North Carolina Newspapers

V.v'.', ., V". , " .. -.:'.: ' Official !;Organ olhalelsjT Central bor Union and Allied . a Endorsed by Northi CJarolina- Stato , Federation .of Labor and jy . , .i-- r.' ' j " - vJp Wake County Farmers Union Unions y : Devotedto the. Upbuilding of the Trade'Union Movement. 1- s .. r ' ... y - RAIJEIGH, "N.-C, THURSliAY, SEPTEMBER ;25i 1919. t,. NO. 25 v: . . v:the:A Ibematle Unionists ? Manufacturers Say the, State Is, and Paid Attorneys Are Present in ' Large Numbers.? Judge Frank Gtirier Says Prosecuted 'Will Not Get a Fair Trial in Albemarle.; ."V v. Th0 trial ol! the prosecuted textile workers, : - including Marvin Ritch'; attorney fori the textile worker$and Organizer , Graham, begaiiv at Aihe marie Monday, before County Judge Ingram. Thisija a preliminary hear-, ing and Ingram. i3 sitting as' a com mitting magistrate. hemanutac turers claim they are ot .pTOsecut ing the case ana. that it'is the; Stated There t'; Is i no f further evidence! , of state interest " other Cthan 7 the : 'farr famed SplIcltorBrtoC ! himself upon ajjpedestaa pin labor prosecutors . the lawV yera of Albemarle v have been" xq tainPil Vand T:Cansle?. firlvbor-. porationvA-ttorneyKipf ifCharlottejx is also retained, to aid the Splicir;; in the prosecution vThese' lawyera saj they expect their pay td' tome' from the manufaurers,'; Chief x Attorney -j of the -rTallassee power Co., ' is the ; leading prose cuting attorney lit I theState is gof ing into this kind ; of business it nls high time i theVoters i and taxpayers were informed. ..Nd.sate' oGcialhaa so far entered at denial of ihemanu facturefs statementnevTpni VlBost in the ! Greensboro i News;teys;Hhe indicted are Republicans, with the exception ot two.and intimating' the whole thing is a political frame-up. If this Is the' case, the State's Soiici tbr is 'engaged : in -a lmighty, small business. ' From the eyidence so far produced by the State there is abso-r lately & nothing j'against ;:Ritch v and Graham, - and practically;';; none against the others; - with - the 1 single exception of ' the " one' that had the fight wilh the : sheriff and this came over an old-standing , dispute. ' . s -X ; v Judge Carter, came out In ? his pa-1 per' adrocating a change ? of' venue and declared those ; under ; indictment could nof get 'justice ' where the cases -were being: tried.' '-A" majority ot'theeptef'thatatenowHna: Judge Carter is "right. .It" Is evi denced by the huge ,hbnd demanded by 'the eryc learned Solicitor that injustice and malice entered into Jiis every action. -.He knoWs'that he "is violating even F the Constitution of the State' in;, this t, matter .'for he must know that - Section 1 14 provides that "Excessive bail should ? riot be required, v nor V excessive . fines ' im posed, nor cruel or unusual punish-, ment inflicted.'-' The hard doU'ar makes fiends of, far" "too. many... ; To say that the manufacturers are free from blamjB jn this'; matter Ja going too tar. . , rV- The following - is taken ; from,, the Charlotte Observer. admittedly f un der corporate influence, and.' there- J fore must .be, a - true statement or the cause of the "lock-out or. strike: " Agreement as set forth by tL; F. Yorke, Secretary.rAndl Treasurer of the Albemarle; locai umwa eiwv Workers of America: --0 "(1) That 'the- above manufactur ing company; ' will recognize vthe right on the lart of. their employes to organize'anddoicpnevewbar gaining with.regard ta wages, hours and working j conditions ; ': and there fore will in the future meet the duly authorized : representatives - of tiocal N6. 12 54,Kunlted textile Workers of America ? Itv being distinctly , un derstood 4 that 'this 'section does not go beyond what ' is Ithown-as aJn 'open . shop.lc; " (2 ) That fall ft otm&r emplbjres , be reinstated without discrinlin tion against: them on account '. of their affiliation ?witb;5theiUnioni "( 3) That all -claims for S house rent be canile4I?for the snut4own.