seldom free from the necessity of medical care and attention; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, By the Twenty-Eighth Annual Convention of the American Federation of Labor, That we pledge the moral assistance of every affiliated organization to the before mentioned female workers and urge the unionists and their friends to endeavor to establish in their respective cities unions of these female workers.

Referred to Committee on Organization.

Resolution No. 67-By Delegates Matthew Comerford, Robert A. McKee, P. C. Winn and A. M. Huddell, of the International Union of Steam Engin

eers:

WHEREAS, The Norfolk Convention of the American Federation of Labor did order Double Drum Hoisters' Local Union No. 11275 to join the International Union of Steam Engineers; and

WHEREAS, Said Double Drum Hoisters' Local Union has not complied with said decision; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the charter of Local Union No. 11275 be revoked.

Referred to Committee on Adjustment.

Resolution No. 68-By Delegate Matthew Comerford, of the International Union of Steam Engineers:

WHEREAS, By order of several successive Conventions of the American Federation of Labor, the jurisdiction of the International Union of Steam Engineers over members of the Steam Engineers' craft, were fully ratified and confirmed, as against the contesting claims of the United Brewery Workmen; and

WHEREAS, The United Brewery Workmen were, by order of the Minneapolis Convention of the American Federation of Labor, forbidden thereafter to initiate into its ranks any person over whom the International Union of Steam Engineers were given jurisdiction; and WHEREAS, As a result of its continued defiance of said order the charter of the United Brewery Workmen was revoked; and

WHEREAS, Said charter was by order of the Norfolk Convention restored, with the understanding that the United Brewery Workmen would thereafter refrain from further interference with the membership of the International Union of Steam Engineers; and

WHEREAS, Since the restoration of its charter, as at all times before, the United Brewery Workmen have refused compliance with the mandates of this body, and have introduced into its membership engineers owing allegiance to the International Union of Steam Engineers, greatly to the detriment of said body; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the United Brewery Workmen be, and they are, hereby ordered forthwith to surrender to the International Union of Steam Engineers all engineers initiated since the date of the Minneapolis Convention, and that it

RESOLVED, That the Executive Council is hereby instructed to revoke the charter of any Central body refusing to comply with this decision.

Referred to Committee an Adjustment. Resolution No. 69-By Delegate J. B. Dale, California State Federation of Labor, and David McLennan, San Francisco Labor Council:

WHEREAS, The Shirt, Waist and Laundry Workers' International Union is composed, as the title signifies, of shirt and waist makers, cutters, collar and cuff makers, as well as bona fide laundry workers; and

WHEREAS, We, the Laundry Workers of San Francisco, maintain most emphatically that shirt makers, waist makers and collar and cuff makers belong by every reason of their occupation to the Garment Workers' Union, and that all people engaged in this class of work on the Pacific Coast do belong to said Garment Workers' Union and that the Garment Workers' International Union claims and desires jurisdiction over all people engaged in such work; and

WHEREAS, This amalgamation of people engaged in such divergent lines of occupation threatens the ultimate welfare and prosperity of both organizations, and as past experience has demonstrated that this policy of amalgamation has created a disposition to engender strife and foster jurisdiction disputes instead of to promote a spirit of co-operation; and

WHEREAS, The Laundry Workers' Union No. 26, of San Francisco, believe on account of the vast numbers of people engaged in their particular class of work throughout the entire country, that the Laundry Workers of all the cities of the United States are entitled to, and by every reason of equity and justice should have, a separate and independent charter; therefore, be it

RESOLVED. That the American Federation of Labor in regular Convention assembled does hereby endorse the contentions of the Laundry Workers and does hereby order that the present charter of the Shirt, Waist and Laundry Workers' International Union be changed to read, International Laundry Workers' Union, and that all persons employed in the manufacture of garments under the jurisdiction of the Shirt, Waist and Laundry Workers' International Union be transferred to the United Garment Workers of America; and, be it further

RESOLVED, That the Executive Offcers of the American Federation of Labor

be instructed to inaugurate this change of charter as expeditiously as possible.

Referred to Committee on Adjustment.

