| Show 4 f TH DEMONSTRATION The Federated Trades and Labor Council Parade SPEECHES AT THE OPERA HOUSE I Ex Governor Wests Address Hemarks by Messrs Devine Bradley Bynon OBrien k and Wellock Tne Eight Hour Move The Federated Labor and Trades Council Coun-cil demonstration took place yesterday as advertised The number of men in file was comparatively small doubtless due in a large degree to the fact that many were unable to turn out on the busiest day of the week The procession was headed by Held Johnsons band and embraced the officers of the council and representatives of the tailors plumbers stonecutters I painters carpenters joiners brewers and hod carriers and the newsboys A second brass band was also in line The procession proces-sion moved from the corner of Second South and First West streets to Third South thence east t Main thence up j Main t the Emporium corner thence west t West Temple past THE HERALD and north to the Valley house east to Main south t Cunningtons corner and east past the theatre south t Second South and west t the opera house Here the procession proces-sion broke ranks and filed into the opera Among the mottoes carried were For our boss we work eight hours after that the day is ours Spreading mud a nine hours day wears the life of a man away Those wuo are not with us are against us We can do a days work in eight hours On and after the first of May we work only a ninehours day The last motto evoked considerable comment on the streets many wondering whether a united effort would be made in that direction Ont business man remarked that he would willingly concede the nine hours for a day or even eight but he could not see how the plan could be effectually carried out However as the effort will be made shortly developments in that direction we can patiently await At the Opera House After parading as above set forth those in the procession and many others crowded their way into the Opera House where speeches by prominent labor men were delivered de-livered Upon the stage were the speakers and I council of the Federated trades union The parquettc was covered with the dancing danc-ing floor and the dress and first circles were well filled with listeners R G Slcater acted as chairman of the meeting In open ing the meeting he said Ladies and gentle gente men fellow citizens and fellow working men This a day set apart by the officers of the labor organizations throughout the United States and Canada t celebrate and hold mass meetings for the purpose of agitating the eighthour movement for the working man and we are here for that purpose today in common with our fellow laborers in other cities Apologized for the rather slim parade saying it was owing to the condition of the streets al though he thought the apology unnecessary unneces-sary He was sorry t state that many members of the union were obliged to work not being able to afford the days layoff The meeting would not be pro tracted and the speeches would be short Whereupon he introduced to the audience JAMES DIV E anha of the day Mr Devine was not ashamed of his uncouth and muddy ap pearance as he could not help the condition condi-tion of the weather At any rate the ton people peo-ple of Sal Lake had lately been accustomed I t seeing speakers whose clothes were bespattered be-spattered with mud As had been stated this demonstration had been called p thi demonstraton caled throughout through-out the United States and Canada to advocate advo-cate the movement that has been advocated witti sometimes and in some places success and also with no successthat of obtaining for the working man an eighthour day Not cone a working men are we here but as citizens of our glorious republic in which country all alike are guaranteed freedom under our constitution as fellow citizens interested in one object namfly to propagate anything that we deem shall be for the interest of mankind generally I is on occasions of this kind that men feel proud that they were born or live on Amer ican soil that they live under conditions t receive and participate in the boons r granted by the constitution Among those l privileges which belong to us is the right io live and improve and enjoy ourselves f ind it is for this demand we an eighthour working day Gentlemen said he if it is for the in terest of the workingmen to have an eight hour day then it is for the interest of Every citizen that lives under the stars strs and for stripes the country and the government gov-ernment depends upon the workingmen The workingmen were proud that they could meet thus t express their views and discuss principles in which all are interested inter-ested They met not as anarchists or communists com-munists The workingmen largely outnumber out number all other classes of citizens They have found that by establishing an eight hour day the men will spend the remain lug hours in beneficial study and healthful and pleasant recreation and not in debauchery de-bauchery a some assert the time they will spend in improvement and with their wives and families I am proud to be able t assert that you gentlemen when you pet the two or three hours more time free from work when you quit your work will not go t the saloon or spend your time in debauchery or in i such a way that would bring misery and disgrace to your family No 1 believe that the workingmen would estab Hsh educational institutions would train in healthful pastime and what probably the most important they would transmit t posterity strong and healthy Sand S-and consequent pr olific minds Every citizen should be in favor of an eight hour day that the working man might have time t spend in the society of his wife and family to read the newspapers and books that no may become a better citizen than he now is EXGO VERXOR WEST was introduced next as the chairman of the chamber of commerce He said Mr 4 Chairman ladies and gentlemen Upon invitation in-vitation I am here today to address you in i a very few words I think it is exceedingly appropriate that you should select this day for your demonstration throughout the country because this is the anniversary of the birth of the hero of the great nation that was founded upon principles which have given the laboring man the fairest faiest and freest privileges that are granted in the whole world To the working man in this country every avenue is openthere are no gates closed against him Not only