The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-11-29

introduced; when tho working men be-
came intelligent, and When The pro-
ducing capacity oil the producers be-
came greater than The consuming CapaG'
ityol the community,
"The principal objection raised against
q reduction OF the hours Of labor is that
It would disarrange matters with our
employers. Now, let me see II this pc.
sition is tepabis. How can the manu-.
facturers Of America, England and Ger.
many send their products TO China and
Japan and other counties where the
hours oil labor arc longestP Why
cannot the countries where tho long
hour System Is In vogue send their pro.
ducts into even free'trade England? IT
Ia because the workingnen Ia these
short hour countries have spent thelr
leisure time studying to invent plans
and contrivanGeT 10 relieve themselves
from the long hours OF drndgery. In
stead OF working sixteen hours o day
with hammer and sledge, they use ma
chimes; enormous powerful steam
sledges and Compressers, 10 relieve them
selves Of this toll,
" do not want men to- be lazy and
proud; not at all. ! want worklpgmen
to have time TO be respectable and i'm.
prove and educate themselves"
ABOUT HONE MARKETS.
Here Mr.. Gompers spoke very Intelli-
gently OF the home market, and the way
It IL affected by the prosperity of the
masses,
I'm the countries where the hours OF
labor are the shortest the people are the
best fed the most prosperous and pro.
gressiVe. Where the hours are the
longest, the people are poorest and most
degraded. II the long hours Of labor
meant progress, then China should be
at tho heed, Tor there the hours Of labor
are longest.
Shortening the houH Of labor i'm.
proves the condition OF a community,
because 1t takes the unemployed men
and women from the street and puts
them TO work producing, and they In
turn become GonSumers and give work
for others. The great army Of unem-
ployed men who are TO be supported are
q constant menace 10 the efforts ofwork.
ingmen, In withdrawing reductions in
wages. The manager says. Now, my
men, II 10 useless for YOU TO strike against
this reduction, for we cannot afford 10
continue our factory under present con.
ditionG without the reduction, and you
cannot'win, Tor we can fll our factories
from the great numbers Of men who are
anxious for work. Why not say, in an.
swer, let each man work eight houIsRnd
give employment to five men where now
four are employed, We could do away
with this whip which our employers
hold over our heads. II lisa duty which
we owe the unemployed, We, by work.
ing long hours, force our brothers and
sisters 10 live on the cold VlCtuals Of
charity.
WHAT THEY PROPOSE TO DO.
"some aak what wC propose to do in
1900. We propose 10 demand eight
hours on May, /, 1890. I say, let every
Workingman Join the union Of bis trade
and pay in his pittanCe, 80 that when
the time comes we may be able TO make
a demand which must be respected. Let
II be emblazoned on our abnners, eight
hours Is enough for any man 10 work
in one day. IT does not mean a general
strike; II may mean astrike. / hope the
men will be so organized and prepared
for the movement that the employers
will see the folly Of opposing them in
tho Just demands for their heritage.
" am not In favor oil strikes. But l
must be paEdoned for saying that am
not free 10 depopnGe strikes. / never
hear OF manufacturers resolving In con.
ventions that they will never lock out
their workingmen, but have heard Oh
so.called laboring men resolving that
under no circumstances will they strike.
Strikes chow me that although these
men are slaves, they are not willing
slaves. Join the union, and affiliate
with other unions Of your trade. Moth.
Ing makes au employer think TWICE be.
fore he orders q reduction like thor.
oughly organized trades with well filled
treasures.
"All trades should DO organized on
trade lines, and then these trade lines
should center In a federation, 30 that
the working men may stand solid like
an army II one wing 10 attacked, the
entire column can be moved forward"
In closing Mr.. GomnerS eplogized Ia.
Dor organizations, and urged The mem.
bers Of the audience 10 vow 10 stay
closely 10 the organizations 10 which
they might belong.
Mr. N'GvlRE's ADDRESS.
Dtr. Burt then introduced MI. Nc.
CURE % the originator Of the eiRht.hour
movement IN this country, Mf. Nc.
CURE said; There Ia no better arru.
ment In favor Of the short day move.
ment than 10 state that the carpenters
now get more money for nine hours
work, than they got six years ago for
ten hours. II long hours bring high
WAGES, then the street car drivers shouid
got tho biggest pay and the stone cut.
tiers the least, In some cities the stone
cutters work eight hours for 81 30, aud
the street car drivers work sixteen hours
for 81 20, while bis mules work eight,
The reason why the mules only work |
eight houfS IL, beUi9Sa their owners
have mole sense than 10 wear them out
by long hours,
I'm Australia The hours oil labor were
reduced from twelve 70 eight IN 1857 and
Ia q few yeats the thinking WORKING
men With leisure 10 use their ininiA. Ins
vented the Australian ballot SyGtoin,
which We arc nov urged 10 adopt, They
Invented a bal Hot which 10 a Seufet ballot
for them, and whereby they can vote
without Tear Of social ostraCisni, indnS.
trial blackllsting and political bondage.
70 this eight hour system when eStSb.
llBhed In this county will Give ihe
working men time 10 study questions Of
Importance 70 oil our people, We viii
lake q hand IN the ballot system, II ihe
land question, III tho lfanSpotlalIon
system aud other things which tnuIl m
lime DO considered Tor Tho general good
81 the people.
"show me man who has the nine.
hour system, and wants ten. aud / viii
lhoW you man who would want eleven,
He 10 a sort Of human hog who thinks