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Show K k M i k k I ; k i ? i h ft m i W TOO LATE TO AVERT WALKOUT, LEADERS ASSERT Ill LABOR CHIEFS HOLD All-day Discussion at Pittsburg Followed by Adjournment Until Today; To-day; Situation Serious. Judge Gary, Chairman of Steel Corporation Board, Issues Statement State-ment on His Attitude. , PITTSEL'RG, Fa., Sept. it. When : national committee for organizing ire j a.ud steel workers adjourned tonight ant.. tomorrow morning. John Fitzpatrich. ! chairman o." the cor.T.::;. made t'.e -" -j equivocal statement that the p-cpoc . f walkout of steel w orkers would the ! r'kace next Monday mornmg as a'rea,. i decided upon. He said a statement wou 1 j be issued tomorrow ate.rr.oo:i. I Tr.e meeting, primarily called to ct?n-i ct?n-i sidor strike plans, discussed the quest. c , of p?stroning the walkout until after e j iu.iusir:: onieretice :i 'ash;-.ton, -ginning Octoler 6. as requested y Pr-: dent Wilson. Arguments wee ma I against postponenien: on the ground ;.u:." i t-te steel workers, having gone so far ;i j tiieir campaign for settlement of g-i--j anees by Collective bargaining, cannot now turn back. Speakers said th.y j would no: care to go back and face worh-j worh-j ers with the news that the walkout had j bo-n postponei. t'e-.v details of the meeting were re-- rnitted to leak out. and newspaper me., j were kept away from the mee.iir.g-r.jom I the MonoKgahe'a house. Wiietiier "v j twenty-four unions representee in t''." 'meeting were canvassed to asce-tam th j sentiment on the matter of deferring ; strike could rot he learned. i WILL NOT PICKET ! ANY STEEL PLANTS. ! When Chairman Fltzpatnck mad? ;h ; positive statement t!;a; the stVlke would 1 go into efiec; next Monday n.orrhn. he .was a s k ed if the strikers w ou! d -o --1 the steel nlants. ' " N o . there will be no Picketing- ' ' v men will o fishing." :;e said. "Ve wju leave t.ie mhi guards anu profe.o-l gunmen :o run the olants." KITTSBUitG. Sept." IT.-The r:at-n- committee lor organizing iron stve' workers ndjournei its nie--.r.g itere ;..t-toaay ;..t-toaay unn tomorrow morning witho"! making a s'atement pda::e to the -to-j posed nation-wihe ste-1 strike. I'orore going into the meetin--. J. n I K-zpatrick of Chicag-. c'nairma :i of tii-t tii-t national committee, said tli.it unless r"r-.7v j was a -last minute" telegram from K -e-. r n. G.iry, cliairman of :h" hoar-1 : i '- i l'nited States Steel corporation, no n -i ponement o.' tlie strike, as rqnr-ted President Wiis.-n. uuiil arte- the im.his r'1! eor.f -Tence at Wash'.on, ,; ,;' would be ccnsicern-l. Kfz: .ur;.-k sa;,: t"-f" men were ful.y r,'.i":z,-a and p.-eparo i - walk ou: rex t Monday. J The meeting of the national com m' tie j today v.uis ca led primarily tc.' m.ike nre- - arations tor the proposed s:r:k--. ! The nathmj.i Lunmitre : -;ojir.o?,:. r. " ! representatives of tW'nt'-f--u- unions an.' ; o'hvr labor leaders. or- of t'.e siro"--.-- un. ons L-eimr the Am ilc.iir.-.'.i Ass i -'.J i of Iron, Stoel and Tin Worhe-s. v h.ieu . :- Chairman V iz;a ' -uc, w.;en a.-; (,-' t cerrrn.g the r-.stpouement :: th- p--'o;-. " s'rihe. said that thought of sue; act ..v. j was a "dream." ! REPORT THAT GOMPERS iHAS BEEN SODIONED. It was reported that a telegram been sent to President Com r-ers Ameri-'nn Federa'ion of Labor.' asking tun: 1 to attend the meeting o: the national -om-mittee here tomororw afternoon. Laoor 1 ea -i e r s r e " u s e '1 to : so u s t 1 e r e " o r t . T.:e ''arnecie Ste.u c-'titpary tjday out a iet'er from K. 11. 'Jary. chairman of the T n i t e 1 States ,s t e-.