Evening journal., 1914-02-04
WILSON AGAINST
ARMED GUARDS
Secretary sf Labor Protests at
Their Use in Labor
Disputes
WOULD END TIE
PRACTICE BY LAW

against the use of firearms and the
employment OF armed guards and pri-
vate detectives IN labor disputes and
strikes was made 10y Secretary W. b.
Wilson, of the Department of Labor
in his first annual report submitted
today to President Wilson. He rec
ommends that Congress enact legis-
lation "within it's constitutional limi-
tions to regulate this business In
the interest of public peace and or
der"
''The use OF firearms said Secre-
tary, Wilson, lin a species OF private
warfare in connection with labor
strikes. calls for serious considera
/ ton. Groups OF men on both sides.
/ without military or police authority
! for il, have used firearms with fatal
effect in the coal strike in Southern
] Colorado.
/ These arms and the ammunition
/ have doubtless been procured through
interstate commerce. and many Of the
armed men are said TO have been im-
ported into Colorado from other States
through business firm engaged COM
mercially across state lines I'm supply
ing corporations with an armed and
trained private soldiery or police in
numbers running into hundreds and
! oven thousands.
Armed Guards IN Michigan Strike.
I'm connection with the Pore Mar
Quette strike in Michigan, armed
guards, furnished by agencies in
other States supplying men TO take
the place of local strikers, accompa-
MED those men to Grand Rapids They
we're there turned back by the United
State marshal under instructions from
the district judge. In the Calumet
copper-mining region, armed guards
under contract with the employers
were forwarded to the locality by
Sgcncies I'm other States"
On relations of capital and labor.
Secretary Wilson takes advanced
ground The relation Of employer
and wage-earner." says he. is no
longer personal or individual" be-
cause both employers and operatives
act in groups.
1T is obvious" the report says.
that this method of employment.
generally necessary for success IN
modern industry. may give 10 'em-
ployers great oontractual advantages
over wage carriers. Unless wage
earners also act collectively through
their own agents, they are often at
q practical disadvantage"
In that connection. it is suggested
that Congress clearly define the func-
ticns OF the Department of Labor IN
the mediation of labor disputes and
vote an appropriation adequate to
meet the requirements of mediation
work
J.. The success already achieved b,
the Department OF Labor. in the ad
& iustment of labor controversies. dem
Z cnstrates. In .he Judgment of Secre
e tary Wilson. that such disputes nearl,
d always may be adjusted to the prof.
n Of all interests; and he believes thaI
the department properly equipped
should be able to make mediation
progressively popular with both the
, employing and the wage-earning i'm
terests of the country"
Reviews Labor Controversies.
The report contains a review of the
labor controversies I'm which the good
offices OF the Department of Labor
We're exercised during the 10 months
OF its existence. IN practically all of
them. agents Of the department were
successful. although in the Colorado
coal strike and in the Michigan copper
strike no peaceful solutions Yet have
been reached, because. il was pointed
out parties to the controversies
could not be induced 10 accept media
ton
During The fiscal wear ended June go
1913, l,l97,S72 immigrants came 10 this
country. am increase OF $780, 720 over IN,
previous ycar.,Of those 9S6.355 were be-.
tween IA and. A years of aye; l47.ljs
We're under a., and 64379 were 45 OF
over. Twenty six per cent of the aliens
admitted We're totally illitcratc. Tho
bulk OF the Immigration came from the
countries of southern and Eastern I'm
rope, only IT, per cent. coming from
Northern and Western Europe.
Under existing arrangements of the
$3.50 Japanese who applied for admis-
sion during the year. IS were excluded
Difficulties in enforcing the so-calcd
Chinese Exclusion law were. discussed.
with a view TO the enactment of addi-
tional legislation and the getting of
more money with which to protect the
borders of the country. Il was s.;1
that Chinese continually were being
smuggled across both the northern and
southern borders of the country. and
that they come TO the ports Of entry as
merchants" students. natives and
"sons Of natives" when they really arC
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