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Show I MEET. Enthusiastic) Gathering Held in the federal Courtroom Last Evening. " ,. . S ELOQUENT SPEECHES MADE. tie Toilers Will Do in Eegard to the Eight Hour Law, and What They Expect. labor unions iu the city were well " eutedat last night's meeting of I'edcvation of trades. It was a gl-c gl-c jritheriug and a very entliusias-meting' entliusias-meting' Shortly after-8 o'clock the court room was thronged with ijbor element, for the purpose of inir tlio proposed reduction iu l0Ui j of labor which will constitute : work after May 1. G. Sleater, president of the ri federation, presided, and , tailing tllc lal's as" lifB lo order he delivered an ad-, ad-, which elicited great upplauso.' Jilt. SWEATER'S SrEKCH. , is a well known fact, fellow workup, work-up, that the most intelligent and 'portion of the working classes s lily liavo for the past two years seeking to render employment i lie means of subsistences less pre-by pre-by securing an equitable share d'uit of their toil," said Mr. K beginning his speech. "This i .rJoteil' determination has leil tlio jmr classes of this city to adopt tlio and natural form of working .organization, to establish and double do-uble and labor uuions. It is not -Ktrv for me at this time- to speak odiilii ullies that we have had to vMk in this territory In the fornia- c i.. i i.tiif.iiu iioi niv f:i.ith in cimAL oi-roseo to mm moi-,,s. percentage of profit per dollar ".ml lt man will be dlnilnisl,?d th?oUBh hV n hoZ" rWa,ges thut wl" Mow red, wd policy of keeping down wages is simply a movement to limit the mirke . thus V-Btr V-Btr etmg more production. The strensth of the Utah fecleratcd trades and iXr faeUhit the. lVh Wiou of tl tatt that the trades unions are the or-ganuation, or-ganuation, whose mission it is to improve im-prove the condition of labor, introduce a proper- apprentice system, endeavor to secure a good underetaudinc between be-tween employer and employe, arbitrate all difterene.es ami finally to secure the most good for labor iu tiie future. We recognise that the trades unions are best qualified and fully competent to decide upon trade disputes between themselves and their employers We waut in trade disputes no pound of advico and a pennyworth of assistance, assis-tance, but rather a pennyworth of advice ad-vice and a pound of assistance. We expect to build slowly, but graudlv, so that when one union of the organized working people is attacked, the whole army of the federated trades, backed by the American Federation of Labor, shall respond with their sympathy and their dollars. . THE IXDICATIOXS OF SI CCEsS. "On the lirst day of May the workers throughout the entire country and in many parts of Europe will take up the joyous refrain of "eicht, hours for work, eight hours for rest, and eight hours for what you will," and from present indications it is likely to be pretty generally successful. I am pleased to say that the outlook iu this city for the working classes is very encouraging. I do not apprehend any trouble for the labor unions, as most all of them have come to an understanding with the contractors and bosses. The demands of the several unions are reasonable rea-sonable and just, much less thau in question. This coming demonstration is a universal one.. It extends from the uunse to the sunset; from the vine clad huls of Italy, w here the purple mountains glow iu the sunlight, to the rock-ribbed shores of Maine, where the mighty waves lash themselves into fun-on fun-on the flinty walls. Let us hope that this is a campaign of education and the side that is with the people, let it win. The greatest point in the whole labor dimeultv is that the laborer la-borer is ignorant, uneducated, as a rule. And we live in an age when this should not be so; where one man's right is equal with the other's. The church people the religious advocates are decrying the Sunday newspaper. I sav uphold it. The Sunday newspaper is the laborer's greatest boon his educator. edu-cator. It is the only one that he gets during the week that he has time to read. Therefore let him enjoy it. I hope the Sunday newspapers 'never will be stopped by INT01.L1UNT RELIGIONS or by any other cause. ' We are told that there is a contest between- labor and capital and between employer and employee. This is not so. All unequal. un-equal. The day of tlio minority autocrat is over. The times when he dictated to the employees who had no redress, have gone bv. All are now working in union. Our dillicitl-culties dillicitl-culties are settled by arbitration. "Don't demand from others what you wouldn't give yourself, (ireat mistakes have been made bv labor organizations. or-ganizations. Iu Sa t Lake you who have been the means of establishing labor organizations, be wise and prudent, pru-dent, One of the most dillicult questions ques-tions is the unison of shopmen. Some linns will pay the union scale, but they will want the right to employ em-ploy non-miton men if thev want to. (iuard against all such difficulties diffi-culties and