Resolution No. 70-By Delegate Austin Davis, of the Utah State Federation of Labor:

RESOLVED (1). That permanent rules of order and business be made a part of laws of the American Federation of Labor, and that Article III be so amended as to not include this Convention committee, as by past experience it has been shown that the committee's work is a waste of time, and that each Convention so amends the report as to fit the temper of the times, and that whatever actual business before the Convention will be transacted, no matter what rules may be adopted. (2.) That the hours belonging to the legitimate transaction of business be not taken up with hair-splitting discussions emanating from either obtuseness, obliquity or personal interest, to the detraction of actual business; be it the sense of this Convention that the present rules of order be made permanent for each succeeding Convention, and that a three-fifths vote be required to change any provision. (3.) That the secretary shall prepare and submit to the Laws Committee a concrete draft of the proposed addition to the laws, to be reported to the Convention for adoption as permanent provisions.

Referred to Committee on Rules and Order.

Resolution No. 71-By Delegate Austin Davis, of the Utah State Federation of Labor:

RESOLVED, That the observance of the patronage of union products of union men and of firms union exclusively shall be made as obligatory among union principles and tenets as that of maximum hours and the minimum wage; that political action shall be an asset of unionism and no excuse for non-observance shall be countenanced.

Referred to Committee on Labels.

Resolution No. 72-By Delegates A. B. Grout and James J. Dardis, of the Metal Polishers, Buffers, Platers and Brass Workers International Union:

WHEREAS, The Buck's Stove and Range Co., of St. Louis, Mo., manufacturers of the Buck's stoves and ranges, has all of its polishing, buffing and plating done exclusively by non-union men. and as far as possible discriminate against members of labor unions in the operation of its factory; and

WHEREAS. The president of the Buck's Stove and Range Company, Mr. J. W. VanCleave, who is also president of the National Association of Manufacturers. has used such part of the million and a half dollars war fund as he has succeeded in hoodwinking the membership of the Manufacturers' Association to pay. for the purpose of defraying expense to prevent legislation from the United States Congress in the interest of labor and the people generally, and influencing

political parties from declaring in favor of relief prayed for by labor organizations; and

WHEREAS, In pursuance of the objects of the said J. W. VanCleave, president of the Buck's Stove & Range Company, and president of the National Association of Manufacturers, to disrupt labor organizations, he has caused President Gompers, Vice-President Mitchell and Secretary Morrison to be summoned in the District Court of Columbia to show cause why they should not be punished for contempt of court; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the editor of The American Federationist, the labor press, all friendly publications, the committees of Central Bodies and all organizers of the American Federation of Labor who were requested to carry on a "campaign of education," at our last Convention, be requested to give the facts in this case the widest possible publicity; be it further

RESOLVED, That in order to afford the best legal protection possible to those who are at present defending themselves in the interests of Union Labor, and those who may be attacked on account of their attitude in the Buck's Stove & Range Company's case, that the Executive Council be authorized to levy special assessments, not to exceed one cent per capita per month, as their judgment decides is to the interests of the trades union movement; therefore, be it further

RESOLVED, That if the present contempt proceedings instituted against President Gompers, Vice-President Mitchell and Secretary Morrison result in their being found guilty. that on the second Sunday after such finding all Central Bodies be requested to hold protest meetings and invite friendly societies and the general public to participate.

Referred to Committee on Education. Resolution No. 73-By Delegate Frank H. McCarthy, of the Massachusetts State Branch:

WHEREAS, There are in the city of Quincy, Mass., upwards of three thousand men employed in the shipbuilding industry that are unorganized; therefore. be it

RESOLVED. That the incoming Executive Council be directed to consider the advisability of placing in the city of Quincy, Mass., an American Federation of Labor Organizer for at least six months of the year 1909.

Referred to Committee on Organization. Resolution No. 74-By Delegates Frank H. McCarthy, of the Massachusetts State Branch, and Wm. H. Frazier, of the International Seamen's Union:

WHEREAS, Brother Frank K. Foster has been confined to a hospital for upwards of a year, and, according to the best medical advice, is beyond recovery:

and

WHEREAS. Through his long illness all his financial resources have become exhausted; through which fact the Massachusetts State Branch, American Federation of Labor, has opened a fund

for the purpose of affording him and his family financial relief; therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the Executive Council be requested to consider the advisability of making such an appropriation from the general fund of the American Federation of Labor to the Massachusetts State Branch Foster fund as, in their opinion, the circumstances warrant. Referred to Committee on Resolutions.

