The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-16
TO KEEP THE FEAST.
Labor Unions Will Join in
Fourth of July Parade.
AN OBJEcToR SAT DOWN UPON.
central Labor Union Gets Good News
From CGur d'Alene-A Compli-
ment to Abe Spring.

The Western Central Labor Union, at
It's meeting last night decided to turn out
In body in the Fourth Of July parade
and instructed its secretary to extend an
invitation to all the local trade unions in
the city to turn out with it, This was in
accordance with the recommendation of
the committee from the Central which
was appointed at the previous meeting to
confer with the citizens committee.
+. X. Mohr objected to turning out in
celebration of the day, but wanted to turn
out IN mourning because the United States
had lost her independence and was simply
a colony of England since 1873. At the
conclusion of this harangue George Moore,
member of the committee, retorted that
IL was the best country he ever lived in; that
whenever workmen of the city undertook
TO get up anything in the way of an expen-
sive demonstration, the first thing they
did was to appeal to the business men for
money, and they obtained it, and that it
would certainly be in very bad taste for the
organized working men to refuse to turn
out now to celebrate the Fourth with the
business men of the city.
plan of organizing the reform press"
OF the state all under one management was
submitted. The plan was adopted at the
meeting Of the State Farmers Alliance
and Industrial Unions at North Yakima
on June 10. 1t provides for the issuing.
gratis, to each labor organization in
the state of one share of preferred
stock. which is to have the election
OF seven of the nine directors. The bal
ancc of the stock to be designated COM
mon stock and have the election of the
other two directors. Any paper desiring
to enter the combine is to make known the
fact to the board of directors and the
board Is to have power to appoint or re-
move its editor at WILL Mr.. Higgins
thought it came under the definition of
political clap-trap and moved its reference
TO the legislative committee. The motion
prevailed.
President J. L. Murphy read letter from
c. b. Eaton. the manager of the Ceur
d'Alene miners strike. stating that the
Poorman and Tiger mines at Burke had
started up again, taking back their old
hands, including the officers of the union,
at the old rates of wages and hours. This
was looked upon as the beginning of vic
tory for the miners, as 1t was anticipated the
other mines would soon follow suit and
withdraw from the association. Mr.. MUIR
ply further stated that he had investigated
the report with reference to the shipment
of Italians from here to the mines and
found only a few had been shipped. and
they had sent back word that they could
not get work on reaching the mines.
resolution expressing the confidence
of the Central in Abe Spring and provid-
ing that he be elected an honorary men,
Der with a voice in the proceedings, but
no vote. was presented by the committee
on resolutions. President Murphy ruled
this resolution out of order, as the consti-
tuition made no provis on for an honorary
list. Mr.. Bowers then offered an amend
ment to the constitution providing for the
election of honorary members, which went
over under the rules.
The retrenchment committee recon-
mended the removal of the Cenrral's head
quarters to the Smith block, as the present
headquarters and halls are too expensive.
The matter went over for week.