The labor world., 1903-08-22

tion to the president commencing Gen.
eral Otis.
He also charged that the police OF
Los Angeles had interfered in tho
strike without provocation, and that
he had been assaulted by the police
without cause.
Unions Vital Point.
The vital point with the union, he
said, was to win the boycott against |
q big department store advertising In |
the Times. He charged further that
ministers had been prevailed upon to
preach from the pulpit in opposition
to the union.
He was loudly applauded when he
concluded, and was followed by other
delegates who spoke vigorously.
l. The report of the committee was
adopted by q unanimous vote.
The next important matter to be
taken up was the report Of the COM
mittee on arbitration, which follows:
I'm the famous Spokane and Seattle
cases In which President Lynch is
charged by Commissioner Driscoll
with a violation Of the arbitration
agreement. we find a careful consid-
Grafton of all evidence adduced:
Publishers to Blame.
THAT the publishers precipitated the
trouble by display Of bad faith In
the outset. We believe the arbitration
agreement was promulgated by honor
able men who were unable at it's in
ception to see the loop-holes through
which All unfair. publisher or union
might take advantage Of it. We be-
lieve that the apparent bad faith Of
the above mentioned publishers nulli-
fled the arbitration agreement as ap-
plies to them and justified President
Lynch and the executive council to
take the course they did.
commissioner Driscoll and Presi-
dent Lynch agree, and so does your
committee, that the whole trouble aris-
es over the lack Of code of proceed
ure which shall define what and how
. any questions are to be arbitrated
!, We hold that this code Of procedure
should be fixed only by the parties who
conceived and promulgated the orig.
5 inal arbitration agreement.
Want Code Of Procedure.
+ 1--WE submit that this agreement wa.
: effected without arbitration in it!
popular sense, and now without {
p code of procedure, we recommend tina
. II the agreement is to live, Its acknowl
edged shortcomings shall be remediet
q as above set out. We do not believ'
v the arbitration agreement contemplat
ed the arbitration of questions of
; T. U. law, but should be confined onl,
i, to questions over established wag
!. scales and the new one proposed b.
the dissatisfied party. I. T. u. law Il
existence at the inception of the arbl
tration agreement cannot be arbitrate
G for the reason that only by referendum
T. vote can it be receded from or altered
J. The I. T. U. constitution and BYLAW
q like those of the United States gov
d ernment, represent what the member
q Of this union believe to be principle
= that cannot be arbitrated, and thel
II arbitration was not contemplated
N they are necessary to the life Of til
= organization, and must be maintained
. Commissioner Driscoll proposed
arbitrate with out precedent tt
IS: sent eeitei;a tsfo any man II;
n they may agree upon. For reasor
l. adopted, our committee is Of the opinio
" that this cannot be done. The publis]
,g ers then demanded the arbitration {
y. matters prohibited by our laws an
We therein violated the agreement putin
: themselves beyond the pale of a
bitration. We assert that we belle,
In arbitration, but arbitration is on]
he possible where parties to dispute az
Us proach the question in fair manner.
- - Endorse the President.
[e I'VE recommend that the conventio
1t endorse President Lynch and tt
> executive council in the course the
h, pursued. believing that it was the on]
Is way open when the discovery was mad
,- that the publishers, who were not livin
up to the spirit of the contract. We
e discovered"
n president Lynch took occasion at tn
- point to answer to the charge made b
Commissioner Driscoll as representati,
OF the Publishers association, that h
and the executive councils violated the
agreement in connection with thes
\" cases. Mr.. Lynch defended the positio
taken by himself and the executiy
council stating the reasons for the
q action. He was loudly cheered when h
p p had concluded.
~ ! ---"S'01' W SO4ASIOcI L0c report 4
executive session was voted down, Afte
spirited address by number of til
a delegates, the report was adopted nv
y y rising vote.
: won'an's Auxiliary.
The Woman's auxiliary today took II
the fight of the typographical unio
AGAINST the Los Angeles Times an
after much discussion, decided to ad
- dress advertisers in that paper to with
draw their patronage.
& After voting to hold the next annus
meeting in st. Louis, in August. in 100.
o the following officers were elected:
o Mrs. Frank L. Kennedy of Omaha. re
= elected president, and Mrs. Edwar
< Dunell. Of Cincinnati, reelected SCI
10 retary. Miss Laura b. Gordon. q
s Washington, first vice president; Mr..
Charles e. Mckee, Indianapolis. secon
- vice president; Mrs. Edward Buchanan
IS Washington, third vice president; Mr.,
IS c. c. Houston, Atlanta; fourth vic
l. president; Mrs. w. s. Waudb,
Rochester, chaplain: Mrs. Joseph Mar