The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-26
AFTER LONG AND
BITTER DEBATE
Federation of Labor Settles
Brewery Workers Troubles.
UNION WILL HAVE TO BACK UP
STARTLING STATEMENT OF PoR-
TO RICAN DELEGATE.

NAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 25.-After
spending almost the entire day in
bitter debate. the difference be-
tween the Brewery Workers union and
the International BrotherhOods of En-
gineers. Fireman and Teamsters was
settled by the American Federation OF
Labor. The vote on every point at is
sue. with one minor exception. was
against the Brewery Workers union.
Inc Brewery Workers union claimed
that all firemen, engineers and team
SterS employed about brewer IS should
join and come under the jurisdiction
OF the Brewery Workers union. The
representative OF the International
BrotherhOods of Engineers. Firemeu
and Transfers objected to this and i'm
troduced a resolution 20 the effect that
all workers in breWeTics be organized
according 10 their respective crafts and
asked the convention 10 vote that All
engineers, nremeu and teamSters nov
IN the Brewery Workers union shall
leave the same and join organizations
of their respective crafts
The Change Made.
For an nour "a debate was Induced In
on the proposition to substitute the
word may for shall anu the con-
vention finally voted for the change.
This permits the engineers, fr-uen and
teamsters TO elect whether or not they
shall sccede from the Brewery Work
ers union. IL was charged during the
debate that the Brewery Workers
union had filled the places or engineers
and fremen on strike i'm 81. Louis and
Belleville NJ with non union ueu.
and thereupOn organizer the latter. It
was requested that the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor compel The strikers 10
be reinstated, and the convention 50
voted. They likewise vttcd that all
Z injUnctIOns pending or chained by the
Brewery Workers union against other
organizations be Withdrawn or dis
solved.
Santiago IEIesias, representative from
Porto Rico, addressed the delegates and
said that the condition of the workmen
IN his native land was worse under the
/ present regime than under chat when
Spain was in power. He averred that
500 Porto Ricans died eJCL month from
starvation
The proposition TO amalgamate the
three central bodies Of san Francisco
was found TO be an impossible task AT
| the present time. as was the attempt 10
adjust the differences between the
Brotherhood of Carpenters and the As
ISOLATION of WoOdWOTkers- The dele
gates voted TO use every effort 10 make
more effective the union label. as it
( was avowed that the enemies to or
! gained labor were cnceaVorias TO de-
strOy the labels u1eauinE.
( A resolution u do away with the
! Washington lobby committee was voted
down after the socialistic delegates
had mcde speeches an favor of its pas
1 sage. The socialists were opposed on
+ the floor by President GOmpers. The
! latter bitterly denounced the socialists
/ for what he termed their sneeriug Ii
rades.
As an aftermath of the fight between
the Chicago Federation OF Labor and the
American Federation Of Labor cCnsti-
I tutiOnal amendment was adopted III to-
: nights session providing that any organ
! ia tiOl- or person seeding or being under
suspension by the American Federation ~
/ Labor shall be denied = seat IN the an
/ This was specially framed TO cover such
/ cases - tlat presented in the case Of
I Delegate Mangan Of Chicago. The
amendment consisted IL the addition of
the words 'nr person.
An amend-ceut similar in character,
which provided that a city central body
might demur TO the seating OF an Obiec-
ated with an International union. Joined
TO the American Federation Of Labor. but
not deny the whole local union repre-
Sentation in the central labor body. WGs
I presented. This covered cases similar 10
/ that presented i'm the question OF the seat
I ing OF William Schardt. president Of the
Chicago Federation of Labor. The
amendment was carried.
The convention viii elect officers TO-
morrow afternoon