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Show 4n MM h I I Hi Ifefli m fet il pi g U N P M vf lit n w H ami M fef w y iMiiteBi ilbMM k iii iimMMU 1S1PEIS Public Aligns With Capital Cap-ital in Vote on Original Resolution; Employers Only Favor Substitute. t j Intervention in Steel j Strike Also Voted ; Down; Labor Lead-; Lead-; ers Are Disheartened. WSJliXGTOX, Oct. 21. After u ;:y of uncertainly, during which Pres-fcut Pres-fcut Wilson sent to Secretary Lane, kirman, a message of conciliation to ( used ;is a "last resort," the na-:iiial na-:iiial iiiduatrial conference tonight I'ined its slate by rejecting all col-.rive col-.rive biu'gaining resolutions as well as ii' labor proposal for intervention in '. stool strike. Thj public group aligned with capi-ji capi-ji mi the vote against both tho origi-ii origi-ii collective bargaining and steel rikc lcsolutions, although the decla-ilion decla-ilion on collective bargaining was pro-'.icd pro-'.icd by (he public delegates. Prior ') the vote on tho original deelara-'"ii, deelara-'"ii, the employers' substitute and two :iv amendments by Thomas L. ChacT-iiivnc, ChacT-iiivnc, I'.liairman of the conference's 'Ural committee, met defeat. Only ''! employers favored the substitute, 1 labor and capital united in the 'i'osiiion to the amendments. Winn the conference reconvenes to-w.'uw to-w.'uw it will bo in practically the position as at the opening on V'toWr 6. In adjourning tho session '""Ijlit, Secretary Lano declared that cinifercuco had produced nothing "1 advised it to take a new start by "Ijo'iniing for , several days whilo a "'Minuting . committco of not moro si: members frames a program of ' lion. UB0R DELEGATES DISHEARTENED. "ffi'atcd on every poin, and having ",e support of tho public group, ' Jfti heretofore has been on tlie side ; 'kt workers, the labor delegates left ;'" inference hall tonight disheart-Jniul disheart-Jniul feeling, as sonic of them said, 1,1 little could be gained by further lf;llllfis. However, a meeting of the ' been called for 9 o'clock to-'"'"w to-'"'"w morning and individual niem-rs niem-rs 'nil bo bound by action taken at lj; time. '""M labor show a disposition to 'be eonf crenco Chairman Lane un-?'.:r,".v un-?'.:r,".v will use the president's lot-,"' lot-,"' ;ia effort to avert tho crisis. of the letter was said to be :V discretionary with tho chair-v'ho chair-v'ho ileclured that ho would not lu''f l unless the situation became ',"' Although labor may force the r:"''i;rc of its contents, it was gi'n-Predicted gi'n-Predicted tonight that the work-.' work-.' ;vou''1 "of withdraw. Tho presi-.' presi-.' "less;iKe, it was understood, re-"'i' re-"'i' purposes for which tho con-. con-. was convened, emphasizes tho of the need for allaying in -'ly. ll"rost' an.1 makes a plea for on the pnrt of the cou- iRNlxG SESSION 'WES BRIEF. ii'onii,,;, session of the com'er-, com'er-, atcd only a few minutes and the .;;n"i meeting, during wnich quick : ,. .'s obtained, was not convened I ; I e o flock. The entire dav was , "o group meetings in an al- 10 devise another declaratiun on Onrarmninc, satist'actorv to all :i;,'ltw', Atfcr more than three day.-'! ''"Utimious sessinns. I ho em-I , 't 7rc U'lahle to agree upon an- I ' "''iient and fell back upon the i ' ",!,1'1sul,stiliitc. 1 -!1!0I' the public group al- "!mued on JPase 13, CoHunn 1.) ' ! tion by moving adjournment, and a vigorous vig-orous statement of objections to intervention inter-vention in the strike by Gavin McNab, another public delegate, the question was put to a vote and met the fate of its predecessors. pre-decessors. J. J. Forrester and Charles Edward Russell, in the public rrroup, and J. N. Tittemore, farmer representative, in employers' wing, asked to be recorded as voting "aye." Before adjournment was taken Chairman Chair-man Wheeler of the employers' group received re-ceived permission to file a statement of its grounds for voting for the substitute and against the original collective bargaining bar-gaining resolution. Mr. Chadbourne gave notice of his intention to do the same lor the public group. Mr. Wheeler's statement reaffirmed the employers' indorsement of "some form of shop organization in which representatives representa-tives of the management and representatives representa-tives of the men in the individual estab- '. lishment, selected in each case from their j own number, should meet for full and frank discussion of ail phases of the employment em-ployment relation." 'Objection was taken to the original resolution on the ground that it recognized police and firemen's unions. WILSON PENS LETTER OF CONCILIATION (Continued From Page One.) tempt'ed to effect a compromise by the substitution of the words " associations of their own choosing," for "trade and labor unions," in the clause of the group's resolution guaranteeing workers work-ers the right to organize, and the five labor representatives on the general committee of fifteen spent two hours in joint meeting with the public explaining ex-plaining labor's objection to the change. This amendment was introduced intro-duced by Mr. Chadbourne, but the pub-lie pub-lie group alone voted favorably. When the original Bussell-Kndicott resolution camo up for discussion in the conference, -Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, declared that the withdrawal of the support of the public group was due to an interpretation of the w-ords "trade and labor unions," by one member of the group, who is allied with organized labor, and that the phrase excludes all but American .Federation of Labor organizations. It was said that the reference ref-erence was to J. J. Forrester, alternate for B. M. Jewell, acting president of tho railway employees' department of the federation. Gives Aim of Labor. The rifrht to organize for the purpose of collective bargaining. Mr. Gornpers cor.' 'i;;e-:l, is the one question in contro-vu:' contro-vu:' "tiie one thing: the working people peo-ple oi tho United States are going . to achieve." A hush fell over the crowded auditorium ay tho labor leader, squarely facing the employers' wing and shaking his finger toward that group, exclaimed to the representatives repre-sentatives of American capital: "If you do not bear with us in an effort toward construction, if you think it impossible im-possible for us to secure relief for the suffering suf-fering masses of American labor, if you insist on contesting with us every inch of the ground in our battle for better conditions, con-ditions, if you deny us the rights of organization, or-ganization, if you render our work finally impotent, you may destroy us but you will find yourselves facing something else, something worse, and you may come to rue the day. that you destroyed the sane-ness sane-ness and the willingness to serve that has and does characterize the officials of American trades unionism today." Mr. Gompers again sounded a note of warning a few minutes later when he told the members of the conference that he feared they did not appreciate the "critical "criti-cal situation in which we find ourselves today." The people of the United States, he asserted, are "sitting on a lid industrially." indus-trially." Turning toward the employers ho added, "whether you lilte it or not, trade unionism has come to the United States to stay." Final Success Predicted. Concluding with the statement that, allhough the conference may fail to satisfy sat-isfy the real needs of the workers, he said the organized labor movement would continue to flourish, and "whatever may be denied us today we will win tomorrow." After a futile effort by John fSpargo, Socialist member of the public group, to avoid action on the steel strike resolu- |