The Oklahoma Labor Unit (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 50, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 27, 1911 Page: 1 of 8
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EVERY UNION MAN I^KJ^HOM^CITYSHOUI D ATTEND THE MASS MEETING SUNDAY AT 10 O'CLOCK
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OKLAHOMA CITY,OKLAHOMA. SATI'I!I>A^ M\\ ■!'. I'1
UNION OF OKLAHOMA
NO. r o
LEWIS BACK
10 Tilt MINES
former president of U. M. of a.
takes up pick and
shovel^
Bridgeport, O.,—People alttlng —..
the broad porches of the residences
along one of Bridgeport s best streets
bowed courteously to a man ill miner's
outfit hustling homeward with his face
smudged with slack dust and a din-
ner bucket in his hand.
He walked with his shoulders
thrown buck, but his step was
manager, Robert \V ardlc
of the timbering, and
who is driving tlie mine
just as he did 16 years aL
Ai home it was an anxious day for
Mrs Lewis and the girls. Acidents
occur daily in the Belmont-co mines,
and she has seen her neighbors' bus-
him were Tom Hanson, now inside
enough. The girls couldn't remember
when their father used to go to the
mine every day, but they shared their
mother's fears. ...
"1 tried my best," declared Mrs.
Lewis, "to keep Tom from going back
. in the mines io work, but you know
i what a determined fellow he is.
"Nothing woud stop him from carry-
ing out his promises, and his given
word is as sacred to him as an oath.
1 am proud of him, for it takes every
inch a man to face the danger of the
mines, and much more to overcome
the natural objection one must have
ers [ lo r(,lurn io a life of bodily labor after
lit- i 1..w.i, u,. Innir thfl VeTV head
rdle, In charge . —
„rycafTod°ay. THAT NEW STRAW HAT
rs ago. I
unvimiu (iav for
having been so long at the very head
of the organization
tie weary. His eyes twinkled as lie ((f ion." ' e ,*#4 <«,.,\ J
nodded back, and bis feet quickened K00n changed his clothes and hv
as they approached one ol the prettiest ,vas ,1(iwnstairs for the supper which ( \'",n'wI\,\,
homes' on the street. A quiet, sunny ^ u>w|„ herself had specially pre yt O
i : . . i i.ill. tU'f) uirls 111 llUllt I I, i f t I if OCCaSlOU. V, HMt I .. ... a. \
IIUIIICD XJII I w " — .« ' .. . ! 1HID. ucnm • ■ « - 8|)6Ciilll.\ I'M
little woman with two girls in light : .iare(j jn honor of the occasion,
summer dresses beside her, had been yjie Lewises didn't have a family
summer uicbbuh .... - a IIC
waiting anxiously for him when he feft8t when tlle head or the family was
turned the corner. made the miners' president; his re-
Kisking ruination of their clothes, (urn t() the mines they regarded as
the girls hurried to put their arms a matter of far greater consequence,
around him, and the woman, her lips i •|jow Was your lunch down in the
little, eagerly inquired:
*T«AVW
>00 M
non'r
irtAvt
WI H
rtMit of
MtMfl
yOfH
t*r<rtfc5
(o^ntfion
v
trembling —r> -
"Tom—Tom—are yon tired, lom.
-Only a little, sweetheart, and feel- i:uuiull t olull _
ing lit as a fiddle," he answered her. bu(.ketH you pack, would have to bt
went around to the kitchen dvspeptic indeed. Let s 'pitch i
mine?" Mrs. Lewis asked.
"Fine," he said, "Anybody who ,
couldn't stuff himself on the dinner
Moral—Don't Blame Your Wife.
Then he we v
door, so as not to track mud into the
front part of the house.
Tom Lewis, until April 1 interna
tional President of the United Mint
j a dyspeptic indeed. Let s pitch in.
STREET CAR SETTLEMENT
• tonai rresiueni u. Washington—A settlement with the
Workers of America, with 500,000 men street railway company and division
under his control, had gone back to N-„. 9 , Amalgamated Association ot
the mines just as lie said he would do, street and Klectric Railway men, lo-
wlien he was defeated for re-election ,..lted at Winnipeg, Mail lias been
at the Columbus convention by John ; rearhed, and is more satisfactory than
* White of Iowa. ! was thought possible. A schedule for
Thursday was his first day; Frl-
I 111111,1.111 j - • i-t
year has been signed, which se-
day he
sore
lia> nan mn •• • ^• - uiic j <- ■ ••• — . ..
went back to worn, a little Cures the employes in all present reg
in the
DaCK IU wum, cures l lie nni'iw1 n
left shoulder, but glau u]ations, together willan
to'report tor duty; Saturday he
pected to mine as much coal as any
other man.
