Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-15
GAN SEE NO SOLUTION
OF LABOR PROBLEMS
Gompers Would Settle Issues Affect
ing Capital and Labor as
They Arise.
ALLAY DISPUTES DURING WAR
New Conception Must BE Reached In
Recnsting Industrial Conditions,
He says-Somcthing to War Be-
sides Winning Battles.
b. Associated I'ress.1


BUFFALO,, November 14.-while
delegates to the annual convention Of
the American Federation of Labor
were awaiting tho reports of commit
tees, President Samuel Gompers ad-
dressed a joint meeting of the Exccu-
tive Gu and the Create Buffalo Club.
He told the business men that the long
standing problems affecting capital and
b are virtually i~nsolvable.
An that can be DONE" he said, lis
to solve problems confronting us from
day to day, SO that, day by day, we
may be better prepared to reach Il soiu-
ton. if solution be possible, of what
has hccn a riddle for ages.
We can allay all disputes during
this great war in which We arc now
engaged by you gentlemen bearing in
mind that all the virtues are not on
your side and all the vices on ours.
1t is not fair to take the derclict and
hold him up as a type OF labor any
more than II is fair to hold up the
sradSrin1 as a type of employer.
Neither side can claim all the pa
triotisnl. but It is possible to obtain
a better understanding, so that the
standards Of American life shall not
be lowered, and to the end that our
boys at the front may be supplied with
all that is ncedful, not only for fight
ing, but for their comfort when they
are not lighting.
WAR TO HIRING REMUNERATION
: OF DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES
TO me this war has quite another
Significance than tho mere winning Of
battles. 1t is to bring a REGENERATION
of the democratic peoples of the nations
OF all the world"
Speaking OF President Wilson and
the problems that faced him. Mr..
Gompcrs said he was proud to serve
under the leadership of that great
man who is now voicing tho aspira-
lions OF the whole civilized world"
What we aim to do MFR. Gompcrs
continued, us TO advise with employers
OF labor to bear in mind that. in re-
casting our industrial conditions, old
ideas must he thrown on the scrap
heap and a new conception reached on
the rights Of others.
Some ground must he reached on
which the industries of our country
INDY De Speeuco UP, 80 that the war
may be speedily Won. OF it's result
l have not the slightest mental rcscrva-
ton. It is written into The stars Of
freedom above us"
The morning session of tho convcn.
ton lasted about an hour. adjournment
being taken until tomorrow, when
word came from the committees that
no reports would be ready until then.
The news from Boston that the
strikers at the Watertown arsenal and
Squantum had decided to continue tho
strike regardless OF the orders issued
by tho international officers here,
caused a furry. and it was at first
thought that tho situation there had
developed from n misunderstanding.
STEPS TAKEN At ONCE
TO sTRAlGHTEN OUT TANGLE
J. F. Toomey. secretary Of the Car
penters' District Council. who ,went
from here to Boston. sent a clcgram
stating that no information had been
received from the general presidents
by any Boston local. This was taken
10 mean that some one had failed to
forward proper instructions, and steps
were at ono taken to straightcn out
the tanglc.
After an informal meeting of the