The herald., 1898-04-19
FAIL TO MOVE THE NEW YORK
LABOR UNIONS
CHICAGO FEDERATI0NISTS
Voice Their Objections to an Interfer.
ence on the Part Of Old
World Nations
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by a vote of nearly two to one. The res
olutions were signed by the Bishop, Ern-
est H. Crosby, VIM. Dean Howells, Bo-
ton Hall. Charles Frederick Adams and
John Crosby.
The resolutions are mastery ar
raignment of war and plea for peace,
couched in the most persuasive language
of men renowned for their ability in the
use of words. but they failed to stem the
tide of patriotism. They say the de-
struction of the Maine as question CT
fact should be left to arbitration; that
the cruelty and oppression OF the poor
in our own land is equal to that of Cuba
that war will add only suffering to both
Cuba and the United States; that Gu
ban republic would be more cruel and
oppressive than the Spanish rule; that
the speculators would make money while
the workingmen of the two nations shot
each other down, and that foreign war
would interfere with the great battle for
industrial freedom, which is more i'm
portant.
A Rational Boycott
CHICAGO, April 1S-The Federation
of Labor at its regular weekly meeting
unanimously adopted a resolution that
the people of this country should re-
taliate against foreign country that
might intermeddle in the present crisis
by refusing to buy its products and man.
ufactures. The paper, which was re-
ported by Chairman Dold from the Com
mittee on Resolutions and unanimously
adopted without debate, was as follows:
"The delegates to the Chicago Fedora
tion of Labor, in regular council as
sembled, believe it to be the duty of all
| citizens to assist by honorable and legit-
innate means in sustaining the nation
in its controversy and probable hostil-
tiles with Spain, and realizing that one or
more supposed friendly nations are IL
able to give encouragement If not actual
| assistance to Spain,
1--WE, therefore, declare that when
ever it becomes evident that any for
| eign nation or people assert its or their
| influence detrimental to the interests of
the United States in relation to the pend
ing difficulties with Spain it becomes the
| individual duty of each citizen of the
| United States to abstain from the use or
traffic in any article or commodity.
either natural or manufactured which
is produced by such people or nation, and
to effectuate this purpose we declare
further that any person within the limits
of the United States with full knowledge
of the fact who, for the purpose of profit
deals in such articles, should not receive
the patronage of any patriotic American
citizen"
| After this resolution had been adopted
Samuel Gompers, President of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, addressed the
Federation and among other matters
| touched upon the war question. He salo
he was not an eleventh-hour convert tc
war with Spain. AS long ago as the Gin
cinnati convention he had advocated a
free Cuba and a war for the purpose, ii
necessary; still, he had no sympathy
with the "war anyhow" spirit. There
should be no war with Spain if it can bt
avoided with honor. A war; he said
would be a great evil to the working
man who would bear most of the hard
ship and suffering.
Mr.. Gompers also spoke of the trium-
phal advance of organized labor
Speeches were also made by Vice-Presi-
dent O'Connell and others.
Food for Soldiers
CHICAGO, April 1S.-A special to tho
Chronicle from Washington says:
The American soldiers in the field live
in fine style and the experts declare thai
an army of 100000 men can be supplied
from domestic sources without incon.
veniencing anybody or causing the price
of food products to rise.
Orders have been sent out by Com
missary- General Gushing for the pur
chase of supplies and the shipment 0.
material to Chickamauga Mobile, Tam
ma and New Orleans. These purchase
will be made at ST. Louis, New York City
Omaha. Chicago, Kansas City and New
Orleans. General Gushing says the do
mestic sources of supply are SO abun
dant and reliable that unless ther
should be occasion to put somethin:
like 900 900 in the field, there need be NJ
occasion for an increase in cost of sub
sistence or any like effect upon the foo,
supplies of the country.
The cost of transportation will be les
, where the army is concentrated thai
, where it is distributed all over the coun
) try.
The field rations, which will b
= made up and shipped to the mobilize
} troops in the South, consist of thes
= articles, the net weight of each on
thousand rations being as follows:
Bacon, $50 pounds; hard bread 100
, pounds baked beans. $50 pounds; pota
toes, 1000 pounds; coffee roasted,
pounds; sugar, $50 pounds; vinegar,
r pounds, candles, Is pounds; soap,
;, pounds; black pepper 21s pounds;
total of 3307.5 pounds net, or 363S pound
gross.
1t is estimated that it will take 5000
. pounds of the field rations for each reg
. ment The rations will be augmente
later on by purchases in the various lc
: calites by officers, who are authorize
l to buy delicacies of the season.
!; The emergency ration will not be full
Z; nished to the soldiers, even while in CT
ba. except on occasions arising in actiI
opera tion when the use of the REGULAR
!, established ration is impracticable.
/, Pacific Mosquitoes
+; WASHINGTON, April 18.-Instrut
, tions have been sent to the navy depar
! u ment officials at San Francisco to col
/, tinue the surveys of tugs for use in tf
/. formation of the Pacific Coast mosqui
!; fleet The department has decided
t, equip the tugs already purchased wit
!; the two sx-pounders and four on
Founders, all rapid-fire guns, and to &C
to the revenue cutter armament fol
4-inch guns each, If the guns can be ha
in time. The coast survey vessels w
i receive two four-inch guns each ar
is some rapd-fire guns, while the Abb
W tross may be called upon to bear son
W armament, if it can be carried safely.
l. When the auxiliary navy is put in
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