The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-03

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! James O','onncll. of Washington. head
OF the n1chinists. and fourth vice. .presi.
den, of the Federation: Daniel Hayes. ol
| Philadelphia. president of the bottle
blowers. and sixth vice. president of the
! Federation; John u. Lennon. of Bloom.
| ington, H.. general secretary treasure,
of the tailors. and treasurer of the fed
eraton: Max Morris, Of Denver, gen
eral secretary y-treasurer OF the clerks
| and Fourth vicc-prcsidcn, of the feder-
alton: Thomas |. Kidd. of Chicago,
, general secretary Treasurer of the wood
| workers. ana firth vice president "
the federation: Andrew Furisith. nf
San Francisco member of the lrgs.
| lativc committee of the federation, ana
| national organizer of the scamen.
| Charles Dold, of Chicago, national or
canzcr Of tho piano ana organ makers
and William Il. Seal. Of richmond. Va,
deiegHt" of the Central Trade ANA
Labor council. of Richmond, first vice.
prrsdcn; of the labor press und labor
editor of the Richmond News.
Arrivals Last Night.
Last nights arrivals included the fol
lowing: William pcnie. uf Chicago. who
was elected prcsidcn, of the s.eaman's :
Union at the convention which lust
ended in buffalo: William H. Frazer.
OF Boston. secretary Of the seHn,n: W.
j. spencer. of Chicago. general or.
canHer OF the plumbers: frank L.
coles. of ithaca. president of the Amul-
Samatcd Sheet Metal Workers: John RI.
kenncdy. of Toronto. first vice. prcsi =
dent of the sheet metal workers: T.. j.
Lynch. OF New York. president of
Metal Workers Federation: H. q. Hart.
of ttica: John L. Kerr. of Syracuse.
ana w. l.. Mott. of New York, dele
Sulcs.
The convention IS not to be Il love
feast by amy manner Of means. Ac-
cordin2 to the uttcru noes of the van
guard of delegates. it is to hn one of the
lveliest sessions tho federation has
ever had.
'Autonomy' is to he the big bone OF
contention. The principal fight will he
hctWeen tho miners on the one side and
the stationary engineers and lircnrn
on tn" other. =. l.. Shamp. of Chicago,
Ihternational Seci'ct;ry-trcaSlrer of the
lifcliicn. whose controversy with Prcsi.
u"ht i. ID. Nichols. of the United Mine
Workers. is still fresh in the minds Of
newspaper rc:'iers. said last night that
lhlS diSnut" viii be the main item of
business !Or tn" conventions consider
atlOn. The iremen, he says will so
into tho convention determined TO Sc
cure jurisdiction over the mine firencn
ana propose To succeed or know the
reason why. The charge that the mine
workers in the Pennsylvania anthracite
region permitted members of its union
to take the placcs OF the ti,elncn who
went on strike last summer will be pre-
scented to the convention and thrcshcd
out. Mr.. Shamp is working hard to
win delegates to his way of thinking.
and rl;,ims that. despite the 100 votes
of the mine workers, the fremcn viii
win out
Similar Trouble.
Charles Dold. organizer OF the Piano
and Organ Workers International
Union of America. is heading the
movement of his craft to prevent the
WoodWorkerS from extending their .iur-
isdiction over the cabinrtmakerS en-
rloyed in piano and organ factories.
William ~. Frazer, of Boston; Will
lam Pcnjc. of Chicago. and \. Furi-
Sith of san Francisco. comprise a dele
CATION of The Seaman's union. who are
vigorously opposing attempted en-
croachncnts on their jurisdiction. The
hotel and restaurant employees are de-
manding jurisdiction over the cooks
ana walters on ships. and the nrcn,cn
ana engineers want TO take from then,
the engineers and lircmen employed on
ships. They do not propose TO have
these things done. and\ are ON hand
early to campaign against them.
a reception and smoker at Music
hall Thursday night will be the OPEN
ing number of the entertainment pro-
sramme. The Central Labor union
will march in i; body to Hotel Jcrmyn
headed by Lawrcnce's band and escort
the officers and delegates to the hall
General Serrctary-Trca surcr Max
Morris. of the clerks association will
j" one of the principal speakers.
Saturday night there will be a mass
meeting at Music hall. AT which Pres
id"nt Gompcrs will be the central fig
ure. The general public is invited To
attend this meeting.
n complimentary concert 10 be con-
ductcd by Haydn Evans will he ten
dcred the delegates at the I.yceum
sunday night. Many of the city's most
noted NocaltSls ana inStrumentulists
Will participate. Tuesday night th.
delegates will be given ii banquet in
81. Thomas c"ll.g" hall. Baucrs on
rhcStra viii furnish the music
Many Of the hnr"is ana business
houses have alreaoy been Decorated in
honor of the vrnli"n. amd ntny
others Will today ma tomorrow follow
suit