New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-20

NIX. CLELLAN'S SREECh
II my administration is to be a success It can
I am of those partisans who believe that that
public we'll believe in a clean. honest, efficient
government. II am 10 give this must rely
the people
Labor and capital politics and finance were
notably represented at the dinner those at the
speakers table including Cornelius n. Bliss,
Lewis Nixon. John Mitchell. Samuel ]. Comp
ers. Emil L Boas, Henry SeligTnan. William H
Parsons, Frank Buchanan. president Of the IN
ternatonal Association OF Bridge and Structural
Ironworkers. which includes Sam" Parks's
Union; Charles L Eidlftz. president OF the New
York Building Trade Association; Emerson Mac
MILAN. chairman Of the Federatton's conciIa-
ton committee; V. Everit Macy Charles r
Flint and Edgar E Clark Neither Bishop Pot
ter nor Archbishop Ireland attended the din
ner. as had been expected. Bishop Potter send
ing q letter saying he had been unavoidably
detained elsewhere
Mr. Straus. who presided at the dinner. and
opened the speeches OF the evening, defined the
plan Of the Civic Federation as Cancellation, the
wish 10 supplement union between the American
wage Garner, the most capable, skilful. indus
trious in the world: the employer. the most en-
terprising and generous and the general public
the most noble hearted in the world
He characterized the CLOSED shop" as a
Silent exhibit Of cooperative bankruptcy"
Reviewing the work Of the Civic Federation,
he said that in the last years 1t had partici-
pated in no less than two hundred bIoodless bat
ties its efforts in so per cent being crowned
with Dre-eminent success.
Mr. Straus next introduced Mt Gornpers as
the greatest trust magnate and merger in the
United States
In the course Of a vehement almost impas-
stoned, speech, Mr.. Gompers said in part;
MR. GoMPERss ADDRESS.
The Civic Federation is worthy Of the lasting re-
spect and gratitude Of all people and deserves far
for better conditions for all people OF the country
establish right with the least poss5bIe freo II
| This should be done by evolution. not by revOlu-
WORKSHOP Of the world as well as the, greatest
, tu[St eounLry y we look forward TO the
stand as beacon OF light for the advancement Of
[he w9TIq. socially as wei as morally. You win
down IN the abysses of misery.
Samuel B. DonneIIy, secretary OF the local or
ganIzatlon in presenting his report spoke Of the
settlements that had been made in the year and
outlined the good offices performed by the fed
Grafton
Edgar z. Clark member Of the Anthracite
Coal Commission. followed Mr.. Mcclellan.
The National Civic Federation lives in an a re
that may be termed the age Of organizatio and
IN that age II IS a unique organization" ne said.
The Civic Federation is nOn-sectarian mis-
sionary. 1t stands distinctly as a peaCemaker."
ously near having strike of walters to arbi-
trate yesterday. II appears that the walters for
the dinner and reception had been hired by the
| caterer from among the members OF the Hotel
and Restaurant Employees International Al
lance. and word was brought TO the alliance
yesterday that they were receiving 81 30 and So
| each for the occasion. the union wages being
! s. 90
Organizer Bauman Of the alliance FASTENED to
the headquarters OF the Civic Federation. in the
Mission Building Fourth-ave. and Twenty-sec-
! ond-st, and protested against the payment of
non-unton wages. a hurry call was sent for the
! caterer. and after a brief conference. in which
| several labor members Of the Civic Federation
/ took part the dispute was happily adjusted by
/ the caterer agreeing to pay 3 90 each TO the
walters, and the dinner was saved.
| MITCHELL AND EIDLITz CLASH.
| Some sensation was caused by the verbal
/ clash between Mr. EIdlitz. who is the national
! president of the Building Trades Employers As
ISOLATION and Mr.. Mitchell president of the
/ United Mine Workers Of America
! In a speech whose tenor was warmly ep-
! plauded Mr.. Eidlitz, after insisting that the
| sentiment ne was about TO express was not
necessarily that Of the organization OF which he
was president and which he did not represent
on the occasion, declared that the entire StruCt-
! ure on which the agreements between the en-
! pIoyers and the men OF the building trades were
| founded were based on q wrong He maintained
| employment OF any capable, skilful man be-
| cause he did not belong TO a certain union II
! did wrong, and that deep down in their hearts
! such men Mr.. Mitchell and Mr.. GOmpers be-
| ueved he did
| He declared that his organization had signed
! the agreements and would live up to them be-
| cause il was policy to do bat he felt that he
| had no more right to ask q man whether he be-
| ionged to q certain labor organization before
| employing him than 10 ask what the mans re
| ligion might be TO what political party he he
| longed.
The address was repeatedly punetuated by ap-
| plause.
| MI F,dlitz was followed by Mr.. Mitchell, who
| said that he would not have departed from the
| subject Of industrial Peace" which had been
| assigned him If a discord in the spirit OF haT-
| uony that had marked the evening had not
| bean struck by the speaker who preceded him.
| Il grant to Mr.. EidlitZ the right to believe as
| he nieasas but l deny to him the right 10 I'M
| DUrn the motives of Mr.. Gompers and myself,
| he said when he says that deep down IN our
hearts we believe as he believes he says what IS
not true. ,. . -,
| ar I believed as he does / would not nave
| siened the agreements as he did. I would have
| maintained my belief TO the end rms Is not
| the Mace TO discuss the question or the open
| shoD as against the closed shop. InaL question
| the abor organizations Will meet
| Marcus NJ Marks. the last speaker oWeIt on
| the work of the federation in bringing ABOUT a
| bat+sr understanding between the representa-
| tives Of capital and labor