The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-08
LABOR IN CONFERENCE
Twenty-Ninth Annual Trades
Union Congress.
CONVENTION TO LAST ONE WEEK.
The Vehement Arguments and PERSONAL
ties of the Last Congress Held at Csrdin
VIII Not BE Repeated This Year-what
Samuel Woods, Secretary of the Pariis-
mentary Committee Said In an Interview
with an Associated Press Man

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Samuel Woods, Secretary OF the Pariis-
mentary Committee Said In an Interview
With an Associated Press Man
Edinburgh. Sept. s-GCopyrighted,
1896. by the Associated Press.l-The
twenty ninth annual trades union con-
gress of Great Britain opened its ses-
sion at the assembly rooms. George
street. this city. at noon Monday.
About $50 delegates were in attend
ance. The congress will close Satur-
day. Sept. 13. The vehement argu-
ments and bitter personalities OF the
twenty-eighth congress. held at Car
diff last year. will not be repeated this
year. as the new constitution adopted
then directed the improved forma-
tion of the congress of 1896. Men like
John Burns, Kier Hardie and
Henry Broadhurst. are not present,
In their places are real working
men. such as the Northumber-
land and Durham Miners union. and
the Boiermakers' union. who latterly
have taken no part in the annual con-
gress
Samuel Woods. secretary OF the par
liamentary committee. in an interview
with a representative of the Associat-
ed Press previous to the meeting Mon
day, said:
Interview with Samuel Woods.
I'VE have not more than $50 dele
gates this year owing to the new
standing orders and our congress 10
much more workable. Under the old
constitution there could have been over
TOO delegates. The delegates this year
are only bona fled workers at their
trade and legal members of trade So
cieties No person can be a delegate
unless he is actually working at his
trade at the time of his appointment.
or is a permanent paid working off,
cial of his trade union. This was def
nitely settled at Cardiff last year
I'VE are likely. however. to have
little rub or two over an attempt to
revert to the old way of voting. where
each union or body represented had one
vote. Under the new standing orders
each delegate has one vote for every
thousand workers whom he represents.
This is direct representation and | do
not think ii will be overhrown.
Work Is Ambitious.
exceedingly ambitious when the time
available is considered. The parlia-
mentary committee of which Edward
| Convey Of the Yorkshire miners. is
| chairman and also president of the
| congress- has prepared a programme
| embodied in eleven resolutions: the
trade unions have sent up no fewer
than eighty-one resolutions for dis
cussion To these notice of over TWEEN
| ty amendments has been given. The
| two sets OF resolutions cover the wild
est field for discussion and efforts prac-
| ticable and otherwise. The temper OF
| the congress towards the impractical
| BILE can perhaps he guaged by reso-
luton of the papermill workers that no
representative of the press shall be al
| lowed to report the proceedings unless
| he can prove that the journal he repre-
sents is printed by trade union labor
| and on paper manufactured in the Uni
| ted Kingdom"
Trend Of the Congress.
A further intimation of the trend OF
| this congress Is contained in resolu-
| ton proposed by the power-loom over
| lockers to rescind the famous collectiv-
| list resolution adopted at the Norwich
| congress Of 1894 on the initiative OF
| Kier Harde. and in its place to substi-
| tute the following:
| THAT in the opinion OF this congress
| il is essential to the maintenance OF
| British industries to nationalize the
| land. mines. minerals. royalty rents.
and railways and municipalize all wa
| ter. artificial light and tramways un-
dertakings within their several author
tiles. and that the parliamentary COM
mittee be instructed to promote and
support legislation with the above OBJ
| ject"
Chancellor w. Thorne OF the gas
workers will ask the congress to de-
clare THAT the time has arrived when
the hours of labor should be limited to
eight per day in all trades and occupa
| tions in the United Kingdom"