Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-10

A. L. Urick, R. G. Stewart, Edwin Per-
Try, Geo. ]. Pickett, Dan Melloy, J. H.
Strict and Miss Mary Doyle are mem
bers, also reported. This record was
accepted.
The report of G. F. Tucker of Gin
ton, delegates from the Iowa State
Federation of Labor to the twenty-fifth
annual convention of the American
Federation of Labor at Pittsburg, Pa,
was read and accepted.
Commissioner Brigham Talks.
Edward Brigham, commissioner of
labor in Iowa, then addressed the con-
vention, laying stress upon the &C
acknowledgement of the good work done
by the federation in the passage of the
child labor bill and other labor legisla-
ton. Mr.. Brigham's remarks were lis
tened 10 with the keenest interest.
strief's Report.
The report of Secretary-Treasurer
Strict is in part as follows:
ITO the officers and members of the
fourteenth annual convention of the
Iowa State Federation Of Labor:
yellow wageworkers and delegates:
Submitted herewith is report of the
secretary-treasurer for the fiscal year
ending April 80, 1906:
"In a number of the cities through
out the state the growth of the trades
union movement has been progressing
satisfactorily, and from reports receiy-
ed recently / feel safe in predicting
there will be material increase in al
our Iowa cities the coming year. The
interest is becoming more apparent
every day, and it is our duty to contin-
ue the work of organization more ac-
lively than ever. / believe the time is
ripe and the work of organizing
should be pushed.
"The satisfactory and early adjust
ment of the wage scale of the Iowa
miners, district No. 10, United Mine
Workers of America, will be of bene-
| fit to every organization in the state,
and is an indication Of the progress of
the movement in our state. This set
tlement, know, is greatly appreciated
| by the business public and organized
labor of Iowa, and the officers of dis
trict No. Is are to be congratulated
on the good work performed. 1t is
an important event in the history of
the trades union movement in Iowa
1.-THE financial statement showed
that the receipts for the year were ST.
and expenditures $3,235.S1. The bal
ance on hand May /, 1905, was ST.
4 105.7S, and the balance on hand May
| i, 1906, was s545.40.
The certificates of afflliation issued
/ $1,o ic
Local No. ITS, United Mine Workers
Of America, located at Beacon
| Local No. 845, United Mine Workers
of America, located at Norwoodville.
Local No. 1882, United Mine Work
ers of America, located at Evans.
| The organizations suspended during
the year are as follows:
| Local No. 1142, Carpenters and
Joiners, Colfax, disbanded
Lodge No. 12, International Asso-
citation of Car Workers, Clinton
| Local No. 319, Bartenders' League,
Clinton.
Federal union No. s215, Clinton.
Federal Union No. 9876, Cherokee,
disbanded.,
Association No. s7e, Retail Clerks.
Abba, disbanded.
Fort Dodge Trades and Labor AS
) sembly.
~ suggest that all delegates take
) notes of this convention daily, and
upon returning home report immedi-
ately to their respective organiza-
tions; that special efforts be made the
coming year toward organization and
affiliation; that women's label leagues
be formed in each city and that label
goods Of every kind be purchased
whenever it is possible to secure same
and that local merchants not handling
label goods be requested to do so in
the future. A demand for the goods
will soon place them on the shelves OF
the stores in your home towns and
cities.
referring to the use of label goods
take pleasure in reporting that, act
,, ing under instructions of our conven
ton held in. Council Bluffs last year,
took up with Secretary Samuel Nc
Cune Lindsay, of New York, of tbs
national child labor committee, the
proposition to have the national child
!, labor committee, the proposition tc
!, have the national child labor commit
tee use the label of the Allied Print
ing Trades on the printed matter d
the national committee. After little
correspondence with Mr.. Lindsay he
informed me on November % last tina
the label was being used by his or
SANITATION. The national committee
distributes much printed matter il
: MANY states and the use of the Allied
: Printing Trades label thereon is ap
$ preciated very much by the printing
: trades crafts.
$ "In concluding this report I desir'
9 to express my thanks to the officers
: of local unions and central bodies Q
: the state for courtesies extended II
e me during the year just closed. Fra
J. ternally submitted,
o 81. H. Strict.
"SecretaryT Treasurer |. S. F. OF L..
:, HOLD MASS MEETING.
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