The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-09-12
SUPERIOR j. |! D LABOR. ! unions ]
CELEBRATE LABOR DAY.
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Gathering of Union Men Billings
=. brate Annual Holiday at Monster Picnic sE2
+ '*fI< <f@I%, Dance in Evening g. I. -%
Louis Har of Minneapolis Speaker of Day Delivers Strong
~ Address Organized Labor. Adopt Resolution
%S =. Condemning European War. l..

BEFORE large crowd at Billings
park In Superior Labor day Louis
sHarthill Of Minneapolis. opened the
annual picnic with a rousing address
dealing with the problems Of labor.
He urged that the union men get
closer together in their economic
organizations and also that they join
hands politically.
on the economic field but they should
join together on the political field so
that they may protect the interests of
the working Glass; said Mr.. Harthill.
The terrible war now raging In
Europe is due to the fact that the
governments are ruled by compara-
lively small class, though the organ
ization Of the workers is far more ad-
vanced politically abroad than in the
United States. Had the workers con
,trolled the governments Of Europe.
We may rest assured that they would
not now be enlisted on the battlefield
slaughtering each other for the glory
Of their respective kings and en-
perors. ~, - !.
Let the workers .of this nation
take heed from the example of the
workers Of Europe and secure each
a. voice in the councils Of the gov
ernment that mo important step af-
fecting their welfare can be taken
without their consent
>" Resolutions Adopted.
At the close Of Mr.. Harthill's ad-
dress resolution calling attention
to the horrors Of the European war,
its vast cost in lives, suffering, and
taxes was passed
Whereas: "Christ.An'' Europe is
engaged in the most bloody war the
world has even known; q war that
already has cost the lives of hund-
reds Of thousands and. made waste
and ruin Of thousands of dollars
worth of property, caused untold suf-
fering and a war tax that will burden
the people, for many decades, and
Whereas, only the working class go
to war by command and murder
nnenfbers Of netr own class stankh-
ter their fellow. workers whom they
have never seen and towards whom
they can have n6 6sgrfevanee;.sand su.z4,
Whereas the butclery Of human
lives in war is unchristian and bar
barous making countless widows and
orphans, causing untold agony and
pain in order that avaricious rulers
and exploiters may be .satirfied, and
Whereas; we hold the present san
suine warfare in Europe to be un-
justi1able before the eyes Of civiliza-
ton; . war of conquest and gain for
which the nations involved are pay
ing an. awful price, therefore be it
Resolved, that this assem- blage
condemn this European warfare as
crime toward civilization for which
useful lives are being needlessly sac
rif1ced and necessary property and
wealth is being foolishly wasted, and
be 1t further, - :s.....| =
Resolved that we the working
people Of Superior, Wis, hereby ad-
wise the President " of the United
States that we protest against all
attempts on the part Of any specta-
tors. who, through their efforts to
evade the articles of neutrality, seek
to make profits from contraband
goods and thereby tend towards the
point OF. involving the United States
in warfare, be 1t further
Resolved, that copy of these reso-
lutlons be spread upon the minutes
Of the Trades and Labor Assembly
at their next regular meeting; tina: