The Oklahoma Labor Unit (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 24, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 18, 1911 Page: 1 of 8
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CONCERTED ACTION ON THE PART OF ALL CITIZENS WILL SOON ELIMINATE: CHINESE RESTAURANTS
Endorard by BwUia| Tr. Cuiixi
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DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS Or ORCAWIZEDLABOR AND THE FARMERS U 1A H 011
VOL. 4<.
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA. SATURDAY. NOV KM I IKK 1 1911
NO. 24
STATEMENT OF PRICE
Says He Can Sustain Each and Every
Charge by an Examination of the
Sec y-Treasurer's Books and Records.
READ IT; IT'S RIGHT TO THE POINT
THE THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION
To Organized Labor of the State of
Oklahoma:
Our State President of the Okla-
homa State Federation of Labor, C. C.
Zeigler, preferred charges and pre-
sented them to me, as First Vice-
President, against J. Luther Langs-
ton, former Secretary-Treasurer of the
Federation. : told Mr. Zlegtor that
these charges were very serious, and
if he couldn't su&tfffh them he, Mr.
Zeigler, was down and out.
THE BIG RAILROAD STRIKE.
Chicago—"The federation of the
mechanical trades oil the Harriman
lines, which includes the Illinois Cen-
tral, has entered upon the fifth week
of the strike," says J. W. Kline, In-
ternational President of the Black-
smiths and Helpers, "and the men
are contending for the right to trails-
act their business with these great
His answer was: "I can sustain j corporations through a federated coin-
each and every charge by an examina | mittee. The demands that have been
t ion of the Secretary's books." j made'do not establish a precedent, as
the federation has been recognized
by a number of railroads. The offi-
cials of the Harriman lines undoubt-
edly have been selected by the Gen-
eral Managers' Association of the
West, backed by the interest to fight
this battle, at any cost, to disrupt
the trade unions involved. The em-
ployes of the Harriman lines, actuat-
ed by the spirit of Americanism and
loyalty to their organization, deter-
mined to contest this attack upon the
rights of organized labor. It haB been
stated that many daily papers along
the Harriman lines have been pur-
chased and that they have attacked
the employes and misrepresented the
situation. In some places page adver-
tisement have- been run, booklets
issued and other reading matter dis-
Urother Langston removed his
books from his desk, also refused to
have his books examined by the Ex-
ecutive lioard, but finally agreed to
allow the Auditing Committee to peer
into their mysteries. The Auditing
Committee was sent for and came. It
is composed of two Socialists and one
Democrat, and they found a known
shortage according to the bank's state-
ment of $501.72, other items unac-
counted for of $47.45, and the year
hook, nothing to show, while the Fed-
eration received $300 from that source
In 1910. So much for the statement
of a political frame-up.
After the auditing was almost fin-
ished. instead of answering questions
asked by the Board, as he promised,
he proceeded to get a restraining or-
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JURY SELECTION SLOW
<1 At Present Rate Four Months Will
Be Required to Fill the Box—Three
Have Qualified to Adjudge Accused.
DEFENSE MAKING A GRAND FIGHT
Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 17.—Three
jurors have been selected in the Mc-
Namara case. They are: Hobert 1.
j Main, aged 69, American, resident of
Los Angeles, a carpenter, (!. A. It. vet
eran, republican anil a reader of Los
Angeles Examiner; Byron Lisk, aged
(51, feed and Hour merchant of Pasa-
dena, republican, not regular attend-
ant any church, reader of Los Angeles
Times but says he doesn't believe any-
thing it prints; and P. I). Green, aged
years, resident of Pomona,
tlon of this kind. It is of a positively
insulting nature and designed to hu-
miliate this old man."
A wordy war between liavis and
tile court ensued and finally llord-
well ordered the McNainaras to sit
down and the inquisition went on.
