Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-12-14

tiS DtNh otlOhc,
which he brought from Nazareth, saw
such as Jesus is supposed to have used
when he toiled as a workingman at his
trade.
Speaking recently at Scranton, with
I. V. Powderly in tho chair, Mr.. Crafts
called the saw an "ancient badge of
knighthood i'm labor" "No one," he
said. "who knows and honors the story
Of Christ can ever despise honest toll in
himself or in any other man. Surely
the church that was founded by car
penter ought never to DO out of SYM
pathy with the real interests Of working
men, chief of which Is the preservation
Of one unbroken day in every week for
rest and home and, TO those who wish II,
culture of conscience" The saw repre-
sents the cooperation Of labor organiza-
tions with the American Sabbath union
in the Sunday rest movement. In con-
nection with addresses by the field sec
retary. the Central Labor Union Of New
York city, the Knights of Labor, the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
and other labor organizations have in.
dorsed the unions petition to congress
for Sunday rest law for postmen and
others under the jurisdiction of con-
gress-not the Blair bill, but some law
in the same line. Cardinal Gibbons
and more recently the Catholic congress
have joined hands with tho union in SO
much of its work as relates to the civil
Sabbath. The Womans Christian Tenn
perance union has been the best ally of
all in this fight against Sunday work.
The reports presented in the recent
convention showed that the great petition
and the wide agitation had not been
without result. Mr.. p. NJ. Arthur was
quoted as estimating that at least $4,000
railroad men had gained their "home
day" by the reduction of Sunday trains
on score of roads during the last year.
But 100000 remain in this branch of
Sunday work. Nearly all Of the 10000
In the posta! service, also, do more or
less Of Sunday work. Other branches Of
business, it was shown, carry up the total
Of those engaged in Sunday work in tho
United States, in addition to those whose
work is that of mercy or necessity, TO 3d.
000. 900. Counting their families, there are
at least 100000 whose "home day" is
broken up by unnecessary Sunday work.
This was presented as "A wide field for
the humanitarian and labor reformor,
as well as for tho Christian and the
legislator.
The convention gave earnest attention
to this part of the problem, and repre-
sentatives of the letter carriers knights
of Labor and other similar organizations
pr.pla hx tnuttattfn Tho t,athnla' hx,
which various cities have secured more
rcstful Sundays We're graphically told by
speakers from those cities. The fact
was emphasized that BARRIERS, bakers,
launders, photographers and others,
apart from all religious questions, have
in recent months undertaken in many
cities to secure Sunday rest for them
selves by getting most of the trade to
close by agreement, and then closing up
by law the few who refuse to join in the
movement for the general good.
Great emphasis was put on the fact
that the District Of Columbia is the only
/ spot in the civilized world except France
and "Frenchy California" that has no
| Sunday law. The only person now pro-
tected in his righ: TO the weekly rest,
/ ana III ms corresponding rIShts OF con-
science, by United States law is the pres
| ident. He has monopoly Of the Sum
| day rest. He has 'ten days Sundays
cxcepted)" to consider every bill sent
to him by congress. That parenthesis,
"Sundays excepted" which protects bin,
is an acorn that the American Sabbath
union claims should be allowed by con-
gress to grow into the wide spreading
/ oak OF the Sunday rest law, under whose
also enjoy their Sunday rest"