The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-10-10
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.-There
were indications today as the sixth
session of President Wilson'S in
dustrial conference got under way
that the conference will be a long
drawn-out one, lasting probably
for weeks.
The organized employers group
had their demands" in shape for
presentation to the conference al
ter three days of strenuous toll.
The composite makeup of the So
called capital-or employers group
has made it difficult for Chair
man Harry E. Wheeler, Chicago
banker, to bring the different ele-
ments together.
LABOR PLATFORM COMPLETE.
I.abor's platform is complete and in
81 alone Is enough work TO keep the con-
ference, through its committee OF hf-
teen busy for days. Labor's demands
Include the forcing Of Judge Ebert Z.
Gary. head Of the L. s. Steel corpora
tion. 10 arbitrate the present national
eteeI strike and list Of eleven princi-
.ples Of labor on which the Gompers
,group is prepared to stay and hght All
winter.
MAY ApJouRN FOR WEEK.
II was reported about the conference
TODAY that after the employers get their
program in. the conference may adjourn
for a week or ten days in order 70 give
the committee 8 chance TO work out its
burden. Under the rules the conference
as a whole cannot consider any Of the
many resolutions until the committee
Of hfteen brings in a report on them
go the conference apparently faces
",nilling." while the fifteen battle
among themselves behind closed doors
The conferences may or may not &C
eon1plish industrial peace but II mas
already established social peace the
members Of the conference sit At the
same table literally, regsrdlss OF
groups.
QUITE SOCIETY ENLFA.
At a small table in the oeauurui
enrex Of the Pan-American Union. sat
nudge Ebert H Gary. head q the Unit
"a states steel Corporation Judse
car rnunched delicate bit Or rrencn
rsetrv with evident relish. Across
fr,rn him. nibbling a chocolate eclalr,
rat Michael Tighe, president Of the
Amaleamated Association Of TIN, Iron
snd Steel Workers. whose members are
saged in bitterly fighting Mr.. Gary IN
the present steel strike The judge call
cd him Nike and they told eacn
other funny stories Of the steel stories
of long ago.
Gavin McNab. of san Francisco. was
TIE only other occupant of the table.
THEY WATCH GOLDFISH.
While Gary and Tighe exchanged
"reminiscences. John .. Roekefeller, il.
and Frank Morrison. secretary OF the
A T Of L. leaned over a stone parapet
in the court yard and conversed long
snd earnestly az they watched the gold
fish playing in the small pool below I
them.
Two hours later Mr.. Rockefeller intro
duced resolution directed al the prin-
cipie Of international trades unianism
and in favor OF individual settlement Of
industrial disputes, embracing the eom-
pany union idea
At another table sat n 3. Endicott. /
noted Massachusetts shoe manufactur-
or. Mrs Sarah Conboy Of the women
textile workers; Ida NJ Tarbel. whose !
writings some months ago ripped the
STANDARD OH company wide open and Z. /
6 Barrett. diminutive George farmer. |
who has charged both capital and labor
I'm the present conference with trying .
pass the buck and make the farmer /
the goat
other tables held similar groups. For
severaI hours they talked amicably and t
tnen with apparent regret returned to
the hal Of the Americas TO resume night
Ing where they left of.