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Central Labor Union ar.l Allicl
Unions "
Cfcito Federation cf Labc? ar.l
TValie Oousty Pcmcr Uz!.-sn
Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Trade Union Movement
VOL., III.
RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1919.
NO. 21 )
nnrial Cr::r.:i cf II.".
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ting Drive jff?aihst
Frx)f
Fair Price Committees Are
nt Profits Announced to
Congress Passes Lever
The naming of Fair Price Commit
ters In ; Wake and t'other counties of
"the State -sets 'in motion the United
States machinery In the State for the
control of profits , and the consequent
reduction in living costs. . .
Under ruling, announced by1 Fqod
Administrator Henry A. Page, draft
ed back into the service after several
months relief If rom his dollar-a-year
job, 15 per, cent profit is, regarded as
fair for the ; retailer of meat, sugar,
and flour;' 25 per pent for' the retailer
of other foodstuffs,, and 33 13 per
cent for 'the retailer of clothing, and
the like. y;; Of course,' this announced
ment of . Mr, Page is ; conditioned
upon the ' Senate's adoption, of ( the
Lever food-control' amendment: - v
Mr. Page - has , called upon : all the
comty food administrators in the
State to name fair-price committees;
who will be'composed'of one retailer
of groceries, : one retailer of , dry
goods, one representative of the pro
ducers, one representative of for'gan
ized labor, one representative of the
homsewlves, '.two , representatives :"ot
the purchasing public, and one" rep
resentative of the wholesale grocers.
There ; will be. 'no placarding of
windows,' no -closing of doors for one
day or a period- of days, no contribu
tions to , the Red x Cross .by way of
penalties under' the ' new: order. .-- It
will be a grim : matter of courts and
juries ;for. the, violators i of the law.
The Department lot Justice will'lodk
after these little matters.4 r
Mr. Page makes the following: ex
planation of the function of the" com
mittees: -v ' -' ":V
"The county fair-price committee
is a legal body,' appointed' through
the machinery of the Food1 Admin
istration; and acting under the direc
tion of the. Attorney .General of the
United States for the Department of
Justice. f .
"It is intended to procure infor
mation of profiteering,; hoarding,
etc., of food and clothing,, and to cor
rect same by admonition and reproof
as far as possible, and to report deal
ers who will not adt in harmony with
them- to-the-Departmentjof v Justice'
through the Federal -Food Adminis
trator for North Carolina. It an in
voked and intricate situation pre
sents itself which deserves andde
mands outside help, by reason of its
importance, upon request" a secret
service agent will be sent to make
the investigation.; . ; "
"It is believed that many; retailers
of food, clothing and shoes are ex
acting excessive and unreasonable
margins of profit, and ,that .a ,, close
investigation of costs and selling
prices should at once be made.- .This
is the especial tak assigned to . the
county fair-price committee.: Profits
should be -figured iin percentages of
cost of goods,- thus- eliminating the
whole question of the ; varying ex
pense of doingbusjness; such i as. la
bor, rents, etc., inasmuch as cost4 of
goods has advanced with correspond
ing advances in labor,' rents, .etc; j
"Fair and Just Profit.? .
"In the matter .of profits on food,
the following figures are suggestions,
not as fixed percentages, but they
may be found I valuable by , you : as
guides: The three staple ;.fo0dsc--;
meat, sugar and flours-are to be
separated from, other foods in con
sidering profits,' because custom and
the habit of dealers themselves have
fixed the permissible reasonable mar
gin on these - products at : less-than
half the profit which may b& reason-
ably charged , on average .? food k. pdd-,
ucts. ; -" ,5 ' '
"Pre-war ' competitive, v conditions
afforded margins- on these, three sta
ples of less than five per cent to the
wholesaler , and. not ' more- than fif
teen per cent to. the retailer " This
is a fair and just measure of reason
able profit or '"margin above cbst now.
