The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-08-29
OF HOPE
TO INDUCE SOUTH
CHICAGO STRIKE.

OF lnCluC1nS the OOuUn CnlcdSO
steel workers to join in the gen
eral strike has practically been
abandoned and the mass meeting
which will be held Sunday will
be practically an Indignation
gathering of trades unionists to
read the steel workers out of the
labor movement. Vice President
Davis admitted last night that
the men would not quit, and for
the first time since the strike
was declared he talked openly of
what he thought of his former
shopmates, who had refused to
obey the order of President
Shaffer.
mo man or number of men
can induce them to quit" he
said, land there is no use of pre-
tending that it is because they
have an agreement with the com
pany. The fact Of the matter is
they are afraid of losing their
jobs.
"At the last conference held in
New York l tried to get this
district exempted from the strike
order. as l told President Schaff-
er that [ knew the men here
would refuse to come out. | had
just as much to sacrifice as most
of them, as l had no grievance
and was receiving about $175 a
month";; but [ care more for my
reputation as a union man than
for my position. We will hold
an open meeting on Sunday, and
l expect appeals will be made
from the platform to every man
union or non union, who is in the
employ of the steel trust and in
sympathy with the cause of
labor, to refuse to return to
work Monday morning.
81 have learned enough in the
past few days to convince me
that appeals will be in vain to
the former members of the Am.
algamated association, and that
they could not be pulled out
with a pair of oxen.
Some excitement was occasion
ed in South Chicago by the pub
LEGATION of a letter from Super
intendent Nc Cullough, address
ed to G.. w. Shepherd, the lead
er of the anti-strike movement.
The missive was couched in
rather familiar terms. 1t was
addressed Dear George" in
Mr.. McCullough's hand writing,
and asked for a meeting In
some manner which has not been
entirely explained, the letter
failed to reach Shepherd, but in
stead was placed in the hands of
Vice President Davis by some
man whom he does not know.
Appearing as it did, when
rumors of treachery on the part
Of some of the anti-strike leaders
was rife, it was thought at first
it might excite the men to the
point of striking.
Davis admitted that the letter
was still in his possession, aid
that he was sorry he had got
mixed up in the matter. He did
not regard the letter affair as
significant. He said: LAS chair
man of the wage committee in
the mills, Shepherd would
receive such a letter on any
trivial dispute that might arise,
and as to it's familiar language,
must admit that | have received
perhaps dozen or more myself
of like nature. 1t is quite a
common practice with the super
intendent to send such letters,
and Shepherd is not the only
one who has received them. II
will have no effect on
the situation that l can
see, and II am only sorry
that 1 have been brought into it,
as do not believe in such tactics.
No one has seen the letter since
it was handed to me, and it was
: given out for publication before
it reached me" Fred Fair also
+ said that he could not see that
the letter would change the situa
5 ton in the least, as he had
received a similar letter himself
some time ago.