Finally Morton challenged the juror
and Harrow arose to resist, lie said
"If the court pleaBe, 1 would like
to say a few words In reply to my
young friend here, who seems to catcli
in to get rid of a
WHY DELEGATE CONVENTION
WHEN LAW SAYS REFERENDUM?
ange grower, a protestant, republi- [ uian because he has not a strong bias
can and readB the Tribune. on his side. Old men are not the only
All of the newspapers mentioned garrulous ones, as has appeared amp-
are reactionary capitalist sheets |y ||, this court. Lots of people talk
which have carried stories calculated too much, and too often and too long,
to bias the fairest mind. and ask too many questiona. Neither
Slowly, but with great precision the wm the green old ago of 70 look so
prosecution is wearing down the green or so old to my young lriend in
chances of the McNamara defense tt few years, it Is possible a few years
getting a jury that will give them a added to his life will tend to balance
fair trial. ! him up and make him not quite so
Five of the precious pre-emptory | bloodthirsty in thlB ease.
.challenges held by the attorney for "Now your honor, anything that bus
the defense have been used in getting | ^geti said or offered in this caBe is
1 rid of men so palpably biased that | , ,, extreme. Is there a
der from the District Court, thus again I tributed to the public, setting forth
violating the inherent principles of! that the employes have made unrea-
unionisin. ' sonable demands. On behalf of the
Did lie rest with that? No! j strikers, it is urged that the labor
He took out a window pane in the press give this strike all the public-
Federation offices, had a locksmith to I ity possible. We have asked that the
open the desk, and again took all the company meet the committee as a
papers and hooks belonging to the I federated body, and so far as the
State Federation of Labor. i other demands are concerned, that
Is he acting fair? ! wi" be a matter to be discussed in
Answer for yourselves according to I conference and no doubt an amicable
the evidence in the case. ~ ! adjustment can be made. This con-
Is it a political frame-up? j troversy was the result of the atti-
It might be but no one connected ; tude of the Harriman officials, and
with the investigation has been able the strike was forced upon the em
It is reasonably safe to say that if
the State Federation law hao provid-
ed for a delegate convention in the
case of Secretary-Treasurer Langs-
ton, instead of the referendum direct,
the Pi-near, that would-be director
and dictator of labor's affairs, would
now be barking for the referendum
like a flea-bitten flee.
, trilling In the extreme. Is there
position he refused while the Execu- "Parl>; ^.rVy ^! ,yn A,( ^:we?^Ll!^'d <jur<"' 111 "le bo* w"°,18 beUer quali-
tive Hoard was it. Oklahoma City. "ils w r" y were ulloW"' fled under the law than this juror'
to go into the jury box. ^ | one court is asked to ex
The unfairness of his political
persecutors is furthe
their efforts to prev
open and delegate
rther evidenced by Those ^ '(feorg^"^!'use thls a0 fl"'Tlh '"0r°
event a trial before wero (,eorM> • McKee, vT 7? | shall be nobody in the box upon
legate contention, ' John80?' Ur' '"Ti 47 «ilum 1 h<>>' l,ave 10 exercise a
... i ton and A. C. Winter. The latter two i,.,n„wjn havn ni
to find such to be the case.
How about this mare than $5110
shortage?
What! , a ,
Ask Mr. Langston if Price and Ail
kins did not tell him that if his books
were straight (the cash part of them)
ployes by higher officials of this sys-
tem—as .lulius Kruttschnitt stated to
the committee consisting of the gen-
eral officers of the organizations in
volved, that he was following the in-
structions of President Lovett and
the Board of Directors. It is clearly
light of the Interests against or
that he could have from fill to 90 days j ganized labor with their usual injunc-
to answer to the other charges. 1
He knows that's true.
Ask his "Business Agent" at Okla-1
homa City.
That's all!
If he wants to compare records with j
me I am open for engagements at any
and all times.
Yours Fraternally,
FRED F. PRICK.
First Vice-President Oklahoma State
Federation of Labor.
London.—The National Union of
Hoot and Shoe Operatives, having
adopted a label to be placed upon the
product of its members, has institut-
ed an active label campaign. Union
labels in this country are few and
the agitation being carried 01 by Hie
Hoot, and Shoe Workers is therefore,
to some extent, novel.
tions, but all we desire is fair play,
and with a square deal we will win
the contest."
further says the Pioneer. Will theI """ "' "I{"£"' I>P '<iefe'nse maile preeinptory challenge. We have
l'ioneec say this direct to (I. W. Lind-?[?, ,he ' V ese men dr- '"i;" j'"'T ln ,1 '.T" J
say, an honored and upright miner.! £ ££, ?,$ X Times; that they ! i,'™'"81 wh° " rett<he<1 ot
..... ,we respected throughout the lehgtli I r(i conv|m,pd the building had been
Hut behold, the heavens have open- mil breadth ol the mining district and (]pstl.ove(| |,v dynamite and that the
ed, the referendum Is wrong, and a '^trled and true Socialist, while (onv ,1 nl as guilty of the crime
III the face of tills the men
of their leaders in this city was toe-
•harged.
