| Show II ilI 1 LOADED WITH BUSINESS J J l American Federation oftabor onventionHard at Work A FLOOD OF RESOLUTIONS t f I t jinrgest Number ofDelcgates Present iti thVHfstory or Organisation One Hundred and NinetySeven Resolutions Presented for ConsISP eration During the Two DnyB Session t Ses-sion and AA11 Have Been Referred io Appropriate Committecs The Latter Lat-ter Will Hold Sessions Today Scranton Pa Dec 7 Tho American Federation of Labor which has been InC In-C 6fo1 hero for three days completed Its I organization today and tho real work of the convention will begin on Monday Tho official roll of tho federation shows tho presence of S12 delegates tho largest number In tim history OC organization I During tho past two days 107 resolutions wore presented consideration by tho convention and all of them woro referred I to committees Tho committees will hold cessions tomorrow because of the enormous enor-mous amount of business to bo disposed of Tho morning session was given up to tho completion of organization and In tho afternoon af-ternoon the British fraternal delegates addressed tho convention on trades unionS union-S conditions In Europe IMPORTANT RESOLUTIONS Among tho largo number of resolutions presented today were several relating to tho Vital question of trado jurisdiction I Other Important resolutions introduced were these Asking for an appropriation of 5000 to aid tho t San Francisco iron workers increasing in-creasing tho ealaiies tho organizers or-ganizers 15 per cent and also increasing tho salary of the president from 175 to CW per month and that of tho secretary from 31O to 5200 per month demanding municipal State and Governmental ownership own-ership of railroad and telegraph etc requiring workmen aid In tho acquirement acquire-ment of power of Government for tho purpose pur-pose of nationalizing industrial combinations combina-tions demanding organization of an Independent political party protesting against tho ship subsidy legislation 1 expressing ex-pressing sympathy for tho Boors for tho establishments of socialism Increasing tho number of vlcopreldcnts of tho federation fede-ration from six to eight providing for tho organization of school teachers requestIng request-ing workmen to hold aloof from tho milt tin and indorsing tho Swiss military sys tourLABOR LABOR CONDITIONS IN ENGLAND Frank Chandler of tho Amalgamated Association of Carpenters and Joiners whO is hero as one of tho fraternal delegates dele-gates from Great Britain was introduced at the opening the afternoon session Ho reviewed the labor conditions as they now prevail tho British Isles Ho said his association organized unions In this Country thirtythree years n Oand efforts ef-forts had been made in certain localities to have Its members Join tho Brotherhood of Carpenters Ho pleaded with tho delegates dele-gates not to force the members mem-bers to do this or they would sacrlflcoi much If I they took such action Mr Chandler feelingly alluded to tho assassination assassi-nation of President McKinley and said that tho bond between tho American and English people Is so strong that politicians politi-cians and intriguers could not break in SOCIALISM ADVOCATED Benjamin Tlllott of tho British Trades Union congress made an address advocating advo-cating Socialism Mr Tillott held tho attention of tho delegates for an hour and a haIrHo said that tho force that Is doing moro for labor than any other Is the intellectual force of Socialism Pie emphasized tho need of liberal contributions contribu-tions of money to help labor in its struggle strug-gle for bolter conditions nnd Bided with President Gompcrs on the question of compulsory arbitration Mr Gompcrs in his annual report made argument In Sn ° Tkof compulsory arbitration Mr Tlllott said he was opposed to leaving disputes dis-putes to the prejudices of the courts He believed In placing these questions in the hands of a board of arbitration made up of experts CANADIANS APPEAL FOR AID P M Draper of tho Canadian Trades Union congress pleaded for moro aid from the federation Ho said Canada presented a wide Held for missionary work In tho Interest nf organized labor Ho touched on the Chlncso exclusion act and paid that Canada should also restrict Mon golian immigration instead of admItting the Asiatics on the 1 J payment of a po Max of noo In British Columbia Mr Draper said woro factories employing 000 per cons of whom 400 were skilled 1 whltn Workmen and tho other 7tiOO hlnese and Japanes GOMPERS REPLIES President Gompora replied to tho forclcm delegatea on behalf of the delegates Addresses wro also mad by arise rii r riot Koysor of tho Church League for the Advancement of Interest Organized La borv and oTganfew Mrs Julia Llowclly organizer eacuo ho Womana International Labor |
