The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-11-21

n Memorial g Services Held Sunday
Y. By 7 q. =. =. .of !. ! Convention Con to
:. II; j.. !. Honor Dead. : ), :

5fs, After . week Of routine work, in
which committees were appointed,
addresses sof welcome heard and MI ;
merols resolutions presented, the sec
e ond weeks session of the "A. F. Of L.
convention opened with memeriai
ss'erYtces4in Horticultural hall In Phil
adelphia last Sunday. The following
account OF Sundays services is taken
from the Public Ledger: =. -
The, American e Federation OF Labor
chose Yesterday the Sunday OF its
convention period, to do honor to la
bor's illustrious dead: With Phila-
delphia are, associated three names
which the federation found worthy of
Its highest reverence. For two hours
Yesterday afternoon, at the conven-
ton meeting place in Horticultural
hall, President Gompers and the
great leaders Of organized labo;
spoke In affectionate remembrance OF
Peter j.. Mcguire, william. H. sylvis
and George Chance. ~ :,
"Maguire, the father ofaLabor Day.
and the founder Of the United Broth
erhood Of Carpenters and :Joiners,
loomed largest in the talks. The serv-
Ices were under the auspices of his
own'union.: When Peter Maguire,s in
Staten Island, was counting a little
gtri,t who afterward BECAME his WIFE,
said President Gompers, 1T was nv
privilege often; to 80 with him. And
when Peter Maguire's old mother
came to the end Of her beautiful life,
it. was in my. arms that her last
breath was drawn-I knew Peter Ma
guire!' In the entire stiffness the crying
Of women could be heard. It was the
widow and daughters Of Mcguire.
weeping at the memories that the
aged labor leader had stirred.
know how the last of Ma
guire's life were filled with tragedy
continued the president I know how
he was revived and prosecuted be-
cause though once a Socialist, he had
the courtge to speak out against tho
sophistries Of socialism when he had
detected them to be ssophistries. I
know how illness shadowed him. Il
know how. he suffered and yet was
brave. For, I know that as long as
there was breath In the body of Ma
guNe he was fighting for the right,
hEhting for humanity s ~.
sE' Levi Parvis, Z member Of the To-
Gal carpenters' union, and {; Frank
& 1ksnlt iI1terhatlonaf seer tary of ina
,gArpenters' Brotherhood. SPOKE
briefly Of Maguire's works for labor.
James Kirby, president OF the Broth.
efhood Of Carpenters, was chairman
ofsthe meeting. :. -. =
John Fry, editor of the Molders'
Journal, gave an historical and eulo-
sisac account Of the work of 'sylvis
Z Whost founded the International Mold
ers' Union in this city in 1855. James
duncan, second vice president of the
recreation, gave E. brief talk in renlin-
lsenfs of Mcguire and other labor
leaders of the past, concluding witt,
an account Of George Chance and his
leadership in establishing the print
ers' union in this section OF the coun-
try. = -
AT the federation Headquarters. in
the Hotel Walton, yesterday prepara-
tons were being made for the launch
ing tntp active work Of the conven-
uon with today's session. Many COM
mittees are ready with partial re-
ports, and 1t is believed that practi-
'cally all of the minor Resolutions and
propositions. on Which the federations
Is united can be dispensed with. to-
day. On the more debatable ques-
tons. however, committee chairmen.
said" yesterday that hearings were
still in progress. ~ >=.':'