The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-07-07
LABOR FIGHT
TO FINISH
Better Conflict Between Organized
Workers and Manufacturers
Rages in Pacific Coast City.

Los Angeles, Cal, July 6.-This city
has become the storm center of the labor
struggle on the Pacific coast. The Mer.
chants and Manufacturers Association
melted by the notorious Los Angeles
Tunes, has declared war of extermina.
ton upon the local unions and in reply
the entire labor movement of California
has pledged its support to the battle
winch will now be carried, to the polls
under the banner of the newly formed
onion Labor Party.
The Los Angeles Labor Temple was
the scene of the first preliminary rally of
over TWO thousand union delegates, who,
alter listening to tervid speeches from
Fred G.. Wheeler, president of the big
carpenters Union l5S, Stuart Reid, or
sanlzer for the American Federation of
Labor, Job Hartman and Fred j. Sprino
attorneys for the unions, adopted resolu
tions of which the following excerpts are
significant:
Whereas, The Merchants and Mann.
1acturers Association has decided to
spend the profits they have derived from
labor to crush the labor unions and fur
ther reduce the scale of wages, and there
by lower the standard of living, and
Whereas, The members of the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Association
ny means OF profits derived from the
working class, are in control of all three
OF the political parties now in the field.
namely, the Republican,, the Good Gov
erhment League and the Democratic par
ties, and,
Whereas. The workers constitute thc
vast majority, and have the right to as
sumo the powers of the government and
use such powers in their own interests
instead OF the interests of their enemies
therefore be it
Resolved, That we, the workers. in
mass meeting assembled, do hereby or
game political party, for the purpose
OF assuming the powers of government
and protecting the interests Of govern
ment, and protecting the ...-srests of the
working class, and preserving and pro
noting the welfare of the community in
gcncral.''
ti''t t1oo AuSclSS has served
as rallyng point for multi millionaires
bent on secretly organizing opposition to
every attempt made by labor to improve
its condition, the California State Build
ing Trades Council, at its last regular
meeting, instructed all its affiliated
unions to levy an assessment for the
benefit OF the Los Angeles strikers. At
this meeting Mayor Mccarthy of San
Francisco, recently injured in an auto
mobile accident, presided on crutches.
The Executive Countil of the American
Federation of Labor has sent an appeal
to every union in the United States and
Canada to help the Los Angeles workers
IN their struggle~for shorter workday
TO prepare for possible struggle of
many months, the Los Angeles unions
have rented beautiful tract of 81 acres
on the edge. of the city, within FIVE
cent street car service, upon which tents
will be Immediately erected to accommo-
date one thousand strikers. Water, cleo
tricity and every sanitary arrangement
for the health of the union men and their
families is now being put on the ground
by the willing hands of many mechanics,
and it is proposed to withdraw the trade
of this little city from those unfriendly
merchants who are opposing the labor
movement.
The Los Angeles Citizen, the local un-
ion paper, makes this significant plea at
the close of its last editorials:
Remember San Francisco! Remem-
Der Milwaukee,!
The workers hold in their hands the
weapon against all kinds of official in
justice.
Los Angeles workers have gone into
training to make the best use of this
weapon.