The herald., 1896-01-20
Miss Willard Places Herself on Record as a
Single Tnxer-Labor News From Over
the Country Coliated


non-unionist ever sent up a committee to
tackle legislature. But for the trade
unions there would be no arbitration
boards, labor bureaus or factory inspect
ors; no widespread discussion OF radical
political reforms; no instruction or the
multitude in their rights; no ''social ques-
tion;'' no legislators fearing militant labor,
and no laws on the statute books recogniz-
ing labor's interests as interpreted by
labor. We are protectors to the helpless
non-unionist. We gain victories. Witness
the improved condition of 10000 OF New
York sweat-shop workers in the last year.
We are not calamity howlers. We work,
organize, meet, legislate, fight the enemy,
succeed, fail, rise and try it again, always
in hopeful good humor. We quarrel and
forgive; backcap and don't mean it; hold
hot elections, and then cool off, laughing.
We tolerate takers"
LABOR NOTES
Clerks Association meets tomorrow
night,
Labor unions know no sect, religion or
nationality.
The jails all over the country are filling
up with vagrants.
Sheet Iron and Cornice Workers. Union
meets this evening.
Coal is still going up in price in the east.
Miners wages remain the same.
The labor press, as a rule, is filled with
communications on the benefits of the
single tax.
Cooks and Pastry Cooks union give a
masquerade ball on February 18th at
Turnverein hall.
Cheap oil means increased manufacture
ing in this city. However, there are no
definite results thus far.
Miss Frances Willard is not only q
friend of trade unions but she is also an
advocate of the single tax.
Instead of looking ahead 100 years, let
us look TO the present. "Sut1lcient unto
the day is the evil thereof"
There will he special meeting of the
Council of Labor this evening. Business
of Importance comes before that body.
The clerks of Riverside held monster
meeting few nights ago in favor of the
early closing movement. The citizens gen.
orally indorse it.
p. Mcnamara, the president of the Coun-
Gil of Labor, will preside at a mass meeting
at Grace Methodist Episcopal church on
Thursday evening. /
Hon. James McMaguire has introduced
bill into the national house of representa-
tives on the treatment of American sea-
men on shipboard.
Omaha has now labor temple, through
the efforts of trade.unionists and the busi-
ness men of that city. The building was
dedicated last week.
There are now wars and rumors of wars
throughout the civilized world, while work.
iugmen in many countries are fighting to
keep the wolf from the door.
For the first time in the history of trades
unions in this city there will be labor
mass meeting in church. Each speaker
will address himself to the interest of his
trade.
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unions of this city are out OF employment
at the present time. Notwithstanding this
nearly every train swells the ranks of
skilled labor.
DR.. Rainsford of New York says that
fewer poor people attend church now in
that city than did ten years ago. 1t is pos
sible that what the church has lost in num-
bers it has made up in wealth.
A judge in Cincinnati recently lost a
| for their return. The papers took it up.
| and it resulted in considerable agitation
among the people and almost his i'm.
! peachment.
| The contest going OH between the Pro.
! testants and Catholic leaders in the papers
| in San Francisco can have no other effec
! than disgusting those outside the pale OF
| the church. Of all wars a religious war is
| the worst.
| decided that man is entitled to rest wher
| night overlook him, and if he entered 6
barn, shed or shop, even without permits
sion. it did not constitute vagrancy. Ever
Christ sometimes did not have q place tc
lay his head.
Every time q labor convention meets il
this country the New York Printer says i
is a signal for the gathering of cranks ano
theorists who imagine that they have dis
covered the only real solution of the labor
problem. Ono plan submitted at the
American Federation of Labor convention
was called Joint Stock Labor Union.
The federation did not take kindly to the
plan and refused to handle it.
There will be a union labor mass meet
ing next Thursday evening at Grace M. E
church, on First street below Alameda
under the auspices of the Los Angeles
County Council of Labor. The following
gentlemen, representing the different
unions, will address the meeting: p. Me
Namara Of the plumbers union; G. e.
Fisk, printers; w. A. Woodis, electrical
workers; Fl. e. Martens, cigarmakers; E.
j. r. Walker, shinglers; T. r. Hawley
carpenters; j. H. McWilliams, painters
S. d. Biddle, A. r. u, and others.
The Cigarmakers' Journal says that the
| trade-union movement believes in increas.
ing wages, shortening the hours of labor
broadening the minds of its members by
dispelling religious, race and sectional
| prejudices, thus uniting and learning their
strength and how to exercise it, will hasten
the day. They at least have a tangible
plan, and one that if it does not (but il
wilD accomplish the desired end, az least
accomplishes something for its members
as it goes along. Let the future state take
care of itself, and let us devote our efforts
to obtaining the best conditions possible
for labor. We need it.
70 show how great change among the
membership OF the British trade unions, in
one year the following resolution was sub.
mitted to popular vote and failed of en-.
dorsement by an overwhelming adverse
vote. For iS6,0OO; against 421 900:
"That, agreeing with the remarks of the
parliamentary committee respecting the
unemployed problem. we regret that dur
ing the past year they have taken no steps
on the mandate given them by the congress
OF 1894, viz, to promote and support legis-
lation in favor of the naturalization of the
land and the means of production, and