On all other food products the same
test would allowj an average ; margin
of ten per cent to the wholesaler aijd
twenty-five per cent to "the, retailer
There is no reasonable excuse for ex
ceeding these margins now. . a
"There should he: no ;.resale f with
in a trade-that is, no ; multiplica
tion of the agencies, of distribution.
Whole sale dealers 'should buy from
manufacturers and producers, : and
not from other ! wholesale; dealers.
Retailers should buy J from whole
sale dealers, and not, from other re
tailers, i There should be but three
agencies 'above (the consumer one
Producer ,or ...mdnufacturer, . one
wholesale dealer, 'and, one retail
dealer. Merchants who for any rea
son are not in position to- buy .wisely
and on as , good jterms , asheir com
petitors should get out oft business,
because they are -the direct cause of
an . unnecessary increase in cost' to
the consumer. ' 7 , " " ' . ,
, Add 3313 Per cent. , .
1 "I do not believe. It i will be found
wise in 'many counties to' publish a
fair-price list , covering many : com
modities, because of differing condi
tions, but this is .a matter wholly in
iteering in State
Appointed And Margin
Become RttortuSo
Fod Control Amendment
the disnrpHrm of tha ;...ia w
mlttee"" n leems t5Te;t per-' K' ! woujitel
centages, of profit or margin- over, s a result rioting at the carbarns
cost is a , better plan than flat selling ot the Southern Publie utilities Com
pri?TS" : : ''m' - ;pany in Charlotte, which Interrupted
iu uiaujr cuaea luvesugauou win
disclose ; the fact that a' retail 1 mer-
chant has paid too much, for -goods, r
as - illustrated by recent experience ne Mecklenburg ; city has turned' pt
in sugar; caused' by -something of a. (the city officials with blame for tie
scarcity and consequent hoarding for AianA "a" " I
higher .price.- In suchases he should : disordier ,and ; Wednesday . :petiois
be anowed to. sell at a reasonable ad- were circulation tor the recall pf
vance over cost to him, und investi- the commissioners. -. .(';
gate the seller. This can- usually be : Mayors McNirich 'has showncomV
done by agents ot the. department -in' nWairiowiu..) 'iJu i - -lr
other States. ' 1 . - - V " inability' to deal with a.criti
. . "In reference to reasonable r prof-.al situation; according to. the Char
its,; or margins over cost in shoes, lotte labor; men, and it is time to
clothing, and furnishingsAt is tobe turn the city governmenV over U
noted that these products are usually sota Nonk ,o
purchased, by ; the retailer- directly; J?6 fS: According , to . the
from, the, manufacturers, r and only Newf. and.: Observer's r staff cor
one profit or, margin that of the re-resPndent;Feeling "against rtho. city
tailer-is to le added to. the m'anu-f. authorities
facturer's selling price; ' ;V . ' cIrcles ,s gt0wing inintehsity and
, "As a guide and suggestion to the4 .. - . . . J T?7
committee, I beg-to sayrthat it "seems :tn .recaI1'of tno tnre, men Mayor,
fair and Just to accept the 'pre-waf t FrankB McNinch; Commissioner; bt
custom and .policy of. , retail? dealers j Public 'Safety Qeorge At Pamd
of clothing, shoes, etc.. as reasonable Commissioner ' of ; Public Works
and Just now : It .seems .pretty wellf A cT"r!l- . UD"C woncs
established that the trade Sunder nui Wfarn. is demanded' 9
competitiveconditions permitted the the ground ol incompetency andneg-
auuiuuu 01 , margxu oi it &, per ,
cem 10 cost as a iair selling price.
INDIES OF . WILMINGTON
, OPERATE MEAT IARKET.
Housewives Hold Meeting , tJ Decide
, -Details of . Co-operative Market.
