Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-03

met Miss Margaret Gladstone. It's for
elgn secretary, whom he married in
1896.
He acquired wonderful knowledge
Of parliamentary procedure, and II Is
this intimate acquaintance which has
made him so invaluable an organizer
10 the Il. X. c." In 1901, when that
body grew out Of the Trades Union
congress. Macdonald became its secre-
tary Macdonald has done much to I'M
perialize labor, and has affiliated his
various organizations with parties
abroad. Within the next year or two
special embassies win be sent out from
the IL. r. c. to study trade condi-
tions all over the world and TO profit
by improved conditions in other lands.
u is conceded ON an sides that to Mac
donald is mainly due the success Of the
present movement His book Socialist
and Society has had A large demand
during tho late election.
Usually when people speak of labor
candidates there is a mental associa-
ton between them and red-whiskered
Anarchists with dynamite bombs stick
ing out Of their pockets. As a matter
of fact, most OF the labor members re-
Gently elected are anything but uncOuth
In appearance Philip SnoWden NJ. z.
for Blackburn. looks like an intellec-
tual American lawyer, dresses We'll and
Is splendid orator. Snowden began
life in the civil service, He has been
an active labor leader for more than 10
years.
HIS is MOST ROMANTIC.
OF men whose rise from the ranks Of
labor have been romantic, probably
John Macpherson. NJ =. for Preston.
takes the lead. He began life as cab
In boy; al IS he became a steel smelter.
and at q founded the Steel Shelters
society, which came in existence in 1892.
He was born leader and his rise was
very rapid. He displayed such marked
ability that his organization, in order
TO equip him for the battle of labor
against capital. sent him to oxford to
take special courses of study IN political
economy and kindred sciences: aud he
graduated from Ruskin college. This
college, by the way is q sort Of train
ing school for future Labor NJ, P's It
II incorporated by the board OF trade
and Is managed by representatives. OF
the trades unions, the Amalgamated
Society of Engineers and the London
Trades Council. II has already turned
out 232 students who took active part
In the speechmaking during the recent
Labor campaign, and were credit TO
their university.
Persons who imagine that labor has
approached the battle against capital
with crude methods OF warfare will be
very much mistaken. In lis captains
skillful parlamentarans and leaders OF
mon have been chosen and all the pres
ent phalanX OF lighters are using the
most up-to-date methods OF social war
fare Astonishment has been mani
Tested at the wonderful achievements Of
the Labor party but when It Is said |
that work Of preparation and education
has been going on for the past quarter |
OF a century, and, particularly within |
the last FIVE years, surprise need not be |
expressed.
COME INTO HIS OWN
VIII Thorne Is another remarkable |
character who has come into his own |
from direst poverty He became q toll
or at seven years old at Birmingham, |
in brick field. He helped 20 support
mother and three orphan brothers, his
father having died when the boy wn 8 /
nine. He entered a steel mill. then a
coke pldnt, then ~ builders laborer,
working in the brick fields IN summer
and the gas works Ia winter He was
hlNdeN u All0ANilA'AtNf AAtNAf Al'Nl AhhAA~
part In various strikes, which at first
failed lost employment He finally set
tied I'm West Ham, one Of I.onion's
poorest districts. and succeeded In or
ganizing the gasworkers OF that Sec
tion--the most unsklled Of Londou's la
borers Their FIRST meetings were held |
In omen lots near the gas works. He
formed these men into a union, and
they fought o strike for an eight-hour
day and won.
Thorncs labor union was organized
on purely socallstlc lines, their state
object being "to fight capital. TO pro-
mote political action and TO encourage
ownership"
ThOruc becume member 81 the West |
Ham council. and subsequently deputy
mayor He represents tho extreme
Labor element. Jealous OF capital. ami
emphasizing their rights by sheer force
Of organization
The same life history attaches To-
many OF the other Labor representa-
tlyes who will take their seats Az ~
P's IN the next parliaWent-all. or
nearly all. risen from the lowest rungs
Of the social ladder r. W Jowett
prominent IN the ~. R. c." was n
mill hand. John Ward started as dock
lahorer; Clynes ms a factory boy; 4. VI
GIN sold newspaper; G. IT, Roberts
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