Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-02-04
SEQ I.ETAitl OF LAHoi. WILSON
PROTESTS AGAINST EMPLOY
MENT OF ARMED GI.NEDS IN
STRIKE TEOI BI.ES.
WANTS REGULATION
IN FIRST ANNUAL REPORT He
RECOMMENDS THAT CONGRESS
ENACT LEGISLATION To I:EGr
LATE.

detectives ia labor disputes and strikes
was made ny Secretary W. u Wilson. -
The Department III Labor. ia his first an
nual report submitted to President Wi
SON. lie recommends that Congress
enact legislation within iIS consliil-
iioual limitations to regulate this bust
ness ~ the interest ol public peace and
order
The use uf firearms. Siid Secretary
Wilson. in a species uf private warfare
~ connection with labor strikes. calls
for serious consideration. Groups oi
nvn III hnth sides. without military or
20 zee authority for il. have used fire
arms with fatal effect IA the coal strike
in southern Colorado. These arms and
the ammunition have doubtless been pro
cured through Interstate commerce.: aud
many ~ the armed men are said to have
been imported into Colorado fr, m other
States through u business concern en-
gagged commercially across State lines III
supplying corporations with an armed
aHd trained private >nidicrN or police ia
numbers running into hundreds aud even
thousands. In connection with the Icrc
Marquette strike in Michigan. armed
guards. furnished hN Agencies III other
states supplying men 10 take the place
"a local strikers. accompanied those men
a. Grand Rapids. They were there
turned back by the United STATES mar
shall under instructions from the district
Judge. In the Calumet copper mining
region. armed guards under contract
with th" empowers were forwarded 10
the locality 10y agencies ia other States
On relation of capital aud labor sec
Rotary Wilson takes advanced ground.
The relation of employer aud wage
ctrncr, SAYS he. is no longer personal
or individual because bath employ r>
and operatives act ia groups.
IN j. Obvious. the report saws, that
this method uf employment. .enrralI,
necessary for >1cccS> IN modern indus
try. may give tn cmniotcrs great con
trartnal advantages over wacr rlrmrr>
tn.cSS wage carncIs also act culle~tiyriy
thrnGgI their own agents. tine, are often
I'd 4 prartiral dis AZ tantn.". Employ
"r> vino act collectively IN hiring wage
Garner. are rftrn ayerSr ~ dealing with
agents nf wage cIrirr> who crlicrtivrly
offer their services. They desire 10 con
tract with wage carncr> individually. IL
j. upon this poin; that labor disputes
frequently spring up and heromc acute.
Ia most instances in which employers
ac ord worknen practical recognition #
the right of collective bargaining which
they Ihcm>r YES exercise. fair relations
are maintained
In amy circumstances. differences
must le expected 10 arise. In such eases
tic ncparimcn; If Labor might poS>ibly
find u common ground for agreement
which the di>rTtant>. in their ca.crnc>>
for advantage ~ ia the heat Of their con
trovcr>y. had overload"
~ that convection ii II suggested that
Congress rlcirly define the functions az
the Dcplrtrlcnt ct Labor in The media
ton ~ labor disputes and vote IN an
preparation adequate Ia meet The require
mcnts If mediation work. I'm that way
" Was suggested. the welfare If wage
corners "a hi lr fastcrcd while The pros.
pcri,N ~ EMPLOYERS and the peace ami
good arler Of >nricty 40 large were con
served Amicablc settlements bctwccn
the parties themselves. without media
ton are manifc>tly frs, in the or,icr II
preference. Mediation comes next. Ar
hii-ation third. But u If the three j.
~ icrahlc "a strikes or lockunfS.
The Success already achieved nv the
department ~ Labor. IN fhe adjustment
az labor controversies. demonstrates in
the Judgment If Secretary Wilson. that
such disputes nrari, ALWAYS may he al
justsd Ia the prufii at all interests: and
crly equipped. should br able Ia make
mediation progressively popular with
both the employing AMI the wage earn
ing interests ~ The country"
The report contains a review ~ the
lnbnr controversies IN whi- h the good
Offices ~ the department ~ Labor Mere
exercised durin. the ten months If its
existence. IN prartically all # them.
agents uf the department We're Success
IN although in he Colorado coal strike
and in the Michigan copper strike NO
peaceful solutions "a have been reached.
hcra lie il waS pointed out. parties 10
The cnntrnvcrSics could not lee induced
to II srpt mediation
Daring the fiscal wear ended June IN.
lal.. fia7>aa immigrants came IA this
n mtrN. an increase "a .i-rH.1aD over the
pscy lou> wear. az tha>c a>.i:-il were H.
tween II and II wears If age ll1.l5>
we're under ~. and GIf.a were a. or
over. Twenty six Ter cent of the aliens
admitted We're toistiy iliterate. The
/. bulk VI the immigration came from the