The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-15
WILL RA|SE FUNDS

for Violation OF Contracts-Win
Fight Boycott and Black List to the
Ffnish-Rcport OF Shortage or Skill
ed Labor i'm the Northwest De-
nounced as Erroneous.
Norfolk, Va, Nov. 12.-That there
! will be war TO the knife between the
| American Federation OF Labor and the
! National Association of Manufacturers
| was evidenced today ut the morning
session of the American Federation
! of Labor here.
! The Federation has already taken
| the aggressive by looking to the es-
t~ablishment of a fund 10 fight the man.
! u%facturers through it's executive coun-
! eli. The whole cry is that undue
pressure is being brought TO bear b?
the manufacturers OF the country
against organized labor much TO he
detriment of the latter it is claimed
On the other hand the manufacturers
combat this in q statement issued to-
day from James N V~ancleave, pTesi-
dent Of the National Association o..
Manufacturers, in Which he holds the
object of the association is to put La
Dor unions on a basis whereby they
may be held responsible for their con-
tracts. AS an instance, the pending
court proceedings in New York of the
TypOtheatae against the presSmen for
The recovery OF damages on account
Of the alleged bTeating OF the c1u-
tracts by the pressmeR.
On the issue made by Mr.. Compers
today by seeking funds to fight the
suit brought by Mr.. NanCleave. as
president OF the Buck Stove and Range
company, Of St. LOl;s, against Presi-
dent Gompers and the Fede1atiOn'G
executive council, the association
comes out 1~latfooted with the state
Eaent that it will light the boycott;
and the black list to the finish.
The report which had been circu-
lated particularly throughout the mid
die west ana on the Pacific slope
that there is a shortage Of skilled la
O in the northwest and at the navy
yard at BremertOn, was denounced as
erroneous and Il resolution from the
iron trades, adopted at the meeting of
the central labor council Of Seattle
last month, was presented d~encuncing
this report as untrue and asking the
press to correct the impression as IA
as possible.
; The members CT the Federation got
down to business again at 2:3O p. H.,
taking UP the thread which they work
&C on during the forenoon session. a
call was made to the chairmen of the
various committees which had beer
appointed asking if the reports were
ready but no meeting Of committees
had been arranged up to tina time.
rooms were then d~esiSnat-
Cd and hours set for the meetings or
the dozen or more committees prepar
atory to an early report today.
Six delegates were refused seats in
the convention because the affairs of
the organizations they represented had
not been settled with the parent body.
~S AN C4uod VI TIE NSlSSdl6S
to seats in the convention, arrange
nents were made to have all indebt~
edness settled and the delegates re-
instated.
Various invitations we're extended to
convention to hold their mex meet
ing, the most conspicuous Of these be-
] ing former Governor Fred Warner, of
a~lichigan, who offered Detroit as an
ideal place for the tederation's 1909
! convention.
Numerous resolutions, petitions
and amendments were filed for the
action Of the committee on resolu-
| tiGns.
| Checks and currency to the amount
Of $4,000. intended to pay the wages
OF the Carbon n Coke
miners at Cokedale We're lost or
stolen yesterday afternoon while in
ransit in q stage from the Longs
dale railroad station to the camp, a
distance of only two miles. Charles
MacOmber, driver of the stage was ar
| rested on suspicion, but he declares
! he knows nothing about the supposed
theft. The money package had been
c~arelessly thrown with other express
l matter into The stare