| Show 1 I 1 WOR LABOR MATTERS DISCUSSED 1 1 I 1 1 proceedings bof of the federation t convention I 1 I 1 I 1 delegation FROM W C T U I 1 I 1 labor delegates delegate 9 urged to look after the liquor question typesetting type typo setting machinists want shorter hours 1 delegate Dc lecato mawdsley ot of england i urges business methods george F r train wants to malre make a speech I 1 I 1 I 1 new york fork dec 12 when the fourth I 1 days session of the fifteenth annual I 1 convention of the american federation of labor opened not over fifty del egares were present several reports ports r e i were r resented presented i A communication from the typeset type typo set ling machinists malch aich asked tor for i er hours caused some comment corn ment the rules rilles committee decided to have the matter settled by the convention it was claimed that this body of men I 1 corns colne under the head of 0 the typographical union or the machin L litts union there Is to be a conference yot the t hc c various delegates interested la ia t these matters tonight ind and decision I 1 i was deterred deferred until after that time I 1 A communication was received from george francis r train who desired to the convention ills olter offer was accepted F ir 1 sargeant Saree ant chief of the brother I 1 hood of locomotive firemen was called upon for a speech which lie he made lie he bald ald he hoped the day would come when all classes of workmen would be united in one body pomeroy Io meroy addressed addres the con veillon while arguing that the federation should not be made a political organization lie he said its members however study politics that they might take intelligent action on oil matters that concerned them the I 1 government of this country today toda y he said was neither republican nor dum socratic ocra ilc tic but plutocratic labor could c I 1 L not greatly remedy abuss f R because corporations bar the way direct leals lation would bring brine out the latent and strength of the people and then the people would be cespon responsible itil tor for their own progress and to for r th the broadening broa denin 0 of free fr e institutions samuel gompers compers L submitted a lengthy report ot of tile the visit of himself if and vice president mcguire to the trades counell council convention at cardiff wales last september W C T U DELEGATES president mcbride introduced mrs mary burt pie Adent of the borr comans womans christian temperance union of new tork k aho said ald she came to bring the greetings ot of aless frances willard Wll lard who through the delegation took tile the members of the convention by the hand in kindly sympathy tile the federation of labor and the W C T U had many purposes in common and through the well directed efforts of the federation this country would take farst rank in the industrial world sirs I 1 burt spoke of the effects of liquor among the tha workingmen and said paid the Fedir atlon should gel bously consider it mrs lire J 11 national superintendent perin of the department of t acm nii 0 no a and n I 1 labor lb or 0 of the AV C TI T U pvn y r ab r d A maw I 1 spoke at some lil on n the li 0 object of hr society ehe said the ain men led had m much u h tc do 10 to look art after r the he liquor question acl mrs emelle 1 martin national su u of tile the department ot of purity in literature and art and mrs prune J crimes barnes of the young wo imon of tile the W C T U r emoke on similar subjects it was noted to have the speeches of 1 th ill fint clr t two representatives printed in the official organ of the federation GOOD NEWS FROM ENGLAND I 1 K E J cowey the english representative tive 0 of the minors miners union was then I 1 milo d to the platform lie ile said he had rod good news tor for the people and that was waa that tha the UR bliz strike of shipbuilders ship builders in scotland had bad at last been settled and tho lied tailed the terms a are ae e an increase of wages now and bo agnan a bin in february mr cowey said bald 1 he 0 believed in unionism and because of it lit lic was bor in closing he sala said 1 I hope tile the time will come when the speaking people shall become I 1 united on one common ground against out our en my ij is I 1 J mawdsley the representative who I 1 comes from ill ih spinners union of england was then introduced ile he raid bald hr would not tolk talk on suba subjects acts there lied had been i enough of that hr he felt pretty sure 11 that if lie he were a capitalist he aou would id be as wicked as the other capitalists I 1 anil every other man in the hall lie he thought would be the same the men who work tor for ill their air deliverance should i rork ork on business lines they should f talk more about pounds shillings and I 1 ww pence than about sentiment it if tins tile workingmen wa wanted n led to in be on equal 1 ting with the c capitalists a they must get bet down to IL a pra practical c deat business meth iI od 04 in his hill trade the workers made a therAl subscription weekly and bever jever ever flit amply mp ly rs were ready to alrik e the ii ii were etc ready for them po fr fredom dom nicana means nothing for or the workmen without business s organization tho sj aker deprecated the dif aten fraces ft beaw en the socialists and or of woi kroen though the llie 1 ik I iwo organizations might differ as aa to Ineth of accomplishment lh lr ir v ab b jeta were the same wh why y not 10 work to togi gi ther andl and adopt the bt best indans no matter hy by whom hom suggested a tat falit as a the present A large number of resolutions were r rif oferrel erred to committees among others W M ono one providing for a petition to ICo congress neresa tn in favor of the recognition of belligerent of cuba and ant another prote tini again t tiny any legislation that f kill open thi ill way to sunday labor B the convention then adjourned until I 1 tomorrow t |
