St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-13
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Severe In His Denunciations
of the authorities in the matter of the
Cnur dlAlene strike. He declared that
the United States judge and the com
mander of the federal troops combined
to prevent the constitutional right or
free assemblages, and enforced their
edict that an employer should not carry
OH his business if he employed union
men. In this connection he recommends
that demand be made for an investl-
CATION of the conduct of judicial and
military affairs in the mining regions or
Idaho. "These cases." said he. fcali
for the serious consideration OF THIS
convention. They are fraught with
pregnant and burning questions ofhthe
hour. War has practically been de
clared against the labor organizations
and war measures resorted to in order
TO crush them"
President GomperS dealt briefly with
the question of unrestricted immigra-
ton, which ne declared to be a great IN
jury to the country. He urged that the
alien contract labor law should be made
more stringent. The relations OF the
Federation with the Knights of Labor
he regretted to say are not cordial,
owing to the insulting attitude of the
Knights at the Birmingham convention.
Mr.. Gompers closed with an appeal Iof
concerted political action among the
workingmen. When Mr.. Gompers had
finished his report that of Secretary
Evans was submitted. In the course OF
his report Mr.. Evans said:
The Years Growth.
During the year commencing Nov. l,
1891, and ending Oct. 81, 1892, 277 char.
tiers have been issued, including local
unions, central bodies and state fedora
lions in thirty-two states of the Union.
In addition to the above 8 charters have
been issued to national unions, making
total of 2s5 for the year, the largest
number of charters that have been
issued during one year since the Amer
lean Federation of Labor has been or
ganized. The national unions affiliated
have also received through the Office
of the American Federation of LABOR,
thirty-seven charter applications,
an item well worthy Of consideration,
since it demonstrates the interest that
has been manifested by our organizers
in the various cities of the country and
the value of their aid to national unions
in organizing locals that the officers
themselves are unable to reach. In his
comparative statement as TO the receipts
and expenses, he said the receipts for
the last year were $685. and the eX-
penseS 1924. as compared with SCI, 346
received the year before and $l3. 100 eX-
pended. The convention then adjourned
until tomorrow.
Among the prominent labor men in the
convention beside President GomperS
are Treasurer John I'll. Lannon, of New
York: Secretary Evans, of New York;
p. j. Mcguire, first vice president OF the
federation AID secretary of the Brother
hood of Carpenters and Joiners of
America; William A. Varney, second
vice president of the Federation, OF
Pittsburg; Frank Valeseh, deputy labor
commissioner, of st. Paul, and many
other prominent heads of organization.
Ex-PIesident Weihe, of the Amalga-.
mated Association of Iron and Steel
Workers, attracted good deal OF
notice. w. A. Carney, his successor.
also came in for share of attention,
as did all the men who were engaged in
the Homestead fight, who occupied
seats together close to the presidents
desk. A portion of Thursdays session
will be devoted to the consideration of
that great conflict and means will be de-
vised for the relief of the men who have
been thrown out of work by the strike.