The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-18
TO TEST HARMONY PLAN.
representatives of Labor and Capital
Reached Agreement.
AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FORMED
Ouues OF the Committee Win Be to
Work Out a Scheme to Minimize
Industrial Disputes.

NeW York, December 1.-THE confer.
enSe between the leaders OF labor and capl
'ai crossed today with a decision IN yive
tne plan to harmonize their divorgent q,
,el's'S practical test. 1t was mani.
- ' agreed that the working details OF
a nv Seueue shall be perfected by an ex.
otos COMMITTEE Of thirty-six to be
0'en lu equal numbers from the ranks
''s"hzed labor, the great industrial
ana nnancial leaders and such of the
Pu"hc not Identified with either of the
other two interests.
Ia the afternoon Chairman Oscar 6
strauss aud Secretary Ralph NJ Eas,ev.
WIN Archbishop Ireland, Senator Hanna
SalIuel Gonpers, President Mitchell Of the
chited states s~@e Workers. Frank p.
sargent OF the Brotherhood OF Locomotive
iHeihen and others who had taken mart
IN the conference met and selected the
iollo"lng members of the executive com.
mlttec:
10 represent the employers and capital.
tS'S' united States Senator NJ. A. Hanna.
lanes a. Chambers, president American
HHt1asS company, Pittsburg; William "
inner, president National Association of
presidsHSit "nQl1ctprersi S. r. Galloway.
/ 'N'AANt AAdu Locomotive WORK
LLeWiS Nixon, president and owner of the
Cii,sgent snip Yard, Eli2abethport. n j.:
SSudlleS NJ, Schwab, president OF the United
nrs eiGI steer corporation; II. II. VreeIand,
company, New York: Charles MoorSS
Pl,sIuent Machine Manufacturing company
John u, Rockefeller. Jr, u. D. Riplcy
~ rl lust1eht AtcnlSon, Topeka and Santa re
+tHl.iV'u Marcus NJ Marks, PRESIDENT Ma
t.ohal Association of Cloth "" Ianufactur.
SIs' JuIluS kru tSChnitt. general manager
southern Pacific railroad
+, 70 represent organized labor Samuel
Jumpers president of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor; John Mitchell, president
OF the United Mine Workers; Frank F. Sar-
gent grand master Brotherhood of Locomo-
i've Firemen; Theodore j. Shaffer, presi-
Gent Amalgamatcd Association of Iron,
steel and Tin Workers James Duncan, sec,
Ietary Granite Cutters union; Dan j.
Mere, president international Association
Of 'LongShoremen; James O'ConnpU. presi-
GENT National Association of Machinists;
Martin Fox president Iron holders Ma
uohal union; James u. Lynch, president
International Typographical union Edward
r. Clark grand master Brotherhood of
railway Conductors; Henry white sccrc-
tary Garment Workers of America; Walter
Macarthur, editor Coast Seamen's journal,
San Francisco.
To represent the public: Ex-Presidept
Grover Cleveland, Archbishop John ireland,
Bishop Henry c. Potter. Charles Francis
Adams, Boston; Cornelius \. Bliss, ex-sec-
rotary of the interior; Charles W. Elliott,
president Harvard university: Franklin
MacVeagh. Chicago; ex-Comptroler of the
Currency James II Eckels, John J. Nc
Cook, lawyer of this city; John g. Mil
burn, Buffalo; Charles ]. Bonaparte, Balti
more.
Chairman Of the Conference Oscar S.
Strauss and Secretary Ralph NJ. Easley are
cIofficio members of the committee.
The executive committee will meet tomoy-
row for organization and the election of
officers and the drafting of a plan upon
which TO work