Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-18
General Call For Meeting OF
Union Labor at Dubuque
to Settle Strike
FACTORIES MAY CLOSE DOWN
Interviews Will, the Merchants Finds
Sentiment Opposed to Boycott of the
Street Car Company But Every Re-
taller is Afraid to Show His CoIors-
Factory Owners Would Close Mills.
special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
dubuque. June 1S.-There is no
change in the strike situation. Com
pany A is still under arms, but Govern
or Cummins has failed to grant the
reques; of Sheriff Steiner for more
troops. There has been no trouble
since Wednesday night. The cars are
not running. 1t is believed tina. the
governor will not order more troops
here, but the company declares that no
cars will be operated until several
more companies of militia have reached
the city.
Dubuque. June 1S.--A mass meeting
of the union men of the city has been
caRei at Eichhorn's hall for tonight to
settle the street car strike Seven of
the strongest unions of the city. rep
resenting a thousand men. are back
of the movement, and to use the Ian
Suage of one of the promoters, "Will
bring pressure TO bear that will settle
the differences between the company
and the men
The announcement of the proposed
meeting came as a surprise to all ex-
cept the members of the different I'M
ions represented. \ meeting was held
Monday between the leaders of the fol-
lowing unions: Button Cutters. Sta
tionaty Engineers BARRIERS, Wood
workers. Transfers. Retail Clerks, and
Painters and Decorators. 1t was de-
cided to issue a call to the other unions
men of the city, to send representatives.
to the meeting to be held at Eichhorn's
hall or Thursday evening.
Factories Would Close.
Opinion among those who have fol-
lowed the matter most closely. as gath
ed by reporter for the Times, is that
neither sympathetic strike nor lockout
Will occur. Some of the teamsters
have been doing some talking, but their
president saws that there viii '>e no
strike. ] le say.d - Grlered he
knows NJ least one large manufactur-
ing establishment that would suspend
of employment hundreds of men who
have counted on steady employment
thruout the summer. Members of the
transfers union will not deliver ice to
business men on the unfair list, but
do not object to its delivery by en-
ployers or non-union men employed for
the express purpose
A Socialists Views.
ry,; -. ia
socialist of prominence in labor cir
cles. who has attended all the meetings
OF the Trades and Labor Congress at
which the street car strike has been de-
bated. There has been no general
boycott yet. The Trades Congress may
place men on the unfair list, but it has
no authority to order boycott. Juris-
diction of that matter rests with each
union. When man Is put on the I'M
fair list. workingmen who are true to
the principles Of union labor, and to
their class interest, are expected to
show 1t by declining all intercourse
with him. either commercial or So
cial. but there is no compulsion about
the matter. A union man may serve
one on the unfair list without expos
ing himself to fine or expulsion. The
boycott involves the imposition OF a
penalty on any member of the union
who holds any communication with the
boycotted person. If we get a boycott
not wheel will turn in the town.
Some of the delegates to the Trades
Congress talked in favor of it as a last
resort last Sunday, but l was against
1t. 1t would be mistake, because the
workingmen could not stand it. Not
many of them are more than three
weeks removed from the poor house,
and not many of them will be until
they al make up their minds to be
true TO their class interest by support
ing our party and our reforms.
Il think the company ought to recog-
nize the union, and don't believe any
union men will ride on the cars until
this is done.
well. hasn't the company proposed
to recognize the union? Hasn't 1t said
il would not discriminate against union
men and would treat with the union
as the representatives Of every union
man in it's service?"
That isn't recognition Of the union.
That sort Of an arrangement would not
relieve the union man of his embarrass-
ment. His principles would not permit
of the non union motorman nor the I'M
of the non-union motorman not the I'M
ion motorman to fraterniHe with the
non union conductor. Under such an
arrangement the presumption of loyal
ty to the company would be in favor of
the non union man and in all disputes
between the two men the company
would be inclined to side with the man
who had refused to stand by his own
class A union man can not respect
that sort of a man nor work In harmony
with him"
do you think the non union man
ought to get off the earth?
Il think he ought TO get into the UNI
ion and that the company ought to rec
ognize It, This talk about the union
running a mans business for him is all
bosh No printer can work in your
office unless he holds union card. But
do the printers run your business?
Don't the proprietors control 1t as fully
as they would If yours We're an open
shop? You and the printers get along
without friction and what the boss says
goes because the men know he is not
looking for Il pretenSe for dlscharginS
union men and putting nom union men
in their places The union reserves the
right to demand the reasons Tor a
MEMBERS dicharge, but that right is
seldom or never exercised ana FOR the
reason | have stated--becauSe the boss
is under no suspicion of desire to sub
stitute non union for union men. When
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