The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-26
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
INVITED TO
Address Meeting Of Chi.
cago Colored Men.
URGENT MESSAGE SENT


cess in Calling Out Greek Strike
Breakers Gives Hope That Negroes
Can Also Be Influenced-Packers
Finding Outside Lodgings for Men.
Chicago, ILL.,, Aug. 23.-without wait.
ing for Judge Brentano's decision on
their application for an Injunction,
which they apparently believe will be
refused, the packers have made ar
rangements to gradually discontinue
the housing of strike breakers in the
stockyards district.
Boarding houses will be found for the
strike breakers as far away from the
yards as possible and they will be car
ried to their destination over several
railroad lines that never before ran
trains into the yards. The Erie began
the running of two trains today and to-
morrow the Pennsylvania will send
its first train into the yards. The
Michigan Central will probably begin
in few days. The object of the pack
ers is to so distribute the strike break.
ers that the latter cannot be identified
by the strikers.
At the same time the strikers pre-
pared to spring a coup on the packers.
Emboldened by their success in induc-
ing all Greek strike breakers to leave
the yards the union officials have In
vited Booker T.. Washington of Tus-
kagee college to address a meeting of
Chicago colored citizens on the subject
Should Negroes Become Strike Break
ers."
John Fitzpatrick and w. M. Rossell,
of the strikers executive committee
signed the telegram to Mr.. Washington,
which WAS as follows:
organized labor of Chicago, repre-
senting $50, 600 men and women of all
races respectfully request you to ad-
dress a mass meeting of colored peo-
pie in this city on the subject Should
Negroes Become Strike Breakers?" Or
ganized labor has endeavered for years
to overcome race hatred, and the fact
that hundreds of negroes are acting as
strike breakers to aid the beef trust
reduce wages is undoing all of the good
work along that line"
A letter thoroughly explaining the
object of the invitation will be for
warded tomorrow. The invitation to
Mr.. Washington was decided upon this
morning at a meeting of the Allied
Trades strike conference board after it
had been reported that every Greek
strike breaker had left the yards and
that no more would go there.
Both the church and the business
men were instrumental in getting the
Greek strike breakers to quit" said Or
ganizer Fitzpatrick. "The strike
beakers were told that if they remained
in the yards every Greek citizen in
the city would suffer and that curse
would be put upon their nation. l be-
lieve that if we could impress upon the
negroes that they are injuring their
own race by acting as strike breakers
that they would quit also. The Amer
ican Federation of Labor does not rec
ognize any organization that draws
the color line. 1t believes that the la
Dor problem can only be solved by
every working man uniting no matter
what his race, nationality or religion
may be-"
1t was then decided to invite Mr..
to point out to the colored
citizens of Chicago the danger of WIDEN
ing the breach between the white and
colored races.
After hearing arguments from both
sides, Judge Brentano today took under
adyisement the petition of the stock
yards packers for an injunction re-
straining the city authorities from in
terfering with their present system Of
lodging strike breakers, and will rem
der his decision at 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning.