The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-13
BAT1LESHIP ILLINOIS HELD UP
iTENENT or JTDGE FtISON
20 THE SENtTr COMMITTEE.
lie Said the ship Was Tied To Her Dock
BEFORE Her grtai Trip ndcr Threat ~
Labor Leaders That she should Not sail
lntil Their De,nands We're Conceded.

81 i.'b,i' lag Con rarv. declared io-'1.
to the S'nn'c Conn ito on Edura ilr ana
Labor, !. ':., disctis,iou of ~" Eigh'-loLr
bill. hat the hgttlesiiT llinoir war tied
up tu her dock before h 'ial trip under
tie thresl Of the labor aders that she should
not ~ail unless then demands wee complied
with"
This aroused the ire Of James Duncan.
national 9. cretsry 90 the Granite C.'tcrs'
Associa lon who followed Judge Paysor
and denounced his statement as -bua.
combs.
In reply to question hv Senator Deliver
a. to the pratSicahlity of working a set of
men ten hours a cay by the side Of another
set working nine hours a day, Mr. DuncaI
said:
If was ore of thc men working nine
hours n day the ninth hour wou.t = " worth
very little to tie employer"
When James II O'Connell. president Of
the Internal ional Association OF MGchinis,s.
sroee 20 address he committee he was white
with rage over he statement made yrSto,-
day by J. H. Null, assistant manager #
the Craml~. tina told of tho da-tardiy a.
tempts made hy members Of Nh OCon-
nells organization to cripple 'wo United
States Vessels while they were being fitted
out il the CrGmp hIpyards during the
Spanish American WI
How darr he assert, shoutei Mr. O'Con-
nell shaking with emotion. tina, the Off
GERS Of my association We're eepunsibe
for this act' That means me- he said
pounding furiously on tho desk
.Well II the shoe pinchee, you know"
broke In Judge McCammon, attorney for
the Cramps, with a smile.
Senator Deliver endeav ored to calm the
labor leader and, seLt,ng for the records
OF the proceedings of Thursday, convinced
him that Mr.. Null did not implicatc any
officers Of O'Gonnelrs organization. but
simply said that the perpetrators Of the
outrage we're members of that order.
Mr.. OConnell arraignod in scorching
terms the National Association of Manu-
facturers who, he said. through their presl-
dent, ID. y. Parry Of Indianapolis, and their
secretary, Marshall Gushing Of New York,
had been responsible" for circular which
was pIe.5 Liant With U'icanery al 4 uudethaud
methoCs
in it, said Mr. O'Connll. and have
cupy of II hore,' he a,,dyd, shaking "a
paper at MIR. Gushing, WHO was present
and looked very uncomfortable. they ask
the assistance of the manufacturers in
advoo iting this bill. and solicit any matter
that may defeat the measure, specifying
particula ly that whether this mat ger may
be used plblioly or not il can he of service
To them"
Mr.. O'Connell denounced the assertion
of Mr., Du Brul If Cincinnati. representing
the Metal Trades Association, that the
unions had precuuCertcd plan to de-
crease tn" output of the manufacturers
Mr.. O'Conuell said that no such sch-ma
was known % the unions, and he called
the committees attention to the faCt hat
the majority Of the members # Mr.. Du
Bruls association worked their met on an
eight and nlne-huur basis.
EX-Secretary Of the Navy Herbert,
arguing against the bill, said that labor
organizations are trying to prevent piece,
WORK, which, he said. was direct inflac-
ton of the principles cf our ib.rty. He
warned the steamship lines and railroads
that, while they were exempted from the
provisions of til, hll, il II became a law
a bill to reach them would follow. lie
pointed out that the object of the labor
unions was Ia secure the Ultimate Govern
ment ownership of pubic utilities, such as
the railroads. telegraph and steamship
lines. and urged Congress 20 resis, tn,
tendency. The paS-tg' Of this blli .Ic
declared, would be "a step toward the de-
struction OF American industries.
Ne. .atOI McjOIEa- oil ..dryIaHd, chair
man Of the committee, and Judge Joseph
T.. Met ammo. hal harp tit IN discus-lig
the passage of the Till by the Hou-e. Judsr
McCammon, III opening his argurur..t.
spoke in n rather sarcastic fashion Of III"
House Comnittee Oh Labor, which re-
ported the hill vorLhly last cssiuu
Il might call 20 the attention Of tie Sena-
tors pursued the Juuge, that within
my reColl,.Ct ION 10 lawyer ha- over been
appointed ON the Labor Committee Of tho
House since this till has been before In.
House
Chairman Mct omas tried 20 MAKE tine
Ioint that representative Gardlnrr of
New Jersey. chairman Of the ComAitte.,
was lawyer.
oh. no, he j. not" SLAPPED Judge
MCCammoL. He has been JuStic. of the
Peace, | bcIicv'," and the Judge, with a
curl of hiD lin. declared that rGuc of The
members Of MIR. Galdiners committee VIII,
had ever taken part III the deliberations on
the hi " a. a iT'N'r
Judge MCCammon gave many roa.ons.
based on Constitutional ,aw, why tho bili
should not he iavoTably reported by the
Senate Committee. Hr quoted from many
legal opinions IN order to show that tho
bill was urconstitu !ona!, and he called
special attention 10 the last statement
OF the principle governing tn" subject ~
hand n found IN tho message Of President
Roosevelt, delivered - Congress, o.. Dc
2, 1902, President Roosevelt said. Ever,
employer, every wagcwOrker must la
guaranteed his liberty and his tight TO do
a. h. likes with his property or his labor
80 long as h" does not m'iingc upon the
rights Of others"
They talk about the down-troddcn WACO
Garner. Such a condition dutse not exist
among American frccn'n," Judge NcIuru-
mon cobluded, and such lrgiS Iatiou us ia
embodied IN this bill Is devoid of al Consti-
tutiona! authority, suggesting the handi-
work of the labor agitator rat her than the
political economist
The closing argument Of the ,lav WAS
made by Nj. Samuel GOWpers, president
OF the Arneri' AZ Federation OF Lar r
After reviewing the history If the measure
he spoke bitterly of the iu,e il had ru,t
in the Senate, dealing ia the mort cau.,i c
language N referring To senator XVI.
now dead, who hc S@id Introduced and
fathcred the bill in the Senate and th,n
submitted a minority report against il in
the COMMITTEES.
MIR. Gompers said that statements madc
by Mr., Null OF the Cramps against the Inter
national Associat. IN or Nachinist. tina.
machinery Of the transport Thomas and
the battleship Alabama whi'e tlts, ,es els
wer' lying AT tine yar'is Of the Cramp, wen,
not true.
House Committee Decides Against AMI.
Polygani, Amendment.
WASHINGTON, Dec. r. BY "A vote If 7
to tn liuusc Cominittc" on the judi. AIRY
tp-uHV do .1,l auulp-t ,..t,nrtipy ii,