New-York tribune., 1919-01-16
Win
At Meeting to
Free Mooney
Cain Upper Hand at After
noon Session; Ask Debs
to Talk and Bar Italians

staff Correspondence
CHICAGO, Jan. 15.-After defeating
the. ultra-radicals on three distinct
propositions this morning, the Mooney
labor conference this afternoon. by
practically unanimous vote refused to
allow the Italian labor delegates to
appear before the convention and in
vltsd Eugene Y. Debs to besits guest
Just as the votes OF the morning
particularly the defeat of James H
Maurer, Of Pennsylvania, for chair-
man, were hailed as indicating that the
conservative element was in full con-
troll, the vote of this afternoon is
interpreted as meaning that those vino
would use the meeting 20 launch a
nationwide Bolsbevik movement are
on top
+. d. Nolan and his associates. VINO
called the conference. insist that thcy
ere SILL in control and that on roll,
call they can show more than a com
1ortable, majority for holding it clear
ol anything akin to Rolshevism or an
afchy. They hope, they say, t. put
through the Mooney programme and
then force an adjo1rnment, leaving tine
| radicals to bold convention Of shci,
own Of go home
They further say the vote 70 invite
Dsbs. who is Inder conviction of VIC.
iating tie espionage law, was a purely
sentimental expression ana that the
veteran aeitator will not be able to
appear.
Delegates VINO have led in tie. fcht
on the "reds" declare Nolan and 1is
associates are trying to stand j.. With
the legitimate trade unonists, who
must supply the bulk of the menev
Tor the Mooney movement, and at the
same time preserve their standing With
the radicals. Nolan's connections in
thee past have all been with the lat
ter clement, Of which Mooney was a
shring light.
The convention this morning opencd
with request from Nolan that it con-
hne It's labors to the Mooney case. 1t
should, he said, work on trade union
lines, crediting the trade unions with
having financed the Mooney movement
and the American Federation of Labor
with having extended every help.
The first clash came on the report
of the rules committee, providing for
the appointment of committee on
resolutions. The radicals sought a
chance to elect this committee, but
could muster only 100 votes. Next
came a motion from John DAILY. of
Butte, for resolutions committee rep
resenting every state. Supporting this,
he charged "steam roller" methods
were being used
Attacks American Federation
William f. Dunn, also of Butte, fol-
lowed With a bitter attack on the
American Federation of Labor. The
conference, he said, was not the prop
erty of the Mooney Defence League
or Of the American Federation of La
bor. The Socialists and the l. W. W..
he said, had done all the dirty and
dangerous work for Mooney" and the
convention would not do its duty un-
less it took up other matters than
Mooney.
John II. Walker, president of the
Illinois Federation of Labor, warned
the delegates that they must confine
themselves to the Mooney case. He de-
clared those who would bring up other
Issues we're not "on the square"
A motion to elect permanent officers
provoked another squall. After several
radicals had declined to stand for per-
manent chairman, Maurer, the candi-
date agreed upon at conference on
Tuesday night, was named to oppose
Nolan. fIc mustered only 1870 votes
and Nolan'5 choice was made Unani-
nous.
Resolutions began to pour in on the
committee this afternoon. These in
clude everything from ore calling for
the liberation OF Mooney down to q
full and absolute indoraement of Boil
shevism in this country, the establish
ment OF a four-hour work day and OF
a national council Of soldiers and
workmen, the specialization Of all in
dustry, commerce and banking and the
freeing Of all prisoners jailed for anti
war activities.
The radical delegates, 7. w. W.'s and
Socialists refused scnts in the conven-
ton are holding "A conference OF their
own tonight to devise ways and means
of controlling the main meeting TO-
morrow. This meeting is being held
to try and ge,t.p full agreement on a
programme, tho radicals who have
been seated in the convention having
had difficulty in getting together.
Ths~dii'iculty, according to james A.
Duncan. OF Semitic, is duo to the many