The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-27
Heal of Tile Windy City, Gov
Il eminent Discusses Capital
yALU Z 0 TRADE Il + 4. []I|: UNIONS y o. J;
Something About Employers
WHO Would Shoot TO lk,sl ill.8ss1
City'sB Floating Population.
nd#LabOti.
a. "a, M, y me I,,r,Imes. Dlspatch.)

Hing .ilat ono family should carry a big
Democratic 4 city ike this Ill 4 ~ inside
rocket Il + Is N n ytsrteh years Stree
Chicago WINS ncorpora Ted and more Wa Y
nc-fourhBof that time II has been fu Vie
blythe iinrrisons. Some OF us most tur-
Gbulcnt days we're pnssed 8und or Cartefa q
Harrison, the elder, and Tor tllt past
seven years IL has thrlveh under tue
iron hand Of Carter *. Harrison. VIC.
younger ii is thriving under his adtnl:l-
sistration to-day, growing bigger, brohders
and richer, notwithstanding its strikes
3is communities Of socialists and m NJ
arcliists and its l,ooca,ls 81 ~ 53 39
like these I1arti lyons They siia fe. as'
honest ring 10 then, wl,tii. YOU ring
Btheni down or tho counter 81 municipal
and national pol ittcs. They All come from
Tho sam 9 stock. Carter lIarriaons Btcitt-
Il great grea dfatncr8 was the n "a ther,
of BENJAMIN Harrison who signed tho
n Joeclaration OF Independence md whose
son, William Fl. Harrison. wa. the t1;intl'8
= President Of the unitod States i6ss@
Young Carriers great rand "a tller was
the first cousin OF John NJ Breckenrldge
and also OF President Benjamin Harri-;
\ son, and his own father was q statesman
4 pf radical ideas ard no aversion 70 using!
lie machinery of politics 70 carry: hem zen
out. M g 35 &ast III
The Mayor Of chicag g. 'si.s
" rho present Mayor Il G'iiicag go is3 n ,rhil,
#of5thef DID block. Fl 10 is n politician. but
ut lie same time LIS conscrva ltvc. pia cti-
tai and "a fe f Fl o is q friend Of the iytrk
StingrnanS but Is ready to en- forcc he laws
when tho business In ercstssare a tack ed
ard, az such. he to-a forms az part q Z
the grist which III being here ground out
betw cen the upper and ret her mill stoMes
Of capltal$and labor. Indeed. I! may be,
because the grinding ID so hard that ilc.
is8tlred OF tho Job. At least. he tells mo
that llc$is 50 ard wants 10 retire.
The governing OF 4 Chicago Is no small
matter and Its Hprrsss Z l,aye begun 10
sprinkle tho Mayors hair Wit, gray
#This Is no goody- Eoody Sunday school,
Town, ard its Two million people need.
careful supervision. Tho q ~ & covers a
vast area. 1t 8lias a 900 mllcs&of streets,
.,CO1 miles OF sewers. and 1t costs about,
+ So! .opI. Coz d year to nay Its running OK
penses Tho Mayor has II 600 employees
under him.. and there are also the city
council! and subordinate officers. but u
Us Carter Harrison, who does the thinking
and acting. ard y is lie who gets III, "
blame. ssT ,45 All 5ys n Huh is t
Chicago the Great Strike Center.
sS$ Tho reason Of my ca !, 5was TO ask about
the labor situation. hega1, vi u: N s.
Il Mayor. why IL cllaa q he strtk cent =
4
labor troubles here than IN ;iIly#.othe e.
I place In the }conn Try .
"One reason,'' said Mayor Harrison, is
that We do moro business than any
other place. and also that our business
8 Is more gdiversf fled. Chicago Is perhaps
tho manufacturing center OF the United
States It ha s great factories and fac X
tories of almost every kind. Pittsburg.
for instance, leads the country In iron
fl making, but we have the Illinois Steel
u Company hero. which Is one Of the 4larg-
est In tho world. We do more packing
than any other city, and we have car
works. furniture works and in fact
almost every kind of works. The result
is that II there is a strike In any branch
OF business the Chicago branch OF that
business strikes in sympathy. This gives
us a variety OF strikes, which are mag
nified by some of the newspapers. whose
sensational reports are telegraphed all
overt the country. s5l S#9.. siSf3 ei IN
Picketing the Dead.
..Tlen Chca so Is not as bad as II IS
n mo. 1T is not replied Mayor Harrison.
s'It#is not an angel city. but 1t is far
from being the devil city that some people
who have never been here think " TO
4 he. On the whole, 1t is about as good
city as any in tho country, ard Just
mon deccncy, good order and brotherly
Z love- 8 y a ~ y 3i33s3 y
.sBilt you certainly have many violent
5tlaborlng men. Mr.. Mayor EIow bout
this stopping funerals and stationingI
pickets about the houses OF the dead %
4 keep Eon-union men from aiding IN their
$lnterment?"si II x ELL
Most ot those stories arc lies. said
{ Mayor Harrison. Tho union drivers did
not refuse to- drive hcarscs. as has been
alleged They would not drive The car
riagesa but IL was tho livcrymen who held
y back the hearses, saying they would not
48let them 80 out without5ith carriages
went. too, All such statements were ex-
4$aggera tonsy AS to picketing tho dead,
55S,,s sooIigas Il heard there was any danger
& of$sucli a thing ordered the Ice to
SEQ that no strngglcrs or persons with
evil Intent were allowed to linger about
within two blocks OF any house in which
there was a. death or wi hin that distance
OLA church where q funeral ceremony
was being held. Al NJ IA u "
4 ''And then continued the: Mayor,
why single out CHICAGO for the i sole
& condemnation OF tho public when other
/ cities have been equally guilty as TO
strikes In respect 10 funerals! The
same was the case In st. Louis; but 80
far Chicago has received all the onpro-
brium ard st. Louis Is hardly mentioned"
The Nom Unionists in Chicago
How does your labors compare with
that Of other cities Eas to peace and quiet
ness r.! i .t5s It5
lis justabout the same" said Mayor
Harrison. ] we hnve more strikes IL is
only because we have more mon and
moro business" #
How about the non-nnion man; has
Z he any chance for work in Chicago ~
Yes, Nyo have n large number Of es--l
Establishments which employ non-unlon
men only, and many which employ both
5unionsts and non-unlonsts. The nom
union worker not only gets n job here,
but he is nrotected in II. all statements
to the contrary. Withstanding. d 4 stEf j
Gould IN non-union Factory be- started
in Chicago with any hope OF success 4?
Yes, II that success depended solely
on tho nse Of Don7,nion Workmen. 4 Us
men would not be nolestcd ana 1t would
allaYe as fair,a show, In that regard Fas
any union factory As 10 tho financial
results, these would lie With the owners.
of the business aud their management
thereof" ~;