The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-25
DEBATED ON
WORK HOURS
FOR WOMEN
Question as to Whether an
Eight Hour or Nine Hour
Law Is Best, Provoked
Much Talk.
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ed that the federation go on record
az fayoring the establishment OF
state penal farm.
Resolutions asking that the follow
ing concerns be placed on the unfair
list were INTRODUCED: Atkins Saw
Manufacturing company, Indianapolis;
Packard and Bond pianos, manufactur-
ed at Fort Wayne; Heilman Machine
Works, and the George S. Mesker
works, both of Evansville.
The Central Labor Union, of Elk
hart, asked that the proceedings of the
State Federation be printed on union
made paper.
Many Resolutions.
Other resolutions asked that the
federation favor equal suffrage; the
enactment of law compelling inspec-
ton of plumbing in cities of more
than 1900 inhabitants; that union
men buy only tobacco with the label;
the prevention of women confined in
public institutions working on ladders
on the exterior of the institutions
above the first story; regulations OF
shot firing in the mines of the state;
free text books in the public schools;
weekly pay for miners; the adoption
Of appliances to prevent emory dust
from reaching the lungs of polishers;
inspection of elevators by the state;
an expenditious manner of examining
credentials of the delegate to the
state federation; the prohibition of pri-
vate detective detective associations
operating and maintaining offices in
Indiana; bi-weekly payments of wages
by the railroads; licenses of employees
on steam boilers; one woman factory
inspector; and acceptance of indus
trial organizations into the ranks of
the state federation.
A resolution was presented urging
unions not to indorse candidates for
political offices, and to insist that can
didates support organized labor. One
resolution asked that constitutional
convention be called to draft a new
state constitution to be referred to the
people for a referendum vote. The
placing Of the old age system of pen
sions of companies under state and
federal supervision was urged in a
resolution.
One union presented resolution
asking that no person hereafter be
seated as delegate who does not wear
at least three garments that bear the
union label.
Ask An Explanation.
Chester Horn, of Logansport, pre-
sented a resolution asking that Albert
J. Beveridge, Progressive candidate
for governor explain within ten days
after the acceptance of the resolution
why he has not forced the Spietz and
Worch company, cigarmakers of De
troit, Michigan, from making cigar
which bears his name. The resolution
alleges that children are employed in
the factory and calls attention to the
many COMBINATIONS of child labor by
Mr.. Beveridge. D. H. Hottinger, a
delegate of the Carpenters union
from Anderson, Interrupted the read
ing of resolution, saying that the con
vention could not hear political reso
luton. He was overruled by the chair
A. McAndrew, president of the To
bacco Workers International union
addressed the convention today urging
that union men use tobacco prepared
by union men.
Miss Nellie Abshire and Miss Iva
Hill were introduced to the convention
They are members of the corset max
ers' union of Kalamazoo, Mich, which
has been shut out of the plant of /,
corset making establishment there
Miss Hall detailed the history of tn,
strike, saying that the company re
fused to accept SIS per week mini
mum wage and had seven girls ar