Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-11
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Burlington Trades Assemble Not
Likely to Be Read Out Of State
Organization.
State Assembly FavorsSa Conserva,
tive Course River Sawmills
May Shut Down.
Scarcity Of Logs Due to Lack Of
Rains in the North Other
News.

X
in the Iowa State Federation of Labor
over the opposition OF the Burlington;
and Council Bluffs Trades and Labor
assemblies and the Burlington Typo
graphical union to the Titus contract
convict labor bill came up at the meet,
ing Of the federation yesterday. 1t was
mot finally disposed of. but was referred
10 IL grievance committee headed by W..
T. Stafford of Sioux City. This commit
tee had thorough hearing of the
charges, and prepared report on the
subject. This report will be submitted
Ito the convention today.
II is pretty clearly understood what
the result of the hearing will be. The
grievance committee will not favor the
expulsion Of the erring unions But II
is likely to report resolutions censuring
them in severe terms. It Is understood
the Burlington Typographical union In
particular Will come in for a vigorous
Gliding for its course in supporting
resolutions against the Titus convict
labor bill.
In the report of the legislative CONF
mittee. A. l.. Urick and j. p. Joyce, the
different measures before the Twenty
eighth general assembly in which the
lfederation8was interested were reviewed.
In regard to the contract convict labor
I bill, the committee said, altho united
| support from union labor was expected
for the bill, the committee was mtser-
ably disappointed. Reference was made
Ito the resolutions passed in opposition to
this measure by the Burlington Typo
grahical union and by the Trades and
Labor assemblies Of Burlington and
Council Bluffs. These We're strong OBJ
listaclesi to the passage of the bill.
| In view of the feeling on the part of
\ the Sioux City delegates and others in
| favor of severe measures against the
Huntington and Council Bluffs assem-
I blies, q special grievance committee
was appointed on motion of w. G.
Quinn, of Sioux City, authorized to in
bn, of Muscatine. favored the eXonera-
tion of the organizations. unless 1t waa
shown specifically the Burlington and
Council Bluffs unions We're guilty Of in
tentional wrong. But in view of thu
desire for an airing of the subject, ex-
Generation was not faNoreu by the dele
gates. and q motion therefor was held
out of order after the special grievance
lscommlttee had been decided on. The
report OF the legislative COMMITTEES
went to the committee on officers first
4 This committee consists of Frank
A Craig OF Des Moines, G. u Smith O
4 tOttumwa and James Sharp of Brazil
1t concurred in the legislative commit
ilstee's report with the exception OF tina
part OF 1t relating to the action of thu
Burlington and Council Bluffs bodies
4 1T recommended, at the afternoon SEES.
sion. that this part of the report be lef
4 to the grievance committee to investi.
4 gate. This recommendation prevailed
4 and the grievance committee held {
t8session lasting two hours or more.
4 heard the evidence and came to the
sEconclusion the testimony was plair
s|that the Burlington Typographical
4 Union and the Burlington and Council
Bluffs Trades and Labor assemblie:
a had been influenced by enemies of Thu
4 Titus bill to take a stand against II
i All the evidence brought out Indicated
hasty and unthinking action. The Bur
d iington Typographical Union was mad
A to believe the effect of the bill would b.
a to give all the state and county print
ing and binding into the hands of tn
< Iconvicts. As for the Burlington Trade
and Labor Assembly. which Went so ia
as to send George r. Tracy to De
a Moines armed with resolutions agains
q the bill the assembly did not as
whole endorse this action. The fata
E resolutions We're passed in q mas
meeting, outsiders being present. in
Il stead of being acted on at a regula
Injecting Council Bluffs had the voc
pulled Overt its eyes by Senator Hazel
II toni. is claimed