Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-16
LABOR 8 PLAN To
MEDIATE STRIKE
IN STEEL PLANTS
NOT DISPOSED Of
Industrial Farley Finds Senti-
merit Badly Divided and the
Matter Is Again Put Up to
the Central Committee,
WHEN REPORT WILL BE
READY Is UNCERTAIN
Employers Delegates Claim
the Resolution Is Intended
To Force Recognition Of
UniOni May Be Hard Eight.

| MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL lFAsEo WIRE,
Washington, Oct. 15.-Despite re-
| peated declarations by employers del
egates that they never would approve
| intervention in the steel strike and in
sistent demand from the same group
that the labor arbitration proposal be
! disposed of definitely, the national
! industrial conference, voting as an
assembly, today deferred action on
the labor plan pending an effort by
| the central committee OF fifteen To
agree on the question of collective
| bargaining.
The motion to defer, made by Ber,
nard M. Baruch, chairman of the pup
! lie delegation was defeated under tho
group voting plan. the employers
| group voting against it, and the pub
| lie and labor group supporting post
| ponement. Consent of all three
| groups Is required under the rules to
validate action. on a point of order,
however, Secretary Lane, presiding of
! fcer, ruled that the motion involved
a question of procedure and not oil
policy, and therefore, should be set
| tied by Il simple majority vote of IN
| dividual delegates.
Judge Ebert ii. Gary, chairman OF
| the United States steel corporation
board, and Ward NJ Bargess, OF
| Omaha, were the only members of the
public group opposing postpunement
and c. S. Barrett and 7. c. Atkeson
farmers representatives, alone of the
employers group favored the motion
The labor group was solid for post
ponement.
The central committee was direct
ed to have report ready when the
conference recOnvened at 2:30 o'clocb
tomorrow afternoon, but :: struck d
snag late today in attempting to de-
fine collective bargaining and madt
but little headway during it's three
hour session The right of employees
Lto organize was generally recognized
IL was said, but no agreement coul
be reached on the question of deallns
with non-empioyes of a company act
ing as spokesman for the workers
The committee will meet again tomor'
row morning but it appeared prac
tically certain tonight that no agree
ment would be reached and that Tho
labor and Jublic delegates in th'
committee would ask for more time
such action would mean a further de
: lay In obtaining vote on the stee
strike arbitration resolution.
Labor delegates said today the!
would be willing to drop the stee
strike resolution in case they can on
tain a clean cut acceptance to the prlh
ciple of collective bargaining Will
, the right of employees TO select repre-
sentatives "just as the companies hir'
counsel" Failure of the conference t.
arbitrate the strike or to accept thei
! hn rplt
mean disruption of the conference
some labor representatives went so ia
: as TO say.
| on the fright" of the hall employ
ers objected to consideration "unde
. pressure of such a fundamental prin
ciple as collective bargaining,
II Herbert +. Perkins of Chicago, said
, 1--WE cannot be forced or hurried in
to arriving at any decision in such a
( important matter as collective bar
gaining" while j. w. O'Leary of Chi
cago, declared that clear thinking o
the issue was impossible with "othe
r disturbing influences"
. After the meeting, employers dele
gates said that the labor steel strlk
arbitration resolution was never in
:, tended for other purposes than |
; force recognition of the unions an
their spokesman inasmuch as agree
;, ment to arbitration of the strike by
: committee containing union official
[. and company officers would haV
. amounted to absolute acceptance
n the things for which labor is fighting
Charles Edward Russell of Ne
York. spokesman for the central CON
mittee, told press representatives afte
the committee meeting that both cap
tai and labor were disposed to max
concessions and that nothing ha
transpired TO shake his conviction ths
the conference would accomplls
great and constructive results.
He admitted, however that seriot
differences Of opinion exist which mu
be harmoniHed before the committt
could report.
. The conference did not meet unt
nearly noon and remained in sessio
. about an hour. owing to the lime
of Samuel Gompers, the labor del
- gates selected Frank Morrison, seer
II tary of the federation, as acting hea
= A resolution by l.. f. Sheppard
the Railway Conductors Brotherhoo
demanding tri-parttite contfol OF II
# dustries biased upon grant oil prl
II ilege or a monopoly" and embodylr
essential features of the Plumb pls
of control of the railroads by the pu
: 70 lie, capital and employees, was anoth
important development of the day. NJ
= sheppard's resolution would PROVE
y that in private industries one-third
le 1.-The directors should be elected re-
= resentatives of employees.
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