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Show WAi'0M ,4c condition of thosa who bave been born poor. The wealthy will applaud the V XVf pope's sentiments as being ound wis- : v-,-Vi7 V'-V-eeSu. I Jew. prudent and admirable iu the ex- 7 I trorae. To advanced labor thinker.. i MVilVfi V-rJ bii letter will be far from satislactory. V'VV XL .0 -'I')- I He ban no new truths or has he gou 5M",;?riCS into the aubject ry deep. No analy- kSi-Jei jC-l sis of the onuses of wealth and poverty ftVrf ir -jp ''-N. has been umde. Soiiio of tho seuti- ' iJ J W7 -r mcnta are humane and chow that if Fir: I V Js'llV (fit possible he would like to hold out . yX" ' greater hopo to those who occupy a y (D y humble rank. J --V ' The general idea conveyed , is; "that . - ; t..,.t wii limit llii i tho country, and would also have the effect of materially strengthening our organisation by swelling our ranks, to say notlnrig nf the possibilities of fu-tuio fu-tuio eudowmeuls by legacies and otherwise from Iriends, in and out of the trade. Thu fact cannot be disputed that many children of union primers are an nually cast upon the wnrld through tho death of one or hoth of the parents, as the many .subscription lists hung up vcuriy iu the printing u dices for the ro-lief ro-lief of widows or cniluren show. Though it must b acknowledged that printers always display a most liberal spirit in contributing toward deserving deserv-ing ci.se, nt best such relief is only temporary tem-porary in its eM'eel, and iu a very siioil space of tiinii the kiiileiers are in as bud a condition us ever. Can anyone deny that an annex to the home lor such a purpose would be a substantial advantage advan-tage to those who are left motlmrless cr fatherless in the world, as well as to tho welli'are of the union as a whole? Certainly Cer-tainly not. Therefore, will not some delegate present, a proposition before thel.T. U. at Boston having in view the vira ami education of tho helpless orphans of union priuter. Koliit!nnil At at meeting of the Federated Trades ami Labor council the following preamble pre-amble and resolutions were unani-mousy unani-mousy adopted; Wrcreus. Our iirine'nles nf nri'snl-'S'lori lire lil.Muli'.l w:tn nil lim ;-t unit legitimate. .ft rt-i t i innmnie ti e luti'iv ts u( home cttp-lt' cttp-lt' ami hum - j.r..hiiii; mi t Wueivas: la tlm r . 1 1 1 1 ) ; i i i e I'M" for pliiinl)-liiu'. pliiinl)-liiu'. fti'iiin lixtuiis. etc.. in 111" t ri-itoiml asv-luni asv-luni fov t"' lit", a ' tacts ai.U fl.'iirrs have li.-a pre en:ct ni'-ii itares in larrson win- Hi worn stiouM ii.'t i-aAara-(l totne urn novi'i : !iriii"-s of S.ilt Ll.e I ny who hiivc nilaUed the iim iiilous expressed therein. there-in. TliiTi'lo'C Of it Id'snlied. Tuat un t.i with the rppres 'n-taiivcs 'n-taiivcs ot tho M.n'cr i'lni''s assuciatlen ar-.i ih' JouinnyiiiHU i'liimUera. (ia. and Ht'.-am Fltt-r. uniouiif Ha tLiknin prntesl-pi prntesl-pi ' aitui' st this work lieln divertd from tbe pMiporcliaimel. ami in widmnu we believe w bin . elm the sentiments nf the. tinnavei'" un l tne prortui-ers of w aitli m this city and terj'i- '"l lived, That a copvof these resolutions, s Kiien bv the president aiel swretary. with th- seal of the name I, he imlivrred to bl excellency, ex-cellency, ttovein r Thomas, Also the following: Resolve!. That this council cmnvratulat' the Ti p M-ra"hlcsl fiiUm upon the expuPl n friii n tne new.p ip th in Its jtirisdu'tiou of that iiiietiimniile cxpe.iicnt of woolly journalism, i. . liiioorlo 1 holler plafes. so that henceforth re ide's'of theTr.liiine, it-ra'd ana Timks are siipplted with mtthniK whicii Is not the prodm t . ,f home talent and laimr. tu leseret News alone adhering to Its noil union sm. Wm. Nspkoth, (Secretary. possl t:t"k till bis hands were torn and bleeding ami be could work no longer. ,lut his achievement in tho labor ' World is that with which you are all fa lifiliar tho dircctin;' of tho dockers' tijliioii. Mo has had able) colleagues iu I lr. 'filk'tt iinil Mr. Cicia Edwards, but nt tive generalship lias Ueu his. llo baa Made mistakes -and who has not? .and nt times I fancy ho has gone back a lit- i tic on the sound principlt .t of his earlier i d tni HTatic ti-acli!n gs,tluiugUou the ot lies kind he lias struck a initio of cautious j wisdom which bus aain and again saved I t.ie dockers' movement from wreck, llo j is one) of tho princes of tho labor movo- incut, mill it would have, been it once a j fn.iy and an insult to excludo him from j thu commission. (li-naritl l.alior N.ws. 1 here are many symptoms of trouble among I he switchmen of the Chicago and Northwestern road, and it is not at all unlikely that a strike will occur. Tho cnuse of the disaffection is the ei iploymont of non-union men. .John Uedeuhain who was wounded io the bnck yard riots in Denver a fow weeks ago, has died. Kcdenham was a union man his death has aroused the iii.irt intense bitterness among his friends who denounce the person or poisons who caused his death as' being d'cilty of murder. The coal miners of Duquoin, Illinois, have gotten the concession of ten hours pay for nine hours work, the miners ara to receive the fifty cents a ton for digging dig-ging coal and employ their own weigh master. The contract are to hold good until September, when new ones are 