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leaders are joining the forecasters
who see Lewis as the next head of
the federation. &E &
There are judges in this country,
fnnumerable. who would sell their
souls salvation. the constitution or
the future of humanity at the order
and bargain of the interests" James
Lord, head of the mining department.
American Federation of Labor. de-
clared today before the convention.
Il Charging the, presence of armed
guards hired by the operators respon-
fble for the outbreaks in Mingo
county. w. Va, Lord said:
1T Is doubtful IL in any country in
the world. no matter how, reactionary
or barbarous. the owners and direct
i ors of business are allowed to have
and control armies of privately hired
killers as they now with impunity
do in some parts of our country. 1t is
doubtful, IL in any other country,
men whose sole recommendations are
that they win commit murder or any
other crime for pay, are allowed by
the Government and with it's full
knowledge from it's own Investigation
to supersede and displace constitu-
A resolution which charges that
the Hearst newspapers are engaged
in propaganda which has for it's pur-
pose the destruction of the American
labor movement" will lead to an at
tack on William Randolph Hearst
from the floor of the convention, IL
was learned today.
100000 TO BEAT GOMPERs.
From the Gompers' enthusiasts
come charges that Hearst has a rep
resentative here with $4,000 to de-
feat Gompers and elect John l..
Lewis. The basis OF the resolution
before the convention is a report pub
lished in the Chicago Herald Exami-
ner. of meeting of the Chicago Fed
GRAFTON of Labor, in which some one
is alleged to have cried:
Throw Sam Gompers OUT
John Fitzpatrick, president of the
Chicago Federation, in a letter to
Gompers, denied that such an Incl
dent took place. p
Formal protest against wage re-
auctions by the "Big Five" packers
and formal launching of a union label
league movement were outsta nding
Developments of the convention yes
terday.
The delegates adopted unanimously
and without debate the resolution
presented by Dennis Lane of the Meat
Cutters and Butchers Workmen. con-
demning the packers for attempting
to reduce wages and pledging support
of the federation to the almost a
million workers and their depend
ents" fighting for "a living wage"
This resolution charged that the
packers are taking advantage OF the
prekht condition of unemployment.
~th1 1workers are being threatened
~SM pre-war conditions" and the
s,Sptoyers are attempting to force
them into company unions under the
oksak of Industrial democracy, de-
mocracy with a string to 1T"
PACKERS ARE DENOUNCED.
The packers by their alleged action,
It also declares, deliberately. to
satisfy their uncomfortable ayarice,"
are aggrsvating ito an almost un-
bearable state the already burdehsome
hardships of an Industrious and de-
seryins class of workers and are en-
hancing, instead of relieving. the
present state of depression and un-
employment"
After the Committee on Union
Labels reported fsvorably a resolu-
tion by A McAndrews and Il. Lewis
Evans of the Tobacco Workers Union,
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purchasing power as a means OF COM
batting the open-shop movement, an
effort was made to unseat all dele
gates who did not wear the union
label on all articles of wearing
apparel
Debate was hot and heavy, and
when the question was brought to a
vote the convention defeated the pro-
posal overwhelmingly.
The delegates finally, by resolution,
pledged themselves to patronize only
stores displaying the union shop card,
to insist on deliveries by union driv-
@rs and to buy only tobacco which
carries the union label.
Thomas Mooney and Warren X.
Billings, labor leaders sent to prison
1n California, following the PRE-
paredness Day parade on July ~,
1915, are in prison because of /.
-criminal conspiracy on the part of
the State OF California" Mr.. MONEYS
brother told the convention in his
speech. This conspiracy. he said, was
engineered by the San Francisco
Chamber OF Commerce He thanked
the federation for its efforts to gain
his brothers release.