The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-14

! Protesting against non.unon labor on govern
mcnt work at Fort Lcavcnworth. Referred 10
the executive council.
Protesting against convict labor. Adoptcd
Providing that before any craft in an cstab.
lishmcnt shall declare boycott ON the product
OF that establishment, all the other crafts en-.
| poycl there, shall be consulted. Referred TO
| the committee on laws.
The committee on boycotts closed the
afternoon session with a report en-
dorsing various applications for boy
colts, and recommending mediation by
the national officers in the settlement
of several disputes entailing boycott
| applications.
First Evening Session.
The Dayton, Ohio, fight between the
metal poliShers and the six other crafts
employed in the National Cash Regis
ter cOmpany's works was threshed out
on the floor of the convention at the
evening session 1t was precipitated by
the report of the boycott committee,
recommending that the request of the
metal DoliSherS for an endorsement of
their application for 4 boycott OH the
national cash register be granted upon
condition that the executive council
fails to settle the controversy before
February l, 1902
T.. j. Lynch, national president of the
metal polishers, objected to putting the
matter over till February, on the
ground that the company would be
thus given time to convince the pur-
chasing world that it had settled the
difficulty.
T.. j. Theis, business agent of the
allied mechanics of Dayton, represent
ing the six crafts at work at the reg
lister factory and which oppose the
granting of Il boycott, was given the
privilege of the floor and declared that
the metal poishers We're guilty of
hagrant violations of the regulations
of the federation in inaugurating and
conducting their strike; that they were
in the wrong; that the company made
every effort to bring about fair and
honorable settlement: that the polish
ers We're receiving fifty cents Il day
more than polishers in any other part
of the country, and that there are only
l65 polishers as against 1900 of the
other craftsmen.
Mr.. Theis also declared that the COM
pany had twenty-one strikes in one
year and that the action OF the unions
was i'm many cases disgusting. Mr..
Thes was satisfied with the report of
the committee.
Fourth Vice President Kidd who was
called upon several times to adjust
strikes at the cash register works, said,
in line with one of Mr.. Theis state
ments, that he had to confess that this
company had been harassed by the
unions. lie did not believe that the
hn hn
settled amicably and that even if the
resolution passed, the boycott would
likely come in February.
Delegate Geger, of the Dayton Gem
trail Trades council, argued for an inn
mediate boycott
The committee on executive councils
report, AT this juncture, suggested that
its report on this matter be read at
this time. The convention approved Of
the idea. The committees report con-
tanned Il recommendation that n spe-
cial committee of three he appointed by
the executive council TO settle the dis
pute, If possible.
Secretary Treasurer Ryan. of the llli-
nois mine workers, moved as a substi-
tute to the boycott committees report
the recommendation of the committee
ON the executive councils report.
The substitute was lost by a vote of
"a to 93. The recommendation of the
committee was also defeated, and then,
by AN overwhelming vote. the conven-
ton, amidst cheers, endorsed the appli-
cation of the metal polishers for a boy
colt.
The first utterance of the executive
council on the autonomy question came
in supplementary report, in which
1t declared that the attempt on the