Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-13
SOCIALIST MEETING TOMORROW
Resolutions Prepared By the Commit .sesf45 +oo fcr A f3or4;a,,

Resolutions Prepared By the Commit
 tee for Adoption.
 The open air mass meeting, to be held under the auspices of the Water bury Socialist club tomorrow evening, at the corner of Bank and Grand streets, is to be addressed by Joseph l Spargo. The following resolutions
 have been prepared by the committee for adoption:
 In view of the contention and strife that is now existing through the United States whereby labor is ar
 rayed against capital and capital against labor, and whereby under our vested rights and equal privileges for the few. But will the fair name of this commonwealth be drawn down to dishonor and shame by being "Pinkertonized," Pennsylvaniaized,'
 Mat Quayized' or "bayonetized-" Let 1t therefore be enacted by the citi-
 zens of Waterbury in mass meeting
 assembled:
 Whereas, There appears to be a widespread feeling of discontent ex- isting between labor and capital, and, Whereas, A certain craft of the pro- ducing class, namely the machinists and toolmakers, of our state, are ask
 
 ducing or capitalistic class for a small share of the wealth which they pro- duce, viz, shorter day of toll, and, Whereas, And in return to the ma
 chinists and toolmakers of this section who have been furnishing the brain, brawn and muscle tyea, and their
 voteS), and they are now meeting and
 receiving blunt refusal for their
 share of that prosperity, which they
 were deluded into believing was rarn-
 pant throughout the land, by the ad-
 vance agents and false teachings dur
 ing our last campaign; therefore, be 1t
 Resolved, That for two reasons, if
 for no other, a political party declar-
 ing for the socialist commonwealth
 should at all times lend it's active sup
 port to the trades union movement, be-
 cause the socialist party requires for
 it's success a certain degree of class
 consciousness, sense of solidity and
 discipline. This the trade unions cer-
 tainly accomplish. They teach the class interest of the workers; they
 arouse the latent class consciousness Of the members; they cause the work
 CTS to forget the unhappy divisions
 owing to differences of race and creed, and form training school where at least elementary discipline and class lines are taught to the proletaire; and beiitgf further l. Resolved, That we endorse ths trades union as weapon of defense, enabling the wage workers to. resist the degrading tendencies of capitalism. for in the absence of the power of re-, sistance to the downward trend and the organized use of that power. the workers would be degraded to that level where an intelligent, conscious and disciplined working class would be an dmpossibility. Assas Therefore, we affirm. that every as-i distance that we can give to organized labor should be given, as their growth and development is q primary necessi- l ty to the success of sOcialistic move ment, as they have been betrayed too many times and as there is now on | the statute books q law on mediation. and arbitration of which section 4 is substantially as follows:
 Whereas, if q strike or lockout shall occur, or is seriously threatened, in any part of the state, and shall come to the Knowledge of the board, 1t
 Tected to proceed as soon as practical to the locality Of such strike or lock out and put itself iii eommuni ication with the parties t6 the c6ntroEeFs and enileavors to mediateltO effactt an, amicable settlement of such strike or lockout. Therefore, be 1t further resolved, that the secretary, of the meeting be instructed to send on a copy of these resolutions and ascertain from his ex- cellency, Governor George F. Mclean, why in the interest of peace and good fellowship the law of 1895 creating a board of mediation and arbitration has, not been complied with.
 Respectfully submitted,
 WATERBURY SOCIALIST CLUB.