$6 ASSOCIATION OF IRON, STEEL AND TIN WORKERS [l88 



The employers have always been on the side of the con- 

 sen'atives. They consider a trade agreement with the 

 union, covering those men most indispensable to the trade, 

 as a safeguard against a more extensive organization of 

 their employes which might force terms for all in the mill. 

 The unskilled laborers, from whom the future skilled men 

 must be selected, are largely Southern Europeans whose 

 allegiance to union principles is slight. These men, at pres- 

 ent, are largely ignored by those who compose the union 

 membership. If the democratic minority should gain con- 

 trol, it is probable that a reorganization would take place 

 along industrial lines. The movement thus far has been 

 unsuccessful. 



