The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1904-06-27
LABOR CONGRESS-
State Federation to Hold It's
Annual Session In Tren-
ton August 10
and l6.

Labor, affiliated with the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, is to hold its twenty
sixth annual labor congress in the AS
sembly Chamber of the State House,
Trenton, August Is and 16. A circular
sent out from headquarters to the trades
and labor unions of New Jersey sets
forth the following
''The aim of the State Federation of
Labor is the establishment and promo
tion of local trade and federal labor
unions and central labor bodies, and the
combination of all such in National and
International Trade Unions, the State
of Labor, for the purpose Of aiding and
assisting each other, and securing State
and National legislation in the interest
of the wage workers, and influencing
public opinion by peaceful and lawful
methods in favor of organized labor. No
question of political partisan character
can be entertained, received or acted
upon by the congress.
Every local in the State organized on
trades union principles, and which is
affiliated with the national or interna-
tional union Of its craft, is urgently re
quested to be fully represented by its
most active and best qualified members.
Many advances have been made during
the past year; organization has pro-
gressed steadily; wages have been main
tanned or increased; hours have been re-
duced; recognition has been secured;
conditions formerly irksome have been
modified; permanency of organization is
established. To continue these benef-
cent results, and to meet the growing
demands of labor, organized and unor-
ganized; to resist the open shop policy
and controvert the false and misleading
assertions and hypocritical claims Of un-
scrupulous employers associations and
their paid agents; to more strongly as
sert our rights IN legislative halls and
the courts; to obtain a more general
shorter work-day to eQualize the produc-
tive, distributive and consumptive ef-
fects Of modern improved machinery and
to contend against the gradual trans
forming of human beings into mere chat
tells, all these needs show the necessity
of the workers meeting in still closer
affiliation.
aWorkingmen organize in local unions
for local trade purposes; local unions
unite in national trade unions for nation
al trade purposes; they then federate in
the American Federation of Labor in or
der to combine all laboF forces nationally;
local unions also unite in local central
bodies for the purpose of combining all
local labor forces, and the same local
unions should unite in the, State Fedora
tion with view of combining our labor
forces within the State for State purpos-
es. The State Federation Of Labor con-
tains the largest possibilities of benefit
to the movement in general, by strength
by agitation for the various forms of
union labels and union cards, by foster
ing and promoting short hour movements,
and by giving attention to the matter of
State legislation. The new factory reg
ulation law, to become operative Sep
tember restricting child labor and pro-
yiding for efficient fire escapes, better
safeguarding of machinery, sanitary ar
rangements and stringent inspections by
an enlarged corps of inspectors--as well
as almost all other labor legislation Sc
cured during the past twenty-five years
is the result of the earnest efforts Of the
State Federation. An important field of
WOfk III 1eSlSlHllVe HatfeFSs III WHICH the
State Federation has exerted great In
huence, is its ability to defeat the pas
sage of the measures which they desire,
and we urge the necessity of all labor
unions helping US to continue this work
in the future. We are the only organ
ization that maintains watchful care
over the workers interests at the Legis-
| latures sessions
Trusting that all trades unions will be
fully represented at the convention, we
have the honor to subscribe ourselves,
/ fraternally,
| THE EXECUTIVE BOARD.
"Corpelius Ford president. 72s Willow
avenue. Hoboken;; G. r. Leyake, first
| vice-president, 218 N Third street, Mill
vile; H. J. Gottlob. second vice president
256 Washington street, Newark Thos.
J. Mead, secretary. 6s South Orange ave-
nue., Newark; Louis Kuhn, treasurer 451z
/ South street. JERSEY City: Edward 7