The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-09
ARBITRATION PLAN
MEETS WITH FAVOR
Would Avoid All Labor Strikes
in the Future.
SCHEME is WoREED OUT
RECEIVES ENDORSEMENT FROM I
MITCHELL AND GoMPERs.

Sew york May S.--A mass meeting
under the auspices of the commfttee
on eoneillation Of the National civic
Federation was held tonight at Cooper
Enion to further the movement begun
at the Conference on Tuesday TO form
q national. board Of arbitration. John
Mitchell, the first speaker, was greeted
with applause and cheers. He said:
The IMPRESSION may have gone forth
that stand for turmoil and war rata
er than peace, but, moving the suf-
feelings ana horrors of turmoil and war,
orstble peace do not presume that
this conference has solved the labor
problem but Z believe that the plan
agreed upon today viii do much to
prevent strikes and lockout5
Nearly All Of The strikes ~ hich have
occurrees could have been avoided If
the employers and representatives, Of
aoor organizations had conferred. We
have learned in the bitUminOUs coal
regions 40. get. togetiler ia annual con-
steadsof hghting them cut Twelve mea
on each side met last year and in
eleven days fixed the wages of 100000
men, and the year before the same
! TO the extent of $40, 100000
II Know there are those who believe
there can be nothing in common be-
tween capital and labor. TO those
BAY that the. work Of this eonciiiaticn
fcon1mittee VIII show that there IS
much 81 common between them and
bthe good OF both.
samuel GOThDeFs, president Of the
Federation of labor, prefaced his re-.
marks by stating that those who are
are usually towards in the actual
struggle
The strong man. said he, does
not bflast Of MS power because, he
sibhity There was a time when or
gauizaCi0n of labor was tabooed and
the doOrs were shut in the face Of the
man VINO held a card In a union That
DAY IS past. If we entertain a hope for
( ourselves, our children, or our C. untry
we must organize. Al one time the.
IDEA was held that al wealth must be
eXtingufshed There IS no ACCOUNTING
tor taste. Some have so far hidden
goodbye TO their reason as to applaud
Ene 5aea shat wealth should DE eX-
Justice is Wanted.
We want justice and nothing else.
hin Ployers have found trades unions
a fleHent 50 eestiN hat they want
/ peace as Wen as we"
We Want force, Yelled a man who
mat furnished previous Interruptions.
and many in the audience cheered.
Charles Spsague Smith came forward
ana. raising his hand. called sharply,
tIof order When he could make
himself heard. he said:
~ = The socialists shave had their tz1rri
I ana We VIII let them have it again. but
now I ask for oder I ask this little
gFoup Of socialists to hold themselves
Mr. Gompers struggled through a
number Of further Interruptions and
nnaily got a hearing for his views as
( % arbitratiO
1T VIII be a choice" said ne @be-
ftWeen voluntary arbitration and com
puISOry arbitra ton. where the Jail viii
/ await those who viii not work under a
settlement ordered BY the courts. ClIlr
such as TO warrant US in placing our
industrial. interests in the hands OF the
gentleman who presides on the bench. =
AZ the meeting tonight the commit tee
on cOncihatiOn and arbf tratiou' gave out
les report. The report says that the
PURPOSE Of the 0rSa nization is to enter
into active service in the cause of peace
and harmony in the Industrial world
t2f the PURPOSE Of preventing. strikes
fur and frank conferences between
employers and wOrkrnen, win the
faV0wed purpose OF reaching an agree
mont as to the terms of employ n1ent.
ftfudther Jays the aim = to 'esta blish
( and nrainteta board OK cornnnissfon
composed OF the most competent per-
sons avadIabfe. selected from employers
and employees, Of Judgment experiences
and reliability which snail DE charged
Win carrying out she objects aimed ar
and shtfn also be e%Dected to make
kSoAFI to gorkmen and their employ
eFs That theirs counsel and aid will be
( available il desired in securing that
agfeernent already IMPLICATED as the gem
eral purpose of the national commits
tee.1
The e0FnnIittee viii select from It's
members an executive committee OF lff-
teen to direct the work OF the organiza-
ton