New-York tribune., 1922-09-07

the injunction demand for the cali
ing OF a general strike was made on
President Samuel Gompers Of the Amer
lean FEDERATION of Labor by the central
body of the TS,0Ga union workers In
Hudson County, New Jersey, It wassan-
nounced last night.
That the demand had been made
fully two days before the granting of
the Daughert5 injunction resulted in
storm of protest from union meni-
hers and their insistence on counter
offensive against the Administration
became known when hartman Charles
J. Jennings, of the Central Labor TN
ion of HUDSON County, made public a
resolution adopted by that body week
ago.
Harding Condemned
The resolution, after charging that
President Harding is attempting to
s'intinidats and oppress a free people
and bind them to his will" calls on
President Gompers to Immediately set
in motion the machinery which will
bring tho full power Of labor to bear
in one grand national protest" and 'to
call a general strike at the earliest
possible date"
Mr.. Jennings said this resolution was
passed at special meeting Of the Cen
trail Labor Union, which represents
30l local unions, with membership
I OF $4,000, more than a week ago.
i Asked why such drastic action was
urged before it was even known that
! the Federal government intended tax
| ing any forceful measures in the rail-
road strike, he said the. labor repre-
sentaSives fel& the situation of the
shopmen required such action. The
fact that the resolution refers spe-
cifically to President Harding and
the government did not alter Mr. Jen-
snings's recollection as to when the
nresolution was voted.
A copy of the resolution was i'm
i'm ediateiy forwarded to President
: Erompera, Mr. jennings said, but he
-Hid not know last, night whether any
I keply had been received,
: Protest Against Slavery"
S The resolution, as announced by Mr.
e Jennings, is as follows:
: Whereas. The members of the rail.
IEay department of the American Fed
3 lration of labor are engaged in 8
Ierike as 8 protest against the re
: uction of the American standard OF
Fing; and,
t"Whereas, The President of the
inited States now informs US through
J he public press that it is his purpose
use the full power Of the govern
1 rert, military and judiciary, to in.
s taiidate and Cypress q free people, to
5 h1d them to his will, that the Ameri,
: cso standard Of living must be re-
: decd; and,
!, Whereas, We are facing conditions
, bcserina OIL slavery:
| Therefore, be ii resolved, that we
: ths Central Labor Union o. Hudson
: Comfy, call upon the executive council
ofbhe American Fedora ion OF Labor
t to Immediately set in motion the ma
) chhery which shall bring the full
} powr of labor to bear in one grand
national protest against the slavery
| US, 10 call national strike at the ear
lies possible date in order that this
warfare upon the American homes may
ceae and the free people be permit
, tedto live in peace.
| "lnd be it further resolved tha
cophs of this resolution be forwarded
to ,he American Federation of Labo
and all its departments, the Brother
hood Of Locomotive Engineers, Brother
| hood of Locomotive Firen,en, Brother
: hood Of Railway Conductors and tn,
: Brotherhood OF Railway Trainmen
end to every other central labor unio!
in the United States for their en-
) dorssment.
No word of the adoption of tn
resolution had been received last nigh
ct the headquarters of the strikin,
, shopmen, or by William f. Kehoe
secretary OF the Central Trades an
Labor Council.