The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-10-18
PARLEY UNABLE
TO REACH VOTE
ON LABOR FIGHT
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gathering remain IN 1'Asiun "unn
the resolution is disposed Of AMI
Dan ]. Tobin and W o. Lee, tho al
ter chief OF the railway trainmCn,
held up the spccter ~ numerous
strikers and pending strikes, now In
allegiance pending the outcome Of tho
conference 10 induce the delegates
to take immediate action
-Four members OF the labor group,
/. 4. sheppard, John II, Dollin, T
4. Rickart and Joseph II Valentine
voted with "a majority ot the en-
ployer and public groups for ad-
Juurnment
There was a tense moment when
Samuel Gomperg late today rose to
address the conference after an hsur
and a hBlf OF dcsultury debate. Mr..
Gompers speaking In weak voice,
thanked the conference for It's vote
OF sympathy during his recent III
ness and Expressed the regret at the
! inference OF l. f., Lorce, the prcc'd
| ing speaker. that the decisions OF
the war labor board were made dur.
| ing the durcss OF labor at a critical
time during the war.
The federation president recalled
the conference Of 1876 labor leaders
on March ~, 1917, at which labor
| pledged itself three weeks before
| Prcsident Wilson asked for dccia-
! ration or war, 10 back the govern
ment 20 the Limit. come what might,
And American labor made good It's
declaration" he added hoarsely,
Plainly drawing on his reserve OF
strength lessenCd by several days or
illness. the veteran labor leader re
fcrred with scorn 10 Mr.. boTce.s In -
situations that labor had enjoyed
Lundue benefits from the war.
"Ah. we should go to tho grent
corporations. to tho boards ot direc-
tors 20 find the philanthropists OF
our time he eNclimed sarcastlcRlly
Perish the thought"
Have Found Ability.
j Declaring that whether you liko
! n or not. the masses Of labor Of the
/ United States have at last found their
ability TO urticulate thorough organ
| izailons" MI GomperH, In the most
! clnuurnt address yet heard on the
| floor OF the conference, told the del
egates that the labor1nE people are
producing the wealth Of the world.
and that. without minimizing tho
great contributions made by men ot
thought and direction 10 that pro-
duction. the time had come wheh III
America labor was dclernlhrd 10
gain fair share OF the rewards,
Shaking his finger toward the en-
IployCrs' group. In which Mr.. l.otes
sat Mr. Gompers bitterly aHsailcd
The railroad. man for his insnuation
that the laborerR Of the tpiied states
plnnned an attempt To- overthrow me
government. MIR Gompcrs shook
with emotion and his voice quaWreu
as he violently defended the Loyalty
and patriotism of organized lahoT.
Declaring that Loree had mo
MONOPOLY on the belief that the gov
ernmcnt OF the United states is safe
from upheaval and revolution MI
Gompcrs added that there are no
men in the United States more loyal
or more patriotic In their support Oh
the republic than those IN the labor
organizations"
The labor chief said that as no
other country IN the world could
boast such loyalty from its laborln.
CLASSES and that AS no other nation
I'm the world held forth tho same
rights OF free speech, free assem-
blape and free expression to all tho
asses Of tho people. the proteo'
,ion or those rights was more vital "a
/ Ailt AaN'AhiNh fAfAA'''ff'
other citizens OF tho country,
speaks for Labor.
81 sneak as the authorized repre-.
sentative OF the laboring masses Of
this country" Mr Gumpers con-
Il tiuued The dumb. the inaruculate,
the dowutrodden. the dominated
hundreds OF thousands who consu-
tute the tollinV masses OF America
and I tell YOU that no people ia all
this land love our government ana
American institutions more than they
do, no people are further from any
idea of attack on this government,
no people would or have gone farth-
or 10 protect that governucnt'
we hear much Of the struggle be
1 tween capital and labor" he said,
looking about the conference room.
What is capital' II H. this table.
that chandelier. coal, wool, sugar
and 50 forth. They are dead things.
iunnimAto things. material things
things that are subject to barter.
"lr the old conception labor and
capital still prevailed, we would find
women working IN the Niines and
their giving birth to children; we
would find children working IA hours
a day
why this anxiousness 10 have un-
ions OF workers Incorporated So
as 20 re-cstablish tho ancient guild
systcmy So that the government
could step in and rob lhf WORKERS
Upon what prctcNt ~ this formula
! proposed In order that We might be
MIXED go damages of all advantage
that might otherwise accrue to us'
. DO not attempt 10 say that unions
have not sometimes violated con
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