GOMPERS TALKS PLAINLY.
Expresse Opinion of Chicago Labor
Plank in Warm Language.
Samuel Compere, president or the.
American Federation of Labor, In a
review of the work accomplished by
the republicans In the adoption of the
platform at Chicago, makes the state
ment that organized labor was practi
cally isnored, and that the anti-in-juuctlou
plank inserted In the plat
form Is nothiug 'niore or less than the
affirmation for a statute law author
ising the issuance of injunctions.
He said that instead of the repub
lican party giving labor bread, It gave
them a stone.
President Gonipers' statement in
full follows:
"The plank adopted by the repub
lican convention, on the subject of
injunctions ts nothing more or less
than the affirmation for a statute law
authorizing the Issuance of injunc
tions. Our contention is that there
is no law upon the statute books
authorizing or warranting the issu
ance of these extraordinary injunc
tions. "They are never Issued when no
labor dispute exists between work
men and employers. They are only Is
sued when such a dispute exists. They
are never Issued against any citizen,
whether he be a workman or in any
other walk of life, when there is no
labor dispute.
"We hold that the law does not
change because a dispute arises be
tween employers and workmen. All
we ask is to be regarded upon an
equality before the law with all other
citizens. We ask no immunity for
any one guilty of wrongdoing, whether
he be workman or other, but we must
Insist upon the constitutional guar
antee of equality before the law. We
will be satisfied with nothing less.
"The decision of the supreme court
in the Danbury hatters' case declared
the labor organizations trusts, when,
as a matter of fact, labor organiza
tions are voluntary in character, and
formed for the purpose of protecting
and advancing personal rights. The
labor organizations deal In no pro
duct, whether of the hand or of the
land; they are simply associations to
protect and advance the Interests of
men and women who aim to conserve
their personal rights, their ijorsona!
freedom. The trusts are combit.a
tions cf men deTriing with the pro
ducts of labor. The workmen and
their power to labor cannot be dis
tinguished from each other. A trust
cru dispose of its material products,
move " and transport them to any
point on earth without affecting the
personal rights and the humna liberty
of the owners of labor products.
"You can't determine the rules gov
erning the labor of working people
without affecting their personalities,
their bodies, " their minds, their very
souls. We asked the republican con
vention to declare in essence for the
enactment of a law granting human
rights and human freedom, and it
wholly failed to meet the require
ments of an Intolerable, an unjust, and
un-American situation.
"In this instance no relief was
either declared or promised. The
other measures which we asked the
republican convention to adopt are
of a material character. The two
which I have mentioned involve prin
ciples of justice and American con
ception of constitutionally guaranteed
freedom of man.
"We asked the convention for bread,
and they gave us a stone."
SUED IN DENVER.
Labor Leaders Served With Notice in
a Big Damage Suit.
Denver, July 11. Samuel Gompers,
John Mitchell, John B. Lennon, Frank
N. Morrison, Joseph Valentine, James
Duncan and Max Morris will be de
layed a week or ten days here on ac
count of their having been served
with papers to appear as defendants
in a suit brought by the W. R. Thomp
son Marble company against them as
leading officers of the American Fed
eration of Labor for $50,000 for al
leged damages to its business by a
strike and boycott.
These officers will have to appear
before a commissioner July 17 to give
testimony. The trial has been set for
August 4 and it will probably be nec
essary for the leaders to return to
Denver at that time also.
Officers of the Colorado State Fed
eration of Labor and the Denver
Building Trades council are co-defendants
to the suit.
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Pacific Coast Twirler, Secured by the Washington Club Last Year, Who Is
Doing Good Work in the Box for His Team.
STAR PITCHERS WORKED
AGAINST MORDECAI BROWN
Rival Managers Make Big Mistake in
Doing So, Believes Manager
Frank Chance.
NEW RULING ON PAY MADE
BY NATIONAL COMMISSION
No Club Can Release Player Without
Ten Days' Notice and Salary
Goes to Same Time.
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SPECIAL SUMMER
EXCURSION FARES
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CI7 Kft To COLORADA and return.
11 .Oil tember 30th, 1908.
Every day to Sep-
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To PORTLAND, TACOMA, SEATTLE, SAN
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15th, 1908.
Circuit tour via LOS ANGELES, SAN FRAN-
The Chicago Cubs say that the oth
er National league clubs Invariably
nurse -their star pitchers to oppose
Mordecai Brown.
The policy of holding out the best
pitcher on the staff to face Brown is
one that is almost universal in the Na
tional league. It Is the usual proced
ure in all leagues against the best
pitchers, but it is a policy with which
Manager Chance does not entirely
agree.
The Philadelphia club can be taken
as an example. of how that policy
works out as a rule. During the re
cent visit of the Cubs to Philadel
phia, Brown, the best the Chicago Na
tional league club possesses, was
slated to work, so Murray sent in Mc-
Quillen to pitch for the Phillies. Mc
Quillen was vanquished, possibly not
through any superior pitching on the
part of Brown, but through the gen
eral superiority of the club behind
him. Then Chance used his other
pitchers, who again had the same ad
vantage "over Murray's "next best"
thatsBrown held over Quillen, and the
result was that Chicago kept on wln
ning. Had Murray sent one of his "second-class"
pitchers against Brown, a
game that was almost sure to be lost
by the Phillies, he would still have
had McQuillen in reserve to send in
against those who followed the great
three-fingered wonder, and the chances
would have been much greater of the
Phillies winning, for the general su
periority of the ball club might have
been partially overcome.
