Show UNIONS UNION'S GAIN BENEFITS ALL So Declares Sam Gomp Gomp- Gompers Gompers Gompers ers Also Defending Use of Strike Weapon s- s PORTLAND Ore Oct 6 i Samuel Gompers president ot of o the American Federation of o Labor do- do declared de declared dared In an address to the Oregon Chic Cilc league today that not a thing or a demand domand that organized makes upon society but which brings a greater degro c of health strength virility and safet safety to all the tho people o of the countr country Supposing Vo we no e ask that eIght hours shall constitute a days day's work ork said Mr Gompers No Xo one can Imagine for tor or a moment that we can have hn such a measure In- In Interpreted Interpreted In Interpreted to appl apply to union Unton work work- workmen workmen workmen men only It applies to all If It we ask that safety de deIces devices Ices shall be compulsory upon machines s such ch a athinG athIng athing thinG couldn't be for tor union work work- workmen workmen ork- ork men alone It J we ask osk tor for from explosives es so far tar as they can be humanly safeguarded I In the tho coal mines we e e cant can't ask aak tor for such sucha a 0 thing tor for union miners alone It Itne ne e ask for old age pensions it must apply to all It we york work for conditions It must applY to all DISLIKES STRIKE I 1 an am no more I a a lover of ot than anyone any one of you but I wont won't condemn them There Thero doesn't seem seen any good sense In condemning thorn them As a II matter of fact tact I have havo found workmen who havo liae Ia e as- as assembled as assembled together and very ly Iy I denounced strikes and m l within a week they have e a gone on strike We e want ant ant to old avoid strikes but there comes a a time In nearly every Industry when hen If It workmen refused to strike the they would write them them- them bel belve vel down for all time as cowards poltroons and sla slaves alases es For In Instance tance iou ou have read and heard hOard about two and a half years ears ago ngo when sudden sudden- I ly Iy suddenly workers five million of Americas America's work work- ers us were walking the streets Idle the ability to earn a 0 Ih lIing Ing for tor themselves or their dependents Then we saw the drives drive for tor wage reductions and after that the tho to break the unions We Ve saw all allot ot of that Now I wonder where the whole thing would have landed it If the continued employers ers could ha havo hao 0 contin contin- their drive tor for wage age reductions reduction and the workmen would o hao ac- ac ac accepted them without protest Where Mould we bo be drifting S PRAISE RESISTANCE I T regard pr i-pr a vS It as ono on of the m them most st fortunate fortunato Incidents I in the history of our country In the pal t 20 Cars v cars that the tha working people of the United Mates at IlI last t up their minds to resist these reductions That resistance check check- wage age checked ed the wag wage reductions |