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VOL. XXIX. No. 17
New Orleans (ILNS)—Imported
strikebreakers employed by the New
Orleans Public Service, Inc., must
sign a lengthy contract in which they
promise various things, including the
reimbursing of their employer or his
agent for transportation and subsis
tence en route if they are discharged
for "agitation." The contract, which
was made public by Edwin Peyroux,
president of the Street Car Workers'
Local Union, is as follows:
Contract and Agreement
1 understand that I am the em
ploye of the company to which I am
assigned to work.
That I will accept workmen's com*
pensation in the state and through
the company to which I am assigned
to work. I understand that I am to
take the place of former employes
now on strike or to guard the prop
erty of a corporation or the company
where the employes are on strike.
I claim and represent myself to be
a sober and reliable workman at the
trade or duties for which I have been
employed. I promise to conduct my
self in a sober and reliable manner,
both on and off duty during the life
of this contract, and in the event of
my discharge for any of the following
reasons incompetency, drinking
liquor, or agitation—I will reimburse
my employer or his agent for all
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spoliation advanced me and sub
sistence en route.
Transportation is free after 30
days and a ten-day notice of my in
tention to quit, or at the termination
of» the cnotract. If I remain until the
termination of this contract or until
a settlement has been made between
the employer and the striking em
ployes and my services are no longer
required, I am to receive transporta
tion back to my point of shipment via
the shortest route (no Pullman al
lowed). 4~
I understand that am to be fur
nished board and lodging by my em
ployer during the continuation of the
strike or until I receive notice from
any representative of the company
that board has been discontinued.
I fully understand that if I am dis
charged for any of the above men
tioned reasons or for any reason on
the part of the officers of the com
pany or their representatives, I. for
feit all claim to free transportation
to or from the work and will reim
burse my employer (by deduction
from my wages) for any transporta
tion advanced me.
I certify that I am free from all
contagious or infectious diseases to
the best of my knowledge and belief
and that if it is found upon physical
examination that I have any said dis
ease, I am to forfeit transportation
advanced me by the cmopany.
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Here's Contract New Orleans
Street Car Bosses Are Forcing
On Imported Strikebreakers
I certify that I am a citizen of the
United States and a voter and that I
have never been convicted of any
crime, and that there is no charge
now pending against me in any court,
which, if prosecuted, would result in
a conviction of any kind.
I certify that I have read the above
and understand its contents fully be
fore signing.
Witness my hand and seal
Address
Date
Signature of witness
QUICK PARDON
For Mooney Is Urged By
Molders* Editor
Cincinnati.—An end to the procras
tinating policy of Governor Young,
of California, and an immediate par
don for Tom Mooney is demanded by
Robert T. McCoy, editor International
Molders' Journal, in a stinging edi
torial.
"The conviction of Tom Mooney
will go down in history as one of the
rankest injustices in the annals of
American jurisprudence," says the
labor editor.
"All of the principal witnesses in
this case have since made affidavits
that they testified falsely against the
accused. His continued incarceration
is a disgrace to the state of Califor
nia.
"The trial judge, two of the prose
cuting attorneys and all of the living
jurors declare their belief in the in
nocence of Mooney. They have even
signed petitions requesting that the
governor grant executive clemency
in the form of a complete, uncondi
tional pardon. But Mooney languishes
in prison. His only hope for freedom
rests in the governor's hands.
"Evidence of a complete frame-up
to convict Mooney is complete. It is
painfully disgusting to witness the
procrastination of the governor, who
has stated that he wttb^twtew the
case at his leisure.
"At his leisure!
"Is the freedom of a man of so
little importance to the governor that
it can await his leisure? A case such
as this calls for the earliest consid
eration of an executive, be he gov
ernor or president. Freedom of a
human being is not a thing to be
toyed with. Injustices like this are
contributing largely to the present
disrespect for law."
FOOD PRICES GO UP
Washington.—Retail food prices in
creased about 1 per cent between May
15 and June 15, this year, according
to the United States Bureau of La
bor Statistics.