After Lewis' defeat lie told the
miners that he woulon't sell what
knowledge and ability lie had gained
as their chief to the operators, but
would return to his pick and shovel.
The miners took him at his word
they presented him with these two
tools. i •
Lewis was offered big jobs at
princely salaries - one at $10,000 a year
as editor of a journal—but they dldn t
tempt him. He took Mrs. Lewis on
a little vacation trip, then he setiiiu
some private business matters, ami
unc day last week he shouldered Ins
pick and shovel—the miners' gifts
and set out for Wheeling Creek mine,
where life worked It! years ago.
He was given his cneck, "No. 1<>-
and assigned to room "No. i.
SYMPATIC STRIKE Will BE
CALLED If COMPANY BALKS
A general strike in Oklahoma City I not favor, state thai they would not
will be recommended by labor union throw their influence against
officers constituting a committee of A resolution was pasesd condemning
the whole to the mass meeting of the directors of the chamber ot corn-
labor at the Auditorium at 111 O'clock metre, for refusing co-operation in
Sunday morning. | warding oil' a K*"*1'"1 "'l™,,' '
AI this meeting all union men and pS(?.UThe' has
friends ol unions vouched loi are cot- ^ ^ ^ mjsl.lkt,.. gttl(, MoIlt ,t
dlally Invited. ,.nndlilnned ! president of the labor council, and a
The recommendation Is ,o nditl I ■ tiv(. „f lab,,, on the I
only upon a satis a, ol e| J iM.m ,irs . hambcr. "T
,he Oklahoma Katlw. y ( o Iat it ^ ^ ^ ^ u< Iak(, tlll. ,,mt
submit to a confeieitt wltl, labor In , , ,. bluffing. On the con-
sci i lenient o. carmen s and the ,
railway s differences. •
; The action was taken by the com-, eH1
I mitt ee Wednesday ni^ht. A mass meet-: Hen (ominous. ori;.mizei m < naiM
I inir of labor last Sunday had issued . of the street carnnMis end ol the con-
l an ultimatum to the railway company troversy. in an inter'view, said:
and instructed the union committee to "As long as I have been in the l.iboi
act at its discretion if the railway com movement as a worker and officer ot
uanv made no reply by Wednesday the organization which I represent, I
I noon, which it Tailed to do. Have 1 up for contempt, been
„ ,. «n,-i„ltst KenresemauvcJ Chamber of Commerce directors thrown in jail and menaced in man>
K,2, Berger, ,hu. ho .' llMI h' Ihl, SSuw: Tuesday voted that they would have other ways, but never before In m}
After today introdu, e . t'v.. i.«rt in attemnting to ward career have I experienced the problem
James A. Kmery, the Washington rep i
| resentative of organized capital, to in-j
dividual capitalists and employers' or-
ganisations, urging them to support
the McNamara persecution and the
tight against the Lloyd bill.
Here is a copy of the McNamara tel
egram, signed by Emery:
"A concerted, systematic effort is
being made to intimidate officials of
Indiana, particularly with prosecution
or investigation of alleged dynamiters.
IMease wire and cause your members
to wire and assist in securing individ-
ual messages addressed ti) (iovernor
Marshall, Superintendent of Police lly
land, and County Prosecutor Baker,
urging them to perform their full duty
in bringing guilty men to justice and
assuring them that law abiding citi-
zens everywhere will support them in
the performance of their duty. Prompt
and efficient action is of utmost im-
port mice."
Kmery also i& causing the circula-
tion of letters against the Lloyd bill.
He has advised employers to write let-
ters to newspapers antagonistic to the
McNamara brothers.
ST LOUIS BARBERS FIGHT "TIPS"
TO REGAIN TRADE
St Louis, Mo.. A ban was placed
on tipping last Sunday at a mass meet-
ing of bosses and Journeymen bar-
bers. The mandate comes from lie of-
ficials of the International I'nion of
Journeymen Barbers ol America, re-
presenting the United States, Canada
and Porto Rico.
