Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1890-09-06

WORKMEN's ADVOCATE.
Delegate August Delabar reported
that the combined bakers unions had
Jointly held picnic at Lion Park on
Saturday evening. Everything was pro-
ceeding smoothly when suddenly at
ll,3o twenty policemen appeared, and
dubbed the participants. Remonstrance
was useless Delahar was dubbed to
the station house 80 severely that he
was unable to stand before the sergeant's
desk. No statement WAS taken from
hlm but upon the word of these rutlians
ball was refused, he was thrust into a
dlngy cell, and locked up. Delegate
Hard, OF the Paperhangers, who attended
the picnic with his wife, was highly
indignant at the outrageous and cow
ardly police attack and said there was
not the slightest provocation for it, l..
Samal stigmatised the assault. reminded
the delegates of all the police outrages
thal had been committed in recent years,
and appealed to the delegates to bestir
themselves and organize a system of
mutual protection through which brutal
policemen could be prosecuted in the
courts to the bitter end. Thereupon "a
committee, consisting of delegates j.
Hard, Il. II. McNey, G. Ensmnger, E.
Ihlmme and f. Bohm were elected to
prefer charges against the guilty officers
before the Police Commissioners and
take other necessary measures, This
matter will also he brought up at the
mass meeting to he held next Saturday.
A committee of the Socialist Confer.
ence, consisting of Comrades Foth, Jahn.
Stoleschinkotf, Freund and Herzberg,
was admitted and presented the fol-
lowing;
New York, Aug. 2S, 1890
To the Central Labor Federation of Ne,c
York.
GREETING:--At the last session of the
Convention of Trade and Labor Unions
under the auspices of the Socialist Labor
Party the following resolution was
unanimously adopted and a copy ordered
to be sent your body,
Fraternaly
ERNEST BONN, Sec'y.
WHEREAS, The G l.. +. of New York
has In view the arranging of mass meet
ing for the purpose of discussing the
labor grievances emphasized by the
strike of the employees Of the New York
Central Railroad; and
WHEREAS, We believe that the econ.
omic and the political movements must
be united in order to achieve any anne.
lloratlon of the wage workers condition;
he it
Resolved, That this Convention of
Trade and Labor Unions and the Social.
list Labor Party elect Il committee of five
to cooperate with the Central Labor
Federation of New York in this mat
ter;
ReSOlUed, That while the said mass
is called to consider the econ.
omic questions involved in the particu-
lar struggle above referred to, it shall at
the same time constitute the opening of
the political campaign which this con
Vention has determined to enter upon.
The proposed cooperation was ac-
cepted.
The delegates were then agreeably
by the appearance of a com
mttee of young ladies, who had come
from Binghamton to appeal to their
New York brothers for assistance. In
stirring speech the speaker of the dele
CATION pictured the tyranny Of combined
capital backed by the police, as is now
usual in all labor struggles. Their re-
quest was unanimously granted. All the
were instructed to imme-
diately return the subscription lists now
in circulation and new ones will be dis
tributed.
Upon request of the German Waters
Union Webster Hall was again referred
to the Arbitration Committee
Bosses Kemp, Davis and Pfeiffer en-
plOy nOnunion men as buttonhole max
ers and the Arbitration Committee was
to attend to them.
Cement Labor Union No 3 reported
that they had asked Cement Union No. |
| to remit a list of the members who |
they claimed were delinquent, but was
refused, The Corresponding Secretary
was instructed to request Union No to |
forward the list to the G. l., F.; other |
wise the members in question should |
pay to Union No. 3.
Delegate Bohm called attention to the |
fact that the Convention of Factory In |
spectors had 21opted resolution sub
atdhIldily expressing Ine opinion tnat ~
hours work per day was not too much |
for children and adults. Upon his mo-
ton committee was appointed to in
Y 9stigate the matter and formulate a
resolution. The committee is
of delegates Vogt, SaniaI and
Bohm.
The Arbitration Committee was then
to settle grievance between
Union No. 80 and the firm
of Sajed and Brodsky.
Delegate Delabar moved that the or
ganization committee present a plan
next Sunday, whereby Miscellaneous
Section and a Board of Walking Dele
gates can be organized.
The last arrangements for the big
parade and grand excursion were made
and the session adjourned at nearly
7 o'clock.