Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1905-12-14
Union Replies to "J0lIy."

AS "Jolly' says we think he is one
thing and is another | guess he is one
of those turn-coats He thinks he will
scab Just as long as the T. @. l. Co.
can keep from settling with the union
and when they have recognized the UNI
ion he will try to slide into it. He
wanted somebody to tell him what it
takes to make either union or scab.
If he will search the old Webster die
tionary close he can find Just what
am going to tell him. A scab is a
crust on an old sore, and look right be-
low that and you will find that scab is
a man that comes along and takes a
strikers place Now, if that don't
satisfy you you will soon find out any
how. l meant what | said about
wouldn't be in your socks for your
shoes, for | would rather be called
anything than scab. You can call
it threat if you want too. If you
get more for your coal than the union
got | wish you would please tell us
lust what you get and it is the union
that is the cause of your getting as
much as you do. | can tell you what
scissor-bill is. He is man that
takes the obligation and goes back on
on his fellow-men. hope that if this
don't satisfy Mr. Jolly that some
one else can. He thinks he is awful
smart, but there are just as smart peo
pie in the union as any the T. G. I.
Co. have working for them and they
aren' English people either. If it is
because the union has English at the
head of the organization is the reason
why they are working against us, it
looks like they would quit working for
the T G. |. Company for they are all
English and they had might as well be
bossed by one as the other, only the
union man wants less work and more
pay, and they don't want smiles from
their bank boss either. Those smiles
do not feed nor clothe am with you,
"Jolly' on that shooting That is too
bad but that isn't as bad as it was
when you came here and took our
mems work away from them. The
scabs started the shooting and don t
know yet that union man has shot a
gun at night since the lockout here.
/ over heard some scabs talking and
they talked mighty brave about shoot
ing the soup-suckers, as they call us,
but that did not put any change on
me.
Some people say it ism t a woman s
place to discuss such questions but l
say what is a mans business is his
wife's business, and the union is for
his wife and children as well as for
him, and | think we have right to
fight for our rights, just the same as a
man does Mr. Jolly, we know where
our grub comes from as well as you
do, and we don't deny it but | want
you to know that we dom t scab for it.
want you to understand the reason
we call it John Mitchell's grub is he
sees after getting the money and pays
for what we get just the same as you
go to the I. G. |. company's store and
get what you do. I think like "Citi-
zen does their must be something dead
up the creek. | think this thing is
about wound up as there have been so
many of the scabs leaving. | notice
that some of the company's men don t
forget to hunt for Mr.. Pat Cary when
they get ready to leave this scabbing
place. 1t don't look like the scabs get
more pay for their work than the I'M
ion got as they are not able to pay
their way off from here. We are not
out of money yet nor likely to be. We
are not against the grind-rock, and
are still having plenty to eat and
don't have to work Isn't that hard
to beatg They have Matt Griffith in
Jail, but that is nothing They have
got some of the scabs in Jail with him
and he will make union men out of
them while he is there if they don {
watch out.
| wish all people could see alike. II
they were all union what a good time
we would have. Union.