Show NOW PUSHING BUSINESS American Federation of Labor Is Hard at Work F i Scranton Pa Dec 12 convention of the American Federation of Labor held I three sessions today and disposed more business than on any previous day of the meeting Ono of tho principal features of todays proceedings was the refusal of tho proposition to Increase tho number num-ber of vicepresidents from a to eight I A resolution Instructing unions to hold aloof from the militia of tho several States was tabled Strong language against tho mllltlo In times of strikes was used The convention decided to Increas tho per capita tax of national and international Interna-tional unions from onethird to onehalf of 1 pen cent I member per month and also organized raise tho per capita tax of federal and local trade unions from 5 to 10 scents a month for each member the Increase of 5 cents to ro toward tho raising 00 defense fund for those unions V The convention decided to take no ac tion on a resolution condemning anarchy and a resolution protesting against ship subsidy legislation because the American Federation Labor Is already on record as docldcdlv against anarchy and ship subsidies The federation decided to < lrop the resolution denouncing the I Kngllsn Government for Its war against tIme V Boers because tho American Government l Iii I now onsuffccrin a movement cif a Flml Jar character and because such Il reso lution has no place In a labor convention These resolutions wore adoPtd In F structing the president to telegraph a protest of the American Federation of I Labor to the President of the United States against the confirmation of the appointment of Francis Baiter JIN Judge of the United States Ircult Court of Appeals Ap-peals Indiana on tho ground that his father Judge John II Baker had granted Injunctions agaInst union workmen Instructing In-structing the legislative committee to Investigate In-vestigate the report that the Immigrants I killed in tho railroad wreck at Seneca IVIIch recently were brought to this country coun-try In violation of tho immigration laws Consideration of the report of tho commIttee com-mittee on boycotts consumed much of the tlmo of the ovcnlnp session There was a struggle over the matter ot boycotting boy-cotting cash register company of Ohio The company was placed upon tho unfair un-fair list by a largo vote |