-igirif Thi9was.;.pr"esumed charges tor retaining membership in a labor nnion, and ,the manufactur ers refused to sign or enter intd col lective argaining;::J &k; ffVXi The textile workers' are standing pat and they nave found thail tne other labor organiiations in L the State are . going .to oack them ; every way just as long; they t be have themselves,f or labor; is', not ; go? ing to stand for the unjust prosecu tion of its members,:; it makes ri"o difference how humble 4 they ; be.: Is the State' prosecuting a certain class of its citizens rat the behest . of anr otherpreferred class at ttheexpense of 'the taxpayers WlMM-ttMti . Albemarle ': Kl(ti:8eptJ2Z Court convened J foir the algthe various union men charged v with conspiracy at 1 1:25 Mondayfmorn ng, and immediately launched 1 into a verbal : battle vonAtecAn uuko Ingram overruiea. ine mouou of ludgehomas Jonesi c for the; defense, asking, that the so-; licitor be reaufred to j '; furnish a bill of particulars in and third counts,- which refer .to 'certain'; laws of theState of North Carolina;. Judge Jones 'contending that under the; ambiguous wording of the 'count a ;manVmight "be , rer arresied' numberless ' times "immedi ately following". his having been ac quitted Judge Ingram decided to hear -the evidence before requiring the bill of . particulars. . f; ,' - " ; "-Mr. - T. 1 X)l Maness siiggesteil iri court :that: Ir E.- T. i Canslerl of dharlotte,who . hagalso arrived 4ri Albemarle ,flto iassist .Mr.;, Brock ip ' the prosecution, f dictated the fourth count,'- whlcK was added , to the ' bill of indictment ' on motion ; of Solicitor Brock, . It" followsrV Fourth . Count And , the said parties above; nainedi being? persons of. evil minds " and dispositions, to gether vjith divers other evil dispo 8itiqned - persons : whose names' are. unknown to " afflant, wickedly devisV feg and - Intending to injure and . de stroy -the property, of Wiscasset t Mills Company . (a .corporation duly created and existing under ; the laws of the. State of North. Carolina, 'with Its principle : place r otr business in the county . and state aforesaid) its stockholders : and faithful employes, and ; their "traded -business and. occu pation, on or about the 15th' day of September, 1919,, ;. at r andnin .the county and; state aforesaid wicked ly, maliciously .and unlawfully did conspire, Axsomblne, 4 confederate and agree '.together, .between and among themselves unlawfully to injure and destroy " the : said -. corporation, its stockholders' and "faithful : employes in their trade business ; and; occupar tion ; which ; it- and they then: and there conducted, exercised and car ried on- int. the. county ; andf state aforesaid by forcing the manufac turing plant, of ,the . said corporation to t : be x. and I remain closed 1 down ajgaihst' the will ' of said cprporation, by fitously routously " and tumul- tuQusly 'assembling themselves, - or counselling' advising and encourag ing , "others v of their" co-conspirators and confederates- to s affiant un known,'' to; unlawfully, - riotously, routously and tumultuously . assem bler ' at or near the manufacturing plant of - said "corporation - located in the county and . state aforesaid, for the purpose of forcibly and against their? will deterring restraining and preventing the said faithful employ es of -the, said 'corporation from' en tering 7 the ; ' said - .-manufacturing plant of said ; corporation for 4 the purpose ' of. working " and 1 laboring therein; 'by means of threats, ; intim idations,, assaults and , batteries uporr "the; persons of t said employes,' arid inlfurtherance of said unlawful con spiracy, - combination. .;' confederation and agreement among - themselves ori'orLabout the' 15th aay'of.Septem ber 1919; . at .and : in . the. cpunty aforesaid, did unlawfully, riotously; routously ' and tumultously : assemble encourag 'others - of their" said co-, ?I"1Lppl0?'t,0,n-' 8aya,th: ,0rn1 conspirators Ja.contederateto.aoL SSiSiSSS? assele and WT ' t ."iS and "preveriting ( the . said employes ' J ' c 4 " . . and preventing 6f said corporation ' from entering its' said manufacturing plant for .the purpose of working and laboring therein by means 'of; threats, intimi datlons, assaults and, batteries upon the persons Tor said employes,. and then and there being io assembled did -by "means of such threap Intim idations, assaults ;and batteries, then and there-threatened and fcom mitted -upon .the personAOt said, em ployes of said corporation and he bflScers of y the' law then and there assembled lb keep ;the peace,, did prevent said employes against their will fronf entering the manufactur ing, plant of,-said,; corporation for the : purpose of : working and) labor ing ; therein' as" aforesaid, contrary to the tform of the statute in such cases made1 and provided and against the peace and dignity, of the Qtnte t9-X ' ; ;'- Ji -'v; t , Motion of SoUdtor ,Oyerriil6V ; '1 JThe motion of. the solicitor ;that all the 'men indicted ,be tried at one time met. with; .further vociferous objection on the part of . the coun sel for . the defense., ; Attorneys Hfor Graham; an4 Ritch were quick: to say that their-clients could not be fairly trid;' as they were not on the scene of , action. . The ; prosecutibn contended tha.t they did not have to be; thatHhey conspire. . Judge. In gram conceded the right -of these two "defendants to be tried separate ly trn-rr. tViq fttfcArS. - ' " . 