Show EIGHT HOUR LAW disregarded gompers outspoken in criticizing criticising Critic ising con d t ons on isthmus washington samuel gompers pres dent of the american federation of labor issued a statement concern ing the action of the isthmian canal commission in deciding to introduce chinese coolie labor to the work of constructing the canal across the esth mus of panama in which he says the existing law excludes chinese laborers and cool es from the united states or any of its possessions the panama canal zone is an american possession and it is as much a viola t on of the law to bring chinese cool es there as it is in other portions of our country |