United labor bulletin., 1910-09-22

with the Socialists for political action.
in force in Los Angeles and the worker
: San Francisco is the only Pacific coast
city where the National Manufacturers,
association failed to stir up Industrial
war in its coast-wide campaign against
union labor.
About the time the employers OF the
coast had famed strike flames into
blaze in Los Angeles, Portland Seattie,
the hod carriers in San Francisco asked
that their petition for increased pay LOT
the extra hour they had to work eacn
day be considered. In San Francisco the
big interests promptly took hold OF this
request, and, notably two large lime
plant managers injected themselves INTO
the fracas. The contractors took a hand.
and building was stopped on some 90 big
buildings to bring labor to Its senses.
p. II. Mccarthy, union labor mayor OF
San Francisco, called together his boaro
of public works, and remarked: i see
ALI the contractors are tieing up Work
because of this hod carriers request
BETTER notify these fellows to at once
clear the streets of building material be-
fore these halfbuilt buildings. and to
move away those elevated walks and
everything else from the streets. Ihe
board SO ordered. Then Mccarthy said'
Notice that those lime fellows are
taking quite an interest in startins
trouble. Guess we had better inform
them that the temporary permits TOT
railroad spurs to their plants are no
longer in force" And due notice went
forth
There was considerable noise. but II
was definitely shown that the city al
ministration was not boosting any labor
batting game, and that the police we're
mot paid 10 work for the Citizens ALI
ghnce.
!, Net~s9suit-Hod Carriers strike set
tied IN week. and industrial war indef-
niteiy postponed.
Al Long Beach. Cal. is one Craig oil
the Long Beach Shipbuilding works, who
is ea(,avoring. with the able assistance
OF the Merchants and Manufacturers as
sociation Of Los Angeles, to starve
skilled American workmen mechanics by
using unskiiled Japs. under the direction
Of American superintendents and others
who consider their own salaries OF more
consequence than the life and happiness
OF n hundred striking. starving fellow
gerous to a civilized community
The story OF the Los Angeles metal
workers strike is unique.
IL is the first time capitalist IN the
West has cared SO much for a dollar and
so little for men that he would scoop
nm the scum OF the Orient, at personal
loss to himself for time, and use them
TO beat down free skilled American WORK
ers TO a rice and disease wage scale.
Craig came out of the East to Long
Beach to found shipbuilding plant
Long Beach provided him SUBSIDY 10
come. Skilled shipbuilders came ana
were employed. and then came the Japs,
who smiled and lived in novels. ana
worked ten hours a day for hall what
an American with n family demands
Always Craig kept cutting down the
scale. always he kept pushing Japs 10
the front. until his skilled workers, ,ne
men who made his ships. the men VINO
came across the continent to help him
bu,ld great industry. presented their
demands for a square deal, and not get
ting anything walked out. leaving Craig
and his Japs. I'M,
That was months ago. The skilled
Americans ARE still on their strike. Craig
"a today paying his unskilled Japs more
,nar ba did his skilled American work
mon before they left him, and the ngh'
has been turned over to the Los Angeles
Merchants and Manufacturers associa'
,,on that always boosts any assault on
the worker!
Craig in not building ships these days
ue ia merely paying Japs to LOAF on the
,ob: he Is not getting results ne IL
merelv being feted by the big bugs oi
los Angeles and glorying In his inde
nendence." But he has started the game
of importing Asiatic labor on the COAST
To smash unions and to drag American
workers TO the same dark hole that Japs
are emerging from.
what craig has endeavored to do Win
1ans the lumber ring will doubtless try
~ do with Hindus, the fruitgrowers with
chinese. and the railroads with Mexi
cans To get skilled labor for the Cost
80 ,ha rice and tea a half-tarved Asiaue
needs would be wonderiuiiy nae '"e ~
Tor Wall street for dividends, for the
prosperity of half dozen men, wno a.
ready can't raise dissolute sons ias'
iaough to waste their stolen proh's On
put how about the other % per cent
And does Long Beach, paying suos'
dies to import Japs, benefit Mt all iro"
this Craig person?
4 An trades will be affected sooner Vi
later. II one organization is defeated an
other will he attacked. so II yo" "r'
.a,,od upon for assistance, give that as
.,a,ance llberally for the returns VIII o'
rroo, ON the money you have invested