Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1920-06-11

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B. & o. system were in attendance
at the convention of System Fedora
ton No. 80 which convened in New
ark on Monday, June 7. Many i'm
portant points are represented, in
Guiding New York, Chicago, Balti
more, st. Louis. Every session of the
convention has been well attended
and large amount of important
business transacted.
Promptly at ten o'clock Monday
morning C. N. Fullerton, of Washing
ton, Ind, president of the Federation,
called the convention to order in Red
Mems hall and announced that J. f.
Kane, of Licking. Lodge No. 80, |. A.
of NJ, chairman of the Committee of
Arrangements, would preside at the
opening ceremonies.
Mr.. Kane, in his usual happy man
ner, welcomed the visitors in a brief
address, and Rev. j. f. Walter, pastor
of the East Newark M. f. church,
pronounced the invocation.
The first speaker introduced was
Bro George H. Hamilton, who APP
peared in a three-fold capacity; first
as George, then, owing to the un-
avOidable absence of the mayor, as
the city,s representative, and finally
as the fitting spokesman for organ
| lied labor. AS usual his talk was
straight to the point, emphasized by
many facts and stories showing la
bors wonderful progress since George
Lovelace and five companions had
| been sentenced to seven years penal
servitude in England during the year
1904, for daring to strike to enforce
demand on an increase of one penny
to their weekly wage of seven pence.
His remarks were frequently inter-
rupted with applause.
Bro. William M. Morgan followed
on behalf Of the Trades and Labor
Assembly in a stirring talk which re-
ceived the undivided attention of the
assembly. Among other things the
speaker stated that Newark was one
of the strongest labor centers in the
United States, and that labor was a
power in the active welfare of the
city, and was consulted regarding
every act of public Importance; he
also said that much which had been
! accomplished would have been i'm
possible without the support of "the
ablest labor journal in the United
States, the Newark Leader" He re-
viewed the steady advance of labor
from the laying of the cornerstone
of the national capitol to the present
day, and demanded that laws should
be passed regulating imports and
immigration.
Clarence M. Jones, representing the
Chamber of Commerce, was next in
troduced, and in a well chosen ad-
dress welcomed the Representatives Of
one of the biggest things in the coun-
try, the B. & O. railroad, to the home
of one of Newark's biggest indus
tries the B. & o. shops. "The com
munity," said Mr.. Jones, "is what the
! Chamber of Commerce stands for,
just as the United States should
stand for the executive judicial and
individual rights of the people" He
closed with a we'll deserved tribute to
the Boy Scouts.
M. A. McIntire, of Cincinnati, Gen
eral Representative of the Railway
and Steamship Clerks, as the repre-
sentative of Grand President FitZ-
gerald, was the next speaker. Mr..
| McIntire deemed it an honor and
pleasure to address such represen-
tative assembly, and carried greetings
from the grand president who was in
Montreal attending the A. F. of l..
| convention assembled in that city.
at is the duty of organized labor"
said the speaker, "to protect the in
terests and better the working con-
ditions of the toiling masses. Much
has been accomplished, among other
things the elimination of the anti
strike clause from the Infamous Esch-
| Cummins bill" He closed by urging
his hearers to ever keep in view the
principles of true unionism and CO.
operation.
Much enthusiasm was created by
the eloquent address of Finley Mac
Kenzie, OF Somerville, Mass, presi-
dent of Div. No. 2 r. R. Employees
Dept. of the A. F. of L. Among
other things Bro. Mackenzie cited
the fact that until the government
took control of the railroads the or
ganization of the shop crafts was not
possible, but since that time the pro-
gress of unionism had been pheno-