The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-10
PRINTERS MEET ON FAIR GROUNDS
  Lengthy Discussion of Powers
 of Foremen WOMAN MAKES ADDRESS Asks for Loan From the International Union to Aid Garment Workers
 In Their Present
 Strike.
WOMAN MAKES ADDRESS

St. Louis, August s.--Cworld's Fair Grounds. )-roday's session of the Inter national Typographical union opened in Convention hall with nearly the full quota of four hundred delegates present. The report of the committee on laws was given out Out of this report the most im- portant article on which the convention passed was that providing that in cities in which a German union exists no mem Der of the International Typographical union shall be employed at German or English work at any other scale than that demanded by the International union.
 The membership of committees on finance. appeals, eight-hour question, arr bitration, press, allied trades relations. government ownership of type foundries and the telegraph organization, resolu- tons and the printers home was an- nounced Frederick Driscoll of St. Louis was then introduced and made an ad- dress.
 An informal session of the Womens International auxiliary was held today, previous to the first business meeting. which will convene tomorrow. Mrs. Frank A. Kennedy, president of Omaha, presid- ed, and Mrs. D. F. Craighead, also of that city, made addresses.
 Lengthy Discussion Ensues.
 A lengthy discussion was oecasioned in the consideration of the proposition sub-
 
 peal a part of section 95 of the general laws in relation to priority employment. The convention to repeal that portion of the second specified leaving the section to read that foremen of printing offices have the right to employ help and may discharge for incompetency, neglect of duty. violation of offices rules or those of the chapel or union and to decrease the force. This in effect abolshes the en- forcement of the priority rule generally but 1t may be enforced by local unions in their own particular cases if desired
 The Night Session.
 The night session opened with the re- sumption of the consideration of the re- port of the committee on laws. The com mittees recommended the repeal of sec tion 96 of the general laws which says
 ''Foremen shall not designate any par ticular day nor how many days a man shall work in any one week."
 The convention was pretty evenly divid- ed and by small majority the resolution to repeal was voted down.
 The recommendation of the committee that section H be repealed was also voted down. This section prohibits the prac- tice of foremen of selecting their force from day to day, or from men not regu- larly employed on the office" Sections 102 and 103 relating to the prao- tice of foremen of "phalanxing- or giving out six day situations on seven day pa- pers thereby controlling extra work which were recommended for elimination. were referred back to the committee on laws for further consideration.
 Miss Lillie Frederick of Indianapolis, member of the executive board of the United Garment Workers of America, ad- dressed the convention. She asked the convention to loan the U. c. W. of A. sufficient money to carry on the present strike of the garment workers, and prom ised to ultimately refund the loan with 1 interest.
 The convention listened to a number of propositions submitted by delegates per- taining to changes In the bylaws were un- favorably reported upon by the commit tee on laws. The report of the commit tee was sustained.
 The convention reconsidered it's action taken earlier in the day in voting to abolish the priority law, and referred the matter back to the committee on laws, and the convention then adjourned until tomorrow