Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-12-12

POWOERt Y' S tsivAL..

PoWDERtY's Rival.
Nj. Harry Issnss - Address Inviting AT
sToi ers tn Join Him Under this Banner
Of the :. Hrothe hood Of United Labor,
AIMS Of the Proposed New Orgsniza-
tiOn. ia
EAST SAGINAW, Mich, Dec. TT. B.
Barry, especially conspicuous by his an
tagonism to General Master Workman T.
Y. Powderly OF the knights of Labor, has.
with others, determined to attempt the or
ganization Of laboring men under . new
system. Mr.. Barry has written q let
ter addressed 70 the working-men
OF America, soon to Sbe! &publiahsd In
the labor papers, ID which he sets forth
the theory and object Of the proposed
new organization. This course on. the
part Of the Qpbbnents TO Powderly Is the
outgrowth Of the long developing quarrel
In the old organization. which eliminated
In the recent meet ng at Indianapolis In
his address Mr.. Barry says: 3&s 81
I'm answer to the many letters coming TO mo
requesting that Ileda 4 newt labor movement; r
have consented TO do 60. After exehdng,ne
the work Of reform they al agree that. lsbor
movement that does not teach seR-reliance to
the masses and destroy thef over OF centralism
world prove Q failure; Tor the history OF the
world teaches that where the masses we're.
taught to depend upon i6aders nUds others to do,
for them what they could best DO for. them. :
selves resulted in Disappointment bhd failure. :
Ireland is o living illustration of this truism.
For the last: seven centuries the oppressed
people of !: that unhappy country have
struggled for national ;: and industrial
freedom, but for the first time in
taught self-relance in the Land League move
ment inaugurated by that u.f ,nch1ns patriot,
MI cbael Dayitt; and, Notwithstanding The fact !.
that all Of Ireland's great leaders were cast .
into English dungeons, the movement was
stronger in their absence than IN their pres
ence, for from the humbl6st cabin could~he
called men or women +. to fll the position OF
leaders. .'1ss
"All were leaders in the CREST army OF re-
form, and those oppressed people were teach
ing the world the science Of peaceful and
boodless revolution, and had they continued
in that course the powers of landlordism
would ere this have been destroyed
No movement can be successful in which
the people are educated TO believe
that their happiness depends upon the action
Of a few. II the people are gwen to under
stand that success or failure rests with them,
and will. exercise The brain that nature has
endowed them with. then II leaders prove
false or err in judgment they will cast them
aside Ike SO much 0riftwoOd and the move
ment W Ill 60 onward and upward to success
I'm taking this step am not dong SO for the
purpose OF fighting the Knights OF Labor OF to
crafty any per sonal amb ton, but for the sole
purpose OF establishing honesty in and placing
the labor movement on a decentralized basis,
which will make it forever almost impossiole
for cliques and rings to be formed to destroy in
months the labor OF years The condition OF the
tollers m axes necessary an organization that
will teach self-reliance to the masses, be broad
in principle, and fearless In its advocacy OF
human rights, while federating labor's forces
under one head through common Obligation
and password, yet an organization that Will re-
spect the rights Of trades to control their own
affairs without interference from dictators or
autocr IS. =
'.Such an organization will the Brotherhood
Of United Labor be. 1t will be established on
the decentral zed basis. It will leave TO-
trades or central branches complete ju-
risdict;on and control over their own
affairs, and leave to those bodies the
right to enact, amend or repeal their
own laws and commission their own organ
izers; will teach the referendum and encour-
age its practice II disputes or controversies
arise between members or their employers
they will be settled by those most conversant
with the trouble, and not by men who know
nothing about the cause of complaint.
IS It W IL mainta n friendly relations with all
legitimate organizations OF labor. It will draw
the line closely on scabs and scabism and will
not be made the refuge for the whitewashingof
alton and the means OF bringing it into practice,
and will ms st upon our member giving far
manufacturers preference when purchasing
the necessaries OF life. 1t wall not appeal to-
the passion or prejud &c of the people, but will
appeal to their intelligence and common sense,
and will pursue progressive educat onal pol
icy to bring into practice and have enacted
into practical law its platform of rinciples.
''The cardinal principles OF the Brotherhood
Of United Labor will be land, currency and
transportation reform, for beneath all the social
questions Of our time these three are OF primary
and univer> al Importance and are now agitating
the great minds of the world. FIRST, the right
Of man to the use of the earth; second, the TAX
ing from usurers and shylocks the right to,
control our currency: third, the governmental
ownership of the means OF Transporting per-
sons, freight and intelligence, aud the taking
OF those engines of human happiness out of the
hands Of stock gamblers and SPECTATORS, and
operating them for the benefit OF producer and
consumer.
"Whle seeking q settlement Of those ques-
lions, we shall labor for amelorative terms.
such as the reduction of the hours OF labor to-
eight per day; the prohibit on OF child
labor; abolition of the contract system
in the employing OF convicts; abolition
OF the contract system on National
State and municipal works; prohibi.
ton Of foreign labor under cont act; the puri-
hcation of our politics through the adoption OF
the Australian system of vot:ng-in fact all
legitimate means for the Improvements of the
human family mentally, morally, socially and
physically" = : nj
q The letter concludes by saying tn at COM
missions will be issued as soon as the
blanks are prepared, and that Information
will be supplied by the writer from 231
Gage street, Eust Saginaw, Mich. Local
labor leaders who are in sympathy with
the new movement express great conf
dence in its success.
.4 .. KEEP II HOLY. Is. 81
Cardinal Gibbons Writes = Letter Favor
ing q Federal Law to Preserve the
Sa"ct;ty OF the Sabbath.
New YORK, Dec REV. Wilbur F.
Crafts, Of this city, has received a letter
from Cardinal Gibbons, of Baltimore, in