Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-08-11
THE TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION
Puts in Another Busy Day at St. Louis
Annual Convention.

st. Louis. Mo-, Aug. 10.-The conven-
ton or the International Typographical
Union, today, resumed consideration OF
the report of the committee on laws.
President Lynch read telegram from
Samuel Gompers, president Of the
American Federation of Labor, which
was in part as follows:
Accept and convey to the officers
and delegates heartiest fraternal greet
ings and sincerest congratulations as
well as highest hope and anticipations
for greatest possible harmony and sue
cess of your great institution"
An animated discussion arose over
the recommendation of the committee
on laws that the proposition to amend
section 124 of the general laws be not
adopted. The amendment provided
that when n strike has been inaugural
ed under the provisions of sections 116.
III and lis the executive committee
should pay to the order of the president
and secretary of the union involved for
Il period not exceeding eight weeks an
amount equal to 81 per week for each
member entitled thereto
| On the first ballot, by a vote Of ~ to
II the committee report was voted
'oNi. llltfl duuTtSSeQ
| the convention and explained that he
did not think that the Stereotype I'm
ion would stand for an additional as
sessmcnt which would be necessitated
if the proposition was adopted His re-
marks won over the convention and BY
a vote OF 149 to 35 the unfavorable re-
port Of the committee on laws was
concurred in by the convention.
Considerable discussion developed on the
unfavorable report of the committee on
laws on the proposition to add a new Sec
tion to the general law governing lurisdic-
tion and charters. The proposed sec ton
provides that in no case shall charter
he issued unless the scale OF wages i. at
last 81, eight hours per da% for Job
work: SIS per week. eight hours or |. So
for ma chine work
AT one time 1t looked as II the scnti-
ment was against the unfaV0rable report
of the committee. but President Lynch
again by his persuasive manner wo1 or"r
the convention. He argued that comF'ti-
tiOn was not entirely matter Of w1g's
hut that it was more matter of far,li-
ties. He said that Il was Better to r,,ve
a man $40 per week in b small plac" than
to compel him to come to Il laiEc place
and pay him SlG0 to go on strike. With
hardly a dissenting vote the action to con-
cur WIFI tle uHidNOIdDie ftIptt VI tbo
laws committee in rejecting the propo-
Sition was carried.
The next proposition under considera-
ton was one to the effect that no men,
Der of the National Typographical Union
shall enlist in the militia service of any
state of the Union under penalty of per
manent expulsion A sentiment In favor
of adopting the committees report had
risen in the convention and when Dele
gate Anderson of Macon, Ga, chairman
of the committee, made q patriotic speech.
the climax was reached. BY an over
wheming majority the convention decid-
ed that nothing should be done to pre-
vent members of the International Typo
graphical Union from fighting for the
Stars and Stripes.
Vituperative language grew out Of the
of the proposition that or
ganizers submit an itemized account Of
expenses to the executive council which
expenses shall be allowed only on their
approval. On this proposition the com
mittee had reported unfavOrabiy. Tho
debate which arose was Of personal ma
ture, but the opposition to the commit
tees unfavorabe report while vigorous.
was not general, and the report was con-
Cured in by the convention.