Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-07

| n uumDeT OF lne lHleTudtlOudt
unions have pledged themselves to an
| effort for the proper observance OF
the 25th anniversary of the founding
| of the American Federation of Labor.
| The matter will be thoroughly dis
| cussed at the convention in San Fran
cisco in November. The federation
| was organized at Pittsburg and that
city is looking for the 25th annual
convention in 1905.
! Subordinate unions in the printing
| trades industries have been notified
officially that the International Photo
Engravers' union has accepted the
terms of and become a party to the
| joint agreement between the Interna-
tional Typographical Union, the In
ternational Printing Pressmen and
Assistants union, the International
Brotherhood of Bookbinders and the
International Stereotypers and Elec-
| trotypers' Union. Subordinate bodies
of the International Photo EnCravers'
| union are now entitled to representa-
| ton in the Allied Printing Trades
Councils.
The report of the grand master OF
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers showed that the organization Is
in prosperous condition, and that in
! the last two years there has not been
a strike of firemen on any road on
which the brotherhood is established,
all differences having been settled
without delay. In the year ended
June 30, $50 lodges were organized.
Since the organization was founded,
$7,94O,16 has been paid to members
and their families on death and disa-
bility claims. In the year ended June
30 the receipts of the order were
| $1,353,S01, and the disbursements ST.
017,55O
At the recent convention Of the In
ternational Typographical union it
was enacted that whenever strike
occurs without the sanction of the
executive council, the council must
Immediately disavow the illegal strike
and notify all subordinate unions to
that affect. Protection shall be guar
anteed to all members who remain at,
accept or return TO work in offices af-
fected by the illegal strike, as speci-
fed in section 122. Any officer or
member of union who shall suppress
or conceal from his union or the ex-
ecutive council any official informa-
ton concerning strike, or pro-
posed strike, shall upon conviction by
the local union be suspended or ex-
, PEELED"
/ The Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen held it's biennial convention
in Buffalo the past week. Among tLe
reports Of the officers made'perhaps
/ none was of more interest than that
/ of Secretary-Treasur Carter, who
furnished the statistical information
relative to the growth of the organiza-
ton, and the insurance benefits paid
for deaths and disabilities since 1881
A grand total of 1884 ,065 was paid
in the past twenty-four years to dis
abled members and the benefciaries
of deceased members. On the growth
of the organization for the last year
the following figures are given; Mem
bership, July l, 1903, 4S,56S; July l,
1904, 54,434-a net increase OF 1866
the last fiscal year. Fifteen new
lodges were organized in the last six
months, one of which was in Chicago,
and three in other parts of Illinois.
The executive council of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, in quarterly
| session in Washington, D. c., during
| the past week, took up many mat
tiers of general interest in the labor
movement. That of perhaps the great
est interest and most far-reaching
Importance is recommendation to
the convention of the federation In
San Francisco next November, that
city central labor unions adopt essen
TALLY uniform laws for their govern
ment, and that any central body de-
nying the right of any affiliated local
union to representation shall lose its
charter. This was brought about by
the action of the Chicago Federation
in denying the Printing Pressmen's
union af1iliation but according that
privilege to Franklin Union of Press
Feeders. Organizations in dispute
with each other over jurisdiction are
ordered to meet President Gompers
or one member Of the executive coun-
Gil of the federation at San Francisco
during the coming convention, with
view to adjusting their differences.
The action of President Gompers in
advising Colorado trade unionists to
petition Gov. Peabody to call a spe-
cial session of the state legislature
for the investigation of the disturbed
conditions there was Endorsed. 1t
also was decided to recommend the
initiation of the referendum system OF
questioning candidates for public Of
fee in Colorado.