The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-16
WILL FIGHT FOR
EIGHT-H0UR DAY
Typographical Union Preparing
For Aggressive Campaign.
AID FOR LOS ANGELES UNION
TO OBSERVE BIRTH
DAY OF AMOS CUMMINGS.

! n INCINNATI, Aug. l5.-The conven-
y tion of the International Typo
/ graphical union today adopted
( proposition for an aggressive campaign
/ the next year for universal eight
hour day. President Lynch and Vice
President Hawkes. were directed to act
with all local unions where the work
1 ing day exceeds eight hours and secure
/ observance of the eight-hour law. Fol-
lowing addresses by Vice President
James Wood and Michael Rafael. of
/ the National Cigar Makers union, a
resolution was adopted boycotting GER
! tain brands of cigars.
EX-President William Emerson ad-
| dressed the convention In favor of hold
: ing the convention at Nashville in
/ 1905. The claims of Portland, Ore.
we're also presented for the same, il
being conceded that the convention
| will meet in st. Louis in 1904
| The report of the committee on laws
I was completed during the morning ses-
| sion. making many verbal and tech
nical changes in the laws All the
| committees were called and their vari-
Gus reports read. In accordance with
! President Lynch's report a conference
committee was appointed to secure bet
ter sanitary conditions in composing
rooms. An appropriation of $1,000 was
made for the Terre Haute union.
! An appropriation of five cents per
capita per month was asked for the
Los Angeles union. After an elabor-
! ate statement by Delegate Hayes and
] speeches by others, ii was unanimously
! decided to refer it to referendum vote
with all delegates present pledged to
support the assessment. This action
! will produce about $25, 900 per year
Petitions were presented for the re-
appointment of John e. Mclaughlin OF
| New York as organizer
| The proposition for a seven-story
general Office building at Indianapolis
was defeated. as was also the one for
| fraternal insurance.
Resolutions of respect were adopted
| in memory of many departed members.
| among them Amos J. Cummings, whose
! birthday is to be celebrated.
The committee on laws recommended
an amendment to the general laws,
striking out the famous section No.
| 142, and it was unanimously adopted.
! The secretary was instructed to notify
the International Stereotypers union
that the agreement could be according
! ly amended.
| Frederick Driscoll. commissioner of
| the American Newspaper Publishers
association, addressed the Stereotypers
union this forenoon. urging joint action
| with the /. T. u, eliminating section
AZ from the joint agreement. The 1.
| I. u, AT its session today. adopted
| with unanimity the suggestions of
| Commissioner Driscoli that all changes
in scale before adoption by the union
shall be submitted 20 each publisher
| interested, also that a representative
| of the A. Y. P. A shall be entitled to
| be heard before the passage of any
/ laws affecting the right and interests
| of publishers.
| Resolutions Adopted.
Resolutions were adopted for the cleo
| ton of United States senator by direct
! vote of the people: for public ownership
! of public utilities and the adjustment of
| all explorations; for trade autonomy;
/ for union labels everything; for
| union-made school books; putting a ban
/ on Cincinnati and Boston beer: asking
| congress to appropriate S6,oOo for a statue
of Amos J.. Cummings at Washington:
| against single tax. and against so-called
! government by Injunction.
In the last named resolution special
reference was made to the findings of
Jackson and Keller this year
| strong resolution was adopted pledg
| ing support for liberal display of the
! and fsvoring that city as the place for the
convention in 1904.
Hayes Headed OF.
The committee on resolutions favorably
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reported the following by Delegate Ryan
! of Binghampton:
Resolved. That our delegates to the
next convention of the American Fedora
| ton of Labor do not work for any propo-
| sitiOn that may be introduced that has for
| its object the placing of the American
/ Federation of Labor on record as advo-
I eating socialism or any other political
] idealism. and that our delegates stand so
I; instructed"
| 1t was openly charged on the floor of
J the convention by one side and not dis
| puted by the other that the resolution
was aimed at Max Hayes of Cleveland.
| who had been elected as a delegate TO
/ the convention of the American Fedora
! ton of Labor and that most of those
| supporting him did not know that he was
a socialist. The friends of Hayes made
/ most vigorous appeal against sealing the
| lips OF a delegate after he had been
| elected. but the report of the committee
was received with favor and the resolution
was adopted by large majority.
Ladies' Auxiliary.
! A resolution endorsing the international
| Ladies Auxiliary was adopted by a vote
| voting
| New York Boston Buffalo Milwaukee
and other delegates insisted on being re-
( corded in the negative
| While reports from the committees were
| being received resolutions were adopted
| for a committee to confer with the Typo
| thetae and the American Newspaper
| Publishers association on apprentice
ships; for the announcement Of unions
| of newspaper writers; for the exclusion
! of photograph and electro engraved
plates not made by union engravers
where unions exist, regIlatin trade
marks and labels, requesting fraternal
/ and insurance societies to insist on the
| union label, against dnti-scaipinS laws
and against the practice of measuring
/ and charging for photo engraved plates,
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