Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1891-03-07
ORGANIZED LABOR.
WEEKLY MEETING OF THE
CENTRAL LABOR FEDERA-
TON.

Female and Child Labor-lmportant
ResOlutiOn-No Endorsement of
Half Measures, Used as Capital
by Doodle Politieians-StateWo W ork
Must be Done by the State, un.
der Union Rules Brewers in
TrOuble-The Tail0rs-Trade Re
ports.
There was only a corporal's guard
present at the opening of the meeting
last Sunday, and it was near four o'clock
before all the delegates were present.
We have often called attention To the
diatorinass of the delegates and we be-
lieve that we are justified, as the official
journal of this body to call the atten.
ton of the various unions to this de-
plorable state Of affairs, in the hope that
they will take steps To have it remeded.
A delegate of Cigarmakers' Union
No. 80 was in the chair, while delegate
of the Piano Varnishprs acted as vice
chairman,
Credentials were received from the
Engineers Union No / of New York.
and the Peddlers' Union, and approved.
The Committee on Female and Child
Labor submitted report concerning the
two bills which had recently been re-
ferred to it for consideration, viz: IA
bill introduced in the Senate by Mr.,
Sloan and in the Assembly by Mr.. Mar
tin Mcmahon at the request OF the Work
ing Women's Society of which Alice L.
Woodbridge is Secretary; "A bill in
troduced in the Senate by Mr.. Saxton at
the request of the Working Women's
Society of which Ida Van Etten is S3ecre.
tary. The attention of the body was
called to its fundamental object, which
is to organize the wage. Orking classes
with a view to their economic emanci-
patton through the concentration and
independent use of their political power
agalnt capitalism and Capitalstic par
ties. Therefore, while it was eminently
proper for the c.. l., +, to state the
grievances Of Labor and the principles
Of true Labor legislation, it would not
be consistent with its position to endorse
half measures for the benefit of hostile
and treacherOus politicians, who fre-
quentIy MAIN or kill them secretly in
committees after introducing them in
legislatures with great flourish of
trumpets. After an interesting debate
the conclusions of the report were
adopted as follows;
THAT the Van Etten bill is the more
comprehensive of the two in limiting to
eight hours the employment of persons
under IS years OF age, but thnt both bills |
are inadequate in that they do not con-
tain sufficient provisions for their en- !
fOrcement; and, furthermore, that, CON |
sdering the basic principle upon which |
the &: l.. T. is established, the action of |
this body as to labor bills introduced in |
the Legislature by political representa-.
confined to criticism and should under |
no circumstances take the form of an
endorsement
The Committee on the State Printing |
bill reported. Under the general resolu- |
ton passed by this body in connection |
with the Female and Child Labor bill, a |
motion to endorse this bill was ruled |
out of order, On motion of a delegate
OF tie Piauo-makers, the following reso- |
luton was adopted: 1--WE demand that
all State work be done by the State and |
by union labor"
A delegate Of the S, L. p stated that
his organic 4tion had collected over $500 |
for the miners; so that, together with |
the funds collected by the c. L. F., a
ronnd 81 900 could now he sent to them.
He had written to the Miners in order to
ascertain where the money should lie
sent and to whom it should be made
payable. The following reply had been
received;
COLUMBUS. O.. teb. %, 1891.
L. SANIAL. tc.:-Since | saw you in
Detroit | have been elected Secretary
Treasurer of our organization The
money can be made payable to me at
the above address.
l was ordered by our Convention to
return through you to the body that
you represent. the heartfelt thanks of
the United Nine Workers for the in
terest manifested in their welfare, and
to assure you that the stand taken by