Show AFTER AN OFFICIALS SCALP federation of labor condemns th the engraver vr ICat kansas isas city mo dec 19 the american Fe federation aeration of labor opened me second week ot of its annual convention today with many resolutions still upon today a desire was shown to hur hurry ry through with the conventions and speech matting was lett left out I 1 john It hunter unter prest president of odthe ahe united mine Woric workers ers or of illinois shook the convention up by reviewing ihu 1116 strike at virden anere uie strikers anly ob a victory alter after a batile battle and woodshed shed A resolution was adopted thanking bov tanner ot of illinois for i renning to tad call out the state troops to the mine owners when they wy several loads ot of negroes from the bouth to take the places ot of the striking miners the convention paid its respects to claude M johnson director ot of chopa tho lional bureau ot of engraving because he has adopted the use of machinery in engraving plates from which paper money Is printed prin led A resolution was adopted asserting abs erting that johnson had repeatedly violated tho the instructions of congress by using machinery in his department the resolution closed with the sentence we would hall with undisguised satisfaction is the ni of this official another resolution adoli adopted ted len tendered dered an expression of gratitude to perry S heath ileath first assistant postmaster general who issued an order that none but union printing 7 should be used in hia bin office th the federation put itself on record concerning the woman work problem by adopting this resolution in view of the awful condition under which women arr arc compelled ed to toll this tho the eighteenth annual convention of the american federation of labor strongly urges the more general formation of trades unions of working women to the end that they may eclen and permanently abolish the terrible evils accompanying their weakness because of their unorganized state and we emphatically reiterate the trade union would receive equal compensation pensa tion with the men |