The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-07-25

GUS factory Ind sanitation Tvs. enc
dorstng the state Insurance plan. de-
Eclaring IN favor OF !. working Tor the
pardon OF Reddin and to aid Carl
Person Ia his trial for life Ia Illinois.
abolition Of Ice offices, in favor of
old age passions and several other
measured pertaining to the welfare
Of labor. The committee on cards
and labels recommended that the va
rious central bodies organize card
and label councils with thea object in
view of organizing a state department
for the advancement Of the union la
bel.
The convention went on record as
being opposed to the seating OF fra
ternal delegates representing church
organizations in the conventions Of
the America Federation of Labor.
They also recommended that the va.
rious amendments to the, state consti-
tuition being presented to the people
this fall be voted upon favorably.
At the conclusion of the reports
the session was adjourned till Satur-
day morning. %.5ss J.
Boat Ride Held.
4 At 1855 Saturday afternoon the
steamer Leander Choate. left the
Riverside park dock with the .conven-
ton delegates together with a number
of Oshkosh union men and women
aboard. There was close to 500 per-
sons who took the trip. The Arion
orchestra played livly airs and re-.
freshments were served on board the
boat. After an eight mile ride upon
the Fox river the steamer returned.
and q cruise was made on lake Win.
nebago along the -, summer resort
shore nearsOshkosh. Returning from
the trip, supper was had after which
a parade was held Of which the Osh-
kosh Daily Northwestern had the fol-
lowing to say: Ill. = Is.. Ii 5. E
The parade was imposing, not for
anything spectacular, or for attrae-
tive uniforms, or for drill movements,
but because Of the men who walked
quietly in ranks of four to; the num-
Der of over 1000. Leading the par
ade came platoon of Oshkosh po-
lice, followed by Leonard Schmidt,
the marshal Of the g. day, mounted.
Then came the big union band with
Theodore Kitz directing. Composed
of all of the musicians of this city
who were not playing at the theatres
the yacht club or other engagements,
together with some Of the Fond du
lac musicians this band was the most
striking feature Of the parade It
numbered about fifty. men, and as 1t
came down Main street, playing that
splendid swinging. march, "Ons Wis
consin, !" no one in the great crowds
that lined both sides Of the street
could suppress the little thrills Of la
tent martial spirit. = ILL.,, 80"
Over, 1000 March. ~,
After the band came twelve floats.
decorated with small American flags
and distinctive Overall men," the
floats, being occupied with girls and
young women employed in the over
all and garment makers industries Of
Oshkosh. The. organization Of these
women workers Is the largest wo-
man s. union In >the state. 80 -
Then followed the backbone Of the
parade, the men on foot, On and on
they came, four. abreast. extending
over several blocks, not, divided by
trade Or craft lines as they are in
Labor day .parades, not even marked
by banners showing from what. =cities
they came. Fond du lac had many
men in the parade but they marched
with Oshkosh unionists. Neenah and
Menasha and Appleton were also re-
presented In the 11re. Retail clerks
marched with carpenter, cigar maker
with stone mason. typo with butcher,
|: and so on. The parade represented a
fine fraternizing Of trades" 49,
- Speech Making. F.
=. The parade at Roe park where
speeches were given by e. T. Melns
Of Milwaukee, c: o.-Taylor Of Michi-
gan; and r. r. Woods of Missouri.
Mr.. Melms delivered forceful talk
urging union members to solidarity,
and to organization Of the organized.
He declared that it was only through
organization that the workers could
secure their just rights and wages. He
declared that the employers have Sc
cured great advantages over the lab
orers through organization and that
the laborers must organize In order to
protect and advance their own in
terests. A.f&e @~ c., ~ Z
c. o. Taylor, president Of the Mich
igan State Federation Of Labor, was
the next speaker. He said the labor
union is an organization not Of yes
terday, or today, but Of tomorrow.
without organization was strongly
argued by Mr.. Taylor, who also
sketched briefly, the great change
that has come over the conditions
surrounding labor !, during the last
century. He said the first strike oc-
CURED more than sixteen hundred
years before Christ and that in the
seventeenth century Massachusetts,
passed a law permitting men to be
sold into slavery. The labor union
movement. standing together in all
| the states, will be able to place laws
on the statute books, Mr.. Taylor said
which will give to labor the full pro-
duct Of its toll
State Laws Praised.
| r. T. Wood of the Missouri State
| Federation OF Labor was then intro
duced. Mr.. Wood voiced his strong
Fapproval of Wisconsin's labor laws
and OF the business like attitude Of
| the rs state fed era tinr1 ss He praised