Resolution No. 75-By Delegate P. F. McCarthy, of the Quarry Workers International Union of North America:

WHEREAS, It is a well known fact that there are at present among the great industrial army of toiling workmen, thousands of unorganized Italians who need the protection of the American Federation of Labor and its affiliated National and International Unions, and believing that the best results can only be accomplished by the employment of an organizer who can speak the language of these people; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the President and Executive Council of the American Federation shall consider the appointment of a man who can speak, read and write the Italian language and best fitted to fill the office of organizer, that these people may be given the opportunity to understand the benefit of organization.

Referred to Committee on Organization. Resolution No. 76-By Delegate P. F. McCarthy, of the Quarry Workers International Union of North America:

WHEREAS, That for nearly three years the Quarry Workers' International Union has been engaged in controversy with the employers of granite workers in Bebe Plains, Quebec district, who have organized a dual union for their scabs, refusing to sign an eight-hour agreement with an affiliated body of the American Federation of Labor; and

WHEREAS, The Paving Cutters' Union has deliberately and persistently sent the members of its organization into the affected district to cut stone quarried by opposition labor and taken the places of our men on strike for an American Federation of Labor union, and as the Paying Cutters' Union still maintains the same position; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the action of the Paving Cutters' Union is detrimental to the best interests of organized labor in Canada and the United States, and is therefore condemned; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the charter of the Paving Cutters' Union is suspended until it ceases giving aid and comfort to an employers' asociation whose watch-word is Canada for Canadians and disruption of the American Federation of Labor.

Referred to Committee on Adjustment. Resolution No. 77-By Delegates Daniel J. Tobin, of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, and Timothy Healy, of the International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen:

WHEREAS, The organization of the United Brewery Workers have absolutely refused to obey the mandates of the American Federation of Labor; and

WHEREAS, Their charter was restored to same organization at the Norfolk Convention with the direct understanding that they should obey and live up to the decision rendered in Minneapolis; and

WHEREAS, They have openly stated before the Adjustment Committee that they could not, as it would be impossible for them to do so, live up to or obey the rulings and decisions of the Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor along the lines of the Minneapolis Convention decision; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the charter of the United Brewery Workers of America be revoked until such time as they agree to live and carry out the decision of the Minneapolis Convention of the American Federation of Labor.

Referred to Committee on Adjustment.

Resolution No. 78-By Delegates Martin E. Goellnitz and T. E. Keough, of the American Brotherhood of Cement Work

ers:

WHEREAS, Section 2 of Article IX, of the Constitution of the American Federation of Labor reads in part: "And it is further provided that should any of the members of such National, International, Trade or Federal Labor Union work at any other vocation, trade or profession, they shall join the union of such vocation, trade or profession, provided such are organized and affiliated with the American Federation of Labor;" and

WHEREAS, Federal Labor Union No. 11,624, Spokane, Wash., is infringing on the jurisdiction rights of the American Brotherhood of Cement Workers, and Federal Union No. 12,222 of the same city for a like violation of the Constitution; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the Spokane Sectional Central Labor Union be and is hereby instructed to notify the above mentioned local unions to comply with the laws of the American Federation of Labor and instruct members of Federal Labor Union No. 11,624 and Federal Labor Union No. 12,222, who are engaged in cement work, to affiliate with Local Union No. 68, Spokane, Wash., American Brotherhood of Cement Workers; and, be it further

RESOLVED, That in the event of the said Federal Labor Union No. 11,624 and No. 12,222 refusing to comply with the laws above quoted their charters shall be revoked.

