The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-12-10
AGAINST THE SOCIALISTS.
The Federation Of Labor Refuses
to Admit Them.
VOTE ON THE NEW YORK CASE.
Interesting Proceedings Yesterday.
~ Swarm OF Important Rcsolu.
tlons...Govcrnmcnt Telegraph
Endorsed Amid Applause.

DETROIT, Mlcu., Dec. .0.-The Fedora
tion Of Labor assembled this morning Al
0 o'clock. 1t was announced that the
National Association OF Retail Clerks o.
the United States and the Walters and
Bar Tenders Union had been organ
lied. The announcements werc re-
ceived with cheers. A communication
in regard to the Jelerson.Border mutt.
ny was received from the New York
Sailors Union, showing that it grew out
OF quarterback tyranny. The report ol
the auditing committee was then
adopted. ~.
Among the resolutions submitted was
thnt each member Of local, national OF
international unions be assessed ten
cents per quarter to form strike fund.
Referred to the Committee on Constitu.
tion.
The matter OF the admission OF Mr..
Sanial, representing the New York La.
Dor Federation, into the convention as
M accredited delegate is the principal
subject OF interest among the delegates.
The opinion Of nearly all seems to be
that Sanial should not be seated.
An appeal came from the Rochester
Trades Assembly to support the shoe.
makers strike in that city referred. A
long line OF resolutions was also re-.
ferred, among them q resolution to take
the telegraphs out OF the hands OF mo.
nopolists and place them in the hands OF
the Government. This resolution was
applauded, as also one to hold Worlds
Labor Congress in Chicago in 1905. A
peculiar resolution, looking to the de-
fence OF the members Of the unions in
the Federation from the aggressions OF
the knights OF Labor created sympa-
thetic amusement. Other similar reso-
lutious followed showing decided an
tagonism between the two grand divis-
ions of labor, especially in New York
city. All were reierred.v
A eharp resolution looking to opposi-
ton to police sggressioDs, especially the
armed band known as the coal police OF
Pennsylvania, was greeted with ap-
piauoc. a CuauSe III lue CONSTITUTION
was asked Tor limiting the election of
President OF the Federation to the con.
secutive terms. Various resolutions
looking to boycotting manufacturers, the
supporting OF various union strikes and
requests for cooperation and assistance
to organize large number OF unions OF
the Federation were offered.
The report OF the special committee on
the admission OF Saniel, representing the
New York Central Labor Federation,
WAS called for. Secretary Foster arose
and reported as follows:
"We have concluded that we cannot
admit any political party without ad-
mitting Others"
In short, the committee reported un-
favorably to the admission OF Saniel on
the general ground that he came up
from an organization without charter
from the Federation. Delegate Morgan
wanted the subject deferred to the next
convention for decision and so moved.
Several delegates opposed the motion
and finally President Gompers took the
floor in opposition to it. When sub.
mitted to a vote, Morgan's resolution
was los. by decisive vote.
a poll vote was then asked for. This
resulted in eighty delegates casting their
votes for the adoption Of the report,
while twenty delegates voted against it.