The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-27

~,or. been a strike In Chicago 90 free from
}sordsr' There has not been . moment when
Ia police did not have absolute control Of
he Situation. and there VII not be. an
rasses Of the people In the matter. Mean
while let such fellows rs tb" millionaires keep
on talking.
oer, and men Of the Police Department npou
,bsir remarkable success In preserving the
nsace IN such trying circumstances let
IIaWxliessness on the part Of union or non-nnion
msn should be instantly suppressed. While
,nhe general attitude Of the department should
he one Of strict ,euualiiy. the hrst tendency
be the occasion for. prompt action on the part
of the department
"The remark Of the Mayor quoted In the OPEN
ing Of this article was made, THE SrN reporter
IA informed. TO a committee OF the Building
Contractors " no called on him recently. There
we're seven or eight men In the committee
,ens OF the city The advice Of the police.
already quoted. was given BY a city policeman
on the occasion NJ an assault in the main street
10 The business part Of the city. The advice
vas followed ana 'he ''''''n was taken 10 'he
hospital
A. stated in the opening Of this story, the
pnidins Trades Council forced the city officials
= np plsrs their officers in public places, Here are
ON Of these Officers who hold city places.
NJ X Madden. vehicle inspector. whatever that
ray be, Edwnrd Carroll roll P Pr.jiasnt Of Sf M the Rs GTil
lng Trades Council resigned from the civil
service board within the last two or three
weeks, James DAILY, walking delegate OF the
RYAN, known as Long John" ey-Prceident
81 the Building Trades Council and author OF
the slogan Of union labor, He who takes my
sssafter II. j, sullivan is, a sidewalk in
sailors Union Is a harbormastsr. Richard
Sarbormas.er, r + Doyle. President Of he
hoard of Examining Engineers of the City
Hall. also President Of the Hosting Engineers
Union, Ship" Kelly, President OF the National
,journaymen's Plumbing Association. plumbing
inspector. George " Geary, delegate from the
Bridge and structural lronworkerS' Union,
superintendent oil the Illinois Free Employment
from the Bridge and Structural Ironworkers,
foreman ~ the city bridge construction, is
working at his trade John Manager, chairman
filters Union. employed as steamftter in the
CITY Hall James Jones, Shoemakers' Union;
John J. Ryan, Steamfitters' Union,
Etwsrt NJ Carr9l! the President Of The
alleged police record had been printed That
record i printed N the Chicago 1~ines-Hcroid
on April 2j II included the following
July 81. 1877 Arrested for larceny.
Del, }, ~l677-Artsted for larceny.
Dee. ~, lsst-Arrested for larceny.
May II, lssS-Arres,-d tor drunkrnness.
Nov. 20, Tor assault and battery.
Dec 30, lsSi-Auested Tor disorderly conduct.
Indicted once by a Cook county grand Jury. freed
once by a no bin and once found not guilty,
Fined for drunkenness.
When Carroll resigned Mayor Harrison
wrote the following letter to him:
"Edrard Carroll, Esq, Chicago, H.;
DEAR SIR: am in receipt Of your letter
Of resignation OF the position of Civil Service
Commissioner OF the city OF Chicago. and l
Weld TO your request that il be accepted. /
do not hesitate TO say. that during your term
perform. your duties honestly. tntelligently
and industrlouslv. Your action IN resign
Ing your position on. the Civil Service Com
MISSION. 80 as to be free and unhampered in
the exercise OF your function as President
o. the Building Trades Council, thus max
Ing a serious financial sacrifice, is an object
lesson for many of yopr CRITICS, who claim
for themselves a monopoly of all the virtues.
II some Of these, instead OF sacrificing the
public interests. by stubbornly and selfshly
standing in the way Of arbitration, would mani
lust shown, the people Of Chicago would quickly
hs relieved OF the unpleasant situation that
nov exists. CARTER II. HARRISON"
CHIcAGo's REAL RULERS.
There is no question OF the absolute doni-
marion OF the city administration by the
Building Trades Council. The following Of
fcial communication sent to the eligibles on
the. civil service, list Of candidates Tor SUBJ
wall inspectors illustrates il
The city needs some subwall Inspectors
II YOU are masons and report 10 this ONCE
We will be glad to certify YOU, but while We
have no power to tell you to belong 10 the
union it will be practically necessary for YOU
10 do so, as the other men will not work with
YOU. Mr.. Gubbins tells us that there will be
no trouble about your Joining the union II
Won want 10. The salary is 81 80 a day. Please
reilly immediately, Failure 10 reply will be
a refusal"
Illinois has a law forbiddina an employer
10 advertise for workmen when there Is a
strike on In his business unless the fact that
there il a strike il printed in tho advert Sc
nent. There Is another law providing for
rec labor bureaus for the workmen
~ the city. That law forbids these
labor bureaus 10 provide labor to any
man whose employees are on q strike.
These laws and many others were forced
through the Legislature by the Building Trades
Council.
The curious thing about the situation in
Chicago is that the fight OF the labor men against
their employers is not a fight for their union
but for the trust Of unions. Individual unions
had no trouble dealing with the employers
The fght in Chicago has nothing 10 do with
The question OF wages or hours. Here is the
wage scale
S4,oc for BricklayerS $3.50 for Marble S.t,erS
400 FOR Plumbers $40 for Sheet Metal Wkrs
40 for Stonecutters $40 for Carpenters.
100 for Cashiers 3.2s for House DrainerS
400 in' Steamhttcrs. $40 for Iron Workers.
400 for PlasteterS 500 for Painters.
400 to- Engineers. LOO for Gravel Roofers.
! 90 Tor Tile settlers. 2.4n for Pla Sierers'L hrs
$50 for Iron Settlers. 200 for L-aborcrs