The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-06-20
MILLIONS VS..
MACnINISTS.
METAL TRADES CONVENTION
PLACES $500. 600 At bis
PoSAL or STRIkE CON.
MITTEE.
esaslseaise ulus usva saY.

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Q. rSs usss. of t.<I.ss-sl s.-s--.
% II. a.s~-rsssl.-~ r-sA.r-~. &c.
sss. To orp->- s~s~ss os r.a-.
i-sa-s~ prs.~assss-~s
lsrfcr-n~ Ca th- gr,~i ssrii. az
ih. machini-ts all ov~t th- c.antry
hAs Alry~dy ,-~rn made In Tho CAU.
cA-iAS. Their chief demand --rus.
Ia l- fora nine bour ~orking day.
Now the employers have t.k-u
hand la the matter. and ar. rr~dy
io -I-nd millions In th~ hghi ag.ln-f
the msrhini-,.. IL Aps~r that m
ls-s- the latter coiumsnd iulm-n-r
sums of mo.ey thry must lo-r tA-if
fight. Asa rule they Cznnoi live
long wiihoui mon~y. The -mtaoy-
cr-, a. = rule, have money. snd can
go on living independent of work
men for -Dne time. All of ~hlch
shows that money In the gp~is-t
thing on earth. rrhsT- thi. ought
not to IT, -, but IL 4. ~. A dis
patch dated June i2,h flum New
York say.
"The convention of the National
Metal TrAds-' AS-priAtlon continual
IT. --,sion today. The closing hours
of the convention Are hcing devoas~d
10 the completion of organIEsiior
and final plans to strcngi hen the
hands OF the manufacturers In th.ir
tight against the striking mschinis.s.
The sum of s5OO,0O0 rHi-d by AZ
-e~sment IL la te plAocd nj the dis
Po-Al OF the strike COMMITTEES, 10 t-
used la behalf of the employer The
COMMITTEES L. Constituted a. follows:
William SchawshAusner. Brooklyn.
John Young, MilwAuker, =. W.
Watkins, Milwaukee: ChAs. Ills,
/ An-onia, Conn; -. B. Payne, III
min; w. ID sale, Cleveland; Thomas
r.. Durham, Erie; William r.. I<sig-.
Cincinnati and T.. q. Gilbert, Scrsn-
ton.
Asked a. TO the u-e of this fund,
w. j. ChAlmers, chairman of the
pre-- committee, aid:
al suppose We will u-e u ~ the
strikers do, 10 support their fellows,
pay picket-, and meet other general
expenses. We u-ed sI66. 900 In the
Cleveland strike, where We paid
some men 4 bonus Of <iA day.
There are millions more II they Arr
needed. We have just reo-iv.d q
telegram FROM the Pacifc caast
pledging IlI OF I35 firms 20 mem
bership. We have delegates from
San Francisco, Seattle and Portland,
and the west H. with us. We SEX
no trouble but propo-e to protest
our interest and industry. We are
periecting district organizations
which will bc in a measure indeIen-
dent, but all the members will IL ia
the national association and We will
work together In harmony. We
regard the outlook as satisfactory
and are elsted at lhe support that
We are getting.
| VIC hft ruhtIlhk uo i1-r hTlrluk y
from delay on contracts which We
were fulfilling at the time our ma
chinists struck, for all our oontrHct-
contain a clause releasing us from
liability"
Just before recezs COMMITTEES
consisting Of w. Grant King, ol
Buffalo, r. III. StillmIn, Of New
York, and r. NJ. Shrink, Of SEATTLE
were named to report on the sub
jet.
The com mittee spent the rece-r In
executive session. Sentiment 1,
diversified. There are advocates ol
universal nine hour day, friend,
Of ten hour day with Eve hour
off Saturday, and radical party
. that is for straight ten hour day
through the entire week.
II IL understood that the question
Of wages will be left entirely in tn.
hands Of individual employer Ans
that no labor organizations will b
+. recognized.