Evening star., 1907-10-30
IN LABOR CIRCLES
O.

tehtFai LABOR Union to the Chicago con-
ference of the Civic Federation. held last
week, returned to the city Monday too
late to make his report to the central
body. but he will submit It at the meet
ing of Monday night.
ASKED as to what he thought of the
conference and its makeup. Mr.. De
Nedrey said he thought II would be
many day before another conference Of
a like character would be held in this
country. He believed that tAis one was
the Swan Song" at least las far as
labor was concerned.
Aside from the severe drubbing OF the
| trusts the sincerity of which was open
to suspicion" he said. there was
strong undercurrent of antagonism to
| labor at least in its organized form.
ana some of the sights, being almost
| DOWNRIGHT snub, were SO pronounced
| that even the dulest of the low brows'
present noticed 1t. Some of the promi-
nent members went so far in their papers
| as 10 declare that organized labor was
'he most 'despotiC of all trusts
mo burden Of most of the papers
however was that the Sherman anti
u .Iust Ia" must b amended. and this Is
tdhen as an indication that the law as It
stands is the proper one and is capable,
win amendment. of making the trusts
| ana combinations be good
ne program was one of the 'cut-and-
aan. otoef. and If the commission sug-
sested by the conferenc, is appointed
anu does Its work as expected as far as
+ tthe promoters of the Civic Federation ts
concerned, 1t will be a thing of the past"
II IS given out that as a result of the
speech OF Secretary Sam De Nedrev ar
the central Labor Union meatine Mon
uay t.,Gy hIsht criticising organizations en-
@ st'leu 10 membership in that bo, for
seeming lack of interest in tbo u5or,, 70
the Central Labor nion thosa ors,,ai,o VI
i .ioii nave already taken steps to have
,.heinseives e., properly represented, and -
~ expected that where the worI, Of tho
ot 10 iasI al oouy mas been left to an averae,
ol less than $50 delegates the worL Ill,
soon be performed by more tan 400 oa,n
gates. ~ 1'' deie-
ne secretary. In his remarks stated
n.so that as splendidiy orga nized as the
WI WI A4hslhen OF the District are there
are tWentythree trades ana caIIi1a. ~ ,'
a. a. ulor sah1zed. 1t is understood tL.t
us .lis Ssatement was called to the attnn
ot4ia " 'He American Federation of Ioho,
sIIch ts IN ~ thls city. who stated that if
uoh - the case they would at once DIaca
d general organizer In the District II
10 eNeH1 II Will mean that organized
80 .aooi VIII soon be Increased in member
snip by from 5000 to 3OODO
Deciar1ng partisan politics Sbo,,,, >,
summed and that the American Eod. oe
w LABOR Is not asleep in fiehtfny fo-
ias ha risnts. NJ Grant Hamilton racentJv ,I' |
~, representative body Of labortng
n' III IN Labor Temple, Stony CIT I .ns
discussed oriental immierattor io"a.
injunction law ''oh ana the
..uvas ,,n nisht OF personal opinion" he said
was Unborn In us all. / cnnsider 9aiu, ,ho
pros pro oposeo snip subsidy bill as a blow a.
organized labor. c. e. I>itt1aeaIa a. d
representative who has been sns.er,, 'iie
ana Mr.. Post and Mr.. Parry two Ing ant, -
.aoor iorces. are boon compa Mons and :,
,hey mink they can hoodwink the an,erl ru -
not be made 1'istahe could
The farmers Of Indian Terr,+orr o,.,,
hoina. Iexas and other soutber1 80.
WI W. mana IN hand with the labor untons
up ~ th's country the reverse is tho
20. "hen YOU mention unions to tho
bloodshedl mms, a,,er ne ne imasines fights and
tioh 10 wage warfare on candidatas 90,
.ie coiistitutlonal convention in 0k,o
ho1na that would not pledge thense1ra.
20 WORK and vote in the interest ~ TIA
ne ", oona.,te, popie proved effective, and the
,i. ne" constitution stands superior to any -,
me character In the United States toI.U
panrils .l the Declaration of Indenendence
Inc rushing Of Mr.. Taft to 6klahon,a
III an attempt to defeat the action of Tho
convention failed Of its purnose aan vs
the clauses OF that document TO o mohs
puts curb on the injunction law and
s'op 70 the free use Of contemnt or cnurt
IN ihe future jury of twelve man rn,,s.
uece t "hether a man Is guilty OF con
mp. or court, except where such CON
tempt Is committed In the act,,ai nna, eoii-
OF the court presence
-uehoers or labor unions are inc,inaa
al times to regard our proeress a. 80
sIoW. 81 w. out such an attitude Is wrong. with.
IN the last five years labor orpa ni,at;a
nave taken mighty jump forward anS
we are now regarded by men of stata ~
FACTOR to be reckoned with "'
MT. hamilton Is the general renresent,-
iu is said.s ot Aaoor'
AT recent meeting of the eexcut,ya
ooaru OF the Wisconsin State Federal
.ao' movement was started for
colilerence or representatives from ali
state federations. with a view to secn-,na
more uniform activity for labor leetsla.
tlon In the various states An effort will
oe mace by the Wisconsin delegate to the
A. r. OF l.. convention to induce that hodv
~ ~ eS-operate S In the matter of arranging
Secretary G. G. Siebold of the rvno.
sraphlcai Union has received word from
the headquarters of the InternationaI
~ yposrapnlcaI ,Iat Io Union at Indianapolis,
lho'. that Secretary-Treasurer 7 "
Bramwood is seriously Ill, and thai John
w. Hays has been selected by the erecn.
tive council to AL the place during NJ
Bramwood's absence. 1t is not known
just how serious Mr.. Bramwood's illness
Is. but the fact that Mr.. HAYS has been
called TO headquarters is taken 10 indi
cate that the secretary-treas,.rer's condi-
tion Is such as to cause some apprehen-
sion.
Mr.. Bramwood IS a member Of Danver
Typographical Union, and was elected to
the office OF secretary-trea surer AT the
convention held in his home CITY IN 1894
He succeeded A. G. Wines William b
Prescott then being president Mr.. Bran
| wood is serving his eleventh term and
| has served under three internat,o
| presidents He IS immensely popuIar
| with the general membership and has
| filed his position with great degree of
| satisfaction. ranking as one OF the most
| efficient men in such a position In the
| United States. He has many close friends
| in Minneapolis who will wish him a
| speedy recovery.
Mr.. Hays, who is first vic> pres dent
| and general organizer OF the Intarna-
| tional Typogra nhical Union, is Mime
! apo,is man. Mr.. Hays was elected first
| vice president in 1905 and was ra-elected
| in 1906 and also last Nay He is re-
| earded as a good choice for the position
| Mr.. Hays was in charge of the striLa eft
uation In Philadelphia. from which place
| he looked after the interests of his inter
| national union over a broad field He had
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