Referred to Committee on Adjustment. Resolution No. 79-By Delegate Robert J. Riddell, of the Double Drum Hoistter Runners:

WHEREAS, The International Union of Steam Engineers presented an agreement to be signed by the Double Drum Hoister Runners; and

WHEREAS, The Double Drum Hoister Runners did sign the said agreement and requested the International Steam Engineers to also sign the same; and WHEREAS, The International Union of Steam Engineers refused to so sign and adopt their own agreement; be it

RESOLVED, That we, the Double Drum Hoister Runners, herewith appeal to the Twenty-Eighth Annual Convention of the American Federation of Labor, Denver, Colo., for redress and fair play, and that the International Steam Engineers sign the said agreement, and be it further

RESOLVED, That Resolution No. 141, adopted by the Norfolk Convention, be enforced.

Refered to Committee on Adjustment.

Resolution No. 80-By Delegate E. Arnold, of the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers:

RESOLVED, That no delegate to the Convention of the American Federation of Labor shall have the right to cast the vote for his whole delegation only by written consent of his respective organization or by his delegation. Such power must be proven before the delegate is allowed to cast the full vote of his delegation.

Referred to Committee on Laws.

Resolution No. 81-By Delegate Wm. D. Huber, of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America:

WHEREAS, Dispatches from the general offices of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, dated September 25, 1908, and bearing the signature of Grand Vice-President McConaughey, furnish information that a dual organization of Electrical Workers has been established at an illegal Convention held in St. Louis, Missouri, commencing September 15, 1908; and

WHEREAS, Some of the officers of the Pacific Coast Council of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers were in attendance at said illegal Convention in spite of the protests from various locals in good standing in the Pacific Coast Council; and

WHEREAS, Some of the officers of the Pacific Coast Council have become parties to the dual organization formed in St. Louis, Missouri, thereby violating their obligation as officers and members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; and

WHEREAS, The funds of the Pacific Coast Council are held and controlled by the Pacific Coast Council, who have become parties to the aforesaid dual organization; and

WHEREAS, The said officers, by their action, have proved themselves unworthy of the offices they held and the confidence of the rank and file of the Pacific Coast Council; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the worthy members of the various locals of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, represented by the officers of their respective locals, whose names are hereunto attached, protest against the action taken by the officers of the Pacific Coast Council in associating with a dual organization detrimental to the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and in distributing the funds of this Council to further and aid the forming of such dual organization; and, it is further

RESOLVED, That the Executive Offcers for this, the Seventh District of the Pacific Coast Council, be directed to take such legal steps immediately as are necessary for the protection of the funds of the Council from further distribution by the said officers of the Pacific Coast Council; and, be it further

RESOLVED, That the Union Savings Bank of Oakland, and the First National Bank of Oakland, State of California, who are the depositories of the Pacific Coast Council funds, be immediately notified to refuse to further pay any of the said Council funds upon warrants drawn by the said officials; and, be it further

RESOLVED, That the companies who have furnished bonds for the SecretaryTreasurer of the Pacific Coast Council be immediately notified that the SecretaryTreasurer of the Pacific Coast Council has distributed the funds of the said Council contrary to and in violation of the published by-laws of the Pacific Coast Council, and that a strict accounting be demanded from him.

Geo. M. Fisk, President; Phillip Conway, Secretary; P. A. Clifford, W. H. Morgan, R G. F. Coombes, J. Boyle, G. H. Jones, W. H. Happ, E. C. Loomis, K. Bernhardt, C. F. Lehman, W. M. Law. W. Watson, L. D. Moulin, A. E. Yoell, F. Marion, B. Moad. R. A. Simons, E. F. Holmes, A. B. Jones, J. R. Smith.

Referred to Special Committee on Electrical Workers.

Resolution No. 82-By Delegate Emil Arnold, of the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers:

WHEREAS, President Gompers has shown in his report that since 1895 all efforts of the American Federation of Labor to have protective laws for the laboring people passed by legislatures and Congress were met with defiance from politicians; and

WHEREAS, The law-making bodies of the United States consist of members of both corrupt political parties; and

WHEREAS. It is a fact, not to be denied, that organized labor can not expect any justice from these bodies; and

WHEREAS, Too much much energy of the American Federation of Labor and all trades unions is wasted in begging for favors from these politicians; therefore, be it

RESOLVED. That the Twenty-Eighth Annual Convention of the American Federation of Labor hereby refuses to have anything to do with any corrupt political parties, and hereby instructs the Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor to use all their energies and time to organize all the workers of the United States and strengthen the labor movement of this country, independent from corrupt politics; educate the members of our affiliated unions that they can not get anything from politicians, but they can only gain better conditions by uniting and to fight for right and justice. We do not want the officers of the American Federation of Labor to go on the stump for any political parties.

