Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-23
MAJORITY OF ONE
ON CRUCIAL ISSUE
IN CAPITAL GROUP
Collective Bargaining Reso-
luton Is Beaten by
Narrow Margin.
PUBLIC AND LABOR STAND
TOGETHER FOR PROPOSAL
On Announcement of Result
Gompers Declares Workers
Agents Would Leave. +
RULES BLAMED FOR FIAsCO
DIR. Eliot Says Body Is Working
Under impossible" System.
Two Groups Remain.
PUBLIC AND LABOR STAND
TOGETHER FOR PROPOSAL
RULES BLAMED FOR FIAsco
DR.. Eliot Says Body Is Working
Under Impossible" System.
Two Groups Remain.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 2a.-I.abor with
drew from the national Industrial con-
ference tonight after it's final eyort
to obtain adoption of collective bar-
gaining resolution had been defeatea
by the vote of a majority of tho
capital group.
Although the representatives of both
the public and capital announced their
intention OF remaining in the confer
ence. the next move in the effort to
restore industrial peace to the coun-
try evidently rested with President
Wilson.
Mr.. Lane will make a personal report
or the situation to the President, but
neither leaders in the conference nor
oIhc!als generally would venture a pre-
dic,ion As to what course Mr. wilson
would take.
Meantime the conference will h.
called together tomorrow as usual.
Gompers Announces Withdrawal
Withdrawal OF the labor group was
announced by Samuel Gompers. prcsi-
dent of the American Federation OF
Labor. after dramatic. speech. 1t
| game only few hours after Secretary
many from almost the first had re-
EaTaed a,1d as the inevitable. had read
tating from his sick bed. appealed for
harmony in the conference and for the
5t hnai working out of n program OF in
Representatives of labor did not join
IN IN the j; applause 5E which greeted the let
as most unfortunate" A motion nv
John h SparEo. Of the public. group, that
@oud maEe peeEs eyeEs effort the President i
plish the work for which the confer
,nce ,h was called was withdrawn and
group could meet to determine ifs
future course. 10
i Asks Collective bargaining.
When the conference convened in the
adterIm9on, az 6soImf;n,, the labor group proposed a
collective bargaining. 90" %
resoiaion Snaer GnsPe9SGn of the rules the
to discussion and vote, the labor and
the FSa S54ups es unTsbes Tbe IN ori; is sapPos
Was WAS one one, vote. but under the confer
to defeat, the resolution. was Su'''c'e"'
sSe' sbe rsso,6t1npp Mr GG1mpers ,9d ths conference
without right or reason. rejected on
frouhds ;p ,hd SO himsy that the men sitting
diftlenItv n c'nipioye9Si ip group Will have
to their fellows in the world
Will BE Glad to Talk Then.
-, to1i & have defeated the labor group
an iis sbnr bdeel11ea5on"dsflared the Vete
YOU again in conference and When wien
elaa 40 % meft fs yGH there you VIII be
conference. You havs by you YOUR i. acton tnts
have no,hnE Gat father of the
it is with II feeling of regret that W..
are are, not able to remain longer. Our
tair proposition on our part. The de
is east. We cannot remain longer"
Representatives OF the four railroad
q i'm ri in
ence until the session adjourned, but
tney announced that they did so "out
OF or courtesy th to the other delegates."'
main body OF the labor group.
Before the delegates left the hall,
str ;hn 8, sparEo aan;s; asked them not to make
main with the understanding that the
conference would proceed 10 develop
%ch %i eesry aeae Senera ana
the right of collective bargaining"
Due to "Impossible Rules,
sm,5tpS 5hs of iIi5Sara Blamed
failure: no,s Under ne rules the gronps
members of the conferencc REM individuaiiIyy i nliy
voted for the resolution on collective
Harry & Wheeler, chairman Of tho
employers group. in announcing the
intention of his group to remain here
LOT iuFther work, said capital repro
tatives. would not accept the RESPONSE
bility for breaking up the conference.
He declared that they had worked sin
cereiy for what they consideredd Just
principles and that they were willing
10 stand on the record of the confer
ence.
Text Of Gomperx' Address.
Mr.. Gompers in his address said:
The declaration which we have pro-
posed is rejected and repudiated by
the employing group. They want shop
organization. the employers union. Ii
they can get away with it, why. that
Is their job: but they are building
upon quicksand. They are resting
their hope on nimsy ground.
rs it imaginable that we as tho
representatives Of the organized work.
ers or America. representing with the
OF the railroad BROTH
erhoods 100000 wage workers In the
United States. can enter Into this con-
ference and remain members OF IL,
with refusal on the part of the en-
ployers' group to admit the right OF
tho wage workers to organize for coll
lective bargaining? Is 1t possible
that such construction can be placed
upon the Presidents call? doubt II,
You have defeated us In our pro-
position, but YOU have not broken ona