Arizona republican., 1919-10-15
STEEL WALkOUT
ACTION TIES UP
INDUSTRY MEET
Conference Deadlocked on
Arbitration - NJ a tt er
Takes Up Entire Day,
With Nothing Accom-
plished-Gonpers Makes
Plea
[RepubIican A. p. leased WIrel

WASHINGTON, Oct 14.-After
heated all day session devoted almost
entirely to discussion of labor's pro-
posal to arbitrate the steel strike, dur
ing which two attempts at postpone
ment and a sub resolution by Thomas
L. Chadhourne of the public group,
met with defeat the national indus
trial conference adjourned tonight
without having taken other definite
action than the appointment of three
subcommittee.
Another attempt to obtain action in
the steel controversy, however, will be
made by members of the public group,
headed by Bernard NJ. Baruch. through
a new compromise proposal when the
conference resumes its sessions tomor-
row.
The labor resolution was laid before
the conference today without recon-
mendation by the central committee
but with an amendment proposed in
committee by Samuel Gompers, presi-
dent of the American Federation of
Labor, providing that the arbitration
committee be chosen by the conference
groups from membrs or non-mem-
bers" of the conference. In reporting
the resolution, Chairman Chadbourne
announced that while the resolution
was favored by a majority of the mem
bers of the committee it had received
the negative vote of two groups and
therefore, could not be favorably re-
ported
Groups Fail To Work Together
A sub resolution offered by Mr..
Chadbourne failed to receive the ap-
proval of any of the three conference
groups although it was framed so as to
n Nf rr1..
sub proposed acceptance of Mr.. Com
| pers committee of six TO adjust all
serious labor disputes" its decision to
be final, after an attempt to reconcile
differences had been made by a joint
committee of employers and employees.
The labor representatives would be
| chosen both by those "out on strike
and those remaining in the employ of
the several companies"
The climax of the days tense ses-
sions one of which was recessed in the
midst of confusion, came late in the
day when Samuel Gompers, leader of
the labor delegation, made an impas-
sionate plea for intervention in the steel
strike and reviewed the negotiations
leading up to the calling of the strike
on September %.
Looking directly at Judge Gary,
chairman of the United States Steel
corporation seated with the public
group, less than Is feet away, the labor
leader declared that the steel corpora
tion had acted like the bolsheviki" in
refusing to meet representatives of the
other party in the dispute. Judge Gary
kept his eyes fixed on the labor lead
ers face throughout the speech but
made no reply when Gompers con-
cluded.
Must Act On Steel Strike Or Fail
Outside the conferenc hall labor
delegates declared that the conference
would be flat failure unless it took
action on the steel strike. Sveral in
timated that the labor delegation might
withdraw from the conference if the
arbitration resolution were defeated al.
though more conservative representa-
tives did not believe the group as g
whole contemplated any such drastic
action.
That the employer group does no
favor Intervention in existing disputes
either under the labor or substitut,
arbitration proposals, was Indicated b!
the remarks in the conference of L. F
Loree, president of the Delaware anC
Hudson railway, and statement is
/ sued tonight by Magnus W. Alexander
l managing director of the national in
: dustrial conference board. The latte
expressed the belief that the majorit,
OF the delegates were averse to turnin,
, itself into a general arbitration boar
while Mr.. Loree said that if action wer
! to be taken in the steel strike, it ais,
! would be necessary to intervene in tn
coal strike called for November 1, an,
q the numerous other labor disturbances
The conference rules were again tn
subject of warm controversy at to
days sessions, members of the publ
: group criticising and labor delegate
defending the group method of bro
cedure.