The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-24
Employers to Protect Nonunlon
Miners When Strike Is Called

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tion. President Parry was authorized to
appoint a finance committee.
Euclid Martin. president of the Business
Mems Association, OF Omaha, was made
member of the executive committee.
The resignation of r. NJ McClarey, of
Detroit. as second vice president of the
Citizens Industrial Association, was re-
ceived yesterday. In his place the executive
committee appointed James T. Hoyle, of
New York city, who has been third vice
president
To fill the position of third vice presi-
dent. George A Davis, president of the
Grand Rapids Industrial Association, was
appointed.
AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTION.
The convention made several amendments
TO the constitution of the association at
yesterdays session. The main change was
made by an amendment providing that the
ten members of the executive committee,
which under the Chicago constitution were
selected by the president. be elected by the
convention and that the convention nomi-
nate a committee of five to select, three
months before the annual convention, the
list of officers to be elected.
Following the recommendation of the con-
VentiOn, the committee selected New York
as the next place of meeting and the month
of November as the time. The date has
been left TO the decision of President Parry.
The executive committee adopted two pos
tive RESOLUTIONS, which had been referred to
it-one providing for the protection of all
workmen who, in the event of strike in
the competitive district as a result of the
failure of miners and operators to come
to an agreemant. desire to work in the
Mines and the maintenance of peace by the
power of the government; the other for the
executive committee to proceed to organize
a law and order department to apprehend
those guilty of violence in labor troubles.
The first resolution read as follows
Whereas, There appears TO be a strong
probability of strike in the bituminous
failure of negotiations between the opera
tors and miners to arrange wage scale;
and.
astrously TO manufacturing interests and
to labor i'm general, throwing thousands of
men out of work and causing the consumer
of fuel to be mucted to an extOrtOnate
amount in the purchase OF the necessary
article OF fuel; and.
Whereas, The United Mine Workers of
America has assumed an attitude of dicta-
torship over the mining industry, declar-
ing that the mines shall not be operated
unless its terms are acceded to, and i'm order
10 justify this attitude it has set up the alb
surd claim that high wages are the cause
of prosperity and that the operators should
charge up these wages to the consumer;
and,
Whereas. The general public. that is. the
employers and employees outside the mining
industry, have a right to demand that the
same competitive conditions that prevail
in industry in general shall prevail in the
mining industry; therefore, be il
ACT AGAINST LABOR TRUST.
Resolved, That the domination of the min
ing industry by labor trust is looked upon
by this convention with grave apprehension
! for such a trust not only has the mining in
dustry at its mercy. but also all other in
| dustries. If the miners organization has
| the power to say who shall work in mines
/
! each shall work. then there is no check upor
! the prices that may be demanded for fue
| and no reasonable certainty of other indus
1 tries obtaining sufficient coal TO continue in
uninterrupted activity. The steady employ
i ment of thousands of men is thus placed il
! jeopardy and the householder. as well a!
the large consumer, is subject at any tim,
TO the payment OF famine prices for neces
| sity of life a sufficient quantity of which
should at all times be accessible in the mar
| kets: and,
Resolved, That it is the further sense o.
| this convention that in the event of a Strike
| the full power of the government SHOULD
| be used to maintain peace in the mining
| districts and TO protect the right of ever!
| citizen to exercise his own free will as L
| accepting employment in the mines Tn
! open shop principle should be actually op
| eratve in the mines the same as i'm every
| other industry. and so long as it Is possible
| for the operators to obtain other men thar
the strikers to work the mines they SHOULD
have the moral support Of the public ant
tnel
efforts to obtain such men.
BLOW TO WALKING DELEGATE.
The resolution aiming at extravaganza anC
arrogant methods of the labor agitators, /:
as follows:
| shall organize a department to be known
| as the law and order department, whose
| duty and especial business IL shall be e
aid the local organizations in apprehendins
and prosecuting the party or parties guilty
| of violence in labor disputes.
! Resolved, That no case OF violence wher
once taken up shall be allowed TO drop un
I'll the criminal has been satisfactorily dis
| posed of by the courts, and
Resolved, That any witness who may
testify against a prisoner shall be given IN,
| full protection of this associa ton, and
Resolved. That, IL need be, the necessary
! funds shall be used to carry out the wori
An amendment was made to the constitu
ton providing for the individual member
| ship of firms, manufacturers and corpora.
| tions, contributing.such dues as determined
by the bylaws. but not to be less thar
/ So. The resolutions We're offered by w r
Du Brul. commissioner Of the Metal Trade:
Association. No changes were made in tn,
/ membership dues.
The principal address made before tn,
convention yesterday was that of Charlie:
N Chadwick. OF New York city. who reae
/ a paper on the ''Eight-hour Day." He hell
/ that the length OF the working day wai
I entirely subservient TO the conditions ane
the kinds of employment and therefore al
I the business of the country could not b,
/ adjusted 10 the eight-hOur regime
ITO reduce the period of work % per cent
| means to reduce labor enhance it" h,
said IF labor should be successful il
establishing the eight-hour BILL Mr.. Chad
/ wick declared, lit with equal legalit,
/ impose a six-hour or a four-hour day o.
even entirely eliminate work from man.
category" In speaking of the mistakes o
the labor unions. he said:
In the category Of mistakes which or
gained labor is making i'm it's attemp
in restraint of trade. such the closes
shops, the limiting of the number of ap
prentices and the legislative eight-hou
day, the one which lies at the root of tn
trouble is that which seems 10 contrO
the number OF apprentices that shall b
permitted 10 learn any given trade.
This Is a subject for mature considera
ton and should, in my judgment, be ac
lively taken up by this association as
| constructive measure In the solution o