The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-17
INVESTIGATE WARDNER TROUBLE
MATTER TAKEN UP BY Fedora
TON OF LABOR.
Resolution to Denounce Mckinley,
Steunenberg and all Scers Is
Rejected.

Detroit, Mich, Dec. 16.-The Amer
lean Federation of Labor this afternoon
registered emphatic disapproval of gov
eminent subsidies to American ship
owners, and later declared almost
unanimously against the principle and
practice of subsidy legislation. Incl
dentally some more or less distinguish
ed lobbyists, some of them federal office
holders, who had been lobbying to Sc
cure endorsement of the Frye subsidy
bill, suffered decided defeat. The de-
bate lasted three hours. and the
speeches were the most vigorous of any
heard in the convention during the
week it has been in session, but only
two of the several speakers support-c
the subsidy idea.
The convention declined to adopt a
resolution concerning the Idaho miners
and military difficulty, which declared
that I'VE do hereby emphatically con-
denim and denounce President McKin-
ley, Governor Steunenberg and all the
officials concerned in the outrage" and
called also upon the working people ito
sever their connection and refuse any
support to the Republican and Demo-
cratic parties etc.
A substitute for the latter resolution
was adopted, which, after reciting that
innocent men had been incarcerated
without reference to their constitutional
rights, ETC., protests against and con-
dennis alleged inhuman actions by the
authorities, and directs the executive
council of the federation to make full
investigation and place the responsible
ity where it properly belongs"
President Gompers presided this az
ternoon for the first time.
The question of boycott action against
concerns which employ part union and
part non-union craftsmen, caused con-
siderable contention, The matter was
brought out through consideration of a
resolution declaring that the boycott
against Swift & Co. is universal, and
applies to the Swift packing extablish-
ments in cities where the concern en-
ploys union labor as well as those
where it does not.
Treasurer Lennon differed from most
of the speakers on this subject. He held
that it was inconsistent and unfair to
labor and only retarded
boycott to push it in industries where
union labor is employed. He offered,
however, the following addition to the
i
Resolved. That union men should not
remain in the employ of any concern
which has been declared unfair by the
American Federation of Labor
Some of the delegates opposed Len
mons amendment, constituting il to be
an invitation to the Swift union men to
quit. Others asserted it was dangerous,
as tending to unnecessarily drag union
men in various occupations out of en-
ployment. The Lennon amendment was
by a very large majority, and
the resolution was adopted. The Brit
sh and Canadian fraternal delegates
we're asked to further this boycott.
Action was taken empowering the ex-
ecutive council to again prefer charges
against Claude VI. Johnson. director of
he United States bureau of printing
and engraving. an alleged foe % or
yanized labor" and that If again IN
successful n causing .Johnsons re-
noval, the matta. be presented 10 con-
yreSS