The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-13

hair was of that color when he was
younger. was greeted with cheers as
he took the front of the platform and
read the following.
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To holm and rais, ,ho moor dnvn,rodden slave.
And bring him forth from Darkness into 1isht.
Maao m .,, "O onn;n iy'a .,,,. .ae lo.e 'uu. ;
Life is too short without the voice OF love;
Without reciprocation for employ.
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Ard Mi your oiyorts wii, Lc s,relv blcst
And labor's God forever with YOU stay.
May Allah's blessings on us fall today.
ana harmony her glorious banner waVe'
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A delegate in the rear of the hall
claimed the attention of the chair to
enter a protest against Organizer Ben
jamin James not being given a place
on the platform. Organizer Dilcher
shifted his 2S5 pounds a couple of feet
to the right to disclose the dimunitive
"Bennle" meekly occupying place in
the rear row.
President Mitchell suggested that
adjournment be made till afternoon to
give the committee on credentials time
to frame Its report. After considerable
discussion the hour of reassembing
was fixed at 1.3O and the delegates filed
out to eat dinner and ponder on Presi-
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Afternoon Sess;on.
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'oi1 a'eu sons ""' pu'ie'"'''e" Will
iieal'y app'ause'
"iihe waiting ior tne repoic VI 'lle
creuehtiai committee discussion en-
sueu as 10 "nether OF not the conVeh-
floor TO n sha rgy- hooking Individual In
the rear of the hall who asked perms
sion to address the convention for ten
| minutes. He was asked if he was
delegate and when he answered mo,
I'm a wage-slave," the convention
scented socialism and protests came
thick and fast against hearing him. A
motion to allow the privilege to the
"wage slave" was pending when the
credential committee came in, and
Chairman Purcell, who had just mo-
ment before advised against adopting
the motion. ruled that the motion was
now out of order. The ruling was
greeted with applause.
President Mitchell arrived at this
juncture and took the chair, and the
calling of the roll was proceeded with,
Each set Of delegates announced the
number of men in their resnective To-
calls and Secretary Dempsey tabulated
them, accrediting each with the num-
ber of votes it was entitled to under
the ratio of one to 100, or majority
fraction thereof. Applause greeted the
announcement of the TAYLOR local that
it had 1,475 members, represented bv
seven delegates.
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rewards the close of the tabulating.
Delegate John u. Jones, of Taylor.
created mild sensation by alleging
that there were delegates present who
iiau come IN on bogus credentials. He
explained that some men had staid out
ana let others nave their credentials
ana that these "others" had base
purpose in being thus substituted.
some OF the substitutes We're not men,
bers OF the union. he claimed.
NO 519. OF Mt. Carmel. reported 100
members and came in for big round
or applause. The Polish local from
Shenandoah, recently organized, re-
ported 2,3OO members. This was the
record, and the announcement thereof
shenandnah p, b' ,aea, a ,a,rte seu.eu ., Ano.ne,
members.
Some delegates raported n small,
membership. but claimcd their coro.
munity had manv hundreds of mon m
strike. They wanted TO know whether
or not they could vote for these
non-union strikers. Pre- sident Mit-
chell explained that the call read "ona
delegate for each one hundred strik-
ers," and that each local was an.
titled TO q vote for avery ono brn
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