1 f M the trtaare f sister ,oi varvm ' 01 ' ;' : (Continued on page ,&v; . . ; ; . 500; CARP2I3TERS i : .STRIKE AT CII:PJ.dTTE 1 Ref use; to Continue forking ,Te'n " Hours . Day and . Demancl ' ( I. Recosnition of; Union. ' , - a Charlotte," SepU 33.-7-Demanding Recognition- of their uriloh, and. same pay, for one hour's less , work fdailyj Charlotte carbenters refused1 to go tci work" Monday ;mprning They an nounced their determination: to remain- on. strike'iinta thecontractors acceded to their' demands, " It was estimated , that . there are about .500 Carpenters here, and all of them have quit ,workr: This , has Uied up the largest amount 6f - building -' work which" has been undeV'way 1 inj Char lotte' for several'months.',-'" .jI ' . ti The carpenters,-it rwas stated; hate uiaut ai) yiitus lor r? iorminign me unions ;but:. they claimed :that ' when they ; conferred with : the contractors also expressed' themselves 'as uriwill-i estate men and others to effect a set-J tlement . in: order that ; building oper ations which are almost -completely tied up, may ; be continued, v " The Car penters" announced their intention of holding out until the contractors tec-' ognlzed their -nnion and agreed to ten hours.pay tor a ; nine-hour rday while' the contractors declared' thm- selves again to be unable to meet the aemanas. - c . ? -- ; 1 : ) - s -1 regarding organizing the lattenpro- tawith; 400 railroads and these tested ,: and,; announced 'thatey high "points: :'V :'S. - ' would not recognize the ttmiori; t,They :s, Eieht-hoirr dav - ' I "I. " - ' 1 mg to contmue;the 1 0-hour .payba- ;U Apprentice rules. v ff : -j sis; , in effect.c at; .present, for ; nine .Uniform aUowance for meals aad hours work,.. ; :'--. r overtime in road service. , I-- t ' Efforts"' are being madex by real r m&dWrices -. v" it1 V Consult ydiirPocket-Book GOING UP. 1 1 Washington' -' Sept;" .20 Retail prices of. food - increased one pet cent in t August -.as - compared ,witli July ,and reached the highest, point In1 the, nation's history, despitethe government's y campaign to . reduce the cost of living-0,- v. , . X-' t- L Tne - lncrease-prQDaQiy - a,repd.inorts on whoieolepllccsln'iicting apparent to the consumer was re-- vealed Friday night'- .when the, "de partment of labor's bureau of labor statistics "made public its monthly report;-. ; .t ' - i- ' The foodstuffs-increasing in'prica were eggs, rice, potatoes, milki pork chops, butter, cheese,, coffee, , dry beans, - sugar, and bread. nPrlees de clIned:for; sirloin and .round, steak, rib and churck roasts, onionsbacon, flour, .'. cabbage and c canned. peas, corn, - beans ' and tomatoes. - . . "I RldHT TO ORGANIZE , x"," ; J,'";,. 1 IS LABOR'S DEMAND Efforts of Political and Capitalistic f3 Despots Cannot Stop' Onward . March ' of -Civilization. - The right to organize will triumph 4 f Thinking, men" of: all stations in life ; who are alive to conditions are conscious that a' . great change or turn-over is about to occur .in our industrial' life, ahdsee. two ways by which fthis change may be brought about. The vast majorityr. are de termined achange vshalll.occur and that the democracy men fought and died for .shall be; established not alone politically, but industrially as wen: ' X .1 ,r v. v ; . . ;n ; .The spirits that established 4 the right of people to govern themselves is alive today; and the people are de termined to. extend to - industry lthe principles; of democratic : goyern menti. The , movement is a part of the onward march of civilization. ' In dustrial c monarchic are marshalling their", forces' to defeat tjie movement. Their effortswill.be as futile aVwere thd efforts of the recently, deposed political despots. Industrial tyrants are conscious of. the vf act that their employees are , determined to establish- the principle of collective bar gainingand have a. say; as to what wages' theyi shall receive -and ; under what' conditions they- will, labor. v'N.'it is amusingHo see xthe.lasf line of .defense such--employers have, es