The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-02-06
TEAR or UNI0NISTS
ALLAVED BY THEIR
WORK IN WAR
French Anxiety As TO Behav-
ior Of Members OF Trades
Unions In Event Of HOstilit.
les Proves GToundless.

lAAHuclnted Press CUrfeHpOuderrf-J|
Paris. Jan. 5.-Thc relation OF the
labor unions 90 the war has been al
together crcditahle TO them. according
% NJ Marck. treasurer ~ the Fedcra-
ton 81 laoor uniuns 81 tae Seine. lie
said the government had always been
nervous about laoor unions Ia ease %
war. and ~ the anii-militarirt cam
palsn had reached alarming proper
lions Il was thought a serious question
what might be the extent Of derec.
Tons ~ case Of an outbreak.
That this had been u false alarm of
fear WIS evident from the fact that
three hundred thousand trades
unionis,s not reroluiionists have
their voice auainsi the agsres-
sor.f
The militant union leaders are nov
too muoh occupied IN tile trenches aud
at other points where there's patriotic
work 60 do. To think Of the hght be-
t~cen la0or and capital. he said.
hut, he added. because we're do
Ing ouf duty It viii be a misiagc to
suppose hat after rs over We shall
disarm aud abandon our hght Tor the
eight-hour day ana the saturday hail
holiday; the hghting. IN my opinion
will then be hotter than ever.
But that Il for later on. Just now
we are too busy distributing tickets
for meals 10 the unemployed. and We
are short of help fpr mosi at the
unioa leaders are at the front. many
OF them have proven By giving their
lives a. the cause tina tncy were az
much patriots as those who were de-
~ ms them the right to- bc so-called.
"Chalopin. Of the Sf'iooi Teachers
union. has been killed ~ well as Rem
ault ~ the Railroad Mems union,
while Capy of the jewellers union has
lost two legs.
ITS u1t only the younger uuipn
men who are sctsinr thuir country
The older ones are doing their part la
different ways. ilvc thousand ~ the
anyvics were recruited To one day 90
hustle thc work uf lntrenching the
army ct PARIS wpcn the Gcrmans were
on their WA toward the gates OF the
city. and they all went chcerfully with
Out a mpTmur; they slept In the open,
just as tbs soldiers do. and they rusu-
ed throush the work go that II Won
kiuek had ever gotten Within suns'iot
OF the outer trenches he would have
Received a d-isagrccable surprise.
Another. and fur more disagree
able duty performed by the nayyios'
union WINS the 3urying uf the uban-
doned German dead on the neid 81 the
battle OF the Marine.
In the relief wurd We are duing. it
has zoe us notAing at ail tu taSv 9uf
seats IN the commission side o. side
with the police represented 1 Lc-
pine. with the priests, represented hy
Cardinal Annette. with tnr Jews. req
resented by tee Grand Ha'1l Of Paris
the professionals. represented hy Rev.
Charles Wagntr-meu Iepretentng all
scots. while aIl The uullions ana all
sides pr every cuuhi,tug issue of hic
are working hurmonlOusiy tu relieve
the distress of war toe details de-
N0lye upon us because wc are organ
lied. when Il came 60 distributing re-
lief. We told the committee that 30
they would let us 60 tt IL win pal or
g%unizHtion. We would answer for toe
result. ln o. hours a. sections uf ouI
federation we're ready and We dlstrtn-
utcd 5000 rcpasts the lhird Co., to-
day We are distributing TOO UOo meals
q day aud lt Is an dole 1v ticket. so
that we may bc certain the relied goes
To- the right pace
"Our fund today aWuurts Co sever
million france. ana our monthly nut
lay T. about e1o.00O francs. divided
between 2g5 different Soup houses. 81
course tile commission has other de-
mands upon Dc Una th, mrr, feeding
of the hungry. but. with the fuud in
hund. We Gu, facc the future with
cuuunlmity