Gilpin observer., 1904-10-20

clans IN royal style-always sees to n
that the right firm IA nonuniOn firm, OF
course) gets the sub-contracts on the
Capitol building from Mr.. Payne, the
general contractor? Will Architect
Huston explain or will the corrupt, Vi
cious machine in Pennsylvania tell why.
the sub-contracts for the metal Iathing,
the electrical work. sheet metal work,
elevator construction, the emplOymeDtOf
laborers, hoisting engineers and others.
amounting to hundreds of thousands
Of dollars, were given to notorious
scab firms, companies constantly at
war with union labor, everlastiDgly
crushing the workers?
appeal upon appeal was made to
Matthew Quay before his death. Sell
ator PenrOse was appealed to time
and again. Petitions were sent from
the miners and the carpenters. hun
dreds of letters found their way to
the leaders in the Republican party,
from Senator Penrose and Governor
Pennypacker down to the smaller con-
tingent of what is known as the Pc
publican Political Machine-the most
corrupt ever known in the history of
the world. Regardless of all these
appeals, the many committees and
delegations from Pittsburg and Phila-
delphia and the entire State, repre-
senting thousands of union men, the
Republican leaders. by their actions.
have openly declared against union
labor, union hours and Unicn pay, in
favor of the labor-crushing corpora
ton, the employer of soab labor, long
hours, unfair conditions, short pay,
the sweat shop and slavery.
what are you going TO do about
it? The Republican political Machine
Of Pennsylvania has deliberately
snubbed and insuIted the trades union
movement. 1t has placed itself or
record against union labor: it has
placed its seal of condemnation upon
our employers because those employ
ers recognize the union and willingly
pay union wages and observe union
conditions.
Not only were the leaders of the Re-
publican party in Pennsylvania content
with insulting one national union. but
they extended their persecution still
further until it included six great ma
tional organizations. namely. the Inter-
national Union of Wire Wood and Me-
tallic Lathers the Brotherhood of Elec-
trical Workers, the Brotherhood of
Painters. Decorators and Paperhangers
of America. the Information Il Union OF
Elevator Constructors. the Amalga
mated Sheet Metal Workers Iuterna-
tional Alliance and the International
Union of Hod Carriers and Building
LabOrers.
These six national organizations
have thousands of members in Penn
sylvania and thousands of friends. rela-
tives and co-workers. These six build
ing trade crafts have right to ask. aye
a right to demand, that in their fight
against this political machine in Penn
sylvania the whole strength of union
labor the solid vote. shall be massed i'm
overthrowing this dangerous foe to
union labor.
Let union labor assert itself at the
polls. let US boycott the Machine in
Pennsylvania as effectually as the
machine is boycotting union labor and
harboring as well as protecting the en-
| ployers of scab labor and unfair cOndt-
tions.
I'VE can successfully search and
expose the favoritism which is extend
ed to those contractors and others who
are part of the graft system which
mas m1ue tne hepuDllcan Iuacuine oI
Pennsylvania-the banner Republican,
State of the Union-a stencil in the
nostrils of all respectable and decent
men.
Trades unionists. arise! Aid the
building trade wOrkmen to rebuke this
most dangerous foe to human liberty
and the most corrupt machine tho
world ever knew.
ITO the union men of Philadelphia
we say, prevent or cut down the frau
dulent vote of that city Mt least 10000
votes. ard the union will gain big
victory over the enemies of union Ia
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