New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-14
c. r. Z. TO AID LOCAL No. 2.
President Buchanan PerSuddeS IL to
AppOint a Committee.

delegation from the international Association
OF Bridge and Structural Iron Workers consisting
OF President Frank Buchanan and General Organ
1zer Fitzpatrick, attended yesterdays meeting Of
the Central Federated UniCn, to make a plea
behalf Of Local No 2. TO prevent IL from going TO
pieces. Buchanan. who spoke first. went into the
history Of the entanglements Of Local No. 2. He
said that the employers were doing all they could
20 Kill the organization Then he said:
VIII you see organization that has made such
a good record as ours utterly strangled by the
pIOysrs? We do not want financial assistance-we
only want your cooperation We have endeavored
by every means in power bring about an
amicable settlement but nothing but complete an
Inhalation Of Local No. viii satisfy the Iron
League"
Buchanan said that The plan OF the employers
association did away with the sympathetic strike
This deprived organized labor Of its best weapon.
The fact that there are men IN the trades union
movement who may be corrupt does not near that
The labor movement is corrupt any more than THAI
corrupt Senators Congressman make a corrupt
national legislature he ded THE employers
responsible for any corruption There could be
no bride takers without bride givers Now the
employers have started for national organization
10 disrupt the labor unions. That is what are
OD against now"
When the chairman began &c appoint a committee
10 cooperate with Buchanan and Local No. 2 tho
i've men he first named unwilling serve.
Oven the men who shouting for Buchanan
were unwilling. Finally Delegates Holland, Downey,
the committed.
Members OF unions which have signed the arb
tration agreement Of the Employers Association
were Pleased yesterday that the delegates from the
Employers Association the convention in Chi
cagO last week where a National Building Trades
employers ASSOCIATION was formed, had declined
20 have anything TO do with the open shop idea
Edward Kelly. delegate OF the Electrical Workers
Union one OF the organizations which have signed
the arbitration agreement, said
7 DO not Wei! see what other action could be
taken by the New York delegation The unions
which have signed tho arbitration agreement did
SO in good faith with the understanding THAI the
plan meant the recognition OF the union all
through 1 believe that arbitration IL logical, and
that as far as the men are concerned they will
Etand by the agreement"
President Charles J.. Eidlitz Of the Employers
AssOciaCon said yesterday afternoon:
= he association VIII certainly stand by the
action OF its delegates They instructed not
20 agree 10 anything that based on the
lines Of the arbitration agreement OF our organizs-
zion. We stand committed TO that plan as the
most logical. and think the unions that have
Eigned Il believe with Our agreements VIII not
expire until le05 and do not believe that the
unions Will break them II they DO. shall take
another course OF action There is reason to
believe however. that there Will be any trouble
with the unions in this respect They have learned
the value OF arbitration