Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-11
SECRETARY CARLISLE A Resolution Adopted DenOunc-
 ing Him FOR VIOLATING 8-HOUR LAW The Second Days Session of the American
 Federation of Labor.
R VIOLATING 8-HOUR LAW
REJECTED mR. FERRIS AS A DELEGATE
He Represented Nobody But Himself and Was Member of an Antagonistic Or ganization and an Employe of the
 Bureau of Labor Statistics.

New York, Dec. 10.-The second days session of the American Federation of Labor began in Madison Square garden assembly rooms this morning. Presi- dent John Mcbride presided. Mrs. Eva McDonald-Valosh, labor editor of the Minneapolis Tribune, addressed the meeting. Her husband and herself, she said. were going to Europe for the pur- pose of studying labor conditions there. They proposed to take their bicycles and travel and live among the working peo- pie. She would send letters to the Fed erationist relating her experiences.
 Numerous notices of resolutions were read and referred to the committees
 The committee on rules reported that the convention shall open at a. m. and sit until 12:30; recess shall then be ta- ken until D. m. and the convention then sit until D. m., when it will adjourn for the day. The procedure as to the intro duction of motions and the time of speaking were laid down.
 An amendment delaying the opening Of the convention until 9:30 a. m. and extending the time of closing until 5:30 D. m. was carried. The report was adopted as amended.
 Miss Florence Fairvlew of Albany, who has devoted much time to influence ing legislation in the interest of labor, recited with much feeling poem defin- ing the aims of the laborer. When she had concluded recess was taken until ? o'clock.
 he session was enlivened soon after the proceedings began by the introduce tion of resolution denouncing Secretary Carlisle for alleged violation of the eight hour law in the treasury department and requiring President Cleveland to prefer charges against him. It was n- troduced by D. H. Diehl of the Pattern makers National league. The resolu- ton was adopted and it will be forward ed to the president.
 The resolution specifically stated that the secretary knew that the eight-hour law was f1agrantly violated in all the de- partments of the treasury service; that he has paid no attention to repeated de- mands to have the law respected, and that his failure to comply with the de- mands tended to jeopardize the success of the movements in the states.
 number of resolutions were handed in at the afternoon session. among them being one offered by F. H. Kennedy of Omaha, as follows:
 Resolved, That we favor the imme- diate free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 without the aid or consent of any other nation on earth.
 A resolution having for its object the indorsement by the federation of the eff fort of the Information Union of Horse shoers to secure a nine hour work day was approved.
 Objection was made to MT. Ferris, who appeared as a delegate for the Illinois State Federation of Labor, on the ground that he represented another organization antagonistic to the International Iron Moulders' union. The antagonistic or ganization, which existed in Springfield, H., is now out of existence. There was much discussion on this matter, during xrb lrb "a h,, iS was an employe of the bureau of labor statistics and was an honorary member of the organization which had sent him to the convention It was contended against him that he was not an active member paid no dues and represented nobody but himself The convention voted to reject Mir. Ferris as a delegate
 The remainder of the afternoon was largely taken up with similar contests over delegates.