The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-12
An Important Movement That VIII
Tend To Embitter the Men Who
Are still ON Strike.
STATEMENT BY MR.. DEVENS
THIRTY NAMES ENROLLED
AT LAST NIGHTS MEETING.
All Have Agreed to Protect Each 9th.
er Against Unjust Demands of
Labor Organizations.

NEW YORK, June 11.-About three hun
dred representatives of the metal trades
held conference to-day at the call of the
National Metal Trades Association. The
session was held behind closed doors.
President Edwin Reynolds gave out a
lengthy statement of the position of the
association as TO the machinists' strike,
which was prepared by the administration
counsel The statement reviews the Chi
cago agreement as to arbitration made in
March, 1900, and accuses the machinists of
violating it. 1t also charges that the ma
chinists willfully misconducted and misrep-
resented the agreement OF May. 1900. A
great number OF new firms were accepted
as members of the association.
In order to have the firms they repre-
sented admitted to the association the dele
gates had to sign an application. in which
they subscribed to the following conditions
''First-In consideration of fair dealing
being 4. cardinal principle or the assocla-
ton, we pledge ourselves to protect any OF
our fellow-members VINO may require our
support against any unjust demands OF
labor organizations and 10 endeavor 10
settle all disputes amicably.
''Second-We bind ourselves TO obey the
constitution and bylaws and all proper
rules made in conformity with the same
provided, they do not conflict with the Con-
stitutiOn OF the United States or the state
in which we 90 business.
After the night session Secretary Devens
gave a statement in which he says:
'.At no time in the history of the-Na-
tional Metal Trades Association has the
representation by delegates covered such
an extensive territory as in the meeting
held to-day. The Pacific coast was repre-
sented by three delegates, taking in all
the manufacturing industries engaged in
the machinery business. The delegates
represented San Francisco. Portland. Ore,
and Seattle, Wash. They came duly ac-
credited TO express the views Of 135 manu-
featuring concerns, which embrace all the
important industrial establishments en-
gagged in the machinery business in the
intra- mountain and Pacific coast districts.
They pledged their organizations to the
declaration of principles as adopted in Chi
cago by the administrative council at their
meeting in that city on May 2S and q.
THE manufacturers from Ohio We're rep
resented by a strong delegation, and the
chairman Of the delegation became mem
ber of the National Trades Association,
and has returned 10 obtain the signatures
of twenty-five additional members. who
were ready 10 follow his lead and pledged
themselves to the Metal Trades Associa-
ton.
THE most important matter brought up
at the convention was the adoption of a
measure for the immediate raising of a
of the association might be increased to
$500, 900. The raising of this sum of money
for the protection of the manufacturing
industries of the United States and Can
ada devoted to the machinery business Is
not a difficult measure. and there was no
opposition in the convention to the placing
of an assessment necessary TO the realiza-
ton of such defense fund.
"At the meeting to-day thirty-three man
ufacturing establishments, employing up
wards of 1900 men, signed applications for
membership, and were Immediately enrolled
and now active members of the Ma
tiOnal Metal Trades Association.