The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-11-20
INSURGENTS GAINING
ON A. F. |. MACHINE
Seeding Electrical Workers Successful in Effort to Secure
Hearing on Convention Floor Controversy
being Thoroughly Investigated

TORONTO Ontario Canada November 6The first week of
Federation of Labor convention is usually given up
listening speeches. aerna addresses and all that
thing Committees appointed and committee hearings ad
and it is not until the beginning
gets BY that time the committees begin handing
in their reports and gets under good headway
OF course the vicinity interested
in the Electrical Workers, and will undertake to tell
how things progressed so far.
that the machine
had made every preparation squech seeding
the worked perfection if had been
things President Gsmpers opened the machine
promptly time and ruled out lot of delegates from
city from federation the ground
had been revoked These revocation were
based ON the ground they admitted delegates from seeding
happened to be few delegates from
he that did NOT have seeeders among the delegates
delegates the Toronto convention
these delegates protests loud and
deep against this unjust discrimination against loyal union men
protests appeals forced the at
machines and the laws committee had to
When the laws committee met easily seen
the facts the whole controversy between
warning electrical workers would have be
g despite Efforts Of the MeNuty Collins faction
prevent this committee opened things wide and the
fight McNuyC Collins and others of that faction tried
very diplomatic and while evadng the issues much
possible curry favor with the committee
Redurphy offered to submit books court records
that would enlghen the committee and they
proved violation of the Denver
by Collins who violated before the ink
dry and got Frank Morrison to endorse it,
days hreshed this with the
electrical McNuy trusted wholly winning
by playing of the committee but Collins
tried frame up evidence that would count
Don't make the mistake of thinking that Peter W. Collins is
splendid ability. Educated for the priest
of public speakng widely informed
topics of the day he able to hold his public discus
sion deeply holding his job he naturally
puts this fight AS matter of fact Collins made
pretense made by his side The rest
put machine which this particular
managed by M. Hamilton.
Murphy side fight a beauty 1t is hard to
of humble
of board and Vceres
Fitzgerald made the most effective pleas
regard that A, L. Urck,
president federation gve full credit for
ing impression The fedora
ton charter and ck
body without charter made
of the Iowa charter And making it
the fight for the Murphy faction For forty minutes
held of the committee and the hundred
dscounng the
that than all the
of federation
apd the of labor Iowa wise they will
this but brilliant
cgarmaker from Des Moine been time since
with u who has impressed deeply.
The finished hearing the
depoed delegates Saturday night Monday
the floor of the This
be mailed before fight fairly
il safety this prediction:
The McNutyColln faction will have everything
way upon
factions trying together Pending this
believe the revoked charters will be restored.
done, to in the
that will take heal Those charters revoked in the