Salt Lake Tribune | 1901-12-04 | Page 7 | Labor and Industry

LABOR AND INDUSTRY 1 Tho convention of the Metal Trades federation is In scsslpn iti Scranton PiL Tlls Is n new organization formed at St Louis last I year embracing all trades unions allied with tne American Federation Federa-tion of Labor whose members work on metal Three hundred delegates will bo In Scranton today for the convention of tIm American Federation of Labor President GompurK said yesterday i The convention conven-tion will ho tho most Important yet held and will bo tim largest in tim history of i organized labor I Tho strike began by the members of tho Switchmens union In Plttsburg Pa a week ago Is practically over although the switchmen say their ranks ire folding firm and none of their numbers havo gone back while there have been a number num-ber of accessions during tho weok The principal object In forming tho United Central council In New York la to put an end to sympathetic ntrlkotf by nnanglng for yearly agreements with i contractors and to end lights between rlvnl unions in the sam trade Tho new central body represents about 03000 persons per-sons I