Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-15
1t Is Against United States Steel
Corporation Because of Its
Open Shop Policy.
GRAVE CHARGES AGAINST 1T.
Claims II Makes and Unmakcs Laws
And Dominates Civic and
Political Life.

Pittsburg. Dec 14.-War was for
mally declared upon the United STATES
Steel corporation by leaders of organ
lied labor throughout the United Stales
and Canada at the close OF a two days
conference today. The decision to bar
tie against the stand taken by the steel
corporation in its policy OF open ,:,op
was reached by the labor oonfe e es
after hours of debate.
AT the conference Samuel Gomaecs.
president OF the American Federation
OF Labor, presided and, through him.
The measure was put upon the record
books of the executive council of III.
Federation
The grievances OF organized labor
against the steel corporation as set
forth In the resolutions have been for
warded to President Taft. TO The
United states senate and to the house
oil representatives. Governors of the
states in which the United States Steel
corporation owns plants or has inter-
ests also Will receive copies. The reso-
luton In part follows:
THE RESOLUTION.
"a crisis in the affairs OF labor has
arisen. The gigantic trust, the United
states Steel corporation, is using its
great wealth and power In an cffor: to
rob the toilers OF their right OF Ameri-
can manhood and of the opportunity to
resist It's further encroachment Grown
rich by the consent of the people OF
our country, this corporation, In it's
mad greed for Stll greater riches.
sweeps aside, makes and unmakcs law.
It's cnactors and executors. and is now
engaged in an effort 10 destroy the )nly
factor-the organizations of its en-
ployes-standng between 1t and I'M
limited, unchecked and unbridled. indus
Trial, political. social and moral car
mage. II there exists any vlrile power
in our time and life to check the Absu-
lute autocratic domination of civic. in
dustrial and political life of our people
and our republic. il must be found IN
the indomitable will and mission of the !
much misunderstood and miSrcpresent- |
ed organizations OF labor.
The United States Steel corporation |
has declared war on labor. In its Sc |
get councils this corporation has de- |
ofeed that the only obstacle to it's com |
plete sway-organized labor-shall be |
crushed. The labor organizations con-
sist of its employees, the workers ttneir |
wives and little ones). human flesh end |
blood II Is ~ their labor that they
their lives their charac-
ter, their future. the safety of the re-
public and humanity
FOES FACE TO FACE.
These factors now confront each
other. BY their purposes. attitude and
qrtions must they be judged.
p"On June 1. 1909 the United States
Steel Corporation proclaimed It's decree
ffty foxu Fl 1o1n -lo !
of the workers to associate for their
common protection was no longer TO
bc recognized or tolerated. Accompany
ing that decree was notice of fur
her reduction In the already Scant
wages of the workers
The decree went into effect July
/. 1909. We therefore urge that an
arnest effort be made to thoroughly
rganlze all employees in the iron, steel
nd tin-plate Industries and subsidiary
Correlated trades. Owing to immediate
'ressing necessity caused by the pres
mt strike and the indefensible hostile
ttitude of the United States Steel cor
'oratlon, VIC earnestly call on all ma
ional and international unions of
Imerica to send at least one organizer
o assist in this work. We further
rge and recommend that in all places
ehcrc mills are located the central Ia
'or organizations appoint special COM
nittees with instructions to cooper
lie In this work. For educational pur-
oses we recommend that this mani
este be made a special order in all
Pntral labor organizations at the first
neeting in January 1910.
COMBINATIONS.
We recommend that the executive
ouncil of the American Federation of
.abor Issue a circular to all unions of