The San Francisco call., 1901-12-19
INDUSTRIAL
DEPARTMENT
IS FORMED
Labor Peace Movement
Is Merged Into Civic
Federation.
General Committee Organizes
and Elects Senator Hanna
Chairman.
Statement by Promoters Of Plan for
Harmony Pleads for Rightful Re
lations Between EmDlover
Statement by Promoters Of Plan for
Harmony Pleads for Rightful Re
lations Between Employer
and Employe.

NEW YORK, Dec. B.-The committee
which was chosen by the conference
called to consider plans for healing tho
differences between the capitalistic and
labor interests of the country organized
to-day, elected officers and issued gen.
eraI statement of it's mission. Senator NJ
A Hanna was chosen it's chairman. with
Samuel Gompers first vice chairman.
1t retains its connection with the Ma
tional Civic Federation and becomes the
Industrial department of that organiza-
tion. The statement which was issued ex-
pressed determination to strive for IN
dustrial cooperation, to aid in establish
ing rightful relations between those who
toll and their employers. to confer and
advise with employers and employed when
In conflict to encourage agreements under
which labor shall be performed and TO
arhitrate disputes when both sides TO the
dispute shall ask for such mediation, A
determination to avoid discussion of alb
straet industrial problems was avewed.
Meeting of the Committee.
The general committee met to-day In
private conference 70 take up its work,
Among those Ia attendance were Oscar
straua, Charles NJ, Sehwah. 3, r, Cal
leway, Charles A, Moore, Cornelius n,
Bliss, Lewis Nixon, ], j. MeCeek, r, M
Eaaley. Samuel Gempers, John Mitchell.
Frank Sargent and James Duncan. Il was
announced that a committee on plan and
scope, on which Senator Hanna, Arch
bishop ireland, Bishop Potter and Messrs
Gompers, Nixon, Mitchell, Galloway. sar-
i
named, would present preliminary report
during the day, but all information as to
the nature. of the report was withheld
pending its consideration. Before the
meeting was opened to-day Chairman
/ straus made a brief statement for pub
| lication.
Two Million Will Cooperate.
/ Il cannot tell you anything about the
plan for putting into practice the peace
full projects of this conference" ne said
I'VE are at work on it and in due time it
will be made public believe every man
named on the committee will serve. All
of the labor leaders have accepted and
| in this epoch-making union of labor and
/ capital no man can deny his services to
a project that means such a great good
| for his country. The approval OF the
labor leaders means the cooperation OF
more than 1900, 600 organized workers. AS
we progress in this work it becomes more
apparent that the chief cause of trouble
/ in the past has arisen from misunder-
standings. Never were truer words
spoken than by John Mitchell yesterday
when he who has seen more strikes than
any man of his age in the country said
I that there never was a strike which could
| not be averted if the opposing interests
had first met and fairly considered their
respective rights"
Scope of Proposed Work
When the general committee was called
tc order Senator Hanna was elected chair
man.
The following statement was given out
Continued on Page Three.