The state herald., 1909-08-20
IMPORTANT ACTION TAKEN BY
STATE ORGANIZATION AT
LAFAYETTE.
M'LENN0N PRESIDENT
FRUITFUL SESSION CLOSES WITH
SELECTION OF GRAND JUNO
TIoN FOR NEXT MEETING.

Lafayette.-The Colorado State Fed
sration of Labor closed its four-day
session here Thursday by the election
of officers. John McLennon OF Den
yer, member of the United Mine Work
ers Of America. was elected president
receiving 50 votes. Mr.. Gross. fac
tory inspector OF Denver received 81
votes, and Philip J. DeVault, of the
Denver Musicians Union, II.
For financial secretary. William
Hickey of Denver received &C votes,
and George Means OF the Denver
typographical Union, 81. The five
vice-presidents who compose the ex,
ecutive committee. which was reduced
from ten to five. are C. Hosman of the
Denver Typographical Union. @. A.
Ross of Colorado Springs. Miss Mamie
Reamer OF the Denver Garment Work
srs' Union, John Salon Of the Denver
Structural Iron Workers, and p. A.
Wells OF Grand Junction.
Grand Junction received 72 votes for
the next meeting place to 40 for Colo
RADIO Springs. Grand Junction won
through 4 combination between the
United Mine Workers and the West
ern Slope men. in which the former
got the presidency for supporting the
latter for the meeting place.
The federation indorsed the indus
trial unionism plan. as well as the
plan presented by II. b. Perham.
eighth vice-president OF the American
Federation Of Labor and grand presi'
dent of the Order Of Railway Teleg.
rsphers. His idea is the formation OF
one immense union OF all laborers,
with each industry as q separate
branch.
Mrs. Forest of Chicago. who Is es'
tablishing working girls homes. ad
dressed the meeting in behalf OF n
home in Denver for working girls.
The plan is to furnish girls who are
working at low wages rooms at 81 per
week, and when they are out OF EN-
ployment give them their room rent
and enough work to keep them from
going into debt. Her plan was In
dorsed and she was given credentials
from the state organization so that she
can go before local organizations and
raise money for this purpose.
Delegate Brewer OF the Farmers
Tfpinu AlaunAaa uldracaad tho nagam.
bly, on plan for closer unity between
the Farmers Union. which has three
delegates present, and the other or
CARNATIONS. the object OF his union
being to eliminate the middlemen and
commission house in handling tho
produce OF the farmer.
The committee announced that there
was a balance of s23s in the fund
raised for use In recent labor troubles
and the convention decided to turn Il
over TO the Denver Trades Council. tc
be used in It's trouble in Denver.
A resolution was passed asking tn,
state TO form n bureau OF mines nnt
develop the coal on school land'
through the state. hiring nothing bu
union labor.
State Labor Commissioner Brak'
said the condition OF the uGskilled Ia
borer In Colorado today Is the wors
Il has been since the panic OF 1898
that many Japs and Greeks are work
Ing for as low as sl.25 and si.s5 day
under conditions that an American
would not stand. and that one Japan
ose employment agency In Denver ha
1000 Japs and 1880 Greeks wantini
work nj these low wages. He furtho
stated that the labor laws were no
being lived up to. but that II Ia almos
impossible to secure conviction Of vic
lators. as the laborors. through fear o
losing their Jobs. would not file aft
dnvits and testify lie said majorit
of the district attorneys over the stat
are unfriondly TO organized labor.