INDEX

American Federation of Labor, 9; first delegate to, 36; controversy with Iowa
State Federation of Labor, 48, 49, 50, 51, 73; controversy adjusted, 52;
provision for delegate to, 69-70; organizers, 81

Arbitration bill, 90; objection to compulsory, 91; (see also Cedar Rapids Plan
of Adjustment)

Assemblies, Knights of Labor, 10

Board, executive, duties of, 68; composition of, 69; 120

Bulletins (see Pamphlets)

Bureau of Labor Statistics, increased power advocated, 52; scope and power
of, 109-110; 112

Burlington, Trades and Labor Assembly, 16; second convention held at, 29

Cedar Rapids, convention at, 36; plan of adjustment, 51, 88-90; 52; settles con-
troversy, 54, 90

Child labor, regulation of proposed, 32, 34; bill reported lost, 41; co-operation
of other organizations to regulate, 42, 43; first law passed, 43, 46; re-
lation to interstate commerce, 46; relation of employer to, 48; laws, 101,
102

Commission form of government, opposition to, 45

Committees, legislative, importance of, 67; composition of, 68; changes in,
68; auditing, 69; and other officers, 70; 120

Compulsory education, advocated, 42, 46

Constitution, text of, of State Federation of Labor, 117-123

Conventions, history of, 29-55; purposes of first, 29

Convict labor, contract system opposed, 34, 43, 44, 46, 92; definition of, 92

Council Bluffs, convention at, 41

Cowden, Jr., Matthew, delegate, Knights of Labor, 12

Davenport, conventions at, 38, 54

Des Moines, Trades and Labor Assembly, 16; conventions at, 84, 53

Dubuque, conventions at, 31; 47; strike at, 74

Dues, system changed, 23, 60; 117; 121

Education, interest in, 33; 43, 44; manual training advocated, 50; industrial,
93-95; compulsory, 99-101

Eight hour day, miners secure, 32; typographical union secures, 45

Electrical workers, controversy, 48, 49, 50, 51, 73; adjusted, 52

Employer's Liability, law advocated, 43; 44; commission, 50, 103; laws, 102-104;
111, 112

Employment bureau, 30; measure lost, 43; law for, 108, 109

Expenditures, 62; restrictions upon, 63

Federal unions, defined, 25; number, 25; 76

Federation of labor, Tri-City, 16

Fees, 60; changes in, 61, 62; 117; 121

Finances, 60; system of, 66, 67

Funds, kinds of, 63; for benefits, 63

Gateway amendment, 34

Growth, 23; steadiness of, 27; financial, 27

Henke, A. W., 55

Historian, of State Federation, 18, 35, 38, dropped, 41

Holder, A. E., becomes president, 20; first delegate to American Federation
of Labor, 36; as organizer, 38; deputy State labor commissioner, 38, 114;
attitude toward compulsory arbitration, 91

Immigration, 29; protest Asiatic, 47; attitude toward, 96-97

Initiative and referendum, advocated, 42, 43; policy toward, 70-72

Jacobsen, J. J., historian, 38; compiles bulletin, 85

Jones, L. T., on membership, 26; president, 19

Jurisdictional disputes, 18, 46, 53, 73, 74

Keokuk, convention at, 44

Knights of Labor, founded, 9; succeeded by State Federation of Labor, 9;
district assemblies of, 10; membership, 11; 13; leaders, 11; influence, 12;
opposed by State Federation of Labor, 15; membership diminishes, 15;
denied affiliation, 29

Label, league, 43; order of business, 49, 77-79

Labor memorial day, 38

Labor Congress, Tri-City, 16

Leaders, 19; influence of, 22

Leaflets, 85, 86

Legislative fund, 62; effect of, 62

Lobby, first continuous, 17; no funds for, 29

Locals, relationships of, 72-76

Map, location of unions, 116

Martin, H. B., member executive board Knights of Labor, 11

Marshalltown, convention at, 40

Membership, 57, 58, 59, 60

Menton, T. P., state organizer, 39

Miners organizations, 25; membership, 26; secure eight hour day, 32

Mixed Assembly, 9

Municipal ownership, 32, 97

Muscatine, convention at, 51

O'Blenness, W. E., president, 19; State Labor Commissioner, 19, 114; organizer,
29, 105-106

