The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-22
UNION MEN SCRAP
AMERICAN FEDERATION HAS SEC-
 OND STORMY SESSION.
Matter of LevyIng Assessment Against Central Body fin Favor of Strik- anE Structural Iron Work
 CTS Cau&ed Dispute.

Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 21 After morning session of comparative qulet' following the stormy scenes of yes terday, when President Gompers and his entrance into politics was endorsed the convention of the American Fed eratlon of Labor warmed u9 again this afternoon when the question of levy ing an assessment against the Feder- ation in favor Of the striking struc- turaI iron workers of the country came up, the Iinal result being that the mat ter was referred to the Executive Com mittee.
 l Frank M. Ryan of the Structural Iron | Workers. said that 5000 of his men were | out of work at present and that their
 ranks were being added to. He said most of the men had been on strike l for sixteen months and that there was | urgent need of funds for carrying on | the fight, asking for an assessment of 1 4 cents from each member of all bodies | affiliated with the national Federation. It soon developed that several unions l would be unable to bear increased bur- dens. James Lynch. speaking for the i International typographical Union, said l his organization was paying cut $3l,OOO 1 a week in strike benefits and he did not see how his members could bear
 any further burdens.
 After much discussion. which was at 1 times most dNluldleu, diIloSL uudnlLlOuS vote referred the matter to the Exec
 utive Council and as that body ill have to act on other applications for aid 1t Is more than likely that little
 ar no financial help can he extended The old fight of the plumbers and steamfitters was settled by the con
 Ntntlon voting that a separate charter be given the steam filters. The convention sent cablegram to DraGfaaHf RnOGPVnlt at Pnrfn Rico ask l Ing him to look into the conditions of the workingmen of that island.
 Delegate Johnson of the Chicago
 woOdworkers denounced the action of | the Executive Committee and the Grievance Committee fin favoring the amalgamation of the woodworkers
 with carpenters and asserted that du- ring the last year in Chicago he had
 been forced to carry a pistol and a black jack to protect himself from the
 assaults of thug members of the car l penters union.
 The convention. however, decided that the amalgamation of carpenters end woodworkers' unions was advisa- ble and the recomme ndation of the Grievance Committee outlining plan i for amalgamatioh within two years 1 was advised. The demand for strin- | gent immigration laws affirmed by adoption of a resolution to that effect. ] Formal protest by resolution was \ made against the employment of Chi
 nese on the Isthmiar Canal on the ground that such employment would violate the Chinese exclusion laws. the | co entract labor la wand the thirteenth
 amendment to the constitution. In
 another resolution the same subject | was handled in extended form. A res~ elution calling for the annihilation by 1 the labor unions of all trusts because of the general harm done by them was recommended for defeat as ineN- l pc tdient and also resolution calling ! for the appointment of a Committee Ol 1 five to investigate and report on the
 platforms of all political parties for l the benefit of organized labor in deal l ing with political parties for the oen-
 eft of organized labor in dealing with pcliaical matters was Eescinded Tor defeat.
 The committee recommended that 1 the executive council be instructed to carry out the wishes of former con
 ventions in regard to disputes between painters and car workers and the rec ommendatiOn was adopted. The con- | vention, on the recommendation of the committee. also decided to refuse
 a national charter to the pulp makers and to call in local charters already granted The pilots of the Great Lakes
 were instructed to unite in one or
 ganization and determine in what way they wished to join the federation. Arbitration through a Cleveland con-
 ference to be held within ninety days
 was recommended as a way of set ting the dispute between the wood wire fathers and iron makers.
 It as decided to recall the carpet layers charter within thirty days and that carpet layers must combine with
 the upholsters to arrange for the en-
 rollment of the carpet layers with the
 upholsterers. As to the grievances sI involving the Central ederationF of
 Labor. of New York city, the commit
 tee reported that 1t had been guilty l of violating the laws of the American
 edeFration of Labor and recommends
 that its charter be revoked January
 1. unless before that time 1t conformed
 to the laws of 'the Federation.
 Despite some opposition the report
 directing the cement workers to bring
 their various turisdictional disputes Co
 conference within sixty days. was ap. proved.