The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-10
AMERICANS PRESENT.
Received by the British Trades
Union Congress.

EDINBURGH, Sept. 9.-The British
Trades Unions congress resumed it's
sessions this morning and adopted res
olutions favoring the payment of mem
bers Of parliament, cooperation and
trades unionism, and amendments to
the truck act. Messrs Sullivan and
Strasser, the delegates of the American
Federation Of Labor, were present to-
day and met with an enthusiastic re-
ception. Mr.. Sullivan made a speech,
In the course of which he said he had
brought the British delegates greetings
from the workers in the United States,
adding that the latter regarded the
British trades unioniSts as the "old
guard" in the labor movements, and
he cordially invited the congress to
send delegates to the coming American
trades union congress. Continuing, Mr..
Sullivan gave an account of the pro-
gress recently made by organized labor
in America, saying that all the non
union men there were social ciphers,"
and asserting that organized labor had
increased wages by at least forty mil
lions annually.
K H. Wilson, M. p, Of the National
Sailors and Firemens' union, moved
a resolution condemning the govern
ment for refusing to carry out the
Fair Wages resolution passed by the
house of commons, February 18th, 1891,
and for giving contracts to firms en-
ploying nOn-union workmen. The
motion was adopted. 1t was then
moved to rescind the resolution Of the
Norwich Trades Union congress, pas
sed September 9Th, 1894 on the motion
of Mr.. Kier Hardit, declaring for the
naturalization Of land and the whole
of the means Of production. distribu-
ton and exchange. This was ruled out
of order and the congress adopted the
following as a supplementary declar-
alton:
THAT in the opinion of this congress,
it is essential to the maintenance Of the
British Industries to nationalize the
land, mines, minerals, royalty, rents
and railways, and municipaliZe all
water, artificial light and tramway and
undertakings within their several auth
critics, and that the parliamentary
committee be instructed to promote
and support legislation with the above
object
Councillor D. Holmes, of the Anal
gamated Association Of Weavers,
moved, that 1t is of extreme i'm
portance to trade unionists that all the
land possible shall be brought under
cultivation and that we should have a
more equitable basis of urban tax
alton. In order to obtain these objects,
the taxation of land values and ground
rents should be made test question
at the next general election" The mo-
ton was adopted.
After several minor resolutions had
been adopted the Amalgamated Steve
dores' Labor Protection league present
ed a resolution which recited: THAT
this congress regrets that the president
Of the board of trade, while admitting
the British workmen have serious
grievance in not being able to recover
compensation from foreign ship owners
for injuries received through such ship
owners, or their servants neglect, has
been unable to introduce legislation to
remedy the same" and pledged the
congress to aid as far as possible the
passage of bill for the purpose, which
will be introduced by H. J. Reckitt,
NJ p, at the next session of parlia-
ment. After some discussion, the
measure was adopted.
Upon the motion of the Amalgamated
Society of Steel and Iron workers,
resolution instructing the parliament
tary committee to bring up a bill ex-
tending the check weighmen's clauses
Of the mines regulation act to all steel
and iron works was adopted. The Min
ers' federation of Great Britain, then
moved resolution approving a bill in
troduced in the house of commons by
Sir Charles Dixie for the better protec-
ton Of the lives of those working in
mines. The resolution was adopted
and the congress adjourned for the
day.