The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-08
WORK TO BEGIN " tDAY
Many Resolutions Have AL
 ready Been Introduced.
British Fraternal Delegate from England Delivers an Address on the Trades Union Congress
 in Great Britain.

Scranton, Pa, Dec. 7.-The American Federation of Labor which has been in session here for three days. completed its organization today and the real work or the convention will begin Monday. There are 3l2 delegates present, the largest num- Der in the history of the organization.
 During the past two days 197 resolu- tions were presented for consideration by the convention and all of them were re- ferred to committees. These committees will hold sessions tomorrow and some or the resolutions may be reported to the convention Monday.
 The morning session was given up to the completion of organization and In the afternoon the British fraternal delegates addressed the convention on the traces unions congress in England. A resoiu- ton was adopted endorsing the strike or the local street railway union against the Scranton Street Railway Company substantial appropriation probably will be made to aid the strikes.
 Trade Jurisdiction.
 Among the large number Of resolutions presented today were several relating to the vital question of trade JuriSdlctloh Other important resolutions lntroouceo were: Increasing the salaries or the nd- tional organizers 15 per cent, ana also increasing the salary of the President from s175 to $2OO per month and that of the Secretary from $50 to $200 per month; demanding municipal, State and govern mental ownership of railroads, telegraph lines. etc. asking workmen to aid Tn the acquirement of the power Of the govern ment for the purpose of nationahzing lh- dustrial combinations; demanding the or Ranization of an independent political party; protesting against ship subsidy legislation; expressing sympathy TOT tne Roers; for the establishment Of social ism: increasing the number of Vice Presi- dents of the Federation from six to eight' providing for the organization of State Labor Federations in Tennessee and Pennsylvania; to financially aid the wooden mill workers of Knoxville, Tenn. and carriage and wagon workers ot Clf cinnati, O.; providing for the organiza- ton of school teachers; requesting work men to hold aloof from the militia.
 Frank Chandler of the Amalgamated Association of Carpenters and Jolners' who is here as one of the fraternal oele- gates from Great Britain, reviewed the labor C0n0lI1OnS as lIGy iO" piS'Hi' A" the British Islands and pleaded with the delegates not to force the Amalgamated members to join the Brotherhood of Car penters, as they would sacrifice much II they took such action
 Bond Between the Nations
 He referred to the assassination or President Mckinley and said that the bond between the American and Eughsh people is so strong that politicians ana intriguers cannot break it..
 Benjamin Tillet of the British Trades Union Congress made an address aovo- eating socialism, which he said Is doing more for labor than any other force.
 He differed with Pre- sident Gompers on the latter's stand against compulsory ar bitration and was opposed to leaving la bor disputes to "the prejudices of the courts"
 P NJ Draper of the Canadian Trades Union Congress pleaded for more aid from the Federation He touched upon the Chi nese exclusion act and said that Canada should also restrict Mongolian immigra- ton. In British Columbia he said in number of factories employing 5000 per sons. 400 were skilled white workmen and the other 7.60O Chinese and Japanese
 President Gompers replied to the for eign delegates. Addresses were also mace by Miss Harriet Keyser of the Church League for the advancement Of the ln- terest of organized labor and Mrs. Julia JIewellyn organizer of the Womans s h. terna tional Labor League =.