The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-06-21
ST. CLOUD CONVENTION as
WAS GREATEST IN HIS.
y TORY OF THE STATE
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| on the table, and an effort by Dele
gate Mayo, from the Minneapolis
Trades and Labor assembly, to secure
the floor on question of PERSONAL
privilege, which he refused to state,
was ruled out of order.
Appointment of Committees =.
President Hall then announced the
Numbers Of the committees provided
for by the constitution. p. j. Hogan.
from the Minneapolis Painters union,
| was appointed sergeant at arms, and
P. J. Sherer. from the st. Cloud
Painters union, assistant. John r..
Turner from the Minneapolis Struct-
ural Iron Workers union, was named
as assistant secretary. 4.
Father O'Mahoney.
i On motion it was unanimously or
dered that Rev. J. J. O'Mahoney,
be invited: to attend and address the
convention. He, gave the convention
at Brainerd last year great pleasure
and profit in an address he delivered
to it.
Severa! resolutions were introduced
and referred to the appropriate com
mittees, after which the convention
adjourned to 2 o'clock p. m.
Afternoon Session.
Almost the whole of the afternoon
session was consumed by the read
ing and adoption of the report of
the committee on rules and order Of
business, the reading of the reports
of President Hall and Secretary-Treas-
urer McEwen and an address on CO.
operative action by the labor unions
and the farmers organizations deliv-
cred by Magnus Brown of Farmers
Vile, Mimi, president Of the Mime
sofa Wool Growers association. The
reports of the president and secre-
tary were referred to the committee
on officers reports. At night there
was a long street parade participated
in by the delegates to the convention
and the st. Cloud unions. The dele
gates were nearly all in line, and the
st. Cloud unions turned out in great
force, making the parade one of the
largest and most striking ever seen
in the city. The exercises Of the day
ended with a grand convention ball
after the parade.
Fraternal greetings and good wishes
were received from Charles P. Ford,
international secretary Of the Brother
hood OF Electrical Workers. whose
headquarters are SpFlHSHelQ, III.
Farmers for Cooperation.
Masnus Brown, Pennington, rresi-
dent of the Minnesota Wool Growers
association. addressed the convention at
to a cordial invitation for the purpose.
| His theme was Incorporation Between
! Labor Unions and Farmers Orgahiza-
tons and he handled it in manner
ment and was profitable. to them. He
strongly advocated unity of effort on
the part of the two classes of work.
ers, and was positive in his declaration
living, and was the only way In which
to deal with 1t. Mr.. Brown pointed out
clearly that low wages and long hours
on on the a!.,t farm Fn were driving the boys to
! thereby making them constantly in
creasing menace to the workmen al
ready in the cities.
At the conclusion of his address Mr..
| Brown was given rising: vote =. of
thanks, elected a fraternal delegate to
! the convention from the Wool Growers
association and added to the commit
tee on resolutions, all by unanimous
! consent.
! Several more resolutions were intro
duced and referred to the proper COM
mittees, after which the convention ad-
journcd to Tuesday morning at 2
o'clock.
TUESDAYS DOINGs.
I Morning Session.
prayer by Rev. F.. W. Hill, pastor of the
First Methodist Episcopal church.
Treatment Of Miners Censured.
Delegate Harthill, Minneapolis, moved
that the secretary be instructed to send
telegram in the name Of the conven-
ton to the governor Of West Virginia
protesting against the brutal treatment
of the striking miners by the mine
owners and militia of that state. The
! motion was unanimously adopted with
out discussion.
Talk Harmony and Foment Diacord.
ton, having seen that the gathering
was three to one against it in make
up, resolved itself into solid COM
mittee of obstruction. and sought by
j every means a its command to humili-
ate and discredit the officers Of the
State Federation, find fault with it's
policy and stir up strife among It's de-
duced flood of resolutions, in which
they proposed to amend the constitu-
ton to provide for the election Of the
auditing and credentials committee
ton city; to elect the officers OF the
Federation by referendum vote Of the
afhliated unions; to deprive the presi-
! elect all committees by a referendum
vote, and to numerous other things, all
as radical and impracticable as these
and all doomed to ing1orious defeat
! the conventions extended to sessions Of
! a week or ten days in order to do away
! with the executive council: that is, I'M
less it can get control of the council
and run it. Yet, members of that fac
| tion are all the time preaching har-
mony and deploring dissension and
| personal chickering's.
| Auditing Committee Reports.
The auditing committee reported that
it had examined the books and accounts
Of the secrstary-treasurer, ana had
found them correct, with every expen-
diture supported by a proper voucher.
the bank book corresponding in all par:
! ticulars with the printed financial
statement Of the condition Of the treas
ury distributed among the members,
and the reported balance in the bank to
the credit Of the several funds duly GER
tided az being there by the officials of
that institution. The report was &C.
cepted and ordered placed on file. -.
Reports Of Committees.
The committee on resolutions re-
ported through its chairman. II. W:
Goetzinger. that resolutions s. II, and
- had been considered by the COM
mittee.
Resolution No. recommended that
sympathy be extended to the striking