The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1919-10-23
Industrial Conference Begins Its
Efforts to Accomplish a
Tremendous Task.
MANY PLANS ARE SUGGESTED
Radical Elements In the Steel Strike
osttin0 the Worst Of lt-British
Railway Strike Eaded-Senate
Deadlock On Peace Treaty
Possible.
~ EDWARD w. PIcKARp.

Alarm ever the condition of Presi-
dent Wilssa Was considerably allayed
~ tlse favorable reports issued last
wesk By his physicians. He was kept
quiet. n sRtse Of his protests. and was
not perInitted - pay any attention to
the nanaD ~ public business awaiting
him. ne result sf this treatment was
bis steady Improvement, though he
nay net he able to resume his official
dnties for some time. The inactivity
Iike1 hin greatly and Mrs. Wilson and
the 0ssesss had to exercise their In
geauitV % keep him from getting In
conaunicati with public men.
Of cSuEss NE president could not
attend the Opening Of the Industrial
csafcrenss which he had summoned,
bot \ began its sessions, In the Pan
Americas buiiding. with % delegates
present. equally divided among the
public. The employers and labor. Sec
retaSv Of the Interior Lane was made
pesgnaaeat ehairmaa and then the del
egAtos. split int groups. got busy ON
the prssran that should be followed.
Naturally, tAey were swamped with
suggestisss Of an sorts and from all
psss Of the country. and the job Of
skthg est the reasonable plans was q
big ona TIE rules adopted were de-
siRea - prevent the wasting Of time
~ extremists and cranks who might
WITH b task at length on their theories.
whetAer radical or reactiOnary.
The somewhat hazy but mighty task
vt for this conference Is the discovery
q seme method of accomplishing In.
e0SGrial peace. Of bringing about an
understanding between employers and
workers. Of ending or lessening strikes
and lecksuts 80 that production may BE-
Increased and high costs lowered
Every group. and probably every indi
vi1aal delegate. mas more or less def
mite ideas as TO how all this may be nc
eenVakked. and II Is to be hoped tn,
conference con hit on the right one.
and bring abest their adoption.
The nrst plan presented to the con
ference wns for an immediate indus
trial truce 10 continue three months
which wsuh stop all strikes at once
THIS was proposed by Chairman Ba
rnch q the public group. and follow
the seAelne adopted In France. tn
second proposition, made by Chairman
Gempers Of the labor group, was 10
Immediate arbitration of the ste,
strike BY board of SIX. two to be az
pointed by each group In the confer
eace: this contemplated the immediat
return Of the strikers to work pendIn
the results Of the arbitration. A thir
resolution, offered by Gavin McNa
Of San Francisco. Of the public groul
was for permanent arbitration boar,
Of which oil living ex-presidents sha
be members.
II Samuel Gempers and the 9th,
conservatives who have dominate
ana presumably still dominate Il
American Federation OF Labor, al
wholly sincere. they must be secret
pleased with the developments in Il
steel strike. II Is becoming more III
mere apparent that the strike WI
forced and rs being managed by Il
radicals who have been trying to gu
coatxOi Of union labor In America, al
there Is increasing evidence that tho
radicals are going to fail In both the
Immediate sAd their ultimate ain
Uncle Sam Is taking hand in the 6
uatisn and the ''reds," most Of who
are foreigners In symapthy with. II n
In actual communication with the b
shevfki of Europe. are finding that
n not to be trifed with. when I