New-York tribune., 1901-12-18

The conference Of the industrial department
of the National Civic Federation resulted yes
terday in the selection of the executive COM
rnittee named in the foregoing. which will be a
court of arbitration to deal with disputes be-
tween labor and capital in the United States.
The committee Will meet in executive session
gt the rooms Of the New-York Board Of Trade
and Transportation at 1890 a. to-day, ito
make plans for work and elect officers.
Authority for the appointment of the COM
rnittee was conferred by the passage of a. reso-
luton offered by Frank P. Sargent, Grand Mas
Ter of the Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers,
and agreed TO unanimously by the conference
II gave to Oscar S. Straus, the chairman, power
10 name an executive committee of thirty, ten
representing the employers of labor, ten repre-
senting the employees, and ten representing the
general public. Following the passage OF the
resolution was brief address by Archbishop
Ireland which like an invocation and a
prayer for Industrial peace.
II et no one go on this committed" said the
venerable prelate ''who has not a heart full of
Justice and charity May the poor be guarded,
and may the rich be guarded from the peril Of
Injustice, and may they all be blessed by the
Great Lord. Common Father of them all!'
When the conference reassembled about IL
? m in the room Of the New-York Board OF
Trade and Transportation there were present
several representatives OF lahor ORGANIZATIONS
who were unable to reach the city Monday.
Among them were Mr.. Sargent and Samuei
Gompers. the president of the American Fedora
-ion If Labor: delegates from the labor con-
vention at Scranton, Penn, and q delegation OF
knights Of Labor from Boston.
CONCTIIATION COMMITTEE URGED.
Oscar s Straus. the chairman OF the con-
ference. introduced E. D Durand. secretary or
T,5u rial Commission at WaEn-
ington. who recommended the appointment OF
: committee to meet employers and employees
and settle Ia Dor disputes by conciliation or ar
bitration.
Mr.. Sargent was the next speaker. He said
in part:
cannct help but believe that great good VIII
rome out OF this conference. We are here given an
nnnor-,Initv 10 meet and understand each olheI
We are beginning break down the oafrlers Liat 81
hotb The trouble has in the past that "a por
and capitai have not been understood Their rela-
tons have not been unoerstoo4. ida re The
the men who control capital BY their sac are tls
nen who create capital m1hoG' On roti fbe other
mans capital is Of no benefit 10 MN ~lIn0nr 4,.
t0iler 10 consume wn$teVer may 0e '-'
The relations between the man who con%lLoIs % s Lag
snsnca and the man who furnishes the skill ana
manual labor are much identical. one Is 2e-
pendent upon the other The disting nm tbt
without the hand of toll that works in the mines OF
goal and iron he could have no capltal 70 cohIioi
The secretary read telegram from Carroii u
Wright. United States Labor Commissioner at
Washington, saying he was unable to be present
a, the conference but advised the conferrees to
adopt the Joint committee plan which had done
50 much for the laboring men in the United
States and Canada.
ALI. WORKERS. SAYS NIXON.
ris ,-,xop WAS then introduced. ITO my
rnind =, said Mr.. Nixon, the enormous develop
nent Of the United States in the last twenty
years has been due to the fact that in this coun-
try the employer works with his employe- we
are all workers here. And as such we have all
cur rights.
Whenever have spoken TO any Of my work
ingnoen 7 have always found them willing TO