The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-09-21

employees. This information is sub
mitted to your company daily in 'the
form of typewriter report. Our
charges for guards, motormen, con-
ductors, and all classes Of men during
the time of trouble is IS per day, your
company to pay transportation, board,
and lodge the men.
Trusting that you will at least favor
us with a reply, we are, respectfully
yours,
BERGOFF DETECTIVE BUREAU.
Upon this circular the following was
written on the margin, mailed to Mr..
Mitchell and by him forwarded to us
as shown above.
pers of the American Federation of
Labor gets this, so that he may know
what he is up against.
Yours respectfully.
CHATHAM, WALLACEBURG &
LAKE ERIE R. R. CO., Chatham
(Ont).
Per S. G. FITCH,
General Superintendent"
What do our readers think Is meant
it says it will furnish "men to work on
the inside" and "obtain all the infor-
nation they can about their fellow
employees and Ito report this infor-
nation" to the company daily? Sup
pose there is nothing to report to the
company? Is it difficult t., suppose,
an&. particularly from the character OF
these fellows that they will manu-
facture some information so as to
make some sort of showing and prove
how indispensable they are? Many
controversies are provoked by these
scoundrels, and when workmen have
become victimized by their subtle
methods, strikes have occurred. Nor
Is there any doubt that when disorder
arise or assaults on men Or property
are INDUCED in, they are mainly due
to the dastardly work of our American
Agents Provocateur. The unscrupu-
lous criminal methods employed by
certain so-called detective agencies
that commit crimes in the pursuit Of
their calling is well-known. That it is
part Of their game to fasten guilt
upon innocent men is as clear as day.
1t is all in the amount Of the pay and
the size of the corporation and the
Importance of the men sought to be
involved.
Is it to this sort Of education that
the $500, 900 WAR Fund" of the en-
ployers is to be devoted? OF course,
the Gadgrinds of the employers hope
to exterminate the labor organizations
and any tactics and methods are good
enough to encompass the result. But
that they will fail Is as sure as the
night follows day and day the night
We have said that the work Of these
agencies and bureaus Is Well known.
, Sometimes the scoundrels are caught,
exposed, and denounced sometimes
they admit the great wrongs they have
| done; sometimes the wrongs are done
and the malefactors remain unknown
But be that as it may, the labor Or
CARNATIONS of our country are lawful
| associations and w-abiding. They
seek Improvement in the conditions of
the men Of labor; not for themselves
| alone, but for their wives and little
| ones-for all our people.
The men Of organized labor have
confidence and an abiding faith in the
institutions Of our country, and in the
exercise of their rights within the law;
! by and through their organizations
they will work on and hope on for a
brighter and better day. The scoun-
drelly detective agencies will l.either
deter nor prevent the triumph Of
Labor's righteous cause.-American
F'ederationist for September.
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Mr.. Union Man:-Notify your butch.