The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-15
LABOR LEADERS TALK
SEVERAL SPEECHES. MADE AT
PYTnIAN HALL.
Jsmes o'Ccnneii, Master Machina.t
of the international Ausociatton,,
speaks at Labor linton Hall. 4

4 - Is n. y
| MI James oConne,'. grand master ma
chinist of the International Association Of
| Machipists. spoke at Labor Union hall last
night to an audience OF between 200 and
500 people. MIR, o'Connells remarks were
more on the labor question In general than
OF matters directly Affecting his own craft
and pertained to organization OF the diff
ferent branches OF labor He spoke OF the
different organizations and especially Of
those but recently organized and con-
graduated the members on. their good
work and expressed the hope that 1t would
be continued. He explained how the IN
dAdual WIS unable TO better his condi-
ton by his own efforts and said that
shorter hours, equitable wages and better
conditions surrounding labor could only be
brought about by organization. In sub
sanitation of hts proposition he called at
tention to the fact that business men GO
| operated in their different organizations
cotton exchanges, boards OF trade bus-
ness leagues, etc,--and II labor would
improve It's condition II must follow their
example. He said hu did not favor nine
hours or eight hours. but he believed the
hours should be so shortened that all able
bodied men could be given employment
and the idle population done away with
He said that there should be an cquaiixa-
ton OF wages In the employment Of men
aud women; that women were certainly
entitled TO mems wages where they did
the same work.
Mr.. o'Ccnnell compared the work slaves
of America with the oppressed people OF
Cuba. He insisted that children should
M, no oIlowod In ,Shnr, that tbo,r ,,a al
was in the schools,
lilo ,o,d NJ tbc oriy,n ot Tho ordor. how
ak men in inc emnlny Of Inc Icas, Tennss.
see Virginia and froruIp railway had
f,,r,red h. orraniyn,,nn ,r a MI /, IN.
,o,,nabouen while vorline on on cuytne
In Nav iSsg
Mr. o,rorne,, cloaed with m eIoouont
n, ra,l "a ,ba 1ah,rin,, c,,ss,, In ,io., IN
tanke md stand ehnn,dor IN sbouidsr IN
nc cas-. or unionten
ne an ,.as ,,.trnoa N ,,,,h n,,,iea,,
tntoreet una w.a rnooived nv bia ,,ditor.
Win enth,,s,asu,
ps,user 9oo and soo ,ahor,no mn, os-
a., n,., -, p,,..,.
seihoieo IN fytnian ha'i' fli'n waru' last
night and listened TO number OF speeches
on labor ,oFics The frst announcement
~, ,,,,.ay,a c,, ,,.a,a ,,a,au
"'s 'r"' 'h''" 'i'e VI ap' ''"s'e, ""''''
o' the brotherhood OF Locomotive f1remen
would be the orator OF the evening, but
he was Joined by FMst Vice Grand Master
=, a.. pr,,h,,h,od ., ,,auro,a rr.i,,-
VI NV 'e'' "
men, w. ~ Mnhon' pres'asmt OF tue
Amalgamated Association or street Kali
way Employees. and j. II. Norton of san
A,,on,a oh.trmon ~ IN. io,n, ,,otecti,e
haa "a ~, Inenmn,,,a eramsn ,or IN A.
,s,.tta -. Sn,,,ho.n Danirln u'I,a aiso
a a%ot.o ''''"'' '01''''" $3.50 W.
NJ sa,,a,.,.a ,,t,,,.els 49,, or,o,,g7,
,,on ,an,a,a,tan ar5 ad,,rn,ion hain,, The
,hrae a.ea, ,y,nci,',es rsontaita for the
iahorins NO., f., hat,ar M cnndi,ion and
,r',ra,,e h n,a" O We ,,rcsa Ia,
- 49, W fni,' ,ho o,,ant1a,Ions of
noIIns m.n w. ION ~" ,o,tnI, h,n,