The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-04-23
eabars Protest
Continued from Pa &c


ing assembled insist that the Con
gress OF the United States cease
its interference or hostility and
enact the legislati on in these re-
solutions set fourth, so that we
may exercise our fullest, normal,
natural and industrial rights, and
to attain them we will exercise our
industrial and political power, and
be it further
Resolved, That we call upon the
Congress now i'll session to enact
before adjournment the amend
ment to the Sherman Antitrust
Law, known as the Wilson Bill II.
r. No. 2O5S4; and be it further
Resolved, That we call upon the
present session of the present Con-
gress to enact the Pearce Bill 81. r.
"a, to 50 define the injunction
power and restrain it's abuse that
neither directly nor indirectly
shall there be held to be any prop
erty or property right in the labor
of labor power OF any person; and
be it further
Resolved, That we call upon
Congress at this session to enact an
adequate, just and clearly defined
general Employers Liability Eaw
and be it further
Resolved, That we call upon this
session of Congress to enact Labor's
eight hour bill for the extension
of the present eight hour law to all
Government employers and to all
employers engaged upon work
by cuntia It, rs or subcontracto1s,
and be it further
Resolved, That we hereby de-
clare our deter, ination to hold
each and every Representative and
Senator strictly accountab upon
his record upon these mcasurel S
during the present session OF the
present Congress, and be it further
Resolved, That we stand I'M
qualifiedly committed to the
measures and the Congressional
relief set forth in these preambles
and resolutions and The grievan ces
set forth in the Protest to Congress
published in the Congressional
Record, and the plan of campaign
outlined in the Address to workers,
prepared and presented by the
great labor conference. held at
Washington. ID. G., under the
auspices of the American Fedora
ton of Labor. And we pledge
ourselves individually and collect
lively to the exercise of our fullest
political and Industrial activities
now, and in the future, to the end
that we may aid in the election of
such candidates for
President OF the United States:
Representatives or Senators in
Congress-;
And such other Executive, Leg
islative or Judicial candidates for
office as will safeguard and pro-
tect the common interests of the
wage workers, as well as the people
OF our common country; and be it
finally
Resolved, That the toilers and
their friends, fully aroused, will
no; be lulled into fancied or
false security by promise however,
plausible or protestationS, however
masked by friendship, and that we
call upon all our fellow workers,
sympathizers, and enlightened
public citizens generally, without
regard to party utilization, to
Stand by our friends and to elect
them.
Oppose the indifferent and hos
tile to our cause and defeat them.
In this movement for our COM
mon protection we are moved by a
high sense of duty and a profound
ly conscientious purpose to serve
not only the workers of our time,
but all the people of our great
country for their industrial, politi
cal, social, and moral progress and
uplift,