Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-07-06
CHICAGO.
Central Committee Organized-Con'
sidering the Miners Strike.

| SOCIALIST Labor Party held their regular
weekly meeting at lie Grand's Hall, 600
Blue Island avenue, on Tuesday even
ing of last week.
Com. VIM. Langner. Organizer of the
| German Section, delivered an interest
ing and instructive lecture on THE
Labor Movement in America and in
Europe" The speaker referred to the
recent strikes in Westphalia, Paris, Vi
emma, Prague, etc, and compared them
| with the great number of strikes in our
| own country. There were only few
| strikes in the old country" he contin-
ued, during the last six months which
were lost by the workmen; the most of
| them may be considered complete
success. During the last three years we
| have made the experience that most of
the strikes throughout the United States
| proved to be failures for the workers.
| But what is the cause of these failures
| The workingmen of Europe have been
educated by the Socialists for the last
| twenty-five years. Men who had not
even a faint idea of the rights of men,
|
| the most inhuman and tyrannical meas
ures, were educated up to energetic and
conscious defenders of the true rights
of human beings; they have become
equipped with weapons that are too
keen even for Bismarck and his baby
| William II. Therefore it is the mission
of the Socialists in this country to edu-
cate our fellow workers, still wandering
in darkness, up to that point and to
equip them with the same means of de-
fense. 1t is ridiculous and absurd to
think that the capitalists are afraid of
large 'picnics, like street parades,
threatening with violence, etc; but
there is nobody who recognizes to a
greater degree the truth of the SEN
tence, knowledge is power than the
| capitalist class"
COmrade Langner finally criticized
the action of the Chicago workmen re-
| garding the eight-hour demonstration
on the Fourth of July. He claimed
that it would be a shame to permit a
horde of politicians to stand OH the
| platforms of labor organizations.
Amongst those who have been an
nounced are Mayor Cregier, Frank Law
|
| following resolutions were unanimously
adopted
| "UhercdS, Thousands of coal miners
in Spring Valley, La Sale, Braidwood,
| Braceyllle, Peru, ETC., have been locked
out since May lst;
| "HheredS, The inhuman coal barons
are still trying to starve their men to
death in order to force them again into
the old condition of slavery;
"UheredS, The sutferings of these
poor miners can be mitigated by char
ity, but cannot be abolished;
"UheredS, Such troubles will repeat
edly occur until the present system of
production is abolished, therefore be it
"ReSOll'ed, That we, the members of
the Socialist Labor Party, extend to the
| oppressed coal miners our moral and fl.
nancial support, and request them to
continue the fight against their op-
| preSsors;
"ReSolued, That we urgently request
the people Of the State OF Illinois and Of
the United States to take possession of
all the coal mines IN the country, and
to manage them on the cooperative
plan of production, not for the benefit
of few individuals, but for the benefit
of the whole people;
"ReSOIred, That we request all think
ing workmen and citizens to assist the
starving brothers in the coal regions Of
Illinois, for we consider this to be the
duty of every honest man and woman;
and be it further
"ResolUed, That copy of these res
olutlOns be sent to the Central Commit
tee of the locked out coal miners"
CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
The Central Committee of the Social
ist Labor Party was permanently or
ganized on Wednesday evening, June
26, and the regular business meetings of
this body will be held in future on the
first Wednesday of every month. The
Central Committee consists of the fol-
lowing delegates:
American Section, C. l.. Heeg, T. j.
Morgan and Mrs. S. Woodman German
Section, II. Hansen, Max Wiener and
FIR Petzold; South Side Branch, Chas,
Orchardson; Southwest Side Branch, G..
A. Hoehn; North Side Branch, j. b.
Adams; Northwest Side Branch, L. B.
Crowley. The following officers were
elected: Recording and Corresponding
Secretary, G. A. Hoehn; Financial Sec
retary, c. L. Heeg; Treasurer, Chas
Orchardson.
CENTRAL COMMITTEE AND EXECUTIVE
MEETINGS.
The Central Committee held its first
meeting Wednesday evening, June 26th,
at which it was resolved that the first
Wednesday evening in every month
should be hereafter the regular time for
meeting during the warm season, unless
important business should necessitate
the holding of special meeting.
| After the adjournment of this meet