, Wilmington, N., C. Ang. 27f Wil
mingtoh.' housewives held a meeting
yesterday f to decide on details for
establishing and operating . a co
operative meat market.'.- A thousand
members with ) about $ 2 T each will
start the effort tb defeat vthe high
cost" of living in1 this "way. The. wo
men of the, city considered , the sub-'
ject six months ago but failed to get
organized. .This time they are deter
mined to put the thlng through-Al
ready . a , property-. owni r Jhas . offered J
a business ' house' free' of rent; to thef,
housewives 'I Practically no fresh
meat of. any cut isrsold here for less
than. 30. cents, much of . it . at 35
cents, and the- best cuts, from 40, to
55 cents. It has been charged that
on not a single scrap that, comes out
of a beef is the price as low as the
price paid per pound . for the beef at
the packing houses. .,. ' .
ST. IXUIS NEWSWRITERS f
" ; BENEFIT BV ORGANIZATION.
, St. Louis, Mo.; ' Aug.- 2 T.r-News-paper
writers p this - city; who re
cently organized themselves into &
labor union, have just beengfanted
a bonus of 20 per cent on salaries
for the period between: January 1st
and August 2 2d I of this year, by the
Pulitzer-Publishing Company pub
lishers of 1 the. St. Louis Post-Dis-patchi
' It was announced that anr
other bonus of 20 per cent; dating
f r6m - August 2 2nd would be i given
at the end of the year. ' '
DELAWARE CARPENTERS . -
' L 9 i SECURE INCREASE.
Wilmington. Del , Aug. 27. Inl
the wage : dispute between .Carpeni
ters' h Union " No.' 626 and' employers,
an arbitrator i .has : ruled : that i rates
shall 1 be a $ 0 cents , an - hour , Wages
were 70 cents at -, the beginning , of
the' year and the carpenters ; asked
for 75 - cents. 'i. 'Action was ; delayed
and they struck. . JThe - . contractors
agreed to 75 , cents, and pledged them
selves tojarbitratethe differencebe
tween , these, figures v and, Tthe rcar
npTitfirR' demand, u ' ''
DON'T SCARE ACTORS. '
Striking actors pf New .York' are
not, scared .at' the managers' threat
to close every theater, since the stage
employes and musicians have joined
in, tb"B strike. ' . 1 ' ; V
,7: Commenting on; this , move : by the
managers,8' Frank Gillmore, executive
secretarydf the -Actors, Equity Asso
ciation, saidv. , . ' ,
.' "I can only say 'that that will not.
alter our ,J resolution .to : stjck until
final, victory is. ' asstired. ,1 wish to
remind the managers that a theater
remains a. theater only so Jongas
actors are performing , there. With-,
out actors the theater is nothing but
a building. . The actors' talents can
be. ,as easily exercised in a hall, in a
tent5r even in a vacant lot. , ; The
public will gather to see, the actor,
no matter where he acts , .' . '
"Therefore, if the ' theaters . are'
closed, tot us, we shall organize, com
panies' to tour the country, just as
Mrs.sFiske and Mime. Bernhardt did
whena I powerful trust discriminated
against them." , ' -
union mam
POLICE FIRED FIRST
Death' List 'in-x&ariotta Troubles
lotariive; Eleven Others m;
t0 V
, xveuover. ;
a street car strike of two ; weeks run'
lecx mi tneA performance of their dui-
lies.
y r Union men' are insisting "that . the
action of ?the police, in" firing upop
j the cfowd was too, hasty; Was . not
called- for, andv that . a number ot
those shot were hit In the backr
"7; Outstanding Features of IDay."
t The zealous circulation of 'his pe-,
. (Continued on page twk) ,
Labor Day, 191 9
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1' 1 ; s
1:
By Frank Morrison, Secretary American "Federal
r
tion bf
Labor -Day 1919, the- organized
workers possess greater intelligence
and confidence in. themselves .than at
any other period. ' ,
v
The trade .union - movement was
true, to its historic -'mission In the
great .war that defeated ' a military
autocracy; and "it has not- forgotten
the plea,v "Make the WorldSafe for
Democracy," that so .successfully
united the people of our "country in
one purpose. i
- The organized . workers .will' con
tinue their efforts to make our coun
try safe 1 for ."democracy ; though cer
tain; other ; elements of ' our citizen
ship v have f abandoned this plea in
their desire' for' material - gain, re
gardless of effects on, the nation's
'The workers' determination; is in
dicated in their demand that the pur-:
chasing power of their wages permit
them to meet present" living .costs.
