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Show FEDERATION OF LABORGATHERS Annual Convention Is Being Held at Lonan This Afternoon PROVu. Sept. 13 More than J00 delegates, reprc-entln; the various u-1 bor organisations affiliated with the I'tah State Federation of ltbor. a ill wither here toda. when tho stale fed-ciution fed-ciution opens It annual convention 1 The election of officers will mark the Icslng session Thursdav. Fifty delegates will represent tho scveni-five labor unions oi Sail laKf aliiilaied with the state federation. J Cgcien having the next largest delegation. dele-gation. M. P. Bales uf the Sail Lake bar-' bets' local is president of the federa-, Hon arid will be temporary chairman; I of the gathering, sounding thw keynote of the cunveniion In hi address and presiding over the sessions of the convention con-vention until his successor is appoint- .i The Salt Ike City Federation of' LaK.r will feml .is its official delegation delega-tion J J. Cushman. gSCretar) f wie j local federation. B. Jrl. Mill win and Miss Mae Bishop. -1 i r . i 1 1 i na The officer of the state federation. I besides M. P. Bales, president, are J. J. Sullivan, secretary and treasurer. 1 no Is busineas jiRent of the cat men s local union of Salt Lake, and tho lol- l lowing vice presidents Mia Cyeua BWeSeXMt, Ogden, garment worker. iiltst vice president; W. E. Keating. I'igden. bollermaker. second nn president: pres-ident: W H vim.-r. Midvale, tlnplate jworki-rs. third vice prealdont, Jani.-s Doran, Scofleld. l tan. coal miners, lourth vice president; Tbomafl H. Bchaetfer, Offden, railway clerks, flft ti i'ixiuviii, fx. . iHwman rall Luke, postal clerks, sixth vu. proJSl dent, and Harry Qoodhart. Latudn, I tnh, coal miners, aevenlh vice president. presi-dent. Mayor L"roy Dixon of Prov o will deliver de-liver the address or welcome t hi- .f-teinoon. .f-teinoon. to which President Bale Will t iakn the response. In hla annual n lort Mr. BtUea win sound the convention conven-tion keynote. J. J. Sullivan, secretary and treasurer of tfH organization, also if Salt lake. will bring up the (juca-tion (juca-tion of arbitration as a substitute for strikes. In his address Mr. Sullivan Will point out that strikes have not proven to be productive of i. suits for tho workers, and the public Is opposed to them, arbitration and mediation, uith definite results for organized labor, la-bor, being the alternative which ho favors BMlNt. I p 1 1 , Among other matters to be brought up nt the convention ore education, closer organization among the Unions of the state, "high cost of living, " profiteering, sugar prices, civil service for all public employee, including po-lic po-lic and firemen, compensation lawa, hours for women and children, th minimum wage law. resolution probably prob-ably being passed on these eubji-cts. while the brewery vrorkero will consider con-sider a vote on th,. light wines and beer question. It is coneedtd bv the local delegates that the railway workers work-ers will endorse the ' Plumb plan" by resolution and condemn the Lach- ummlns bill |