Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-03-09
IT IS LOADED.
The McBride-Poormau Bill Likely 70
Pass the House This
Afternoon.
4 Measure That indicntes That the Con
test Between Labor and Capital il Re
ceiving General tttention-The Sit
uation Today Notes, incidents.
and Pirkup~ from all >uur"es.
Special to the Globe Republic.

Special 10 the Globe Republic.
CnLrMBr>. March 9 l2:45 e.. NJ -Iu the
House this morning McBride'> bill prohibit
ing an run-clad contract between capitalists
and employees wa. fully discussed Colonel
Poorman offered an amendment, which
will he agreed Ia this afternoon and the
bill passed, providing fine of from 81 to
$500 and imprisonment from twemtyAat0
thirty days if an emPluver requires an en-
plnye ITO refuse to unite with any religious,
political, benevolent or labor organization.
or if member Of any such organization
that he shall withdraw from the same.
The above will come somewhat in the ma
ture of bombShrll to both employers and
employees. and if. aS predicted. the bill with
its amendment passes. il will put different
phase on the labor troubles here. unless the
manufacturers contest il in the Supreme
Court The amendment will do away with
the ''ironcladS." 1t is very plain that both
bill and amendment were made Ia nj the
Springfield case precisely. II will I've hailed
with exuberant joy by the lahoring men
here and all over tNe country aS the most
emphatic step ever taken in any legislative
body in the country toward the protection
ut the laboring classes.
In conversation with a reporter this morn
ing a member of the local JOINT executive
board spoke substantially aS follows: The
board is kept busy dispnSing of cases as
they come up. No members of the national
board have been here nor do We expect
them here al present We are bringing every
means we can to bear To take care of our
case by our own local authority. but think
that the national organization will have L"
take hold of the matter in the end. Our
patrol now is only for the purpose Of keep
ing away from the city the bum element
which the advertisements of Whitley are
bringing here like rats. Mr.. Whitley could
ill up his shop a dozen times with reSpecta-
BILE laborers and we should never seek Ia
tamper with them.
W. y. WHITLEY TALKS To THE BOYS.
Yesterday afternoon the welI-knOwn
figure of the proprietor of the East Street
shops was seen moving among the boys on
Limestone street in the vicinity of the
Commercial Block. where large groups of
the locked-Out men can be seem at all times
of the day. He moved among them in his
free and easy way. greeting them pleasantly
by name and conyerSing very freely with
them on the subjects of human liberty and
free American citizenship. His cOnyer-
sation was entirely with individuals, and,
a. he made no general remarks to any
group of men. the reporter had no means
of sizing up his remarks with any precision.
However. thnsrtO whom he talked report
accounts that agree with each other sub
stantially. As nearly as can lie learned
from those, he made no direct attempt
to persuade any Of them 10 return to work.
but told them that a gross mistake had been
made somewhere: that they had better give
up their organization, at least for the pres
ent; that he was not prepared 10 move an
inch from his present position; that lie had
taken the step in order To get them 10 leave
an Institution which he considered as threat
ening TO human liberty, etc. He is also
said to have stated that his own firm and
that of warder, Bushnell x Glessner did
not by any means hold the same views upon
the subject. As yet none of the boys have
Signified their intention of giving up the
knights.
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