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Show CONFERS BREAKS DOWN 1 Federation Head in Nervous Ner-vous Collapse; Temperature Tem-perature at 101. GREATLY EXHAUSTED Makes Impassioned Ad dress at Conference; Goes to Bed. WASHINGTON. Oct. 15. Samuel Oompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, is confined to his home here in a stale of nervous exhaustion. ex-haustion. His temperature this meaning mean-ing was 101 degrees and his physician has ordered him to remain in bed. Announcement of Mr Gompers' breakdown was made by Us secretary when the national conference convened con-vened today He issued the following follow-ing statement "Mr. Oompers returned home from the industrial conference last evening very greatly exhausted and went immediately im-mediately to bed. His physician. Dr. Henry Parker, was called In to see him. He found Mr r.orapers In a stale I of nervous exhaust inn with a temperature tempera-ture of 101 The doctor said that it would be absolutely necessary for Mr. Gompers to remain in bed." Mr Gompers' illness results, labor leaders said, from months of unremitting unremit-ting work at home and abroad -in connection con-nection with the peace treaty, the international in-ternational labor eoneress at Amsterdam Amster-dam and the steel strike. The veteran labor leader was stricken when he I reached his home last night after delivering de-livering an attack In the industrial conference on the United States Sleel corporation lor Its refusal to deal with tho steel strike commitiee. His iriends recalled that the day was tho first anniversary of the death of his daughter and Ihey said this fact probably prob-ably aggravated bis condition. Those who heard Mr. Compers' impassioned im-passioned address in ihe conference yesterday realized that he was laboring labor-ing under a tremendous nervous strain and the announcement of his illness did not come as a surprise to his associates asso-ciates in the labor group. Morrison Takes Gompcr's Place. Frank Morrison, secretary of the American Federation of Labor, was elected chairman of the labor group ;n the conference to act today for Mr. Gompers. I Labor leaders said that if Mr. Goni-pers' Goni-pers' illness proved so serious as to I make ii impossible for him to discharge dis-charge the duties of president of the 'federation for any considerable time. I the executive council of the federation would be called to elect a temporary successor. 11 waa said .lames Duncan, flxsl vice-president Of the federation, probablj would be designated to act. I Later Mr. Gompers sent word to 'members of the labor delegation :hati ihe would be present at the conference confer-ence tomorrow. |
