The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-05
Secretary Of American Federation OF
Labor Says Combines Hire Experts
to Per.fect Plans to More Effective
ly Bud Workers to The Industry.
SPEAKS f01 h'AAMARA
Dsnounces Arrest and Subsequent
Trip to California as kidnapping
and Says the Purpose Was to Cast
0dium on That Entire Movement


Binghamton, N. Y, Sept 4--In his
address at the Labor Day celebra.
ton here today, Frank A. Morrison,
secretary of the American Federation
of Tabor, said:
"Antagonism BY hostile associa-
tions of employers toward the man
Of laharFis a potent argument for tn.
trade unions. It is clearly depicts
the struggle and emphasizes the press
ing necessity Of workmen combinina
for mutual protection To stunt and
retard the growth of our movement,
every means which can be conceived
by subtitle minds has been iyentea
In any fair contest before the bar
OF public opinion, even with an un-
fair press, the cause of labor has
steadily advanced. With the full
knowledge of this, these antagonistic
organizations OF employers driven
with desperation, having no regard
for the inherent rights of men, or
any form of law, are seeking by var
ious means to destroy the organiza-
tions of labor To make false and
criminal charges without any funda-
tion whatever, appears to be their
present mode of warefare.
penounces Mcnamara Kidnapping.
In the kidnapping of the Nc
Namaras. taking them by force.
Without complying with the simplest
forms of law, transporting them
across the country, is apparently
considered by the men committing
this outrage as permissible. These
employers, associations do not hope
for a final conviction of the men
charged, their purpose being to cast
odium on our entire movement. They
apparently are determined by fair
means or foul, to strike union labor
"a fatal blow In this, the present
difficulty, the members of labor or
ganizations OF our country should,
with one accord resolve to give to
the full limit of their ability a suffi-
cient amount of funds to guarantee
to the McNamaras fair and impair
tial trial.
"The chief question of interest to
the trusty today is how they can
prevent their employees from becom-
ing members of unions, thus mini
MIXING the possibility of demand
being made upon them for an in
crease in wages or shorter hours Of
labor.
"The trusts are employing the
ablest men that money can secure,
to perfect plans to more effectively
bind the workers to the industry
One of the most plausible and at the
same time the most vicious that the
representatives of great corporations
are trying to fasten upon the work
ers at the present time, is the So
called dividend scheme, scheme in
which the employees cannot make a
suggestion, either as to wages, hours
or share of the profits. This scheme
of the trusts to hold their employees
is particularly interesting, when it
is known that roll call of the COR
porations that favor the system will
rey cal the facts that they are the
corporations and trusts that have
absolutely refused to permit their
employees to organize, aye, more,
they have demonstrated their will
ingness to expend millions of dollars
to keep their employees as helpless
to change the condition under which
they labor, as the slaves were help
less to do other than the bidding Of
their masters.
No Difference He Says.
Some will say there is difference
that the employees OF the trust can
quite and look for work elsewhere,
while the slave could not, but ] ask
you where can these men secure
other employment, when you take in
to consideration the constan I in
fux of over a million aliens a year.
About 100000 men are working for
the Stel Trust few II any of those
men are today members of q trade
union. The Steel Trust in the last
strike defeated the union. The in
fiux of aliens constantly coming to
our shores to secure employment at
any price, because they must live, is
used as club by the trusts to pre-
vent men from quitting work for
fear that they cannot secure employ
ment elsewhere EaEA.