The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-19
GOmperS'S Salary IncraS- ed from $2,1OO tO$3,OOO
Secretary Morrison Will Get $2, 300 a Year Instead of 1,S0o as Formerly-Shaffer Investi-
 gating Committee
 Goes to Work.

New Orleans, Nov 1S-The salary of the President of the American Federation of Labor was this afternoon increased from s2. 100 per annum to 8, ,OO0p and the salary of the Secretary from $1 800 to $2,50o.
 The increases were voted after a long debate. in which fully thirty delegates participated. The original resolution pre- sented by Delegate Burger of Mil~au- kee provided that they should be 5000 and 2,400 respectively. The committee to which the matter was referred reported in favor of increasing the salary of the President to $3, ,l00 and that of the Secre- tary to $2.100.
 The Presidents salary was first con. sidered. Delegate Burger urged that the report of the committee be not concurred in, and that the amount be fixed at $4. 600. Charles Sherman of the metal workers. made a strong speech urging the same thing. Max Haynes of Cleveland offered an amendment fixing the Presidents sal ary at 5000 This was acceptable to Mir. Burger and it was carried by a vote of 92 to 5s.
 Delegate Turruseth of the seamen's union, who had vigorously opposed any increase beyond $2. 400. declared that the proceeding was out of order, as it re- Quired a two-thirds vote to change any part of the constitution of the Federation. Vice e-President Duncan, who was presid- ing in the absence of President Gompers, ruled him out of order and declared the vote regular.
 Delegate Driscoll of Massachusetts moved an amendment to Delegate Bur gers motion increasing the Secretary S salary to g, 400, by asking that it be made g, ,50o.
 Delegate Gilthorpe wanted 1t increased to s. 900. After some debate it was fixed at s2,500.
 Burger a Socialist.
 Delegate Burger repr ssepts the Social istic element of the Federation which is opposed to the policy of the present ad- ministratiou of the organization, although it has no particular objection either to President Gompers or Secretary Morri- son as individuals. In explaining his res olution. MT. Burger sad:
 This is not a personal measure. I say frankly that If the Socialists had the power in this conventioe. they would turn out Gompers. Morrison and the entire executive board and elect Socialists in order to carry out a Socialistic policy in the American Federation of Labor. But the Socialists are fair. and they believe that labor organizations should not eX- ploit their officers and employees. On tho contrary, laDOT organizations ought 10 pay the best of wages. Our treasury per mies 1t. and our organization, comprising one and a half million workers, ought to pay a fair salary"
 The special committee having before 1t the dispute between President Gompers and President Shaffer of the Amalgamat: ed Association finally organized this af- ternoon by selecting E. A. Tanguray of the tolegraphers. as the fifth member. 1t spent the entire afternoon in taking testimony, but does not expect to be able to present a report before Thursday morn- ing. It is considered almost a foregone conclusion that the report will be in fla vor of President Gompers.
 The committee on the Presidents an- nual ndcress presented it's report. and declared that 1t was opposed to his sug- geation of the formation of an inter-na- tonal labor union.
 The rules of the convention were then suspended and acting for the Convention. Delegate James O'Connell presented the fraternal delegates Edwards and Arran- dale of Great Britain with gold watches and Delegate Kennedy of Canada, with a diamond ring as testimonials of esteem from the convention.
 The Committee on Report of the Seere-