The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-15
COMMITTEES REPORT
FEDERATION OF LABOR HAS A
 DULL DAY.
Various Requests for Firms to Be Placed on the "Unfair List" by the National Body.
 Many Resolutions.

| devoted by the American Federation of Labor to work preparatory for the actual duties of the convention. Reports of com mittees and the introduction of resolu- | tions took up all of both sessions | prolonged dispute over a portion of the report of the Committee on Creden- tials occupied the greater portion of the | morning and a general discussion of the report of the Committee on Rules took | up what of the afternoon was not given over to the reception of the resolutions | introduced by various delegates. No &C., | ton was taken on any of the resolutions | They were simply received by the pre- | siding officer and by him referred to the various committees whose report upon | them will be submitted later to the con- vention for final action. Eighty-seven resolutions were submit ted. Many of them related to minor points | of organization, to requests that various | firms be placed upon the unfair list and to claims of jurisdiction. Outside of | these the following are the resolutions | of chief interest:
 That the United States Government be asked to return to Porto Rico those peo- | pie who were induced to leave that is- | land for Hawaii under fake promises of better industrial COndftlOnS. That any man who shall have reached | the age of 50 years who is naturalized citizen and has lived twenty-one years in this country and whose average annual income has been less than $1000 per an- mum, be given a life pension of SIP per 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 conflicting claims of Jurisdiction.
 That the National headquarters be re- moved from Washington to Denver.
 That the charter of the United Brew cry Workers be revoked for conduct not in accord with union principles.
 For the enactment of mining laws for Indian Territory; particularly for the li- censing of mine managers and hoisting engineers.
 That a call be issued for convention of team drivers to be held within six months for the purpose of consolidating all unions of the United States and Can ada into an international body to be called the Team Drivers International Association.
 That protest be made against the ship subsidy bill ''as it is calculated to extend over the same the same monopoly held by the railroads on land, and that the Federation encourage the development of a naturalized body of American sea- men.
 That protest be made against the for cible return of deserting seamen from private vessels, no allusion is made to ships of war.
 That an appeal be made to the Presi- dent of the United States for the pardon of E. w. Clark. now undergoing sent ence after conviction for a crime com mitted on the high seas
 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 the Federation protest against the harsh treatment given labor organizers in Porto Rico under the old Spanish laws of the island.
 That efforts be made to defeat the anti ticket scalping bill now before Congress and all city ordinances enacted against ticket brokers.
 That the 5000 employees of the National Bureau of Printing and Engraving be unionized.
 For the formation of national union of cloth spongers and refinishers.
 That the application of the United JOinPrS for the revocation of the charter of the Amalgamated Association of Carpenters be denied.
 That aid be extended to the letter car riers in their effort to secure higher wages.
 For a declaration by the Federation that building devoted to the use of union labor should be erected in every town of 1,5OO or more inhabitants.
 That all demands for increase in wages or change in conditions must first be made to tine central labor bodies.
 For the recognition of the principles of international socialism
 To encourage the study of economic subjects in all organizations.
 To bring the marine corps and stewards under the Jurisdiction of the Internation Seamen's Union.
 For the employment of union musicians only at the St. Louis Exposition.
 To bring unions working at all repairs on barrels, vats. etc, under the jurisdic- tion of the Coopers' Union.
 Promptly at 2 o'clock President Com pers called for the presentation of reso- lutions. and for an hour they came in a stream. Under the rules of the Fedora tion, no resolution can be introduced af- ter the end of the second day, and this afternoon was the, last chance. When tfis work vas finished, the Committee oD Credentials announced itself ready with two more sections of it's report, the first of which was to the effect that the pro- test against the seating of the delegates of the United Brewery Workers was not sustained and that they should be al- lowed to act, The second was that the dispute over the seating of Delegate Cole of the Sheet Metal Workers had been compromised. and that P. J. DowAey, the contestant, would act Jointly with Dele gate Cole, the vote being equally divided between them. Both portions of the re- pert were adopted.
 The Committee on Rules submitted it's report and after a long debate over sev- eral minor points, an adjournment was taken until o'clock tomorrow morning.