The Detroit times., 1914-11-10
COMPERS' FOES
HAVE NO CHANCE
TODISLODCE HIM
Count of Noses Shows Two
Thirds of Labor Delegates
Favor Chief
COLORADO TROUBLE
THRESHED OUT TODAY
Resolution Demanding Federal
Control of Mines To Be
Presented
BY JOHN EDWIN NEvIN.
lStan Correspondent United Press.)

| b1 SOdS EDhiN NbfAN.
lStaf Correspondent United Press.)
| PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 10.-The
women workers Of the nation. skilled
and unskilled. are being unionized'
This was revealed strikingly at TO-
days session OF the annual conven.
ton OF the American Federation OF
Labor. .
In the mass of statistics which COW
cred the years operations Of the great
labor organization was significant
paragraph. II showed that during the
last year l.467. $50 members OF organ
izen labor cor Ltributed each one cent
for organization of the women. And
with this money defraying expenses.
Is organizers are in the field.
They are bringing into union labor's
ranks school teachers, furriers. stenog-
raphars, muE workers. candy makers,
nurses trained and domestic, and their
assistants.
Another one-act assessment which
brought splendid fruit was that to
fight the noted Danbury hatters de-
cision against labor. For this fund
ss.073.29 was raised In penny contrtbu-
tons.
The federation started work with q
will today, II agreed that union
hours" shall prevail only for the SEES
sion itself. and that the committees
shall work overtime. Session Of the
convention proper will be held from
$3.50 until $3.50. while tn committees
will meet before and after the regular
business meetings.
Because none Of the committees
were ready with any business only q
short session was held. II was fea-
tured by addresses by representative
Of the American Society for the Study
and Prevention OF tuberculosis.
President Gompers issued the fol
lowing message to the workers OF the
United States:
Holding its thirty-fourth annual
convention In Philadelphia, the city
In which the Declaration OF Indepen-
dence was given to the world. the
American Federation OF Labor sends
q message OF fraternity and good will
to the working men OF America The
doors of our union are thrown wide
open. inviting all wage-earners to en-
ter and join with us In the effort TO
protect and promote the rights. In
terests and general welfare, not only
Of the workers themselves. but Of all
our people.
ITO intelligently. earnestly and un-
selfshly strive for q better life for
all, exalts and enables and assures
the triumph Of the cause Of human
ity."
II became apparent today that the
foes of Samuel Gompers have no
chance for unseating him as head Of
the federation. A count Of noses
showed fully two-thirds of the dele
gates opposed TO his removal.
The Colorado situation will be
threshed out on the floor Of the con-
vention. Delegates from the mine
workers announced today that they
will press o resolution demanding
that the government take over and
operate the mines.
They win point to the government
planned railroad In Alaska as a prec-
edent for their demands. The ma
jority Of the delegates SO far ap-
preached have expressed their ap-
proval Of such q plan, and IL is ex-
pected that the resolution will be In
vorably reported from committee.
The convention got down to busi-
ness today when 1t began considera-
ton OF the jurisdictional disputes In
volving many Of the trades unions.
The first dispute considered was that
between the Brotherhood of Carpen-
ters and the metal workers over fur
isdiction in connection with the in
stallation Of metal trimmings In build