The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-12-15
TIE FEDERATION OF LABOR.
The Last Days Session In IJetroit-The
a..u. Eight Hour Contest. a tI


DETROIT, Dec. l4,-The last session oil
the Federation Of Trades began satur.
day morning with Il good attendance.
The convention decided to influence
the appointment Of women factory In.
spectors, and tho organization Of wo.
men; 10 refer to the Executive Board
certain requests to assist In the organi.
cation OF number OF trades; not to leg.
islate on tho request Of the mosaic tile
layers Of New York against the knights
OF Labor.
The Committee on Grievances report.
ed the strike at Beaver Falls, Pa, and
the strikers request for assistance was
referred to tho Executive Committee.
The Trades and Labor Council OF Cali.
fornia was suspended until subordin.
ate union pays it's assessment.
An arrangement aimed ut the sweat.
ing system In New York, asking that n
Congressional committee be asked for 10
investigate, 1t was passed. Another, ask.
Ing for the repeal Of the cospiracy law
In New York, was also passed. Regard.
idg the struggles going on New York
between the Knights OF Labor and the
trades unions, the expression OF the con.
vention was against antagonizing the
knights, but referred all complaints to
the Executive Committee.
THE EIGHT HOUR QUESTION,
Chairman Foster, Of the special COM
mittes on the subject, reported that they
reatlirmed the idea ofthe eight hour day;
that the campaign adopted in 1890 be
followed, and that the Federation assess
the unions two cents per week per cap.
ita for five weeks to procure the funds.
They left the choice Of the unions to the
ex'committee, but recommending the
coal minera as the proper people to fol-
low The carpenters.
After some further debate, the COM
mittee retired Tor conference, and short-
ly after reported in favor OF the selection
Of the coal miners 10 lead the eight hour
fight. An unanimous vote adopted the
report.
a delegate took occasion to remark |
that the miners fight would not be like
that Of the carpenters. The iron and
steel workers would be affected, and 30
also the engineers; something might be |
done by those trades, not in the way OF |
money, but in other ways. Delegate |
Prcsser said that tho iron and steel
workers were ready to go out with the
miners.
SOME MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
President Gompers said both en-
ployets and employees would feel the
OF the demand for eight
hours by the coal miners. On tho
adoption OF the amended constitution,
the convention proceeded to fix the
salaries. After the convention got IN
ard out OF a parliamentary snarl, they
fixed them at the present figures.
The convention then went into execu.
tive session on tho question OF boycotts.
After four hours executive session the
doors were thrown open and the result
OF the deliberations of the session were
disclosed. The boycott on certain Pitts.
burgh theatres was disapp.oved OF. The
boycott agains. the St. Louis breweries |
was reafhrmed, as was the one against
Fleishman 4 Co., the yeast manufsc-
tureIs.
Alter opening the doors short ad-
dresses were made by the ollicers.elect,
which were after the usual order of such
speeches. Delegate Morgan then scored
the last point by introducing the final
resolution OF the convention, peti,ioning
the management OF the Worlds Fair to
make no distinction indorsing the pat.
ents acquired by female inventors. The
convention then adjourned sine die.