The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-07-25

the laws in their making and opera.
ttop. have found that every com
pulsory arbitration law has always led
to the degradsti Of the worker.
Take for example the laws OF Eng.
land believe .sin voluntary arbitra-
ton, when = decision can ibe reached
which is fair to both parties, but Il.
have Sopposed IN the halls of the leg
Sislature all laws looking toward com
pulsory arbitration Tor the reasons I
haze stated .'' 2*5 81. ,s5
:. Committees Appointed
Is Following Mr. Weber,s address, a
motion sWas made for; the appointment
OF 9 committee on credentials and the
following were named John Gibson,
Appleton; p. e. Case, Fond du lac;
crank King, Madison; j.. r. Melms,
Milwaukee,; 4 Peter Jensen, Oshkosh;
Fred Kneyers. She eboygan, and j. p.
;Clemans, Superior. During the COM
mittee's absence in verifying the Gre.
dentials, speakers were called upon. :
John q. Carney Of Detroit, repre-
senting the International organization
OF tobacco workers made an appeal
to the union men to use none but
union made tobacco. He stated that
because Of the powerful combination
Of the American Tobacco company,
that trust controls eighty seven per
cent OF the sale OF manufactured to-
bacco, and he urged the adoption OF a
resolution which called upon union
men to use no tobacco not bearing the
union label, Mr.. Carney passed out
souvenir mirrors bearing the admoni-
fi0n lOo1ra frsarss %S,.a 70 !, q, gt :
The convention then got down to
the real work Of the session, The va
rious committees on credentials, rules
and order, report OF the secretary and
treasurer, report Of the, general or
Eanizer, resolutions, legislation, laws.
fraternal relations building trades,
etc,. were 2 ann i nounced after which talks
we're heard from various representa-
tiyes Of fsorsanized labor and the fra
ternal delegates.. 5z s,is%.: /
Mrs. Dinah Wolf Of Chicago repre-
senting the off icial organ Of the Wo-
mems Trade Union League was intro
duced. Mrs. Wolf in speak king ef the
aims and spnposes &c the erganization
and the ma sine said ssRpmen un-.
AsKnain men dn yertous acttyiti tieses
| HE ontx 9scause hey are ,nQt .nEEan-
led and that 1son " siby organization
lean they be placed in 4 aposition where
they can demand equal wages sSith
men for. the same kind Of work.
s In Speaking Of a personal expert
ence she had at Davenport Ia; she
stated that, omen clerks were paid
only $4!60 q week and to verify that
statement she made application for a
! position. II She waA offered $3.50 A
week. although she had been employ
ed in s6essiniilar capacity -at Chicago
for two years. ~ . 1=> ~.
! When she protested that she could
not live on $3.50 week, the employ
er said he knew that and for that rea-
son the store employed only girls
who lived at home !. She explained
that Chicago was her home and asked
what was paid to girls in the office
department at, Davenport. She said
no reply was made to that question
direct but it was stated that it cost
about $3.50 "a week for. living sex-
penses ;a.sl ss sss.
Through the efforts Of the women's
union Organization. she said, Illinois
had passed q ten hour working law for
women and at Rock Island, just
across from Davenport, clerks are now
employed only ten hours, while at
Davenptrf the low wages still contin-
ue and clerks work until $3.50 o'clock
in the evening. She said women have
taken employment In all but eight
avocatioffs of men and that they are
/ obliged to work for less money than
men. unless they can. be unionized
4 That was one Of the things Life and
Labor is trying to do, she said, and
the women back of it not only work
for their own betterment but give aid
to men in their struggle for better
conditions. Mrs. Wolf / was heartily
EApplaudcd at the end az her address
/ which speech was marked. by its sim.
plicity and apparent honesty Of pur-
pose. s: ss*sS 81
Committees Appointed.
4 The credentials committee then
made its report, which 1 showed the
mum Der OF accredited delegates to be
4 f24 with $50 votes. Trades and labor
Iccuncils represented were: Appleton
!; EauC1atre, Fond du lac Green Bay
Kenosha, Madison, Manitowoc, Nil.
i lMsukee, Oshkosh. Racine, Sheboygan
y su psrior.5 Watertown and Wausau
4 The slAtes federation had two repre-.
sentatiYes. ] Weber and J.. ]
! Handley. "a permanent organization
Was then made, at which F. ~. Weber
was chosen perm anent chairman and
VNAlter Fisher s. IS selected as assist.
ant secretary. sg A.:
Following the election OF +. j. Web
4 Ter as permanent chairman Of the ses,
4 Il sion, It was decided to nd djourn to e
o'clock ii; the sftsrnoon in order te
! give him, an opp tunity TO name hil
committed N .#$
The session hen. adjourned unit
THURSDAY q lofning tp allow the vari
Il Gus committees to- take up their re
Il spScttye work and act upon the sever
tal reports and resoi intions which wer,
4 presented to the convention se
The Conn1nitt lee s. beiHgs announce.
4 at at the afternoon sesslo On, they wer'
q assigned TO their: tspeckive work an,
n Immediately OH rgala ixse
sfsts F1rst lloslrd of ure. @
ThS euterta inlnelt edlI sil; e. whiel
was eaasd5 ~ 4. itxf SfS Oshkosl
aAhos,A I'll the sprep,lala'