STEEL CARS SAVE LIVES.
Raleigh, N. C.—That passengers 011
the Seaboard Air Lines, Florida lim
ited, wrecked at Merry Oaks recent-
ly, with 18 injured escaped more se-
rious casualties, has been pronounced for their decision?
u miracle. Steel cars were respon-
sible for the saving of lives, the en-
tire train except the engine being
derailed. This demonstrates that the
contention of the Postal Employes
for steel cars is indeed well founded.
quoted pet measure,
gets in the band-wagon for a delegate
convention.
The law of the State Federation
specifically provides that when charges
are preferred against an officer the
Executive Board shall investigate said
charges, and in case said officer is
found guilty he shall have ten days
in which to give notice of appeal. This
law has been followed to the letter
and ballots have been mailed to the
affiliated unions, with the sanction of
the deposed officer, as he lias prepared
his brief, and same has been printed
and forwarded with the ballots.
Now, the question arises, which is
the fairest method to all parties con
cerned, a delegate convention, with n
part of the unions represented, say,
probably 150 or 200 delegates, or the
placing of the case direct into tin
of 12,000 or 15,000 affiliated
ing the mark along with Johnny Don-i . deBpltt
lin, Johnny Williams, Lon Frame, '
bringing the facts out clearly, and let j
most vigorous chal-
"We have a large number of them
who have expressed the strongest and
most decided opinion and are still
sitting there awaiting the pre-emptory
challenge of the defense as far as
scroll has come fluttering down up-
on which was written in box-car let-
ters of pure gold, interspersed with un, jonnuy williams, "M |enges for cause. i - . ,
many a soulful whereas and unctious al., and whooping ii up and spending | j taken four weeks hard work those challenges may tui Anil
be-it-resolved, the blessed revelation, the money for Cruce for governor? i three jurorB Al lhlH rate four every Instance, no matter how strong
and the Pi-near, winking at its often- The Unit would have been mole mo"thg would 1)e required to till the the opinion, counsel lor. the other
the referendum, j Hian pleased to have had a delegate sieved much better side sought to fnice upon 1.11s
onvention called for the purpose °'|.|ma ,,.111 Ke made During the time court, upon ihis defendant, although
11I has been in progress Otis has i the defendant's life Is at jeopardy in
assiduously circulating his In- lllis ""I'1'
" "• , 1 the trial has been In progress Otis lias
say here and now there would j .
New York.—Practically all of the
neckwear manufacturers have con-
ceded the demand made by the Neck-
wear Makers' Union and signed
agreements for one year. A grea'
number of contractors also have
signed agreements and the trade is
now practically at peace.
WE SERVE BEST HOT COFFEE,
CHOCOLATE, STERO, BEEF TEA,
BULLION, ETC., AT LINK DRUG CO.,
NO. 9 N. HARVEY.
be.... .—„ - , 1111
famous pamphlet and doing all 111 his "This man is challenged simply lie
power to bias the mind of every po cause he has read the Appeal to l!t*;i-
tentlal juror in Lob Angeles county. son, and yet in thai box nearly every
Juror lias been a reader of the Times
No Justice for Accused. and some of tliem for many, many
Los Angeles. Cal., Nov. 17 - Judge vears have imbibed its doctrine, and
could be presented before such a con-i |!ordwpll B|l,„,ke(| ,|l(. attorneys for its faith, have admitted their preju
vention, showing clearly who has been |hp defenBe aml the spectators in the dice against union labor, have admit-
playing politics, who has been getting i()ur( r(K||n wh|,n ported the ted their strong opinion in tills case,
the money, and it wouldn t have been prosecutions challenge for cause and have even gone so far as to say that
the men that the Pioneer accuses of I (||Bl.|,arged Ceorge W. Morton, a So , the defendant would have to prove
a political frame-up. . I clallBt and veteran of the civil war'his innocence beyond a reasonable
Yes, call a delegate convention (|( r |h(> |llfg,,rt|on that the ventre-1 doubt before tliey could acquit. Here
Bring out the facts! Send for the two I na|| w.1(. Ill)( competent to is 11 juror who says he has 110 opinion
Socialists, members of the Auditors 1 Herve in this case, and it is perfectly plain
and Tellers, and allrfw them to testify Hnrt(m |,arrassed the old veteran he lias none. He has no opinion as
that they found by the books of the for tw() (].|ys uig 0,,en|nK remark to the cause of the destruction of the
Secretarj-, over $.ri00 short in the funds 1 wl](,n the v;.Mir,,nia„ entered the box Times; he has no opinion whatever
of the Federation. I was: "You're a Socialist, aren't you?'
