Evening star., 1900-11-28
FEDERATION OF LABOR
TWENTIETH ANNUAL CONVENTION
OF NATIONAL ORGANIZATION.
Questions Which Will Be Submitted
for COnsideratiOn-Larg At
tendance Expected.

The twentieth annual convention of the
American Federation Of Labor, the head
quarters Of which are in Washington, will
begin in Louisville, KY. Thursday of next
week, and continue for about ten days, or
until all the business for which 1t Is called
together shall have been completed.
The phenomenal increase in the member
ship Of the organizations allied with the
federation and the formation Of new Or
ganizations during the year past WILL it is
believed, make the coming convention the
largest in the history Of the body. About
25O delegates will be present, representing
principally the eighty-three national and
international unions allied with the A. F.
Of L.
There will also be present John Weir ana
Peter Curran, fraternal delegates. repre-
senting the British trades union congress.
Representation in the convention will be
on the following basis: From national or
international unions, for less than 1000
members, one delegate; 1900 or more, two
delegates; 5000 or more. three delegates;
10000 or more, four delegates; $1,000 or
more. five delegates, and so on; and from
central bodies and state federations, and
from local unions not having national or
international union, and from federal labor
unions. one delegate.
Among the many propositions and resi-
lutions which will be submitted to the con-
ventions are the following: From the Hotel
and Restaurant Employees International Al
lance and Bartenders' Internationa League
Of America, asking the American Fedora
ton of Labor to take such steps as will
obliterate saloon employment agencies and
similar institutions in connection with any
other branch of business, believing them TO
be inlmical to the interests of those who
toll; from the Boot and Shoe Warkers'
Union, asking that all members OF the
American Federation Of Labor and it's
friends be requested to Immediately with
draw their patronage from any shoe re-
taller who displays or offers for sale boots
or shoes bearing any device intended or
calculated to deceive the organized workers
into buying substitutes for the union stamp,
which is again declared to be the only union
label on Shoes in the sole support of which
the purchasing power and influence of the
American Federation of Labor, with all its
affiliated organizations, unions and men,
bers is pledged; from the Cincinnati, Ohio,
Central Labor Council, requesting that the
American Federation Of Labor again call
the attention of the workers to the great
necessity for the Inauguration Of a general
eight-hour work day in the United States,
and that it advise chartered locals and the
officers Of national organizations affiliated
with the American Federation of Labor to
make strenuous effort to inaugurate the
shorter work day in their respective To-
calities and trades on May l, 1901.
The Brewery Workers.
The series of resolutions which. it is be-
lieved will provoke the most lengthy dis
cussion, will be that from the International
Union of Steam Engineers. to the effect
that the Brewery Workers Union. by re-
tanning engineers. firemen. machinists, team
drivers coopers, painters and men of other
trades that are organized and affiliated
herewith as members of their union, are
preventing them from harmonizing them
selves with their own trade interests and
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trade; and that with two national heads
endeavoring to control the wages and hours
in any trade. there is bound to be conflict
of authority to the disadvantage of the
workers at the trade in the attainment Of
higher wages and shorter hours of labor;
therefore. 1t is the sense of the American
Federation Of Labor that national and in
ternational unions of any trade affiliated
Herewith should have exclusive jurisdiction
of that trade without interference from the
National Union of United Brewery Work
ers Conforming to the above the conven-
tion directs the National Union of United
Brewery Workers to instruct all engineers,
fremen, machinistS, team drivers, coopers
painters and other mechanics employed in
breweries whose trades are organized and
affliat ted herewith, to Immediately join the
legitimate union of their trade and to with
draw from membership in the National
Union of United Brewery Workers. and
that the National Union OF United Brewery
Workers be further directed to refrain in
the future from initiating mechanics whose
trades are otherwise organized and aftiiat-
ed herewith. and that all such applicants
must be referred to the legitimate union of
their traue; also that the National Union OF
United Brewery Workers is further direct
ed to prevent it's members from Interfering
with endeavoring to work at any of the
trades Of the mechanics above mentioned
in the breWerieS where such work is done
and that failure on the part of the National
Union of United Brewery Workers to OBJ
serve the sense of this resolution shall be
sufficient ground for the revocation of their
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by the executive council.