Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-24
labor AT GOSPEL MEETING
Ten Thousand Industrial Workers At
:, tend Presbyterian Service.
UNIONS SEND BIG DELEGATIONS
Mechanics and Laborers March 60 the
Hall Two Thousand strong
working Day IS Called
Too Long.

ATLANTIC CITY, n. j.. May 2S.-Ten
thousand persons filled the auditorium of
the Million Dollar Pier" today to attend
the mass meeting for labor, the greatest
popular meeting OF the Presbyterian Cen
eral assembly. Charles j.. Nagel, secretary
of commerce and labor. did not appear to
deliver his scheduled address on The Con-
servatiou OF National Life"
A slight illness was given as the reason
OF his nonappearance by Congressman Ben
nett OF New York. who declared that he
was speaking for the cabinet officer when
he said that the national turmoil over con-
servation OF forests and national reserva.
tions is not nearly as important as the
conserving Of human life throughout the
[ GPgntry. 49,. ,,.,., ,,,, a,,.
coming report OF the commission on i'm
migration which has been studying con-
ditons in American factories, is likely to
create sensation in the number OF pre-
ventabe deaths caused in factories"
industrial wrongs.
Rev Charles Stelzle, superintendent Of the
Department of Commerce and Labor Of the
J Presbyterian church. said that, When 30
900 Industrial workers are killed every year,
It means that there Is something wrong In
our Industrial system, In some cases 1t is
nothing short of murder. The railways OF
America alone kill nearly 1900 people every
year and injuro 10000 persons"
THE present working day, from a physio-
logical standpoint, is too long" continued
the Rev. Stelzle 1T keeps the majority of
men and women in a constant state OF
over-fatigue, it leads to the craving Of
means for deadening fatigue and induces
drunkenness and other excesses."
OffiCIa1S ~ ha CitV Central La
Dor union led a delegation of 1000 mechan-
les and laborers. who attended the meet
ing.
Moderator Charles Little preached his an
nual sermon at the mems religious meet
ing held on the steel pier. and appealed
for the return 10 the simple life as pan
y acea for modern Ills in both industrial and
J social life.
worlds Churches Unite.
, WASHINGTON May 23.-Churches in
every cline echoed the precepts of the
Worlds Sunday School association, which
is holding it's sixth convention at Washing.
ton. by the observance through a common
form Of service of the Worlds Sunday
School day
In this city, the scene OF the convention
services were conducted in all the Protest
ant churches. The devotions began at 7:St
IilS ihuAHlHBt Whcll ia many VI ZIG SiuA ShN'
the sacrament of the Lords supper was OBJ
served. 3D.
Delegates FROM he executive committee
of the convention visited every Sunday
school and Their were missionary rallies
for boys and girls during the afternoon
and in the evening missionary meetings
in more than 100 churches were addressed
by foreign missionaries fresh from the
field.
The work began with a sunrise prayer
meeting at hotel, at which the Rev. S. d
Zwemer, for many years missionary in
Arabia, presided, and prayers We're made
for,tl Moslem world. -"'
All the services were strictly internationa
in their color. Practically every Protes.
tant denomination was represented and Il
was estimated folk OF fifty-one natlonalitle.
were gathered.
Some Of the foreign workers VINO spoke a
meetings were: Prof. Alberto Clot, Italy
Prof. j. r. Chitambar, India; Prof. II. II
Yum. president of the Anglo Korean schoo
in Korea: the Rev, N. Tamura, Japan; tn
Rev NJ e, PRESLEY, Mexico; Francis Con
nell of the stockport (I1ngland) Sunda.
school, the largest in the world: Georg
winstone, New Zealand; the Rev. Aquil
Lucas, West Indies; the Rev. ]. Paul Cook
Algeria; the Rev. ]. Monroe Gibson. Lon
don.