The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-06
STORY OF THE
STRIKE BREAKER
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CINCINNATI. o.
LAuoREu8f LABORERs'
g2i5 per day. board aud lodging
Your fare paid, strike On.
CALL AT ONCE. LEAVE TO
NIGHT
Treasurer Employment Bureau Go.
Prince Hotel nldR "a Floor. Sixth
aud Vine.
That means strike breakers" and
the packing house trouble
once the men who took the Jobs
Of union men an strike were called
aBeaba Nov they afa known as
strike breakers aud for dhYH
they have been hurried from surl#
aua cities 90 Chicago. their mission
being 90 break the great strike aud
leave the union men cat iu the cold
What manner at men are these
strike breuhefa9'
What Kind Of work do thor do7
How d. theF lyeg
What treatment do they re-
eriycT
What Is going on behind the walls
Of the Chicago packing houses ana
inside the sfuekadsf
n was o. answer these questions.
aud throw lEhf ON a great m}s.
terry. that The Post selected a starr
man O. temporarily play the part
OF a strike breaker.
So vas given the above adyerz
urement told To apply Tor job.
go % Chicago work ia the par
ma houses. throw up bis position
after be had seen ali there Nah 20
b. seen. aud then write hia cK=
pefienesa.
Two days and nights With strike
breakers In the big Chicago pa b
ing houses. talHiug their taIH. eat
inE their food and sharing heir
danger il enough 90 convince the
most akeptIeaI there ia little ros
nance connected with the life
A. hobo workman. peanilefa
and desperate. determined %
make the trip An Inventory of old
clothes and dirty laundering pre-
scented a rather diHeunFaEing result
Trousers and shoes we're all fiEht.
Hut the oldest coat Waa too new
looking for The hobo character The
shirt also NaH too clean IA appeal
- the residents OF the flat shovel
there Naa 30 coal Or anything uf
that nature With which 10 smear the
clothes Dirt waa az a premium.
Ash lat resort a Central avenue
second hand dealer waa visited A
black aud Nhlts shirt HaH pure aHsa
for Is cents The coat vas "a
changed for another II unqdeations
81 ahahhInsss. which vas almost Bis
enough for ann Rsrcoat for ne The
nFoprIetnr charged 8 cents for "a
Hhanglns the garments. although he
F8t the beaf of the bargain To my
protests be replied Look 81 the
amount Of clothing you are set
tins
REGISTER FOR TIE TRIP.
Sinking through alleys and back
streets. and imaKininE every one
met was susxt 20 my game ne IA
haf bureau vas reached. II saa on
ths second floor I asked the clerk.
Ia this here place where yoa hire
mem
sYes. Ne hire men every day
where's che iobT
In Chicago
sHuhi strike. Isn't there
soh. PES. but you vii be protect
ed"
amer a short dsilberation. ! que
RED.
awhnt1l ! get"
We pay f2lb. board and lodg-
Following a second period Of hes
lfaiion. said
Well. I'm broke. 90 count me IN
The clerk slasd me up douhfiuiiy.
and demanded registration Zee OF
81. aud told me 20 bring M bag-
eaEe. told him I Was broke, but
had friend who would stake me.
A second trip Was made 20 the Sec
end hand man FOR q change Of
eiothing" For 20 cents got an old
black VaiIae A suit af underwear
coat 60 cents and oNerslla 30
cents more. Both the latter we're
new. and With the grip. are nov
the property 81 my ehum Hmong
the strike breakers
Ala o'clock vas back IN the
bureau office With 81 elutched IN one
hand aud my baggage In the other.
The clerk took my money, and then
gave me contract to slgn ! was
H. receive protection while inside
the grounds OF the paeklng house at
ehIfaanE I admitted ] knew OF
nflke. and agreed 10 stay 30 days.
Wages had dropped. however. 10
SIS. and 90 cents additional u !
worked SO daya ! protested xlEof-
onaiy against holding out that %
cents a day. bat ia the end signed
the agreement was q full-fiedged
strike breaker
The train was 90 leave the G, u.
A n. depot az $40 p. m.
To make sure Of not mlssing
the train I WAS az the depot by >
O'Clock. The estrike-hreakers had
already begun 20 conEregate Fur.
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