The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-10
that will be submitted to-

I1lOTrOW,
The grievance committee spent sew
eral hours dealing with the jurisdiction
dispute between the carpenters and the
woodworkers and may be heard from
| on this matter tomorrow.
| The formation of the Metal Trades
| federation. projected in ST. Louis last
July. was accomplished yesterday ar-
| ternoon in the adjourned session held
| at Room IA in Hotel Jermyn. Eight
| organizations were represented. and
voted to enter the Federation These
were the machinists. metal polish
| ers. patternmakers, corenakers, black
| smiths. stove mounters, allied mechan-
| les and the federal trades, composed
| principally of the kindred crafts be.
| longing directly to the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor and having no ma
tional organizations of their own. There
are six other trades eligible to mem-
bership. and all of them are expected
| to join. All except the moulders have
| declared in favor of the federation and
| the moulders, 1t is said, are favorably
| disposed.
T.. j. Lynch of New York president
| of the metal polshers. was elected
president: Robert II. Kerr. of Moline.
| president. and John r. O'Leary. of
| Worcester. Mass. president of the core
| makers, secretary treasurer The on
ccutive council is composed of the
presidents of all the allied trades and
F, the president of the American FEEDER
| alton of Labor. who is representative
of the crafts having no national organ
| iaations
Four Presidents to Act.
The executive committee will there
| fore consist of the four above-nan,ed
| presidents and James O'Connell, of
| Washington. n. c.. president of the
machinists: John Mulholland of To-
| lcdo. president of the allied mechanics:
l.. II. Thomas. of New York. president
| of the patternmakers. and John TIER
| ney. of Detroit, president of the stove
| mounters
, The following excerpts from the ar
| ticles of federation drafted at the st.
Louis meeting. set forth the purposes
and scope of the new organization:
| The purpose of this federation shall
be to promote the common interests of
affiliated bodies by such concerted ac-
tion as shall be determined under the
constitution of this body, and the con-
| stitutions of the several affiliated
bodies
The direction of the affairs of the fed
GRAFTON shall he vested in an executive
committee. which shall be composed of
the executive officer of each affiliated
body or such substitute as he may
elect. Federal or local unions. holding
charters under the American FEEDER
alton of Labor. shall be represented by
the president Of the American FEEDER
alton of Labor. or such substitute as
he may designate. The executive COM
nittec shall meet at least once a year
Should any affiliated organization
have Il grievance. in the redress of
which it desires the support of any or
all of tho other affiliated bodies. in the
federation, it shall before II strike OF
its members is inaugurated submit Il
full statement Of it's grievance. the cr-
forts it has made towards securing re-
dress. and the determination Of its cx-
ccutive board or members upon the
question of inaugurating Il strike to
the executive officer of each of the
affiliated bodies.
To Submit Statement.
These shall. without delay. submit
said statement to the consideration OF
the executive board of their respcctiyc
organizations for instructions how to
east the organzati tion'S vote on the
question of Il general strike in the cX-
ccutivc committee of the Federation AS
soon as rendered. the decision OF the
respective organizations shall be trans
n'itted to the chairman of the executive
committee. and. should the unanimous
vote of the affiliated organizations be
in favor of Il general strike on behalf
of the aSgrieVed organization. h. shall
at once issue Il call for Il meeting of
the executive committee, which shall if
ii so elect. first make an effort to secure
an adjustment through conference OF
arbitration of the dispute, and failing
in that. shall. thereafter. take charge
of the conduct of the strike and formu-
late the necessary plans for it's effect-
i've prosecution.
The executive committee, by ma jor-
ity vote, shall have the right at any
time to declare the strike off on behalf
of the federation but nothing in the
foregoing shall be construed as pro-
hibiting an affiliated body from under
taking any strike under the provisions
OF its own laws. nor as preventing the
aggrieved union from continuing the |
strike on behalf of its members. when
IL general strike has been declared off
by the executive committee of the fed
GRAFTON,
In the event of Il general strike. each
organization involved shall undertake |
the support Of it's own members. but 1t |
shall be understood that no individual |
orgNniZat lion, which has members in |
voved. shall be permitted to negotiate
II settlement ON behalf Of it's members |
without unanimous consent of tie en-
ecutive committee,
Handle It's Own Grievances.
Each affiliated organization shall |
handle its own grievances, under its
own laws, until such time as it's efforts |
10 settle without strike have been |
exhausted.
Ii shall be Il recommendation of the |
executive officers of the affiliated bodies |
of this federation to their several local |
unions TO form metal trades conrrr-