The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-05-26
The Whole roth
About Chicago


opposed to labor unions The average professional man or clerk
knows little nothing about uonm and their first expression
$ usually something like this:
Of believe unions but don't believe the OF
thing been Chicago. That what injuries
The trouble with such that they all their inoma
the daily newspapers and the daily newspapers
oled by interests opposed the unions and handnglove with
busters employers
leaning frankly engaged
porting strike breakers up union-is made
I'm of business men who are the heaviest in Ccao
Their advertising the millions
it quite natural that the Chicago newspapers, which purely
business should nuggle whose patron
age amounts to so much.
AS result OF this condition OF affairs Chicago daily papers
have been full overflowing of the lurd strike
broadcast outsider unfamiliar Chicago newspaperdom
Now what the
The RecordH1erald is good enough average
edy antunion like the Chronicle avowedy
w be s0s an IN @ OF the strike
On May . 4 the printed big black
Recorderal framed this summary appear
1eamsters Union some real facts about those deaths
Richard Cummings police Killed Was by
George R. Pierce, striker Killed Shot by deputy sheriff
deputy and for hs f%poxs ~ss SHOT
lie Pstsr s kasn IS small merchant M Died hospital Charged
Charles Beard killed by falling brick Brick top of
ssg along street Absolutely no 1s foundation or
P!s &sd than sa ss % ssesG % Imported strike
Heo se "re ef why he was killed Nothing to connect his murder with
James Jennings an imported strike breaker Killed b fellow
III drunken row at the headquarters provided
Enoch Carlson aged years. Killed by an imported
strike breaker The boy playing with boys some
p me strike breaker drew his revolver and shot
with strike violence ver remoe if @ n m one Is connected
aquarrel among employees employers union three hom
cide committed by agents of the employers ccum
ton and only of the eight chargebe prma face
Do asso na l s or other
fago @ daily paper would have failed to make showing
Here is another important fact to consider:
Mayor . pIme appointed an inysgatng committee This
The Chicago daily declared that the Chicago
@ o y snd %
Chicago Federation Labor expressed willingness to SUBJ
mi. testimony providing the sessions Of the committee
sent to- demanding that the investigation
e oss an post editor Of the Chicago Public aud OF the
1 I'VE we founded suspicion that the ccako strike nsgated
sale sreashe; N Of and
ke and breaches OF the for the
On May - Alderman Dever offered resolution in the
% the s both pa9 that e % rs @ o @ p ,s ts
questions at issue between them to some impartial tribunal
municipal ownership program
particular general are opposed to munic
pal ownership ship for for selfish reasons and there ample grounds for
the purpose discredting
t,.s r.. 4. . .
Why did the employers association insist hear
before the committee Why did the counclmanc
agents of the employers association oppose arbitration?
Let unpreudiced public study wit
Chicago situation Organized labor perfectly willing be judged
by the real facts.
The Wageworke has carefully and thoroughly the
Chicago strike. charges that the employers whose
destroy labor unions deliberately precptated
strike has kept alive and promoted whatever
ncendarsm has resulted and all for the securing mill
aid the work of breaking down The employers
association dbeate yimpoed strike breakers for the
pose namng passions strikers rotng point,
aiming this military aid the of destroy
unionsm From first to last the whole things been scheme
break by foulgeneraly ouland
their schemng the employers association has had the