The sun., 1919-10-30
Who Hit Union Labor Between
the Eyes?

INC FyeB.
Mr.. SAMUEL GoMPERs. discussing
the strike mania In Washington on
Tuesday evening, told 10000 labor
union paraders:
big business had definitely de-
termined to give labor. because Of
its growing strength, a blow be-
tween the eyes"
What Mr.. GoMPERs means when he
says Tabor" is union labor, and thus
We refer to 1t when we ask: Who hit
union labor between the eyes when
the steel strike was engineered,
launched and lost?
There were no differences between
the steel employer and the steel en-
ployee over wages. The wages had
beens increased frequently and heav-
lily. They were higher, much higher,
than the level of similar occupations,
Both employer and employee were
agreed as to that. There were no
differences between the steel employer
and the steel employee over hours.
Both were agreed as to them. There
were no differences between the steel
employer and the steel employee over
other terms. Both said no.
What happened was that outside
union organizers and agitators went
to the management Of the open shon
steel mills and demanded that It turn
the mills into closed shops. with the
organization by the outsiders of the
non.union men into unions whether
they wanted to he so unionized or not
These outside organizers and aeita-
tors threatened that II their orders
were not obeved fhey' wodId lie in the
steei industry, union and non-unton,
Of the whole country. go.
The outside organizers and agita-
tors tried II. They pulled out Of their
work thousands NJ ignorant foreign
ers so deluded by the agitators or g.,
self-deluded that they believed they
were actually going to get paid by
the steel mills for being on strike.
The deceived foreigners actually wen.
to the mills to collect the wages thev
thought they were getting from the
mills for striking against the mills.
These outside organizers and agi-
tators cost such poor creatures their
earnings for weeks. They cost others
their earnings. They cost the steel
workers, the steel industry and the
nation altogether tens Of millions OF
dollars. But they did not tie up the
steel mills. They did not make closed
shops of the open shop mills. They
Just blew up. Who hit union labor
between the eyes then?
Who hit union labor between the
eyes when the President Of the United
States called a national conference
to try to establish better relations be
tween every employer and every em
ployee in the interest Of the public!
Mr.. SAMUEL GoMPERs. representing
union labor in that conference. frs
strove to use the conference to save
the day for his fellow agitators snt
leaders who had called the strike
against the steel mills and had lost ii
Next ne tried to distort the confer
ence into an indorser of collective bar
gaining by and through unions only
Finally, because his resolution on
these lines was defeated, he bolted the
conference and broke 1t up. Thus HI
aroused tiss American people against
union bulldozing. Who hit union la
Dor between the eyes then?
Who hit union labor between tn,
eyes when the longshoremen In New
York violated their contracts ant
pledges with the national Government
and tied up the shipping of this port
They have lost their own earnings
They have cost thousands OF other
their earnings. They have crippled
the commerce of the Port of New
York. They have disconnected tn,
whole country. They have alienatet
public sentiment. They have, in truth
outraged and Infatuated the public
Who hit union labor between tn,
eyes them
Who will hit union labor betweel
the eyes n the soft coal miners wall
out tomorrow nighti President VIII
SON says the officers Of the miner
made binding agreement with tn
United States Government to continu
work until the peace treaty becam
effective or until April 1. 1920. Blu
whether the miners did or did not s
understand their agreement with tn
United States Government there Is n
question about the following facts:
These officers, without vote of th