-i cor j- ra :r,-,. a-il-t-: sse i to the pr id eats of the sub-si sub-si d ! a ry c-- m p a n i e . s -: t . n ir fo r ; h i ; v r ea -si s of the co r ; o ra t io n for d ec u 1 n - : o deal with t;:e iai'or unions an.i explain:: g th.e a""tude of the concern, toward t; -emmoyees. The letter states t'nat tlie corporath--. dn-s rot combat labor unions ;-s su. and that it does not neg-itiate with i:u:'c because that w-nhu inii-'ate the ''"osi. of tr.e shops against n-mururn labor. "It is 'he settled determination of t'o T nite-l States S'.e-d corpora t ion and i ; ? subsidiaries." the letter sta'-'-s. "th.at t e wages and working conditions t'-e--employees shall compar a or.1 bly '' highest standard o: prop:u-tty an 1 i - TEXT OF CHAIRMAN GARY'S STATEMENT. T'-e lo,:?r foiU'W? in ;ar:: Xor ;u: s::- :e I :v-t o-:f ;:.y (Continued on Pag- 10, Colunm 2.) H UIBOH CHIEFS HOLD C01EERE1CE (Continued From Page One.) this furnishes cause for complaint and have stated that they intend, if possible, possi-ble, to prevent a continuance of operations at our mil is and factories. "I deem It proper to repeat In a letter what heretofore has been said to you verbally. I entertain no feeling of animosity ani-mosity toward the gentlemen personally and would not hesitate to meet them as Individuals, but I did not, and do not, consider it proper to confer with them under the circumstances. "The declination was made for two reasons: rea-sons: First, because I did not believe the gentlemen were authorized to speak for large numbers of our employees, whose interests in-terests and wishes are of prime importance; impor-tance; second, because a conference with (these men would have been treated by them as a recognition of the 'closed shop' method of employment. We do not combat com-bat labor unions as such. We do not negotiate with labor unions, because it would indicate the closing of our shops against nonunion labor, and large numbers of our workmen are not members of unions and do not care to be. OPEN SHOP VITAL, STEEL MAN ASSERTS. "The principle of "open shop' is vital to the greatest industrial progress and prosperity. It is of equal benefit to employer em-ployer and employee. It means that every ev-ery man may engage in any line of employment em-ployment that- he selects find under such terms as he and the employer may agree upon; that he may arrange for the kind and character of work which he believes wi;i bring to him the largest compensation compensa-tion and the most satisfactory conditions, condi-tions, depending upon his own merit and disposition. "The 'closed shop' means that no man can obtain employment in that shop except ex-cept through and upon the terms and conditions imposed by the labor unions. He is compelled to join the union and to submit to the dictation of its leader. He is then restricted as to place of work, hours of work (and therefore amount of compensation., and advancement in position, posi-tion, regardless of merit; and sometimes, by the dictum of the union leader, cnlle-1 out and prevented from working for d.iys or weeks. a::houh he has no real priev- ; ance, and he and his family are F-:fT- j ing for want of th necessities of li fe. Personal ambition to succeed and prosper is stifled. JUDGE GARY'S CONCLUDING WORDS. "This country will not s'-m ! fr the 'vosf-d shop.' In the i--ht of e;w-r;en ? we know it would eiLT.ify dee-e.-v-.-rj j reduction, re-duction, increased cost of l;v;n-r. and initiative, development and en:er:ir.-f dwarfed. It wou.d be the b-g.t.nmg of industrial decay, ar.d nn inj::: v.c, to t : workmen themselves, who prosper only when industry S'lceeds. "It is appropriate to furth-r emphrifrz what has been said many times in r ird to our employees. livery on", without exception, ex-ception, must b treat"-1 by all o'.hi-rs justly ar. j according to m."rit. In accordance ac-cordance with our es:ah.i-h''d -:'o':-i. o:.o of our wo-l-;men, or a r.::r.--r nf our workmen, work-men, from any de-iirtm-':.: will i:t to be received by tne mani-:rn. to ':-s.cb'-r for aaj-a:mon. anv t; jest. on j r( sentr-l. "It is the se. ' d1! 'rr; ". i '. 'r rt of t ' T'nitl S"a:e S rrp -ra n nr.' i - J s :l -''ar.es tha tr.e u- nr. i :-r'.-: conditions of their (-rr. p.. '-" -h. 11 r,.-:i, pare f avora oiy w ;t h t . .e b : g :.es t s' . r.-hi.-l -t of rropri-;ty and ju.".:1." SKW YAp.K', S p . 1 7 . S . If. Hit-.-. chairman of the bo.-ird of t ' T ru;- i '.at'?s Ste-1 corpora t; on, d'hrei to-di" to-di" to co mm '-r.t on the announ. f John Fitz; atrh.k tha: on'y a l.-nt-m'vi'r telegram from him v. rej ' d n 1 a of .:-"! and iron wor ''. 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