The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-11-27
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The case was again appealed, and
the decision reversed by the Connec-
ticut court Of appeals. Finally, on
LoeWe's, appeal the United States s,l.
preme court awarded damages to the
manufacturer, made boycotting illegal
and ordered restitution by the mem,
bers Of the Danbury Hatters' union.
whose property was ordered attached
There was q. lengthy report ON: In
dustrtal education in which chief en-,
phasis wasT1a:, on labor'sn demand
that there be no dual control where
1t Is tntroduced;c but that industrial.
education always must he kept:.under
the control Of public school, officials
and within the public school SYSTEM.
In this connection Delegate John H. :
Walker urged: organization Of school
teachers, contending that organization:
will bring them into the labor move
ment'' where they naturally will alb,
sorb the labor point OF view. And
that is a. mighty big point; :>'~.>.~ .
The convention after a contest;
waged on the floor for four hours,
refused by a close vote to indorse
state and federal legislation for the
efght-hour day. ~'''
Delegates from the United Mine
workers Of America, the Western
Federation Of Miners and the Inter-
national Association Of Machinists,
which are among the most powerful
organizations affiliated with the fed
Grafton precipitated the fight.
@1,,ks
the use ofecononic pressure only to
obtain shorter hours. It was the
committees report that finally pre-
vailed by a vote of 1886, many
delegates being absent.
President Gompers left the chair
and charged the Socialists with hav-
ing engineered the opposition to tho
report.
Gompers Challenges Socialists.
1T was the Socialist party that
made the first attempt to obtain the
elght-hour law by legislation" he
declared. "1'll challenge any Social
list on this floor to cay the Socialist
party will stand behind the: fedora
ton In securing eight-hour laws"
They WILL shouted william H.
Johnston, Washington, president =. Of
the machinists.
And then oppose candidates
pledged to obtain those laws" Com
pers replied.
II some of you want it, YOU
can't force it down the threats Of
the rest OF us. I know what the ene-
mics Of labor are made up off, he
added. Power is gravitating from
the ballot box to the industrial field.
That gravitation will go on.
II won't trust the fate of labor to
politics. I want. congress to guaran-
tee us only cur freedom to fight out
on an economic basis our battles,
freedom to achieve"
Neutrality, as practiced by the
United States, was approved by the
adoption Of resolution recommend
ed by the committee on international
relations.
The resolution upheld the right of
the United States to ship to belli-
i gerents, explaining that lit was i'm
possible to distinguish between NUM-
lions Of war and the ordinary articles
Of commerce.
The committees report called at
t~ntion to the efforts made by SYM
pathizers of the belligerents to use
the workingmen of our country to
further the interests of some foreign
country
Foreign egencies have been try
ing to reach corruptly some of the
organizations of the workers. the re-
port said, but they have not sue
ceeded."
A resolution urging the United
States to appeal to certain European
powers to stop their discrimination
against Jews was passed.