The workers .have " not forgotten
praises showered on them during the
war, and theyr now insist, that living
standards shall not be lowered. They
point to Government statistics, which
showthat . over . $ll80 isnow liecesA
sary to purchase goods; that . were
priced at- $1 before the. war.
u .The railroad -solution, offered by
organized ; railroad shopmen anct the
railroad brotherhoods and supported
by the -American Federation ot La
bor as a whole, and the ' declaration
ofr the : Policy -Committee : of ; the
United Mine porkers of rAmerica for
the nationalization of coal mines un
der democratic management, are also
indicative of the Workers' determina
tion ' to make our country safe ' for
democracy. . ' , '
; i. Government s reports5 howj that
there are 8,50 (V.OOOpersqns; oyer 10.
years of age'inthis country who can
not read norwrite ; the tEnglish i lan
guage.; 'It seems unnecessary to urge
PRINTERS RAISE WAGES.
i
New Haven, Conn. Aug. 27f-The
Typographical Union has: compro-;
mised its. wage .demand for , newspa
per . members. " : The' new5 rates are
$30 a week for day work and $33
for night work' , " " ; ? ; . f
-v - r 1 c - s ; -
Duluth, Minn.Aug.127.--Members
of - the Typographical ; Union 1 em
ployed .on newspapers have raised
wages 28! per cent and reduced the
work Week three hour?,'' or to seven
and one-half a day
The old scale was $20 a week for
day . work and "$ 3 1 - for night work.
The new rates are $36 "and $39, with
retroactive pay dating from7 Julyl.
The union is now negotiating a new
scale for commercial shops.
, Tulsa; Okla., . Aug. 27. Newspa.1
per printers , have raised wages, to
$42 9. week-for day and $45 tor
night work. "f , ky , .
TOBACCO VOPJiERS ,
GMIIIIG STCilGTII
' .. t
Nearly All Big Factories in 7ins-ton-Salen
Have Signed Agjree-r
ment With ths Union. ,j '
1 Wi'nston:Sal&mt N:,C, Aug. 26.
The Bohannon brothers, : Taylor
brothers, ; Bailey brothers, , Brown
Williamson and Plinth tobacco com-i
panies have followed the -lead of the
J ReynoldsTobacco Co. in grant
ing t,their 1 union employees ' an" eight
hour day with 'time and "one-half for
overtime, which affects .11,006 to
bacco workers' in, this, city. r These
worker s;f are joining the' - Tobacco
Workers' union, which r. is - rapidly
reaching" a 100 per cent basis. - Nego
tiations ;; In, this movement were con
ducted by President' McAndrew, of
tbe International Tobacco Workers'
Union;; and the conciliatory "Attitude
of ofllcers of the R. J: Reynolds Com
pany was a large factor, in securing
an adjustment of this question; and
avoiding a strike. ' ' ' y ; ; ' ' :
The 'organization theory is now ac
cepted at Durham; ;N.- C:, where two
locals ot tobacco workers have been
formed. : At Reidsville vthe tobacco
worker? are also uniting. W v
ABOUT FLOUR.
t
1; A - miller telbi me .that. 'a: barrel ! bt
flour 'now make about" 3 3 0 loaves of
bread. : At 10c a loaf this means $33
-1
for . a barrel . of flour -It .. meansS
nearly 7-00 for a- bushel of "wheat
The farmer gets from $190 to $2.1 0
Who is the profiteer?- Exchange:
LABOR TROUBLES.
. His Better-Half -(regarding him
from the bedroom wlndow-MWhere
you bin ithis hour of the night?" , -
"I've bin at me union, considerin'
this-'ere. strike." ; !
' . '"Well,' Vou can stay down there
an consider this 'ere lockout." Tit
BitsV . ' i . .