Barbers all over the country have
for some time been raising a cry be
Cause so many of their patrons arc
J. J. M'NAMARA
IN STATEMENT
charges agent of steel
trust with having of-
fered him bribe.
two cents per hour. President Mahon
negotiated the agreement.
BERGER FAVORS
SHORT HOURS
WOULD PROHIBIT WOMEN WORK
ING MORE THAN 8 HOURS
A DAY.
ishington. May --Vector I.,
llerger, the Socialist Keprcsentative,
. . . i'wwiv Sv'l regit la t'l'ng Tile employment ot women I no active part in attempting to ward
ma*, he sought out. his budd>. •-. i i«♦ *i«• t <>f Columbia. off a sympathetic* strike.
Price, a veteran who hail ^ been lis 111 ()jl| .)rH|,ibit8 the employment | The general eommittee Wednesday
partner in the old days. 1 ' • wum,-n in anv manufacluring or night appointed a committee of live
climbed into a mine cat ana shot into , ot wo 8tabnshment "more than „sk a hearing with the railway cim-
tlie mine's black mouth. It was . ■ ■ j n jay 01. more pan.v before Sunday morning, and
4 o'clock after the eight-uour day that eight hou|8 In any one week, it general powers elieei an agree
Lewis had won for the miners when than tor y g or men. This eommittee will demand
be came again to the aurface. SefTe se'e. "'clock in the morning or .gnitlon of .men s union n
"> ••«'< eigW houw lom and^B brfoie aew ^ (he evenlng llf uny is s;lill „ is compost K. Had-
"buddy" has made a pick cut a( ros. ouei ei ,n machinist, Chairman; Charles
their room and 'oaded two cars, om w Uu> „ge of eighteen |.VI, kle. of the stage workers; II II
holding 1700 and the h..ir vp-irs •icconline '< Merger's bill, are < hambliss of the steam engineeis.
pounds, in addition to getting . • -.- « ,|()Vod before the hour of I'.ert Dickson, of the painters, and S
. "top shot" ready for he next morning. morni,i« or , Wllkes m rs
It was an average day tor B ^ o'clock in the evening, j The committee will coopeiate with
miners, and Lewis made at le ?-'^; measure also provides that the former committee selected by the
He didn t complain .UU. > 110„ s|1;,n be employed for more)trades and labor council t ink- eliarge
when lie was givui '"V ' ,' (1 h,in ,.„„,imiously without an;„t the situation some tune
"1 belong to local 13, 1 • imervil of i' least three quarters of I'nion leaders deny that a niotioi
, sueas there's luck, if anything, in J. ^^^e 'uoti is made where | f„r a a.l.eti, strike voted
the number. '
reported in
hcv gay that
kers favored
who did
1 I , A11 I ,\t i Ji i iwii 11 |
the andjhe ^ is dismissed for the | ..rac^llyaii ^
Un«SM.' wen I should say SO," inter- Another provision reunites thai
«sr- washington to test,fv
t°grtwartato work°witha "ik"started 'ihe'iTon ea'h day of the w'eek, the! \v„shingi„t, That the postolllce d,-
^
nTi, ?"wis1 ini or ready to lay down lowed for meals begin and end. ,,f is evident from ll.e fact that Intor-
that lie was - 'P|le presence of an employe on the mation is being collected wlixh \\ill
ev«" '! aw - -nswered Tom. "I premises of such an estahlishment the department in an unfavorable
r t •, \vnrk 'n'earlv as barn as I In- anv other hours than those slated ni|iighl. Carl Van 1 >yke, one ,,t the mail ,
didn t work nearly printed notice "shall constitute elerks demoted for "pernicious acth
cause ° didn't want to strain my wus- prima' facie evidence of ti viola, htv." is in Washington to
e'les and put mvself out of trim for a this section
week And sav I'm not back here just Merger's proposed law authorizes
to make -i bluff good; I'm here earn- the Commissioners of the District to
ing ■! living for mvself and my family, appoint two inspectors at a compen-
I'm a miner and I'm proud of it." sation not eNCeedtttg $1,200 each pel
As Lewfs emerged from the tipple, year. Inspectors are authorized to etc
he saw scores of the miners waiting ter any place where labor is performed
o Shake hands with him, ask about by women whenever they have reason-
Ws luck?and extend good wishes. cause to believe that the prov.s-
met them all man and man on an equal ions of this law are violated.
ti'Tise not less than nor more than
150; for a second ofiei -e, not less than
$r>0 nor more th:m v-"": for a third
offense, not less than $250.
