The herald., 1895-08-26
LABOR EDUCATING ITSELF
Another Interesting Meeting Of the In
ternational Association
Notices Adopted for the Banners for the
Labor Day Parade-A Radical Member
Promptly Suppressed

The International Labor association
held its regular weekly meeting yester-
day afternoon In Illinois hall, corner OF
Broadway and Sixth street, with .. A.
Waldron presiding, aud about hfty men,
beTs in attendance.
The committee on Labor day parade
presented a report, recommending that
banners be provided and carried in the
parade with the following notices.;
I.
International Labor association.
He who tolls is our brother.
II.
An injury to one is the concern OF all.
We welcome men of any, all or no
creed.
Ignorance: Our greatest enemy.
Politics; The SCIENCE of government 4.
The weapon Of intelligence: The ballot.
An intelligent ballot is necessary to
preserve our republic.
An intelligent ballot will abolish pov.
srty.
Intelligence is the handmade OF free.
dom.
vi.
Ignorance: The universal curse.
On motion the report was adopted,
and VIM. Mergel being the lowest bidder,
he was awarded the contract for painting
the same.
After considerable talk collection was
taken up to hire band for the Labor
day parade.
On motion it was decided to devote the
first Sunday of each month to business,
the other meetings to be devoted to list
eni3g to lectures and educational talks
by the mem bers.
There was considerable talk OF desul-
tory character. and then the chair an
nounced that any of those present who
desired to do so could sign the mem ber-
snip roll and one or two did so.
Mr.. Knapp, the bewhiskered gentleman
who developed such an antipathy against
'plutocrats" at the last meeting, at this
point took the floor and asked the sindulg
ence OF the members, saying that it was
near his dinner hour and he had some
thing to say before he left. Mr.. x Knapp
then proceeded to ''roast'' the Council OF
Labor because they had invited the mayor
and mem bers OF the city council to par
ticipate in the Labor day parade. Mr..
Knapp tercely denounced the officials as
'plutocrats" who had no use for the
working man except on election day. and
pate he would have nothing to do with
II. He moved that a vote of censure be
passed on the Council of Labor for their
action.
Messrs. Morris and Fulton took issue
with the gentleman of such anarchistic
tendencies, and notwithstanding his ter
rible threat not TO play if these "enemies
of labor" were recognized, his motion was
tabled, whereupon the gentleman
gathered up his whiskers and went to
dinner.
The remainder of the session was de-
vots1 to discussion of the national
banking system, Mr.. Fulton leading in
the discussion and illustrating bis position
with an array of figures on a blackboard.
The association is now regularly or
ganized, and permanent officers have
been elected. A constitution and by-la VS.
have been adopted, and the association is
in full running order. There is no per-
manent president, new chairman being
elected every meeting. This is for the
purpose of familiarizing the mem bers
with parliamentary usage, and to accuy-
tom them to preside over .deliberative
bodies. The permanent officers are: r.
]. Morris, treasurer: A. j. Oliver, secre-
tary; and A. J. Miller, sergeant at arms.
The scope of the organization is to be
.widened as it increases in strength and
it is the intention to PIT out at least two
organizers at the earliest possible date.