Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-17
THE PRINTERS CONVENTION.
A Fight Over Selecting THE Next Place Of
Meeting.

Meeting.
Upon converting in Chicago yesterday morn
ing the international Typographical Union was
immediately precipitated into q lively Discus
sion by the introduction OF a resolution re-
questing the International typographical
Union to concede to the pressmen one delegate
representative from this body to the next
annual meeting of the American Federation of
Labor. After rather stormy debate the entire
matter was tabled.
The convention then elected the following
delegates to the Federation Of Labor: Dele
gates Miller of Boston, Dorsey of Dallas and
Drummond of Fort Wayne. W. H. Snyder of
Topeka was unanimously reelected as agent OF
the Childs-Drexel Home.
The vacancy on the board of trustees of the
Childs-Drexel Home, caused by the expiration
of tho term of Delegate Woodward of Atlanta,
was filled by the selection Of Delegate Colby Of
Colorado Springs. Col
The caucuses of the eight old districts then
reported their nominees for organizers and they
were ratified. follows: First district. Reyes of
Albany: second district, NJ. T. White Lincoln,
Neb.: third district. G.. A. Eyler. Dallas. Tex. !;
fourth district, W. B. Williams. Chicago; fifth
district c. W. Dover, Toronto; sixth district,
J. L. Robinet Sacramento; seventh district, T.
$. Pinneo, Salt Lake; eighth district, c. L.
Hawkes.. Seattle.
For the proposed new districts, which go into
effect next November, the following were Sc
lected bv the convention: First district. p. j.
White, Boston; second district, Z. A. KEYS, Al
bany; third district, A. w. Thompson. CIeve-
land; fourth district, George stole, Richmond:
fifth district, NJ. c. Wallace. Columbia; sixth
district, James Ogg: seventh district, V. b.
Williams, Chicago: eighth district. j. j. Aberle,
New Orleans; ninth district. w. B. o. Blenner,
Des Moines: tenth district, H. W. Dennet, st.
Paul: eleventh district J. White. Lincoln;
twelfth district. H. II. johnson, Galveston;
thirteenth district F. s. Pinneo, Salt Lake;
fourteenth district. j. L. Robinet, Sacramento;
fifteenth district. c.. b. Halves, Seattle; six
tecnth district, C. W. Davies. Toronto.
The election of officers having been COM
pleted, the next business was to select the place
for the next meeting. The friends OF Washing
ton moved to postpone the selection until today,
but the motion was lost.
Washington, Louisville and San Francisco
were then presented. and on \ vote being taken
csco's 62 and Washington's So. The struggle
between the cities was renewed in the after
noon.
Five thousand dollars was voted for the i'm
provement of the Childs-Drexel Home.
LOUISVILLE SELECTED.
Louisville was finally decided upon as the
place of the next annual meeting by vote OF
107 10 4s for San Francisco, Washington hav-
ing been dropped.
The priority law occupied the attention OF
the meeting for the greater part OF the after
noon. This law provides that the foreman
shall promote the sub who has served as such
the greatest length in the time. 1t is claimed
that 1t puts premium on competency.
The committee on laws recommended the
substitution OF the old law, which gives the
foreman entire jurisdiction, provided the one
promoted has subbed three dave. 1t was also
recommended that the resolution should not
take effect until ratified by the local unions.
After n long preliminary struggle the change
WAS made by vote of 156 to H.
Delegate Kennedy moved to adopt the reso-
luton providing that in all Offices under the
control OF the International Typographical
Union only foremen belonging to the allied
crafts be employed. The motion was tabled
The effort to commit the union to an attempt
at reconciliation with the International Print
ing Pressmen's Union. in convention next week
at Cincinnati, failed after provoking a lively
war OF words.
A telegram was received from New York
stating that the Mail and Express had adopted
The union scale of wages for the allied crafts.
The announcement was roundly cheered.
The recommendations of the committee on
rules to give the entire authority OF issuing
labels to the executive council prevailed.
The convention gave its approval to the at
tempted boycott on the Ottenburg Brothers
cigd- factory in New York city.
The session last evening was taken up by the
consideration OF the reports from the commit
tee on laws. MANY changes to the constitution
were reported on by the committee. most of
tneu unfavorably and the convention approved
of their action.
The momentous question Of the evening was
brought up when the committee on shorter
hours presented their report on the reduction Of
the ten-hour day for the book and job printers,
and hot discussion onsued TO whether to
make the demand for nine and a half or nine
hours. the former being on the system of
gradual, reduction.
A vote on the question resulted in victory
Tor the nine-hour plan by a vote Of rs to 10,
tins TO 60 into effect November 1.