The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-04-28

In Chicago the Employers associa-
tion has forced frightful war be-
tween labor and capital by declaring
for the open shop
AS a result of this determination
of the employers to destroy the
unions with the "open shop" policy,
300 teamsters are already on strike,
with daily accessions to their number.
The result has been an upheaval
In all notwithstanding, murders,
constant battles between the police
and the strikers, starvation for the
families of the Strikers.
THE EMPLOYERS HAVE ONE
MILLION DOLLARS WITH WHICH
TO FIGHT FOR THE open
SHOP"
This money will be used to starve
to kill, to MAIN and to Jail those
loyal union men who are fighting for
unionism.
In Spokane the open shop battle
at this time---is being conducted on
lines more peaceful.
The money is here. So Is the or
ganzation-the Commercial club, of
which Nelson w. Durham and w. II.
Acuff are members.
The Commercial club and the cor
porations have. accepted Durhams
candidate for mayor-W. II. Acufr
The Durham candidate has already
declared in,/favor of the open shop
as follows:
FOURTH, HE is OPPOSED TO
ANY AND ALL DISCRIMINATION
BETWEEN UNION LABOR AND
NONUNION LABOR ON PUBLIC
WORK"
Every union man knows what that
means. The glaring example may be
found at the Washington mill, which
is managed by w. H Acuff, where
NOT ONE UNION MAN CAN BE
FOUND!
Now that he has destroyed union
Ism in his own mill-now that he
has broken down the millworkers
union until 1t has but TWENTY
MEMBERS In Spokane, w. ii. Acuff
has consented to do the dirty work
of the Commercial club and the cor
porations and
MAKE AN open SHOP" OUT OF
THE CITY OF SPOKANE!
The Spokesman-R Review has non
union men employed to get out the
paper. IT is THE HOPE OF IT'S
OWNER TO SOME DAY DRIVE
OUT EVERY UNION MAN!
The election of w. II. Acuff on an
"open shop" platform to the office of
Mayor of Spokane will be an entering
wedge for the policy of the Spokes-
man-Review. Once the city is made
an open shop" the cry will be rails
ed to BREAK DOWN THE UNIONS.
With the destruction of the unions
in Spokane goes the last protection
of the laboring men, Then indeed WIN
$3.50 day be sufficient for the la
borer
The Spokesman Review this morn
ing prints what purports to be a
straw vote taken among the employees
of W. II. Acuff at the Washington
mill.
The result is most surprising.
There is actually permitted one
vote for Daggett and six for Bungay,
the socialist candidate.
DO you suppose that man with the
Daggett vote would be permitted to
work in that mill If 1t was really
30 that he voted for Daggett?
That shows the lie on It's face.
Acuff has not n single union mag
working for him. Those men who
did belong to the union were forced
20 forswear allegiance to the union
compelled to recant-in order to hold
their jobs Union men at heart, they
were cruelty driven to violate their
oaths in order to get work.
DO you suppose that men who were
driven to such desperate straits that
they were compelled to renounce
their own organization. violate their
own solemn obligations, would refuse
TO declare their merciless master
choice for mayor?
Are those men voting for Acuff be-
cause they must hold their jobs?
What fearful exhibition of the
lash of the taskFnaster Is that set of
interviews published In the Spokes-
man-Review this morning setting
forth Acuff's love for his employees.
And this after Acuff starved his
employees into submission two years
ago--persornlly imported strike
breakers and personally led them
through the hooting ranks of union
men to the mill in order to protect
them from vengeance.
A mnn employed by Acuff dare not
ever quit his job--for fear of being
blacklistcd. What would happen If
he disobeyed orders ana did not say
he would vote for Acut?
When n man viii use his position
as boss to trample on the sacred
rights of his fellow mcn--and then
parade their fearsome slavery IN alb
ject, fawning. printed eulogics of
himself before the people who know
the M ri ha tool, in flat helliah VIC