. The National Civic Federation review . oyershall interfere with the workmen during workinghours. The employer may employ or discharge, throughhis representative, any workmen, as he may see tit:but no workman is to be discriminated against on ac-count of his connection with a labor organization. In cases where misunderstandings or disputesarise between the employer and workmen, the matterin question shall be submitted to arbitration withoutstrikes, lockouts or stoppage of work pending thedecision of the arbitration. Each member of the New York Metal Trades As-sociation affected by this agreem
. The National Civic Federation review . oyershall interfere with the workmen during workinghours. The employer may employ or discharge, throughhis representative, any workmen, as he may see tit:but no workman is to be discriminated against on ac-count of his connection with a labor organization. In cases where misunderstandings or disputesarise between the employer and workmen, the matterin question shall be submitted to arbitration withoutstrikes, lockouts or stoppage of work pending thedecision of the arbitration. Each member of the New York Metal Trades As-sociation affected by this agreement shall be held in-dividually responsible only for the performance of thesame, and his, or its, violation of this agreement shallsubject such member to expulsion from the associa-tion. In return for the concessions of the boilermakersin the matter of discipline and management of theshops the employers conceded an advance of wagesto $.3 per day for boilermakers, riveters, chippers andcaulkers, and an increase of 5 per cent, for SAMUEL GOMPERS. He Favors Employers Unions and Rebukes a Reck-less Organizer. Two letters which President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor has recently written havebeen widely quoted by the press with the organization of employers he wrote: Employers will find it totheir advantage to be organ-ized, and not only this but todeal with organized movement to formunions among the businessmen will tend rather to pre-vent conflict than to promotetrouble. The better the or-ganization on both sides thebetter it will be for employers will bebetter able to understand thedemands of organized laborand to meet these demandswithout friction. There has been much hottalk about the increasingdemands of labor. My experience has taught me notto be an alarmist, and I am not alarmed over thisparticular situation in general. So long as humannature is as it is there will be manifestations of dis-content, both from lab
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