Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-15
PARRY SCORES LABOR
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felt by Jurors that they '4n turn might be
assassinated."
Mr.. Parry concluded the Chicago para
graph with the prophesy that Chicago will
be in the hands Of martial law in a very
few months unless there is an awakening
Of the civic pride of Chicago which shall
put ar end to the lawlessness now throt-
thing the city"
The American Federation Of Labor was
denounced as an organization which
breeds boycotters, picketers and socialists
and the source from whence proceeds such
noxious emanations as the eight-hour and
anti-conspiracy bills" The speaker de-
nounced Cancellation as a myth and arbi-
tration as a failure, holding that there can
be no Cancellation or arbitration when a
gun is pointed at the head Of employers and
they are forced to arbitrate whether they
will or not.
Report of the Secretary.
Marshall Cushing, national secretary,
read his annual report, showing an in
crease in membership Of 100 per cent dur
ing the last year and a satisfactory fnan-
cial condition. The chairman announced
his standing committees and at 1 o'clock
an adjournment for luncheon was taken.
The afternoon session was devoted to
discussion Of annual reports and the offer
ing of resolutions. The delegates are being
entertained by New Orleans in royal
fashion. Each delegate has been provided
with a handsome souvenir watch fob, done
In oxydized silver and handsomely en-
graved.
Employers to, Organise Men.
After the luncheon recess Hamilton Car
hart Of Michigan, national treasurer, re-
ported a satisfactory theld for the treasury.
G. w. Post of BattledCreek. Mich, origina-
tor of the Post check system, delivered an
address on THE tyranny Of trades unions
He said in part:
/ am here to plead the cause of the
white slave of today. He may be partly
enslaved by a combination of circum-
u~facturers although practically every en-
ploye is as free as air to go and come at
his pleasure and sell his labor where he
union is in truth and In fact, more abject
than the negro slave of the past.
There may have been some brutal and
%tyrannous slave owners in the south, but |
ask you If ever in all the history of negro
slavery did there exist such a condition OF
children, as now exists under the acts of
desperate members Of labor unions.
In the gradual solution of the wage ques-
ton and the establishment of right tn both
parties, labor unions became a necessity
In order to curb the selishness and injus-
tice of some manufacturers, but such vio-
lent and desperate excuses have crept into
the operation of labor unions that common
safety demands a new union, eliminating
the false of the old.
/ am decidedly in favor of a union that
will help the people keep in work and Sc
cure the highest wages the business Will
stand. This body should proceed at once
to the work of organization, either by COM
mittee or in general session; select officers
and secure a general manager of high grade
and capable of earning a good sized salary
Paid delegates should be sent broadcast TO
the labor centers. there to organize local
unions, under the employer and employers
union. These local organizations would
draw to themselves the best workmen In
the land. who are nov toreed 100 100 ot nen
their liberty to the manipulation and d.
rection Of noisy, turbulent men.
Numerous resolutions were introduced
and referred to committee without debate,
among them being the following;
Endorsing the organization OF nonunion
workmen and pledging the association to
their support; p~ledging the support and as
s~istance Of members to any member under
union boycott; providing for an association
bureau Of labor to investigate and attempt
to adjust the labor troubles OF members
and to endeavor to organize and promote
a nonunion workingman's association to be
known as the "Workingman's Liberty
Union" urging tariff revision on general
lines; ~favoring measures to increase the
elasticity of the currency.
Al tomorrow's session the delegates will
be addressed by Carroll D. Wright OF
washington and Mayor Samuel M. Jones Of
Toledo.