The Washington times., 1902-10-21
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ciferously. At that time the hall was
packed; pit, gallery, and stage.
1t was to this crowded audience that
| President Mitchell delivered his address.
reading from manuscript. His voice
was strong and clear. He was very much
in earnest. 1t was received with but
few Interruptions, an occasional wave of
applause passing quickly over the thea
ter. Toward the end. where he ap-
pealed to the delegates to indorse the
Recommendation of the district board.
his enunciation was most Impressive.
| The applause at its conclusion was
light: 1t was too serious proposition to
grow enthusiastic over At once num-
Der of speakers were on their feet. Sew
eral motions were improperly put, and
the chair did not allow them.
Men got up here and there to say
few words protesting against resumption
without the assurance Of work for all;
others asked for the Endorsement OF
President Mitchelrs address. Several
heated sentences were spoken.
A couple of minor motions were put
and voted upon aye and no, and then the
delegates realized that the hall was
crowded with visitors, that they could
not distinguish delegates from specta-
tors: that no clear vote could be taken.
"Markle and Baer might be there vot-
ing against us one cried.
All Outsiders Excluded.
After some discussion it was decided
to put out all who were not delegates.
This took some time. The newspaper
men remained. They had, in body.
asked the convention for that privilege in
order TO get correct reports. Some OF
the delegates objected to the reporters.
One. in stirring words. declared the press
had been the best friends of the strikers:
that the country at large wanted to know
what The strikers were doing. and that it
was duty they owed the American peo-
pie to allow the newspaper men to re,
main.
Let 'em stay" cried another IF you
put 'em out. they'll know three minutes
after the convention what was done
THE great objection is that our names
will be mentioned one complained,
"and if the operators see what we have
said they might not take some of us
back
President Mitchell asked the news
paper men if they would suppress the
names. They agreed. Then the dele
gates spoke freely. One of the first to
,la
an engineer.
what about u.s." he asked. "a lot
of us will not get our places back. !
am young. For myself l care nothing, but
many of the engineers are old men.
They cannot get other work to do. They
have been with the companies twenty
and thirty years, and are too old to start
afresh. What is the union TO do with
Them
A Delegates Expression.
4 delegate from the same district de-
Glazed:
Il have positive information that
large number of these men will not get |
their places back. And there are also
the fire bosses and others of that kind. |
who. like men. came out with us, al
though they did not have to. but who
would not do the work strikers had
done. and had to give up their jobs in
consequence. We should not go back to
work until assured that all of these men
will get their places back.
An old gray haired man got up and
with an impressive voice. said:
THE eyes OF the entire country are
on us. victory for us means much to
the labor organizations of the country;
but what becomes Of us il We do not get
all our strikers back to work? What
will the other labor organizations say of
US II we desert the men who have aided
us? tell you we cannot leave these
men by the. wayside"
These and similar attacks brought to