The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-06
LABOR A AMUSED.
Say Dumba's Plan 10 Tie UP M
Millions Plants Could Not Succeed.

Say Dumba's Plan 10 Tie Up M
pitions Plants Could Not Succeed.
The plans of the Austrian Govern
ment to tie up the munitions plants OF
the United States by a walkout and 50
prevent the shipment of arms to the
Allies were characterized az absurd by
national labor leaders yesterday. Such
plans. according to the labor lsaders II
would be impossible for a foreign Gov
eminent or any other influence to carry
out because OF the opposition OF power
full employing interests to such strikes.
Corresponding Secretary Ernest
Rohm Of the Central Federated Union
said that In the first place the en-
ployers In the metal trades and the pro-
prietors Of the munitions plants would
not allow such strikes to take place.
The concessions already made by
many large employers" he added.
show their anxiety to prevent . tieup
Of their munitions and machinery
plants at a time when they are receiving
large munitions orders from the Allies.
BY inviting a national strike the en-
ployers would be cutting their W
threats and they are in consequence
more anxious than the labor leaders
themselves to avert the strikes.
Even II a large corruption fund did
exist and was freely spent among labor
leaders and members OF labor organixa-
tions II would be impossible for the
labor leaders and the crooked strike In
stigators to furnish the goods to the
Austrian Government. No power. no
matter however extensive n infiuen-
tial. could bring about a strike In all
munitions plants for the object desired
by the Austrian Government. This ID
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ment which is now going on In NUM-
lions and arms plants Is not a senti-
mental strike. but Ia wholly and solely
for the purpose OF gaining certain
economic concessions, such as the eight
hour day and higher wages
THE action taken by the executive
board Of h International Association
Of Machinists fully ~squelched all efforts
to bring about a national strike move
ment In arms and munitions plants"
General Organizer Hugh Frayne OF
the American Federation OF Labor said
yesterday that President T. v. o'don-
nor OF the international Longshoremen's
Association had Informed him that the
association had already effected q num-
Der OF agreements in this city between
the organized ~longshoremen M the
shippers and that there was no possi-
bility OF a general strike Of the long
shoremen In this city at present.
Vice-President j. J. Keppler OF the
International Association of Machinlsts
said that the national strike movement
OF the machinists was a purely business
proposition for them and hat for that
reason all n~ationaiistic and race dis
tinctions had been eliminated.
I'm the widespread strike movement
in metal and munitions plants and arms
factories" he added. Germans. Irish,
Enslish, Americans. Spaniards, Italians,
French and all other nationalities in the
metal trades are cooperating for the
purpose Of generally establishing the
eight O Il day. The movement among
tho machinists throughout the United
States has now grown TO such proper
lions that influences OF foreign Gov
ernments can no longer a any effect
upon II. The concessions already made
by many OF the largest employers pre-
clude all possibility OF a national tieup
or arms and munitions plants such as
planned by the Austrian Government