Evening star., 1907-11-14
A, F, OIL, CONVENTION
Today's Deliberations of the
Annual Gathering
HELD AT JAMESTOWN, VA.
Resolutions From Porto Rican Dele
gates Referred.
THE MANUFACTURERS FIGHT
President aompers' Reference to
Van Cleave Charges-Propcsition
to Fix Salaries Of Officers.
THE MANUFACTURERS FIGH.

| American Federation of Labor today re-
| ferred to its committee on resolutions for
early action and report lengthy resolutions
| by Porto Rican Delegates Igiesias. Sanchez
and Becorri providing for a committee,
| with the Porto Ricans included thereon.
| to be headed by President Gompers, who
| shall within two weeks following the ad-
! journment of the present convention visit
! President Roosevelt asking relief for
| Porto Rico as follows;
| That full American citizenship be
| granted.
| Practical and necessary economies in ap-
| propriat.ons for the personnel OF the in
/ sular administration.
! Doubling the present annual school fund
! with salaries of teachers equal to those
paid in America, and Investigating why
| $50, coo worth of school books have been
destroyed by the department of education.
| For an eght-hour worh-day and enforce
! ment OF the American labor liability act.
| Radical abolishment of convict labor in
| public works.
Suppression of the 40 and SO cents. ten
| hours a day scale to workmen engaged
| in Porto Rican governmental work
| Prosecution of all corporations holding
| more than 800 acres Of land in violation of
! the Foraker law.
| Laws to protect agricultural la bor: to
prevent payment Of workmen in chips,
tins or any other medium than American
| money; the Investigation Of factories and
improvement of their sanitary condition.
Preventing the Porto Rican police from
being used to break legitimate trades un-
ion strikes.
The establishment of a branch Of the
United States labor bureau In Porto Rico,
and law preventing child labor Under
fourteen years.
Many Resolutions Offered.
Resolutions on important matters con-
tinued TO be offered in the convention yes
terday. One asks Congress to exclude
Japanese laborers, not only from the
United States, but from all insular pos
sessions of the country Another asks
Congress to prevent the Hill and Harri-
man railroads from putting into effect
the proposed freight rates on forest prod
uets, and still another asks the national
lawmaking body to create national
peace fund by appropriating 81 toward
it for every $1,000 spent for military pur
poses
Another resolution has for it's object the
returning Of the federation to the old
policy Of arbitration In the matter of dis
putas between unions the unions to de-
bility of losing identity with the fedora
ton. This is an effort to settle the trou-
BILE with its brewery workers
Fight With Manufacturers.
The convention received and referred
to special committee Of fifteen named
by President Gompers. with Frank Duffy,
chairman, a resolution offered Tuesday
which outlined the fight now being waged
between the Manufacturers Association
and the federation, which grew out OF the
temporary injunction secured by the
manufacturers and directed against the
unfair list of the federation. The resolu-
ftoS tLA en-
making the fight ''in an effort to disrupt
the labor organizations of the country |
and also provides for Campaign of edu- |
cation against the manufacturers through |
all central bodies allied with the fedora |
tion. Reports on the progress of this !
campaign are TO be made on the first of |
each month to the federation officers, |
who are to make such expenditures as
may be necessary to effectively carry on |
the campaign.
Mr.. Gompers was asked to make re-
ply TO the statement that wss given out
by Mr. Atherton Brownell, the editor OF
the American Industries. the official or
gan Of the Manufacturers Association,
charging that it will require more than a
verbal denial for President Gompers to
"disprove the truth Of the allegations
that he personally benefits financially and
to large amount from the use he can
and does make of the organization OF
laboring men OF which he is the head"
A Hireling, Says Gompers.
Mr.. Gompers declared that the whole
thing was simply a rehash of charges
that have already been answered.
Who is this hireling." said Mr.. Com
pers, who seeks through these infamous
charges to discredit the officials of organ
ized labor and thus injure it's cause? Let
this man Van Cleave of the manufac-
turers do his own talking, and then Will
talk. ] see no reason why | should be
called upon TO further deny and refute
the continued charges Of his hireiings."
Resolutions were offered calling for fed |
era aid to prevent proposed reciprocity
between the lumber interests OF the
United States and shinsle interests Of the
Dominion of Canada, which, 1t is de-
clared,. wouiu bring white and Asatic
abor into competition, with disastrous
results to the former :
Fixing the salaries of the national Off
GERS az follows: President, 81, 900: secre-
tary, s., ,000 treasurer, 800
/ Call for the return Of the cement work
ers charter. Asking the aid of the fed
Grafton for the trades unions of Colorado
| in the fight being waged against them by
the Citizens Alliance.
Asking the moral support of the fed
Grafton Of the Temple of Labor project at
| Washington.
! Indorsing the blue cross buttons as
permanent emblem of labor.
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