Hartford labor., 1894-10-20

 entitled to was plenty to eat and the best in the market plenty to wear, shelter. comfort for the children, six or seven hours work, pictures the wall, a few useful books. music, the home a place the children will remember, and not one of toll and hunger. He said children of a tender age were sent to work in the fac tories to procure bread for the family, because the father and older brother were unable to secure employment. He believes a man has right to stay by his job and stand for his wages. He honors Governor Waite most for what he is most severely criticised. Governor Waite, he said, was the first Governor of the United States who had ever called out the troops to pro- tect the poor by placing the arm of the State between the miners of Bull HilI and the aristocracy of Colorado Springs. He believed in preserving Organized La bor, and now is the time to make deter mined stand. Last year. he said, he re- ceived the largest salary of any minister west of the river. First they cut it in half, and in short time they cut it in two again; and because of a few remarks he made in sympathy with the miners on Bull Hill he had received no salary since. He was told that the United States could not own the railroads. yet to-day nineteen roads are operated by Uncle Sam through the courts. The Union Pacific owes the Government $70,OOO 900 interest If the U. F. don't pay up, then let the Government foreclose. When a working man fails to bo iS clusion he said he had been preaching the right of the common people for a good many years He was anxious that Colo rado be made better State for the chil- dren's sake, and with equal opportunities to all. It mattered little to him, but much to his boys and little girl. He always had the little children in his mind. Mr. Reeds remarks were highly appreciated, more particularly when he drifted into collec- twist channels.
 ST. LOUIS, MO.
 HELP THE SHOE woRKERs-At it's recent Kansas City Convention the fol- lowing resolutions were unanimously adopted by the Missouri State Federation of Labor.
 
 Company of St. Louis, have consistently reduced the wages of their employees and discriminated against the unions of the shoe workers, be it
 Resolved, That the State Federation of Labor indorse the boycott that was levied by the A. F. of L. and is now in force
 Resolved. haf yUo anyada 70 methods used by the same firm Hamil- ton-Brown Shoe Company in obtaining injunctions against the officers of the Shoe Workers Union with intent to kin the present strike and blacklist the en- joined. Resolved, That the boycotts on Geo. Sahm & Sons and Mound City Shoe Com- pany. also manufacturers of boots and shoes, of St. Louis. be indorsed and pushed to their fullest extent
 MACHINE WOOD wORKERs.-The Machine Wood Workers Convention was held in this city. Besides indorsing the American Federation of Labor political program, with a slight amendment to plank 10, many very radical changes in the general laws of the organization were made, chief among them being one which practically admits all factory woodwork CTS to membership. The recent conven- ton of carpenters at Indianapolis de- cided to concede to the Wood Workers Union exclusive control of all machine and bench hands; arranged to transfer. members who desired to go into the younger unions and pledged the latter to do all in it's power to organize the mill men throughout the country. The action of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters means that the Machine Woodworkersp International Union will have a powerful ally to aid it in getting the factory work CTS united. It also means that one of the youngest organizations in the country will blossom into one of the strongest in a very few years, as it will now control besides bench and machine woodworkers. box makers and sawyers, saw mill work CTS, casket makers, and in short all wood workers from the workmen who convert the logs into lumber to those who send the finished product from the shop.
 Woodworking centers will be flooded with agitation literature during the win ter months. and an active organization propaganda will be inaugurated in the early spring.
 Arrangements were made to issue a frst-class monthly journal of at least 16 pages, to commence with January
 The present name will be retained until next convention when it will be amended. probably by eliminating the word '.ma- chine," thus making the name as com prehensive as the organization itself
 The following officers were elected: General president, John Green, St Louis. Mo-; general vice-presidents. J. Van Damn, Chicago. William Love. Oshkosh. Wis Frank Heacock Omaha O Otto