Morton parried with Horton for lioun
and brought many a laugh at the ex
of the young attorney. Mer
have been some facts brought out
facts that would have been a surprise
to those who are at this time clamor-
ing for a convention. There are .1
number of signed notes by politi-
cians—and not Socialists, either -that
Where is the money? Has anybody j
seen It? It isn't in any bank in Okla- J
lioma City. If so, tell us?
, , . 1 tense ...w j 1
What more evidence could an\ sane j |(!ggjy hour after hour Horton baited
eli though he be a So
It is a well known fact that this
cry for a delegate convention and a
"fair and open trial" is for the sol"
purpose of creating the impression man want
tlit snap judgment has been- taken. 1 eiallst?
Such is far from the truth. | The Unit verily believes that .if, a | defe
The Executive Board was I11 session
In this city more than
the venireman until the spe' tatoi's,
newspapermen and attorneys for the
boiling with
WICHITA HAS FREE PAPER.
With thp publication of "The Wich-
ita Kvening Journal" last Thursday
by its editor and sole owner, Howard
A. Tucker, formerly editor of "The
Pointer" and "The Morning Examin-
er" of Oklahoma City, the free news-
paper has invaded the field of jour-
nalism of Wichita, Kan. The first
aa** .j.*.!.* issue was published and distributed
4* i on the streets Thursday afternoon,
* followed with the second and third on
* | I'riday and Saturday.
+ According to a statement made Sun-
j .lay night by Dudley II. Tucker, broth-
+ I or'of Howard Tucker, the latler is
* 1 sole owner of the paper and that it
+ | is a private venture on his part. He
I said that he did not own any stock in
FREE TEXT BOOKS.
the greater part of this time was spi
in an attempt to get Mr. Langston
to appear for trial, bring all the wit-
nesses he desired, taking the evidence
before a stenographer, and after the
findings, present the proceedings to
the referendum, where the law pro-
vided it should go, should either the
Secretary or the President desire to
appeal. Instead, however, of appear
ing before the lioard. Langston oppos
ed them In every way, refused to
appear, had a restraining order issued,
and is now howling for the very pro
• truth. me 1 nil veiny un ,1 . ' defense were boiling with nuiigiiaiioii
rd was I11 session convention was or could be called th I, |hp procedure Frequent interrup
an ten days, and attempt would be made to procure a ,jotlK Were made by attorneys for tin
lis time was spent court restraining order prohibiting the defense. Over and over again objee
s to the guilt or innocence of the de
fendant. He conies here with a per
fectly open mind to try this case, ex-
cepting he has read a few copies of
the Appeal to Reason and of the
Times; over anil over in this case
jurors have said they have read the
Times for years and imbibed its opin-
ions. Now because here is a man who
It plainly appears is 1101 prejudiced
against us, hut is fair and open and
convention from acting, after the dele- j ^''canie to naught and ttie prosecu says he has no opinion of any sort
gates were assembled, and the unions | tQr wc||| ()n ,m w|th his cruel upon tills case you must get rlil of
him, to fill the box with men who
formed the opinion and a strong opln-
f this state had spent thousands of work
dollars in sending their delegates. Morton's admission that he :>. .1
How does tile lioard know that tlii:- sj„(.ja|lst and read Socialist and labor
would not happen after the action that ; p,,p(,rg seemed to have caused me
lias heretofore been taken? | ri'n)Socutloti to work itself into
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The stand taken by the Pi-11 er - ■ re 11 0f hatred for the man. Time
i poor stab at propaganda work, in | allrt nKa|n the old man sharply relink
1 tct, its compromising position in Mi' ,,,1 his tormentor for Injecting politics
I angston case is not the only evidence j]lto ,he ease but he was forced to s 1 •
ii has given of moral cowardice 8tid j ,1||(1 |jS,e„ IO a volley of most insult
slinking currlshness. | lnR questions.
