Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-10-20

clans In royal style-aiways sa..
that the right firm "a non-union firm
c%ourse) gets the s~ub-contracts on I'LL !.
Capitol building from Mr.. Payna t tSe
general contractor? win Grcb,taNs
Huston explain or will the corrnnt y
cious machine in PENNSYLVANIA teiI M W
the su~b-contracts for the metal ~IaibI-1y.
the electrical work, sheet metal wo.sss'
elevator construction, the employmentn
laborers. hoisting engineers and otborn'
amounting TO hundreds Of thous..sa.
Of dollars, were given to notnrious
scab firms, companies constantly -
war with union labor. everlasting ~
crushing the workers? e'
appeal upon appeal was msao :.
Matthew Quay before his death. Sou'
ator Penrose vas Appealed 10 tt,ar
and again. Petitions We're sent frore
the miners and the carpenters bUn
dreds OF letters found their waH "
the 'leaderS In the Republican nSrtU
from Senator Penrose and CovornS,
Pennypacker down to the smaller coo
tingent OF what IL known as the s..
publican Political Maehine-the mnS.
corrupt ever known In the history .,
the world. Regardless OF ali tbooo
appeals. the many committees any
delegations from Pittsburg aud hill"
delphla and the entire State. rensa
sentlng thousands OF union men tba
Republican leaders. by their actionS
have openly declared against urloa
labor, union hours and union nav /"
favor OF the labor-crushing cornora
ton, the employer OF seab labor, Ionr
hours, unfair conditions, short nav
the sweat shop and slavery. r."
"What are You going to do abor,
Il? The Republican political MachIn.
Of Pennsylvania has deIiberat.Iv
snubbed and Insulted the trades unionr
movement 1t has placed itself on
record against union labor: il has
placed its seal of condemnation mon
our employers because those enpjov.
ers recognize the union and Willingly
pay Union wages and observe union
conditions
mot only were the leaders Of the Ra,
publican party In Pennsylvania content
with insulting one national union bnt
they extended their persecution still
further until 1t included six great ma.
tlonai organizations. namely. the Inter.
national Union Of Wire, Wood and Me-.
talIic Lathers. the Brotherhood of Flec.
trical Workers. the Brotherhood ~
Painters, Decorators and P~aperhangers
Of America, the international Union az
Elevator Constructors, the Amalga.
mated Sheet Metal Workers Interna.
tional Alliance and the international
Union of Hold Carriers and Building
Laborers.
"These six national Organizations
have thousands of members in Penn.
~sylvania and thousands of friends. rpla.
tives and co-workers. These six build.
ing trade crafts ha,se a right to ask. ave
a right to demare, that in their agbt
against this political machine In Penn.
sylvania the whole strength of union
labor. the solid vote, shall be masscd in
overthrowing this dangerous foe to
union labor.
LET union labor assert itself ut tba
polls, let us boycott the Machine In
Pennsylvania as e~ffectually as the
machine is boycotting union labor and
harboring as well as protecting the en-.
ployers Of scab labor and unfair condl.
tons.
1--WE can successfully search and
expose the ~favoritism which is extend.
ed to those contractors and others who
are q part of the graft system which
has made the Republican machine OF
Pennsylvania-tha banner Republican
State Of the Union-a stencil In the
nostrils of all respectable and decent
men.
Trades u~nionists. arisel Aid the
building trade workmen to rebuke this
most dangerous foe 10 human liberty
and the most corrupt machine the
world ever knew.
ITO the union men Of Philadelphia
we say. prevent or cut down the frau.
dulent vote Of that city at least $1,000
votes, and the union will gain q big
victory over the enemies OF union Ia.
bor.'"