Referred to Committee on President's Report.

WHEREAS, The very small, and in some states the almost entire lack of remedial legislation prevents further progress in other states; and

WHEREAS, This playing of state against state has in the past, and bids fair in the future, to prevent the economic and industrial progress of women workers throughout the country; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That this, the TwentyEighth Annual Convention of the American Federation of Labor, go on record as favoring the appointment on each and every state commission on uniform state laws representatives of organized labor, to the end that these commissions may seek to put the worst states (in the matter of labor laws) on a level with the best, that the movement to uplift the standard of our women workers and to abolish child labor may be carried on in a more universal manner.

Referred to Committee on Resolutions. Resolution No. 84-By Delegates John Golden and Samuel Ross, of the United Textile Workers:

WHEREAS, The Legislature of Massachusetts at its session last year, mainly at the request of the trade unions of that state, adopted the savings bank insurance and annuity system, by means of which the wage earner is enabled to get absolutely safe life insurance at its lowest possible cost, and is afforded the opportunity of securing out of his own earnings, by monthly payments, annuities to make his old age financially independent; and

WHEREAS, The Massachusetts savings bank insurance and old-age annuity system has now been put into practical operation, and under it the heavy expense of solicitors, collectors, high-salaried officials and dividends to stockholders have been eliminated, and a system established which is conducted wholly for the benefit of the insured-a system of the people, for the people and by the people; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the American Federation of Labor, in Convention assembled, having given careful consideration to this project, and realizing its importance and far-reaching influence to the wage earners of the United States, hereby endorses the system and recommends it to the careful study and consideration of the organized wage workers of America.

Referred to Committee on Resolutions. Resolution No. 85-By Delegates E. Arnold, of the Brotherhood of Painters,

Decorators and Paperhangers, and J. T. Johnston, of the Chicago Heights, Ill., Trades and Labor Assembly:

WHEREAS, Education is a most important factor in the labor movement; and

WHEREAS, It is to the highest interest of organized labor that every child should receive the highest standard of education; and

WHEREAS, It is a well-known fact that thousands of children are deprived of such an education on account of the poverty of their parents; therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the American Federation of Labor hereby declares itself in. favor of free text books, furnished to the children in all public schools of the United States, and requests all affiliated unions to use all honorable means to further this cause.

Referred to Committee on Resolutions.

Resolution No. 86-By Delegates John Golden and Samuel Ross, of the United Textile Workers:

WHEREAS, According to latest government statistics there are six hundred thousand textile workers in this country, over sixty per cent. of whom are women and children, many of them working long hours and for meager wages, making the work of organizing them both slow and difficult; and

WHEREAS, The United Textile Workers of America are at the present time conducting an agressive campaign of organization among their people, both North and South, having increased their per capita tax sixty per cent during the past year, principally to carry on this work, and to enable them to place more organizers in the field; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That this, the TwentyEighth Annual Convention of the American Federation of Labor, instruct the Executive Council to lend every assistance to the United Textile Workers of America in their efforts to bring about a better organization, and thereby better conditions among the many thousands of textile workers throughout the country, especially among the women and children.

Referred to Committee on Education.

Resolution No. 87-By Delegates A. B. Grout and James J. Dardis, of the Metal Polishers, Buffers, Platers Brass Workers International Union:

and

WHEREAS, All metal goods having a polished or plated finish, if they are manufactured under fair union conditions, can be secured with the Metal Polishers', Buffers', Platers' and Brass and Silver Workers' Union Label attached; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That this, the TwentyEighth Annual Convention of the American Federation of Labor, recommend to its affiliated bodies and all friendly persons that they demand such goods bearing the label whenever making any purchase.

Referred to Committee on Labels.