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Show FLOODED WITH RESOLUTIONS Deluge Pours in on Labor Convention. . j . Were of Every Character Affecting Trade Organizations. Organ-izations. Executive Council Severely Scores Brewery Workmon and Suggests Revocation of Charter. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15. The second sec-ond day's session of the convention of the American Federation of Labor abruptly concluded shortly after the afternoon session was called to order today. This change In programme was necessitated by tho flood of resolutions which poured in when Preirident Gompers called- for these- documents. In the space of a half hour sixty-one were handed to Secretary Morrlron. They were of almost every character that could affect trade organizations, ranging rang-ing from such topics as petty disputes on union Jurisdiction to such questions as woman's suffrage and the exclusion of Japanese from the shores of America. The adjournment was taken that tho proper committees might have the afternoon after-noon and evening in considering the resolutions. Michael Davitt Present. Before adjournment a delegate saw ' Michael Davitt, the Irish patriot, seated in one of the galleries He Immediately moved that Mr Davitt be Invited to take a seat on the. rostrum. The motion was promptly seconded and cries of "Davitt" were heard1 from all parts of the house. Mr. Davitt was escorted to the stage amid the cheers of those present. pres-ent. Hc briefly addressed the convention, conven-tion, telling the delegates that he was in sympathy with their cause. Report Against Schardt. Report was made against seating President Schardt of the Chicago Federation, Fede-ration, the Federation having been suspended by the executive council. Consideration of the matter was set for tomorrow morning. Brewery Workmen Scored. The executive council, In its report, severely scored the brewery workmen, and recommended that Indorsements of their unfair list, their label and their official Journal bo withdrawn, and1 that unless the organization conforms to the rulings of the Federation, that its charter be revoked. Big Mass Meeting. In tho evening the greater number of delegates crossed the bay to Oakland, Oak-land, where a labor muss meeting was held. |