The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-20

thereby forming connection which would
make a short circuit and burn out the
trolley wire, don't let any such act be
laid to your doors
"'Or if any one should tell you that you
could wreck the underground cable by
throwing rocks into the manfoles-and
know there are piles of rocks near some OF
them-dont let such an act be laid 10
your doors.
Again, my men, some persons may tell
you that if you throw in cement and sand
and rock 1T will ruin the track. Now. L
understand there are warehouses near the
track where there are barrels OF cement,
and you know very we'll if this is mixed
with rock, sand and water it will harden,
and if thrown into the manholeS Ii Will hold
the cables. If you did that 1t might hurt
the company, stop the cars and we might
gain the strike, but, boys, we want no
violence, no violence. If any one does that
let us see that ii is not laid to our doors
1 hope you have understood me correctly.
But, Mr.. job do you think your en-
ployers' association is really making mat
tiers better? Have you done anything?
1--WE have done a great deal. and we are
going to do more. / have told you we have
given the nonunion men the chance to work
and we have protected the employer in nu-
merous instances. Take the kellogg strike
in which $50 men left work and tried 10
prevent the business OF the plant from 60
ing on The employers had put nonunlon
men in their places, but the Teamsters
Union joined them and would not deliver
We investigated the matter and waited
upon the mayor, who issued proclamation
warning the teams TO keep of 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 80 per cent OF the men IN
the Kellogg plant were members of the
union. The shop is now nonunlon shop
and il has 500 contented men doing the same
work that $50 strikers did, and at the same
n
product"
PROTECTING NONUNION MEN.
I'VE have had number of similar cases"
continued Mr.. Job. 'in which we have
helped the employers, and we are ready at
any time to defend the rights of the nom
union man. Take the case of Chester b.
Bish, who was nonunion elevator boy in
one of the downtown buildings. He was
threatened bulldozed and bluffed by the
unionists, but his father wrote a letter to
this association, and we came TO his pro-
lection When the unionists saw that the
power and wealth of the employers asso-
citation was at the command of a simple
cclored boy, whose existence the associa-
ton had never dreamed of until he became
bold enough TO work as a nonunion man.
they began to realize that the employers
of Chicago proposed to protect not only
themselves, but all unorganized labor as
well.
Again take the recent street-car strike
continued Mr.. Job. THE strikers had
promised there would be no disturbances,
but there we're hotheads out in force to
stop the cars, and the union teamSters tried
to block the road. 1t was largely through
the employers association that 1850 police
were put on duty in the strike territory.
and through it all other teamsters were
Lnrt of he
the cars ran and the men were protected.
When the coal teamsters struck in SYM
patty and refused to haul coal to the
street-car power house, the employers as
ISOLATION undertook the delivery of that
coal, and sent the wagons, guarded by po-
licemen, to deliver it. The result was that
the street-car companies won their fight for
the open shop
How about the people; are they with
you in this natter?
Il think they are" replied Mr.. Job. "In
the street-car strike they were entirely so,
and they have been so in most of our other
fights. We are not waging a war of Of
Tense. but of defense. We have no chip on
our shoulders and we do not seek Quarrels.
although we are ready to fight If We have
to- Before the association was formed our
newspapers here were somewhat apathetic
on labor questions, but since then at least
one-half of them unite In indorsing our
methods. The same is true of the politi-
clans, and / think our work has also aided
the judges in showing them that their in
functions to prevent such outrages have
the Endorsement of the best of the bust
ness element of the community.
I'VE are not only doing good here, but
also in the other cities of the United States,
tor of this movement. We are helping
to organize them and in doing we feel
that we are approaching the nearest prac-
tical solution of the present industrial
problem. FRANK CT. CARPENTER.
copyright, 1901