.1. f r- - '
1 Labor
' ' ,- - V.
that our ; educational, system be re
vlsed that this illiteracy .menace to'
a government ; "of, by . and for the
people" be removed.- U . I .
Another policy that would make
this v country safe1 for democracy is
organized labor's demand that immi
gration be f stopped' until such time
as those aliens who are, now in this
country can be assimilated. Senti
ment must give way to the dictates
of " self-preservation : when ri national
needs - and social aspirations are
threatened by waves of immigration
that are r stimulated . by., cheap-labor
employers. , - ' , 'y -ri - V .' ;
The proposed, plan to "Americanr
ize the alien" will not be successful
while" industry is' conducted ' along
autocratic lines. -r-- - - --- -
--The" attempt to solve this question
by company "unions- welfare work
and beneficial features will , not suf4
fice. t None of these contain the ele4
ment of I fundamental, democracy!
' The alien must be Americanized,"
but industries like -the vsteel Urust,
that nake the ' alien . possible, must
first be Americanized. ' These busi-
ness imen must be; Americanized. The
American spirit " of freedom ; and
equality cannot . be r. aroused v in ?: a
worker wh4 is - denie'd cthe right of i
free speech, or who has , been dis
charged because . he , does a lawful
thing joins a, trade union. f " - l- :
, , On this " fundamental Sthe tradfe
union movement stands. Vy it is ridle
to -talk of Americanizing the ? alien
or of establishing democracy": in in
dustry 1 while an industrial oligarchy
ignores guarantees , in - the Declara
tion of Independence and s the j Fed
eral Constitution. J
The trade union -mo vementf stands
f pr : the highest xrder otVAmerican
ism, and it believes that ..the .first
step in. Americanizing the alien" is to
Americanize .the job.' 7 :
TEXTILE WORKERS PUT ' 1 1 i ? .
, . , , DENT . IN "SOLUD SOUTD:,,
Chattanooga; ..Tenn.; Aug. 2 6 .
What - is believed i W be J the first un
qualified closed-shop agreement in a
Southern textile mill: has been signed
between Local Union ,10 86United
Textile Workers of , America," and the
Champion Knitting Mills. 7-,, , -'
The agreement- provides t ; for ? a
closed shop, a1 54-hour - week the
prevailing scale of wages and many
features new to textile' workers' of
Chattanooga, and the.1 South. , The
Champion Knitting Mills is a -new
company-"' which ' begins operations
here this month.; Chattanooga capi
tal is behind the enterprise. . The
product will bear the 'label of the
United Textile Workers. ; , .'" ,
Meetings of local textile unions are
well- attended,, and , the unions are
enthusiastic over ; the outlook for the
future of unionism in Chattanooga
mills.- : .: i :: a - : 1 j . -
Preacher Criticises Laboring :
People and Praises Capitalist
' ' " -'' 1 - K .' ' ;
Admits THat Money Influences His Attitude, and he
is Not Going to Bite the Hand That Evidently Fed
Considerable Jv comment has been
raised ; over the fact that a; preacher
admitted, in a letter read at the State
Labor Convention, that coercion .was
being practiced on the preachers ' in
some '- cotton-mill towns .by the .own-?
ers of the mill property, forcing the
preaehers - to preach along certain
lines. A general, denial has been
made and . the claim advanced ,that
there is no 'truth in, the "statement
forf it is unbelievable . that any mill
pwner would withdraw support from
any preacher under such conditions.
The .following," from The Albemarle
News, is sufficient evidence of undue
influence; 'certainly ' in " the case ' of
the Rev- Hughes:
"Editor vThe News:
."I. want ;to - write up the strike
in all - its v - phases, ' , exposing the
;gttilty ; ones for; bringing on such: -
conditions ;a's ;nowx exist in your .
fair city. After two years pastor7
ate of r the , First; Street . Church,
which .exists, by 'reason of the Wis-
cassett people, and observing the1
extraordinary K generosity, : of Mr.
