profits ~ fae eu
u.0Vars Tie social habits and cusfafes 81
+ Tho people regulate the VaEes end tte rrar
ulust G.. Vilf zad is forced fs tie wal esealss
he Is br0geht into oomFief ifion wifh IRE Us1
~ iow and inferior habits We mr9f or
game and force this class 81 fsFe fhe wages
ue demand ~ car fheir 'hr9sts A hsfeFe
We are 8eterrn ired - have - reaera So
ana unr q afgcstfou ard refinement rl
desire Portable horges end surround ~
are forced 81 hr7E these ftIngs infn 1erl
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