The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-10

| Arrangements.
! to do 75 per cent. more work with IS
| per cent less hands than the present
machinery? Mr.. Hayes closed by inject
| ing Il little dash of socialism: THE
| day will come when the question will
be satisfactorily settled by the worker
not only controlling but owning the
| machine he operates. instead OF it be-
! ing owned by the so-called capitalist" +"
| This provoked hearty cheers.
Delegate Slayton. of Newcastle. Pa.
| declared against retrogrcSSiOn as con-
| templated by those who would boycott
| machinery. He compared them to the
workmen of one hundred years ago
| who destroyed inventions and drove in
| ventOrs into exile.
The motion to non-concur was lost
and the motion to adopt the commit
tees report adopted by a big vote.
Other Resolutions.
Other resolutions werc reported from
committees and disposed of as follows:
Condcnnin" the tenement and home wor,
system of tailoring Adopted.
For strict trade autonomy. Referred to
mittcc on laws.
for amendments 10 international treaties That
will permit OF scam,n quitting merchant vessels
when the service becomes obnoxious 10 hem
Adopted
Against the practice nf towing Largo rats Il,
sca, which oitcntmc. break from THEN tons TO
the great danger OF vessels. Adopted.
Providing that the Federation shall renew ito
efforts 10 secure Il par,!on Tor T.. ". Clarke. a
Scanlan who has hrcn in ilil al ThOmastoun.
Me. for twenty-five years unicr life impri1on.
mt f.r fipr.a I,, ,.,,,.
Endorsing the blue label OF the Tobacco
Workers and declaring aganst dual orEanza tionS
such as tho Progressive Rolled Cigarette Makers
union Of New York
Making ii obligatory on all union mcr to ac.
mand union label good, Adopted.
Regulating the issuance oi charters to trade
organizations kindred 10 the Boilers Makers and
Iron Ship Builders, so rs to prevent alleged Tn.
croachmcnts on this organization. Killed.
For universal report blank Tor statistics TO
the United States commissioner OF Labor
Killed.
Approving the label of the Jonne,mcn Horse
shoers' union. Adopted.
For memorial to congress protesting ac,;nst
the "injunction evil" Referred to the commit.
tee presidents report.
Calling for better nspcction of trains in New
York state. Referred 10 New York state repre-.
sCntatiycs.
Endorsing the label of the Acro,s' Nationll
Protective association.
Dold Protested.
Rising to il question of personal priv
ilege. Delegate Charles Dod, represent
ing the Piano and Organ Workers. pro-
tested against the report of the com
mittee on credentials giving each of the
delegates of his organization only one
vote and demanding that the deleea-
tion be empowered to cast tWenty-seven
votes for each one hundred members
of their union.
First Vice President James Duncan
argued i'm defense of the committees
report saying, among other things that
the Piano and Organ Workers were
given representation according TO the
per capita tax they paid.
The Piano and Organ Workers came
back with II declaration that they had
been desrous for years OF paying per
capita tax that would entitle them to q
full representation but their offer was
each year rejected. They now stood
ready to pay the tax and believed they
should be accorded the same treatment
as the Mine Workers. who, although
owing large per capita tax We're al
lowed representation at the prescribed
ratio of one vote for every one hundred
delegates.
This was the death blow to the 'ianb
and Organ Workers aspirations. SEQ
retary Wilson, of the Mine Workers
made a vigorous speech denouncmg the
comparison made By the Piano and Or
gan Workers, and explaining that the
federation, without any demond ON the
part of the miners had exempted them
from $4,000 of their per capita tax, be-
cause they had contributed $1,000, or
one-siXth of the total contribution of
the Federation i'm aid of the machin-
lists at a time when the miners them
selves had just finished paying out for
the support of their own strikers more
money than all the organizations i'm the |
American Federation of Labor had paid |
to the support of the Federation i'm per |
capita tax.
Cheers followed Mr. Wilson's state |
ments and by a vote that only wanted |
the "ayes" of the Piano and Organ |
Workers to make ii unanimous, the |
report of the credentials committee |
WIS sustained and the protest ignored. |
Mitchell Presided
President John Mitchell, of the United
Mine Workers acted as chairman dur
ing most of yesterdays session. lie
made "A model presiding officer.
AS soon as the convention adjourned, |
the various committee got to work in
different parts of the hail and the
reems at the Hotel Jermyn, TO pass on