The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-21
TO RESIST THE UNIONS
EMPLOYERS WILL STAND BY
 THEIR RIGHTS.
Meeting in Chicago to Take Steps to Prevent Encroachments by the Organized Bodies of
 Workingmen.
Advertiser Bureau,
 Colorado Building,

Colorado Building, Washington, Jan. 20. A meeting of the Executive Committee | of the National Building Trades Employ CTS Association being held at the Sher- | man House in Chicago. at which consti- tuition and bylaws for the government of | the Association will be submitted for ap- proval and adoption, and additional steps will be taken to perfect an organization of all employers in the building trade1 l in the United States for the purpose of presenting a united front to the labor unions.
 One of the principal subjects which will
 be taken up by the Executive Committee will be the Grosvenor "Anti-Injunction' before the House Committee on Judiciary
 with public hearings thereon set for Feb ruary 18th. 18th and Hth, and the Eight Hour Labor Bill" which is before the House Committee on Labor, with hear ing fixed for, February 4th.
 The anti-injunction bill exempts labor unions from prosecution under the anti , trust bill. and is intended to prevent the issuing of injunctions against the unions. It is backed by the American Federation of Labor and all labor unions, and has passed the House of Representatives three times in each case dying In the Senate.
 The eight-hour labor bill is designed to prohibit work on any Government con tract from being prosecuted more than eight hours day. even in the shops of sub-contractors. It is the intention of the Association to prosecute a vigorous fight against both these bills, and at the com- ing meeting of the Executive Committee line of action will be mapped out and the campaign against these measures im- mediately inaugurated
 Steps will also be taken to further con- summate the details of the organization. and a determined effort will be made to draw into 1t every association of employ CTS in the building trades of the United States
 The National Association was launched at Chicago at a meeting extending from last December 10th to the 18th, at which were present POO delegates from fifty diff ferent cities. representing nearly 200 as- sociations of contractors, builders, car penters. metal, marble, mantle and tie workers. painters, steam filters and plum bers In many cases the associat tions represented were composed of a number of sub-associations or auxiliary organi- zations. as in the case of New York, where the Building Trades Employers S Association is composed of thrty-one sub organizations and the Building Trades Employers Association of Washington. D. C.. having eight sub-assocations in it's assembly. It has been learned at this meeting the National Association adopted for its foundation eight cardial principles, as follows:
 That there shall be no limitation as to the amount of work man shall perform during his working day; that there shau be no restrictions of the use of machinery or tools: that there shall be no restriction of use of any manufactured material eX- cept the prison made; that no person shall have the right to interfere with the workmen during working hours; thart the use of apprentices shall not be prohibit ed: that the foreman shall be the agent of the employer; that all workmen are at liberty to work for whomsoevcr they see fit. and that all employers are at liberty to employ and discharge whomsoever they see fit.
 A glance at these cardinal principles will show that the platform of the Asso- ciation Is diametrlcally opposed to that of labor unions. This Association how ever. while working along similar lines. has no connection whatever with the Ma tional Association of Manufacturers nor the Citizens Industrial Association of America. of which organizations D. NJ Parry of Indianapolis is President.
 The members of the Executive Commit tee are:
 Indiana. George H. Asre, Logansport; Illinois. John M. Harting, Peoria; Wis consin, H. R. Edwards, Racine; New Jer- sey. A. E. Pearson, East Orange; Mis- souri, A. c. Swayze, Kansas CitJ; Michl-
 gan. c. J. George. Detroit; Iowa, J. c. Loomis. Cedar Rapids; Ohio, Albert Neu- kom. Toledo; Pennsylvania, J, C. Wilson,
 Pittsburg; Maryland, J. Henry Miller,