The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-14
NEAR The CRISIS.
Struggle of Two Factions for
Control of Labor Federation.
Will Be Settled by Election of
Officers Thursday.
THREE IN THE FIELD.
Cities That Want Convention
Next Year.
Organization Likely to Com
mend Photographers Strike.

Two states" of candidates for officers
of the new State Federation of Labor
which is holding it's first convention in
this city are being doomed today at the
convention, and when the election takes
place Thursday afternoon, the rival
factions will clash in a struggle for the
| control of the new organization.
| One of the proposed states is called
| the federation slate" and is backed by
Henry M. Walker, the national organi-
ger, and some of his most active adher-
| ents
| The other slate is called the anti
| federation slate" and is backed, it Is
| claimed, by the officers and friends of
the state bureau of labor and industry.
These are the rival candidates who
| are in the field at noon today:
| Federation slate"
For president, Sim Bramlette, of the
| Union Mine Workers. West Mineral.
Kans.
For secretary and treasurer, w. E.
Bryan of Wichita.
''Anti-Federation slate"
For president, A. w. Jenkins, Union
Mine Workers, Cambri
For secretary and treasurer T. P.
Mention, carpenters union, CoffeyvilIe.
1t is also said that Charles Danner,
the present president of the state So
ciety of labor and industry may be
given place on the anti-federation
ticket.
w. E. Bryan of Wichita is the as
sistant secretary of the present conven-
ton, appointed to the position by Mr..
Walker. T. P. Mention, the rival can
didate, is an employe in the state
bureau OF labor and industry
Three Want the Convention. a.
There are three candidates for the
next cOnvention-Leavenw Wichita
and Pittsburg. 1t is said that the fed
GRAFTON slate" is claiming that it is
friendly to Pittsburg, and expect there
by to win the support of a lot of the
miners from southeastern Kansas.
1t has not yet been decided what ar
rangements will be made about salaries
tiers, but the chances are that the pres
ident and secretary of the federation
will be paid salary, and the president
will be employed as the organizer for
tire time to work for the organization
of new unions and the enlargement of
federation influence.
The headquarters of the federation
will probably be at whatever town the
president lives.
Smoker This Evening.
This evening the local trades unions
will. tender to the visiting delegates to
the federation smoker at CTS Kansas
avenue, the local union headquarters.
Cigars and refreshments will be served
to the delegates and visitors.
This afternoons proceedings will
proba bly, about finish up the general
business of the conyen-
ton, and by Thursday afternoon it is
expected that the election of officers
will take place.
At noon today the introduction of
resolutions ceased. Many resolutions
were presented this morning and acted
upon, but they were largely of a ma
ture to be interesting only to fedora
ton delegates.
One resolution commended the
of Railway Trainmen for
using union made cigars and compel
ling the news stands and butchers"
to carry union cigars. Another -resolu- |
ton endorsed the blue label of the |
cigar makers union
May Commend Telegraphers' Strike.
1t is understood that the committee |
on resolutions will report some reso- |
lutions endorsing the present strike of |
and urging the union I
men to stand together and insist upon |
a compliance with their demands.