The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-28
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G.omPsa,rrsss Ps,rss addresses ddresses33
Large Audience Academy # Y.
HOW sTog AVER i HE STRIKE; ! !. ! {! Z:
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ora ,anttcd LABOR is lnortstruc tive not sde.
structlve, In It's al Inns. fs
t3ss$ il, 3B the conimerclaI world the efs eIler
fixes the price; Dor the buyer3 fixes II.
A$$ $T hose Ssyy1 8 are to be benef iclares OF
a agreement ought to be parties 10 lt.fsSs IN
sSSi rganized iaborS does not favor str lkes;
III seeks to avert them. ~ 3; /. &,
$#flSS The better we are prepared i to strike,
the less 8oceas sion We WI have TO resort
to that luxury. n M E5s II
ss Unions do mot seek to establish "a uni-'
form wage s tn ey do seek to qestab llsf1 a
minimum wage, ia life 2lIne. 5.i
The ethics 'of the professions LOT . law
and medicine correspond to- the Y work X. J
mems union card .---Epi igramat tic cxpres-}
tsions of Mr.. Samuel Gompers. ss
Indictment Swea ther may have initiated
somewhat against the attendance a the
"a 3Academyasof Music last night#to# hear
Samuel g Gompers, president OF the Aemr-ii
lean Federation Of Labor; it did not,
however, prevent q large audience from
attending. The crowd comfortably filled
the auditorium, and not a few sat In the
galleries. sit was an audience $represen-l
tatiVe of Richnonds $ populations; not
merely Its organized labor, but through
it,sthe body Of the citizens. Among those
present were a. number of ladies' and
they were among tho most attentive
listeners. III u IA yf asS is 4, ~ #
n Among those seated OH the platform
were Governor Montague, Lieutenant-
Governor w lizard, Hon. u. Taylor Ellyson,
stJNfIt
tningham. IL II. Spence, c. O. Saville. o..
C. Folkes. Rev. NJ. Ashby Jones, Thomas
sWhittet, Sir, Labor Commissioner J. b..
IDoherty. Theo. III Nelson, George 81 Guyer-I
snator, Il John krug, Postmaster NVray t.
Knight SOL Hofhelmer John H. FTrisch-I
tkorn. Aug. fDietz, W.eS. $ Copeland, ], Alfred
3B.EWilliams, John L. Grubbs, VIII. Null
len, John Ruth, c.. W. Rudd. Colonel M,
II. Spottswood, u, r. Sheppard, Rev. wv,
n. Il II. Smith, DR.. s. 81 G. Gardner, n. ]
Smith, II. G. Glenn, Rev, I. Nj Mercer,
Julian w. Tyler, Ben ~ August, u. II,
Jenkins, DR.. S, G. Mitchell, Charles ,.
Davis and d number OF citizens identified.
with tho cltys progress, # 4 n
Graceful Introduction.
i Mr.. Gompers was introduced by Mr..
John M. Ryall, president of hesCeptrall
Trades and Labor Council, an impressive
speaker, He discharged the duty as
signed him with dignity and grace, and
In excellent taste. IIo presented Mr..
Gompers as "4the president of that great
organization, tho. American Federation Of
Labor, n man eminently9 qualified by ma
Sture for that work, who stands Quito
day pre-eminent as one OF the great men
OF this country y
Il + Mr., Gompers acknowledged the intro.
5d,lctionl gratefully. but reminded the al 4
,dence that ho was not y stranger here,
having twice before addressed Richmond
audiences, i3 Ii III .aiSsa u.
81 Addressing himself to his theme, the
relations Of labor To capital and tho value
5of organization in betterlng the condl-
3tlon Of tho wage worker, the speaker be-
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