New-York tribune., 1908-05-19
NO TRUCE WITH LABOR
JOHN KIRBY, JR., BITTER.
Saus to 1rbitrate scith Unions Is 10
"Compound Felony.

John Kirby tr member of the board OF direc-
,o of tb. National Association of Manufacturers,
was to have spoken at the meeting Oh lii' S "
the WaIdorf-Astoria yesterday, but ihs'eae go, .
ont an interview which It was said WIS ss
:, view of the manufacturers determination 10
take an active part in the national poIi'iI'ai cam
paign.' His remarks were unauahley u 49,
cfatory of Samuel Gompers, president Oh tie Aieli
can Federation of Labor :,
Tho fedarations demands for legislation. he said
were for class advantages he "ouu sN0 ~
eanized labor as much consideration as 10 'he
..47ortv Thieves" he said. He accused the CIVIC
Federation of concating the crimes Oh orsain1eo
labor" and compromising principles which the At
mighty never intended should be compromised
Mr Kirby said:
10 every man i,st he apparent as the one important
all that has taken place red IN the m
have been pitted against each other IN the t ,ast
onsh orEanization of citizens who stand for things
American the inevitable result will be class doml-
lean The question which confronts the people s 81
this and Which they M maS1 enacted dr
its CONSTITUTION laws which give He to m m rsd 1IehS bS
mob Violence. the boycott, class laws and -, such
may be prescribed by sociastic anarchistic class
whether citizens of the country or not VINO pc,
other classes of citizens and in the alleged name
of labor impose upon US al sorts OF PeraeS sfine
American workmen. lower the standard OF American can
velopment?
Permanent. concrete and determined organiza-
ton. he said, necessary TO combat the IN
fuence he decried. In order to make the opposi-
tion effective he pointed out that manufacturers
and other business must give freely of their
time and means. Continuing, Mr.. Kirby sald:
A phase of organized labor, as represented oy
the American Federation of Labor, Whlch prestnts
itself to our view more strongly than ei er oet4is @
phase of the subject that now wo9iq Lis oef b,
tery Of eating guns on the enemy at New orleans
in 1903, and until he retired as president @ of ihis
association in 1906 he kept up constant ire asanSt
the Gompers machine. Then Mr. Van CleaNe came
Meanwhiie. the Citizens Industrial Association
has been getting in its york G. M W. bGt P0st 4o mas offe ff
enen1y's camp. until the public mind has become
mpregnated with the spirit Of op9oson to Ine
and the Civic Federations policy of concllSitng
the crimes Of 1rganzed aG9b ana neyer ntended
should be compromised is condemned py az az uii7 IL
We do not oppose an honest compromise with
organized labor offer that entities II to more more
ea "oT1 o compromse or arbtrate
with such people is nothing more or less ii tian
compromising felony and here is where the yI; Ciyc
than the balance of its work does good
Mr. Kirby referred to the record of success Of
organized opposition to unions. citing the winning
of 107 of 109 Metal Trades Association strikes
The two members that surrendered were asked to
resign Other victories fer the open shop were
mentioned. Referring to the Supreme Court de-
cisions against the unions. Mr.. Kirby said:
The predicament in which the American Fedora
ton of Labor has been placed by reason Of these
decisions has made its president desperate In the
extreme, and he now. more vehemently than ever
before demands special legislation which will eX
empt him and his followers from the operation OF
laws which affect all other classes of cit1zens AS
the Constitution. he would tear that ouiWark OF
protection OF equality for all TO pieces. In chi
cago. the day, he declared that the sherman
Antitrust law must be amended and that the Su-
tuition of labor unions to have given such de-
ciSion that in the of the United HatterS OF
America. ,,.
With Presidential election in sight and the poll
tCians scheming catch votes with patriotism ana
welfare of country forgotten and the Civic Fed
face to face with the spectacle Of the President
graSpug Gompers with hand and with -the
other welding club over Congress.
All these things Mr.. Kirby said. made the ne
cessty OF organization apparent. The issues should
be defined he said. and elected to office IRE
spective of party. who would uphold what the
association stood for and defeat all political COW
ards ana demagogues who permitted themselves to
be used as tools with which to break down the
institutions under which opportunities for the Ia
borer Of yesterday to become the well-to-do man OF
to-day and the wealthy and influential citizen of
tomorrow had been numerous in this country
He saw d scarlet empire ahead if campaign OF
education not maintained and organized op-
position made forceful.