The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-09-12
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Congress will Not Recognize veto
Laooi ria's Household.

L"oo' ria's Household.
,srTE. Sept. s.-The proceedings
- trades Union Congress, now IN
o. =. bare and representing the in
s as.s If over ,500,0 600 skilled and un-
80 'e1sI workmen of Great Britain,
SS.''s a,traet:ne widespread attention.
az some quarters the congress Is
ol - sthe workmen's party and
~ movement Is looked upon as likely
,H9 laad to important political results.
-,.aaoss Beatrice; Lady Dixie, wife OF
..Gb.rles bike; Thomas Potter, Rad
rafarmer and member OF Parlia-
mi for Rochdale; Sir John Gorst,
,,,har OF Parliament for Chatham aid
~ n-l;,mpntary secretary OF the lndla
a.. and other members OF Iarlla-
- ,anr. were present at the opening OF
,be congress Yesterday.
inrinr the course of the session
..pann TlIett. the labor leader, will
-. forward a resolution fayorlng the
- a.;an Of A state board of arbitration,
-, the view Of preventing strlkes ana
I'm, labor disputes between the
.,.-Emen and their employers. In all
,.-.rtions a keen canvass for
80 j. being made on the ques-
- nf an eight-hour workday
a,,I - TO whether eight hours, If adopt
III i tile limit Of a day work shall, be
.,.S,. q legal days work and compulso--
.r whether 1t shall be left to local
IA. ortion. The Miners Federation,
..s.srnposcd. favor compulsory eight
,anr I4w and the National Miners
l..'t. i understood TO tie opposed 10
Tla committee of arrangements had
r...1s dispute and some warm eN-
.t.arpa.a If views over the toasts which
:, he proposed at the banquet which
all reIebrate the closing of the trades
.,,fau congress. Some of the most loyal
t1r labor delegates on the commit
re- mentioned proposed that the time
banored toast Tile Queen and the Roy
i Family" should be drunk. To this
,.,.,.,.itjon there was considerable op-
....'tTan some Of the committeeman
,,er. not in favor of drinking TO the
rival family, though they raised no
direction to the Queen. Matters
nazfl - interesting that for time it
1.aspd IL If both The Queen" and
The Eovai Family" would be dropped
from the toast list. pom calmer re-
si4stI0n However, the committee came
W compromise understanding and
a.,rael that "The Queen and the Conn-
try1 should be the loyal toast.
The parliamentary committees re-
,,art which has Just been issued, sets
iarth taat ii il to he regretted that the
government las given a considerable
iaaarc Of power TO capital IN the APP
tacnt If the royal labor commission
duty il Is 10 inquire into the
r,..,.an- existing between capital and
I,8ar and into tie best means of pre-
venting strikes. The report referred
H. holds that ia 20 giving the balance in
favor 0f capital, the government is will
fuIEy biasing the inquiry now in progress
upon the side Of the employers OF
labor. The report adds that the
organization Of lalor is making
satisfactory progress throughout the
country III spite of the attempts of en-
;..ayers and directors of companies TO
che, 4 it's development by refusing to
,un1rr with the representatives of the
dtife rent trades unions.
Though the congress really opened
Yesterday, the real business OF the
meeting did notopen until to-day. The
president Thomas Burt, NJ F., this
morning. in Lie opening address, con-
graduated tho congress upon
beng the largest body of repre-
sentatiyes Of trades unions to
meet IN any part Of the world. Mr..
Eart also said that he was glad to see
that women's unions were so largely
represented ut the congress, as The
women needed more organizing than
the aen.
Continuing, Mr.. Burt predicted that
as tie trades unions grew stronger
strikes would diminish in number and
Importance. \ strike. he said, was
always an ugly weapon with which
HI tnfufce claims. 4 strike, in the
speakers opinion, WAS ''like a boomer
ans, which, If not skillfully thrown,
comes back and wounds the thrower."
~tH Mr. Burt admitted, strikes we're
necessary when the blindness and
de3.nes- of mammon obliged workmen
d ,Ian the wheel"
Evferrlng to arbitration az means of
settling disputes between employer and
enF.oEc, Mr.. Burt sad: Where arbi-
trat.aa affords chance of arriving at a
settlement il IS criminal to strike.'