United labor bulletin., 1911-10-12
READY FOR THE FRAY.
President Gompers Returns to Wash
inqton and Prepares to Continue
the Battle for the Work
ers' Uplift.

"On Wednesday evening, October 4,
President Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor reached Washing
ton, D. c., after an extended campaign
on the Pacific Coast and in the Western
States. On Thursday morning he was
at his desk at headquarters, and al
though buried in a mass of correspond
ence, found time to express an opinion
on the signs of the times as far as the
labor world is concerned. He said:
There is a feeling of unrest among the
workers of the world. England, Ire
land and the Continent of Europe have
had their upheavals and the workers
are awakening to a realization of their
pow er in a manner that speaks in un-
mlstaKable terms of their determine
tion tC secure a. more equitable portion
OF uLat which they produce.
In our own United States the same
feeling of unrest prevails and if the
employers in this country continue their
present policy and refuse to meet the
representatives of organized labor, the
battle for the uplift may be fought on
a iarger scale, than the conflict which
has temporarily ended in Europe.
Il have been among the men who
toll. every minute, since l left Wash
ington, on August II. l have talked
with them, and labored with them, and
have found the measure of their dis
satisfaction great. Continued refusals
on me part of the employers to meet
the representatives of labor will only
aggravate the unrest of the workers and
no one can foretell what the result
will be.
The workers in the west and on the
Pacific Coast are conducting magn1h-
cent contest With bold determined
pui pose they are demanding that their
rights shall be recognized Their con-
ten:ions are just and must eventually
be conceded. 1t would have been
pleasure to me to extend my campaign
on the coast, but my duties at head
quarters, and the intimation that Judge
Wright would probably announce his
decision in the proceedings for con
tempt, which he has initiated on his
own account. this week made it impera-
tive for me to return.
while in Los Angeles l had an op-
uo1tunity to talk with the Mcnamara
brothers, and although I had to leave
them in the gloomy Jail, left them with
the firm conviction that jury OF their
peers would soon proclaim their IN
nocence, set them free, and remove from
labor the stain that an unscruplous or
SANITATION of employers, the National
Association of Manufacturers, with its
ST 100000 fund to crush labor would
feign fasten upon it. Before | saw the
Mcnamara brothers in Jail | was posi-
lively convinced of their innoncence.
After talking with them in Los Angeles
| am convinced that they are the vic
Tins of one of the most diabolical plots
ever Matched in our country.
In Los Angeles every effort has been
made to prejudice the citizens against
the McNamaras. Detective Burns, his
employers and satellites, have already
tried them in the newspapers and maga-
zines, but justice will prevail and the
plots of the enemies of labor will fail.
The people of Los Angeles are realiz-
ING more and more that an unholy effort
has been and is being made to sacrifice
innocent men so that stain may be
cast on the cause they represent. The
American Federation of Labor will
stand by the McNamaras. We know
they are innocent. We have secured for
them the services of the ablest law
gers who cannot be bought and | am
confident that when the trial is over
and the plots of the enemies of labor
have been disclosed, organized labor
Will be commended and praised for its
position in the Mcnamara case.