The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-06-08
.sTE7zllE:: SPEAKS. IN .. e.
INTEREST: o. LABOR
Union Labor Preacher IF Pres
byterian Church Captivates
Big Audience.
Discusses Relations Of Church
to Labor in Columbus, O.,
Mass Meeting.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June Cone
thousand delegates from every part Of
the world attended the annual con-
vention Of the Presbyterian church in
this city last week. They were the
most representative and most influen-
tial men in the church., The greatest
meeting of the session was held on
Sunday afternoon in the interest Of
labor, and which had the hearty CO.
operation Of the Columbus Federation
Of Labor It was probably the great.
est church labor meeting ever held
in the world.
Upwards Of seven thousand persons
gathered there to hear Rev. Charles
Stelzle of New York, Superintendent
of the Presbyterian Department of
Church and Labor, in his address la
boris Champion" and the success Of
the meeting was attested not alone
by mere numbers present, but by the
deep interest shown and the applause
which greeted the speakers remarks.
The meeting cannot but make pro-
found impression wherever the rela-
ton of the laboring man, the church
ject for consideration.
With the balcony packed, every seat
downstairs occupied and hundreds of
persons standing, Memorial hall yes
terday housed a more cosmopolitan
crowd than ever before assembled in
the city.
Rev. Mr.. Stelzle is known as the
champion Of labor, and not only or
ganized but unorganized labor was
represented as it never before was
represented in a meeting in Columbus.
FULLY three-fourths, perhaps four
f1fths Of the great concourse was COM
posed of men, the majority of whose
toll is with their hands Scattered
| through the hall were hundreds Of 9TH
ers-d1st1nguished clergymen, eminent
laymen, educators, professional and
| business men,
The two locals of the International
| Association Of Machinists and the Pat
tern Makers local and the clerks,
| marched to the hall in a body and
were given seats in the reserved space.
| This reservation was found necessary
| long before the time for the meeting
| to opn, as the crowds began arriving
early and kept coming until every inch
| OF the vast hall was filled. The fol-
| lowing union labor leaders had seats
on the platform:
J. D. Pierce, national organizer. for
the American Federation of Labor;
Secretary w. F. Hauck of the Column
bus Federation of Labor; j: D. O'Day
and F. II. Mann of the Columbus Cent
raj Body; William Hartman of the
Stage Employees; Business Agent
| George Ertley and e. P. Hawley OF the
Machinists' Union; Leroy. Osler of the
Retail Clerks; &C. B. Knox Of the
Grocery Clerks; Albert Seldom Of the
Plumbers; Ira Hatton Of the Printers:
John McManee, Cigarmakers; Frank
Dennison, Iron and Steel Workers and
treasurer Of the Columbus Federation
OF Labor; William Ritzman, Station
airy Firemen, and John Person, Sta
tionary Engineers.
Governor Harris was there and was
| fianked by prominent business men
and educators of the city. Music was
by band composed of fully fifty
members Of the Musicians Union and
the Cambria chorus of forty Welsh
singers. Mr.. Stelzle was introduced
and held his audience captivated by
the magic Of his words. It was evid-
emily union" audience as was test
flied by the favor with which sentim-
ents favoring organized labor were re-
ceived.