United labor bulletin., 1913-04-10

| The trade union organizations making
up the federation are the Blacksmlths,
Machinists and Helpers, Boilermakers,
Carmen, Patternmakers, Sheet Metal
Workers, Pipefitters and Electricians.
While some of the minor organizations
are not affiliated directly. they have rep
resentation in the conference now being
held at the hall of the International AS
sociation of Machinists, local No. AZ, at
503 Club building
Among those who attended the meet
ing in Denver for the consideration OF
the scale increase, which began last
week were General President J. w.
Kline of the international Union OF
Blacksmiths and Helpers, Walter Ames,
vice president of the International Asso-
citation of Machinists; Martin F. Ryan,
general president of the Railway Carmen
of America: j. A. Franklin, general pres
ident of the International Brotherhood
of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbnilders and
Helpers Of America. and c. Nicholson of
Salt Lake City, member of the executive
board of the International Association OF
Machinists.
The schedule committee. which has
arranged the demands of the federated
shop employees and which will have
charge OF all negotiations until they are
| brought to fruition. is composed OF sew
enteen men, representing the organiza-
! tions named above. which compose the
federation. The committee follows:
Blacksmiths-H C. Hoagland. Ala
mosa. Colo: c. c. Nagle. Salida, Colo;
Samuel Nichols. Denver.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Creesh. Pueblo.
Colo: A. A. Duncan, Alamosa, Colo;
II. Hammond. Denver
Machinists-Thomas Walsh. Denver,
w. H.-Bailey. Salt Lake. Utah; W. E
Meders. Grand Junction. Colo.
Machinists Helpers tafiliated with the
International Association of Machinists)
Thomas Malone. Pueblo. Colo.
Sheet Metal workers-Martin Abell,
Denver: H NJ Regenbrecht, Denver;
Ernest Bridge. Salt Lake City, Utah
Carmen-E F. Brown. Pueblo: Fred
Mills. Jr. Midvale, Utah; G. W. Sanders,
, Denver.
Patternmakers-Lee Brayton. Denver.
Electricians-H. A Hanks. Denver.
or this committee Thomas Walsh OF
the Machinists was elected chairman and
Martin Abel of the Sheet Metal Work
ers secretary. Both men are from Den
yer. and both capable officials.
Walter Ames will remain in Denver
until all negotiations are ended. Messrs.
Ryan and Franklin left the city Sunday
for Kansas City. Mo. while President
Kline left this week for Williamsport,
Pa. to attend the funeral of a brother.
William p. Harmon. vice president Of
.s7 International Association OF Machin.
lists. who stopped In Denver last week,
left Sunday for Portland. Ore, where he
goes on business for his Organization
The Federated Shop EmRsoyes Of the
ID. & r. G. system is a Youthful organiz-
alton. but the men at the helm are
skilled in the work of organizing and OF
educatiofs and 1t is to the heads of the
great Organizations composing this fed
er.ts.on that much credit is due. While
file organization is the most successful
of any yet organized for industrial war
fare or industrial peace, yet 1t is only
blazing the trail for the greater things
in organization and industrial unionism
that are to follow II the federation is
governed sanely. and IL its operations
are timely and we'll considered. 1t will
hut teach a lesson TO the employees on
the Illinois Central. on the New York
Central on the Hartman system and on
the other systems that will ultimately
bring them into one organization and
this will either lift the railway employees
out OF the predicament into which years
of division has plunged them, or II VIII
hiring the railroads under government
ownership with the same result ultimate
| ly Eained.
The success of the federation on the
| n. q r. G. System is not only being
watched by the government and by ms