| Show ORGANIZED LABOR 1 DECLARES FOR WAR s It Is Against United States Steel Corporation Because of Its Open Shop hop Policy GRAVE CHARGES AGAINST IT ITi i It H Make es and Unmakes Law I nil Chic Ch le Ie mid Hull midi i 1 ICe Pittsburg Pit Dec Dee H Hm Wu was waN w is for Cor or declared upon the tho United States Steel corporation bj by h of oC organ s zed labor laLoi throughout the United States Stales K and nn Cm Canada ula at it the close cloe of oC a two to da days 1 conference nce today toda 7 Tim Iho ho decision to bu bat butlo battlo I against tho the stand stan taken bj by b tho the steel 1 I corporation In Its policy e oC of open opI iop 10 was as reached by the labor laboi conf cs e 8 after atter hours of oC debate I At the tho conference Samuel Gum arc president of oC the tho American Federation lc of oC Labor presided and through hilt hiar measure was as put upon the record books 11 of oC the executive council of oC the ihu th COLI em The liH grievances of oC organized labor against tin the steel corporation as ai i set et forth Corth In the resolutions have harp been foi tOI or war warded d to President ent Taft raft to iho ho 1 States senate and to the house rouse I of oC representatives Governors Governo i of oC the Ih L 1 states st slate In lit which the United States Steel corpo owns plants 01 o has p ts also will vIll receive copies Tho rho icso ceso f Y I In n part follows RESOLUTION A is In the affairs of or labor hiss has The rhe gigantic trust the tho Unite United 1 bt Stale hates Steel coi Is using Its wealth t and und po cr In un an rori dior to rob the toilers of or their theli right of or Ameri American can enn in and und of oC tho thu opportunity to resist loeSt its urther encroachment t Grown GlOWn rich bj by b tho the consent of oC the people of or our oui country this evaporation corporation in its mad 1 ceel for still gre greater riches Ilche I sweeps aside abide e makes and unmakes law Its enactors and ind unit and Is I in now nw v engaged In an un effort to to destroy the l the of or Its cm em standing between It and un nn unlimited limited unchecked anti and unbridled trial Ulal political social sad and moral car tinge nag If It there thero exists any an virile power In n our time and life lire to check the absolute I lute autocratic domination of oC civic civlo In and Hid political politic il life liCe of or oui out awl our flur republic It must be bo found in n inthe the Indomitable will 1111 and ind mission of oC the tho much ml u understood and misrepresent misrepresented nl ed d organizations of oC labor laboi laborThe I The United States Slates Steel 1 I has Ill declares war on labor In Its 30 so I let erret councils this corporation co has de tie that the only obstacle to Its com compete pete stray a ll laboi shill bo ho hoe e crushed The Th labor organizations or Ion i on silt lEt of oC Its es the workers T les hes and little ones onon human flesh PI H nd id blood It Is hv h i v their labor that they the live UI they thc hi ha barn no pUr purpose so other than Mian their lives II veil their theli charac j f te t their future the safety of or the it iu public and humanity FOES PACE FACE TO 10 FACE ACE I These e f factors now non confront each cich other ether Bj By B their purposes attitude suit ind actions must thoy tho be IJ judged llOn On June 1 1909 1000 the United States Sites S feel eel Corporation proclaimed Its decree decroo t f I hostility toward labor Tho right of 91 f the workers to associate for far their lr protection was no longer to tobo tobo bo recognized r or OJ t Accompany ing In that tint decree decice was a notice of oC a fur further ther r reduction in tho the already scant wages w of o tine tho workers w The decree c went into faro effect July Tul 1 1909 Wo Yo therefore therole urge that an earnest nest effort be made to thoroughly organize all ill es In tho the iron steel stela and Ind Industries ics and P co trades tm es Owing to immediate i pressing pr necessity caused by bv the pres pica present P ont ent strike and aid the indefensible In hostile hostilo If attitudes of or the United States Steel cor corf corporation f vc ye earnestly call on all na an nai i tonal an md and International unions of oC f America J to send at nt least one organizer to tf assist In this work Wo We further urge and recommend that in all places where mills are ire located tho central la labor bor IK I organizations o appoint special com committees comi committees i with Instructions to cooper cooperate ate In this work For educational pur purposes f f poses wo we recommend that this mani r I be made a n special order in all l f central labor org organizations ls at the first meeting in January 1910 I RECOMMENDATIONS I i J Wo ve recommend that the executive 4 council of oC the American Federation of oC Labor Issue a circular to all unions of or I America and ind appeal for tor financial con contributions contributions contributions to aid the striking iron steel anti and tin tinplate plate workers We e further recommend that tho the amount of such contributions contrIbution should I not be bo less than 10 cents per pel member me 00 r rIn In view of o the greet great wrongs pert perI per pcr t I bj by b the United States Steel not only against the work workers workers workers ers but the public generally n HO o 0 rec Tec recommend recommend ommen that a i committee be appoint appointed ed bj by this conference to wait walt upon the tho president of o the United States th the pi president evident of the United States senate the speaker of the house hous of ot tIes tives and an such members of oC either cither hou house p of Congress as ma may be bo deemed deem d advisable for tor tho the purpose of laying la before them the tho grievances from which labor laboi suffers at nt the hands of this cor corporation corp p At the instance of the tho United States Steel corporation offic of o local mu nit municipal municipal and state governments have un unwarrantably unwarrantably over citizens invading tho the guaran guaranteed guaranteed guaranteed teed right of fC free freo assemblage and free Cree speech We Wo recommend re that thit commit committees committees committees tees be appointed by this thus conference to t wait upon the th governors of QC states and ind such sueh other official representatives of the t counties e and municipalities t as asare j I ire are o in control c where hae the tho t J United Stales l t Steel corporation has plants plant located for tor the purpose e of rot presenting to these officials of ot great wrongs Inflicted upon the tho people of o these those communities and that the committees demand an Investigation and where charges harges made mad madaro are aio substantiated bj by b evidence the tho om eelS cors s responsible be removed and mid the wrongs immediately We appeal to all j v ng I Americans for Cor their moral and financial support Signed James OConnell T L X LLewis Lewis W L Motion Mahon George Georgo W TV Pork ins J W 11 Ha Hayes es Frank M Ryan T THeal Healy Heal Samuel Gompers G P J McArdle Charles B Eo Lawler Lawer At the conclusion of o confer conCer conference conference ence tho the mon men said they the had said Mid all there was WM to be said sal when they had adopted the measure |
