The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-02-04
GUN-TOTERS IN
STRIKE ZONE
MUST co,
SAYS
Secretary Of Labor in Annual
Report Protests Against the
Employment of Armed De-
tectives and Guards.
PRIVATE WARFARE
MUST BE STOPPED
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tEy Leased Wire 10 Evening Herald. .
Washington. Feb. 4. - Protest I
against the use of nrearms aud the |
employment of armed guards and
private detectives in labor disputes
and strikes was made by Secretary W.
q. Wilson. OF the department Of a0or.
in his first annual report submitted
today to President Wilson. He rec
ommends that congress enact leSisla-
ton within It's constitutional liinita-
! tions to regulate this business in the
interest OF public peace and order
THE use Of firearms. said secre-
try Wilson, In a species Of private
warfare la connection with labor
strikes, calls FOR serious considcra-
ton. Groups of men on both sides,
without military or police authority
Cor t. have used firearms with fatal
effect in the coal strike In southern
Colorado. These arms and the ann
munition have doubtless been pro-
| cured through interstate commerce;
and many of the armed men are said
/ TO have been imported into Colorado
from other states through business
| concern engaged commercially across
state lines Ia Supplying corporations
] with an armed and trained private
soidiery or police In numbers running
| into hundreds and even thousands Ia
connection with the Pere Marquette
strike in Michigan. armed guards,
| furnished by agencies in other states
| supplying men To take the place OF
local strikers, accompanied those men
to Grand Rapids. They were there
turned back by the United states mar
shal under instructions from the dis
trlct Judge. In the Calumet copper
mining region, armed guards under
contract with the employers we're for
warded to the locality by agencies IN
other states"
ON relations of capital and laoor.
Secretary Wilson takes advanced
| around The relation OF employer
and wage Garner SAYS he us no
longer personal or individual, because
both employers and operatives act 10
groups
| 1T IN obvious" the report says,
"that this methou Of employment,
generally necessary for success In
modern industry, may give to en-
ployers great cOntractual advantages
over wage carncrs. Unless wage earn
ers also act collectively through their
own agents. they are often at "a prac-
teal disadvantage. Employers who
act collectively In hiring wage earn
ars are often averse 10 dealing with
agents OF wage earncrs who collective
iy ofer their services They desire to
contract with wage carners individ-
| ually. Il Is upon this point that la
Dor disputes frequently spring up ana
become acute. In most instances IN
which employers accord workmon
7 practical recognition OF the right oi
/ collective bargaining which they
themselves exercise. fair rolaaons are
, maintained.
! "In any circumstances, differences
must be expected Ia arise. In such
I cases the department o' labor mish'
, possibly ind q common ground Tor
{ agreement which the disputants. IN
!, their eagerness FOR advantage or 10
p the heat OF their controversy, had
I overlooked"
10 In that connection u Is suggested
{ that congress clearly define the iunc
tions Of the department of labor u
the mediation of labor disputes and
vote an appropriation adequate T.
I
work. In that way. II was suggested
p "thc welfare of wage-earners coul,
} be- fosterod while the prosperity OF
employers and the peace ard good
| order Of society ut large were con
served Amicahle settlements between
the psrties themselves. without medi
alton. are manifestiy nrst in the or
der OF preference Mediation come'
next. Arbitration third. But any o
three Is preferable to strikes OF lock
outs"
The success already achieved hy M
department OF labor, in the adjust
ment of labor controversies, demon
ID stratcs in the judgment uf Secfetsr'
Q Wilson. that such disputes nearly AL
= ways may he adjusted "a the proht 70
4 an interests. and he believes that tn
y department properly equipped
Q should be- able 60 make mediation
8 progressively popular with both m
$ employing and the wage earning In
/ terests OF the country"
The report contains u review of m
= labor controversies la which the goo
!; offices OF the department of labo
). were exercised during the ten month
e OF lis existence. la practically all o
> them. agents Of the department eer
a successful. although In the colorad
4 coal strike and In the Michigan COZ
Io per strike no peaceful solutions ~
). have been reached, because. n wa
Ic pointed Gus, parties 10 the controVei
: sizes could not ne induced 90 acoeI
o, mediation.
s During the fiscal year ended Jun
ic so. 1913. Lls1.S12 immigrants cam