The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-17

the argument against the bili ".the oft repeated and oft reputed charged of criminality against organised labor. And I want to call his attention" he said vigorously pounding the table, that the citizens alliances have been outlawed by the courts of Colorado within the past forty-eight hours; citizens aIIiances.'' he said, scornful- iy. "who have been defying injunctions and writs of habeas corpus."'
 How about the murders in the mlnesf" interrupted DeBruhl
 Drawing himself up to his full height. MT. Gompers thundered: Then catch the murderers and hang them"
 He then referred to the deportation of men from the State of Colorado and ad- ded T merely say this to meet the at tacks of our allies. our friends and qucndam allies. the enemies." he said. sarcasticalIy, '.who constantly repeat these assaults on us in the hopes that some of them will stick"
 Mir. Gompers disagreed from Mr. Furuseth's opinion that the ultimate ef- feet of the bill would be to stop strikes.
 You can't stop strikes. You may enact a law that makes them illegal, you may
 send the strikers to ,prison-you may even
 20 further by law--but say. gentlemen.
 you can't and won't stop strikes by law"
 Mir. Gompefs referred to the old English law under which men who struck were
 whipped, branded and even hanged; but
 this did not stop strikes. This bill will
 not stop strikes but will accentuate the
 differences between employers and em-
 ployes."N
 Mir. Gompers objected to the repetition
 of the statement attributed to him that
 strikes are q good thing" and took
 occasion very clearly to outline his posi-
 tion as to strikes "f have always made
 1t clear" he said. 'sthat strikes should
 be prevented. if possible. don't think there are many men in this country who
 have attempted to prevent so many
 strikes. who have succeeded in preventing more strikes than I have."
 That is quite true..s' said V. W. Eos ter of Chicago, author of the bill
 while it Is impossible to prevent strikes.' continued Mir. Gompers. their number can be diminished, the bitterness with which they are contested can be minimized. Strikes are not good things. but there are some things worse than strikes and among them is a degraded. depraved and 'demoraiized manhood. trust the day will never come when the people of our country will not have ability to defend their honor, their man hood, their good name"
 He thought that if 1t had not been for the demonstration given the country that the coal miners were willing to go
 hungry, If necessary. the arbitration com mission would not have made an award so favorable to them. Such an award was only possible after such demonstra- tIon." "our work Is not confined alone to to- day." he continued. nut is for tomor- row, and tomorrow. and tomorrow" he repeated emphatfcaily. Tn spite of tho denunciatson and antagonism of David M. Parry, of the National Manufacturers
 Association, thelabor organizations were going to grow. "We wish no iil-will to
 MT. Perry" he said, ''but he cannot live always" he predicted, "afd either he and his associates will come to some agreement with us some day, or, when we join the great majority, the labor orsani-
 Eations will live and grow and will have
 Parry and Co.. as an organized shop and in agreement with organized labor. MT. Parry can't escape us. We are going to be in agreement with him and his | house some time"