have we had the railsplitter and the nail driver elevated to the highest nai our Koveunment but we have had men from the humblest ranks among our noblest and most influential statesmen know that it would be but an idle dream deam t expect to redress all the wrongs that labor has suffered To indulge in such Utopian fancies would be but a waste of f time because we as mortals are very imperfect im-perfect and therefore cannot make an absolutely ab-solutely perfect system of vernmentupon this earth and it should be the object of the labor organizations M unite for the purpose of bettering the condition of mankind to make happier homes and to get all the enjoyment en-joyment possible out of the gifts benefi gft cently bestowed upon mankind by the Creator Cre-ator Labor organizations should take up > one by one the wrongs which affect them most and go direct to the root and origin of L those wrongs While all the avenues of life and happiness are to all still I open t al sti am satisfied that we a a people are not living the best lives that we could live we are too greedytoodesirous of obtining money That very desire for pomp and display makes I men labor more hours than is best for him I not only the man who earns his bread by V the sweat of his brow but the merchant Y merchant i the lawyer and in fact all classes of men in a the walks and avenues of life One loud crying evil is the fact that in i this free country high station is too often i I I awarded t the man simply because of his I possession of money rather than the pos session sesion se ssion of abilities abities that fit ft him m for I th e place A man should not be given 1 high station because he is rich or because be-cause he i poor but he should be elevated to position because his abilities fit him for the place and because he has manhood sufficient to uphold it There fore guard your primaries and see that money rather than efficiency and improvement improve-ment does not tempt you too much This labor question i stirring the world stirring word in circles high and low The Emperor of Germany made a call not long since sug gesting that the great powers of Europe interest themselves looking to the improvement im-provement and benefit of the laboring classes and that call stamps the Emperor of Germany as the greatest statesman of the world The whole nation and in fact the whole world have interested themselves them-selves in this call and the general verdict is in favor of the Emperor It will do more good for the world than anything else that statesmen have undertaken It is true as was said in the instruments of the German Emperor that we cannot expect much of a nation if the home life of the people is not good and what can we expect of the home life or the beneficial effects ofit if the head of the family must be away from aay light till dark toiling for an existence and i a in many cases I am sorry to say is the case the mother must also be out t ear bread for the mouths of the little ones and they themselves as soon as they are able t do anything must also be out What can they do in the way of improvement improve-ment when they are obliged to continually work work work Things should be such that the head of a family could acquire means enough by his labor to earn the right to go to his wife and I children and have some peace and time 1 with them not only to teach his children chidren but to talk of affairs with his wife and to h ave some enjoyment and pleasure and time to read and to rest and strengthen himself for the work that is before him on the morrow for rest is as necessary as work All these things will be brought about because they commend themselves to the human heart for mankind should and must have pleasure happiness aud entertain HiLnt as well as toil But tnt wel tOIl you must go at Jou the correction of the wrongs as you are now doing in a quiet manner and not angrily grily You must agitate agitate agitate better and you will succeed in making the world GOVEKNOH TJIOJIA8 was expected t address the meeting The following leter from him was read EXECUTIVE OFFICE I SALT LAKE CITY Feb ao 1S90 f James Devine Esq I DEAn Siu Much to my regret I now find that I will have to leave the cit reget Saturday morn ing next and will not be able to meet with the workinRmen in the 0 era house They have my hearty sympathy in their efforts to accomplish the success of the eight hour movement Very respectfully Aitiiiua L THOMAS MAJOR BltADIiY then interested the audience with scraps of his own and others history so much as related to the long hew labor question and low wages concluding that it was the workingmans right to demand an eight hours day He expatiated upon the evil of allowing appetites to become the masters of men especially the appetite for in toxicating liquor Thought the eight hour dav would tend t the breaking down of that curse tne drinking habit > as the men would have more time to the development and improvement of their minds they would read the newspapers and books and become better posted on the questions of the day and would see to it that better men would go to the legislative halls we would get better representation fair play and no favors Labor should be independent and to be independent the laborers must own their homes We never can expcd labor to rise and take its proper place until this is the case Keep at it and agitate until victory comes JIAJOH E M BYXOX next spoke This meeting today is one of many that are being held throughout the country It is one of three that have been held here agitating the eight hour day question one on the Fourth of July last one on the great labor day the 2d of Sep teinber and this on the 22d day of February Febru-ary the birthday of the father of his country George Washington It wa deemed that this would be an appropriate day to hold this demonstration Ve are here not begging but demanding that we shall have a fair and square division of the profits of labor The demand determines the marketand who makes the demands upon the marker but the laboring men of Our country f Demand De-mand determines the market and the demand de-mand depends upon the conditi of the laboring men ana the wages they get determine de-termine their condition wages Among all classes there is much human selfishness Capital is strong and takes advantage of labor and I have seen where labor was strong labor take advantage ad-vantage