The Lamar register., 1905-11-22
LABOR in COUNCIL
WORK OF THE AMERICAN FEEDER.
ALTON AT PiTTSBURG.
TRICKS MONEY is REFUSED
Denver Presents Invitation for Next
Years Meeting - Alarmsof Fire
Causes a Rush-Printcr Socialist
Introduces Resolutions.

Pittsburg. There was II slight panic
among the delegates attending the
American Federation OF Labor conven
tion at old City hall Thursday, caused
by the decorations In the rear of the
hall taking fire from some unknown
cause. A rush was made for the fire
exits, but quiet was soon restored by
President Gompers rnpping loudly foi
order. The fire burned Itself out In Il
few moments and the convention re-
sumcd the transaction of business. No
one was injured.
Delegate Johannscn offered n motion
refusing II donation of 500 made by Ii.
c. Fric,S for the entertainment of the
federation delegates. The speaker said
the money was tainted with the blood
of the Homestead steel strike and
should not be accepted under any cir
cumstnnccs. The motion was vigor-
ously chcercd and .Iohannsen was re-
qucstcd to put II In writing and present
later to the convention for action.
Letters were read from Governor Nc
Donald OF Colorado. the Denver Board
of Trade and business and labor or
gnnizations inviting the federation to
meet ncxt year In Denver, The letters
we're referred.
W. Mosscr. fratcrnnl delegate from
the British Labor Trades Council. nd
dressed the convention on the labor
situation In England.
The motion presented at the morn
Ing session declining the 800 offered
by II. c. Frick for the entertainment
of the delegates while In this city was
withdrawn by Delegate Johannsen. He
announced that he had learned that
the money had not yet been presented
and that II would be rejected when II
was offered. and for this reason with
drew the motion.
The convention adjourned until
tomorrow. in order to give the com
mittccs additional time to prepare
their reports,
Victor l.. Berger delegate of the In
tcrnational Typographical Union. in
speaking tonight of the resolutions he
had placed before the committee. said:
Il did not Introduce any resolution
to indorse the Socialist party, and no
resolution of that kind will be intro
duccd, The Socialists of America have
cotton through with such childish bus
incss long ago. We do not intend to
capture the convention of the Amcri-
can Federation of Labor for the Social
list party. All the resolutions which |
have introduced are purely trades tin-
ion resolutions.
1--WE Socialists believe In two
armed labor movcmcnt-a labor move
ment with political arm and an eco
nomic arm. The two arms must re
main distinctly separate.
"Wo understand that the American
Federation of Labor is the economic
arm of the labor movement, hence
our purely trades union resolutions.
Among the eleven resolution intro
duccd by Mr. Berger are these:
", hat the congress Of the United
States pass hill which viii secure tc
every wage worker in the United
States who has earned no more thar
81 900 average wages per year pen
sion of not less than So per month a
the age OF sixty.
THAT in view OF the present motor
ious system of insurance. in which the
workmen find little or no protection. a
system OF state insurance similar tc
that in operation in Germany be estab
lishcd. in which the government, thu
employer and the worl>men each pay
one third OF the premium