Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-15
HEATED ARGUMENT
MEETS S.PROPOSAL TO
ARB|TRATE STRIKE
Another Effort to- Obtain
Action Will Be Made at
Today's Session.
GOMPERS SAYS GARY ACTS
''lIKE THE BOLSHEVISTSy
Head of Steel Corporation Is Bit
terly Scored by Labor
Leader.
INTERVENTION is OPPOSED
Rules Are Again Subject of Contro.
vcrsy, With Workers Defend,
ing Group Method.
INTERVENTION IS OPPOSED
Rules Are Again Subject of Contro.
vcrsy, With Workers Defend -
ing Group Method.

heated all-day session devoted almost
entirely TO discussion of labor's pros
5osal }us to arbitrate the steel strike,
ponement and a substitute resoIntion
ny Thomas l.. Chadbournc, of the prrh-
nc group. met with defeat the national
ni rhianstrlai conference adjourned to-
dehnite action than the appointmnht
OIL three subcommittee '-l,fr
Another attempt to obtain action In
me ,nsds s'eei &c, controversy, however. will be
headed by Bernard NJ Baruch throurh
new compromise proposal when t6c
conference resumes ,its sessions to-
The labor resolution was laid befor.
the conference today without recon-
mendation by the central commfttaa
eommit,ns con- MIN an an. amendment proposed in
dent OF the American Federatian ~
LABOR providing that the arbitration
committee be chosen by the confer
enee en- groups from members or non- /.
porting the resolution, Chairman
Chadoourne announced that while fha
aeesoiution was favored by majority
mad received the negative vote of two
groups and. therefore. could not he
favorably reported. -
Offer Substitute Resolution.
NJ csa substitute resolution offered by
mr. NJ Cnadoourne failed to receive the
groups. although it was framed so as
20 20 avoid mention OF the steel strike,
ine na substitute proposed acceptance of
Mr i,s, Gompers' committee OF six toad
clsion to be final after an attempt to
reconcile difference had been made hy
JOINT committee of employers and
employees The labor REPRESENTATIVE
would be CHOSEN both by those "out
on strike and those remaining i'm the
employ or the several companies.r'.sg,-
nne eIimaX OF the days tense ses-
the the midst of confusion. came late in
the day when Samuel Gompers. leader
IN inc labor delegation, made an I'M
I.o, pasS'oneu n, plea for Intervention In the
sieei s;ees strike ,s, and reviewed the negotia-
IONS leading up to the calling ofsthe
strike on September -. E4'
I.ooks Directly Mt Gary.
Gar% ookihhs chs,rnsS directly a, Judge Elbert.
Steel Corporation. sea seated d WITH 9'ates atSs
s,ss swsY the a5oT leader iss
S5eintatives 5irs of the other party in the
Xed on '9hee the iaseyy iGSey kept his eyes
rhroughout the speech. but made mo
Gompers Attacks Autocracy. Gl6
Re L..
by Mr.. Gompers are: 'e
II you are looking anywhere in the
nmo n1ssory OF the struggle of labor, to
to"eass tn rom The condition of slavery
20 seriaoin and from serfdom to wa ca
labor, and can find any proposition so
Ssnerous S'hie and comprehensive as the one
W mhleh ha si,en we have proposed shall be glad
one would imagine that there was
great condescension which was asked.
rrec Ers we: fa,a at this time: in this year OF
!ocracy from off the face of the globe.
10 submit Servilely to Industrial
autocracy? The time has gone by when
any man can say he is master OF all
he surveys. -
The United States steel Corpora
.lon denies this right tof labor to DO
sh1gl, u s1s,a,.t ana mn, whers comes in the incon-
poTation t,nns m, is "a, federation of corpora
iederat'on OF steel corporations speak
IN the name of all these corporations
-. me oiiicers of the organization and
gsniSation OF the men and the conduct
Impressed by the fact that if the strike
men would not only have come out
on strike. but that the organizers of
the w w. the organizers OF the
were anxious and willing and would
nave taken charge OF the strike.
World In State OF Unrest.
Just let me impress upon you that
this whole world of ours is In a state
of unrest. and out Of this war from
which we have so triumphantly
emerged. that war for which SO many
sacrifices have been made, the men and
the men of America arc determined
that we shall never agan go back to
pre-war conditions and concepts: that
there must he established a now unl
derstanding of the relations Of mansto
man. OF this life and the life OF our
nation and in industry.
We demand a voice in the deter
of the conditions under
which we will give service: we do.
mand that the workers shall not only
have that voice as supplicants. but by
right.
81 suppose you may be astonished
when I have completed what am
the Bolshevists OF America. take ea-
actiy the same position that the EN-.
pioyers do. We ask for a conferences
and agreement. The I. W. w. says
we will enter into no agreement with
employers and wonder how many
representing the public and how many
representing the EMPLOYERS Will se
upon record as declaring they will not
enter into agreement with worknor,
or unions. Tho I. w. w. takes idens
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