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VOL. XXVI. No. 26
By International Labor News Service
New York City.—The blanket in
junction granted manufacturers by
Supreme Court Justice Guy was as
sailed as autocratic and an abuse of
judicial power in a brief presented by
Morris Hillquit, counsel of the Iftter
national Ladies' Garment Workers'
Union, to vacate the restraining order.
The court order in effect, he says,
would aid the employers as a strike
breaking measure, and is an attempt
by the court to end an economic con
troversy without giving the worker a
trial or hearing.
Wholesale arrests following the
strikers' continued picketing have re
sulted in the union deciding to march
the 40,000 strikers to city hall as a
protest against police and city magis
trates. Workers are being sentenced
to jail for from five to ten days for
"congregating."
Reviews Court Rulings
In his brief, which is a careful re
view of precedents affirming the right
to picket, Mr. Hillquit pointed out that
contrary to the employers' conten
tions, Chief Justice Taft had never
ruled picketing was unlawful, though
he did condemn systematic intimida
tion.
Rulings of the United States su
preme court repeatedly have support
ed picketing by limited numbers, the
union's attorney contended. The in
junction as worded, he pointed out,
not only forbade ordinary picketing
but peaceful conversation and persua-
D'ALESSANDRO
IS DEAD
Was Many Years President
of International Hod
Carriers' Union
Quincy, Mass.—Dominic D'Alessan
dro, for nearly 20 years president of
the International Hod Carriers' Union
of America, died in this city after a
long illness.
He was born in Italy in 1867. In
his youth he emigrated to America,
and from that time he devoted every
energy to improving work conditions
of hod carriers and building and com
mon laborers.
His funeral was attended by a large
delegation of trade unionists, headed
by Daniel J. Tobin, treasurer of the
A. F. of L., and president of the
Brotherhood of Teamsters, and James
Wilson, president of the Pattern
Makers' League of North America.
The former represented the A. F. of
L. Mr. Tobin's acquaintance with the
departed dates from the time they
were officials of their Boston locals,
more than 25 years ago. At the ceme
tery the A. F. of L. representative re­
n
Injunction Banning Picketing
By Striking Garment Workers
Is Assailed as Autocratic
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NOTICE
ft ion with those who were working in
the shops even with their consent.
Then he continued:
"A most unusual and objectionable
provision is that which prohibits
picketing any member of the plaintiff
organization without any qualification
whatever. This prohibits the most
customary and effective manifestation
of the defendants' strike activities and
goes a long way in the direction of
enjoining the strike as such and de
termining the economic issues be
tween 40,000 workers and 2,000 em
ployers by writ of the court without
trial."
All picketing in front of the shops
of members of the Industrial Council
of Cloak, Suit and Skirt Manufactur
ers, Inc., has been forbidden by the
restraining order. Since the police
can not distinguish strikers from
those who are going into the huge
garment lofts in the garment center
they arrest indiscriminately and take
the crowd to court in the patrol wagon
on a general charge of "loitering."
Thus fur workers, waist makers and
office employes often find themselves
behind the bars although they have
nothing to do with the strike, and it
takes some time before they are re
leased.
Police Stations Overflow
So many persons are herded to
gether and arrested that West Side
police stations are not large enough
to hold them all and they are kept in
the street until bail can be arranged*
minded those present of the years of
service that his departed friend leaves
as a memorial to the trade union
cause.
ORNBURN NEW CHIEF
Chicago.—First Vice President Orn"
burn, of the Cigarmakers' Interna
tional Union, has been elected presi
dent of that organization by a refer
endum vote. He succeeds George W.
Perkins, who has held that office for
years and is one of America's trade
union veterans. Mr. Perkins declined
to be a candidate for president, but he
was re-elected delegate to the A. F.
of L. Recently he submitted to a
major operation, which was success
ful.
166 MINERS KILLED
Washington.—Coal mine fatalities
in July resulted in the death of 16G
workers, according to the United
States bureau of mines. This is a
loss of 1,315 lives for the year. Of
this number 1,089 were at bituminous
mines and 226 were at anthracite
mines. For every million tons the
fatality rate was 3.50 for bituminous
and 5.06 for anthracite mines.
UNION MEN AND FRIENDS
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organized labor. Have been declared so by Metal Polishers'
International Union and American Federation of Labor.
METAL POLISHERS' LOCAL UNION No. 43.
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Philadelphia.—Hostility on the part
of employers toward organized labor
is decreasing in intensity and extent,
said William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor, in
speaking before the Congress of
American Industry here on the prog
ress and growth of trade unions. Em
ployers are learning, continued Mr.
Green, that union labor can and does
give trained and highly efficient serv
ice, and can help in the solution of
many of the large and outstanding
industrial and economic problems in
which employers are vitally interested.
Good wages and humane working
conditions make for prosperity' and
contented and efficient workers, con
tinued Mr. Green.
