Evening star., 1906-06-16
TO H0L D ELECTION
Brotherhood of Bookbinders
Will Choose Officers
AT SESSION THIS AFTERNOON
Proposition as to Eligibles Provokes
Discussion.
CAUCUS OF WOMEN DELEGATES
Defense Fund for Carrying on Eight
Hour contest-Delegate to
American Federation.
AT SESSION THIS AFTERNOON
CAUCUS OF WOMEN DELEGATES

International Brotherhood of Bookbinders
was disposed of at the session this morn
Ing, and the decks were cleared for action
for the afternoon session, when officers for
the ensuing term will be elected. Consid-
cradle discussion was provoked by the prop
osition that only those members who are
actually working at the bookbinding trade
can be elected to office in the international
body President Robert Glockling who is
labor commissioner of the province of On
tario Canada, and cannot therefore, for
the time work at the trade opposed that
idea. He saed he wanted the bookbinders'
brotherhood to be twentieth century In
stitutfon and not craft of the middle
ages. It was absurd, he declared, to hold
that man must have hammer or a paste
brush in his hands in order to be elected to
an office In the association and added that
ne was admitted to the bookbinders' union
In 1911 and worked at the trade twenty
nine years.
Then there arose in Canada the necessity
for the appointment of labor commission
er and he was honored by the appoint
ment. That honor was also in equal meas
ure conferred upon, the labor union he rep
resented
The purpose of the labor movement
from my understanding President Clock
hing added, is the uplifting of humanity"
A delegate referred to Amos Cummings,
the printer-congressman, who. he said,
carried typographical union working card
In his pocket for many years, although he
did not work at the trade. The printers
honored him.
A lady delegate from Washington asked
the convention to be broad-minded in deal
Ing with the question and the words, pro-
mbiting a man or woman from holding
office in the organization unless he or she
was actually working at the trade, weIe
by large majority, stricken out.
Women Hold Caucus.
The women delegates to the convention
held caucus and decided, 1t Is said, to
place in nomination this afternoon Annie
E. Mckee of Philadelphia for international
vice president, and Kate v. Smoot of local
No. AZ Of this city and Cornel!a keenan,
of Denver, Col, for members of the execu-
tive board.
The decision was reached to consolidate
certain funds of the international body into
a defense fund for the purpose Of carrying
on the eight-hour contest when the proper
time arrives.
The following recommendation of the
eight-hour committee was concurred in by
the convention:
That the following propositions ~ sub
mitted to the referendum:
No. 1. All journeymen members shall pay
rs cents per week and women workers shall
pay cents per week while working.
No. 2. Journeymen shall pay SO cents per
week and women workers 10 cents per
week while working.
No. 8. All members shall pay per cent
of wages per week
In the event of the adoption OF any of
the above propositions, the money In the
fund SO established shall be used only In
the enforcement of the eight-hour day.
1t was decided to elect delegate to at
tend the next convention of the American
Federation of Labor.
DR.. Daniel Mcfarland a veteran member
of the bookbinding craft, was given an. ova-
tion by the delegates.
Resolutions Adopted.
Several important resolutions were adopt
ed at the morning session. The first of
these was unanimously carried by stand
ing vote. 1t provides that the best inter-
ests of labor require the admission of wo-
men to full citizenship as matter of JUS
tice to them, and as a necessary step to-
ward insuring and raising the scale of
wages for ALL"
The convention by resolution expressed
it's sympathy with the members of the craft
in San Francisco, in view of the recent
sad calamity" All dues and assessments
of the local unions of the stricken city were
remitted from April to July /, 1906. An
appeal will also be made to the member
ship for aid for the sufferers
By unanimous vote the convention adopted
Delegate Feeneys resolution that the In
ternationaI Brotherhood of Bookbinders in
dorse and commend for early consideration
by Congress the bill known as the Currier
bill, relating to copyrights and especially
the clause in that bill preventing the copy
right of any foreign book or publication un-
less the composition and binding are done
in this country"
Another resolution introduced by Delegate
Feeney was adopted. as follows:
That this convention of International
brotherhood of Bookbinders request Con-
gress, when it reopens the tariff question,
TO increase the duty on bound books of all
kinds including in such tariff all bound
books in foreign languages; that we request
the American Federation of Labor. through
our deiegates to that convention, to also
pass this resolution. and to assist us in
placing this question before Congress at the
proper time"
The sum of $500 was appropriated for the
two local unions of bookbinders at Des
Moines. Iowa, now on strike for the eight
hour day. and their per capita tax and as
sessments were RENTED. These unions went
out with the printers Of that city at the
time of the inauguration of the big strike
of the International Typogra phical Union
and have been in the contest since.
Session Yesterday Afternoon.
At the session yesterday afternoon it
was decided to create the office of "presi
dent and general organizer" in lieu, of
maintaining paid organizers, which some
"a hAS oCAO6oNSS 1dsoftu special eUOrfS
of the organizer are to be directed to the
city of Philadelphia, in conjunction with
the movement of the central board of
that city.
The decision of President GIockling in
refusing the request of Paper Cutters
Union, No. 1l9. of New York that the paper
cutters of another union be compelled to
affiliate with them. was sustained on an
peal. resolution was passed requesting
rulers unions' gto organize the feeders
in their organizations The convention
recommended the holding of district con-
ferences for the promotion of the cause
A resolutionHooking to the adoption OF
Z uniform scale of wages in districts
Shere the difference affects the trade Of
towns having the lower scale was passed.
A. strike OF any union may be declared
of by majority vote of the union nc
cording to another resolution adopted.
and where several crafts are involved IL
may be done by majority vote of ali the
crafts involved
Receives Severe Burns.
While cooking on a gasoline stove at her
home. PIT E street southeast, last night.