Show CINCINNATI IS THE PLACE Federation of Labor Will Meet There Next Year NEW YORK HEADQUARTERS EFFORTS TO REMOVE THEM TO CHICAGO FAIL CIICG i George Francis Train Makes n Brief I Address on Labor Topics itml r Sirs Charlotte Smith President of the Womenb League Tells of the Position of Women in the Industrial World To Amend the Alien Laws N33W YORK Dec 16 Contrary to the general expectation the Federation l of Labor did not conclude its work up t the time of adjournment tonight and a session will be held tomorrow at i which several mate of minor interest inter-est will b disposed of Today the thief work of the convention was the selection of a city at which to hold the next meeting When the mater wa put to a t Cintimtfati and Nashville Nash-ville were the only contestants The t Ohio city won on a vote of 1700 to 38L t President McBride presided at todays session Seoretotry Barnes of the law committee commit-tee mae a report on the following resolution by the hotel and restaurant employees national alliance No union shall he recognized a a bona lide union Whichi is not affiliated with the national or international foody pf its trade if there be one with the American Federation of Labor No union affiliate < wi4h the Amerifcan Federation of Labor shall be permitted to affiliate with any central labor body In whictti now affiliated unions a described cribed above are represented This report brought on a argument argu-ment Delegate Pomeroy objected tote to-te phraseology of the first section and twanted inserted provided there be one connected with the American Federation Federa-tion of Labor PomcToy Wins After a general discussion Delegate Pomeroys amendment a carried A motion to adopt the report was defeated de-feated The committee reported adversely on n resolution povsenlted by the Bakers International union to remove the headquarters of the federation to Chicago Chi-cago said the resWu Delegate Pomeroy ielu tion was an attempt to remove the Jieiad quarters to New York He was inLayer in-Layer of thia headquarters remaining where they a at IndSanapolis Delegate Weissman who presented the resolution said he was in favor of the offices remaining in Indianapolis Indianapo-lis and the resolution was withdrawn The resolution that no certificate of affiliation be hereafter granted bra br-a federal labor union in whole or in part composed of members of existing trades unions was taken up The federfal labor unions are composed com-posed of both men and women and Samuel Gompers presidentelect objected ob-jected to the phrase or in part because be-cause it might strike at the women wageearners who for with men to bell organized labor After a heated resolution Delegate Pomeroy offered the following resolution resolu-tion l a substitute That no more than three federal labor unions shall be chartered in anyone any-one city and no federal labor union shall be recognized a = affiliated if its members consist of a majority of trade unionists The resolution a adopted Textile Workers At the afternoon session the com mititee on organization reported favorably fa-vorably for the appropriation of a sum not exceeding 500 for the or pranizaAion of the textile workers in the south The resolution also resoluton provides pro-vides for two men one from the south and one from the north t look after the ork The resolution making the appropriation was adopted Delegate OConnell third vicepresi dentelect spoke vigorously against dual organizations and particularly particular-ly against international machinist unions He reports the International Association of Machinists had over 450 lodges Mr OConnell desires the federation to withdraw the charter of the dual orcanfoation The international interna-tional association does not want any thing but machinists of which there are 25000 while the other organization organiza-tion takes in all kinds of workmen in thc machinist trade Mr PfTile of the International Machinists Ma-chinists nion had made the statement state-ment that his organization would Mth raw from the federation and af flat with the socialist organization Mr OConnell sid he would double the membership of his organization If the dhanter of the other organiza tion w withdrawn orgniza Delegate Barnes spoke against the withdrawal of the charter The Charter Revoked President McBride spoke in favor of the International Machinists union He said the other body had n mem 1 rip of SSOO while the one he fa vored had only 500 ord ha but it was the wa original organization and he believed the other should affiliate with beleed It This e organization ha compelled the other one to withdraw the color line uIn my opinion said the president te 4the International Association of Ma chinists should cease to exist and af filiate t the Machinists union and this body from now on After much argument of the agmet the question of qUfUon Snacbinists h trades and troubles the troubles mat e was finally settled by tle falY sette agreeing to chinists ipke the union charter of the International Ma re The special order of the day the te naming tle naing of the next convention place cnveton Plae was then taken up and Cincinnati was chosen Women as Wage Earners George Francis Train made a brief ad dress on labor topics and was followed 7y Ir Charlotte Smith of folowed Smit dent of the Womans det Woms Rescue league wJio told of the position in the industrial world of women Because of the small money paid for labor many of them began a life bgn of shame This should b remedied and more money paid to them remeie ad The committee appointed last week to wek confer with the managers of the American Ameri-can Tobacco company made Tbaco compy mae a report through Delegate White The conference a was held but President Duke would not listen t the proposition to have the employees 11t em-ployees become union men The commit tee reeorsmended that the boycott levied a mcnth ag be continued and the mate mat-e was and boycott referred to the committee on la The committee on resolutions reported favorably on a resolution rpore provisions of the alien laws mailing it a penalty for an immigrant t swear ral pjy about h mission to this country The committee on resolutions presented a resolution res-olution the substance of which olutn th rb5tn provided that there should be more voting outside of party lines and that labor demand la r rr measures in preference to party lines c and therefore allow more independence at the ballot box I This matter was being discussed at the p hour of adjournment i |