Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-26

init him TO attond, His Is venerable
lgure now, and his has been good and
useful life, lie Va upward Of seventy now,
aud started IN NE the son OF a farm la
bortr and he ls one az tho greatest men
that the labor cause has produced IN Ems
land, The farm laborcr OF England to-day
owes more to Joseph Arch for the changed
conditions under which he lives than TO
any other man alive Thore may be some
Americans who yr, remember the visit Of
Joseph Aroh - America IN is13. when no
was riYOu q reception "a FUncul Han Ia
Boston. over which Wendell Philippu pre-
sided anl at which ointment men paid
thoir reHnectn 10 che former farm yoSel,
Mr. Arch hes been several times In pGrlla
mont. add 10 p0puler with all clauses,
Anathor delaenic whn Is likely 10 make
himself heard Is "rom" Mann, who belougs
10 the now elcmont in lah0r maitarg He IA
a good loollng fellow and fair, Il some
what ogorratcd orrtlr lie thinks he Is
on out and out socialist and partly an An
srDhlat, As a matter OF iaet he has not yet
mado up hig mind no 70 iuW what he Is.
one Of tho really strong men Of tho con-
gfass. stronger IA snfue respects than John
nurns. wilt be Thomas Burt, who has boon
for several terms ~ Parliament represent
ing tho Minors. and who hes also been
preaidant Of several Of these labor con
J,regfca lie has mora induenoc, perhaps.
than any OF his collcpspen Hurt was
nil man Ia a coal mine from his tonth year
whom no was sent into the miup. where, as
q trapptr boy, by shoor onorgy and hard
work, he nanaged oleain Frencha ana Latin,
TO become versOd In political economy He
waa iifst elected 10 parlimcnt In 1874 aud
aimee that time has held a high position,
LORD Salisbury ecpt him to the Berlin Labor
Conference called by Emperor William anu
he won thg personal friendship Of the EN-
paror by hts ability and acknowledgements
nnaa. lie wpa also ut tho conference boz
tween Englsh German and French work
lprrnnn ia nplriuni Hast year. This WAS
captured by the Socialists by sudden
coup and when II wan apparent that high-
handrii measures were 10 be continued In.
Il was Hurt who led the English dclcgatca
from tho hall and refused to have anything
20 10 With TIM AFFAIR
Yet another ahlc man Is Henry broad
hurst, who was formerly a stonn mason.
IN 1871 he was appointed accretary Of the
Parliamentary committch OF the Trades
Union Congress. and later was sent 20 Par
llainent from Stoke-pns Trent, and In 1855
from Nottingham. lie has had tho honor
TO at in Nr Gladstone's Cabinet as Under
Secretary fur State IN the Hon,e Danart-
mont lie IS 4 handsome, fnii-hearded man.
somewhat conservative. but thorough
frlond of the labcrug classes. Indeed, he
IL principally responsible TOR tho Employ
ors' Liability act that he Rouse o.
Lords seems TO disitke 50 much.
Another struns man is Joseph Leicester.
a nlarg blower and q good one. lIa went
INTO PARLIAMENT n lsCe. He is a i.anra-
Fiirc mao aud frlead Of Sir Charleu Dixie.
II was tho latter who af,qr Laicnstar had
three times Won tho lrst prise for aesthetic
glass work BY the soeiety q Arts, Induced
Mr. Clldslone 20 appoint him To- rcbrsvent
tho English glass trade heioia the French
commlsson. fio wac not at that time al
lowed to APPEAR br.oro Napoleon Ill. il
having bccn charged asalnst h.sa that ho
war a "daurcrous rsvolutionisi''
lVhnnal ~ ltlt a f.W of tina .hf.
earnest mon who Will meet 10 tahar's name
Their names and careers indlcate that they
viii irgisiate Wisely and IN the best inter-
sslA u real labor.