The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-11-12

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proudly produce paId.up union card
i'm testimony OF his unionism. Way
down in his heart ne seems TO have
a lurking suspicion that there rs
something not altogether right In his
action. and it Is characteristic oi the
craft union man who co-opcrates with
scabs that he is ever ready TO flash
4 union card In the face OF innocent
bystanders.
He doesn't understand that helping
10 run the shop while other workers
bend all their energies TO close the
shop Is scabbinG. He relies on the
name and seeks refuge behind little
pastcboard card
When a strike is declared IL be
comes the chief duty OF the orgoniZa-
ton TO effect complete shutdown OF
the plant For that purpose warnings
are mailed, or wired, 10 other places
10 prevent workinEmen from moving
to the afflicted locality
Plckets are stationed around the
plant or factory. or harbor, TO stop
workers from taking the places OF
the strikers. Amateur scabs are coax
ed. persuaded. or bulhed away from
the seat OF the strike. Persuasion
having no effect on the professional
strikcbreaker. he IL sometimes treat
ed 10 shower OF brick-bats. Shut
down that plant, shut It down com
pletcly. is the watcbword Of the strlk
er.
Now while all these things are go
ing on and men are stopped In ones
and twos, a steady stream OF other
workers carrying their dinner pals
pours through tho factory gate Why
are they not molested7 oh. they arc
union men belonging To a different
craft from the one on strike. Instead
OF brickbats and insults It's Hello.
John: hello, Jim; howdy, Jack and
other expressions Of goOdlcllOwship.
You see. this is a carriage factory,
and It's only the Amalgamated AsSo'
citation OF Brim Stone and Emery Pol
ishers that Is striking. the Brother
hood OF OIL Rag Wipers, the Fraternal
Society OF White Lead Daubers. the
Undivided Sons of Nanish Spreaders,
the Benevolent Compilation OF Wood
Work Gluers. the Iron Benders' Sick
and Death Benefit Union, the Oakdale
Lodge OF Coal Shovelers. the Martha
Washington Lodge OF Ash Wheelers,
the Amalgamated Brotherhood OF Oil
ors, the Engineers Protective Lodge,
the Stationary FIremen the Portable
Firemen. the F o o L.. the a. 5. 5
E.S. Societies have nothing 10 do with
the Amalgamated Association OF
Birthstone and Emery Pol sheTs
At the regular meeting OF those
societies, ringing resolutions eudors-
ing the strike of the Algamated As
sociation OF Birthstone and Emery
Polishers will be passed. Moral syp-
port VIII be pledged and FIVE dollars
worth of tickets VIII be purchased
for the dance given by the Ladies'
Volunteer and Auxiliary Chorc for
the benefit Of the Amalgamated Asso-
citation OF Birthstone and Emery Pol.
ishcTS.
The whole thing Is like beating a
mans brains out and then handing
him a headache tablet
During a very bitter fought mold
ers' strike in northern city the
writer noticed one Of the pretti-st H.
lustrations Of the workings of plain
scabDinG and craft scrabbing ever
witnessed
A dense mass of strikers and SYM
ldllllstlo htifl b04''lllbltu III lA'll' WI
the factory awaiting the exit of the
strlkc-brenkcTs. Out the came. SCabs
and craft unioniStS in one dark mass.
/ Then stones. rotten eggs and other
missiles began to f1y, when one OF
the strike-breakers leaped on store
box and shouted frantically, stop
it. stop it. for G-'s sake. stop II you
are hitting more unlonists than scabs.
you can't tell the difference"
That's It Wherever scabS and
union men work barmoniouslv in tho
strike breaking industry the devil
| himself cant tell the difference
To the murky conception OF a union
! scab. scabbing Is only wrong when
practiccd by a non-union man. To
him the union card is Kind of scab
/ permit that guarantees him immunit y
from insults. brickbats and rotten
] eGgs.
After having instructed a green
! bunch Of amateur scabs in the art of
! birthstone and emery polishing all
day, he meets a striking brother In
the evening and forthwith demon
strates his unionlsm by setting up
! the drinks for the latter
Craft union scabbing is the legiti-
mate offspring of craft organization.
= 1t Is begotten by ignorance. born of
imbecIlIty and nOurished 10y Infamy.
My dear brother, | am sorry TO be
under contract TO hang YOU, but |
! know 1t Will please you to hear that
the scaffold Is built by union car
] penters, the rope bears the label,
and here is my card Address by
J. II Arnold at Louisville
CHRISTIAN COMPETITION.