Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-26
ARE YOU 4 MEMBER
 OF THE UNION, SIR?
This Question Will Be Asked by Boxing Cruisers in
 Future in England

LONDON, May 25.-When d brIt- lsh bruiser of the future meets hia fellow artist he will inquire, Are you a member of the union?" For the Boxers union is the latest Jning Tn protective organizations.
 Weird possibilities loom on the horizon in consequence of this out come of the present boxing boom in England. To have such allies on their side in Q general strike will surely appeal strongly to the workmen, for what police would care to meet body Of professional pugilists ii the latter decided to maKe stanu tr any locality in a dispute between capital and labor?
 British law permits peaceful per suasion, on the part of pickets out side works where masters and men have come to loggerheads. When what the American calls a strike breaker and the British trade union ist denounces as a 'scab" or a -blackleg" comes along for a va cant job the picketing sJuKers do their level best to persuade nim his intention is both foolish and wicked. Employers whose relations with their workmen are not exactly placid are wondering today what chance there will be of securing blacklegs enough If the picketing is done by a gang of trained punchers in sym pathy with the employees. The per suasion" exercised by set of local John L. Sullivans will obviously bs more effective than that of q strag- gling line Of narrow-chested ware housemen.
 Organize Boxers UnIon.
 As is often the case in such or sanizaulns. the brain behind the scheme is outside the profession ar fected. So far as is known. the knowledge box of Robert Green, the father of the union. has never been rattled by Q swift uppereut on the point of the chin
 Everybody who has studied the inner workings of the British rms knows how the men who wear the njttens have been exploited by ar -udRcioUs combination
 It is on record" says Green .E support Of his union. 'Jhat men ot skill and boxing ability have been raid as little as half dollar for six round contest by promoters who enjoy the luxury of automobiles and banking accounts drained from the box office receipts
 Some Of the men themselves are stronger in tneir denunciarions. Why. said one. many Of these promoting fellows are so gluttonous for the gold they would not dream Of giving q man anything over siO who was not prepared to hand himself out to be slaughtered"
 Demand Union Prices.
 So the Boxers union has set out to obtain a minimum price on a fair basis for contests, according to their length, to promote the wsl fare Of the pugilist. 70 obtain el- agreements and arrange contests and generally to defeat the unscruE ulous promoters. Green is a san Guine soul. In his appeal to the ex- ponents Of the art he says:
 The time has now arrived when all boxers must band themseWcs together for mutual support Thay have the business in the hollow oI their hands. If they will only it in together before another season is out they will be recognized as rub lie entertainers on the same basis as actors and vaudeville artists"
 Especially important Tn the eyes of the professionals is the part the union means to play in the salec- ton Of referees All referees arc Co be registered with the union just as football referees are regis tered. Payment is to be made to them al a fixed and regular rate. This is designed to cut out several men who pose in England as ref erees in the ring and are declared by the boxers themselves to be crooked.