of capital Capital is strong wielded in the hands of one man labor is strong wieldej in the hands of many but organization is bringing it into such a shape that it can be handled Organization of labor in this territory is practically butstarted but this is the last meeting we shall hold here for the purpose pur-pose we are now working forviz to get an eight hour day forur working men because be-cause after the first of May we will take it all over the United States We will resort re-sort to strikes or force of any k nd Ware Te W-are disposed to be conservative and resort only to arbitration We want an eight hour day because it is just it is as fair to capital a it is to the labor and the extra time will not be devoted t debauchery In the city from which hail Pittsburg exists almost the headquarters of the labor organization There we find public reading rooms smoking rooms etc where laborers congregate to dscuss anjong themselves them-selves the questions of tne day compare notes etc As a result of this the labor lag men there are better able to cast their ballots i or t do anything of a public nature that is calculated to benefit mankind mankint With the eight hour movement the general tendency of mankind i t divide time in the way all philosophers say it should be divided onethird devoted to labor one third to study and recreation and the other third t rest Ve want and must have an eighthour day We do not intend to beg for it but to demand it T B OBRIEN Was next introduced After introduction ho said the expression fellow workingmen working-men had much music in it to his ears My friends and brothers in a just cause the injury in-jury pi a man who works eleven hours a day is the injury of the man who works six Organized labor in Utah is as yet only a snowball descending down the Alps of labor that will terminate in an avalanche Why should we not be united as one Our cause is Just anu conquer we must I ama i am-a stranger here but am from the Butte i Montana miners union United we stand divided wo fall in our motto I should be the motto that should actuate the mind of every man who toils for a da swages s-wages We are here to day to be practical I despise the demagogue but admire tne practical man The great issue today is not an issue of avarice it is more noble The golden rule do unto others as you would wish to be done by Look along the highways of history his-tory and see the wrecks of mankind strewn along the way the result of monstrous mon-strous capital My friends it is an old axiom that the gods help those who help themselves Will you who are ordained freemen help yourselves Do not whine but stand up and demand that you have rights as well as others and that you can do an honest days work in eight hours American brotherhood I What a grand title This is the country that makes brothers of us alL The speaker here related some of the work that the labor organizations had done in exterminating the pig tailed Chinese and some incidents that were received well and closed declaring that labor organ izations should know no creed nor party and should know but one thing and that was to do an honest days work and to take recreation with their wives and fami I lies The family should have the company i of the father and all men who are not united on the eighthour day movement deserves I de-serves t be crushed by the monster cap I itaL Give to capital a fair days work for a fair days wage and the contract is honorably rights hon-orably filled We must demand American w WEILOCE declared that there i no capital outside bf I 1 t capital There are a few dollars accumu 1 la ted stolen from the laborer and this is i called capital I have thought while j I reading the newspapers lately that if the laboring men should catch the la grippethe distributors and consumers would be in a sorry plight Denounced lawyers doctors professional men etc as human parasites Called upon the workingmen work-ingmen to constitute themselves into committees com-mittees of one for the purpose of obtaining obtain-ing their rights and an eight hour day There are sixtyfive millions of people in the United States and but twelve million who do the work if all would do their share there would not be work for four I hours a day Thelabororganizations should send men to Congress to legislate These men would be those who could not be bought for money There had been many meetings and much fighting in Salt Lake city the past few months but this was the most honorable meeting and fight of all He loved the laboring men but they wofully abused themselves They did not I think yes they had been thinking lately i and had acted for themselves they had buried Joe Smith Brigham Young and a the rest of the so deep in the mud that they would never rise again This outburst by the way was not taken by the audience so well as the speaker apparently appar-ently expected it would The meeting closed with a recitation Barbara Fretchie by Shady Stringer thirteen years of age The recitation was well rendered and received with deafing applause The masquerade ball at the Grand in tho evening drew out a large number of dancers and spectators Prizes were awarded as follows Most appropriate lady costume silver toilet set Mrs J A Fer bache represented Columbia most appropriate appro-priate gentleman costume line bronze cock J Harvey represented Uncle Sam most fancy lady costume expensive fan Miss Minnie Yowell snowball costume most fancy gentleman costume three dress shirts Thomas Duke snowball costume best looking blonde lady lash iouable hat Miss Appleby best looking brunette lady expensive Ian Miss Snow of Ogden best married lady waltzer fashionable bonnet Mrs Hansen best gentleman waltxer box of cigars A Con neley most comical character gallon maple syrup Mrs Lever represented washerwoman best jig dancer call bell John Davine The following prizes were awarded by lot to those purchasing spectators tickets Parties holding the numbers indicated will get the prizes The names could not be learned Cook stove and furniture 251 base burner stove 7 3S water pitcher and bowl oOd farm wagon 979 100 pounds flour 64 10 pounds Hour 337 pair slip pers S5G rocking chair 131 page plane C5 lamp Gb9 ice cream freezer > 27 teapot tea-pot l 549 Cents night shirt DiiJ ladys work oox 701 bathing suit 022 two tires nhirtb 421 ton coal 050 toilet case VJ4 card receiver 904 fan 407 teapot 83 |
