Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-21
Proposition Will Be Taken
Up at Baltimore Convea.
ton of Federation Today.
LABOR RECOMMENDS
IGNORE INJUNCTIO.NS
Federation Says That Restraining Or.
d"rs. Based on Dictum That Labor
Is property. Should BE Disregard
ed Regardless Of Consequences.

Baltimore, Cov. N0-Affiliation If
ire four railroad brotherhoods with
t"e American Federation of Labor as
Separate body, was regarded as
more than a possibility tonight nv
influential federation leaders. It was
reported on reliable authority that
representatives of the railways de-
farlment of the federation had been
IN conference with officials of the
prolherhoods, looking TO this end.
TWO separate organizations of rail-
way employees, with a membership in
inc federation that would give them
the support of the organized labor
! FORCES OF the country, in any effort TO
| advance the interests OF all organized
railway workers, was the plan, ac.
eordlng to information obtained to-
nlght. 1t has been arranged that
presidents of the four brotherhoods
snail place their cause tefore the fed
Grafton tomorrow morning.
The council has already reported
that the brotherhoods were assured
OF the support and co operation of
the American Federation of Labor in
their struggle" for the cight-hour daJ.
There can he no temporary amalga-
nation Of organizations affiliated with
the federation and unaffiliated bottles,
however, a federation official de.
clared. He pointed GU. that the con-
stitution of the American Federation
OF Labor did not permit such amalga-
nation.
The only reference to possibility of
civilization Of the brotherhoods with
the federation coming from President
Gompers was late today, at the close
of a three hour debate over what
seemed to be an 1nimportant matter
President Gompers said there was in
volved, however, the principle of COM
association as against vollin
tary association in the federation. On
the principle Of voluntary association,
he said, the federation had grown and
thrived, and had the old principle Of
remained in force, brick
layers, machinists AMI other strong
unions would never have affiliated
He paused a moment, and then asked:
EDO you think that il we go back
to compulsion it will induce the rail-
way brotherhoods TO become affiliat-
ed? Is it not more likely to drive
them away from us?"
Several resolutions in favor Of
eight-hour day are being
considered by the federation commit
tee on resolutions, and one of them is
expected to be reported to the fedora
ton tomorrow.
TO Disobey Court Injunction.
The federation today recommended
that any injunction deal
ing with the relations between en-
ployers and employees, and based on
the dictum that labor is property
should be disregarded, "let the con-
sequences be what they may"
The action was taken when the fed
grafton adopted report Of the ex-
scutive council committee, dealing
with the decision Of the Massachu-
sets supreme court. classifying labor
rs property.
The convention also adopted
resolution urging labor to make the
injunction question "the paramount
ssues in all their future political ac-
ivities."
A resolution was adopted register
ng the declarations unrelenting OPP
position to any scheme or system
which deEies freedom Of speech,
,ress or showing of motion pictures
when based on facts"