tablished which 1 is the eriiTloyerr controlled organization of eijiployees they; foolishly thinking that free' and libWty6vmgr;workingmenandwbmr en w'll ever be satisfied to -accept', a substitute for' something , they desire and are1 determined to have; namely, the'right '.to, organize. ISuch employers-are to be pitied for their igrior- pance of human nature, v They "should know that - employees with intelli gence enough to . produce the" prod ucts of this age 'surely know enough SIIOPLIEN ANDCMJEN: SECURE BEST TERTtlS Administration Enters Agreement j Highly Pleasing to Heads of ; " - Railroad Crafts 'j -I 7 Ji Special to- The Union Herald. , Washlngton'Sfept.: 23:, Notwith standing the ulterior", efforts' used to bring" onf a gigantic strike - of the 600,000 ' shopmen; of, & .the United States the t officers ' of the"! Railway J3epartment have." secured a-?most comprehensive? agreement' with , the Railroad'Administratiori. V ,''-" Y Bert M.' Jewell, .'acting 1 president, andfartiri P. Ryan president of the Railway Carmen declare'' it. is the, greatest ' contract ever xmade by a labor organization. - .i, . ' Nothing , anywhere in .-, the- world Can compare with the,;agreement. It provides for a; uniform national! con Time and a half for overtimed each craft at each point. The wildest dream . ever had by a shopman is carried out in the agree ment; When the railroads are turned overl'to Ijth'eir owners, this t contract will contihne in force.'Vlt-Is signed byWalker D. Hines, Director . Gen-eral.-r " - j.i 4 . The result Is a forceful condemna tion, of certain members of the unions - " c . (Continued on pag 8.) -'-n - and Decide Which is True ' 1 ' - - "... v t, J GOING DOWN. Washington; vSept. .20. Reports to the department' of justice ?from 72 states indicate there has been -a decline Of 10 tbH15 per. cent in food prices since the time the fair price committee began' their, work; A Prom 'fouf states h"avev come fe- decline 6i : two'tbr- ftve rperTcerit.- Virtually.no reductions In clothing prices have;, been noted. V I The reports "oa , retail, food prices Were said to have' been from cities and counties - well, distributed throughout the country and the in formation is believed 7 by .officials here to be a-fair indication of what is , goings, on -' , every where They think' that, results now becoming evident wiil be, cumulative as the season . advances, 'new declines in wholesale prices . being reflected, in retail prices arid additional reduc-' tions : coming f rom the: campaign against hoarding and profiteering. v about economics to determine what is best suited to improve their con ditions: Ur .... "The great steel corporations are employing every method- to -defeat the efforts of their employees to or ganize.' .Free speech and. the right of peaceable assemblage would-be, suppressed if the . steel trust could xv., uir mese great corporations are De- " 7 : , . . made to deny constitutional rights to .their employee -results, in strengthening the determination' of the employeevs to . 'organize and- bb tain ; industrial : democracy, a condi- uomnai is ngni, - just, ananumane; therefore bound to prevail, by peace if possible, by force, if- necessary. Open-minded, peace-loving s citizens. both 'employers and employees, pre fer the former. Capitalistic saboteers and - industrial vandals ..in general prefer, the latter. In our judgment tne former .win , prevail, and even though conditions areaerious and the situation extremely aggravating, we still have sufficient confidence in tha American public , tb; believe that no question will confront us that cannot be solved by. peaceable methods.'.' TEACHERS CLOSE SCHOOLS. - Linton; i , Ind. The "; '2 5 school teachers-Jlri Stockton; - township, Greene County;', did ' not n open schools as planned,, ipecause of a dif ference between ; the township ' trus tees and a Teachers1 union. which was . organized during1 the Summer. There; was a- discrepancy.. iio... the wage rate the -teachers were ' to re ceive. ff The ' trustees , b ad ) secured the services of otherteachers to fill the vacatedj positions, but when the situation was explained"- to - them they, too refused to assume the du ties of the .other teachers tr. Abetter; pay.por' printers! ; New.-. Haven; Conn.-; Printers in the , commercial branch . have v been conceded'an advance of $ 4 per Week. This taction was taken when a del egation : of Typographical - Union No. A3. ! conferred - with a ' committee- of the Typothetae. -' .' s "" Almost Completely Hundreds of Thousands Strike to Themselves ti:Qaty9 the Czar, Refuses iq Talk. 