The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-11-18
PENSIONS FOR
EVERYBODY
The American Federation Of Labor
Adopts Some Rather Startling
Resolutions.
The CONVENTION NOW IN PROGRESS

New Orleans, November 15.-Friday
was devoted by the American Fedora
tion of Labor to work preparatory for
the actual duties of the convention.
Reports of committees and the intro
duction Of resolutions occupied all the
sessions. Eighty-seven resolutions
were submitted. The following are the
resolutions of chief interest:
THAT the United States government
be asked to return to Porto Rico those
people who were induced to leave that
island for Hawaii under fake prom
ises of better Industrial conditions.
THAT any man who shall have
reached the age of sixty years, who is
naturalized citizen and who has lived
twenty-one years in this country and
whose annual income has been less
than $1,000 per annum be given a life
pension of $12 month.
THAT all applicants for charters in
the American Federation of Labor
shall give clear and sharp definition of
trade lines, in order to prevent confiic-
ing claims of jurisdiction.
THAT the national headquarters be
removed from Washington to Denver.
That the charter of the United
Brewery Workers be revoked for con-
duct not in accord with union princi-
pies.
THAT a call be issued for a con-
vention of team drivers, to be held
within six months. for the purpose of
consolidating all unions of the United
States and Canada into an information
al body to be called the Team Drivers
National association.
THAT protest be made against the
ship subsidy bill, as it is calculated to
extend over the sea the same monopo-
ly had on land and that the fedora
tion encourage the development of a
naturalized body of American seamen
THAT the protest be made against
the forcible return of deserting seamen
from private vessels. No allusion is
made to ships of war
THAT the federation protest against
the construction of either the Panama
or Nicaragua canals, as the country
must either acquire more territory or
encroach upon the liberties of the
Latin-American states
That efforts be made to defeat the
anti-ticket scalping bill, now before
congress, and all city ordinances en-
acted against ticket brokers.
THAT the 5000 employees OF the ma
tional bureau of printing and engrav-
ing be unionized
For the formation of a national un-
ion of cloth spongers and refinishers.
That the application of the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Join
ers for the revocation of the charter
Of the Amalgamated Association CS
Carpenters be denied.
THAT aid be extended to the letter
carriers in their efforts to procure
higher wages.
For a declaration by the American
Federation of Labor that a building
devoted to the use of union labor be
erected in every town of $4,000 or
more inhabitants.
That all demands for increase in
wages or change in conditions must
first be made to the Central Labor
bodies.
For the recognition of principles of
international socialism.
ITO encourage the study of eco.
nomic subjects in all organizations.
ITO bring the marine cooks and
stewards under the jurisdiction Of the
International Seamen's union.
For the employment of union mu-
sicians only at the St. Louis ExpoA-
tion.
ITO bring unions working at all re-
pairs on barrels, watts, ETC.. under the
of the Coopers' union"