The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-01-21
in FIGHT TO WIN
THE LEGISLATURE
UNIONS PLAN CONCERTED MOVE
mENT ON THE ILLINOIS LEG
iSLATURE.
URGING LABOR LAWS
indifference Exhibited In Former ses.
Sims wiz Not. DC Tolerated in ]
=. ]. Present Body. BY Labor ..ss
- "" Element. II

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sprIlsheld, !. T1l.. am, aoelllInols
J toIlers have organized the largest and
most powerful labor lobby that has
lever formulated demands for legisia,
ton by a general assembly Of this
Estate. More than 100000 working
men are represented In the combined
committees who know what labor
wants and do not propose to be snub-
bed or waived aside as was done by
the lawmakers two years ago.
William NJ. Russell and Leland r.
Smith Of the Chicago Federation OF
Labor returned home today after pre-
lliminary surveys and a series Of con.
ferences that opened up the campaign.
They called on Governor Deneen.
Speaker shurtleff. Lieutenant Govern
or Sherman and leading senator's and
representatives in both the RepubI-
can and Democratic camps.
/ Pledges Of sympathy were gwen.
/ All Of these officials will have abua.
dant opportunities to give labor 4
squire deal in accordance with prom
! ises.
Organizations Renresented. S--.
Other organizations that arc 10 have
Representatives here Watching the II gs
| islation or pressing tte action instead
! OF cle usual intefminabIeF delays ase
the Illinois Federation Of Labor, LnI.se
ted Mine Workers Of Illinois Amafga-
mated Street Railway Employees. who
have just ended convention here,
an dthe various railway hrathcrhoods.
train men. locomotive engineers frr'
men and conductors In eeparate IN
! ions. a
4 How extensive liz the programme nc
/ these organizations, all Of whom VII
have spokesnen on the ground ulti
the end Of the session, directing
steady pressure toward the commit.
tres was not understood until t~day.
when the m assures that will be unit,
edly supported were listed
For Municipal Ownership.
One OF the most important mces.
ures to be introduced IL a municipal
ownership bill giving cities the right.
following adoption by referendum, 70
construct and operate gas electricity
and telephone plants, with the added
right to sell the service or product
The Chicago charter bill will contain
these provisions. but the program Is
10 demand them for the cities. vii
IaRes and towns Of the entire state
The light and power end OF this
program was Incorporated In 1905 in
bills Introduced hy Representatives
McGo0rfy The Republicans stole
them verbatim, killed the municiral
service features except 50 far as TO
allowing Chicago "a sell It's surplus
electricity and enacted the gas and
electr' r'cify rate regulation bin RcD-
resentative McGoorty viii probably
have a prominent role 10 pressing the
broader hill this season.
From Chicago will also come a bin
giving mandatory character 10 pub
lie policy referendums. The corpora.
ton agents that il legislative seats
have been wont 10 laugh at these ex.
pressions of the popular will
Great Cohesion Of Labor.
The greatest cohesion of labor or
canizations in this session will be- in
dicatcd by their position on the fellow
servant bill which abroCates the rule
pf law barring recovery for damages
where The injury was due wholly or
In part 10 the yletim's co-laborers
In the attempt 20 increase ITS
chances Of passage two years ago and
al tho same time to secure for then
selves the benefits Of such Law. tho
railway brutherh1cts favored bll
applying only 10 "hazsr,iou occNna-
tions" This year however. the bll
will hc of the broadcSt nature AMI
will. therefore. have The backing Of
ar labor organizations. ReUres rnis-
tive Curran OF Chicago. wiIl probably
this -biiL
labor at large thronghoai The state
gili insist on q repcal Of the convict
abor Law OF two years ago. under
Fhich o. per cent of the inmates ~
,eHal institutions we're allowed 10
products thai came into
ON petition with lite labor's output.