10 be made fur the winter. Thollreen lias Workers assembly of the riitsburg dUtriet has decided to withdraw from tno Knights of Labor and alliliale tliemselvos with the American Amer-ican federation. Arrangements are being mado to induce other green glass workers to secede from the knights. A split has occurred between tho two labor yrgauizations in the coke regions of Pennsylvania, the Knights of Labor and the Miners' Protective knion. The Knights of Labor held a meeting at which the Protective union was excluded. ex-cluded. How He KxprcsHed IU In a thriving villag of Oxford county ftro peoplo who still enjoy relating a little incident illustrative of tho confusion likely to fall upon tho stranger to our languago who uses synonyms indiscriminately, indiscrimi-nately, The pastor of tho leading cliurch had mado arrangements to exchange with a good Gorman brother of the same denomination. Having himself been a witness to Homo ludicrous mistakes of that worthy, tho minister was not without with-out a feeling of uneasiness. The German having arrived in (ho vil-lago vil-lago Saturday was courteously invited to a pleasant gathering near the parsonage. parson-age. The elite of tbe town wero present. pres-ent. All went well with our German friend until bo was introduced to tho beautiful Miss Howard, whoso matchless match-less complexion was tho pride of tho village. vil-lage. Feeling that such beauty deserved sonio recognition, find wishing to compliment com-pliment the beautiful stranger, the German Ger-man exclaimed with bis beaming admiration, ad-miration, "Why, f rank-in, what a beautiful beau-tiful hide yoQ have!" Lewiston JournuL condition of those who have tieen oorn poor. The wealthy will applaud the pope's sent imotits ns being sound wis-dem, wis-dem, prudent and admirable in the extreme. ex-treme. To advanced labor thinkors, his letter will be far from satisfactory, lie has no new truths or has he goue iuto the subject very deep. No analysis analy-sis of the causes of wealth and poverty has boon made. Some of tho sentiment! senti-ment! are humane and show that if possible he would like to hold out greater hopo to those who occupy a humble rank. ! ' The general idea conveyed is; "that human efforts are impotent without the j concurrauco of the church. Now as ever mens relations towards each other as individuals or parts of society must have tho sanction of the old authority.' There is a general caution, that the people ought not to rebel against tho condition of life iuto which Uiey hae been born, as it would seem to bo a criticism on their part, of liod's wisdom. The pope lakes no stock iu any of the principles or theories of socialists Had yet iu a later paragraph he says this: "Tho state ought to watch over the puritv. morals and interior order of families, tho safe keeping of religion, justice and moderation, and tho eiptal division of public charges. Tho larger the general prosperity tho less will the workers seek recourse to exceptional means to ameliorate their conditions." It would be almost impossible for any socialist to give a clearer exposition of his belief tiiati that. The encyclical will therefore dolight the socialists, wtio will accuse his holiness of believing believ-ing in their principles without knowing what they are. There are many things which prove tht the pope's heart beats iu sympathy with tho proletariates in their light against wrongs which are practiced upon them. ".Shorter hauds and fair wages are necessary to the health and education necessary to make good citizens. citi-zens. The poor have the same natural rights as tho rich and no man has the morjil right lo be an oppressor bteauso he has the power." Those sentiments are so fair that they ought to meet tbe cordial endorsement ot everyone. The Utah federated trades and labor council held a very interesting and harmonious har-monious meeting iu the Plumbers' hall last evening. Tho following report from tho several trades was submitted: The carpenters reported a number of men out of employment, but they look for lively times in a few weeks, when work will be pushed on the Ontorio hotel and other largo building'. The carpenters' union is iu a pro.sperous condition. The lathers' union report all their men at work and the prospects good for ihe future. Lathers out of employment employ-ment should join the union at once. The Tin, Sheet Iron and Cornice Makers union have a number of men out of work owing to the fact that out-siilo out-siilo contractor are coining in aud cutting cut-ting prices, thereby injuring the business busi-ness of the local trade by doing inferior work anil employing inferior workmen. Tho Cigar Makers union reports everything in a nourishing condition and are making preparations to make a raid on the Chinese and tenement bouse scab cigars which are now to be found in a number of the prominent saloons, whoclaim to be in accord w ithVtnionism. The trades will soon make it hot for these parties. The Typographical union reports everything lovely and tho new scale satisfactory. The Plumbers union is generally considered con-sidered the strongest union in the city, there not being a scab in town. This is tho pi umbers dull season and there- fore some if the tvrn are out nf employment, employ-ment, but tho boys baire no complaints