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Show NO POLITICS IN THEIRS. The Federation of Labor Gently Snub. Mr. l'otrdrly Today. New Yohk, Jan. 28. At a meeting of Ihe executive council of the American Ameri-can federation of labor yesterday a circular w as issued by l'owderly requesting re-questing all the labor organizations to send delegates to the conference to-organize to-organize a third party in conjunction with tho farmers' alliance was brought up but it was decided to pay no attention atten-tion to it. It was thought unwise for the labor organizations to meddle with politics. The miners' demand for eight hours which takes place May next, was taken up. It was resolved to levy an assessment assess-ment of 2 cents per week per capita , for five weeks, on the members of all j unions connected with the federation. It is said there arc favorable prospects that the demand for eight hours will be , granted without any strikes, as the em- ', ployers and employes are holding con- ! ! feretices all the time with good results. The committee which recently went to the convention of the bricklayers at Toronto to' ask the Bricklayers National Na-tional union to join the federation reported re-ported that the bricklayers had decided - to refer the matter to tho individual unions. The chances are. they reported, that they would join after a whikj |