"This Is a policy almost universal
In baseball," said Chance, "but it does
not strike me as being good sense all
the way through. It is a different
thing for me to use Brown against.
Mathewson, for Chicago holds, or has
held for two years past, enough su
perior strength over the Giants to
bring Brown home a winner in spite of
the best efforts of McGraw's star. The
result la Brown wins from 'Matty'
much oftener than he loses, and the
rest of our pitchers are just as strong
as any McGraw can lead out.
"Now, it seems to me it would be a
more far-seeing policy for a manager
to save his star until our star had been
used, for the chances of winning
would be greater. Of course, Brown is
not invincible. He is beaten occasion
ally, but the chances in baseball are
all In favor of his success, and the de
feat of the opposing star, other condi
tions being equal, for he is almost cer
tain to get better backing both in the
field and with the stick."
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ber 15th, 1908.
Daily to Septem-
C7Q 1C
pf 0u eluding rail, stage and hotels in park for
regular tour. Every day to September 12th,
1908.
Also low round-trip homeseekers' rates in effect every first and third
Tuesday of each month during 1908
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MAJOR LEAGUE NOTES
Pitcher Herbert Sylvester Sincock,
the University of Michigan twirler
signed by the Cincinnati club, has
joined the Reds.
The Reds will have to do : more
hitting if they expect to stay up near
the top. They have been very weak
with the stick for several weeks.
Dode Criss, the St. Louis utility
player and pitcher, is leading the
league with an average of .489.
AI Brldwell, the former Columbus
infielder acquired by the Giants from
Boston, punched McGraw for calling
him names. Now he's suspended.
Jack Stahl started the season in
the lead of the baserunners. On April
24 he had annexed six bases, since
that time he has gathered but one.
The old time boxmen seem to be
doing the best work this season, viz.,
"Vic" Willis, "Cy" Young, Jack Pow
ell, Mathewson, Tom Hughes, "Wild
Bill" Donovan, Addie Joss, Jack Ches
bro, "Chick" Fraser and several
others.
Outfielder William McGUlivray. who
was secured from the Cincinnati Na
tional League club for the Milwaukee
team of the American association
was sold to the Harrisburg (Pa.) club
of the Tri-State league by President
Havenor of the Milwaukee club.
In rejecting the claim of Player
Jerry F. Donovan for salary alleged to
be due him from the Philadelphia Na
tional League club, the national base
ball commission recently made a new
rule in cases where players make
claim for salary provided for in their
major league contracts when they are
released to minor league clubs.
The new rule provides that no major
league club has a right to release a
player at any time unless It gives
him a ten days' notice of such rt
lease. If this notice is given ten days,
before the season commences the
major league clubs having title to the
player need not pay him any salary.
If the ten days' notice covers any
part of the playing season then the
major league - club releasing the
player unconditionally, must pay him
for the number of days such notice
covers' of the playing season, and if
the player is released by a major
league club to a minor league club by
sale or otherwise the major league
club will in such case be required to
pay the player the difference in salary
between ten days' pay under his major
league contract and the amount the
player could have earned during the
time had he reported promptly to the
club securing his services.
Donovan contended that he had
signed a contract with Philadelphia
for 1908 calling for $300 per month,
and that at the commencement of the
season he was released to the Johns
town club of the Trl-State league
and that the latter club offered him a
contract calling for only $200, which
contract was unsatisfactory to him
and therefore he did not report to the
Johnstown club. He requested that the
Philadelphia club be required to pay
him his salary or else give him his
unconditional release.
VThe player's claim was rejected be
cause the committee only had his
statement that he signed a contract,
while the Philadelphia club stated
positively that he did not sign a con
tract, nor was one received by Presii
dent Pulliam of the National league.
PLANS BASEBALL SCHOOL
Manager McCormick of Milwaukee to
Try Out Several Youngsters.
Manager Barry McCormick of the
Milwaukee Americas Association club.
has just about completed arrange
ments for opening a school of base
ball pedagogy. Or In other words,
Barry is preparing to try out 10 orj
12 youngsters during the long home!
series of the club in August.
Wisconsin fairly swarms with like
ly baseball timber." There are thou-,
sands and thousands of teams in the,
state and many of them boast player
worthy of trial In faster company. Inj
the past, Milwaukee clubs have paid;
little If any attention to state talent
and many stars have slipped away'
as a result. In the future, however,
every youngster who applies will be
given an opportunity to go through
his paces under the critical eye of,
McCormick. -
The form shown by Lawrence Pape
the other day, is an Indication of the
class the Lake Shore league has.
There are several other pitchers in
this organization who have shown
just as much speed as the new Brewer
and McCormick would do well to get
a line on them. One of them is By
ers, the 18-year-old wonder on the
Manitowoc team. This kid has just
been out of high school a year, and if
reports are true', he is a second Wad
dell. He has been pitching great ball
for his team on every game, winning
a majority of them.
The Indianapolis and Toledo clubs
have followed this policy for several
years and have built up brilliant line
ups as a result. Summers, the crack
Detroit star, was found in the bushes
and Marquardt, the present sensation
of the American association, stepped
right off a corner lot to his present job.
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