"You read tlie Sqcinl-IJemocrat and
the Appeal to Reason, don't you? i
Nashville. Tenn.—The Board
of Education has adopted a
plan whereby the free text
hook system will be inaugu-
rated ill the city schools. The
committee having the matter
under consideration recom-
mended that plans should be
made to inaugurate this sys-
tem in 1912, by Introducing at
least two grades each year un-
til the pupils of every grade in
the grammar schools have
free books. It is stated that
this action will have the effect
of largely Increasing the at-
tendance in the public schools.
The board also has under con-
sideration the matter of a
pension for school teachers.
the new concern, nor did his brother,
William Tucker, who is at present in
Chicago.
Howard Tucker left Oklahoma City
about two weeks ago and a few days
later established :i j >b printing office
in Wichita. On Thursday Volume 1,
Number 1, of the free publication ap
peared, but It was thought to be an
advertising scheme until the issues
followed on Friday and Saturday.
Then It became generally known that
the venture was intended to be per-
manent..
Wichita has two newspapers, the
MAKES APOLOGY.
Indianapolis.—The suit. In-
stituted by President James
M. Lynch, of the International
Typographical Cnion, against
tile editor of the Michigan
Tradesmen at firand Rapids,
for $25,00h damages, has been
settled. The editor of the
publication has made a public
apology in his paper and as-
sumed the court costs. The
paper in question made a libel-
ous - statement practically
charging Mr. Lynch with the
responsibility for the Los An-
geles Times catastrophe.
Eagle and the lleacon.
^ 4. a 4. 4. .;. i- + 4- + + + + 4-
TURNED DOWN
4. BY GOVERNOR
4'
4- Los Angeles—"Paris C.reen"
4. Otis Jias been smashed again.
4* When President Taft was in
4- tills city, Qtls endeavored to
4* "make friends" with Coventor
4- Johnson. It is well known
4* that the Governor is bitterly
4. opposed to the methods of the
4- union buster, but nothing
4* daunted Otis' endeavor to
4- seek an Introduction, but the
4* Ciovernor when approached,
* said, "No, no, take him away;,
I do not care to know that
4- man." This rebuff is similar
4. to many that the "Colonel ' Is
4- now receiving from many
4. quarters.
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4. supposi
4- 1 ment
4*
you an
against the govern
The old man's hand strayed tip '<> :i
bronze button on his coat and tears
welled in his eyes. Then he straiglii
ened up as memories rushed over
him. In thunderous tones that made
the little lawyer shrink into his sen'
"YOU! YOU ASK ME THAT! Ml
WHO FOUGHT TO SAVK THIS
GOVERNMENT! NO. I AN NOT
AGAINST THE fJOVEKNM ENT!'
The sneer came back to the lace <>'
the little lawyer and he started in
again:
"Hut, because you hold the views
you do about capital and labor, you
ineline to the gas theory, don't you?
Attorney Davis for tin- defense
sprang to his feet livUl with rage as
he exclaimed:
I object to any further examina-
(Continued on Page K.>
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❖ HIGH WATER MARK *
+ REACHED *
,v 1 h ngton The inci ease t
in men berahip oi tin- Amerl- 4*
can Federation of Labor dur- +
ing the fiscal v«-ar, 1911, with *
th«* addition <>!' 51/,300 mem- ♦
bers which came with the af- ♦
filiation of the Western Fed +
eration of Miners, forced the ❖
i erage paid up and reported ♦
membership up to 1.7.j6,7o5. 4*
; his is an increase of 11)4.- 4*
♦523 over the membership of +
imo, and 80,. :jr members over 4*
the previous high water mark 4*
oi 1904. The American Fed +
eration of Labor today has the •!•
largest membership ever in 4*
+
greater, and its prospects t"< r 4«
the coming year most flatter- •S*
+ + + 4. + + + + + 4*4*4-4«4-4-4-4
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