The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-10-04
TlRNERS' CONGRESS-
no,acates from Every State to Meet at Parkersburg, W. Va.
CARDINAL GIBBONS ON LABOR.
rro Eminent Catholic Breaches a Sermon nil the oucstion-Arbitration He Thinks, inc Most Potent Method-The
 Odd Fellows Home.

WHEELING, W. Va, Oct. 1.-The
 Farmers national congress, composed
 of delegates from every state in the
 union. appointed by the governors,
 will meet in Parkersburg tomorrow
 and remain in session until Saturday
 evening Great preparations are be-
 ipc made by the citizens of Parkers- bnrr for the reception of the delegates and the several hundred representative farmers from all parts of the country who have already begun to arrive.
 The address of welcome will be de- Iivered by Gov. McCorkle and among the many distinguished men who will deliver addresses is the secretary of aoriculture, Mir. Morton, who is eX- pected to arrive from Europe in time to participate in the proceedings. Six hundred delegates will be in attend ance. Thursdays session will be held on historic Blennerhasset island, where A banquet will be served the delegates by the citizens of Parkersburg. On saturday an excursion will be run to the famous Sisterville oil field. The regular sessions will be held in the academy of music and will be open to the public.
 The National Farmers congress is non-partisan in its character with the many partisan in it's character and has no alliance with the many semi-partisan farmers organizations of the country. At the coming session many valuable papers will be read and the proceedings are expected to be fruitful of much good to the agricultural class.
 LABOR HAS ITS RIGHTS.
 FROsTBURG, Md, Oct. l.-Cardinal Gibbons, in a sermon on the labor question yesterday, said in part: 'Before the coming of Christ manual labor was held degradation and rele- gated to slaves as being unworthy of free men. Christ, our Saviour, has dig nifed and ennobled labor by word and example. He was pleased to devote many years of His life to mechanical pursuits and ever since He worked in the carpenter shop He shed a halo around the workshop. If the profession of a general as ennobled by Washington, if the profession of a statesman as ennobled by the example of a Webster and Burke, if the pro- fesSion of jurist as ennobled by a Marshall and Fancy, if the vocation of prelate as ennobled by the exam pie of a Carroll, then the calling of workingman is dignified by the exam pie of Christ.
 Labor has its rights, chief among which is the privilege of organization without infringing upon their employ CTS. One of the most difficult ques- tions in our times to discuss is the ques tion of strikers. Strikes, as ex- perience has demonstrated, are very questionable for the redress of the laborers' grievances. Statistics fur nished show that the loss of the em- ployes by strikes for eight years amounted to nearly SIS, 900, 900, while the employers lost only one-half this amount. I earnestly hope that some an end to our recurring strikes, and arbitration seems to be the most po- tent method that can be conceived of"
 THE ODD FELLOWS HOME.
 LILERTY, Mo-, Oct. Tt is practical ly settled that Liberty will get the Odd Fellows home. The committee appointed to select location was here Wednesday and they named conditions on which the home would be located. These conditions have all been com piled with. The citizens here are to give SG,OOO and the Winner hotel and grounds at Reed Springs are secured for small consideration. The people here are jubilant over their success. The I. o. o. F. grand lodge will es- tablish the home for the care of widows and orphans of members of the order. 
 Elnctril, RaII,uav at Carthara