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taken the. place of hi striking fellow

taken the place of hiS striking fellow
workers of Dundee. IL.
Vice President Max Norris was selected
as the representative of the executive
council to attend the forthcoming con-
| vention of the Ohio State Fede ration OF
Labor. which will take place October l
at Youngstown Ohio. with a view of elm
mating the causes which have given Of
fence TO some unions in Ohio as to the
conduct of the last annual convention.
| A committee. consisting o. C. e Deit-
| rich and c. w. Wirsiow, of the Central
| Labor Union of this city, appeared before
! the Executive Council in response to an
| invitation relative to the complaint made
| by the United Association Of Plumbers
| Gas Filters, etc. against the seating OF
| a delegate from a union having for part
| of its title, General Pipe Filters. The
steam filters were represented by T L.
Plumbers Association by NJ. +. Nc
Carthy, of this city.
1t was decided that the National Asso-
ciation of Steam and Hot Water Filters
and Helpers of the United States be no
titled that the change in the name OF the
organization Is In conflict with the agree
ment under which the original charter
was issued by the American Federation
of Labor to that ASsocia ton and that the
Central Labor Union in its last insistence
that the latter organization be required
to eliminate that part Of its title, General
Pipe Filters. be sustained. II was also
decided that the United Association of
Plumbers. Gas Filters etc ba directed
terS unions II was acting In violation of
the understanding and declaration nl.tde
by the Louisville Convention of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor.
The matter of the Chinese fu,u1fera-
uon was then taken up. The law for the
exclusion of Chinese. unless re-enacted bv
congress, VIII terminate by its liInita-
tlons March 1889. and resolutions were
ADOPTED In compliance with the petitions
and resolutions received for the re-enact-
inent and extension of the law by Con-
8 1tIa IaAN
10 secure such assistance as Ipay be nee
essary In his Office force to carry on the
c3lnpalgn for the successful passage OF
an eHectual law upon the subject.
An application for charter from the
Agents Association Of CoYington. Ky.
was received and rejected.
II was decided to aid the Tobacco
Workers international Union to success (
fully prosecute its defensive campaign !
against the Lowell and Burlington Tobac- /
co Company and the United States and
American and Continental Tobacco Com /
panies in their hostile and unfair treat
ment and antagonism toward the organi- /
Zation.
1t was decided that the substitution
price and the price per copy OF the official :
ma gazine of the American Federation OF .
Labor, the american Federationist,' be
copy. respectively.
In the matter of disputed jurisdiction in
the rubber trade 1t WAS decided TO COM
nunicate with the aiiicars of the Boot
Der Workers Union as TO the grounds
upon which they base their claims and
that the same be submitted to the Exacu-
tive Council at its next meeting
The jurisdiction of the marine cooks, in
dispute between the Seamens Interna- |
tional Union and the Hotel and Restau-
rant Employees International League. was
decided in favor of the latter. with the
recommendation that in the matter of dis
putes or future contracts the former or
ga niZation be consulted.
Treasurer Lennon reported upon his
visit to the convention of the pOstollice