The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-09-11
BOTH STANDING PAT
BREACH BETWEEN UNION WORK.
ERs AND FACTORY HEADS
NOW WIDENING.
Second Conference Without Helpful
ResuIts.-High Point Manufacturers
FIatIy Refuse Both Suggestions of
IInion Men.

FIaIIv REFUSE 6OIn Suggestions O.
Union Men.
Chas. w. Brown, late city editor OF
The Daily Enterprise, sends an article
to The Greensboro News of Tuesday
regarding the situation here, as he
sees it, It follows:
A second conference between Mayor
D, A. Stanton and a number of manu-.
facturers this afternoon failed to bring
about any change in the local contro.
versy between employers and EN-.
pIoyees. The mayor carried, accord
ing to reliable information, two pro-
p9sals from unionized labor to the
manufacturers; the first that the men
who are out-WOuld return to work at
once under open shop conditions; the
second, that they would discontinue
picketing if the factories would all re-
main closed and make no attempt to
resume with non-union labor. Both
were fatty rejected, the manufacture
ers reiterating their determination to
have absolutely no dealings with un-
ion workers.
T"o fret conference between the
mayor and manufacturers held Sun
y >,tternoon, which was attended by
representatives of the Greensboro
Daily News, was devoid OF results, ex-
cept to give air to the attitude of the
manufacturers en- certain phases of
the controversy, the developments of
today prove. Mayor Stanton had an
ether hearing with representatives of
the unions today and is understood to
have informed them that the city gov
ernment would no longer tolerate such
picketing tactics as have been pur-
sued during the past few weeks. 1t
was then that the union men made
their starvation" proposal; to refrain
from any further picketing if the man
ufacturers would close their plants un-
til one side or the other was willing
to admit defeat.
The first of the two proposals is the
cne the unionists have been advanc-
ing and contending for throughout the
six weeks the trouble, or lockout, has
been in vogue, and little surprise is
manifest over it's refusal by those IA
miliar with conditions as they exist
in High Point today. But there is q
little surprise that the second slseuld
have heen Aatiy turned down, since it
has been the belief all along that such
a system would be favored by many
Of the mill owners, they being better
prepared in a financial way to go
through a further extension OF the
period of industrial inactivity than the
average wage Garner.
The double refusal did one thing; it
caused an interesting statement to be
issued by r. A. Hampton, secretary
and treasurer of the local union of
carpenters and joiners. Picketing will
be carried cn until the end, this Of
fetal stated, and the board of aged
eggs will be put in use as time and
occasion demand. Likewise will the
slogan 1--WE will work under union
Orditions, or we will leave High
Point" which has headed every union
parade held for the past four weeks,
be carried out to the letter, the union
officials and about 800 union members
who fad it impossible or impractical
BILE to leave High Point remaining be-
hind to attend to the picketing and
look out for the interests Of the union
in general. !
This "home guard" according to the
statement of Mr.. Hampton, will be.
composed of staunch supporters OF the
union cause and will be financially
Supported by union members and the
State Fedora ton Of Labor, aided by the
le of relief tickets. There is no IN
tmation of "cold feet" or general
weakening of principles and determl
natiCn in the ranks of the unionlsts.
this official stated. aid High POINTS
organized labor is more determined
than ever to see the controversy
through.
1t was admitted at union headquaf 4
ters this afternoon, after the out
come of the second conference be-
tween the mayor and manufacturers
had become known, that plans were
being made for the evacuation OF tue
city by the workers. Everyone Is
going who can,' said Mr.. Hampton
but there'll be enough left to attend
to Details There was no hes1tancy
shown by Mr.. Hampton in stating the
attitude Of the unionists and he as
serted he had the unanimous backing +
of the more than 5000 workers en-
rolled with the various locals thar
have been organized.
Picketing has not set we'll with the
manufacturers and there are a rev
who will admit that previous to the
start of this activity by the unlonlstS
they had debated the correctness OF /
the stand the employers had taken.
Picketing did not have the effect OF
latimidating; rather it angered' ana
the few employers who were, SO 10
speak, "on the fence" when this ac-
tivity got underway, are now among
the leaders of the "never" faction.
This does not mean to imply that