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another investigator arrives with the
"rehabilitation germ" and she dis
covers the place isn't fit for Mrs.
Jones and the family to dwell in.
They must have another room at
least; they must have more light and
more air. Couldn't Mrs. Jones afford
to pay a little more rent? Surely,
she could get some work on the days
when she wasn't employed at the
Mary Crane Nursery and make the
little extra money. She mustn't live
in a place like that."
And so it goes. Cute little game,
isn't it? But, unfortunately the vic
tims of poverty are never in a play
ful mood. It is only the idle rich who
finds amusement in games.
The funniest part of the whole
thing is that the U. C. doesn't see
anything funny about either rehab
ilitation or her sister visualization.
MACHINISTS SCORE GOODMAN
PLANT IN RESOLUTION
The. machinists' strike at the Good
man Manufacturing Company will
be the subject of a resolution to be
introduced at the, United Mine Work
ers' convention, scheduled for Indian
apolis the latter part of this, month.
- Following is the resolution:
"To the Ihternation Convention,
United Mine Workers of America,
"Greeting:
"Whereas, In union there is
strength, and divided we fall, and an
injury to -one is the concern of all,
and,
"Whereas, The machinists who
work for the Goodman Machine
Manufacturing Company of Chicago
have been on strike for recognition
of their union for over nineteen
months, and that corporation abso
lutely refuses to recognize them in
any manner and persists in hiring
scabs to do their work for them, and,
"Whereas, The scab machinery of
this labor crushing trust is used al
most exclusively in the coal mines of
Illinois and Indiana, and,
"Whereas, Under our present con
tract we are compelled to act as
strikebreakers, by using, this machin
ery, tnus furnishing these scabs
work, and,
"Whereas, If j we refused to use
this scab product these tyrants who
are employing 'gunmen' and thugs to
beat -up and murder our striking
brothers, this scab loving company,
which is backed up by the National
Manufacturers' Association, of un
savory reputation would be compelled
to recognize the Machinists' Union or
go out of business, therefore be it
"Resolved, That we go on record
as endorsing the strike of the ma
chinists at that plant, and be it fur
ther "Resolved, We refuse to allow our
selves to be used as strikebreakers
or the Mine Workers' Union as a
strikebreaking agency, that we
pledge our support to our striking
brothers of the Machinists' Union
and our scale committee be instruct
ed to refuse to agree to any contract
that makes assistants to scab out of
us, and after this agreement expires
we use no more machinery bought
from a firm which is on the unfair
list or where a strike is one and
whose product is produced by scab
labor. Committee of Eldorado U."
EUGENE GRACE DIES RECALLS
SENSATIONAL TRIAL
Newnan, Ga., Jan. 12. An echo of
the tragedy that aroused Georgia
two years ago came' yesterday in the
death of Eugene Grace, wealthy club
man,, who charged that his wife, Mrs.
Daisy Opie Grace, shot him in the
back two years ago. He has been
an invalid ever since.
Mrs. Grace was tried on a charge
of attempted murder, but was ac
quitted: Grace was carried into the
courtroom on a cot during the trial.
He claimed his wife shot him in
hope of obtaining life insurance he
carried.
The defense was that Grace was
shot during a struggle with his wife
for possession of a revolver, and .she
wa$ acquitted.
