The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-15

to its complete sway-organized la
bor-shall be crushed. The labor or
ganizations consist of its employees.
the workers (their wives and little
ones). human flesh and blood. 1t is
by their labor that they live! they
have no purpose other than safe
guarding their lives, their character.
their future, the safety of the repub-
lie and humanity.
These factors now confront each
other. BY their purposes, ATTITUDE
and actions must they be- judged.
On June 1. 1909, the. and 4 States
Steel corporation ,prpc1aii4.-a it's de-
cree of hostility toward labor. The
right of the workers to associate for
their common protection was no long
er- to be recognized or tolerated. Ac-
companying that decree was a notice
OF further reduction in the already
scant wages of the workers. The de-
cree went into effect July 1, 1909. An
earnest effort must be made to thor
oughly organize all employees in the
iron. steel and tin plate industry and
subsidiary correlated trades Owing
to immediate pressing necessity caus-
ed by the present strike and the inde-
fensible attitude of tfk United States
steel corporation We earnestly call
upon all national and international
unions OF America to send at least one
organizer to assist in this work. We
further urge and recommend that in
all places where mills are located the
central labor organizations appoint
special committees with instructions
to cooperate in this work. For edu-
cational purposes we recommend that
this manifesto be made Il special or
der in all central labor organizations
at the first meeting in January. 1910.
We recommend that the executive
council of the American Federation
OF Labor issue circular to all un-
ions of America, an appeal for finan-
cial contributions to aid the striking
iron. steel and tinplate workers.
I'VE further recommend that the
amount of such contribution should
not be less than ten cents per member.
In vieH of the great wrongs per-
petrated by the United States Steel
corporation. not only against the
workers but the public generally, we
recommend that committee be ap-
pointed by this conference to wait up
on the president of the United States,
the president of the United States
senate, the speaker of the house of
representatives and such members of
either house of congress as may be
deemed advisable for the purpose of
laying before them the grievances
from which labor suffers at the hands
of this corporation.
AT the instance of the United States
Steel corporation officers of local.
municipal and state governments have
unwarrantably tyrannized over citi-
zens. invading the constitutionality
guaranteed right of free assemblage
and free speech. We recommend that
committees be appointed by this con-
ference to wait upon the governors Of
states and such other official repre-
sentatives of counties and municipali-
ties as are in control where the Unit
ed States Steel corporation has plants
located, for the purpose of presenting
to these officials the great wrongs in
flicted upon the people of these COM
munities, and that the committees de-
mand an investigation. and where
charges made are substantiated by
evidence, the officers responsible there
fore be removed and the wrongs i'm
mediately righted.
I'VE appeal to all liberty loving
Americans for their moral and fnan-
cial support.
flames O'Connell
IT. l.. Lewis
w. D. Mahon
George w. Perkins
-"J. w. Hays
Frank M. Ryan
IT. Healy
samuel Gompers
-"P. J. McArdle
.-"Charles E. Lawler."
At the conclusion of today's con-
ference the men responsible for tine
resolution said they had said all
there was to be said" when they had
adopted the measure President
Gompers Of the Federation left for
Washington. The other labor leaders
will depart during the night or early
tomorrow.
The conference which called these
labor leaders together at Pittsburg
was made possible through resolu-
tion adopted at the Toronto. Canada,
international labor conference held
during November, when the conven-
tion decided by resolution to meet in
Pittsburg and reach determined
stand against the labor attitude of the
United States Steel corporation.
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