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Show fillil Clashes of Jurisdiction Between Be-tween Textile, Plumbers, Joiners and Other Trades Debated. COUNCIL BUYS BONDS Appeal of Typographical Association As-sociation and Amalgamation With Pressmen Brought Up. BUFFALO, N. Y., Nov. 22. The committee on adjustments was ready to report at today's session of the American Federation of Labor. Tho resolutions submitted to it havo generally gen-erally to do with clashes of jurisdiction jurisdic-tion between the textile, plumbers, Joiners and the upholstering and decorating deco-rating trades. One of the disputes which came before be-fore the convention late yesterday afternoon was betweon the United Hat Makers and the United Cloth and Cap Makers' Union. The latter submitted a resolution usKing me icaerauon 10 onng aDOUC an amalgamation, but the committee on adjustment not only reported adversely ad-versely but recommended suspension on tho charter of the cloth hat union, and the convention voted to sustain tho report. President Gompers announced at the opening of tho morning session that inasmuch as tho executive council of the federation has subscribed $10,000 for Liberty bonds, It had been decided to buy $10,000 worth of the Canadian Victory bonds. An appeal from the Typographers' International association from previous prev-ious decisions of the federation and of an investigating committee, appointed ap-pointed by the San Francisco convention, conven-tion, which in effect required them to amalgamate with the International Printing Pressmen's Union, was heard today. The adjustment committee reported against a re-opening of the case and moved that It bo referred to the executive execu-tive council willi instructions to proceed pro-ceed with the amalgamation. All unions fulling to join, tho report provided, pro-vided, shall stand suspended after April 1. The lithographers woro defeated, the convention adopted the committee's report. |