be wise and prudent." IMHfOVEMLSTS IN VNIONS. A carpenter by theoiame of JJr. Co-wen Co-wen was called upon, and after saying that he had been a member of the "carpenter's "car-penter's union for the past twenty years; he spoke of the great revolution iu union 'the last "quarter of a century. They had improved .wonderfully and were competed of a better class of men. The controlling" element w as much better and stronger, and everything was more harmonious. Mr. Clown n thought lhe demands of tho unions on May 1 would be generally conceded to by employers and there 'would be no trouble in the way of strikes. The laboring masses were working with capitalists to build up Salt Lake City. J. C. Parsons, of the painters' uuiou, made a short talk and spoke of the rapid progress the organizations in Salt Lake had made since 18T8. lie claimed that the painters- took the first step iu organization and other trades followed and took active parts in the organization organiza-tion of labor. The meeting adjourned, after President Presi-dent Stealer auuouueed that a special meeting of the carpenters would be held tonight iu Temple of Honor hall, and that the Federated trades would meet Thursday night. ' many of the targe cities of the country. We wish to progress slowly and surely aud work in full accord with the chamber cham-ber of commerce and the city government govern-ment in building up our beautiful city. We do not wish to put one stone iii the way, but at the same time we want.our just rights and intend to have them. I' do not wish to see any strike; let all our differences be settled by arbitration ami the best results re-sults will follow. "To those mechanics and workiug-men workiug-men that do not beloug to the labor unions, un-ions, I would urge them to connect themselves at once with their respective trades, and thev will soon see the vast benefits to be derived therefrom. The sick, accident ami death benefits alone, to say nothing of the many other advantages, ad-vantages, should be a sufficient inducement. induce-ment. INCREASING IN MEMBERSHIP. "I am pleased to say that the several unions composing the federated trades of this city and Ogden, are rapidly in creasing in membership, and all working work-ing in harmony for the common good of all. Wo have lately established a labor bureau, for tho 'benefit of employers, as well as employes, where (hose seeking seek-ing work can obtain it, aud those wanting want-ing mechanics or laborers can procure them. It is conducted., without any , charges to anyone. , ... , ...' "In conclusion, I would say, let us be true to ourselves and to one another, and let all our actions be marked with courtesy, harmony aud honesty of purpose, pur-pose, that has been so characteristic of the labor unions in this city. Let us each strive to vie with each other only in promoting the best .interest of the toiling masses, aud we shall thereby instil in-stil confidence iu and respect for our grand organization, the Utah Federated Trades and Labor council." A UISCirLE OF VICTOR HUGO. ' At the conclusion of Mr. Sleator's address, ad-dress, W. A. Mackenzie, the walking delegate of the carpenter's union was called upon to make a few remarks. He said that what brought the unions together to-gether at the meeting was a momentous occasion. It was also a solemn occasion and the meeting . should have, in his opiniou, been opened with prayer. He was a religious man and was a disciple of such a preacher as Victor Hugo. Hugo was a preacher and preached to the man who toiled. His religion was to do good, and for that reason the speaker believed iii his religion. It was his sentiment. Mr. Mackenzie stated that ho would not talk against capital because be-cause he was not an anarchist. Jay ill liO.Ul iiu'v"."! J ability of the unions to cope everv emergency economic, poll po-ll or social. The workers have re-,1 re-,1 that the men who are employed i,- particular branch of industry r-tantl the nature of it and are niiialiliedto adjust any dillieul-vhich dillieul-vhich may arise with their employ-ban employ-ban men who are unacquainted tho condition of this business; reckless aud so-called sympathetic is are disastrous in tho extreme, ii'iicitillv result in the workmen i buck to work upon the employers' . In the past few years there has two instances of this class of is; the strikers being non-uuion ami therefore were at the mercy these employers.. But noy, a viiy of the workers are convinced n'.n organization is the best form ptnizatioii, and that the time has arrived to openly, calmly aud fear-assert fear-assert the claims of labor. I have connected with labor organiza-for organiza-for tweuty-live years, and never avc been engaged in a strike, and wish to be, "as I believe all niat-n niat-n depute can be amicably adjusted t en employer and employee by ar-non, ar-non, aud i have always contended there should be something more .eu employer and employee than kits fact of paving aud receiving '-. There should bo a mutual unfiling un-filing that each should work for ilw's interest and uutiuil'berteiU,'.. igau'ization of the American Fed-a Fed-a of Labor, of which the Utah ated Trades and Labor Council a part, is founded on eminent ieal questions, We propose "rgauize our fellows.