NATION AI
SYSTEM
Our policy of extending to every cu&omer the utmost in
courtesy, friendship and helpful financial counsel has made
us a ho& of fine loyal friends. Over one-half of our appli*
Caucus are s:nt us by satisfied natrons.
O A N S
From $50 to $2500
For Personal or Business Purposes
4% SAVINGS DEPOSITS
5% SAVINGS CERTIFICATES
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Washington D. C. (ILNS)—Gains
amounting to about three-quarters of
a million members by the American
Federation of Labor since the last
annual report was issued are indicat
ed in a statement just made by Sec
retary Frank Morrison to Interna
tional Labor News Service, with a
quarter of a year still to go before
another annual report is compiled.
Thus the "double membership"
campaign is shown to have borne sur
prisingly large fruit, nobody having
seriously expected that the member
ip could be doubled in a normal year,
however much they might have hoped
it could be done.
New membership figures were fur
nished by Secretary Morrison in com
ment upon figures of world trade
union membership just made public
by the United States Bureau of La
bor Statistics. The bureau gave
American trade union membership
this year as 4,241,542 and the mem-
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THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS
Away From Home
Greater Real Strength Than
During War Days-May Reach
4,000,000 For Convention
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A. F. of L. Membership Reached
3,500,000 Mark in Big Drive
bership for last year as 3,600,738. In
each case the figure is far in excess
of A. F. of L. membership, but prob
ably is intended to include railroad
train service organizations and dual
unions.
The A. F. of L. membership at this
time, as given by Secretary Morrison,
is roughly 3,500,000, to which may be
added about 400,000 as the member
ship of the four train service brother
hoods, which are not affiliated to the
American Federation of Labor, but
which work in harmony. Thus the
bona fide trade union organization
strength is about 3,900,000, or nearly
4,000,000, a peak of strength attain
ed only during the World War pe
riod. The 1928 A. F. of L. member
ship was 2,896,063.
That this new high figure will be
raised before the Toronto A. F. of L.
convention seems certain, inasmuch
as intensive organizing campaigns
are under way in several sections of
the country, with members coming in
CITY WAGE
Blocked By Wisconsin High
Court Rule
Duluth, Minn.—The proposed city
wage ordinance has been declared ille
gal by City Attorney Forbes because
of a decision by the state supreme
court on similar legislation passed by
the Milwaukee common council.
The Milwaukee ordinance provided
that wages on public construction
"shall be the established and current
rate of wages paid for such hours by
employers of organized labor within
the city."
The state supreme court was shock
ed at this legislation which, it de
clared, took from city officials "the
judgment required to fix and deter
mine a prevailing wage scale."
Such an ordinance, the court de
clared, "amounts to nothing less than
a surrender by the members of the
common council of the exercise of
their independent, individual judg
ment in the determination of a mat
ter of legislative concern. If the
members of the common council act
upon the subject at all, the determi
nation of such outside body rather
than their own shall control."
The court's sharp reasoning on the
attempt of workers to stabilize wages
does not apply to the prices of cement,
sceel, brick and other commodities
that are set by associations of manu
facturers and are accepted without
question by the city and contractors.
M. J. MURPHY DEAD
New York.—Michael J. Murphy,
fee president "International Union of
Operating and Steam Engineers, died
at his home here after a short ill
Knights of Labor and was master
ness. He was 64 years old.
In his youth he was active in the
workman of the famous District As
sembly 49, which included this city in
its jurisdiction.
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rapidly. The only possible meaning
in these figures is that American
trade unionism is at the top of its
real strength and going strong—that
it is infinitely stronger than it was
during war days, because the large
figure of that period was partly
'mushroom" and was dependable
nly for the period of the emergency
—a fact later proven.
Germany, Great Britain and Rus
sia are assigned memberships larger
than the United States in the Bureau
of Labor Statistics report, but in the
case of Russia trade union member
ship means no more than autocratic
regimentation, membership being
compulsory and policies being dictat
ed by the political regime. It is in
reality slave membership. Much the
same is true of Italy, where a large
membership is shown.
