Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-09-27
STEEL EMPLOYERS LOOK FOR BIG RUSH
MEN BACK TO MILLS MONDAY MORNING
UNION PllNS ANOTHER drive ON PLANTS



Washington. Sept 2S--he Issue
II the nation wine steel strike was
defined To-Day by Samuel G,omper-s.
president sf the American Federation
Of Labor as recognition Of Inc right
Of employees u pc heard. - organ
re and . have sume voice IN deter
mining the conditions under winch
they shall labor
Appearing as labors second wit
ness II the Senate labor cuurur-7es'E
Investigation Of -ne steel strike
President GunperE drew from his
experiences as chairman Of ioe firsr
committee 10 organize the steel m
dasr-T and traced the nlstury of or
CANNED labor efforts ID urlrr.ze
the steel wnrksrs. When ne finished.
the committee adjourned until next
a "Wednesday az which time Judge
Gary chairman Of the United States
Steel Corporation. has promised to
appear
President Gumpers. n the course
af MS remarks. condemned unEpa--
lEir CIVIC authorities N me Yves
1srn PENNSYLVANIA steel cen1ars and
-epeEaed many of the charges maize
before the eGmnlllee yesterday hE
I8sr FirxpAtsack. csaaEmen Of the
strikers committee
Whatever na1pens the Corporation rs
against the wnrkers Gumpers SAID al
ane point Fun responsibility fer the
sfrIks ~ iRlG a. The door Of Jadee Gary
vine cpuld nave stopped Il ne sad. px
granting conferences ID me strike COM
mites
Courier charges against the s7esi
workers. invniTng the revolutionary
raG.caIlsn OF William 2. Foster sec-e-
ra-y o. ths strike cnmTnI11es N par
t-cu4a-. ws7- met ny NJ Iumpe-s witt
me Assertion ina Fus1er no lunger was
a synG.caI 81 OF q believer IN viuience
Thsre were several lnzeriudss. once
when Sena1ur PS-pps. Republican. u
Colorado. read saazernents Of P-ss W.
son made N TAn I'd the effect 11a1 ne
was fierce partisan Of rns open
SHOP" which hruEgnT q QUICK asser-
ton 1-un 5uuperz that President WI
snn now does npT hnid with what Or.
wilson then said.
Ssnatnr Starting Rapnbi cRn. IF South
Dakota a. another point read some
sEeei COMPANY STATISTICS IT reference %
great increased pay Of wurkmen our
ing reeen- wears. and efforts made by
the cumpany II place rs STOCK amang
rnaI the COMPANY nRn Increased rs
earnings 90 per cent wtliie increasing
wurknen pav Im per cent. and tna- rs
stDck-sel1ng enterprises were AZ
tampfs 70 re the men II the jnbs"
wha- we wart IL the -iEn- to hax4
workers represented before their en-
plDgs-s- ne went ar- unprecedented by
counsel Of ability OF courage and Of
intelligence. thai cz1 rupe with the
power CT the corporation chiefs ana
can fifty SET firth the evils and inJus-
ices G< plant and mil Iste- This wz-
WIS fought against aa1ucracy and wur
against auzocracy whether suroc-acy
OF mil9rErism CT aufBsracv of auEfprfr-
The gay is past when an employer no
matter how great can declare himself
master of ali he surveys"
Chairman kerpnn. adJpn-nznE the SEES
SION. left he future course Of the III
veslIgaelnn y he settled a another
meeting ana the anEv certain ia1e 1nr
rs crnvsnIng fixed the "Wednesday ap-
pnIurmenz with Judge Gary. The fnren-
tim 70 cal William z Tayfur tnmur-
row was abandoned. although members
Of the cnmmIEree intend 10 cali hiTu
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