The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-13
LABOR'S RIGHT TO BE FREE.
LOTS or MEN ANXIOUS TO HELP
JW. RELLINGERT ASSERTIT
Folks Interested In the Labor Problem
write TO Tell Him That Ills New Society
is on the Right Track-lt's Ills Own
Idea and No Corporation Is Back OF II.


departments Of business establishment
having lots of work for it's men TO do, sent
out a very limited number Of appeals three
days ago to arouse interest in a proposed
National Association of Independent Work.
men Of America" The purposes outlined
in his letter were TO secure to its members
the protection of the Government in their
right TO sell their labor to whom they choose
without the consent Of labor unions, TO
compel organized labor to obey the law.
and to bring to the attention Of Govern
ment officers any violation Of the laws
such az may tend TO interfere with inde-
pendent labor.
Since Mr.. Belnger sent out his appeal
he has received number Of letters from
people who have not only offered to join
the association and help il along. but have
sent in lists Of friends who wish TO join
Not only have there been many offers Of
this sort, but he has received several offers
of financial support.
One Of the letters which pleased Mr.
Belinger most was from man IN WASH
ingtou, u. C., who wrote as follows:
wAsprNoroy. p C.. Nov 10.
read in THE NEwYoRB SrS OF to day your
circular TO friends in telephone Offices II
ought not TO be- confined to such small circle
You want to send that circular To somebody
in every Kind OF office and factory and busi-
ness establishment in the country, and event.
ua!ly get It circulated among the abor unions
don't know whether YOU realize II, but
you've struck chord that VIII yibrate over
the country lou'v" suggested the best
wav yet to light the labor unions and all the
evil--among many good things-they stand
for at present \ our union ought TO number
hundreds OF thousands in a few months.
L. . 10 nFf 10 hi ~
The right of independent labor to work free
from force or intimidation l. part OF the very
foundation OF our lihritisS ne iaoo, unions IONS
negatives byword and farce The man
who Joins them signs away absolutely ms
the worst Of his class The intolerance.
inso nee. arbitrary acts, violence and social
i>tic tendency, Of the Unions are becoming
They do not interfere with me in any way
whatsoever nor am ! Interested IN trusts,
but | feel most deeply, as do hundreds OF
4SSsSnd OF Of tn ran h. cha.
! believe ost Of the best men among the
laborns classes will be- rejoiced TO see the
strong enough to Justify them in brca king
away from the union chains which bind
them II ought to be- Easy Tor YOU N tnI Gp,tbt
literature aud circulars Every friend OF
law and order should encourage you
Here II part Of letter which a business
man with an Office H. Hoboken sent;
Referring to the matter Of a National Assoc
citation OF Independent Workmen OF America.
| wish TO say that the views you express In
your l,tt,r must b. held by every fair-minded
man and the idea Is an excellent one
The writer OF that letter asked II funds
were required To start the association. He
is a man who Is well able 10 give tI.aEcial
assistance He suggested that Oh account
of brevity and other reasons the name
-Freemcr" would be good one for the
new association to adopt.
man who works IN dynamite factory
not very far from this city not only offered
himself as n member, but got thirty -ore
of his fellow workmen into Il, Here Is a
letter which a well-krown lawyer sent:
II lawyers are eligible to membership
IN the National Association OF lndependcnt
Workmon of America, YOU can enroll my
name "a member, as | am heartily Ia favor
of your proposed movement.
Another lawyer wrote Offering TO have
the association Incorporated as soon as
il had enough members. Mr.. Bellinger
il going to wait until he gets 5000,
one trouble with the work of organizing
the beginning Of the association, as it's
sponsor expressed il yesterday, has been
tina, only n very limited number of copies
Of the appeal were sent out and many of
the people who became interested in the
plan didn't know anything about the man
Who was starting II,
ANY one who wants to talk with Mr. Bel
luger can find him at his home, +sl West
l8jth street, after p. VI. Up TO that hour
h is busy doing work for which hs Is paid
Z nv one OF Mr. Beliuger's acquaintances
With whom reporter from THE Sun talked
yesterday laid stress on one point. that he
was doing the work Of forming the asso.
citation on his own motion and not because
the company that hires him l. paying him
to got up an opposition. To the labor unions.
Belliuger said so, too.
As a matter of fact. Bellinger and his
associates in the forming of the new organi-
zat ion have no fight against any labor
union which will compel its members to
obey the law, maintain order and let It's
members sell their labor to any one, IA may
suit them
In fact" said Mr.. Bellinger Yesterday,
'we are going TO try 10 do Just what every
labor union ought 10 do, and il the unions
will help us so much the better.
-One thing ! am sure Of l. that there
are thousands of self-respeCting Ameri-
cans who feel just as ] do about the labor.
problems. or rat her Of the problems which
have come up because Of organized labor
These problems are merely questions Of
law and order. Of decency and Of fairness
| RICH, in the labor unions there are men
| who believe in these things and when hey
get decent chance they'll be willing to
say so"
The reporter asked Mr.. Bcrlingcr il he
had ever belonged TO a labor union
NO, salu no, ! never dl1. lh0t Quee-
| ion has been put TO me before / never
studied sociology either that Is in he way
one usually means. ! guess got all my
| ideas about these things from reading
| THE Sun. All of my plans are outlined in
| my circular
And Of this circular there is something
! TO be- said Bellingar is not wealthy. and
| when he started his circular letter he thought
| II bcs, not To spend money in having it
, printed. So he took of sixty copies Of II
, with a photograph and sent thirty of those
| to some OF his acquain'ances. The next
! day ho sent the other thirty to people who
| had asked him for them, and yesterday he
hadn't a single copy left. But he'll have
| SON" more soon.
What he wants now is several thousand
members for his association. He is willing
to wait for them, but the sooner they come
in the better for his plans
i haven't got much spare time to work
this up he said, but what | have | shall
devote 20 it-every minute of it-and II we
can give the association a good start 1t
won't take much to keep it going, for we
are, on thc ight side and hat fact will count
with everybody, who is honorable. decent,
law abiding and fair