The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-08-15
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ARBITRATION MATER UP
Committee Reports That Publishers
Acted in Bad Faith in Seattle and
Spokane, and This Made
the Agreement Void.


ming of today's session on the recon-
mendation of the executive council APP
propriated $500 for organization purposes
in Philadelphia and authorized the ex-
penditure of an additional $3.50 if requir
ed After a spirited discussion the
proposition of the committee on laws to
have published annually by local unions
statistics relative to population, scales
of prices hours of labor, ETC., was adopt
ed
O:,e of the important propositions COM
Ing from the committee on laws which
was adopted by the union was that
which permits subordinate unions to in
corporate in exceptional cases. More
than one-half the time of the morning
session was taken up in the discussion of
proposed change in section 49, general
laws, to provide that In job printing Of
fees in cities where the eight-hour day
has been secured, six hours overtime a
week may be allowed without cores
pending loss of time the following week
The committee on laws vigorously opposed
this time and the whole matter was in
definitely postponed.
President Lynch announced that he
would call for the report of the commit
tee on arbitration any time after o'clock
this afternoon. At noon a recess was
taken until 2:9O D. m.
After recess the convention listened to
an address by President Friel of the
International Stereotypers' union.
President Lynch then called up the
T,Dq nv,
in charge of the matter made a report
submitting two resolutions one providing
for an assessment of cents per member
per month for a period or one year be
submitted to a special referendum to be
paid to the secretary-treasurer
The other provided that in case of fall
ure of the first of the plan that the exec
utive council refer the referendum for
an assessment of cents, the money to be
paid to the secretary-treasurer and by him
paid to the Los Angeles strike commit
tee.
Los Angeles Case.
Delegate Hays of Los Angeles reported
that the local union had done everything
they could the past year. Mr.. Hays first
read statement made by General Otis,
general manager of the Los Angeles
Times, in which the general said among
other things that the Los Angeles Times
is by choice a fraternity office and not
a union for workmen.
Delegate Hays recountered the steps
in the Los Angeles matter, and expressed
the hope of success. He said they had
heard 1t reported that Mr.. Otis was to
be appointed Secretary of war; when a
petition which he said bore 1000 sigma
turse was forwarded to President Roose-
welt, opposing the appointment.
He charged that the police of Los An
geles had interfered without provocation
and that he had been assaulted by the
police without cause. The vital point
with the union, he said, was to win the
boycott against big department store ad-
vertising In the Times He charged fur
Their that ministers had been prevailed on
to preach from the pulpit in opposition
to the union. The report of the COM
mttee was adopted by an unanimous
vote.
Arbitration Report.
The next important matter to be taken
up was the report of the committee on
arbitration, which follows:
I'm the famous Spokane and Seattle
cases. In which the president Is charged
by Commissioner Driscoll with a violation
of the arbitration agreement, we find
after careful consideration of all evidence
adduced
THAT the publishers precipitated the
trouble by a display of bad eaith at the
outset We believe the arbitration agree
ment was promulgated by honorable men,
who were unable at its inception to see
the loop holes through which an unfair
publisher of union might take advantage
of it. We believe that the apparent bad
faith of the above mentioned publisher
nullifed the arbitration agreement, as 1t
applies to them and justified President
Lynch.
international Typographical Union law
in existence at the inception of the arbi-
tration agreement cannot be arbitrated for
the reason that only by referendum vote
can 1t be receded from or allied
1.-THE International Typographical Union !
and bylaws, like those of
the United States government, represent
what the members of this union believe
to be principles that cannot be arbltrated
and their arbitration was not contemplate
ed-they are necessary to the life of the
and must be maintained.
1--WE recommend that the convention en-
dorse President Lynch and the executive
council in the course they pursued be-
lieving that It was the only way open |
when the discovery was made that the |
publishers who were not living up to the |
spirit of the contract was made"
Inch Defends Action.
President Lynch took occasion at this |
point to answer the charge made by Com
missioner Driscon that he and the execu- |
tive councils violated their agreement In |
connection with the case.
Mr. Lynch defended the position taken |
by himself and the executive council and |
was loudly eheered.
The woman's auxiliary today took up
the fight of the Typographical union