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Knights are jealous Of the rapidly growing i'm.

PoTssnco Si the FsdofasiSn p EabSTO P, Another p
ASs there SSs Is sHssm GGS' oT .bo
Isss6eo iR'' IN the nSeS Severity O. mapua labor
walter the railroad man. for instance, have Pc
riods OF rest An hour Of work for them is by
work for mason or bollermaker. and 1t is
for this reason that the working hours OF one
are long and the pay small ythr while d the working
consideration By the coming Convention, and
reached. The Brotherhood OF Locomotive En-
gineers, one OF the stronRest labor orRaniza-
SHs S pon or %ne hours day for tbe elevated
that that powerful body viii Join in general
The coming Convention will have the advan-
tage OF cool. segacious business like: prasti-
SIneers. Strssser and GomperS Of the Cigar
makers. and Q. @ Evans Of the National Fed
The eight hour question is only one Of the sub
yention. Permanent officers are to be chosen.
There will be q, discussion as to the causes Of
to GS1 seouro % comprehSnSive inauiry By By gov Cow
ernment on that subject. There will also be
men, o,DeA of the Brcklay ers and stonemasons r.
$S
s?ss "1ssS PiR;;,' Sn"% s''1:
%arssr.
M MstlEirSid John ms 3 Weaver, Iron Moldorsi L DAILY,
sie1
John j. sRsn Knife SflnderS ana rsPrs,sntaE tSo
Central q%a,Sn. % = D Wade. baltimore; alppici, M:
Frank Franz K. Foster Boston. t' 'H''S'' . A'"A"'1 AA0
don recommended has been faithfully carried
out. During the year there have been meet
tho eight hour w movement % I has been advocated. W Gated
The central body has published and widely
circulated during the year three tracts on the
nomic and Social Importance Of the Eight
Eight @ Primer Gsn Il Is By George & s Mcneil.
deputy OF the Massachusetts Bureau OF Labor
Statistics: The primer is written in the socratiec
answers. Here is a specimen:
Q-Have the houEa Of labor been reduced during the
sixteen ten. and in occupations from sixteen to
wage, been reduced Nth these successive
9-HHve wages been increased A-Ye.; and as .
rule wages have Increased most where the hours have
o-Was thers ever time or place where the hours of
or
reduction has been followed by permanent Increase OF
CHA. the purchasing power Of a days work been
@Srfns tae the SosfS Of aSoS
had been generally reduced to eight twenty ago
the industrial sl1gnAtions or socallsd panicS would
have been averted: ,.,., 49,, v,,,.,.., ..,,,
ton Of the people been where the 9SSr1 Of
in this in other matters that opportunities given
have been opportunities improved." and but for the
would have moro rapidly advanced
Another tract is entitled. =" History and Phil
Lemuel Danrgid. This is an assumed name.
and stands for one Of the most earnest and con-
Rcientious workers in the labor movement, who
was never blatherskite and who modestly
no o Re Gradual
shortninR Of the hours Of labor. The philoso-
ply part Of the pamphlet is In moderate vein.
Appeals amp Ii to tho p passion. % Hore Is spec Specimen:
la ns s o s Sf @
aterss,s |. the trae.t sxponsnt Of III. dsmands Of
And
aa and ai s from e
political guidas who have so long betrayed rises In
lis unsiterabe etormination 70 acnievs for humanity
The upward an and Snwa5d social dersIopment which ne
pledge as a mile stone in social progress
Whoever expects that the coming Convention
in amy T tHs RSok Pac
der the Leadership Of unthinkinR or unscrup-
ulous men will be likely to be disappointed
Of the Federation:
Briefly stated the object Of the American Federation
o. Is to and the the Of
equitable share Of the fruits OF their toll
alton Of ali trade and labor unions in America Second
The ~ Of unions OF wage
W5S5o on :IsS Thd The