Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-11-05
An EMPLOYERS UNION.
Citizens Industrial Association o4
America H. Formed at Chicago-D.
vi. Parry, of Indianapolis, Elected
Presidcnt.

Chicago, Oct. 31.-With the election
of ID. Nj. Parry, of indianapolis, as its
| president, tn, i,iiInation of the Citi-
Zens' Industrial Association of Amer
lea was completed last night. The or
ganization is national in scope and
includes representative manufactur-
erS, tradesmen, other employers of
labor, local general organizations
and Citizens Alliances, having among
other things as its object the dealing
with the labor problem in all its
phases.
Delegates from 81 cities from San
Francisco to New York, including sew
eral in Canada, were present at the
| convention and at the concluding ses-
sion all details of the plan of carry
ing on and extending the work of the
organization were completed. Other
officers were elected as follows:
j. c. Craig, of Denver, head of the
Colorado State and Denver Citizens
Alliance, first vice president.
+. NJ. McCleary, of the National
Electrical Contractors association,
Detroit, second vice president.
j. I. Hole, of the Manufacturers
Association of New York, third vice
president.
\. {. Rosencranz, of the Citizens
Alliance, Evansville, Ind. treasurer.
The secretary and an executive com
mittee of Is members, of which the
president, the three vice presidents
and the treasurer shall be members,
are to be named later. 4 convention
of the association will be held in In
dianapolis next February.
The manner of assessing and aflili@t-
ing the many associations in the or
ganization took up most of the time
of the delegates at Fridays session.
1t was decided that all members of
the association shall pay an initiation
fee of $25 to S1O0 and all members
shall pay dues at the rate of so cents
per annum per employing members,
the amount in no case to be less than
$40 nor greater than $500 per annum.
Some trouble was threatened
through the action of several of the
New York delegates who were not
in sympathy altogether with the CiG-
Zens' Alliance, which admits en-
ployer, employe and others and went
on record as opposed to it, favoring
among other things postponement
of the matter. They We're in the min
ority, however and were later won
over by those favoring the alliances.
Resolutions were then adopted.
They refer to strained relations be-
tween employer and employe and
their bad effect on business condi-
tions; demand ample protection for
all seeking to earn a livelihood and
continue in part:
"In carrying on firm and uncom-
promising contest with the abuses of
unions as now conducted, at the same
time acknowledging the free right of
workmen to combine and admitting
that their combination when rightly
constituted and conducted may prove
highly useful. we earnestly desire to
act. and believe we are acting in the
true interests of the workingmen
themselves"
Mr.. Parry. who is president of the
National Manufacturers association
was then elected head of the organi-
zation, there being no opposition to
him nor to the other officers. He
made a brief speech of acceptance, re-
ferring to his devotion to the move
mcnt and the desire to secure ways
and means for observance Of law.