The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1901-09-07

always Will be class ~ itself. caring
nothing for. the tears and sorrows Of
those who create It. The time must
e1a to the e e1tent that theS
will receive all they produce. The
leeches that live from the sweat of
others brows are the most dangerous
te ss sre ali dSa IS f n
guilty; they are the feeders of the gov
eminent itself. and the government is
q reflex Of the corruption in them:
ITO plead for conditions that viii not
make it possible for a six-year-old child
to work in sweatshop" Mr.. Richard
son also took occasion to refer to John
doa9s the cbaee o. aer
which he raised the price Of kerosene oil
one: half cent a gallon and cleared S32.-
The only solution Of the problem. he
in order that they may vote UNDER
"LaSer will speak in no uncertain
eaee ana ssS how to east an eG in
telligent vote. and does its own think
ing: Labor has the power to right all
existing wrongs"
Rev. Samples Address.
Rev. s. w. Sample, pastor Of the
Peoples church. Minneapolis, gave an
able address upon 1.-THE Labor Union"
He traced the rise of the modern
tardes union and federation from the
Indn t1f mdde STACKS ae Of its e
who misunderstood and therefore
fought it, and also from the exagger-
ated expectations of its false friends
who looked for it to provide leap
into the millennium and therefore We're
disappointed in it. Leaps into the mil
lennium are like the universal solv-
ent'' some crank proffered to Abraham
Lincoln: No human being can take
them, as no bottles could hold uni
Vast and indeed unreasonable good
has come. does come, and will come
from and through labor unions. Unity
means power. All the fingers separate
and alone could not possibly do one
tenth as much as the united hand.
The labor union has served the same
purpose as the dykes of Holland-they
have kept off the deluge of overwhelm-
ing waters. They have served the same
purpose as those noble and masterful
orders, the Odd Fellows and the Free
Masons, the latter incompatible fra
ternity having arisen from the guilds
of working masons in the middle ages.
They have been benefit and fraternal
societies caring for the sick and the
Mr.. Sample asserted that all laborers:
both inside and outside the unions, had
been benefited by the union. He
was to combine. learn its rights and
then command their realization, To
has many schools, and one Of its best
is the model labor union.
Mrs. Eva Macdonald Valesh was the
next speaker and her remarks were
istened~to with the greatest interest.
Mrs. Eva Mcdonald valesh.
Mrs. Eva McDonald,tfvalesh. a gen
eral organizer Of the American Fed
GRAFTON Of Labor and one Of the editors
of the American Federationist, made
an and cor trya sd
lieved that woman's place was in the
home but said that there was an ex-
ception to every rule and she thought
she was one Of the exceptions, be-
cause she believed she could do more
Mrs. valesh said that there has
probably been no time in the history Of
the country, even including the period
when the knights OF Labor were at
their best. when such interest has been
manifested in labor organizations as
there is today There is some preju-
dice, perhaps, but the feeling is largely
one of interest and desire to know
what organized labor Is going to do.
apprehension about the large combina-
tiOns of labor, but it is not prejudice;
it is only necessary to show how rea-
sonable and Just is the basis on which
labor organization rests and how
are"
She asserted that most of the trouble
was due to imported 1abOrers and ex-
pressed the opinion that the militia
should be called out to preserve order,
under the influence and control Of the
"Oreanized labor is here to stay" she
asserted, land it makes no difference
about one defeat. 1t will turn up with
1893 and Chicago in 1894 were looked
upon as the end Of unionism. but labor
today is better organized, more thor
oughly disciplined and more far-reach-
ing than ever before"
in1unctions, the speaker said that it is
an abuse of judicial power. and illegal
because 1t deprives men of the right
to trial by jury. --.---.-----,
until eli trades and callings are or
ganized, ready to work in harmony
with each other. The workers are not
looking for what does not belong to
them, but they believe that labor pro-
duces a large proportion Of the wealth.
shall 90 to those who produce it.
Mrs. Valesh concluded as follows:
Il do not believe g. reasonable citizen
would object to the organization of
labor II he understood what At means.
The danger. for our institutions is not
from the thinking of an intelligent
worker, but from the 'discontented,
overworked ignorant man. who knows
nothtng but brute force. when he re-
She declared that while the unions
may not win in their present strike
with the U. 8. Steel company, in which
event 1t would prove q black eye for
the cause, the men were fighting for a
principle which would some day be
The Days Sports.
The program Of. sports was an ex-
ceedingly long one and darkness had
covered all when the final event. the
tug Of war was pulled of. This was a
decldedly amusing contest. Gordon
VNeil OF the Longshoremen's union
and Henry Dworschak picked a side
which they thought was able to van
Quish all Opposed to them were four
young men who had not yanked at q
rope since school days. and Joseph
Wiles, who: acted as the anchor. Presi-
dent Davis, Of the Trades Assembly,
Hnvas tho xs1nrA ouA hnR01.a &H,o 1>no~..