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Show "EARLY CLOSING MOVEMENT. Tht Retail Clerks ot This City Hold aa Open Air Httttng. iiAsnit am nscmrnoNs, Nfitcclifi Mere JlaJe hj JnJr; lVmcrri JuJie llonnin, J. S. Hairier and Jamr Ilcllor. An out of doori mealing wa held In frontcf l,linan, Wallereleln A Co.' clothing Horn lut night hy a number of org.nlutlon working under anJ Moulting t tba Kaderaleil Trade' Union. Tho ilemonatrallon tea niadu by retail chrki In faor ot thir laily cloilng mot ciurcl, an I tlm mmlo nnd poecliiWeraiTCelod Willi apllauje. An own bamucbr, In which Mr. Hlealer, of tha 1 ederateU TraJia, acted aamailerofralemobli'a, wa uaed by lheleakcrlnalllialng tho crowd. JL'IKIK l-o" nta wa Ilia flrl ajieaVtr. lie Ullavetl that organliatlon wa necary )n all thin; whera auea wa nctrd. Aa to the Juitn' of tba aubjret under illacuMlon, thera waa a iueatlou or Wrneii ujoneclaMacd fj'ially good rviulta to tha other. Home of tho merchant had contented to III a reasonable hour for cloelng their bualnta houaea, hut a email numtier ware objecting to thl courra, claiming the right tit gortriilbrmieleea accord Ing to butlneAt chance and a their own Intereatl might dictate. rhn inerllon of the iianllty ol Ihe goo.ll old did not cut a lljure in the mailer at all. Itwaaonlyihle cotil I not all agree upon rraionable liuilnea hourrf autl by lricllyadherlngthrrtodlo ofjuitasmucti, and at the aama time aiiow their emplojc an oppoitunlly for ntMiiablo houra of teit and ra creation? Only by audi a courae I an the beat tlluttt be brought out Of thnu. . , "All work and no play make Jack a dull boy" la Juil a true of the old. Jack iu the young Jack, and when air large bualora men oute realized that It la. U.lh and blood Ihey Mo dealing with and dcalrou of reaching out to, they will tie the Urgrtt galurra Ihrii hy. Moral aunilun I a lower all mualfeel. It li tight for man to meet aud properly riprtea ll.tlr wautaand ilamand all tight uot Inconlllct with nthera. Tlila I a rti'O of mutual Unoflt, "I help you and you lulp me, and together n will do more for our-MlteallianbydlHnnectedeuorU." our-MlteallianbydlHnnectedeuorU." juixir nuwuAN wa next Introduced. Ileaald: l4Vou are here tonight almply loaikthat all ahall Hie up to fair and honot agnrment. ThU ilrnionitrallou la In iiuwImM ilrlki',' all that la wanted Ulng fair eaecutlon of a contract to do a thing that hurl no one aud hvli all. Ara not the diluaud fair, honikt and ruch aa all tan retc!? Truo, Iho null ilerka aro allowed, at tome iklabllihmelita, to go homo at rtawnablo hour, hut thotrtabllatimentaare ket open ktlll aud good ara aold, thu luttlng thoae whodoclJatitip at a great dlvadvan tagi. Irf-t all comlly Willi tlila and there will tie no kick, the hour demanded de-manded are not unrraaoimMe. The twenly-Mir noun khould lie diflded, a noar aa Iho charaiter of the cuii luy-ineiit luy-ineiit will nnlt, Into three tHjual rta-alght for work, eight for net aud eight for recrettlon. j. a. DAvrLi it waa the neat aiakr. lla taldl "No nan cau work all the time, and eren too near an n proach to uch a thing la a wrong whu.li uiwli to lie averted. I am uro no fair thinking man will lulruulie tlioao who do not work for the grretokt t'ood to the largtal num. Lor. You can effect a euro for the etllby ihiily withholding jour patronage, pat-ronage, lloycotl may be dotiounciil, but they are xr iaaleaud eflecluil, "I am glil to know that thpriM thmughout the land ha at laat como tobethe advocate of n;ual right fir all and eiecllly to champion the cauaeof tbeworklngman. Ue Include tiithla all who work Willi brain and hand, for It mutt bu ricognlud that onelejuitna hard a the ulhir, and eijually aa exacting lu It demand Uin Ilia human lyiloui. Thu rulrr ot the world aro fait rrrogntilug our right, anl hare lutbl free lau tall departniintaofuvery Luilnew (.anuot allordtodolt'." jAlirJ iivm.nk aaldi "My ftllow-worklugmen, the labor prablvtn 1 not yat aoWrd, but la iHiltig rapidly juklied lo that end. and we can (ongrntulita ounelve that n I art of It haa. Whan thl can lw eald ufevon a majority of the great Utuo which aro preaeuted, the bright day we are all longing for will have dawned. dawn-ed. In our alteratta to organise we were onto anlagoulied, but the whole wople haye leiu rdu-talod rdu-talod to aipreclale our )ur-laiaea )ur-laiaea and value our effort; for tho eutlre couutrr 1 directly concerned concern-ed In what we do. If any portion of thl ople are to ! the iuirrera by thuruforctmantof the rule you aak for, It I the working data. After a da 'a work they would ha the one who would tie forced to uie the eleclrlo In pliceofthaaunllght. livery man hat a legal right to do at he pleaiea, to long na ho dme not tufrlno upon hla nvlgh-Imr, nvlgh-Imr, and If any merclianiihooae to decline de-cline acting under thl rule, we aro at liberty lo aaa their doora. Labor luakit lapltal, and In jour handa reeta tho entire queatlotl, and through jour rrpretentatlvr good lawa khould be unacted which will be jutttoall dame. All khould favor ahortcr hour, bou to gtvo time for rcttnnd enjojmout at home, fhero thoulJ ho a time for Ilia rulllvatlou uf Ihe mind and Iho heart aa well a the inuicle, and your ellort In thl rlgliteoua cauaotuuat luclude thoae brffrauotm 11 wbu toll by the day Ulilnd thu counter, coun-ter, the working table, or In the achool room aud at tho irlntlng caae. To them we ara to look for our poatarlty, aud ae their coiulillou la remlcied belt terand liaipier, ao will theibancet for future generation being auluipruvo-ment auluipruvo-ment over tho aat bo griatly In-treated. In-treated. Hland toaether; don't Ihi diacounged, and toon nil oj altlutt to your rtaou ablo dtniaude will leaJlu.,' (HJTIUtH. Tho fullowlng inotlor wero obai rvrd In tho crowd, palaledon lanvai ban-ncrrt ban-ncrrt "lluy your rood at union ttoret." "Wage-woucn, we uk joiiraulit. ance." "I'urchatu of the merchant who ilokowrl) Tpm." 'I'ourleen hour for a day' work 11 Try It." "WeoljHttoworkfroraTam. to 11 p ui." .aCg3ccrigTapca |