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Show LABOR PARLIAMENT MOMENTOUS AFFAIR LONDON, Sept. 4, 4:47 p. m. The parliament of labor, which will assemble in Bristol Monday in annual session, promises to be one of the most momentous momen-tous gatherings in the history of the trades union movement of this countrv. The convention, which will represent nearly 3,000,000 organized working men, will take up many questions of largo importance, im-portance, but public attention will be focused on three points: The attitude of labor toward the war, toward conscription conscrip-tion and in regard to matters affecting the working classes during and after "the war. The attitude of trades unions toward the war has been from the first a staunch -justif ication of Great Britain's actions, and there is believed to be no doubt that the congress will declare in favor of vigorous prosecution of the war. Unless all signs fail, the attitude of labor will be just as impartial against conscription. Much discussion will be devoted to the position of labor as affected bv the war, and the effect of the employment of women in the place of men during the war will be canvassed closely. |