Show UNITED LABOR AND THE NATIONAL GUARD THA following dispatch to is small email but pa aug 18 the state federation of labor today resolution recommending all union men to refrain from enlisting in the rational guard and all enlisted me men to 1 I withdraw the resolution referred to suggests aug geste the possibilities of trades organizations the national guard is not what its ila name dame implies Imp being a local organization its object is ie to provide for local and oot not national protection and defense it is deemed essential to the reservation preservation of tranquility but to is per raps haab of doubtful potentiality for that purpose Dur poe being a popular organization it is naturally composed compo eed of people who belong to the masses the bone of the commonwealth in gal aflee of popular uprisings uprising its ita efficacy jor for the maintenance of order would be doubtful this can be seen at a glance when the fact is considered that tee she ranks ranka must necessarily be largely eom composed posed of members of 0 trades unions jn in cage of a conflict connected with labor disputes disputed it would be hardly reasonable to expect men to fight their fellow union members even if the latter were seeking becking to carry their point by violent methods the resolution will doubtless be effective in preventing the enlistment into the national guard of union men and will cause numbers of oth others re now connected with the organization to leave it the consequent elimination from the ranks white while weakening its power for other purposes will not have that effect in the matter of service in labor conflicts as it will thus be freed ol of much of the disaffection existing in it we are exceedingly doubtful with regard to the efficiency of the guard as it exists there is a great deal of dissatisfaction in the ranks in the state of new york fork at present unless promises to provide better food and accommodation are soon complied with ith an early revolt will not be ing we imagine however that the soldiery at the scene of the railroad troubles does not altogether arise from the absence of suitable food and shelter but also from the fact that their situation is distasteful to them the power of the federation of labor over its members Js Is very great its potency is exhibited by the uniform respect paid to its decrees in relation to strikes it would be easy if deemed necessary for the federation to substitute the request tn relation to the national guard by the issuance of an unqualified order |