The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19
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SHOULD UNIONS INCORPORATE?

SHOULD UNIONS INCORPORATE?
D. L. Clark, head Of the Railway Con
ductors' order, who served on the An
thraclto Strike Commission. writesSln the
current Golfers Weekly Son. this DIGESTION.
saying that there is no consistency in re-
curing unions to incorporate under laws
which are designed especiallystfor cor
roratlons of capital n
THE "MUsCLE TRUST" ATTACKED.
The feature Of the annual convention Of
the National Association $of EManufac-
turers. which opened at New Orleans
Tuesday was the address a8ot President
Parry, who described organized ilahor as
the muscle trust" and said 1t was Il ma
tlonal menace, driving the country to-
ward Socialism,. lie thought that the
sentiment In Congress and III the press,
favorable to the eight-hour ana the anti
injunction bills. indicated the enormous
ana deep-seated power Of organized Ia
Dor, an army presumably LOCO, 900 strong.
He said the rule of organized labor was
| the rulego the least Intelligent portion
| OF labor. az Chicago. he singled out es-
perially, as the dangerous spot, because
there the tyranny OF organized labor has
reached its greatest oppression. Mr.. Par
| ~ recommended the organization Of every
employer in the United States In a grand
national federation to combat the labor
| trust. albt5
As If In reply to this report came the
| address Of Carroll D. Wright, represent
ing President Roosevelt, on the following
day. He defended organized labor. say
ing 1t was as important and needful as
combinations of capital, AS both We're
hero to stay. no Insisted that they must
learn to work In harmony, and he pre-
dicted that they would learn TO do away
with strikes and lockouts one day. liz
asserted that tho remuneration of capita
Is constantly decreasing and that OF Ia
bnr constantly increasing. This he at
trbuted to the accumulation of wealth
and to the increased standard OF living
resulting from education.
The manufacturers Association adopt
cd resolution against Ehoycotts and lock
outs and recognizing the right Of labor t
organize without interference with tn
liberty OF employer or employees.
SHOULD UNIONS INCORPORATED y
Rear-Admiral Rodgers, commandant 0
the Brooklyn Maynard has ejecte
5 from the yard walking delegate wn
! was trying to induce the iron worker
/ engaged on the new Cantlever Crane 7
Quit work because Of trouble between tn
: union and the Brown Hoisting Company
y of Cleveland which has the contract "a
: the crane. A steamboat has been chal
I, tered for the use of non-union workmeI
who are said to have been threatened b
Q union men. Also marines have been sta
toned at the entrance to the Navy Yart
The work Is in connection with the ne
battleship Connecticut. to be constructe
at this yard.
POLICE FORCE uNloNIzED,
The police force OF Erie. Pa, has form
ed. a union for the purpose of enforein
d l. demand for an advance In wages frol
+ SEQ to $75 a month, Tho union was o.
9 ganized under the Central Labor Unto
J. and has received charter,
. NATIONAL NoN-UNION SOCIETY.
a The non-unlon workmen, who have G
ganized recently In several Indiana elite
\ Incorporated national organization
Indianapolis Monday. to be known as Il
n American Association Of Mechanic
70 Headquarters We're established at Munci
:. lRONWORKS' STRIKE OFF.
"a it was reported Wednesday that Il
o. strike Of the structural iron-worke
e. throughout the country against Z
T. American Bridge Co. had been declared {
at by President Frank Buchanan, OF the !
ed ternational Union, pending negotiatio
AMI for a settlement OF the entire trouble,