The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-20
HOW CTIICAGO CAPITALISTS
FIGHT ORGANIZED LABOR
STORY of the Employers Associa-
ton and Its Battle With
tie Unions.
TALK WITH SEC ETARY JOB
Windy Cityaan Unhealthy Place
n for Non -gUniot,ists ~ Labor
Leaders Against Violence,
Especial Correspondents 10 The Times
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Correspondence 10 The Times
Dispatcl.) N&
CHICAGO, ILL, March 49, ago 10
K Tho great storm center Of labor and capi-
TAI In the United States. It's record OF
strikes exceeds that OF any other city.
It mas about two hundred thousand me1,
IN Its trades unions and IT has been ana
IL now largely ruled by the man In the
s oycrnlls. At the Same time the capitalists
nrc good fighters. They have studied
trades union methods and within the
rast few months have combined together
a 4 great association to protect them
se)ves. Nearly every business has Its.
local organization OF EMPLOYERS, ana ..eso
s have affiliated Will, the great city assoc
citation OF employers. which Is no" OPP
posing n solid front TO most OF the de-.
1,,nnds OF organized labor.
(. The Chicago Employers Association
Z rxrr esents a capital Of thousands OF mil
lions Of dollars. 1t is backed by Mar:
Z sshall Field and Company and tho great
5department stores. by the millionaire pork
Una ckers and the steel mngnates, by the
III strect railways and by about 1000 other
Icempnnles ana Individuals, handling alto
~ ccthers a number OF workmcn far N en-
Il; cess Of the army or the United States
association is running It's cam
In opposition to organized lanor
on much the Same lines as those which
organized labor has used to defeat me
Individual employer. It has brought u
new feature into the labor question and
enc. which, promises to extend TO every
a$S CITY ofthe United Stntes. Similar asso-
II Citations arc being organized IN many
nIaces and they may In time form par
4 az n great national association embrace
,nE the whole country.
Walking Delegate of3Million-
aires Club.
N q The Chicago Employers Associat ton can
command no end Of money and III is
ready to spend freely TO protect the m
" dividual workman or the Individual en-
Y blower, supplying the latter with funds
him for losses I'M case Of
4 strikes and even carrying him financially
N AT tho banks It will protect him or tho
workman in the courts and bring the
hest legal talent in opposition 70 any
fight with organized labor.
The association has secretary who IS
paid salary bigger than that OF a
y limited States senator. lie holds much
the same position In regard to the as
sociation as Samuel Gompers does to
ts thc American Federation Of Labor or
John Mitchell toSthc United Mine Work
ersS and he has In fact been nicknamed
tho .tWalking Delegate of the Million
Y aires Club" The real name Of this man
55 II Frederick W..3Job, and his profession
AZ that of n lawyer. He is an Illinois
~ n,onand Is a graduate Of Ann Arbor.
III Is. i judge, about forty years OLD,
A ia six fee e tall, and Weighs two hum
1rcd pounds. He is big headed and broad
sfouldered, having the muscles OF an
nthlete and the jaw of bull dog. he
looks like a good fighter and as far as
q can learn is proving himself So
How Chicago Employers Com
bine. .5#
I met Mr.. Job in his Office, in the Mar,
ouette building. on Dearborn Street, ara
had a long chat with him about the
T,mployers' Association and the labor
conditions here. In response to my ques-
lions as to the association, he said:
"Wa arc a combination of employers
1irions rather than an association OF IN
diyidual employers without regard to our
businesses The association does not
want individual employers as members,
although there are cases in which such
are taken In. It Is rather an animation
!, Of the representatives OF employers as
sociations For instance, the Laundry
owners OF Chicago have an organization,
the manufacturing confectioners hhVo
an Organization. SD the..brass manu1ac-
turers and tbs picture frame makers
. have each an organization. 1t is so with
8 nearly. every branch of business. We
nra made up of all these organizations
as such, and IL an Individual employer
wants 10 join us we tell him to join the
employers organization OF his own busi-
ness and to be represented through IT,
Then you are to the employers assoc
M ~, ArSNo ~ Ira n RI
eratior of Labor Is to the different trades
unons?"
YES" said Mr.. Job, save that our
( field Is confined TO Chicago and It's
nelghhorhood. and also that we believe
in the laws and in doing all we can to
enforce them, and this the trades uEions
do not"
Against the Unions.
rs your association avowedly opposed
to all organized labor?" l asked.
"As such labor is now constituted and
operated I say most emphnticaly yes. !
was the reply I'VE do not object to men
combining or organizing to better their
condition SO long as they do not break
tho laws rs regards the public, their en-
ployers or their fellow workmen. We
insist that every man should have the
right TO work that every employer shall
have tho right to employ whom he
pleases.o
do you aim to do anything as to fix
Ing wages and prices? ! asked,
Not at ALI" replied the secretary
THAT Is a matter for the employers and
their mer. or il may be for the associa-
tions OF the different branches of trade
and the men. All that We want is the
preservation, Of our principles us to the
enforcement Of the laws in The protection
OF the public. OF the employer and his
+ a business ard Of the rights OF the men 10