The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-30
NATIONAL war ON The UNIONS
EMPLOYEES As WELL As EMPLOY
ERS IN THE MOVEMENT.
Clergy man Stampedes the Chicago Meeting
Of mplOyers-NatiOnaI Federation 10
he f0rmed-Thsse Who Join VIII De
Protected In the Right 70 Work.

Clergy man ~ Ampedes the chicago Meeting
Of EmpiOyers-NatiOnaI Federation 10
he F0rmed-Thsse Who Join VIII De
Protected in the Night 70 Work.
CHICAGO, Oct 2e.-War on labor unions
by a great combination q employers, en-
ployees and all persons opposed to union
principles was urged in 30 forcible manner
by the Rev. James c. Boedtke q Presby-
terrain minister from Shelbyville. Ind. at
to-day's national meeting Of employers
that he swept away the original plans OF
the convention. Instead Of a federation OF
employers associations. there will be
huge national organization that will en-
brace employers associations and citizens
alliances and protective union OF EN-
ployers and employees. whose main object
will be to oppose labor unions.
Between 1900 900 and 5000. 900 persons
in the United States will become members
OF the organization, the advocates OF the
plan believe. They expect that thousands
o. men in every State will leave the labor
unions and join the new organization.
which will pledge them protection against
the unions.
probably not more than half dozen men
in the hall had heard before, spoke, there
was uncertainty concerning the lines on
which the federation should be formed
There were many who had come TO the
convention with the idea that. a national
organization of the employers associations
for employers alone to be formed
Delegates from a dozen or more citizenr
alliances in the West came also, and as
the alliances included in their member
ship lawyers, doctors and even employees
as we'll a. employers, the problem of what
should be done about them at once con-
front"d the convention.
While they were considering this per-
picking question. the Rev. Mr.. Boedtke
arose He proclaimed that an organizs-
ton OF employers alone would be a class
organization. which would not win the
approval of the public. Then he peade
for a federation built on broad lines-one
that would include all who believed labor
unions were oppressive and would pledge
themselves to oppose them
Ninety per cent. of the workingmen in
the country are opposed to labor unions.
was one Of the assertions he made. If
the organization would allow employees
to join as well as employers and would
assure them protection from tho unions
he argued that many workingmen would
flock to it.
Delegates from the Kansas City Citizens
Alliance, that claims a membership of II 900;
from the Denver Citizens Alliance that
claims 5000 members, and from other alli-
H. ,LA
they won favor also with many of the dele
gates from Central and Eastern employers
associations, until then opposed to the
idea.
d. NJ. Parry, president Of the National
Manufacturers Association, who was be-
ieved to favor an exclusively employers
organization, said:
Il don't see what difference it will make
with the federation on what basis the in
dividual associations are formed"
Others were more enthusiastic One
man declared that the organization would
WELD a political influence. The labor
unions" he declared "have not shown
themselves able to carry elections but an
organization of this kind will exert great
influence"
There were 300 delegates. representing
nearly one hundred cities and about one
hundred and twenty-five associations,
present at the convention, according 10
the report of the press committee this
evening They came from all parts Of the
country and there was scarcely a State
that was not represented,
Frederick W Job. secretary Of the Chi
caoo Employers' Associatiop calIed tho
convention to order at 10 o'clock in the
morning, and the convention at once pro-
ceeded 10 choose temporary officers. J.
" Van Cleave Of st. Louis was chosen tenn
poraIy chairman. and A. c. Marshall, rep
resenting manufacturers association,
WAS made temporary secretary