Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-05

so satisfactorily.
The stock sales for the week ending
December 2s were as follows: -
r. II. Brownback .....'...'.'''.''''''''''''t91 ~
Samuel Sabut ny
William ]. Thomas, San Diego ........'..'' 80
W. w. Long, South Carolina ...'''..s''''
u. S. Buckminster ............-.''.'s'''''.''' "a
B. j. owens ......'..''.''s''''''.'.'.'''' on
J. v. widener. Needles ........'.''''.'...'.. "
David Cochran, Paterson '''..s''.'-.''-''''' %
John b. Walters ...........s.'..'''.'.'s'''''. AZ
Total for week ............................. 2SS
The United States department of COM
MERGE and labor has made a study OF the
data in regard to the cost of the strikes
and lockouts which the country has Wit
messed in the last twenty-five years.
1t seems the period of 1SS1-1900 the loss
to employees in wages through strikes is
said to have amounted to $25S0Oo,OO0, and
the loss to employers from the same
cause $123,0 900. Lockouts during the
same period cost the workmen about 49,
600, 600 and the employers some $l9,0O00OO.
Let it be assumed billions have been
lost by employers and employed through
strikes and controversies. How are SINH
lar losses to be prevented in the future?
BY making strikes and lockouts Illegal,
by compulsory arbitration? Neither en-
pIoyers nor organized labor will entertain
that idea for a moment. The right to
strike and the right to stop producing are
fundamental.
BY voluntary arbitration labor is ready
to ACCEPT that method, provided the arbi-
tration is really voluntary and faithfully
carried out; provided 1t is not tricky, and
provided the employers put aside childish
and antiquated prejudices, recognize the
principle of collective bargaining and the
interest of labor in the joint product, and
meet properly selected delegates of labor
-, firth 1xy nd ba sis for 0iQCIiE-
sion and negotiation.
There is no other way to stop strikes,
no other way to avert the losses entailed
by industrial warfare
The following resolution was adopted
by the Central Labor council of Los An
geles at It's regular meeting Of December
q, 1907:
Whereas, The Mexican government is
prosecuting, for political offenses, certain
of its subjects who have taken refuge in
this country, among whom are Ricardo
Flores Magon, Antonio I. Villarreal, Ii
| brado Rivera and L. Gutierrez de Lara;
and
whereas, The said government pro-
cured the arrest of the said De Lara Sep
TENDER q, 1907; and
Whereas, The treaty between the gov
eminent of the United States and Mexico
provides that a person whose extradition
| is required Dy MSAlCO SIldll llOl NC hSlu
for longer period than forty days, unless
the requiring government shall furnish
evidence of his guilt; and
| Whereas This government has held
said De Lara for period of eighty-tive
| days at the request of the Mexican gov
eminent, during which time the Mexican
government furnished no evidence what
ever of his guilt; and
Whereas. The United States district
attorney is about to file new complaint,
charging the said De Lara with stealing
wood several years ago in Mexico; and
Whereas, 1t is apparent upon the face
of al the complaints that De Lara Is not
wanted in Mexico for any offense what
ever other than his political offenses,
| which are not extraditable; and
Whereas, There have been four COM
plants against the other three men, each
in its turn dismissed because the parties
were innocent of the charges made there
in; and
'sWhereas. On the hearing before the
commissioner in the United States court
the perjured evidence of Vasquez and the
forged instrument, exhibit 10, was the
| only evidence upon which the said per-
sons, or any of them, could be held; and
Whereas Capt. Thomas Furlong swore
at that hearing that he arrested these
men, searched their house and took their
property without warrant. and that
when he did so he was in the employ of
the Mexican government; and
whereas, The government of the
United States, knowing these facts, still
lends its assistance to the persecution of
these men; now therefore be it
Resolved, That we protest against the
further persecution of these men and
that we forward a copy of these resolu-
lions to the president of the United States
of America and demand that an investi-
cation into this persecution be made by
the head of this government, and that we
send cppies f this resolution to the presi-
dent of the American Federation OF Labor
and to the president of the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners and request their as
sstance In this matter, and that they will
| write to the president of the United
States, requesting him to further investi-
gate the persecution of these men by the
Mexican government, and that we send
| copies of this resolution to the press and
request that it publish such facts as are
| furnished 1t by persons connected with
the defense of these men,"
The l, Getting of the Central Labor coun-
Gil was called to order by President Nc
Mahon at s:15 o'clock.
| Credentials were received from Federal
union No r. SOB for F.. H. Arrismendz, j.
]. Gonzalez and N. r. Loya; delegates
were obligated and seated. Mr. Barainger
of the Horseshoers was also obligated
! and seated.
| committee representing the Mexican
citizens was admitted and Mr.. Sarabio
and others addressed the meeting and re-
quested that a committee be appointed
in their behalf. A collection was taken
up to aid in the defense of the prisoners.
| j. F. Lyon presented his resignation
from the executive board. The resigna-
ton was accepted.
With the old year going out 267s new
officers went in. Jesse Kingsbury, he of
the broad SMILE will WELD the gavel;
dad" Gardner, the old watchdog, will