Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-12-20
FEDERATED LABOR.
National Convention of the Order
in Detroit.
President Gompers Re-oieoted, and Bir-
minghani, Ala, Selected as tho Next
y Place of Meeting - Resolutions
Adoptod-The Eight Hour
Movement Indorsed.

bapor yesterday morning appointed
committee to consider the arrest Of the
strikers executive board at Birming-
ham, Ala, and also pledged aid to the
striking miners. The executive COM
mittee will try to prevent labor flock
ing to Chicago for the Worlds Fair and
breaking down prices, and will also act
in the matter of boycotting the Cleve-
land picture frame factories. Tho re-
port urging pressure of the eight-hour
movement was unanimously indorsed.
The striking sawmakers at Beaver
Falls, Pa, asked financial aid. The pc
tition from the Woman's Suffrage Asso-
citation was indorsed. A petition favor
ing the opening of the Worlds Fair on
Sunday found much support An at
tempt to organize the electric workers
will be made. The Southern Machinists
Union, which bars out colored men, was
not given charter. The Executive
Council will appoint committee to
overlook Federal legislation.
Tho report of the committee on presi-
dents report was read. The report ex-
pressed satisfaction at the remarkable
growth of the Federation. 1t declared
the committee to be averse to strikes
and stated the best way of avoiding
strikes was by thorough and complete
organization to meet them. The senti-
ment of the convention did not seem to
the committee to be sufficiently strong
in favor of the holding of worlds labor
congress at Chicago in '93 and they
would not recommend such an undertake
ing at the present time, but the execu-
tive committee would be instructed to
keep in correspondence with the national
organization to view to possible con-
gress. The presidents recommendation
of the adoption of Federation label
was approved. The report closed with an
Endorsement of the presidents policy in
certain troubles that had arisen.
Over an hour was spent in discussing
the attitude which the Federation
should pursue in reference to the
knights. The recommendation of the
committee was not concurred in, the
convention voting it down. A motion to
strike out the latter half of the resolu-
tion which declared An antagonistic
policy to be the idea of the convention
was carried. The remainder of the reso-
luton was then passed and the conven-
ton adjourned until to-day.
DETROIT, Mich, Dec. 13-The con-
vention Of the Federation of Labor yes
terday morning sent greetings TO the
Farmers Alliance convention and to the
international labor congress at Brussels.
The Legislatures of Georgia, Kentucky,
Tennessee and Alabama will be asked
to forbid convict labor in mines. Sup
port was pledged to the painters, who
will strike for eight hours on May l
next
Congress will be petitioned to forbid
United States enlisted musicians from
competing for business with other mu-
sicians. The convention decided that
only bona fide members of trades can
hereafter be delegates The bonds of
the secretary and treasurer were raised
to SIS, 900
AT the afternoon session the president
announced that special order of bust
ness would be followed and the election
of officers was proceeded with. 1t was
decided to elect officers by polled bal
lots Nominations were called for and
the name of Samuel Gompers was i'm
mediately placed in nomination for
President, three delegates presenting it
simultaneously. p. j. Mcclure was
called to the chair. August Delebar
placed in nomination T. j. Morgan, of
Chicago, designating him as ''our reso-
luton" There being no other nomina-
tions the election was proceeded with.
The count showed that Morgan had re-
ceived 1874 votes, while Gompers had OBJ
tanned 1,7l8. After the result of the
NEA
that Gompers' election be made unani-
nous. This was done and Morgan
thanked the convention for the honor
it had done him. Tho other officers
elected were as follows: First Vice
President, p. j. Mcclure; Second Vice
President, w. A. Carney; Treasurer, j.
b. Lennon; Secretary, Chris Evans.
President Gompers read q communi-
cation from the Detroit Equal Suffrage
Association expressing sympathy with
the objects of tho Federation and ap-
proving action in reference to the equal
suffrage amendment now pending in
Congress. In accordance with the di-
rection of the convention the officers
have drawn up the following, which
will be Immediately forwarded to Wash
ington:
To the House of Representatives and Senate
in Congress assembled:
We your petitioners, the American Fedora
tion Of Labor. now in session in Detroit, Mich,
and representing 10000 worsingmen who are
voters under the laws of the United States re-
spectfully request your honorable bodies to pass
the resolutions already favorably reported by
your proper committees, proposing an amend
ment to the Constitution securing to the women
of the United States the exercise of the right
of suffrage that the question may so before
the people of tho United States to be rejected
or ratified by them through the action of either
the Legislatures or conventions the one
the other mode OF ratification may be proposed
by Congress-
The discussion on the place of hold
ing the next meeting was then taken
up. Birmingham, Ala, Cleveland, Dem
yer, Columbus, o., and indianapolis
were presented. Denver was withdrawn
and poll vote resulted as follows: Bir-
mingham 1895, Cleveland 514, Indian
apolis 14O, Columbus 5. Birmingham
was announced as the place of holding
the next meeting. The report of the
treasurer for tho past wear showed total