New-York tribune., 1919-10-01
citizens of the commonwealth. their
homes and their property.
The law Of the land is that at such
times even the richf Of fraa saaaaL

citizens of the commonwealth. their
homes and their property.
The law of the land is that at such
times even the right Of free speech
must be subservient for the time being
10 the police power Of the state. which
III these cases is vested in the munich
panty and by it i'll its executive head.
1t cannot be questioned i-,at the OBJ
Ject or thcsc meetings the increase OF
membership III the American Fedora
tlVh 9' LABOR, is perfectly lawful
one; ou. the location of the meetings
III the Wonongahela Valley, built up
as it is for mile s.ftcr mile of an un-
broken succession of iron and steel
mills and thickly populated with iron
workers many of whom are obviously
not members of this association and
among whom on both sides there are
IN all probability some who, upon the
occasion OF meetings such as these
purported TO be, might through excite
ment preclpltate actions OF which the
consequence could not be foreseen and
might be disastrous, presents ques stions
which are sufficient to hesitate before
interfering with the discretion on the
part OF the Mayor in refusing TO rcrmi.
such meetings at this time
AS Foster and Beaghen were fined
long before the strike was called, it is
inferred that there is small chance for
any appeals from the decisions of local
authorities in respect to meetings
since the strike began.
NJ. +. Tighe. president of the Anal
gamated Association of Iron and Steel
Workers. the union having the most
members of ali the twenty in-
VOWED in the strike, has his hands full
Of Perplexing problems. He talked
fronkly of his troubles to-day. His
ASSOCIATION had many agreements with
the smaller Independents, and the gen
eral strike, involving other unions in
such plants, has resulted in many COM
plcatlons.
In at least ore instance lodge struck
IN defiance OF its agreement and viii
be disciplined. probably losing its
gamated members have lost their Jobs
because tGe strike OF other employees
closed the mills. Still again individual
members have, in many cases, walked
out of the mills. The number of mem
bers or the association has been in
creased beyond current computation.
and the old membership has been
s"amped by the new members.
Struck Too Soon, Says Tighc
"'Ordinarily,' said Mi. Tighe, "a
So LIZ '"rc - III AVN iutulUeTS dnO tHen
eaucatss them as to their relations and
responsibilities IS members Of a union.
1t was not possible in this case to DO
50. From the standpoint of union
yhis strike should have
been deferred year or two. That
would have given time TO digest this
large number OF new members 1t was
impossible to take the time. because
the action Of the employers in dis
men known TO have joined the
unions aroused the sympathy Of the
union men who had not been found out
They did not feel that it was right that
they should continue to work while
their brothers were discharged for
doing only what they had done. So the
strike came before We were ready for
it. Nevertheless. it is our strike an
and 1t la not right to say that Secretary
international unions are directing it.
The officers of the different unions are
jealous of their rights and powers, and
they would not permit any one man to
dominate them.
"Of couls Sc. the corporations have
featured Mr.. Foster because of his syn
dicalist writings in the past. That was
clever but not wholly fair. This is not
a revolutionary movement. 1t is simply
a legitimate A. +. of L. strike, and Mr..
Fosters writings have nothing to do
with il.
Samuel Gompers is OK offcio chair
man of the committee of twentv-f four.
and the attack on Foster is only an at
-empt to divert attention from the real