Wlaundry
OMEN—here's the new Thor
unit that saves £rom
6 to 8 hours per week
in the average home.
Speed is the secret. You
do your washing now
from 8 to 10 A.M. Iron
ing from 2 to 4 P.M.
And in place of drudg
ery—you find pleasant
THIRD
New York City (ILNS)—The Pull
man Company, long one of the
wealthiest companies in the country,
is stooping to intimidation and dis
charge of porters in an effort to break
up the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
Porters, Roy Lancaster, secretary
treasurer of the union, charges. Hun
dreds of cases of intimidation have
been reported to the brotherhood, he
said recently.
"In most easel," he said, "the in
justice is so great that the porter
feels that if properly brought to the
attention of those higher up there is
a chance of getting back on the job.
That is why they are reluctant to
make the facts public. They do not
know, of course, that the policy of the
Pullman Company is to refer each
complaint to the local superintendent
for final action."
Lancaster said that porters are
continually leaving or being dis
charged to be replaced by green men,
and that the turnover "shows not only
unrest and dissatisfaction but also
explains the cause of so many com
plaints against the service on the
cars."
He reported that the company was
recruiting new porters from Southern
cotton fields and that its policy was
to employ "no one who lives above
the Mason-Dixon line, no school boys
and no one who shows average intel
ligence."
"The service on Pullman cars is at
least 25 per cent below the service of
three years ago," Mr. Lancaster said.
"This is not only because new men
have been employed because of in
creased business, but principally be
cause of intimidation methods in an
effort to break up the union. Men of
intelligence and courage are finding
other employment and are leaving the
service.
"The hours the men are working
are not only inhuman but are steadily
undermining their health.
"To cite only one 'run,' the so-call
ed 'chain-gang' run. This run leaves
New York at midnight, but the porter
reports at 7:30 p.m. to get his car
ready for reception of passengers.
He arrives in Baltimore early in the
morning, after being on duty from 13
to 14 hours. He reports again that
night at 7:30 p. m. and leaves for
See Window Display This Week
2 Laundry Machines
now for the price of on3
a-1*®
Porters Say Pullman Company
Is Trying "Hard Boiled"
Tactics to Break Up Union
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Pittsburgh. Again he is on duty IS
to 14 hours. At 6 p. m, that same
evening he leaves Pittsburgh for New
York, arriving at 6:55 a.m., and is
relieved from duty about 9 a. m.
Again he has been on duty about 15
to 16 hours. He is then off duty un
til the next evening at 7:30 unless
'doubled out' on some other run."
"DRY ICE" PROVING
HAZARDOUS
Washington.—"Dry ice" is the lat
est industrial hazard, according to a
statement by the United States Bu
reau of Labor Statistics.
Dry ice" is manufactured from
carbon dioxide and is used by ice
cream plants and dairy-products com
ponies. The ice has an estimated
temperature of 110 degrees below
zero and may cause serious injury if
carelessly handled.
Warning labels are placed on the
ocntainers but where handled with
bare hands the ice has proven in
jurious.
The ice is also used to freeze the
core or center of golf balls, around
which the remainder of the ball is
constructed. Several cases of the
new industrial hazard have been re
ported. In each case the nervos of
the fingers, hands and forearms were
affected to such an extent that a form
of neuritis was produced. There was
first twitching or shaking of the arm
due to muscle contractions, numbness
of the fingers so that the prick of a
pin could not be felt, inability to dis
tinguish between heat and cold and
sometimes pain and inability to use
the hand.
CIGAR PLANT PROS
PERS
Philadelphia.—The Bayuk Cigars
Corporation reports net profits of
$420,702 for the three months ended
June 30 after depreciation, federal
taxes and preferred dividends.
Young girls employed by this cor
poration in this city are attempting
to organize and raise their poverty
wage rate.
These two famous Thor
the new Thor Agitator
and the new Thor Speed
Iron combined now
cost.you about what
you have been asked for
a good washer alone.
See them work. Their
speed and efficiency will
amaze and please you.
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