The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-21

Amalgamation and cooperation with
1 allied trades We're the slogans sounded
yesterday at the second days pro-
/ ceedings of the Commercial Telegra phi
ers' Union of America in the senate
chamber of the state capitol
Proposals looking to closer affilia-
ton with the railroad telegraphers, the
typographical union and the electrical
workers union were made in the re-
4 ports of the officers and reports from
! the local unions, and when the con-
vention reaches that order of business
it is expected that the propositions will
be Endorsed.
plan to install in the national
union system of sick and death bene-
fits was also suggested, and this too it
Is believed will be included in amend
ments to the constitution to be adopted
by the convention.
Ihe scheme to affiliate with the rail-
way telegraphers is said to be the re-
suit of the action of the Western Union
Telegraph company in discharging
some of its employees at various points
because of their union affiliations. In
some instances men discharged were
members Of both the railway and com
|
| both unions are affiliated with the Ma
tional Federation of Labor if is pro-
posed through the medium of the fed
elation TO bring the two telegraphers'
unions into closer communion.
Railway TeIesraphers STRONGER
! several of the delegates to the Com
| smerc1al Telegraphers, union are mem
| pers of the Railway Telegra phers'
union as well. The railway telegraph
| ers are the larger body, having a mem
pershlp OF 10000, and joined to the TO-
wv IN the commercial unions, the COM
| oilieo unions claim to absolutely con-
eioi Inc market for operators through
! out the country and Canada. While NO
oehnlte action was taken yesterday. it
| Mds salq that cooperation of the
Two national unions was proba bla in
| the future = ~
ne plan to form an offensive and
defensive alliance between the press
operators and the various crafts of the
ailled printing trades was presented in
! report to the convention from a Sc
altie delegate, and was indorsed by the
convention, 1t will be referred to a
! committee, with power to formulate
an outline of the plan, and the printers
VIII consider it at their international
union, meeting in August at st. Louis
communication from the national
oooy OF the electrical workers union
asked for similar working agreement
win the electrical workers, which
through the medium of telegraph line
men is closely allied to the teleg-
i raphers. This proposal went to a COM
mlttee, With instructions to report be-
fore the adjournment of the conyen-
| ton. -
Suggest insurance Feature
The plan for the creation of a, sick
ana death benefit fund, by means of
assessments, was recommended in the
report of the national executive hoard
ana prospects are said to be bright for
It's adoption. While several of the
larger local unions have such a fund.
II is urged that it is the province of
the international union to maintain
inns system independent of local
unions. The plan proposed is modelled
aIter that employed by the Cigarmak-
| ers international union, and which is
said to have been successful in large
measure.
When the convention opened yester-
| day morning there was a brisk fight on
the report OF the committee on creden-
tlals- New York city's delegates are
largely members of the executive COM
mlttee and they contended that this
TACT barred them from voting in the
convention. They asked that their al
| ternates be seated. This was done.
and then after sharp debate mem
! pers OF the executive committee were
given the privilege of voting and New
York, by means of the dual repre-
sentatlon, has nine votes in the con-
ventlon, while Chicago has but seven,
and the unexpected increase in New
York's representation may cut consid-
cradle figure in the disposition of the
proposition to move the internationally
headquarters from New York to In
| annapolis or some other Western
| point
The annual reports of President Will
| c. Long, Secretary-Treasu Wesley
Russell and of the International execu-
/ tive committee We're received Those
| OF the administrative officers showed
substantial increase in membership
and Improvement in the material in
| terests of the International union The
| report of the executive committee COW
cred wide range, but one of the
points received with. applause was the
| report of the defeat of the o-caued
Western Union grabbing tax law in
| New York state. Percy Thomas.
chairman of the committee, presented
the report, and it complimented Daniel
| j. Russell, of New York, who. by his
efforts before the legislative commit
| tee at Albany, had succeeded in kill
| ing the bill.
One report from a local union adj
| yoeated government ownership of the
commercial telegraphs, and the senti-
ment was received by vigorous APP
plause, though no action was taken by
! the convention looking to the advocacy
of any plan to put the idea into ex-
/ preston.
The following committees were
named late in the afternoon, and to
these will be referred the important
matters coming before the conven-
| ton:
dock. Chicago; D. L.. Russell. New York;
McCarty, Boston; Douglas, Milwaukee.
Printing-Murphy Syracuse; Tomlin-
son. St. Paul; Acton. Cincinnati
Press-Esslinger, Louisville Hubbard
| st. Paul; Ahearn, New York
National Officers Reports-Delaney,
Montgomery; Bruckner. Chicago: Craig,
Pittsburg: Mahan, New York: Beatty,
Washington.
Finance and Salaries Small, Seattle;
Thomas, New York; Wright Philadel-
| phia. Boyer, st. Louis; Hawley, Dallas
Resolutions and Greetings-Baum San
Francisco; Crenshaw, Memphis; Dugan,
Minneapolis.
| Locals-McLean, Toronto: Pinson Al