Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-09-08
lBLEGRAPHIC.
/ LABOR CONGRESS.
Vnl WorkIHsmsn Pns.ni, bul ABI.
iatOrs Absent.
,,,, rs FAVOR OF PROTECTION.
,,1leis to Come Up far Discussion by
the Repr 'enia'ivsd ih1
had = Union.

rnynupc, Sept. :. - Copyright,
,,ea A,sociatcd Press.)-Tho twenty
IAN annual Trades Union congross
=, G,eat Britain orcpsd i's session nj
,,op today with a6out 800 delegates
4 ,,,,peauce. Tho congress will close
Sunday, September l2ih.
the yehon cnt arguments and bitter
.,,,,nall,lea OF tue twenty.elghth con-
70, a, Cardiii last year will not be-
rrsated, as the new constiiuiion then
t.t,eled an improved formation o. tho
,,nsfe,s OF 1898. Men like John
Rarpa Kier Hardio and Henry Broad.
Inn, nru not present. In their places
.. real wofkingmen, euch % the
ys,tbumb1Tland anu Duthnm minefa'
s,,nn and b0ilermAkert' union, who
niiefly have takon no part In the an-
tual congress.
samuel Woods, SECRETARY o! the PAR.
BsmeutaTy committee, IN an Inter
,leW with representative OF the
Asociatod Press, previous 10 the meet
irg today, said;
awe have not more than 800 dele
oates this year, owing TO tho new
landing otdors, AMI our congress is
much mote workable. Under tbs OLD
constitution there would have been
ever 100 delegates. The delegates this
ysaf are only bona ndo workers at
iatlf trade tnd legal members Of tfadea
,,eisti,s. No person eau be n delegate
upltss he 10 actually working at his
lfade a, the time OF mis- appointment,
ofba permanent paid working official
Of biz ifados union. This wa dehn-
l,sly settled at Cardiff last year.
awe are likely, however, to have u
lnlle rob OF tive over an attempt ~ 70.
vtf. to the old way 81 voting, whrto
steh union or booy represented hhd
one vote. Upuer tue now standing
efdets each delegate has one vote ioT
every thousand workers whom ne rep
Iesehts. Tnis 10 direct representation,
and | 90 not think II will DO over
ihflwn.
ave have about thiity more trades.
union represented this year than hst,
und about thirty which have never
been represented before. There arc two
American delegates, Mesirs. 'SlrIsssr
sui Sullivan"
The temper OF tho congress toward
he lmprAutlcsble eau perhaps be
gutgod by resolution OF the aper.
mill workers that no representative Of
he press shall be allowed to report the
tioetedings unlese he can prove that
lac Journal no REPRESENTA- " "prlnied
by tfadssunion labor aud on paper
manufactured In tho United King
DOM"
A further iptimstion Of the trend Of
thie cOngftss ~ contained IN n rtsOlu.
ton proposed by the poweT.loom over.
boxers 10 Tsscind the famous com.
meetlyist resolution adopted at the Nor.
wich convention In 1854, ON the initia.
i've Of ki,r Hardir, anu In Its place 10
Substitute the following;
"lhht In the opinion OF this oongTele
/. u ESSENTIAL 10 the maintenance OF
Bntlbh Industries to patl0nal.ze the
land, mints, minerals, royalty, rents
and railwaye, anu municipntzB all
water, artificial light ana tTamway uu.
dtfiAkings wlihin their several AuthOf-
lilies, anu that the parliamentary com.
mlliee DO instIuoted 10 promote anu
support legislation with the object
ttoye named"
Councillor w. Thorne OF the gas.
veiksn Will ask thu oongTesi TO 10.
clare "Ihat the tlma has nrflved whom
Toe hours Of labor should DO limited
10 elghi hours per day Ia all trades
and occupations in the United King.
Gom.p
L, Hartford OF tho railway mon will
tfng up the question OF employer
liability by n resolution calling upon
Tue government 10 sO amenu the exist
lng act that "smong other things the
fapon,loiiity msy rest upon ths .m.