The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1901-05-25
C0hIBlNERS' UNION
JOHN d. ROCKEFELLER
AIRS HIS VIEWS. +

Hartman and Hill Have Some Hot
Words-Chicago Bosses Advised to
Puncture Dinner Pail If Necessary.
There was an angry and determined
look in the eye of President Rockefeller
when he raped the Combination Lead.
ers' Union to order. Reading of minutes
was dispensed with, several delegates
were obligated, and the credentials Of
the Glare Portland Cement Co.. mil
ion-dollar concern, were returned, be-
cause it was a dual body and had not
grabbed land in South America, and
was, therefore, working below the scale.
Temporary Business Agent Flint re-
ported that owing to troubles in 'the
street." where he had used all his ef-
forts to prevent panic and disruption,
he was unable to form new unions Of
capital of any consequence. Received.
Communications were received from
several machinery manufacturers stat
ing that their machinists were about to
go on strike for less work and more
pay, thus cutting down profits, and re-
questing that the business agent form
the trade into trust as means of
protection. Referred to business agent.
Chicago building contractors wrote
that their Workmen are reorganiZing to
carry on symathy strikes, and advice
was asked for. On motion the Chicago
bosses were advised to apply for an in
junction to prevent their workmen from
affiliating in coercive combine, and If
that step proven ineffective to puncture
their full dinner pail with a lockout.
A request was received from the Ma
tional Civic Federation that in future
all troubles with working people be re-
ferred to that body. as it is now pre-
pared to arbitrate all differences and
make every body happy. Filed in the
waste basket.
On motion roll call was dispensed
with.
chair to Vice-President Whitney and
took the floor. There are two impor-
tant matters that should receive imme-
diate attention." he said, with strong
emphasis. zone is that something must
be done to curb the ambition of certain
upstairs, and thus Ia the future prevent
the ereocurrence sof such scenes a. took
Ola 1fre.
n IS xFbil
and II have been quie y yyor klngs to lse-'
cure control of the Northern Pacihes
and other big national organizations,
when q few little knockers get their
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Vanderbilt are temporarily absent.
That's not good unionism. What sense
is there in playing the hog? Why
should brothers become impatient? The
would-be rich capitalistic lambs outside
of our glorious organization are our
meat anyhow, and there is no sense in
frightening the great, susceptible mass
of sheep by fleeing and skinning them
all at once. They like to have things
done to them gradually, step at
time. Barnum we'll said that the people
liked to be humbugged, and our aim
should be to nurse the idea that all can
become rich, stand shoulder to shoulder,
frown down all the impatient upstairs,
and play the game quietly and smooth
". (Applause)
"Now, another matter. notice that
many of our work people are becoming
rankly ungrateful. They are solidify-
ing themselves into unions in imitation
of this body, and they have started
loud cry for more money and less work.
Some of them are even talking Of social
izing industry. It's outrageous, broth
ers; it's tyrannical! And this after all
our efforts to find work for then to do!
cloud applause). I repeat what have
said before: 1t has always been my
pleasure to make others give-to give
up all they had-and I shall continue to
live up to that ideal principle. Prolong-
ed applause.) Now, brothers, I hope
some action will be taken to check our
radical speculative members, and to
stamp out the greed Of the work peo-
ple." :.:. !
Delegates Gould, Vanderbilt and one
or two others spoke in the same strain.
After several motions and amend
ments had been made, substitute for
the whole carried to elect Brothers
Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Morgan, Gould
and Loeb a committee to harmonize the
western railroad trouble and guard the
lambs in Wall street against hasty and
undue slaughter. Any disobeying of
the committee is to be punished by ex-:
pulsion. = <. r
During the debate which was nightly,
acrimonious, Delegates Hartman and
Hill denounced each other as being not
good union men, each claiming that the
other was responsible for the Wall
street panic, and exchange Of blows
was narrowly averted. The discussion
also brought out the fact that all the
members are anxiously awaiting the re-
turn of Business Agent Morgan from
Europe, where he had gone to consult
the Rulers Union and President Roths-
child, Of the European G. L. u. on I'm
portant business.
On motion the proposition to check
the unseemingly scramble Of the hired
hands for better conditions was post
poned until next meeting.