The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-11
.IdBoH IN GREAT BRrTfIN.
The RI ,sier, Before the Reforncrs-How
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fcau,., and. Il DIR hte ecsts to the care Of moi
whose apt cial instruction. raro gifts Of clio
Cucnce or OF ready pens made them particu
larry ant to- expose and defend In clcar nnt
| striking Ian. aiags the grievances and rights o
tho uncduca ted. Tho proxy went up like 9
rocket and ca no down like u stick. Then the
! lnborcrs took heir cause In their stout hands
They have asse ublcd in congress at L'vcrpoo
| and at Nowcas Ne-on-Tync. thoy hnve talked
and discussed many other places. and the
clsn,.st result of the abolition OF tho proxy has
been To intensity nc divisions among malcon-
tents. and to show how. when even oil lnborere
ogree M to their l,r levanccs. they mostly disa-
gree as to the means NJ eStinguishing them
But 10y fur the most extraordinary feature OF
the case continues to be tho desire OF the ma
jority Of the workers in this country to abdi-
cute their liberty of working when nnd how
lone they Ike. They in J,lorc tho state to make
Draconan Iuws again. d long llours, and thcy
threaten to force Il TO do II II docs not soon
| grant them their request. Never Inns trag-
icnl situation been mo ~ in danger OF bcing
spoiled by the ilLjudged jntrnsion OF the farci-
| cal element.
Antithcsis rules sGIrenic. antasonism is
| fierce. blows have boon exchanged. civil war is
not impossible. Old names ire insufficient to
embrace all lnbor Brotherhood. unless you call
! Z fcuds. An old 7Intonist. Mr.. Burt, who
cnle II ~ n sound member OF tho British
| Parliament. discount,,nances tho idea that
| tho state should compel tho workman into ro-
| forms which workmen themselves can bring
| nboait II they like. presiocs over II congress Of
| lnborers composed OF nCw-1lnionists. and there
! fore nntagonistic to his views. Some OF this
| minority will havo the eigtt-hour limit conf
p,IIsor.2 In all trades: son!e that 1t should not
| be con, ,ulsory whore expressly condemned by
|
| n compulss ~ eight-hour day shall DO made to
work md ht W the consequent increase In the
| pricc of coun ,odities needed by workmen is to
| DO mot
As 70 the most important question. whether
overtime is or is !, OF to DO permitted. 1t would
| certainly seem TIN, It. while no conclusive vote
has yet been taken n pom the matter. many OF
the leaders of the neA- unionsts distinctly de-
clarc that 1t IL not tn b permitted. as ostab-
lishcd by the following evidence: MI watson.
| General Secretary of thu Railway Workers
Union. when asked before select committee
of the Commons sitting last session. whether
they understood him to say that q man is not
tn be allowed to earn any mca'ey. even II he
wishes. after he has completed h eight hours
answered: Yes
is that to be put in the Act OF PA rliamentp"
was the next question. and tho al swer was
Yes"
Their. replying to another query. NJ TAFT.
General Secretary of the Railway Servants in
Scotland. said before the samo committee l
do not see that a man is to be entitled to work
longer than the act of Parliament fixes" anG
he was entirely corroborated by Mr.. Hartford.
General Secretary OF the Amalgamated Society
Of Railway Servants. who added that penalty
would be necessary. and by another witness
who urged resort to Tho police court.
new W. unionists. but then We must not neglect
to mention those who are no nnioni t,! az az
treat a ss as Thas
stance at tho present time there are 30.041
Snstrs 81
no less than 1O,3l5 are not members Of any
trade union,
wha me ths NOTION thet is mpossbe e
tabish universal uniformity Of hours without
presented t to The Trades Congress at Newcas
tle-on-Tyne. OF course II was rosolutely re:
booing and Kissing. but at least reason had
had show: But what poor show altogether,
delegate from Durham. observed that the
appeal to Parliament was confession. not
pi9yers. but that they had Confidence them
ere WAS an o s.r as or bn saey
Of the speakers time. And when another SEN
sbe worksr M Stkse from
e sha; SRSs ths principle tsat sSs thsy
duced OF the necessities OF life the more they
under storm OF most opprobrious comments
As matter OF fact. intolerance and abuse OF
assembly called together for the purpose OF
t. RaVe beer
nine labor representatives in the present Far
IN IF sm"hnsx the df ts Si oes
No doubt he. afterward, withdrew his accusa-
ton. but IL Ill., nasty aSyt ana d contsPmptuoSs
Knew KNEE; Of Them lie did not believe they could
afford to buy tobacco And ct times the tumult |
one back to the unutterabic epoch when
French Girondns and Jscobins stroye t for
Resident, MIR. Burt. who never lost his head.
He Yas to introdHce new power. though; hin In
seeing his authority, absolutely. set ut naught |
az s s apocnx 5 q
temperatuTe 2, tic House. WIEN the c5ssirmsR1
was aass summary again and soon tropical. too.
ansatisfactory feature Of Continental parlia-
Aaohe5 I'm, melancholy SomplfSIian Of the con
f fhhGSsu snera and
pis liked to 30 talked 70 in. there vas no speech
which either moved tho assembly to onthusi.
the genius still needed to graphic with the
That the situation is brsting with difficult
ties is made incontrovertihle, by the ntti-
tSSs 1af thus am
reprcss by strong majority the propo-
II years. and Introduce and carry an
amendment fixing that nge at L. and
fishing was. lost. Then laundress. a, Mrs
Roberts, addressed tho meeting, and e explained
men were often at work tIll II and Il S'c!o G.
She Herself had worked till II o'clock at night,
and then had two young children to take NJ
with the sympathy It deserves. but practically.
how will # b. dealt WithI Here is an instance
shifts: On tho 9th Of August last Mr.. Ralph
Young. Secretary Of the Northumberland MI;
ners Mutual Confident Association. was asked
by the Hoyal Labor Commission:
"Wo think you said boys work ten hoursT
And no replied Yes"
"Do you 500 any practical way Of reducing
tho hours OF labor the boyew
M Fat q nonsidernhla disadvantaUa |