Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1890-09-13
CENTRAL LABOR UNION.
Archibald and his "Citizeus' Ready to
Take a Hand in the Political Game.

Archibald and his "Citizeus'' Ready to
Take Hand in the Political Game.
The Central Labor Union reatfirmed
the boycott against Tracy & Russell's
and Stevenson & Co.'S ale and porter
yesterday. and promised financial and
moral aid to the strikers on the New
York Central.
a committee of the latter was present
and stated that the company had but 16
freight crews out of A between this
city and Albany, and that it took from
20 to 40 hours for freight train now
while before the strike the time was
from to 20 hours from Albany.
A committee was appointed to call
mass meeting at Union Square next
Saturday to denounce the management
of the n. Y. Central
The following resolutions were like
wise adopted;
WHEREAS. While the Vanderblts are
| hiring Cad MCAIlister to supervise their
balls, dinners and pic-nics at Newport,
expanding hundreds of thousands Of
dollars on frvolties, there are thousands
of starving men, women and children
! unemployed, seeking for work, bread
and shelter to whom the crumbs from
the Vanderbilts' tables would be lux
uries; and
WHEREAS, We claim to live in a free
country, country for workingmen;
but, here as in Europe, the few live
in palaces, the many in hovels and our
| people are divided between the have als
and the the have nones; and
WHEREAS, In New York city there are
430 millionaires whose combined pos
sessions reach the enormous sum of
| 81 ATS 900 900; these men own the rest
of us financially; and
| WHEREAS. The professional politicians
manage our affairs in the interest of the
millionaires and thus own us practically
and with few exceptions Uhe pOlhSzel
| tung, the Socialist and the WORKMEN'S
ADVOCATED they own and control the
press of this State, which forms and CON
trols public opinion, so that we are the
victims of a scribe mOnOpOlistiC and
Capitalistic combination; therefore, be it
ReSOiUed, That we, the members of
/ the Central Labor Union, call Conven-
/ ton of all labor organizations in the
city of New York to devise ways where
| by Labor can be properly represented in
the State Legislature,
The resolution was referred to the
| Committee on Mass meeting, and the
/ Secretary was instructed to issue the
| following CALI
/ In view of the well known fact that
/ our State Legislature is at present con-
! trolled by mOnOpOlsts and capitalists to
/ the detrmeut of the interests of all
/ others, it has been resolved by the Cen
/ trail Labor Union to call convention of
representatives of all labor organizations
to take such action as may cause labor
to be properly represented in the Legis-
lature. You are therefore requested to
elect five delegates to convention to be
held in Clarendon Hall on September
20, at 2.30 p. IA. Delegates must be
provided with proper credentials with
the seal of their organizations attached.
The Secretary of the G. l.. u, will call
the convention to order at 2.3O p, m.
As the election of officers will take
place next Sunday the following nomina-
tons were made:
James p. Archibald, Recording Secy.;
William Mcneil, Corresponding Sec'y.;
George X. Lloyd and Alexander Martin,
Financial Sec'y.; VIM. A. Hotchkiss,
Treasurer; James Edwards, Sergeantat-
Arms; J. O'Birne, Oscar Culvert, Owen
II. Carol, VIM Ryan, John McAdams,
TT stees; Lewis F. Page, John McPher-
son Patrick Reynolds, John Connolly,
Samuel Lung, Auditing Committee;
VIM. Heating. NJ. Freeland, Oscar Cut
vert, J. j. Hamilton, Roger Harrison,
Arbitration Committee; Edward Conk.
lin, j. P. Skelly, Charles l.. Miller, p.
Green, George Warner, Organization
Committee; George X. Lloyd, J. Con.
molly, John TAFT, John O'CUnnelI, John
Mcpherson, Committee on Law; Am
mon Fowler, George Warner, John
McAnams, Owen II. Carroll, Richard
Hughes, Stephen Hussey, Legislative
Committee.
In regard to the differe Ices between
the Patternmakero' and Architectural
/, Patternmakers' Associations the Arbitra.
} ton Committee recommended that the
i members Of the latter he recognized by
the former upon payment of six months
( back dues. The matter was referred /,