Cannon and' ' all v his associate's to
- make life worth while and. all con-'
ditions" conducive to the f very best -v-'
interest ' of all concerned in every '
' way that brain and ' money couid;
''produce and effect as a bonus over
and above a fair wage, I cannot
appreciate1, the conduct ; of the
..strikers but brand 1 such - as base
Ingratitude and ;' evidencing the"
.presence of the spirit of the de-
. testable Hun.' -t : . y. ' , , '
' ' "Sincerely, fc
, i "W. I. HUGHES." '
'This preacher. appears' to be unable
to differentiate between the different
elements ' displaying c the "spirit 'of
the 4 detestable Hun,V: for an . analysis
GREAT 31ASS-MEETING OF
Hr7, . ?: farmers:
vri,
Called by American Cotton Associa-
; tion, to Be Held in New-Orleans,
X ,..V,,, in September.( . '
1 Atlanta Ga:; Aug.r - 27. For the
purp'ose: of discussing the high cost
of living, ' the general 'economic con
ditions affecting " cotton : producers,
and to recommend a minimum' price
for cotton a great mass-meeting will
be held in' New Orleans, La.;; SepT
tember 8th . and -9th.r. having; .been
called by, Southern Governors' and,
the American V Cotton Association,
through its president, J. Skottowe
Wannamaker, St. Matthew's,- S., C.
The call, has - just; been issued from
the y Atlanta - membership campaign
headquarters of the organization, ;
.To date,, the following; State chief
executives have-' signed the' joint
proclamation t J ov. Hugh H. poi'sey,
of .Georgiai -Gov Thomas R.' Kilbyj,
of Alabama; Gov. Charles H. Brbugb,
of; Arkansas; Gov. Sidney J. Catts,
of Florida; Gov.; A. H." Roberts," of
Tennessee; Gov. Robert A: Cooper,
of South Carolina, and Gov; William
P. JHobby, of Texas. .. J ? 1 . :
The proclamation follows: " r
.'"Whereas,., the President of . the
United States, . in . his address to the
Congress of the United , States on
August 8, 1919, has called Attention
to - grave "conditions of distress con
frbnting" large numbers of ourpebple
by reason of constantly rising" living
costs,'v due to the; perversion of the
ordinary laws of supply and demand;
and Hoi the activities of. speculators
and ' profiteers - in the ' necessities of
life; and -' '..'"".' : -
Whereas, these ' conditions are of
special concern ' to f the 1 people . of r the
Southern States; in view of their ab
solute dependence 'upon the- cotton
industry ' as the basis of their 'well
being; and especially in view of the
fact that cotton prices" have entirely
failed to keep ; pace ; with the. prices
of - manufactured products and : other
commodities which they, must buy:
, "Therefore,- we'as Governors of.
the States of 'Alabama, ' Arkansas,
Florida; Georgia, .Louisiana, Missis
sippi,' Missouri North Carolina, 11 Ok
lahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee,
and Texas, v In.; association withy the
president of the American Cotton
Association, do Jhereby summon rep
resentative, farmers, mere ban t s
bankers business .and S professional
men from our several States, .herein
before ; named to confer together in
the city of New Orleans, La.; on the
8th. and ,9th ''of September, and to
study, on behalf of the people of the
South , ways v and - means of . dealing
with such prices as they relate to, the
life and comfort of bur people; and
. "In particular, to study such con
ditions as they relate tp the cotton
industry as a whole to the determin
ation of 'a fair and just price for cot
ton, based' 'upon considerations . of
supply and demand and the price of
manufactured, products of cotton." s .
of his writing shows he is upon the v -sidV'and.Mined
up with the Hun'elei
ment. he. writes. about, for. he must1
surely know that it is the generous V -owners
that promise to pay a certain -
bonus under certain condiUoni This
bonus proposiUon has a -string tied
to it in the shape of a forfeiture, the kl'
general rule being that if .an .em
ployee loses as . much as fifteen min- ;
utes in a week, he loses half of the. .'
