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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, January 19, 1916, NOON EDITION, Image 12

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MINERS CONVENE WAGE SCALE
WILL BE CONSIDERED
Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 19. 1,500
delegates representing all of the or
ganized coal fields gathered in Tom
linson hall here in the biggest labor
convention that is held fit America.
Of supreme importance to miners
and the public are the demands the
convention will make on the oper
ators as to an increase in the wage
scale. It is assured that the demands
will be for an increase of not less
than 10 per cent
Upon the negotiations that follow
this demand wiU depend whether lim
ited or extensive coal strikers are to
be declared on April 1. All wage scale
agreements for anthracite and bitu
minous fields expire March 31.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Next meeting of executive com
mittee of Public Ownership League
of Cook Countyr Wednesday, Jan.
19, 8 p. m., at C. P. of L. headquar
ters, 166 W. Washington st Import
ant. Meeting of Jim Larkin's commit
tee Wed., 8 p. m., at offices of C. P. of
L., 166 W. Washington st Object of
committee is to arrange demonstra
tion to raise funds for Irish trade
unions, badly hit by war. Mr. Larkin
will be there.
Mothers' club of Jewish Educa
tional alliance will hold regular
meeting Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2 p. m.
Mrs. Edwin E. Smeeth will speak on
"Story-Telling to Children."
Prof. James H. Tufts of dep't of
philosophy in U. of C. will lecture on
"The Evolution of Justice" before the
La"wndale Civic Center, Thursday,
Jan. 20, 8:30 p. m., at Douglas Park
auditorium.
Miss Ruth Breytspraak, the well
known violinist, will open program of
concert given by Chicago Symphony
orchestra at Hebrew institute, 1258
W. Taylor st., Sun. ev., Jan. 23. Piano
solo by Edw. Collins will be feature
of concert following Sunday. j
DUD TAYLOR PROTESTS BUCK'S
STRIKE BUREAU PLAN
Dudley Taylor, attorney for the
Associated Employers of Illinois and
right-hand man for his bread and
butter's sake of all those who op
pose union labor and support the
open shoo, appeared before the coun
cil police committee Tuesday to j
protest against passage of Aid.
Buck's order creating a strike bureau
in the police department
In the course of his remarks he de
clared that he represented the Illinois
Manufacturers' ass'n, thereby ad
mitting that the Associated Employ
ers of 111. is simply a strikebreaking
body for the 111. Mfg. ass'n, in the
opinion of labor men.
To hear Dud talk one would have -imagined
that strikebreakers are all
exemplary types of manhood, they
are gentlemen through and through
and could do no wrong. The differ
ence between Dud's definition of a
strikebreaker, or private guards, as
he called them, and the definition
that would be given them by people
who saw them insulting and beating
up young girls in the garment strike
is that Dud draws a fancy salary for
making out that he believes that the
strikebreakers are polished courtiers.
Dud appealed to the council com
mittee to "throw out that order en
tirely." "Dud's bosses are deathly
afraid of that order. They are afraid
if council passes it that their present
privilege of hiring strong-arm men
to beat up helpless men and women
will be curtailed.
Taylor said he "did not believe
there could bex such a thing as a neu- My
tral policeman."
Taylor, though, admitted that the
employers are afraid of public opin
ion. He said that the standing of a
uniformed policeman in front of a
restaurant where waitresses were
striking would ruin the business of
the restaurant, as the public would
not enter.

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