The San Francisco call., 1896-09-08
Great Gathering of Toi1ers
in Metropolitan
Temple.
STIRRING SPEECHES AND
LOVELY SONGS.
Fair Women Added Grace to
an Otherwise Imposing
ASSemblage.
THE RELATIONS CT CAPITAL
AND LABOR.
Vital Themes That Were Understand.
ingly Discussed by NJ SIS Anna
Shaw and Many
Others.
THE RELATIONS CT CAPITAL
AND LABOR.

Organized labor, in its magnificent
strength, held sway last evening in Metro
politan Temple. Men, hardy men, arti-
sans, their wives, sisters and sweethearts,
crowded the vast edifice and listened to
the words of men and women who learned
fwhat they spoke in the workshops of this
country.
Stretched across the stage, high above
the speakers, the American flag hung be-
tween the remnants ofmany labor organi-
cations. In the center, between the de-
vices of the respective unions, was a
palmer banner, silently extending to all a
hearty WELCOME by San Francisco Labor
Council on Labor Day, 1856" The
medallion in the center of the banner read
Labor is King"
The silken banners most prominent on
the stage and over it were those of the
Ironmolders, the typographical, the
Coopers', the Cigarmakers' and the Joul-
neymen Bakers unions. Besides these
EN- blems OF this grand country and of the
most powerful and honorable associations
within it, little attempt was made at dec
Grafton. On the stage front a half score of
beautiful floral pieces awaited the ladies
who with song and recitation helped to
make the moments pass more pleasantly
between the telling utterances OF the
speakers.
On the stage were: President. T. F.
Burns; vice president, J. Hill; secretaries.
Ed Rosen berg and Joseph Walters: treas
urer, w. @. Alderman; C. Shuppert, Miss
Anna Shaw, w. Macarthur and Thomas
Hurd
Mr.. Burns said it was his pleasant dutv
10 introduce the speakers and also to
briefly outline the objects of labor
unionism.
Trades unionism," he continued, sis
organized to suppress vice and competl-
ton among themselves. 1t is hard to con-
vince the middleman that competition is
the life of trade when he comes into con-
tact with the great, mammoth concerns
com bines that have for their object the
concentration of wealth and to crush out
all smaller rivals. No more can you tell
best thing for him. The labor movement,
IN my opinion, represents the vanguard of
the industrial democracy.
The chairman was warmly applauded
He introduced Marx Dobrin, who read a
poem, "The Judgment of Labor, )" written
by Miss Gabriel NJ. c. Furlong, a member
OF San Francisco Typographical Union
No. 2L The poem was dedicated to the
San francisco Labor Council. Its climax
And in naming all thy glOries, the dearest that we
The greatest, and the grandest, is Americas Free
Met the hearty approval of the house, and
the poem received an ovation.
Mrs. ]. Morrissey contributed to the
pleasure of the evening by singing Good
by, Summer" for which she was en-
Enthusiastically applauded. In reply for an
encore she sang My Little Sweetheart,
May"
J. J. Calvin, ex-president of San Fran
cisco Typographical Union No. 21, deliv-
cred an address on Children of the
Trade Unions" He said:
Mr.. President, fellow trade unionists, Ia
dies and gentlemen; My appearance here this
evening accept as a compliment TO the trade
union of which am a member.
The Chamber of Commerce and the Board of
Trade for the man of business AFFAIRS the Bar
Association for the reputable attorney, the
medical society for the physician who is not
too closely related to the under thker and the
trade union for the mechanic and for the arti-
san who are capable and who are self-respect-
ing.
All of the organizations named are identical
as far as ethical obligations are concerned
they differ only in that the trade-unionist is a
wage Garner.
The underlying principles of trade unionism
are fair days wages for a fair days work,
and the greatest good to the greatest number.
These principles require no elaboration
they are eternal the billowy ocean, and
their fairness and business are self-eY1dent.
All capital comes from labor, and all labor
is performed by man. Hence, capital, labor
and mnn are trinity which should work to-
gether in harmony. AS health is mans in
heritance from God, so is his labor the only
means of preserving that health by enabling
him to make a livelihood.
Allowing that constitutions are necessary