The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-09-07
viii Continue Fight
Says Frank Morrison
Continues From First Pase0

of the Hatters' Loewe case. 1t is now
considered by all who have studied
the proposition without bias that the
trainers of the Sherman antitrust
law never intended that it should be
applied to labor unions. President
Taft and part of his cabinet have
been considering amendments to the
antitrust bill during the summer
months. l certainly hope that the
amendments will be Of such character
that the organized workers of Amerl-
ca will be able to urge their adop-
ton.
The American federation proposes
to continue its fight for the enact
IL ent OF. such legislation as will pre-
vent judges from issuing 1njunc-
lions upon the behest OF corpora
tons for the purpose of intimidaJ-
ing the members Of organized labor in
the case of strike. The officers OF
the federation will never be satisfied
until legislation will be enacted to
prevent judges from issuing injunc-
lions against members of organized
labor, restraining them from doing
those things which they have legal
right to do.
"The federation will continue It's eff
forts to secure an amendment to the
eight hour law, so that IT will apply
to contractors and sub contractors,
as was originally intended when the
law was first enacted.
EMIGRATION LAWS.
"The federation will continue its
efforts to secure the enactment of
stricter emigration law that Will pre-
vent the exploitation Of alien work
ers for the purpose of reducing the
e A nj
ton to the conditions existing at Nc
KEGS Rocks and among the employees
OF the blast furnaces, and other en-
plOyes of the steel trust with its I'M
told capitalization and stock, a con-
dition which representative clergy
men declare IS unfit for publication,
and a disgrace to our civilization.
The conditions are such that ] direct
ed q letter to Secretary Nagel, of the
department of commerce and labor,
requesting that he use the power vest
ed in him through the creation of the
bureau Of labor, to make a thorough
investigation of the causes of tina
strike of the employees of this COM
pany, which is protected beyond posi-
BILE competition and report the results
to the people, so that the public would
know whether the employees of these
great aggregatiOns of wealth are deal
ing fairly with the government and
their own employees, or if on the other
hand they are hOodwinking the gov
eminent and securing aliens to come
here by the hundred thousands for the
sole purpose of still further reducing
the wages of their employees, and pre-
vent even an attempt being made with
any hope of success for the securins
OF improved conditions for these home
| less helpless immigrants, brought
here through systematic misrepresen-
| tation. Even the immigration bureau
Oh the government is being cited as
an inducement for foreign workers TO
come to our shores. Why? Because
| the bureau has a division known as
/ the division of distribution and pub
| licity, which is being misrepresented
abroad by the transportation compa-
MES to an extent that will work untold
evil to the workers who are here to-
/ day and untold sufferings to the many
! thousands who will come during the
Eext few years"