The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-12-03
ASK TAFT TO PROBE
THE TAMPA OUTRAGE

The San Francisco Labor Council,
in regular session assembled, on Fri
day evening, October %, 1910, en-
acted the following resolutions:
Whereas a deplorable industrial
condition exists in the city of Tam
pa, Fla, in the cigar making industry,
and,
whereas the Cigar Makers Inter
national Union of America, represent
ing over $4,000 cigar makers through.
out the United States.~of America, is
organized for the betterment of the
craft; and,
TENDER, 1870. Castenzio Ficcarotta
and Angelica Albano we're arrested
for the crime of asking their fellow
craftsmen to join. them in a strike
that was on, and,
IT., ''Whereas, the said Castenzio Fic.
carotta and. Angelica Albano were
taken to the city jail, and late that
night under pretense" of being trans,
ferred from one Jail to another jail.
the above men were handcuffed and
placed in an automobile in charge of
the city police officers and driven in
a round about way down the county
road, where they were met by persons
coming in the opposite direction in
automobiles, and the two prisoners
were taken from the automobile and
taken to- the woods near by and
lynched to q tree, and, - r ,'-,--
whereas =, the. constitution of the
United States of America, and the
constitutions: OF f:the state of Florida
guarantees. to, every person the right
to be secure In his or her person,
home and papers against unreason-
able. searches and Seizures. and that
no person shall be deprived Of life,
liberty or property without the due
process OF. law,yand, 5.~*
Whereas the above crimes we're
committed within the state of Flor
ida; therefore, be it
Resolved, that we, the members
Of the San Francisco Labor Council,
the Cigar Makers tInternationa Union
Of America, Local No. 228, and the
people in general Of the state of Cal.
ifornia, do hereby petition the Hon.
VIM. Howard Taft, president of the
United States Of America, the attor-
ney general of the United States of
America, the attorney general of the
state of Florida, the members of
congress from the state of California
and the state of Florida, to immediate.
ly investigate this most atrocious
crime, and to punish to the full ex.
tent of the law the guilty parties;
and be it further
Resolved, that copies of this petit.
ton be sent to our official publica'
tons, to the press, to the publica.
tons of all international and national
labor papers, and to our delegate to
the thirtieth annual convention of the
American Federation of Labor.
Done under our hand and seal this
2Sth day of October, 1870"
Respectfully submitted,
F. Rizzo, Journeymen Tailors' Union
of America; E. A. Trembly, United
! Garment Workers of America; r
Baker, BARRIERS: Union; c. I. McKin
ney, Cigar Makers Union. No. 22S;
Peter Fitzgerald, Press Feeders and
Assistants; G.. :Schornfelt, Cigar Ma
kers' Union No. 228; BENZ. Schonhoff
Typographical Union No. 81; Jas. A
Himmel,. Electrical Workers No. Isl;
Frank A. O'Brien, Shoe Clerks No
40; Frederick F. Bebergall, Typo
graphical Union No. FL; E. J. Robin
son, Broom Makers Union No.. So;
Q. p. Rudquist, Cigar Makers Unior
No. 228; D. j. Boxer, Cigar Makers
Union No. 228. X I'll. ~. ...l
Committee on Resolutions, Labe
Section, San Francisco Labor Coun
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