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Show 2SEW YORK COMMUNE. Ttie Tlireateuintf Elciueut iu New York oth the eighth annual couvention ot the American labor reform league commenced to day. E. H. Hey wood presided and made the openiug address saying that tbe league seeks liberty to aetert the natural rights of all people to do their beat at their own risk, and to repeal all laws recoyizing property and to abolish all monopolies which give property special special advan tagea ag-nnat lauor. Tue following resolutions were adopted: Resolved, That since capitaliBts take life und destroy property to retain their power lo steal, Kearney men who invoked the baiter in Calilornia, Molhe MaguireB, reported to have killed coal boused and railway striker', are morally lawlul belligerents jusi y exercising the same rights ot defensive wartare applauded in lipping British tea into Boston harbor; in John Brown's march on Harper's ferry, and the killing ol pro slavery southerners south-erners by northern unionists Heaolveit, That the chief mission of tbe silver bill and greenback movement move-ment is to has ten repudiation, when debts paid once in lbe form ol interest will be paid fjrever, and we hail the growing irreuistible tendencies, south and weal, to Becoud the purpo:ea ol Ntw England labor relurmera, by abolishing all power to get pay for loans, stocks or other valuables more than once. liesolved, That the national and workingmen s parties, like tbeir older brethren in sin, republicans ond democrats, dem-ocrats, by sustaining' usurpation enslave, en-slave, defraud aud despoil woman; that demaudiug for her equal pay for equal work with man we seek indua-trul indua-trul equity to erase sex lines, as well aa race color lines Irom labor reform. . At the afternoon session Mr. Hay wood made an address on the labor, greenback Jand Ired love questions. Gtorye W. Maddox aaid New York ouht to ireue its own money, build markets, docks and other improve-mentr; improve-mentr; and be hoped, by the eternal! that the people would starve in ordnr to awake them to theie I acts. He Baid il these tilings could not be got by the ballet box, then he favored get tiny ilicin hy tbe cartridge box. He would make it a etate'a prison offense for any man to hold more real estate! than waa neceaaary to Bupport him. Tbe laborer wania wealth and it should be lone to him. Similar addresses were made by , others. At the evening session, Mra. Anna M. Middlebrook of Connecticut spoke on woman's rights, labor and population. popula-tion. Other .addresses were also , made. |