Repm ntative P.erger believes th:it
should Congress pass this measure it
would ti ti become a model for 'he
states, i d he earnestly hopes- that
i'm le Si mi will set this example for
th«> benefit of not only the women
•ountry, but for the en-
.... r have 1 experienced the problem <h
of being turned down by a commercial 1
body as has been my experience In
Oklahoma City by the Chamber of
Commerce, when that body flatly re-
fused to allow its arbitration board to
■ ..me before the like board of anion
men in this city. The Chamber of
I Commerce represents various Indus
itrial institutions in this city, but they
' refuse to make an attempt to have the
settlement between 'he street carmen
and the company adjusted.'
Ollie S. Wilson, secret;ir> of the
[Typographical I'nion, said:
"Labor is taking Sheriff Jack Spain
at his word. He said he would stand
tor no foolishness. Labor was never
more in earnest."
Other action taken was a resolution
assuring linement and electrical..work-
ers of the Pioneer Telephone Co., who
desire to organize, that they will have
'la? support of the central CQuncil, if
'lie men strike.
(By U. W. Madison.)
nos Angeles, Cal.—John .1. McNam-
ara, charged jointly with his brother,
Jas H. McNamara, with the murder
of nineteen persons in the Los An-
geles Times explosion, gave his lirst
statement to the press since his ar«
rival, under arrest, in Lob Angeles.
He charges an agent or the steel
trust with having offered him a bribe
in the form of a salary to betray his
trust while lie was secretary of the
Structural Iron Workers' union.
Since he has been in jail here there
have been no authentic interviews
with McNamara. He has talked to no
newspaper representatives, has con-
stantly refused to see any one savo
his attorneys. Though still refusing
to be interviewed he sent out from his
cell the following authorized state-
ment :
"During the entire time that I have
been an official of the International
Association of Bridge and Structural
Iron Workers constant attempts hav*
been made to annihilate our organi-
zation.
my of their patrons are! "The assaults have been led by the
joining the rapidly increasing ranks | United States Steel ConjoralUm. and
of the self shavers. The matter be , the organization formed by It
came so Important that the attention special purpose. ,,
of the national asociatlon of the craft | "These Interests while Preachlnn
' was called lo it. James (.'. Shanessy,' the doctrine of the destrui tiou ot laboi
gen,-,';,I organizer of the International organizations have
union, after a close stmlv of eondi organizations of large JlraeiiBloia for
~ • unlaw!ul purposes, but have contrived
to be organized In such a way that
they are.not amenable to the law.
, "'rpoll 1 his subject 1 could speak vol-
umes and point to uncounted acts of
i corruption.
j "One of my lirst experiences with
'these people falls in the year lU0f>,
j when a special agent of the United
States Steel Corporation sought to
bribe me into betraying my brother
workers.
"At this time he approached me fre-
quently, and Jit the Hollenden Hotel
lin Cleveland, Ohio, offered to pay me
I a salary of $12.r per month if I would
agree to disclose to the United States
Steel Corporation the confidences of
my own organization.
My salary at that time was $12f
per month, and in order to lind out
I whether It was my services which this
I c orporation desired, or whether it \vas
its object to corrupt my own organ-
ization, 1 offered to resign my position
and go to work for the Steel Corpora-
tion at ;i salary of $1."i0 per month.
1 'This offer, however, was promptly
declined, and I was openly told that I
'could be of no use to the Steel Cor-
poration unless I remained an official
,,i the International Association of
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers.
I "l his is but a sample <>t' the many
'personal experiences of this nature
| which I have had, and w hich I know
'other men, occupying similar positions
to my own have also had. In spite of
all the temptations which have been
placed in my path, I have sought, to
lead an honest and uprighMife^n^I
tions in the principal cities of the
country, reported to the union that
tipping is the reason so many men
are using safety razors.
JUDGE WRIGHT
HOT PLEASER
INDICATIONS ARE THAT FURTHER
PROCEEDINGS ARE
IN ORDER.
lm-
Washingtoti The sentence
posed on President (Joinpers.
tarv Morrison and Vice President Mil
for alleged contempt of court
been swept aside by tin- United
States Supreme Court. While these
officials are gratilied at a reversal of
lower courts, yet the fact that a settle-
ment of the controversy between the
American Federation ol Labor and the
Puck Stove and Range Company oper
eliminate important quest ions
on which it was greatly desired that a
delinite decision ! • * rendered.
