The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-09-03
TO: DECIDE
ON METAL: TRADE UNIONS
A. F. of L. Executive Council
To Fix Status of
Metal Trades
Amalgamation of Metal Me-
chanics Proposed to-
Settle Squabbles.

New York Aug. 25.-Members of the
executive council Of the American Fed
GRAFTON Of Labor will meet in New
York next month to take action on an
amalgamation of the Allied Metal
Mechanics and the United Metal
Workers. The executive council met
recently at Washington wit two
representatives Of the machinists.
metal polishers; bridge and structural
iron workers; tie" allied metal nechan-
les and the united metal workers, and
defined the jurisdiction Of each Of these
organizations; 2but the amalgamation
Of the Allied Metal Mechanics and the
United Metal 2Workers was postponed
until the NeW..sY ork meeting. :->
j. The action Of the executive council
in deciding the jurisdiction of each or
ganization has, been very generally ap-
proved" The machinists, metal polish
ers. and the bridge and structural iron
workers, besides one or two. smaller
international organizations, had their
jurisdiction increased, but the jurisdic-
ton granted to the Allied Metal Me-
chanics and the United Metal Workers
| was so much reduced that there is
| practically no field for them and an
| amalgamation is practically a neces-
sity. The three larger organizations
! represented at the conference-them ma
chinists, metal polishers and bridge
and structural iron workers-obtained
| practically all that they demanded
Metal pattern f1nishers and surgical
instrument workers were placed under
the Jurisdiction OF the machinists, al
! though claimed by the United Metal
| Workers. The metal workers also
claimed jurisdiction over Jail builders
! and coppersmiths, but these were de-
| clared to belong to the bridge and
structural iron workers and the sheet
metal workers., respectively. The other
general jurisdiction which was claimed
| by the metal workers was that over
architectural ornamental, iron. wire,
| metal, bridge and structural iron and
steel workers, but this has been re-
ferred to the New York meeting
Bridge and, structural iron work has
been granted to the Bridge and Struc-
| tural I ron WORKERS International
union by the American Federation Of
| Labor, and there probably will be little
left for the United Metal Workers at
! ter the New York conference. q
Jurisdiction was granted to the AL
| lied Metal Mechanics over the hard
and soft wheel grinders and strappers,
brazers, enamelers or enamel rubbers,
wheel truers, drop forgers and hammer
men, machinist helpers, frame and fork
builders, filters, repair men, bicycle tube
workers and bicycle chain workers.
| Claimed jurisdiction over screw max
ers, milling machine hands, drill press
! operators and assemblers and adjus-
| ters was granted to the International
Association Of Machinists, who gave
UP the machinist helpers
| The meeting at New York next
month will decide the question Of
amalgamation and will fix the exact
jurisdiction of the metal workers, who
are said to be Infringing on the terri
tory of the bridge and structural iron
! workers. The United Metal Workers
will be represented in the jurisdiction
conference by two officers and two
men to be selected by inside men. The
bridge and structural IRON workers will
be represented In the same manner.
Two: members of the executive coun-;
Gil Of the American Federation Of
Labor will also be on the committee.