The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-08-07
organized Labor in Emerald Isle
First to Officially Welcome
:. President Gompers. ''~
sENTERTATNED BY TRADES
CONGRESS AND COUNCIL
Hand Of Friendship and Frater-
nifty Extended to Free Born \
Citizen of the World. ' l'5<.s

In Dublin, has the following interest
ing statement under the caption OF:
= Samuel Gompers in Dublin. Il
The visit Of Mr.. Samuel Gompers
the president of the American Fed:
GRAFTON of Labor, has been aYaileds Of
by the representatives OF Irish. trade
tunioinism to extend to their brothers
sdn the Industrial movement fraternal
greetings and expressions Of good
will through their distinguished Wis
titor. 1. <ss9s = 9. $:c A: ~ : -
For some time past he has been
Hand, expressing his lively satisfaction
and kindly remembrance Of his former
visit to this country. -. Mr.. Gompers
arrived in Ireland on Monday, and
ON Monday night the parliamentary
committee ofs the Irish Trades con-
gress and theaexecutive Of the Dublin
Trades council did themselves the
honor Of informally entertaining him.
-za/ Responds to Toast. >
Various toasts were duly honored,
Fbut none more enthusiastically than
lthe, health of the distinguished guest.
lMr.. Gompers, in responding, dealt
with many aspects Of the labor move
!ment. He spoke Of the necessity of
solidarity in movement which is
world wide, and in which so, many Of
those, who fought for liberty in it's
widest sense, and for human*right and
Justice in its 'broadest and best con-
ception, had gone down ins5 death at
the hands of their oppressors. A
movement which was young in its
virility, in its strength, and in its
comprehensiVeness, was still a battle
for right against wrong, a struggle
tor the uplifting of our poorer breth-
rem, for the protection, of the chill
,dren of the wage-earner; and so was
as old as the world itself. He had
come to.Ireland to bear greetings Of
4frateraalsa bro thsrAo ooa ssfrom his coli
leagues III the United States, and he
advised them to keep on rightly
struggling for the right, nobly striving
to be free, hey held perhaps, differ
ences Of poinion upon the complex
questions involved in the political
arena Of country situated as Ireland
was, but never let them forget that
they were wage-earners, and that they
were continuing in that sense the
fight which was being waged by their
brohers In very country into which
trade unionism had penetrated.
The Nob!est Life.
These are words of much moment
for us in Ireland. They teach as many
things, and they show us that the
man who in the miners struggle in
his native land dared the might of
a gretat power in order to stand with
his brothers in their struggle against
oppressive conditions is today the
Sanlpel Gompers of DID, Philosophers
preach humamtarianism, ambitious
despots preach militarism, but here is
a man who practices what the philo-
'sophers preach. and despises that
which the despot creates. One of our
countrymen has written: The noblesl
death is where man dies for man.
Yes, and the noblest life is where man
lives for man..
Heartfelt Welcome.
=. Samuel Gompers' life has been one
of hard struggle, not for himself in
the individual sense, but for the bet
terment of the condition of his
brothers and sisters amongst the
wage-earners of the world, for the
Frightening Of the lives Of little chill
dren and poor stricken women-the
victims Of a capitalist competitive
system nsuch work, we extend tn.
hand Of friendship and fraternity tt
Samuel Gompers, free-born citizen O.
the world and bid him hearty well
come to Ireland and Godspeed in fis
work, and many long and fruitful
years to ca rry it on. 3.-.