Officers, names of, 64; powers of, 64; duties, 64-67

Organizer, report of, 39; kinds of and functions of, 80-82

Ottumwa, conventions at, 32, 43

Pamphlets, use of, 85, 86

Panic of 1893, effect of, 24, 30, 32; recovery from, 32; effect on dues, 60
Papers, labor, enumerated, 84; control of, 84

Parcel post, advocated, 45, 97

Policies, 77-98; internal, 77

Presidents, list of, 19; assume duties of historian, 41; duties of, 64; compensa-
tion of, 64, 65; as organizer, 81, 82

Press, labor, influence of, 46; function of, 80, 83-85

Proceedings, forms of publication of, 86

Prohibition, attitude toward, 55, 95-96

Protective legislation, influence on, 104-106

Retail Grocers' Association, agreement with, 42; perfidy of, 43, 46; fosters
garnishment of wages, 107, 111

Revivals, Union, 80, 82, 83

Sanitary legislation, influence on, 104-106; 112-113; establishes tuberculosis
hospital, 113

Secretary-treasurers, list of, 19; duties of, 65; compensation of, 65, 66
Shankland bill, 52

Sioux City, conventions at, 35, 50

Socialistic tendencies, 97

Sovereign, J. R., State Master Workman, 11

State Federation of Labor, succeeds Knights of Labor, 9; first formed, 13;
opposes Knights of Labor, 15; purposes of, 16, 17, 29, 67, 79, 80; first
continuous lobby, 17; first constitution of, 17, 57; strife in, 35; attitude
toward colored delegates, 38-39; to co-operate with farmers, 45; desires
to organize school teachers, 46; controversy with American Federation
of Labor, 48, 49, 50, 51, 73, adjusted, 52; headquarters, 54; attitude to-
ward prohibition, 55, 95, 96; relationships of, 74-75; publications of,
83-87; and convict labor, 34, 43, 44, 46, 92, 93; attitude toward industrial
education, 93-95; and immigration, 29, 47, 96, 97; influence upon State
legislation, 99-113; influence on Bureau of Labor Statistics, 113-115
Strief, J. H., 16; chosen secretary-treasurer, 20, 21, 38; business management of,
27, 28, 67; elected president, 53; first report as president, 54
Strikes, early situation, 13; relief for, 37, 39; presidents action at, 50; 1912, 52;
funds for, 62, 63; at Dubuque, 74; policy toward, 87-92

Suffrage, woman's, attitude toward, 97

Sunday labor, opposed, 46

Sunday closing bill, defeat of, 48

Table of, delegates and conventions, 23; labor organizations in State, 25;
financial, 28; miners' organizations, 25

Taylor system, opposed, 51, 53

Temple Amendment, support pledged to, 31; 107-108

Trade unions, early, 13

Trades and Labor Assembly, Burlington, 16; Des Moines, 16

Trade unionism, early history, 12; method of development, 15

Tuberculosis hospital, initiation of support for, 113

Unions, early, 13; relationship to State Federation, 74, 75; (see also Federal
unions)

Unionism, stability of, in State, 26

United Mine Workers, controversy with State Federation, 24, 25, 35; basis of
affiliation, 25; increases membership, 27; local organized, 31; reaffiliation
of, 37

Urick, A. L., becomes president, 20; on membership, 24, 27; policies of, 41,
114-115; resigns, 53, 114; jurisdictional disputes, 73, 74; attitude toward
strikes, 88; attitude toward compulsory arbitration, 91-92

Vice-president, duties of, 65, changes in function, 65

Wages, garnishment of, 106, 107, 111; minimum, bill lost, 112
Waterloo, convention at, 49

Wheat, M. L., district Master Workman, 11

Winsor, W. H., secretary local 885, Knights of Labor, 12

Workmen's compensation, recommended, 53; law enacted, 53-54; 102-104;
111, 112