Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-26
ON COMMON GROUND.
Employers and Employees Will Meet at
MINNEAPOLIS.

puDllC III SGHeIdl lllGISSl4u III
first national convention of employer
and employee, which will be held in
Minneapoli, Mimi, September % to &c.
President Roosevelt will be present
one day. Every labor and trade orga-
nization of Importance will be repre-
scented. Presidents and managers of
important employing concerns have
listed as delegates with Secretary
Rockwell.
Some in Attendance.
The presence of such men as COM
prise the following list is in itself pro.
ductive of enthusiasm for the prospac-
tive results of this great coming to-
gether for conference on problems of
labor. John Mitchell, president of the
United Mine Workers of America;
Florence Kelly, secretary of the Ma
tional Consumers League; T. " Pow
derby, former commissioner of immi-
grafton of the United States; James M.
Lynch, president International Typo
graphical union; H. W. Sherman. In
ternational Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers; E. e. Clark, grand chief con-
ductor of Order of Railway Conductors
of America; e. P. Sargent, grand mas
ter of Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men and United States commissioner
of immigration; M. p. Carrick, general
secretary and treasurer of the Broth
erhood of Painters, Decorators and
Paperhangers of America; Col w. D.
Wiman, vice president of Deere & Co. !;
Carroll d. Wright, United States com
missioner of labor; James Kilbourne,
president Kilbourne & Jacobs Manu-
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Professor Richard T. Ely, Jane lAd-
dams of Hull House, and manyfothers
of eminent note. ,sGG.
~. A Splendid Plan.
The National Employer and Employe
convention idea is the enlargement of
a plan to call together those interested
in the eight hour movement. ItTis a
gathering designed for free exchange
of thought on the labor problem of to,
day. The one aim is to give opportun-
ity for opposing sides in labor disputes
to get together on neutral ground.
The Speakers.
The speakers are each thoroughly
conversant with their subjects. The
discussion will be taken part in by
men who have at heart the interests OF
labor and a desire for commercial
peace. *
A short list of some leading ad
dresses is given herewith: Prof j. b
Clark of Columbia University, rs Com.
pulsory Arbitration Inevitable?"; Car.
roll d. Wright, rs There a Solution to
the Labor Question:; James Xii,
bourne, The Relation Between En-
ployer and Employee; Prof. Charles
zueblin of Chicago University, t.Rela-
ton of the Public to Capital and La
Dor; William H. Tolman, League for
| Social Service; Herman JUST, com.
I missioner of the Illinois Coal Operat
ors' union, "Arbitration-Its Uses and
Abuses; Jane Adams, Social Waste
of Child Labor; Prof. Frank L. Nc.
Vey, Economic Effects of the Eight
Hour Day"
A Good Location.
Minneapolis in September is ideal
| for convention. The breezes are soft
and balmy. The surrounding lakes af.
ford means of recreation. After the
long summer of relaxation, the wheels
of commerce are beginning to revolve
and the great manufacturing center OF
the northwest is seen at it's best.
Such rates will be given by the rail
ways that all can afford to attend the
great conference. Side trips following
the convention can be taken at reduc.
ed rates. Minneapolis is the gateway
to the far west. From it as a center
radiate railway lines to the south also
and to the Canadian northwest, rich
in its prospect for new settlers.