'According to Associated Press-re ports, there was little change yesterV day. in the alignment "of : the opposing forces of the labor unions and .the steel ' companies. Jn the Mahoning Valley.; of Ohio the ' strikers success is complete. The industry, which is the 'backboneof Youngstown and a score 'bfA neighboring1 "villages, is . par alyzedand all its 44,000 wage-earners -idle, t Elsewhere the .struggle . is being carried on with varying suc cess, the ,issue still being' doubtful onthe great strategic sectors radi ating from Pittsburgh to Chicago. 7 7. The, situation around Chicago is more definite than that in the Penn sylvania, region; A majority of; the mills are closed,; and those which are still oparating'. are din&' 80 wUb re duced forces.. "The threatened syrii pathetlc f strike , of the i lake seamen seemed near as the result' of the ' re fusal i of the crews of eleven ore freighters to dock their vessels. .' After' the first test of strength, industrial leaders and commanders of labor's legions were willing to ad mit thatthey faced a struggle which might prove long ,and ; bitter. Grim evidence of preparations made f or the. industrial conflicts were seen in the ; armed ' guards , surrounding all. the: mills, but 'the first day of the strike ended with no signs of serious disorder," excepts in New;Castle, , Pa, where; seven persons were shot ; in rioting: following an alleged attempt to i prevent workers from entering a plant." ' ?.v o -' J . ' " Early reports from . strike head quarters in Pittsburgh claimed that 284,000 men had taken: their places in the ranks of the 'strikers, but, al though no . statement ;was forthcom ing from the steel -corporation's headquartersln NewYork company officials - in ' the zone of action hast ened' ' to 'challenge the estimate of labor leaders. . - A , ' ' W'- The - steel ' corporation;' "against Which the main 'offensive" Is directed, 'wable to opeTalost oflUlilafftopare' parfiiipating' the kuikeT in the Pittsburgh, district, according to company officials.';, In the Chicago steel center sorrie of the largest plants were forced to close down, but others operated, on a reduced, scale. ' - It was in the Mahoning Valley that tho strikers seemed to make the most headway; for -with three large 'steel mills in the Youngstown district shut down and others- running only ' part capacity, the stee 'producing indus try m tnat. section was reporteo.To do fast approaching general paralysis In? the Cleveland district, 'too, ; the strikers apparently - made a success ful attack, -Only four of the twenty plants were in operation, andjaccord- ing to labor leaders, 19,000 ?meri are affected; ..Telegraph wires leadings in head quarters of - both capital; and labor were kept warm, as report -followed report on "conditions at' 14 5 'plants affected" by; the' strike order3; - AsUt becomefknowrithat neither, the or porition had been able -to keep all W independent plants settled, down its plants in operation no the strik4o licy of watchfui waitirig. , " ers had been able to produce a com- niofti .f tha inrinatnr inoA.. oegan to settle a own to tne prospect nf - - j. officers of the Carnegieompany, ltw mnratibn' i,r dk! sjdiary. in .Pittsburgh claimed . that, although' their forces had been de pleted by desertions, they had been able to reorganize their .workers so as . to keep all of the important mills operating at- almost 10 Ol per, cent. This "brought emphatic denial from tWjabor camp.-'; Jr v - ,v Steel officials admitted that : in some-cases blast furnaces; which they said they always had regarded as their most vulnerable spots, had been badly crippled This situation was met by banking soxne furnaces , arid concentrating the remaining workers on-others. , ;.',V- No Comment by Elbert Gary. " - No comment4 whatever on the strike was' forthcoming from the headquarters ' of , the United ' States Steel Corporation in New York. ' El bert H. Gary, chairman of .the. board of directors, vwho shapes : thev policies of the gigantic industrial combina tion, declared hoth in the I morning and in the afternoon that he had ab-1 solutelynothing -.- to say t or r ppblica tiori about the strike or the 'com pany's plans for meeting, it1 4 i Two Killed by Stat Troops. ; Farrell. Pa . Sent. 2 3.--Tvro 'men were; killed and - two.