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Show UNIONS ARE COMBINED NEW YORK. Oct. 29. Recent reports that efforts are Delcg made to amalga-. amalga-. mate the unions In America and Eng- land of all dockers and longshoremen are confirmed by William Abraham and James Wlgnall, delegates from the British trades union congress to the convention of the American-Federation of Labor, to be held at San Francisco. "I came here to strengthen the international inter-national relations between the labor organizations." or-ganizations." said Abraham. "The . British trades union congress has de-"cided de-"cided to do all in its power to aid organized or-ganized labor in America whenever possible, pos-sible, and -hopes that labor organizations organiza-tions of America will reciprocate whenever when-ever they can. ' - "My object is to hasten the day when labor shall be organized on a grand international in-ternational basis." "The feeling among the British dockers dock-ers Is for amalgamation with the American Amer-ican longshoremen and transport men," said Delegate Wingall, "and I am here to find out If there is similar feeling here." |