Show I A P Titanic Struggle Between Capital and Labor abor I NE ot of the tant dO In iii Inthe time the UnIted States dur durIng durIng Ing tile the year ear just joist draw drawing Ing to 1 a close lets been heen the gradual but steady ot at to the tho demands ot of labor Convention ot nt tho ear ern In hl Chicago following ci i o upon the tho heels of the ot of the Citi Citizens zeua zens Association ot of Amer mel lea fen has rondo It that 1901 unity witness one ot of the thu greatest conflicts that the world butt 1111 0 with the tho main time tho open ollen shop question It 11 would In evel every sense be b n II struggle ut of capital labor ot of millions ot of dollars against ot of mien and tune results could Very well ho bo disastrous to both labor A unique feature ot of the tho Is the rapidity with which the employers have havo the wok ot of rho first In the tho time Is dreaded may sold to have hale been sounded a at dur Ing last years convention ot of the tho Nn Na ot of Davit M lt the tho pro proposed posed 09 d ot of eight hear nod trod cull called his associates to work un un against lung these Tines line lulu rho air Ir Tarry lany who Is iii 1 n wealthy carriage or of dent of time tho l nud lio be forth with entered upon nn do da the unions thereby as might have foreseen g down upon Ullon Ids hili head a torrent ot of a criticism Tho moro lucre ho n the tho harder ho he fought When the tho r so next In convention air 1111 ry I iha ho ot of lute tho t hour mil hili II which n he to thu th hearty co opera lion flop of nt our There Thoro und and them t In the tho COUrso of his report he call calle ell d i UPon dt the to unite In iii 1111 al t t 1111 tion llon which would demand such un lag adjourn the tho a II tier c ot of with reference o to the relation capitol and In ht but bor the tho most clause With ilIth duo regard to It Is I I the fight ot of the employee to In leave hilI hl s employment whenever the he secs tit lit and It Is the right ut It the employer to dis discharge charge chargo nay employee when ho he secs tit While the tho right ot of labor to Q was ed boycotts lists mid other othel pate ot of with time tho personal liberty ot of er am 01 It Is not too loo much mach to say liay tint that tho tit present ut of list limo tho lilies front from tills ll It is III tru true that In various cities employ ers era 1151 previously been t but bill there thero hud had been ae deter determined mined attempt to form organ An result rosult ot at the tit action ot of the tho which TO 10 elected Mr air president was a 1 looking loul to tile tho development ot of oft u ot of interests bah t tin tm em throughout time tho country t 1 Tut Tho first sensational del development cant 0 about n a m nth after attel tine tho ers when there was form n nIn In Now YOlk Yok the tho Trade l embracing ern em players lit In all 1111 brunettes ot of business con netted with the thc trade M n It capital ot of many tunny mil ot of dollars L l n wealthy electrical contractor wa elected president While this lion tion could not be us as tin tho dl reet lit of the tho Re ac lion it clone Into ado being solely as n nn n result ot of the tho In III Nell ott York Yorks R trades It wits lIIS ot of the tha loud ency ecy ot of time the times and It noise abroad lib road hilt It true the forerunner bt bf r n t attempt to crush an rills Idle tho association disavow ell cd tint nil it II 1115 IC 10 settle tho mallY disputes then pending In New eI York builders and then their employees and tl to establish a g basis through arbitration for tor Dance Rapidly sprang up UI 11 lit other clues the lit Outcome being time tho Chicago to forms torm a 0 optional organ IZI rule leaders of labor saw Mil Millu lu ht tills this movement n development men acing the tho Interests that they represent represented ell ed tending us as It did to the Inept ment of f the open shop Ilea Idea and amI limo tho abolition ot of strikes At Atthe the ot of the Ameri American can call Federation ot of Labor held In lies lIos ton tan ht tho rho open shop qUes gues lion tune thoroughly out and f j i l I r f fI tf I I i Ia I 1 1 a Y I v 14 i l r ra rr a r L t I x xI f r mil i I I I f i n tI I ie 1 DAVID al I PARRY a report strongly opposing It erns drawn up uJ A great grent majority ot at the tho un unIon union Ion men In the tho United Stales belong bolong to the tho federation sad It Is lint any attempt on the tho part or of the tho em cm T J THE R SEESAW SEISA W BOARD S SA players to force 1110 ot of tills this policy JOlley will sleet meet with most determined I resistance While the employers In hl the tho building trades org Mr air Par ry who Is now AS limo tho most haled mot 11 iii the tho United States tens proceeding along other lines looking to toward ward the tho same sallo end The result ot of his efforts became apparent In ht September when the Iho Auditorium annex III ht Chicago seas tho lia of II a secret session ot of ell em employers Lot which Ivus a nl boI body to carry on 1 a firm and with the abuses ot of unions OR as now nol constituted Tempo Temporary Temporary organization was and lInd It was decided to a call for neon n cann In Chi Chicago CillO to 10 which should be beI I seven mil d employers 10 roll resenting n Il total capital in time tho billions All usual Mr air Parr Parry tons lIIK outspoken In ht his ot of the tho unions lie IIo Is III quoted liS as having declared that It la 18 tho Int Intention lit of this thin n to choke oft till ot of organized labor to conduct the thu ot of this count country Oil of nn an unlawful basis It Is IK our to I a safeguard time the nonunIon workman tad the tho man who desires to work for his file own interests and for tor whom he i A later the tho convention was held those Present organizing wIth line thu ot of time the Citizens Industrial Asso Association ot of A America Mr Parry being choHen I rea llant t Ia les seven licen cities Including ot of CUll Cnn attended the thu ant and res rell were 11 adopted calling attention to the tho between em and edund and their bait et ef feel In an Bp conditions mil ude do manding protection for all seeking to earn eurn n a livelihood This In brief Is the tho story of the plc steps to place capital Oil an time tho samo tooting footing Inn In the tho way uy ot of lion tion nil as that whIch has given trades un its lis strength Mr air who vile tats Ims been n a storm center ever evor since his declaration ot of lit at the Iho In ill New Orleans tie de declares Glares clares that hiI efforts will be crowned with success the tho re suit will be the tho effecting ot of 1 a better un between capital and labor That this Is 19 not shared by 1110 lenders ot of labor Is patent from their unstaring unsparing con ot of Ir Parrys views methods I It II I INGTON J I |