The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-19
EXCITING DEBATE At
CHICAGO CONFERENCE
Gompcrs and Lusk Fell Out Over
the Right Of Labor to Strike
at Any Time.
DISCUSSION OF ARBITRATION.
Main Question Almost Lost Sight
OF While Men Passed COmpli-
menls - Resolutions Adopted
and Committee Appointed.

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Chicago De-, lS-The conference on :,rbi-
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Industrial history with ITS adjournment TO-
night was euliyened during the day ly a
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"i 'he AMERICAN fed.Fatioh oi I'"p"i' anu
Hugh H. l.usk. eS-nemher OF Parliament
Of N.w Zealand
A.,
Inc 'eicrah' New Htalafiuef h"iihS 'i''
forenoon. turned aside from his prepared
address To ,xuress dIspIaasure at a decIara-
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''"h maze ny MI "onpers III MS dd"r'sS
last night The labor leader. on the occa-
siou n,nfion,I ,sscrtsd th,, he wanted to
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pleased or merely because they pleased.
That is not liberty cried Mr. Lusk.
"I, Is license
A, ,bIs r,,,,.,,, NJ cornors .r,.,.d
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SAYS you can never have any concil.ation
unless you are ready TO cut one another's =
throars Well IL that Is the unfortunate
condition of th,. n,onla of America am
sorry Tor them We are not 5" anxious 10
cut one aho'her ihroa's ~"efe 4 fain
from. l wish Mr.. Gompers had taken tho
trouble TO find out what our compulsory ar
bitration law is before he told you about IT.
put as ne has not. L an, obliged to do 1t Tor
During the afternoon Mr.. Gompers Sc
cured the stage and reiterated his asser-
tions Of the night previous.
We do rot he declared, clutch each
others throats unnecessarily. hut | would
rather have the right to clutch at a mans
throat than Ia have my limbs amputated.
liant
the ampu,ation referred to. I want labor
tn have tn" strength uf n giant, but to use
that ai,,s strength sentiy;' ,,0.sos marc s.ra-
w.ched In. and then Mr.. I.usk again Sc
cured the floor. He explained at length the
workings of the Arbitration court or New
labor president. ,... :.
You'd cut my arms off In your country.
said Mr.. Gompers speaking from his seat
IF you were good. We wouldn't ampu-
tate your arms replied the New Ieaiander.
but We might enlarge your head
GOmpers Left the Hall.
A lively exchange of questions and an
swprs which hewiidarcd the audience fol-
lowed. Mr.. Iusk explained that during the
bearing OF a dispute between employer and
under penal.y. change the conditions which
caused the appeaI To- the Arbitration Court
The hearns, during which tiu nsitner erniH s1e nnH
Lasted about n month.
ia ratb,r ne nj swords points in Ameri-
a,d ;pHp tn
rirh, sne -. s,r,ts fnr ono minute shonted Mr..
ESnnaps Ana viii tba, he ief, The hall
AeiJa yrnr, The sL,rmisbes between these
,nn mennnd ,he~ tnnk I'm considerable
tiiheLlllere Mc.e ,,,a,,o E,,a, Nv
Lmsk declared that America was not ready
io ~. e,erinc session The Committee on
p,.s -, M ,;,,d a., renor,
Ihe resolutions recoeniLe tne iaT' II o,har ,ar
cpipuiso. i a. ~, ,ai,st q, ,e not a. this
.'nps ,os,ion nf nracticai industrial re-
form, and that such systems e,, as e, nae n4m ,bs
~ r,,;rsu'o,t ~ tho aif,erent interests"
reauirenisnss wv ~. sr'.;,ra,.
H" e ="
The resolutions further recommended 'naS
the presiding ofhcer OF the conference ap,
point committee TO serve Tor one year, 10
be composed Of six representatives. of the
employer class and SIX OF the, smploye
class. to be selected. as nearly as consist
ent: from the different sections Of ,;b. the
some plan OF action looking TO the es;ab-
lishment or general system OF conciiiauoh
I'VE would also recommend." the report
concluded. that this committee OF twelve
be given power to appoint such auxiliary
committees from the INDUSTRIES. trades ana
professions as may seem best to promote
the work Of Cancellation and education
we oeiieve that t,,ls ne. VIII % nave:
IN paI. "a. .Sast. .a,s sa ,hat tha ,rnn.r tine
II strenuousiy ins'.s .ria' ,rT piUpIf ~ ,ts n
10 a%ton1'te % tp,mMpa,sd ~ mu hr, befora n his he
mas pesn K, a',u tha, an pIans ~, ~ oe oe
gun. we IGns Ieane ,1a,i', as. an sa vi W ro a.
o,.ra.iun M i.~5 M hr .nirit Of S.irness and inc.
an u d w u,ii,inc 70 onen our ewes to such
r;rhtu 80 as belong re eyerv citizen'
iish's "crnwitfee on arbitratiou
,r,.. .anort no. adontad vytbout debote
- S,;pmar MacVeatsh apnointed "a mem
hne hl. oy tha cnmmit,aa for one wear the same
en,,o,ran wbc constituted the resolutions
sse,r,r;t.ac as foiIows.
par,Ic,t yice President IIibhard Snen
cor Rar,Iet, & Co Chicago.
Henry w Hoyt president National Found
or. nssoci,tion
Herman Justi commissioner Illinois Coal
Onerators' Association
Il Watson French vice president Republic
IRON and Steel Company
p ID. Kenna vice president Atchison, To-
peka and Santa Fe Railroad.
Chauncey NJ Castle, president Stove
Founders National Defence Association.
Samuel Gompers, president American Fed
Grafton of Labor
John Mitchell. president United Mine
Workers of America.
citation; p co.uon, Grand u..,.r pr,,,.,
hood OF Locomotive Ffremen.
Henry White. general secretary United
Garment Workers of America.