Show EIGHTHOUR LAW DISREGARDED i I GompersOutspoken In Criticising Conditions i Con-ditions on Isthmus Washington Samuel Gompers president of tho American Federation I sf Labor Issued a statement concernIng concern-Ing tho actlbn of the Isthmian canal commission in deciding to introduce Chinese coollo labor to tho work of zonstructlng tho canal across the Isthmus Isth-mus of Panama In which ho says The existing law excludes Chinese laborers and coolies from tho United States or any of Its possessions The Panama canal zono is an American possession and It Is I as much a viola Ion of the law to bring Chinese loolies there as it Is in other portions of our country |