Cnder the decision the case \> re
manded with the direction that the
contempt proceedings instituted by the
Puck Stove ;ind Kange Company be
dismissed, but without prejudice o
the power and tin* light of the sn
prenie court ot the District of < oliim
i
contempt, if any, committed against
belie\ i
! not he.
I can
say that I ••an
d of preaching
Lamar
McNamara Investigation Likely
vritini
is
ivill
jlution
of the
name.
"Any blisters, Tom?" asked a young
fellow' of giant physique.
i ook at 'em." retorted Lewis, laugh
ing and dropping his pick and shovel
against his leg, as he opened his grimy
palms "I never had a blister in my
life." The only marks on his hands
were a few scratches where the skin
had been knocked off by the rough
edges of the coal.
Among his old partners who greeted | workers ot the
him were Tom Hanson, now Inside tire race.
the situation from the standpoint
the railway mail clerks of his district.
Mr. Van Dyke alleges that his mail has
been tampered with in the federal
building at (Irand Forks, N. D., and he
has caused the arrest of l'ostoflice In-
spectors Carl Egge and tieorge H.
1 )rake.
BUTTONWORKERS AGAIN
Washington -At ti
lieved that the Huh
ion report out Berger s res
ovlding for an investigation
idiana kidnapping outrage.
President Kyan and Attorney Pap*
iport are now in Washington aiding
the campaign to get action from the
ive in detail Rules Committee. These repre
.fustic
and the closing words wen
shown that this was a pi
•quity for < ivi 1 contempt,
remedial relief pc
dered the opinio
ept that of
I have alv
solution' ra
iipiialie <
her than
! It
pa
:• 1.1.
•otnpi
the nature of
and when the
naled by a sett!,
between the pa
did not require
to any compens
other character
ing necessarily
merit
the in;
Brings Suit at Indianapolis.
Indianapolis. Ind., May is.—Henry
Seyfried, attorney for J. .1 McNamara,
s. ( tei; r> treasurer of the International
Iron Workers' Union, brought suit
here to determine if Police Judge t ol-
lins had proper jurisdiction in turning
over McNamara <0 the California au-
t horitles, April 22.
CONTRACTS BEING FULFILLED
The impression seems to bo pre\
Washington—The Buttonworkers of
Muscatine, Iowa, are in trouble, but
only a small portion of the member-
ship is involved. Some of the em-
ployers are persisting in disregarding
the agreement which they signed and
about 200 of the employes resisted dis-
crimination by ceasing work. The lat
est information is to the effect that
the organization is determined to
stand by their agreement, and will In j
sist that the employers do the same j
11>co ui the Structural Ironworkers'
I'nion believe that a probe of this kid-
napping is urgent and important.
The workers of the country are
hacking ui Berger s resolution in a
commendable manner. Not a day
passes but. a Senator or Representa-
tive introduces a petition from his
(onstituents in favor of the Berger
r solution To date about thirty mem-
he rs of both Houses have done so.
CAPITALISTS VS. LABORERS.
Washington—Just as the labor
novement is intensely interested in
! e McNamara case and the Lloyd bill
wing government < lerks their rights,
,i is the National Association Of Man
lMcturers. but from the capitalist
joint of view.
The Labor Press has secured copies
f a telegram and letters sent out by
sion rendered.
It was appr
but Just
Tided at the
handed down
was a closed
right, from wh
imo the
hat the
Incident,
i a more
never api
ently ha?
his wrath
decision !
until he
and vituperative arraignment
the federation officials was,
proached in any court, appar-1
^ retained the full vigor of
The morning following the
did not convene his court
had taken the preliminary
again hale Into his jurisdic
men who had been relieved
•cessity of suffering the pen-
alty of imprisonment inflicted by him
by order of the supreme court. The
aetion taken by Justice Wright Is as
follows:
It eppearlng to this court that
there is reason to believe that Samuel
Compers, John Mitchell and Frank
(Continued on page 7)
alentthroughout th
that the Capitol L
were not living up
regard to procurini
rent for the variou:
are located in thi-
of this committee
sion is a wrong one
to the citizens of C
fice rent is being ]
of Oklo
id pay in
made
out I
of the
this tir
citizen-
vith tin
far as
is being <'
Oklahom
to fulfill all eont
I :it« in regard tc
ts made
the
•apitol location.
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