The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-06-22
GREATEST CONVENTION
OF UNION LABOR
Continued from Pare 1,

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ings bank law that the government
may do general banking business.
Objected to piece work, contract
stopwatch, Taylor and other obnox-
1ous systems for speeding up.
Favored spending money with
merchants and employers who were
1rlndly to organized labor.
Expressed confidence in President
Gompers and the executive council
Of the American Federation of Labor
Asked the passage Of the Clayton
Injunction limitation, bill.
Asked the repeal Of the law au-
-tnorlzlng the state board of elec-
tr1city and licensing electricians,
Recommended establishing indus
trial boards for the protection of
wage earning women and children.
Favored law compelling en-
ployers to pay wages without the
necessity Of a discount.
ADOPTED draft Of minimum
wage bill to be presented to the
legislature
Condemned the action of certain
papers in locking out their pressmen.
Recommended that all organized
bodies carry a greater strike fund
separate from other funds and that
the American Federation of Labor
double its present strike fund.
"A telegram was read from Oscar
Arneson, chief clerk of the house of
representatives, stating that he re-
GREETED that it was too late to intro
duce the semi-monthly payday bill
tn1s session under the constitution.
but the house by vote expressed good
wishes for the labor men and the
nope that it will be able to enact the
desired law early in the regular ses-
sion.
Ihe telegram also contained tho
Information that the house had
passed unanimously the Campbell
child labor bill and it was now a,
law,
The following, telegram was re-
ceiVed from Frank Morrison, the Sec
rotary of the American Federation
or Labor: "On behalf of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor I extend
1raternal greetings to the officers and
delegates in convention assembled
ana express the .sincere hope that
your deliberations will materially aid
your organization in successful,v
prosecuting it's work in the cause If
labor
Inc committee on officers reports
agreed with the president that too
inuch aid cannot be given by the fed
eratlon to women and children and
that more good can be accomplished
by Strengthening the weaker union.
than by allowing them to shift for
tAeli1selVes and organizing new
unions. They recommended the
Union Forward movement and the
establishing Of a cooperative league
"h1ch Will be Of great benefit to the
producer and consumer, thus elm
mating the middleman They agreed
with the secretary treasurer that the
legislature should extend the appli-
cation Of the present law regarding
the hours of labor in the ennplov-
ment of women and children to all
classes of labor, and the hours of
LABOR be changed from 5S-hour
week to an S-hour day. They asked
Tor the support of the minimum
wage bill and agreed with the secre-
tary-treasurer in regard to outlining
a program of political action. The
initiative and referendum were en-
dorsed.
The committee further commended
IN the highest terms the officers of
the federation. Their reports were
conclusive evidence that the dele
gates to the twenty ninth convention
had made no mistake electing them.
At 1880 Wednesday the tlirtfeth
annual convention of the Minnesota
state Federation Of Labor concluded
Its session in Brainerd, closing the
largest and one of the most har-
monious gatherings ever held. After
the consideration of resolutions.
nominations were declared in order
Tor president of the state federation.
N. C.~O'Connor of Minneapolis nomi-
mated E. G. Hall of Minneapolis, and
n. w. Goetzinger seconded it. Dele
gate Harthill nominated w. A. Raw
son. president of Trades and Labor
assembly of Minneapolis. Daniel e.
Smith of Minneapolis seconded it.
The vote gave r. G.. Hall 142 and w.
A. Rawson 81.
Patrick Hogan of minneapolis
nominated W. E. McEwen of Duluth
as OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and it was
seconded by Peter Junger of St. Paul.
Tallyss S1nton of Minneapolis nomf.
mated f. A. Hawk of Minneapolis
and it was seconded by Ernest was-
ner of Minneapolis. McEwen polled
~ votes and Hawk So. .. Motion
carried to bar nominating speeches.
For vice president of the First dis
tr1ct, c.. G. Jensen of st. Paul re-
ceived 104 and George Fischer "a. ~
i The selection of the vice president
In the Second district was left to the
executive committee. M
Louis, Hallenberger of Red wing
vas unanimously reelected as vice
president of the Third district 4
IT There was a contest In the. Fourth
& district all cand idates being Sc. Paul
m. men Axel n Peterson 81. ST, paul
AWaR elecfa n. an ii 11na "A ,.<s III. M