- We isc to improve the condition of i.llow-workingiueu and women, to men in a higher standard of life, a t plane of the social structure M-hwe live. And we hope the iay not be far distant. I assure hat the working people of this city -t in the trades unions and under -nner of the Utah Federated s and Labor Council, know what !"ant. I believe they possess the i;?enee to formulate it, and, I the influence to secure it, 1U EIGHT-HOUR MOVEMENT. the whole history of the labor went there has not been any i on upon which the thoughts of ' ihzcd world have been so thor-' thor-' centered as upon the eight-hour meat inaugurated by thcArneri-Feileration thcArneri-Feileration of Labor, which m Boston, Massachusetts, H'euiber last, representing over "union workers, of which I was fuored representative from this lhe organized forces of the grand w labor in all the centers of iu-" iu-" America, in England and Eu Gould was a capitalist and a hard-working man. He labored eighteen or twenty hours a day. Ho had done the country a great service by building railroads. Mr. Mackeuzie had nothing to say against such a capitalist. It was the - money-lender and the system by which tho money lender and some 'capitalists acquired their possessions. posses-sions. AGITATING THE WORLD. Iii speaking of the eight-hour movement, move-ment, Mr. Mackenzie said that it was now a question that agitated the whole universe. On May 1, the country would seo a grand demonstration and the greatest army ever witnessed aud all .would be for peace ami aud eight hours a day. He stated that many persons were of the opinion that eight hours were not suffieieut to constitute con-stitute a day's work. But ho could show them that as much work could be accomplished iu eight hours as in ten. Ho gave statistics as compiled by Carroll V. Wright which showed that each labonug man for his work produced $10 a day, while the laborer received as compensation compen-sation for bis product an average of 1 50 a day. There was 18.00 that went somewhere else. There were also many others, Mr. Mackenzie held, who thought if the ' hours of tabor were cut to eight hours iv ' day that the western country would not be built up fast enough. On this proposition he maintained main-tained that it was fallacy to think of it. He concluded his remarks by saying that eight hours was what the laboring men wanted, was what they expected and was what they were going to get. DEVISE TALKS. James Define, a prominent member of the carpenter's union, was the next speaker. Said Mr. Define: "I am not in favor of talking on statistics as they , are too dry. We waut something lively ; this is a lively crowd. And a man must be particular as to what he says, for wc want no wrong impressions formed as to our honorable mentions j This occasion calls tn ury mind the campaign of 1W when each of the political parties claimed to represent rep-resent the true principle in the tanff "e determined to secure a- re-'! re-'! 0 the hours of labor. In some 1 ministries throughout tho coun-"ours coun-"ours havo been reduced from to eight per day, with great 1 to the wage workers and tho J' large; that iu other industries 'a' e;!Pdal is invested and the npioved machinery introduced, '' oof labor were reduced from " and twelve to ten hours per 'Ming ni a, grcat public benefit, '"auctions have occurred not 1 "s but m other couutrios, nota-AUMralia nota-AUMralia where the hours of w reduced in l&IG to eight ,,7 some of tlio trades, and 1 ,,, 011 Js nw intended in most, , "f the industries. In Eug-ot Eug-ot 7 .'?, ct. la,J01' wre reduced fn , i lho "idustrios as earlv as hours per day, aud in those i; . as 111 all others, these reduc-i! reduc-i! th ru-sted in stagnation. ' 16 contrary, havo increased lusmg power of the dav's nose receiving the benefits "of '-o leisure. '"W OL' REDUCTION IN HOURS. 1 lien, wages have increased with , VP d'ug reduction of the hours ; utho question worthy of 1' "u, a'Uong the working ctas-' ctas-' uir can these reductions , ,j,'nit yet produce tho same : . no answ er to this proposi-, proposi-, "ot ra alone to experi- '"l '-an be foretold in time letf -at L'a'aniity. But. even -net. f"!,ent- tno benefit -t t '.8'1'1 results is worth all it "v to reach the minimum '".'- "ours and tho maximum of oiiNn ".'"eduction of time to , ,v. ' '' "a.v would result iu iu-ithn'.M iu-ithn'.M -s am' increased produc-, produc-, P ', increasing the cost of the : ' Vdent from the fact that m in 7, "rs of labor would re-att, re-att, ,Huof the working force ' in hi 1 1,1:0 the same amount l.en hours. I ,n','iCl i011 is determined by the 'iiXl J,,and is governed by ,n ' ot consumers and the tion civi'ii!ation; and as inoii,, !s. th" result of :,Ul"ties of the masses tli ? scl1 the'r labor or its ' '.ne uighest civilization being rli wher the demand for Ms m ar an1 strong, then that most productive of common |