Trade Unions Can Help Industry
"Sagacious employers, expert man
agers and industrial economists rec
ognize the fact that there is great
potential power for good within the
trade unions, and that it can be util
ized to greatest advantage in the de
velopment of economies and new in
dustrial processes," he said.
"Prudence, wisdom and good judg
ment ought to inspire the controlling
factors in industry to develop this
potential power, making it active and
serviceable in the interest of the com
mon good and the public weal."
Understanding Must Be Fostered
The road to success, he added, is
in the establishment and maintenance
of harmonious relations by cultivat-
ARBITERS TO ADJUST
RAIL WAGE DISPUTE
New York.—Eastern railroad man
agers and representatives of their
conductors and railway trainmen have
each named^ two arbiters to adjust
the workers' demand for wage in
creases.
The question was first referred to
the new federal mediation board, cre
ated by the last congress. On a
failure to reach an agreement, both
sides appointed arbiters. If the four
fail to select a fifth member, the fed
eral
mediators will appoint.
Former Congressman Winslow,
chairman of the federal board, said
that that body is not out of the case,
but will continue to use its good offi
ces
in the interest of peace.
A. F. of L. Head Sees Hostility
To Organized Workers Waning
LAWYERS NOT NEEDED
TO GET INJURY CLAIM
Chicago. William M. Scanlan
chairman of the state industrial com'
mission, again warns workers not to
employ attorneys when they are in
jured. Only on rare occasions are
they necessary, he said.
"These workers are entitled to ad
vice and assistance by the arbitrator
of the court.
Philadelphia Meeting Held on One Hundredth Anniver
sary of Repeal of England's Anti-Union Laws—
Seeks to Promote Highest Standards of Relationship
in Industry.
HAMILTON, OHIO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1926
Fall Decorators Are On the Job
Employers Learning Union Labor
And Efficiency Go Hand in Hand,
Green Tells Industrial Congr
i
ing understanding and a right per
spective on the part of the employer
and employe. This can be done
through personal association, he con
tinued, and through honest, sincere
dealings, conferences and education.
"This achievement can not be
reached," he declared, "if there is a
conviction in the minds of one group
that the other group is attempting
to deny it the exercise of any right
to which it believes it is entitled."
"Company Unions" Doomed to
Failure
Some employers are reluctant, he
said further, to accept the organiza
tion of their employes through inde
pendent unions originated and con
trolled by the workers themselves.
In order to meet their conviction that
organization is necessary, and to sat
isfy the instinct of the workers to
organize, en\ployers have endeavored
to build up separate, isolated organ
izations, confined exclusively to their
own employes and to their own in
dustry.
"It is reasonably certain that this
experiment will ultimately fail," he
added, "because it lacks the elements
of permanency, continuity and sta
bility. The competitive character of
perfected industry will make it im
possible for employers who are in
spired by both humane and fraternal
istic motives to establish and main
tain their own individual union while
their competitors have no union at
all."
"Only when questions are of a tech
nical and intricate nature and a rec
ord must be built up in accordance
with the established rules of evidence,
is an attorney necessary," he said.
FURRIERS REDUCE HOURS
Chicago.—After a six week's strike,
Fur Workers' Union No. 45 has re
duced the work week to 40 hours from
January to August 15th. For the
rest of the year 44 hours will be the
rule. Wages are advanced $3.50 and
$4 a week.
EUROPEAN WORKERS
VISITING AMERICA
Washington.—The metal trades de
partment, A. F. of L., will give a
luncheon to representatives of the
International Metal Trades Federa
tion. The European delegation con
sists of Conrad Ilg, Switzerland J. T.
Brownlie, England Robert Dissman,
Germany, and Henry Labe, France.
The former is secretary of the feder
ation.
The purpose of the visit is to ac
quaint American organized metal
workers with the methods of the in
ternational organization.
Secretary Davis Assails "Isms"
Shun the delusions of communism
and socialism, said Secretary of La
bor Davis in an address read before
the congress, and dealing with the
economic outlook of the workers of
the country. Frank Morrison, secre
tary of the American Federation of
Labor, presided at the meeting.
"Failure of communism in Russia
has been an object lesson to millions
in regard to the evil of high-sound
ing theories that have no basis in
fact, and are but the vain babblings
of heated imaginations," the secre
tary said.
"Indications are that the time is
approaching in this country when all
the workers themselves will be cap
italists on a small scale. That is
what they would like to be but if
they are to achieve the desire of their
hearts, they must rally around the
economic system that has given them
their present status in the community
and promises to give them an even
higher status."
Must Admit Responsibility
"Any change in the direction of
communism or socialism in this
country would be detrimental to the
interests of the workers, but at the
same time workers must admit their
responsibility to employers if America
is to continue to be what it has been—
the land of opportunity," he continued.
"If the American workers desire
the preservation and enhancement of
their wage scales and if they wish to
remain an integral part of the eco
nomic life of their communities, they
must accept fully their share of the
responsibility for the things they de
sire.
"Both employers and employes are
engaged in creating wealth, and their
responsibilities are co-equal. Under
standing of the problems fo each is
the basis on which both of them
achieve success."
