The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-11
Al Neiss. President of Fedora
ton of Labor, Candidate for
Tribune Prize.
W0RkINGMEN WANT PIANO
FOR THEIR NEW HONE
Federation Making Prepara-
tons for Labor Day and
Fall Campaign.

The Federation of Labor OF Salt Lake
City made Al Nciss. president OF the or
Sanzation. Its candidate In Tho Tribune
and Telegram contest at its meeting tri-
day night The federation is now raising
fund TO build labor temple, and a
piano will be one OF the ncccssarios In
that temple President Neiss is the cam
dldate of the wage earners TO try 10 win
The $500 piano, one Of the prizes offered
by The Tribune and Telegram, and which
Will be turned over 10 the federation. III.
A. Andrews. who Is In cnarSe OF the
contest department. was present at the
meeting and explained the plan to those
present. Every coupon from The Trib-
uue or the Telegram filed Tor President
Neiss counts 1000 votes for him and l0po
votes for the federation. OF course this
applies TO any other organization, ira
tcrnal order or society-all may enter
The federation is already preparing for
Labor day and also for the fall CAM
Daign. A communication was read from
the Building Trades council stating that
the following committee had been elect
ed TO work in conjunction with the icd :
GRAFTON committee 10 make arrangements
for the Labor day celebration and pa
rade: Messrs. Dunsby, Munsey and os-
borne.
Some Objection.
Some objection was raised to the coun-
Gil taking the initiative in this matter, as
Labor day programmes arc supposed To
be the prerogativc of the federation a
representative of the trades council said
that II took n large part in the day. s
proceedings. and believed 1t is entitled
10 a share of the profits. This difficulty:
however, was overcome, after some de-
bate, and the following committee was
named by the federation to act with the
trades council committee: a. T.. Harvey,
chairman: Abe Martin. B. NJ. Greenwood,
John Osborne and William Pickering;
M Pull Frpal loc uIg IgT st n a. n
in its communication that it had named
tho following as a campaign committee to
work with the federation committee:
Mcssrs. DoNcy. Dunsby and Greenwood
The e? mpalsn committee OF the fedora :
ton consists of A. II. Harvey, III. 7. Liv-
sey and T.. t., Cul-rle.
President Neiss and A.. f. Harvey made
report on the meeting held at the Com
mercal club A few nights ago, urging
lower coal rates. and the labor mon
pledged their support 10 the movement.
w. F. Ramsey urged the members or the
organization to pa,roniZe the Common
veal Supply company. which has been
established on West Temple street, where
groceries can be bought at n less price
than at any other store, he said.
Anarchists Widow Talks.
Mrs Lucy Parsons, widow of Albert
X. Parsons. one of the seven Chicago an
archists who were executed IN that city
in November, 1887, and who was A mem
Der OF the Chicago Typographical union
briefly addressed the meeting and sold
"A number OF books giving details of the
incidents leading up TO tho trial and cX-
ccution of the men.
The Tribune and Telegram contest mat
ter then came up for discussion, and on
motion of \. T. Harvey President Neiss
was made the candidate OF the federation.
In the course OF the discussion III. NJ.
Lciberthal said that when the retail
clerks were making their fight for the
early closing Saturdays The Tribune and
Telegram were the papers that gave the
movement the greatest support, and
labor men should now support those pa
pers and the people should help the clerks
by shopping carly.