River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-12-22
DISLIKE The MILITIA.
Resolutions Before .he American Fedora
tioD Opposing the Employment of
Troops the Settlement of Strikes.

Resolutions Before ,he American Fedora
tioD Opposing the Employment of
Troops IN the Settlement of Strikes.
PRILApELPEIA Dec. 15.-At the third
days session of the American Fedora
ton of Labor Wednesday morning the
committee on resolutions reported a
plan to create national or international
unions whenever seven local unions of
any craft had been formed. President
Gompers thought that it would not al
ways be practicable, owing to the
weakness of newly formed unions.
The de bate was suspended by the APP
pearance of ex-senator Henry w. Blair,
of New Hampshire, who addressed the
assembled delegates on his proposed
improvement of the common-sehool
system.
special committee was appointed
for the consideration of methods for
limiting to their proper functions the
military and judicial powers, which it
was resolved had been used in contra
vention of law and government during
recent labor encounters
Another resolution On the same topic
was reported favorably, providing that
as the strike and boycott had failed as
weapons of organized labor, a cam
paign of education should be inaugu-
rated by the federation and the power
of the ballot should be arrayed in
the struggle for union supremacy For
.h;s purpose the executive council was
recon mended to use such funds of the
federation as should be found neees-
sary. The resolution was referred to
the special committee with several
others aimed against the military
A request from the Walters alliance
that all central bodies composed of To-
cal unions be abolished and the local
organizations be allowed direct repre-
sentation in the federation was mega
lively reported and refused Unani-
nous consent was given for immediate
consideration of resolution to send
the federation's greeting to the striking
glass blowers of New Jersey.
Numerous resolutions were intro
iuced. Among them were the following:
Fayoring the assistance of labor men in
the inspection of certificates of return
ing Chinese; prohibition of Japanese
immigration; for a congressional in
vestigation of the Ceur d'Alene
troubles; for establishing friendly rela-
tons with the Knights of Labor; favor
ing the opening of schoolhouses for
public meetings; for the removal of
federation headquarters west of Gin
cinnati; for the exposition of the labor
problem in public schools.
A number of communications from
affiliated bodies were received during
the afternoon. One asked support for
federal law to punish corporations
which issue scrip or metal tokens of
value less than five dollars in payment
Of their debts; another favored the
opening of the worlds fair on Sunday,
and third was against the employ
ment of aliens on public works
A recommendation from the griev-
ance committee was adopted that the
Duquesne and Alvin factories of Pitts
burgh be declared non-union if they
refuse to sign the scale amended by the
Ma.hinists' and the Electrical En-
ployes unions by January 1.
Another recommendation was also
concurred in revoking the charter of
The Cleveland (0) Sewing Machine
iron Workers union and instructing
The members to join the National Sew
ing Machine union.
A breeze over the tariff was pro-
voked by a negative report on reso-
luton asking an extra session of con-
yress for the passage of free-trade leg
slation. An attempt was made to dis
,uss the resolution, but the chair de-
.ided that any discussion on the tariff
was not germane to the issue before
the federation and that the resolution
was out of order.