The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-20

chance to work, and we have protected the employer in numerous instances. Take the Kellogg strike, in which 650 men left work and tried to prevent the business of the plant from going on. The em- ployers had put non-union men In their places, but the teamsters' union joined, them and would not deliver goods nor permit others to deliver them. We in- vestdgated the matter and waited upon the Mayor, who issued a proclamation warning the teams to keep oil the streets in the vicinity of the Kellogg plant We had policemen go along with the wagons and we saw that the goods went in and out. regardless of the demands of the union. Before that strike 90 per cent. of the men in the Kellogg plant were meu- bers of the union. The shop Is now non-union shop. and 1t has $50 contented men doing tho same work that $50 strik- CTS did. and at the same time turning out % per Asnt more of a product"
 Protecting Non-U Union Men.
 We have had a, number of similar cases" continued Mir. Job. Tin which we have helped the employers, and We are ready at any time to defend the rights of the non-union man. Take the case of Ches- ter B. Blish. who was q non4union ele- vator hoy in one of the downtown build- ings. He was threatened, bulldozed and bluffed by the unionists, but his father wrote a letter to this association and we came to his protection.N When the union ists saw that the power and wealth of the employers association was at tho com- mand of a simple colored boy, whose ex- istence the association had never dreamed of until he became bold enough to work as a non-union man. they began to real Ize that the employers of Chicago pro- posed to protect not only themselves, but all unorganiSed labor as we'll.
 'Again, take the recent street car strike" continued Mir. Job. 'The strikers had promised there would be no disturb ances, but there were hotheads out m force to stop the cars, and the union teamsters tried to block the road. IL was largely through the employers association that l,500 police were put on duty in the strilke territory. and through 1t all other teamsters were kept out of the way. The result was that the cars ran and the mon were protected. When the coal teamsters struck in sympathy and refused to haul coal to the street car power house, the employers association undertook the de- livery of that coal and sent the wagons. guarded by policemen, to deliver it. The result was that the street ear companies won their fight for the open shop"
 Where the Public Stands.
 How about the people. are they with you in this matterT'
 T think they are," replied Mir Job. Tn the street car strike they were entirely SO, and they have been so in most of our other fights. We are not waging war of offense but of defense. We have no chip on our shoulders and wo do not seek quarrels, although We are ready to hsht | if we have to. Before the association was formed our newspapers here were some what apathetic on labor questions, bur since then at least one-half of them unite in indorslng our methods. The same Is true of the politicians. and think our work has also aided the judges in showing them that their injunctions to prevent such outrages have the indorsement of the best of the business element of the com munity. t~t. "".
 We are not only doing good here, but also in the other cities of the United States. where we are looked upon as tho originator of this movement. We are helping to organize them, and in doing so we feel that we are approaching the near est practical solution of the present in- dustrial problem"
 Frank G. Carpenter.