St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-28
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in itself is religion, writes Herbert
Casson. What it needs is cultivation
and development. 1t contains the best
raw material, and requires only to be
worked over. 1t is religion in the
rough. The essence of the labor move
ment is not selfishness, but sympathy,
justice and brotherhood. When work.
ingmen say bread they mean a thou
sand things. Their irritation is not
the crying out of swine for more swill.
They demand the recognition of their
citizenship, their manhood, their di-
vine son-ship. They claim to be men
and women altogether human, not
lower animals or machines. They are
struggling against immoral and in
human conditions of life. No eight
hour day. or four-hour day either
will satisfy them. They cannot de-
velop their moral and intellectual
natures until they have secured their
material rights. The welfare of their
whole nature demands that they be-
come partners in our national indus
try. Thus strong moral con-
scientiousness is arising in them, and
new definition of goodness. A prac-
teal, robust and rational morality,
entirely freed from cant and other
worldliness, is being developed chiefly
by the cultivation of their sense of
Justice They are at last beginning
to see that none but earners are hon
est, and that whatever be the shams
Of society, their lives at least are not
based upon falsity and theft. They
know that whatever is true and best
in theism and Christianity is in line
with their demands, and thus they
are Indifferent to the excommunica-
tons of the church, because they are
bounded by their own conscience.
The application of Attorney Cen
eral Olney to have the case of Debs
reset from May 6 to some time in
July is looked upon by labor people
generally as the end of the govern
ment's prosecution.
The semi-monthly meeting of the
trades and labor assembly was held
Friday evening, which was largely at
tended. None of the business before
the assembly was of a particularly
interesting nature in a public sense
Reports from the various unions
showed the condition of trade to be
rather dull, and inquiry went to show
that the outlook for the summer sea-
son is not over bright. Two new dele
gates were seated-R. A. Rayney
walters. and Mr.. Motley, iron moiders
Reports of the various standing com
mittees were very meager, active work
being at a discount. A Encouragement
of the personnel of the committees was
made, and, after some discussion OF
matters affecting routine affairs, the
assembly adjourned before 10 o'clock.
The steamfitters' union met WedneS-
day and discussed at some length a
grievance created by stationary engi-
neers and plumbers performing work
which properly belongs to the steam
filters, the result of which is disaster
to the steamfitters. Much feeling was
exhibited. and the sentiment was gen.
eral that a vigorous protest should be
made against continuance of. the
practice. The active members of the
steamfitters are DESTROYS that all hands
should exhibit greater interest in the
union. and, by so doing. help to remedy
the evils under which they suffer: The
only way this can be done is by con-
certed action.
We heard it asked during the last
campaign: what do workingmer
want, anyway" We hasten to an
swer: They want universal eight
hour workday, steady employment, and
pay sufficient to properly support and
educate their children. Is there any
thing unreasonable or un-American in
that?-Eight-H Herald.
1t is now asserted by intelligent writ
ers that the next labor movement OF
note will consist of an exodus of work
ingmen from the large cities to small
farms. in conformity with what is
known as the Detroit plan"
A new typesetting machine has beer
invented by Pere Calendoni, Stellar
monk. which. it is claimed, will COM
pose $4,000 letters per hour. The differ
ence in speed compared with the ex.
listing machine lies I'm the fact that
instead OF each letter being made to
fall separately into the composing
stick. entire words can be composed in
a moment by the simultaneous appli-
cation of the fingers of both hands
AS though this were not enough, a re-
port comes from Paris that new ma
chine working on the principle of the
photograph has been successfully tried
In that city. and will be utilized to
print newspapers, doing away with all
printers, stereotypers, etc., and fur
thermore, with the aid of the teIe-
graph, the thing can be worked stimuli.
taneously in different cities.
The International Association Of Ma.
chinists will meet in convention al
Cincinnati on May 6. Several import.
ant measures will come up for action
The color line. which has prevented
its admission to the American Fedora.
ton Of Labor, will receive attention
and, if not entirely eliminated, the
convention may give local unions au.
tonomy in the matter There will also
be hard fight made by Western dele.
gates to move the headquarters tc
Chicago.
Our readers will remember that the
last congress authorized the commits
sioner of labor to issue an official labor
bulletin, giviI authentic information
on subjects Of Special interest to labor
The first number will appear about
Aug. 1. The bulletin will be mailed
free to readers. but it will be we'll fol
those desiring it to make application
to have their names placed on the
mailing list. All those desiring copies
regularly should make application by
letter or postal card directed "Com-
missioner of Labor, Washington, DC"
Eleven thousand garment workers
are on strike in Cincinnati.
The BARRIERS held a good meeting