Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-18
EMPLOYERS OFFER
RESOLUTION MUCH
CHANGED IN FORM
Collective Bargaining Re-
mains Large Issue Before
Conference.
SUBSTITUTE SURPRISE TO-
PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVES,
Makes 1t Optional to Deal With
Labor's Officials Who Are
Not Employees. .
GONPERS ATTENDS MEETING
definition OF Capital and Labor by
Veteran Leader Draws Hcarty.:s
Applause.
GONHERS
ATTENDS MEETING

WASHINGTON. Oct 17.-Without
reachlns decision on recognition OF
.he right of workers to bargain COL
lectively-an issue which had been
'he subject OF two days OF debate-fbS
national industrial conference tonight
closed the second week of its deIlbera.
day. when there is every indicafInn
mat the conference will make n.nsw
start. a definite program for procedurs
no,,a 70 mat mat, end being in process Of Tor
Withdrawing their motion made yes
deC,a derday TO TO recommit the labor-pIblfc
the employers took the Initial itii,nifG. tixs 16.
day by Offering substitute resolution
rinbt Tnfeh .,W YOU'D 5,as protect the employerss
ployees." 49, '-'o '''a.s.I. GU e
Withdrawal IL Surprise.
The withdrawal came as a surprisa
to representatives. Of the public, WHO who
amending It. = = : N,.sS ~
The motion to adjourn until Monday.
public representative, and chairman;of
the conferences central committee OF
afteen. nj carried it. with recommittinE
bargaining. to the central committee
This committee will meet tomorrow,to
reconcile the two declarations ifSpos-
program, which, it was undefStood,
provides that the issue of collective
bargaining remain in the background
until agreement can be reached ona.the
less disputed questions.
abssn sange Cary Gary Of t, the public group, Was
had been vouchsafed by him to Ber-G
nard Baruch, chairman OF his commit
tee tee TO Secretary Lane. chairman or
the conference, or to the White House.
Gompers Leaves Sick Bed.s .-es-
Samuel Gompers. chairman Of the
labor group, left sick bed today ito
attend the afternoon session. During
its course he made an lmpassloRed
collective bargaining and in delineat-
ing the loyal course OF labor through.
out the war. Much Of Mr.; Gompsfs
union labor by l.. F. Loree. spokesman
for the employers group. -
MIR; Gompers' definition Of capital
Capital consists Of tables--these
tables and these chairs. these chan;
deliers. boots. shoes. pork. hides and
anything that can be brought to your
mind relative to the very things that
! have encompassed in the term of
'capitarIdead t.'inss. inanmate things,
sold and bought. things which are
subject to barter and sale: capitaf In
vested for the production OF still more
capital, moro inanimate things. MAJ
terial things. ~''~~y
Labor Is Human Beings. IA -.
"And what Is labor? Labor is the
men and the women erroneously and
Intentionally coined in the terminolosy
of labor. 1t Is laborers. workers, !aQ.
man beings. men and women and chill.
dren, and when 1t comes to the ques-
ton OF determining which is OF greater
Importance. men and women and little
r.
soul of mankind goes out to men and
women and children rather than to
capital, the regulation Of capital. tho
material things of life. f.s.Sxal
'.If the old concept OF labor and pr
tai still prevailed in this year of strifc
you would find children in the textile
mills of America working twelve,
fourteen and sixteen hours a day.