lo make and will" wait for the "good times coming " The boys are hot against the discrimination in favor of outside contractors, especially as to tho 1'rovo insane asylum. The Plumbers union are to be congratulated on the handsome ball they have lilted up on Second South street. It is the finest hall in the city and shows the enterprise of that union. F.leht Hoar Ir. Wo aro living in tho second epoch of the economic revolution; the third may bo precipitated as suddenly as that of the war of tho revolution or the war of tho Union. Protestation precedes organization, and organization precedes action. Thoso who read history with the eyc of the present can foresee tho future. Tho economic or industrial pystein has been revolutionized on the sido of capital, capi-tal, and will be revolutionized on the side of labor. Tho question tho present and near future is called upon to answer is, "How shall this revolution lo accomplished, accom-plished, by force of arms or forte bf argument';" ... ? The eight honr movement is tbe peaceful peace-ful method; tho defeat of labor legislation legisla-tion by capital controlled congresses and legislative bodies is an invitation to resort re-sort to arms. Wealth, opportunity nnd power have slipped through the fingers of tho masses because they bave never known enough to hold on to their owu.or to grasp what was theirs to have. The genius of the ago is concentrated upon tho problem of how to save time. Labor saving machinery ami all of its attendants of improved methods, as well as nf chemistry and of steam and of electrical appliances, are the materialized thoughts of how to have time. It is because be-cause of this service of genius to wealth that tho power of control rests with tho wealthy. Tho eight hour movement is the harnessing of this genius of the ago to the chariot of labor. Ho who is master mas-ter of bis timo is master of himself. Wlicu tlie masses lira wi.so enough to control their timo they will control tho world. Eight hours is the giant stride of labor toward her sovereign right to rule. The American Federation of Labor is greater in stutosntamhip than congress. The miners in their movement for eight Lours aro wiser than the colleges. It is well to cry one against monopoly, bnt the greatest monopoly is tho monopoly monop-oly of time. Ho who is compelled to soil bis time at the command of another is not fit to rule. Wo want moro wealth, moro health, more opportunity, more power. They are ours when wo make a grand, supremo, su-premo, united effort to control our time. Eight hours means moro wages to fill who work, less profit to those who live on tlie labor of others, less forced idleness, idle-ness, more dignity to labor, fewer rich idlers, through the resjiect for labor. Helping tho miners gain eight hours helps the cotton operatives and the tenement tene-ment house slaves. Eight hours coming quickly may avert the threatening dangers. dan-gers. A st rike for eight hours is a strike for peace; its success means that the 19th of April of our next epoch shall not be as tho marching forth of brave armed men to resist oppression, ns in 1775, or to save the Union, as in 1801, but it shall bo as tho marching forth of the iieople, with songs, to hail the dawn of the stimuli stim-uli r sun of universal peace, prosperity and good will to man. Huston. Gko. E. IIcIveiu Tom Mann. Speaking of tho selection of Tom Mann as a member of tho British labor commission, com-mission, a writer in The Labor World Bays; Barrin.g that of5 John Burns, it is the best that could bo made. Tom Mann is one of tho half dozen men who will be remembered when niot of us will not even have left the shadow of a name. Ho is that rare and fiuo combination, a thinker and a worker. I know no man to whom it is a greater pleasure to talk, who knows the practical side of industrial indus-trial questions more thoroughly, or who possesses a keener or stronger intellect. He comes from tho workers. IIo labored as a pit boy in the depths, and bo carries on his wrists tho marks of that early toil, and there is hardly a phase of tho laboring man's life of which lie has not soma acquaintance. He sought employment employ-ment in the roughest departments of Messrs. Bnmner's chemical works in order to find out tho truth as to the lot of the employes, and Muck at his self im am Cans, of Complaint ot Tint c. Ei hkka, Utah, May 20th, 1SHL Editor Ed-itor Salt Lake Timks: Sik: Iu your labor department on the Kith an item appeared under tho heading. "Mines of Tintie," which stated that the Miners' Mi-ners' union complained that many of its prominent members were discharged because of the prominent part taken by Ihein iu the la'" difference with the ullicers of tho . unpanies w ho kept stores and boardiug houses. Neither tho Miners' union nor the people here have had any dilliculty or cause of com-phiiut com-phiiut against the milling 'companies, whose boards of directors acied not only justly, but generously, when tho true situation here was fully explaiued to them. Indeed, it would be unreasonable unrea-sonable to expect them to act otherwise, other-wise, since they are by far the largest gainers by tiie change which has taken place. The Mammoth Miuingcouipatiy has practically conceded the just and reasonable demand made by the .Miners' union, as no man has been discharged for leaving tho so-called company boarding house since the committee wailed on the board of directors ot" that company. Yesterday evening about eighty men were discharged by( that company, but for causes not connected with the boarding house. The discharged dis-charged men were selected indiscriminately indiscrim-inately from thoso who had leu the boardaig house, and those who had not, those who are union men and those who are not. Hut a few remained in tlie boarding house w ho could not get other accommodations. But two men. so far as known, have been discharged for the part taken by them iu the late strike (so-ealiedl. T hey are the president. presi-dent. John A. Gallagher, and vice-president, vice-president, John lUrdwien. Tho latter had worked but threo davs fur wages since last September, having been prospecting pros-pecting nearly all that time. In the interest of fair play, I am yours respectfully. A Union ALiv. 11 .toll I la it 4. The retail clerks are coming to the front very rapidly. They are not only increasing in uumbers but the feeling among the various merchants is becoming becom-ing more favorable to the early closing movement every day. j The following letlerx shows the prevailing pre-vailing sentiment among the mer-chauts- Salt I-aAFt' Citv, May 19, lftUl. To the Mot ail Clerks' association of Salt Lake City. Gentlemen: Noticing your ellorts for the early clusingof stores we. would say lo you that we heartily sympathize sym-pathize with you iu your laudable endeavor en-deavor to secure more reasonable hours of sen ice, and consequently more time for recreatiou and homo lite. We are ready to join with other merchants to close our store at a time agreed upon, and shall use our influence to bring about tho desired result. Hoping you may be successful, w e are yours truly, W. P. NOBLE MfcUCASTll.E C. The clerks will hold a meeting tomorrow to-morrow afternoon in thu Knights of Pythias hall, at which time there will j be live delegates elected to the fedcr- j ated trades. Ail clerks are requested i to attend, us oilier important business will be transacted also. Home fort'ii'iin ITInfar.. In connection with the home for aged aud disabled union printers, which is beiug located at Colorado Springs, Colorado, says the Pacific L'uion Printer, there is one thing which ought to be thoroughly considered at the coming session of the international body it is the practicability of establishing estab-lishing an asylum for orphans of union printers iu connection with the home. It would not require a much greater expenditure ex-penditure to provide for this, while it would bo. a much easier task to raise ihe necessary funds for the maintenance of the institution. Were such a scheme adopted, it would no doubt meet with the approval of every union printer in The Brewers union is getting in good nhapeand will soon have matters in good working order. 4 Painters union, No. !2U7 is booming at the present tune with pleuty of work jor all their men, and the membership is constantly increasing. x- The Brick and Sione Masons, one of the largest unions in tha city is in the best of shape ami havo good prospects for a fair seasuns work. The stonecutters union is a staunch body of men and are genernlly found solid all over the country. Wlum they make up their mind to do anything t hey generally curry if through. Their prospects are good for tho season. Tho hodearriers aro mm ing steadily along and commanding good wages, although there is a surplus of men. They feel encouraged and will stick to it. The iron moulders are solid and most of their men employed at good wages. They havo a strong union nfjd are generally gen-erally in gooil condition. i The Barber's union are making it hot for the scabs at present, and say with the assistance of the trades they will wipe out the opposition. j The Clerks' union recently organized is growing rapidly and the public will soon hear from them. v .V All the other unions in tho city are in fair condition, but there are surplus men for all the tra Iss and outside mechanics me-chanics bad better keep away from the city. A number of inquiries were made at the meeting last night as to what had oecome of the resolutions sent to tbe city council sometime ago. and it is generally undersood that they have gone to the waste basket, Some of the working men are agitating agitat-ing the organizing of the third party in Utah and adopting the platform of the convention held in Cincinnati a few days ago. They begin to think that none of the parties at present in Utah will give them a recognition and that 'public work anil contracts are, constantly con-stantly going to outside parties who have no interests iu the territory but what they can get out of it. 'I he platform plat-form of the third party at Cincinnati seems to cover Ihe ground. A committee was appointed at lest night's meeting to present a set of resolutions res-olutions to Governor Thomas. I'opa Leo'. Kneycllal. Pope Leo's encyclical on the social question has been made public. H has for a long time been impatiently awaited await-ed by many people who were anxious to know what position bis holiness would assume on so momentous an issue, is-sue, or what uew doctrines ho would enunciate for the amelioration of the |