Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-20
! JURIsDICTI0NAL FIGHT
Will Reply to the Charges Made
Against Them.
GOMPERS TO TALK TODAY
claration He Would Be Afraid
to Answer.
to Answer.

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long consideration of the juri 7ictional
fight between the International Long
shoremen and the International Seamen.
the American Federation of Labor today
adopted a resolution providing that the
Iongshoremen shall be known only by the
American Federation Of Labor as the In
ternational Longshoremen's Association
with the remainder of the name, marine
and transport workers., adopted py the
| longShoremen, omitted.
| The committee ou-adjustment reported
further. strongly recommending that IN
the future the convention consider the
credentials Of delegates from no interna-
tional union insisting upon a name dill
ferent from that adopted by the American
Federation of Labor, but the convention,
nv a vote of 1O6 to 80. rejected this and
adopted a substitute. offered by wee
President Lennon calling for the appoint
ment of a committee. to be composed OF
President Gompers and one other, to VISIT
the next convention of international lone
shoremen and urge upon them 70 accePl
| the decision given by President Gompers
in the Erie Pa. award. in which fresl-
dent Gompers. as arbiter held that the
longshoremen should drop the name ma
rine and transport workers.
| President Okeefe of the longshoremen
| declared that, being without authority,
those representing the longshoremen had
not accepted the decision at ERE. ana
| that this would have to be decided by
the longshoremen IN convention.
Other Jurisdictional Issues.
| The executive council was directed to
require a conference between the car
rage and wagon workshops and the up
| holsterers with view to settlement OF
the question of the yielding Of jurisdic-
| ton by the former to the latter OF all
vehicle upholsterers.
| MANY locals of various trades in New
York affiliated with unrecognized bodies
were directed to at once animate Win 'he
| Brooklyn Central Labor Union
The National Actors Protective Union
| was given Jurisdiction over all unions OF
those in productions behind scenes. the
| musicians excepted. and these not 10 IN
| terfere with other rights heretofore
| granted by the American Federation OF
Labor.
Gompers to Reply.
| After the close of the meeting President
Gompers asked that an hour be granted
him today in which to make reply to the
attacks made upon him by other officers
| of the body and by an editor, whom ne
| has classified as "hiraling of the Ma
tional Manufacturers Association" Inn
| mediately upon the request being made
motion was advanced and carried nam
ing 2:3O O'Clock this afternoon as the time
for the reply. This will probably make
today the most sensational day during the
convention. for the question of jurisdic-
| ton with the brewery workers ana otner
| trades will also come up for ad1ustm mt
and will likely call for long discussion.
while all interested in labor questions Will
desire to know what President Gompers
has to say in reply to rather pertinent as
sertions.
'.If it were not for the fact that some
have declared that I would be afraid to
answer" said President Gompers this
afternoon, II would let the matter pass
| would not answer 1t, but. under the cir
cumstances, deem 1t my duty to explain
and verify every statement l nave mace
concerning the National Manufacturers
Association. I have said no more than
the truth about them, and will show you
tomorrow that I have not yet told half
the truth in regard to their attitude to-
ward the laboring man."
| Other business yesterday afternoon con-
sisted Of the presentation by the Ameri-
| can delegates of sets of silverware to D.
j. Shackleton and John Hodge, labor
members of the British parliament. Mrs
Shackleton also received handsome
bracelet, and w. r. Trotter. the Canadian
representative. was given gold watch.
Resolutions Adopted.
The convention recommended In view OF
the organization of employers asocia-
tons" and Citizens alliances" that no
employers Of labor be admitted to mem
bership in any city, state, national or
international union.
Resolutions were also adopted prevent
ing organizations changing their names
| without consent of the Federation OF
Labor in convention; preventing the revo-
cation Of any charter except by Two
thirds majority vote Of the convention;
referring to the executive council the 1uris-
dictional dispute between the upholsterers
and plasterers over workmen engaged In
the exterior decoration of buildings. and
calling upon the structural ironworkers
to live up to the award between them
and the boiler makers. Resolutions were
introduced providing that the government
experiment with the federal ownership OF
telegraph lines by constructing govern
\ mental line between washington and
New York. and calling upon Secretary of
Commerce Straus to prohibit salmon traps
l In the Wood and Nushagak rivers, state