The Labor enquirer., 1888-03-31
TraAes Asssnhly.

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tion was present and much interest
manifested in several subjects.
The committee appointed at a
previous meeting to draft a plan
for the labor hall project reported
and lengthy discussion ensued
which resulted in instructions to
the committee to consult legal
authority as to the legality of sew
eral points in the plan which had
been submitted. The committee
will be able to make complete re-
port at the next meeting of the
assembly, April IA.
An invitation from the railroad
Jubilee" committee of arrange
ments to participate in tramping
the streets on the following Friday
was calmly received and gently
filed without discussion.
The resolutions OF sympathy for
the Burlington engineers caused
a lengthy and spirited debate
which was participated in by quite
a number Of the delegates. The
motion to lay the resolutions on
the table was lost. One of the
iron molder's union delegation.
QUINN said he thought it was
beneficial to discuss the resolu-
tions. He said the resolutions
we're misleading when they stated
that the engineers were fighting
for a principle, "for." said the
speaker, 1t is a we'll known fact
that the engineers have never had
any principle but one based on
selhshness and an utter contempt
for all other labor organizations;
consequently they cannot fight for
a principle, as they never had a
principle. They have learned
something this time and they
needed the lesson. Gar Arthur
has used his influence to control
the engineers organization and
run it to defeat just strikes of the
railroad employees in the past.
The engineers aristocracy" said
Mr.. Quinn, in conclusion. "is gone
up; they will have to associate
with ordinary workingmen in
future"
A delegated Vaughn) from the
typographical union brought down
the house by moving to adopt the
entire with the excep-
tion of the words following sUhFrf-
as, the first word. He believed a
discussion of the subject was
healthy at this time. Common.
ordinary mortals believed the en-
gineers should be taught a lesson
and that lesson should be taught
effectually. Their organization is
too extremely conservative and
selfish. They need our sympathy
and a dose of the same medicine
they have been administering to
other labor organizations for years
back. Their sympathy comes
from the capitalist press" said
Mr.. Vaughn in concluding his re-
marks, land they need and are
welcome to il"
A delegate from the Cigar
Makers Union { Overlook thought
the sympathy of the Trades As
sembly should be extended to the
engineersin order that it might not
be said we were retaliating on the
brotherhood; that it was not good
policy to try to down the strong
est labor organization in the coun-
try. The speaker passed some
reproving remarks about those
who proposed the resolutions in
the first place and limited it as his
opinion that it was done for the
purpose of knocking out" the en-
gineers, This brought Delegate
o. L. Smith of the printers dele
CATION to his feet with the state
ment that he, as one of the orig
inal committee, had declined to
serve for the simple reason that
he was not in favor of extending
sympathy, by resolution or ether
wise, to the engineers.
An I. M. U. delegate said he
protested against the speaking of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers as "a great labor organ
ization." as they had never been