week's bpnusjj "and. should he lose for' v
any ? cause as much as half an our -
all of it: Does, this:; preacher not V r
know that;; the f proprietors 4 own the -"
property, in which ; the operatives ,
live, and Y that the ,terror of 'eviction j
and discharge are hanging , overl them
all the time? Does not this preacher" ; ' 4
know that the conditions ' Under .
which these .. people , live, " compared ,'
with slavery days, is only the differ-
epce between, the operative receiving v
a certain wage based upon "piece
work, which he- slave did not get,
and .the' .fact that the body of the1
slave .could be-sold, while tha ot 1
the operative cannot? ut theoper- : 1
ative can be s' discharged and run off
the property if the will ot(the master ' -isnot
obeyed. . This preacher' should ,
understand v. that . there is . plenty of I -room
in hell,' and that Vhen the time 1
comes many of ;the supposed "gener- j
ous' persons will not, be" denied ad-"',
mission, and it will hardly be denied
that there will be ' a generous sprin- 1
kling of prattling preachers among "
them It is indeed, a pity that some '
of our squalled preachers cannot
realize that they vwere not ,calied to .
preach and that -the warts on their I 1
bodies are' really, not. heads. " '- 1
STRIKE WAS A FI1AJIE-UP.
aEnueeredt by Company CHlcJUds anrt
-.Pulled Off by Company "Union."
NewYork, Aug. 27A strike on
the Interborougb, Rapid Transit Com-,
pany's lines,, engineered by company
officials and its. company "union," is,
the! latest thing, in strikes.1 -J J :; ,
. The company is antagonistic to the
bona, fide Street1 Car . Men's union,
and has organized its. own "union,"!
whose 1 members ' quit to - enforce
higher wages 'Trade unionists de
Clare that the: strike was. a "frame
up" to raise , car ' fares, and point to '
the number of strikers who were em-.,
ployed by the company- to protect its
property. It is ,also declared that
the company paid the expenses of
the strike committee .while the walk
out was being arranged.
The, "union" has a contract with 1
the company and these workers re
fused every offer of mediation.: Pub- ;
lie - biacialsannounce that they will '
investigate the strike and it is evi-.
dent that the cbmpuny is in a weaker1
position to ; enforce its demiandL for a'
higher fare. .r- : , j f .
' . Tn ' ATI editorial ' '; fha ? TSTow 1 Vn-rV '
orld says "it is: plain to everybody.
tnai ine company yirxuaiiy welcomed,
the ' strike." .This newspaper ' calls )
attention to the employment of what'
it jterms, "a privately, organized
union" Vto protect he r company's
property. -,;--. -t.r..
BOSTON COPS ARE -
NOW IN. AT UNION
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Boston; Mass.-With a policemen's ?:
union, organized despite his orders,H :
Police Commissioner Edwin V- Cur-
tis is expected- to. take action in con- '
nectionvwith- his announcement that
patrolmen who joined f the union .
would sbe . liable to; discharge or sus
pension.. The unjon, -which is afftli-,
ated with the American .: Federation !
of Labor, has ( between 1,300 and '
1 ,40 0 members. The force numbers
The union has made no demands.
The question involved at present is ;
the - right v to organize, tho - commis-: ;
sioner : maintaining, hat ' policemen
are . public . bfficials rather . than em-.
ployees, and" membership in - a' union
is not compatible with their duties.'
-Union ; officials ' stated that, the
question of a strike had not been ' "
considered. The, Central ; Labor,
Union however! has, voted,: the. po-
licemen support 1 to the "extent of t a
sympathetic strike of 80,000 workers ,
if necessary. . ' . t " -
PAINTERS JOIN UNION.
Lafayette, Ind.,' . Aug. 27The
Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators
and Paperh angers is headed toward r
the 100,000 mark. A membership
of 98,381 at the cloca cf Jur.3 13 re
ported. During that Kcnti 3,331 ,
were added to the ment:rship roll.
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