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Show pursrorxT or rLAcrsnrrrs. President jfoha SIoa;m of the International Inter-national Erotherhood of Blacksmiths and Hel-ert arrtved In Salt Lak last nlj-ht. President 61ocum, when Been at the Wilson, said: "I am oafci&g a tour of the Western country. 1 have ust come from Dn-ver, Dn-ver, where I ta'ye been conferrlnr with the executive council of the Federation of Labor over the controverey between our order and (he Allied Metal Mechanics. Mechan-ics. Both oryaJJlaatlont have . been claiming Jurisdiction over the black-smiths' black-smiths' helpers, and the matter has been settled at last by rtrini our or-rantzation or-rantzation the disputed Jurisdiction. . "I ahall meet here tomorrow the third vice-president of our organization, J. J. McDade. who wll arrive here from San Francisco. "The international Brotherhood' of Blacksmiths and Helpers la In a flourishing-condition and 1 steadily growing grow-ing in number and la influence. We have taken in during the last two years 20.000 new members, and our organization or-ganization has shown during that time a greater growth than that of any organization or-ganization affiliated with the American Federation of lAbor. "Mr. McDade and myself win speak at the u&lon mass meeting at Ogden tomorrow evening. We'will be present at the social entertainment of the local here Saturday evening, and Sunday I shall leav for Pocatelioj, going later to Butte and returning to Chicago by way of Denver," - |