The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-02


Officers and delegates of the Amcri-
| can Federation oi Labor have begun
| to come in from all parts of the Coun-
| try and already the preliminary work
of the convention is under way.
| Secretary Frank Morrison. of the en-
ecutive council. came up from Wash
ington Saturday and opened up the
| national headquarters at Hotel Jer-
myn. He brought along several large
boxes of books and papers. among
them the account books which were
| turned over to the auditing committee
| for inspection.
| This committee which also came
on Saturday. is composed of W. j.
Gilthorpe, of Kansas City. national sec
retary of the boilermakers: G. T..
| Schamp, of Chicago, international sec
retary of the stationary flremen. and
NJ. L. Quinn. of New York. delegate OF
International Brotherhood of Book
binders. The work of auditing was un-
| dertaken at once and continued late
into Saturday night and again yester-
| day.
| Another of Saturdays arrivals was
John r. Morgans, of Portland Ore.
| who is heading the Pacific coast dele
CATION, which will endeavor to have
the convention adopt strong measures
| favoring stringent Chinese exclusion.
Mr.. MOrganS set at work Immediately
upon his arrival to naugurate his
campaign. He has a big raft OF litera-
| ture for distribution and will be heard
| on the floor Of the convention when the
Chinese question comes up. Yesterday
he addressed the Central Labor union.
BLUE LABEL CAMPAIGN.
John Witzel. of Louisville. national
organizer of the tobacco workers, also
came carly to open a "bue LABEL cam
paign. He is the father of several res
Olutions that are to be submitted to
the convention, among them one that
will do away with the label of the
Progressive Rolled Cigarette Max
ers' union.
President John Mitchell of the tni-
ted Mine Workers, came on from In
dianapois yesterday afternoon. accom-
panied by his secretary, Miss Elizabeth
Morris. Most of the other national
officers of the mine workers will be
here today or tomorrow. and until the
adjournment of the convention. the
all practical purposes in Scranton. Mr..
Mitchell is stopping at the st. Charles.
With Mr.. Mitchell came John Null
holland, of Toledo. president of the In
tcrnational association of Allied Metal
Mechanics. Mr.. Mulholland is on the
ground thus early to look after some
Of the preliminnries of the first stated
convention of the Metal Trades Fedora
ton which assemblies here tomorrow
This is Il new labor organization,
formed last year in st Louis 1t en-
braces all the trades unions allied with
the American Federation of Labor,
whose members work on metal. such
as machinsts, patternnaliers. boiler
makers, metal polishers. puddlers and
SO on. Fifteen different national or
interna tiOnal organizations are repre-
sented in the new federation. and its
membership numbers nearly IL million
men. 1t is not independent of but aux
iliary to the American Federation of
Labor. The delegates to the Metal
Trades Federation convention will be
delegates also to the American Fedora
ton of Labor convention. L.. j.
Lynch, of New York. national president
of the metal polishers. is president of
the new federation, and l.. Il. Thomas.
national president OF the patternmak-
ers, is it's secretary.
ARRIVAL OF GOMPERS.
President Samuel Gompers and the
other members of the national eXecu-
tive council OF the American Fedora
tion of Labor. are to arrive here at
LAO o'clock this afternoon. Accom-
panying President Gonlpers will be the
two fraternal delegates from Great
britain. Frank Chandler. OF Manches-
ter, and Benjamin Tillett. of London.
Patrick Draper. of Ottawa, fraternal
delegate from Canada, is expected to-
morrow. The executive council is
scheduled to meet at > o'clock this ar-
ternoon at the headquarters in Hotel
Jermyn.
The reports of the national officers,
Secretary Morrison says. will show n
big increase in the membership of the
Federation since the last convention.
The greatest addition came through
the accesSiOnS made TO the ranks of
the United Mine Workers, principally
in this region. In every way, the year
has been one of the most successful in
the history of the organization, Mr.. |
Morrison says, and the Scranton con-
vention gives promise of being one of
the largest and most important the or
Sanization has ever held.
Among the resolutions submitted for |
consideration at the convention are the |
following:
To provide Il defense fund of ten
cents a member a year. as Il minimum |
and Twenty-Five cents II member year. |
as Il maximum: to use said defense
fund to assist affiliated unions engaged ]
IN protracted strikes. provided the !
union on strike has followed its own !
strike rules, has mt least ten per cent |
of its members ON strike. has been on !
strike at least four weeks and has not |
enough money 10 carry on its strike !
unaided; To deprive affiliated unions OF |
representation in the American FEEDER |
alton OF Labor or its central unions if !
defense fund assessments are not paid |
within sixty days of levy: to use said |
proper investigation; to provide for ap-
plicatons for help and FOR reports ON |
use OF said defense fund.
TO SECURE FREE SHOPS.
10 pledge the American Federation |
of Labor To help the Journeymen Tail !
ors' union to secure free" shops and |
abolish the tenement and home work |
system of making garments.
TO re-enforCe the blue label of the |
Tobacco Workers union, which has |
jurisdiction over paper-rolled cigar |
cites and 10 help to drive ont of The |
market the label of the Progressive |
Rolled Cigarette Makers union.
70 have The American Federation OF |
Labor push "A special boycott against !
the products of the American and tho |