The Sentinel=record., 1913-11-22
NATIONAL LABOR BODY FAVORS WILSON'S PLAN OF SETTLING
 MEXICAN QUESTION.
PEACEFULLY IF POSSIBLE
But Would See the Administration Hands Free to Prosecute a War if Found Necessary by the Later Course Of Events.

Seattle, Wash, Nov. 2l-The Amer
 lcan Federation of Labor refused to.
 day to adopt a resolution condemnine armed intervention in Mexico on the
 ground that such intervention might
 be justifiable and desirable. The con.
 vention unanimously adopted the fol
 lowing resolution:
 The American Federation of Labor
 condemns attempts being made by
 American and foreign corporations
 and certain iingo newspapers to force | armed intervention by the United
 States government in Mexico and urges upon the president of the Unit
 ed States government the continu- ance of a policy looking to a peace. full adjustment of the conflict among the Mexican people and that the pres ident and secretary of the American i Federation of Labor be instructed to transmit the position of the fedora ton upon that matter to the president of the United States"
 John Mitchell took the floor and llbegged the convention not to hamper 1 President Wilson. While he was a
 peace advocate, he believed there were conditions that sometimes justi- | fled war within a nation and between nations.
 President Gompers said the subject 1 had taken much time of the execu- tive council. which had listened to | representations of both Mexican fac l tions and had had much correspond ence on the subject
 We are unconcerned in that con- test" he said, If it means displace. ment of an armed man like Diaz by another armed man"
 Mir. Gompers eulogized Madero de | nounced Huerta as an assassin and pointed out the importance of main taining the Monroe doctrine. He con 1 tinued.
 President Wilson has approached l this subject in a statesmanlike way. i He ought to strengthen his hands in l trying to find a peaceful solution of the problem, but l don't think we ought to enable Huerta to say organ | ized labor will not permit interven- tion and that he may go on with his | bloody record
 The main question was brought up after the convention had adopted a declaration in favor of international peace as follows:
 'It is not lack of love of country ! which prompts the toilers to protest against international fratricide but they are unwilling to be exploited or killed for the promotion of private or selfish ends.
 The constantly growing system of ! the international acceptance and rec ognition of trade union cards is an other influence that is quietly and surely creating fraternal spirit among workers of all lands. "Labor organizations the world over have committed themselves to the policy of international peaceE peace 1 with justice and honor in interna- tional politics as well as industry" Two resolutions indorsing Winston Spencer Churchill's proposal that the United States. Great Britain and Ger many discontinue warship constTuc- | ton for year were adopted The convention virtually declared war on the brick1ayers, masons and plasterers' international union, which is alleged to have made an agree, ment with the Nationar Association of Marble Dealers by which the union undertakes to do work properly be ] longing to the marble workers. The 1 bricklayers are not affiliated with the American Federation of Labor.
 The fight between the marble workers and bricklayers has resulted ] in strikes in Milwaukee, Lexington Ky, and elsewhere, and threatens tt involve the whole building trade. The federation's executive councl was instructed Ito take such actioI as will insure the control of the set ting of marble and stone in the Tn
 terior of buildings to the lntern9uona | Association of Marble Workers. City and state bodies under the fed
 eration's jurisdiction were instTucte'
 to expeI all bricklayers and masons
 local unions within 30 days after tn
 close of the convention.
 The jurisdictional dispute betwee the steam engineers and longshor'
 men over the steam shovel an dredgemen, fhich has been before tn