The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-13
LABOR UNIONS
MUCH ANNOYED

"Loveridge and Evans were not to be
defeated in their purposes, however. |
for they went south of Gary and Sc
cured a strip of ground where they I
proposed to hold the picnic anyway.
When the investigating committee |
found how things had been bawled up |
they started to interviewing the bust |
ness men of the city 1t was not long
before they discovered that the Gary
business men would do everything in
their power to help the labor unions
make a success of the Labor Day cele-
bration, if it should be properly con-
Quoted.
The delegates from the Building
Trade council went about repairing the
damage which had already been done
In short time the business men had
donated nearly $500 for the celebra-
ton.
The Gary Land company donated the
use of section 10, which is located right
in Gary at Thirteenth street and Broad
way 1t agreed to light the grounds
free of charge and to pay $50 towards
the success of the undertaking.
MANY LIBERAL DONATIONS.
The Gary Commercial club gave
500. the Gary Business Mems asso-
citation, $50 and the saloon men who
were very angry at the stand Loveridge
and Evans had taken, donated $780,
There were many other donations
promised"
1t also developed that Loveridge
and Evans had antagonized everybody
they met until they were personae non
gratae in Gary. They accused Captain
H. S. Norton of being unfair to the
unions, when Norton built sos houses
in Gary and hired union labor on every
one of them. Not only that but Nor
ton has never refused to remove man
whom the unions asked him to remove
because he was unfair.
Several small meetings were held
among the union men of Gary in which
Loveridge and Evans denounced Will
liam H Kliver, the republican candidate
for joint representative, as being not
worthy of the support of the Lake
county unions
GARY UNIONISTS ANGRY.
This greatly angered the Gary union
men for they have the greatest re-
: spect for Mr.. Kliver and point not
only to the fact that he is square, but
had the honor of being the first inter
! national president of the Carpenter
union.
Last night the fight came out in the
joint meeting of the Building Trade:
and Labor councils. 1t was a bitter
: fight, but the element in the union.
which stands for fair and square deal
ing and honesty in unionism won on
> and only a fragment OF the union mel
in this city will go to Pats Park"
Not only will the twenty-five un
ions in the Building Trades go to tn
: Gary, but there will be a number of tn
locals in the Trades and Labor coun
= ell and twenty Chicago locals whic1
will go to Gary
CONTRACT FOR FIVE BANDS.
I'VE have already contracted for fiv
bands, including Barnie Young's in thi
l. city. We will have the best speaker
that can be obtained for the occasion
We will have races and will have prize
)" for the winners. What is equally i'm
e. portant we will give the winners thei
"a prizes after they have won them" sal
= Mr.. CHM.
There will be pleanty to eat and sol
drinks will be served We got int
communication with the general pas
), senger agents of the various railroad
III in the region and they will doubles
#, agree to provide us with excursio
id trains Not stone will be left III
o turned to make the Gary celebrate
IA the best that Lake County has ev,
= known"
STATEMENT FROM l.. c. Il. & l..
g. The Lake County Trades and Lab,
er council will hold their annual celebri
ar ton of Labor Day in Hammond, II
ne parade taking place as usual wi
1T Barnie Young in charge of the mus
er and the picnic with athletic game
ID dancing and refreshments at Dough
% park
~ We extend an invitation to the eli
=, zens of Hammond to participate. Su
:" marching clubs, fraternal organizatio
us or group of persons as are in sympatl
is with labor's cause should present ther
er selves in person to j. L. Martin, l
on Plummer avenue, or communicate
or letter with the secretary and ha
rk places assigned in the parade.
Organizer Emmett Flood of the Al
erican Federation of Labor will spe
. during the afternoon. We are in hop
of securing a representative railro
man to speak also, but as yet have
~ definite assurance of being able to
So
ACCOUNTS FOR DISSENsION.
ut Some of the organizations afiliat
ay with this body and some that are n
gu feel IT their duty to celebrate in Ga
for This is something we anticipated {
-, ing, but during the initial steps
-. found ourselves at such a disadvanta
ne as to accommodations. resources a
grounds that we withdrew from
'no project.
an We expect a large attendance fir
9TH East Chicago, the officers of the Il
mt lodges of the Amalgamated Associat
are of Iron, Steel and Tin workers havi
nc Expressed themselves as being pleas
- with a Hammond celebration.
7on Respectfully
c. 2. KASFER, Secretary
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