Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-15
LABOR MEET ENDS
Election of Officers Closes
Cumberland Session.
IN HAGERSTOWN NEXT YEAR
Only One Delegate Votes to Take It
to Baltimore.
WILEY GETS ENDORSEMENT
Federation Goes on Record in Sup
port of Agricultural Depart
ment Chief Chemist.
WILEY GETS ENDORSEMENT
ncciai DiSnatch TO Tho star.

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The seventh annual convention of the
| Maryland State and District OF Columbia
Federation of Labor adjourned this morn
ing to meet next year in Hagersto"h'
which received fifty EIGHT votes to one for
| Baltimore.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing wear: President. John II. Fer
guson. Baltimore; first vice president.
Hugh D. Digney, incumbent. Washing
tom second vice president. w. S. Pierce
Baltimore: third vice president. l.. A.
Stearne, Washington; fourth vice presi-
dent j. " Helker, Baltimore: fifth vice
president, Miss l.. G. Trax of the Wom-
ans Trades Union League of Maryland.
Baltimore; secretary treasurer. George
NJ Henderson, incumbent. Baltimore: fra
ternal delegates to the American Fedora
ton of Labor convention at Atlanta. Ga,
George Myers, Washington.
Nearly all the delegates left for their
| homes this afternoon Delegates Clark
and Ryan of the plate printers union.
| Washington. expressed themselves as
| greatly pleased at what had been done
by the convention in the interest of the
| plate printers and in maintaining the IN
tegrity of the government securities.
| Delegate Mckenna of the Central LABOR
Union. Washington. is also pleased III
| ing matters of general and public interest
i'm the District of Columbia had passed.
especially the taNicab and the universal
| transfer questions President Grant OF
| Plate Printers Local No. :. Washington,
will go to the American Federation of La
Dor convention. Atlanta, as a delegate.
DR.. Wiley Is Upheld.
DR.. Harvey W. Wiley came in for COM
mendation in the following resolution,
signed by John II. Ferguson and john
T. Costello of Baltimore:
Whereas DR.. Harvey W. Wiley, chief
of the bureau of chemistry of the Agrl-
cultural Department. has been the great
est exponent of the pure food and drug
act law which was passed by Con
| gress for the purpose of protecting the
| neople of the country from those who
would profit upon the lives and health of
| their fellows. and
| Whereas there is an effort on the
part of certain officials to discredit DIR.
Wiley and to aid those who wish to VIC
late the law by the sale of impure 1000
and drugs; therefore, be 1T
| Resolved. That the Maryland State
and District of Columbia Federation OF
Labor i'm convention assembled. enters
it's protest and unreienting opposition
against all those yiolators of the pure
food and drug act who are undoubtedly
at the bottom of the persecution OF Ut.
| Wiley, who has in our opinion acquitted
himself as a benefactor to humanity; and
be it
| Further resolved, That we send a
copy of these resolutions to the PRESIDENT
of the United States and the committee
of expenditures of the Agricultural De-
partment of the House of Representa-
tives of the United States. advising the
President and the committee of our ac-
ton in this matter
/ Power Presses Opposed.
John H. Ferguson of Baltimore Typo
graphical Union, No. l., offered a reso-
luton of protest which was supplement-
AIRY to the resolution passed Wednesday,
| protesting against the passage of the
| paragraph of the Smoot bill, pending i'll
the United States Senate. substituting
| power presses for hand presses in the
printing of currency. The resolution
| passed.
p. Oswald Weber of Cumberland sue
cceded in putting the convention on rec
ord in favor of an amendment to the
charter of the city of Cumberland calling
for the initiative, referendum and right
of recall Thomas Brennan of Baltimore
backed Mr.. Weber. He declared he had
made close study of the local conditions
i'm Cumberland and thought the people
| should have the privilege of recalling
their commissioners.
The resolution of C. IL. Adams of the
| United Brotherhood of Carpenters of
| Washington looking to securing suffrage
for citizens of the District of Columbia
| was adopted after discussion by several
| delegates.
The resolution of Delegate Brennan of
! Baltimore. aimed at the Anti-Saloon
| League asking the federation TO use its
best efforts to prevent any legislation
/ that tended to interfere with the liquor
/ traffic of Maryland was adopted, with the
| amendment because of the effect 1t
| would have on other trades.
The convention voted that Secretary
| Henderson send a telegram of sympathy
| To Delegate Schilling of Baltimore, who
| is i'll with typhoid fever.
The committee reported favorably on
The, compensation act" which is of di-
| rect interest to government employees.
For Compensation Act.
The convention adopted the resolution
of /, 4. Sternc of Washington, which
hedges the federation to do its utmost
toward organizing the stenographers,
bookkeepers and typewriters OF Maryland
and the District of Columbia, of whom
# is estimated there are nearly 100000,
The convention also voted to support
tho efforts of the Women's Trades Union
League in organizing the woman workers
of Maryland
The matter of raising defense money
for the McNamaras was referred to the
incoming executive board. as was also
the matter of requiring unions to affiliate
with the state federation. the executive
board to notify the national BODY IL the
law is not complied with.
The constitution of the state federation
was changed. making the time of the
annual meeting the third Monday in Au-
gust, also permitting the admission OF
any labor organization into the state
| body not connected with the American
| Federation of Labor, except seceders or
those suspended.
The finance and ways and means COM
mittee reported on the matter of flnanc-
ing the organization. Dues are to be paid
b-monthly. Organizations of less than
fifty members and central bodies conf
prising less than twenty unions, 81 hi
monthly: more than fifty and less than
Sl.E. S1..D bimonthly; more than lao and
less than 80. and central bodies and
| trade district councils. 81 III 2-3 bimonthly:
more than 80. s. bin, thly. The report
| was adopted.
The reports of the label committee ask
ing that all members Of the federation
see that bread used at their homes or
boarding houses has the union label and