- others were wounaea in another ciasn netween State police, and strikers -and their sympathizers here tonight. - ' The' trouble' started when a crowd congregated at ' Staunton and -. Green field; Streets and refused .to disperse. When the troopers charged the erowd they-were; fired upon, it is alleged. The ; mounted - officers returned the 1 ,' of Steel WorkersAre on From Industrial Slaverv fire,- killing two, IfuenV , eye-witnesses? say- ; , fr -K-- .Tonight's rioCj occurred at : the same place where one ' was killed and many were injured, in au outbreak last nignt. - ,- V - S-YearwOld Child Shot by Guards. iaffalo, Sept.' 23.--One' man wa. killed and four persons, one of hem a 3-year-old - hoy, were " wounded when plant guards ;jired with shot v guns on a prowd of , strikers and J sunite sympathizers who had congre gated near 6ne of the eaten r.t ha JLackawanna Steel Company's plant' ViJty 'Policemen restored order af ter J the shooting, but . the strikers were in an ugly mood, according to Teports to the police, and , further trouble was expected before morn ing.v,, ' - ' -x - - Conflicting Claims, Pittsburgh; ept. '.23.Lc0nfliettng claims as much at variance as those given out the ODenlne dav nf tKa. steel strike continue to be made by V , vurouuiu6,1Ures in ne wide' r 1 ' , ' spread industrial, contest, now bebs - f " - waged. k . 3 - , r Theleaders of the organized work A ers .. boldly ' clairned ,' todav ' id spreading and ; that thousands of . men who worked V yesterday Joined the walkout today;. Predictfo'ns were made that plants still Vlri twouid.be closed tomorrow or Thura-T Vdav and thai- t . anywhere, either by the United 1 States Steel Corporation, the princi pal factor In the struggle or by W dependent .concerns." i -' ' : . William Z. Foster secretary' oHie national committed t for , organlxiag , iron and steel workers,' in charge el ""ll7ai ueaaquaners nere, said re ports received by him during-the day " frpm organizers and 'others in charge ? -' ',r " of . steeL districts. rT ' 9 - ; ! ..wnwenot giving, any 'statistics, ' corporation representatives tonight ' disputed the figures asserting that' ' ' r if they were true - many ofhe dis tricts, included .in Foster's list WQul4- 1 be completely shut. dowri;whicfi is not" the case. ' : - Additional Plants Idle in Chicago. . -Chicago, Sept.1, 23 Closing of" additional steel plants in South Chi cago and Indiana Harbor, and ab-' sence of appreciably increased activ ity in mills which were attempting to operate with reduced forces in Gary marked the second day of; the steel strike in theChicago district. Union leaders claimed gains of ap proximately:! 0,000 in the number C strikers. Officials of r the . United States Steel . . Corporation plants maintained the; reticence which they have exhibited .since the ' first strike murmurs were hM -- . - .i.vi.u waning Among thd rank, and , file of th strikers the holiday aspects of a; walkout were accentuated. The m'oy ing picture houses andother recrea tion enterprises in the steel? townjj are booming, and r nastily organized" dances were adverUsed by mushroom social clubs. 1 x No signs of 'disorder were In erl- dence at any of; the strike centers: On the contrary, union pickets jbke& with the policemen who kept them' moving, and even " exchanged bandit nage with company guards n posted about the entrances of the fcHariW X The . union .leaders of the tfistrtii met in Chicago late today, and 4ftV their reports nad been claim oY .76,000, strikers, as against yesterday's5 fleur ;nf cWaa n-l. t . .-.,wv, nW fiifCU'UUl,' ; A The first court, aetiok of (the strike am late " todaV wV ' Vt tii-i. . injunction ?aainst tifortn.! ?Z' Plaiit, 'ilirectlri th WW ft John Fitzpatrlck arid Wllliam Z.fX ' '. . oiriKe committee. theSonth Chicago Vnion Council anit four , pickets. . -The 1 application will ' pe heard tomorrow. -Th nmnn- set forth -that, its employees were! willing to work, but that-several had ' complained ahat 1 thPv ha hn?'. threatened with bodily harm because' of their refusal to atrike. ' W notice that some nf the ion i est urgngs'vto produce; . economist') and save com a fmm porations. - it is good . advice, too. , But. these great corooratfonk shonlri also remember .that if they would X get. along with, smaller" 'dividends;; thoseWhom they are calling' on-to . work and save would have to scrimp ' H somewhat - less. . Now eentiempn': 1 let's all help In getting- the cbunryy uacjc on; an even keel.News and 4 a -si . A 1 n x:M - . i f - i f 1 V", V. J -,a