Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-23
TWO NATIONAL LABOR BODIES
Building Trades and Railway En-
ployes Meet in Denver Today.
ONE MILLION MEN REPRESENTED
Latter Organization Was Formed
Saturday and includes All Rail-
way UniOns Except Train
Service Men.

DENVER, Nov. 22.-Tomorrow in this
city there will convene two national labor
bodies, sdjuncts to the American Fedora
ton of Labor. which yesterday closed its
annual convention here. These two or
ganizations represent over 1000, 600 men, the
building trades and railroad employees de-
partments, the latter an organization OF
10000 men, formed In Denver on Saturday
last.
The building trades department will rep
resent about 100000 men. and the first
session will be called to order by President
James Kirby of Chicago. a leader in the
United Brotherhood Of Carpenters and
Joiners.
H.. b.. Perham, president of the Order Of
Railroad Telegraphers. will call the rail.
way employees together, and p. j.. Flannery
Of Chicago, president Of the Internstional
Freight Handlers union, will be the secre-
tary.
The building trades department of the
federation has been in existence about a
year, but the branching out Of the railway
employees is a new venture that has for its
purpose the organization of every shop
and track employe connected with the rail-
roads of the country.
huEDObN VI We" DETERMINATIONS
The leaders hope to secure the co-opera-
ton and eventually the sffiliation of the
trainmen, Conductors, engineers and fire
men, and Ute make the railway employees
orgaHizatioh the most powerful of it's kind
in the world.
Its objects are given as follows:
To enhance the welfare of all railroad
employees; to aid in more closely organizing
all such employees and seek to affiliate
them with the American Federation Of
Labor; to further the interest of employees
by means of legislation, and take such ac-
ton as may be necessary to protect the
interests of the railroad employees.
The organizations represented and those
who will appear for them are:
international Freight Handlers union, P.
J. F1annery; Order of Railway Tele-
graphers, II. B. Perham; Brotherhood OF
Boilermakers and Iron g. Shipbullders of
America, ]. A. Franklin; international AS
ISOLATION Of Machinists, James O'Connell
International Brotherhood OF Blacksmiths,
J. J. Melckler; International Association OF
Car Workers. P. f. Richardson; Brother
hood of Railway Clerks. Wilbur Braggins
Switchmen's Union Of North America, r.
T. Hawley; international Brotherhood OF
Maintenance or way employees, A. Is. Lowe
international Association of Steam Filters
of America, J. ]. Sullivan.
Eighteen BuiIders' Unions
The building trades department will have
eighteen powerful International unions rep
resented at its convention and will be ir
session eight days.
Gossip among the leaders tonight is that
Frank Ryan of the Bridge and Structural
Iron Workers is after the presidency, and
also, that Kirby would like to succeed
himself. william Costello of the Steam Fit
ters. wants to be secretary. and Secretary
Spencer, 1t is said, would accept reelection
Ryan and Kirby both live in Chicago.
For the railway employees presidency, 4
is believed that H.. B. Perham Of the Tele'
graphers will be chosen, and P. J. Flannery
named as secretary, simply making perma'
nent the temporary organization.