Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-01-22
Delegate Duncan Mcdonald
Declares American Fedora
ton Of Labor Is 'FoSsIIized,
Worn-Eaten and Dead,
INDUSTRIAL UNI0NISM
is STRONGLY URGED
Frank M, Ryan, Convicted Of
Transporting Dynamite II
legally Says One Law Is for
Rich and Another for Poor

10y MORNING JOURNAL 6FUCIAL lHhsrp WiHEl
indianapolis, Ind. Jan 21.--Attacks
on the American Federation Of Labor
cropped out i'm the convention Of the
United Mine Workers Of America dur
ing the debate on the resolutions COM
mittee today The speeches against
the federation were started by Dun
can Mcdonald, an Illinois labor leader
during the discussion of resolution
regarding industrial unionism
number Of resolutions dealing
with Industrial unionism. many of
them demanding convention for
April L. 1913, to consider the subject
were submitted to the committee. The
committee opposed the calling of the
convention and drafted "a substitute
resolution instructlng the delegates TO
the American Federation of Labor to
work for the passage of q resolution
providing for Industrial unionism
rather than crafts unIonism.
"lf any one can get a progressive
resolution through the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor. Mcdonald asserted,
"hc viii deserve monument. for he
will be as great man as Washington.
That body Is reactionary fosslli.ed,
Worm-eaten and dead
Mcdonald asserted. as delegate TO
The milne workers, he attended the See
attic convention of the federation and
was almost thrown out bodily for sup
porting d resolution favoring 'ndus-
Trial unionlsm.
The conditions In the American
Federation Of Labor are about as
Delegate Mcdonald has stated. said
President John p White. Of the min
.eIs SO far it has been impossible
to get an Industrial unionism resolu-
tion passed by that body The time
is coming. however. when the labor
leaders win have TO see that i'm indus
trial uuionIsm lies the only hope of
the labor movement in this country
Thomas Kennedy, of HazIeton. Pa
said that almost every delegate from
the miners to the federation in recent
years has been insulted in the con-
vention. "That organization is rotten
To the core he concluded
Despite the attuck ON the fedora
Ion. the committees sub-resolution
was adopted
Frank NJ. RYAN. president of the In
tcrnatlcnal Association of Bridge ~
Structural Iron Workers. who, with
Il number OF his associates. WAS con-
Yictcd in the federal court here ON
charges Of conspiracy to transport exc
plcsvcs illegally, addressed the con-
Eention
There seems 10 be two interprcta-
uons of the law-one for the power
ful capitalists and one for the labor
ing people. President RYAN said
"The capitalists combine and eonspire
to increase prices and the like, then,
when they are caught red-handcd
they are told to dissolve. go and sin
no more Not so with the laborine
people When we are charged with
conspiracy. they force us 10 take our
punishment
Ryan thanked the miners for The
moral and financial support they had
given the iron workers Nnd declared
that no act Of his past, present or
future, should make the union man
feel ashamed
The question Of transferring the
convention from this city WAS passed
over today without ripple The com.
mittee combined number Of resolu-
lions on this subject with a number OF
others relating to the erection Of 4
permanent headquarters building and
printing plant for the Mine Worker'
JounaL in one. and It was referred Il
a referendum vote OF the miners The
delegates said they did not want te
take the responsibility for placing q
100000 assessment on the members
The convention voted 10 appoint q
committee TO work in connection witt
/ the bureau of mines for fedora
mining law. or II that were unconsti
ltutional. for uniform mining laws il
states containing coal mines.
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