Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-06-11
PLUMB LEAGUE PLAN
SEEN AS DEAD.
Little Expected to be Heard.
of Proposal at A. F. L.,
Convention
BUILDING FIGHT
Metal Trades Program For One BIZ
Union" Is Observation-Disclosures Den
BY Commended For Action

! Denver, June IL The Plumb plan
| is dead. BY agreement Of It's one
| time friends in the railroad unions
and its foes in the other unions, max
/ ing I'D the American Federation Of
Labor 70 formal announcement Of
| its demise will he issued.
Little will be heard Of it in the
convention OF the federation which
meets rcre next week. Instead the
followers of Samuel Gompers, who op
| posed i. ard Bert NJ. Jewell, of the
| railway department, who fathered 1t
and srcnt vast sums trying to keep
il alive. area greed on policy OF
.watchful waiting" until the rail
| road situation begins to clarity.
Because Of this agreement and the
pressure of work in Chicago many OF
the ra:.road chiefs who, in the con-
vcntlnn a year ago, succeeded in for
chg through near Endorsement OF
Tie plan. will be missing when the
convention opens next week, and i
is do,l fful if tie railroad unions
make any contest for place in
the executive council Of the fedora
ton. Just now ali the indications
are that the administration from
Samuel Gompers down will be re
ele"tei. though a shift is at all times
possible.
Disposition in advance of tho con
vention of the railroad issue leaves
the uuarrcls within the building
trades the chief bones for cont anton
That Involving the support OF me
board # jurisdictional awards. based
on tie refusal to date Of the car.
penters 10 abide by the dc:':i r Civ
ing metal doors and windows to the
Sheet medal workers, brought 10 m
the birding trades depar tment O.
President Donlin : 'stcrday. ha'
kept a committee of the department
IL ain ost continues session since.
Tie New York Building Trades
Councils affairs are also being
thrashed out in the law committee
today. The committee has before II
mass of matter, including a dccis-
ION by the executive council of the
federation that the law on which
Brindoll built his machine within
the council limiting membership, to
business agents elected for term
of three years is illegal and must ne
rescindeG. There IS also a reSoiu-
ton, based in part, on this ruling.
presented by the hricklaycrs, plas-
tercrs. painters and hodcarricrs, in
slructing the president of tie build
ing trades department to proceed to
New York, demand the obedience of
the courcil to ali union laws and,
failing to get obedience, take the
platcrcr from off the wall and pro-
ced to set up council tl:at will By
really representative.
Advocates Of the zone big union
much much noise yesterday afternoon
in the convention Of the metal trades
department, and then took the Sc
verest Clubbing they, have yet re-
ceived in a meeting of that body.
They made their fight on a resolu-
ton adopted by the Rochester CON
! vention Of the Inntcrnationa! Asso-
citation of Machinsts decrying the
present method Of craft organization
and calling for a federation of
crafts.
w. H. Brown and c. F. Grow, of
the machinists, made hard fight
for adoption of the resolution which
which was opposed by James Wilson,
of the paternmakers; Edward Evans,
Of , the electricians, and NJ. j. Ma
guire, Of the boilermakers.
With this out of the way the de-
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