LOGGERS' LOW WAGE
Washington.—In a summary of
wages and hours of labor in the lum
ber industry last year, the United
States bureau of labor statistics shows
that the average full-time earnings
per week were $20.74. The average
full time hours per week were 58.1.
The information compiled covers
61,193 wage earners (including 38
females) employed in 299 sawmills
in 23 states and 9,133 wage earners
in 72 logging camps in 10 of the same
states.
AID CO-OP. INSURANCE
Washington. The Sheet" Metal
Workers' International Association
has subscribed for $10,000 worth of
Union Labor Life Insurance Company
stock and paid cash for the full
amount. The sheet metal workers'
invention ordered this action, follow
ing an address by Martin F. Ryan,
directdr in the insurance company, A
F. of L. vice president and president
of the Brotherhood Railway Carmen.
A feature of the stock subscription
are contributions from the Barbers'
Union in San Juan, Porto Rico, and
the Plumbers' Uaiou in Honolulu.
By WILLIAM J. BOWEN
President, Bricklayers, Masons and
Plasterers' International Union
Speaking from the comfort and
security of a salary of $25,000 per
year, Mr. Christian G. Norman, man
ager of the Building Trades Employ
ers' Association of New York, comes
forward to charge that building
trades workers, and bricklayers in
particular, are being too highly paid
and do too little work.
Mr. Norman thus takes the center
of the stage along with Judge Gary.
His utterances smack of the Gary talk
ibout "over-paid labor." Nothing is
-aid by either of these gentlemen
about profits, yet it is not forgotten
that many of the Norman stamp be
came millionaires during the war.
It is Mr. Norman's contention that
times will not be what they ought to
be until there are two workmen in line
for every job. That is what Mr.
2-for-l Norman says he wants.
With profits greater than ever in
history, with commodities moving
more rapidly than ever from manu
facturer to consumer, with what we
know as "good times" a little more
evident than ever, the baron of the
feudal age steps out of his dusty pic
ture frame to call back "the good old
days" when hungry men stood in line
pleading for \vox*k to keep soul and
body together. The gross brutality of
it comes as an icy blast of calculated
infamy-
But stranger than the statement
itself, bringing its medieval brutish
:iess into a more enlightened age, is
the fact that employers today will
tolerate in their service a man whose
views are so far out of harmony with
what most employers now know to be
their own best interests. The enlight
ened portion of the business world now
well knows that high, steady purchas
ing power among the masses of the
people, resulting from adequate and
continuous wages, means well being
for industry, including the building in
dustry, while unemployment and con
sequent low purchasing power means
stagnation, "hard times" and a piled
up surplus of commodities.
Mr. 2-for-l Norman harks a long
ways back to hurl again into the in
dustrial arena his ancient slogan. It
belongs with the flintlock, the toma
hawk, the burning of witches and the
pulling of the forelock in the presence
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR
Never Again Two Men In
Line For Every Job, Says
Chief oi Bricklayers
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of one's betters." The coal barons
of the days of Divine Right Baer be
lieved in Mr. Norman's idea. So did
the steel barons. The steel barons
believe it yet, along with Mr. Norman.
And in the old days, when Ellis Island
was an open road from crowded, pov
erty-stricken Europe, there were two
men for every job, and sometimes four
and five. Agents of the steel and coal
barons went about through Europe
with contracts for employment, herd
ing men into vile steerages by the
thousands upon thousands.
It is not a picture to wish to recall.
The milling thousands, babbling in a
score of tongues, pitting themselves
against each other in a life and death
struggle for jobs- There were stock
ades in those days, there were men
sleeping three shifts to a bed, there
were all the evils of unlimited corpor
ation rule, with human cattle to be
driven at will, as ruthlessly as though
they had no human attributes.
K-R-E-B-S
THIRD AND COURT STREETS
Everything Marked in Plain Figures
To those dark days Mr. 2-for-l Nor
man would return. Building trades
workers get too much money to suit
this $25,000 a year ancient. They
stand up too firmly for their rights
to suit him. They are not to be cowed
and driven about. They are intelli
gent, they are organized, they are
free-born American citizens, and they
know what that citizenship means be
cause they have wrung its prviileges
out of the garsp of such men as Nor
man.
But there will be no more 2 for 1.
There will be no return to the old lark
days. And if Mr. Norman will look
sharply enough he will see, through
the bleak picture in his mind's eye, the
form of a dusky bird over the door
way of his castle, and the bird will be
croaking, "Never more."
Instead of going back to the evils
of old, evils overcome by militant, con
structive, intelligent trade union ef
fort, we are going forward to better
and ever better days for the workers.
It is much more important to America
that there be masses of well paid, in
telligent, free and alert wage earners,
living well, educating their children
properly, enjoying life in its fullness,
than it is that there be $25,000 a year
for a few Normans on the slave basis
of 2 to 1—much more important and
much more likely to happen, even
though it be to Mr. Norman's dismay.
The 2 for 1 days have gone forever.