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Show : .-T;7EIIY-WORKERS NOT'-'.' --UPHELD IN COIENTION ' Federation Decides They Do Tfot Hare Jurisdiction i Oyer Engineers, Firemen and Teamsters. .1 8 AN" FRANCISCO. Nov. it. After spending almost the entire flay In a bitter debate, the difference between x -; he Brewery Workers' union and the-jr.tematlonal the-jr.tematlonal Brotherhood of Engineers, ' Firemen and Teamster was settled by the American Federation of Labor. The vote on every point at Issue, with one minor exception, was against the Brewery Workers' union. The Brewery Worfcerfr union claimed that all Bremen, engineers . and teamsters employed about breweries should Join and come under the Jurisdiction Juris-diction qf the Brewery Workers' union. The representatives of the International Interna-tional Brotherhoods of Engineers; Firemen Fire-men ahd Teamsters objected to this, and Introduced a resolution to the effect ef-fect that all workers in breweries be organised according to their respective crafts, and asked the convention to vote that all . engineers, firemen and teamsters now In the Brewery Workers' union shall leave the same and Join organizations of their respective crafts. For. an hour a debate was Indulged in on the proposition to substitute the word "may" for "shall," and the convention con-vention finally voted for the change. This permits the engineers, firemen and teamsters' to elect whether or not they shall secede from the Brewery Workers' union. ' A resolution to do away with the Washington lobby was voted down after af-ter the Socialistic . delegates bad made speeches in favor of. its passage. The Socfalists were opposed on the floor by President Gompers. The latter bitterly denounced the Socialists for what he termed their sneering tirades. As an aftermath of the bght between the Chicago Federation of Labor and the American Federation f Labor a constitutional constitu-tional amendment was adopted at last night's seoeioa providing- that any organisation organ-isation or person seceding or being under suspension by the American- Federation of Labor shall be denied a seat in the annus an-nus I convention of the national body. This was especially framed to cover such caa e as that presented in the case of Delegate Man ran of Chicago. The amendment amend-ment consisted in the addition of the words "or person." An amendment, similar In character, which provided that a city central body might demur to the seating of an objectionable objec-tionable delegate of a local union affiliated with an International union, joined to the American Federation of Labor, but not deny the whole local union representation In the central labor bodv, was presented. This covered cases similar to that presented pre-sented In the question of the seating of Wililam Schardt, president of the Chicago Chi-cago Federation of Labor. The amendment amend-ment was carried. |