Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-11-13
WILL FIGHT FOR
LAB0R|NC Men
CONGRESS INTENDS TO PASS AN
AMENDMENT TO THE SHER.
MAN ANTITRUST LAW THAT IS
DETRIMENTAL TO LABOR,

Denver, Nov 13-At the close Of
yesterday session of the twenty
+, eighth annual convention of the
| American Federation of Labor. Pres
| ident Samuel Gompers, in thanking
the speakers of the day, said that he
had heard since coming to Denver
| that 1t was intended by the present
| session Of congress to pass bill
! amending the Sherman antitrust
law in way detrimental to the la
Dor movement. He said if such an
! attempt was made he would fight it
n the halls of congress
Al the request of Mr.. Gompers, the
secretary then read letter from w
j. Bryan, in which he thanked Pres
ident Gompers and the other mem
bers of the federation for the supper
given him during the recent presi-
Dental campaign
The first speaker of the afternoon
session was Rev. c. S. Stelzla, super
intendenI of the immigration board
of the home missions of the Presbv-
tcIldH tlultH Vi new OEk. he
took for his theme The Parallel
Aims of the Church and the Labor
Party
Mrs. Raymond Robbine and Miss
Anna Fl zgerald, representing the
Womens Trade Union league, ad-
dressed the convent on. telling the
delegates of the organization move
ment among the women. Mrs. Rob
bins said the leag consisted of four
branches, one each in Chicago. New
York, Bos on and st. Louis. She said
they were trying to teach concerted
action to the women. Mrs. Fitzger-
aid spoke Of the part the women in
the home could take in the labor |
movement, by insisting that the
union label be on all their purchases |
Fraternal Delegate Wadsworth, !
who is a coal miner of Great Britain !
and q member Of parliament, said |
that In the tariff protected United I,
STATE as in free-trade Great Britain,
working men must have a strong Or
ganization in order to obtain from
the employers fair share Of the
profits OF their own labor.
Herbert Skinner, also representing
the British trade un.onists, print
er. said British trades un,onlsm was
never in as healthy condition as al
present. P. M. Draper, fraternal der,
egate from the Dominion Of Canada.
was next heard. Mr.. Draper was
bitter against the Salvation Army,
saying that it has been acting AS
agent for the capitalist class In Sc
curing the emigration OF large nnns-
bers Of miners from England who'
came to CANDIDA in times OF Il ike
and thus harmed the Union men az
the Dominion. "T,, ere is M div,si,n
between W. Of Canada and ym of
the United States as trade union
ists." he said in conclusion.
Andrew Furuseth read the .'eport
Of the federation delegates t. the
forty-first British trade union con-
ress. He said that the committee
found, that in England women AMI
children were being pitted against
men in allalines Of industry. He said
that majority of the English work.
ing men opposed tariff becaus"
they believed it would in:'ease the
cost of living. He read an invita-
ton from the congress ufg'"g that
Samuel Gompers attend :ha next
British congress
Hugh French, the federation's
delegate to the trade and labor con-
gress Of Canada, read his report,
which was a brief record of the OFF,
cial proceedings of the congress.
Raymond Robbins of Chicago
spoke briefly on the universal organ
ization as the only salvation. He
urged the necessity of organizing all
lines Of labor.
President James Lynch of the In
ternational Typographical union
! told the convention the history OF
| the establishment of the Union
Printers home at Colorado Springs.
| He said that it now costs about $780,
| 900 a year to maintain the institu-