The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-01-14
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TERSELY TELL STORY
Of SHAME Of TAMPA

TAMPA, Fla, Jan. 13.-This was
critical week for the cigar manufac-
turers whose 10000 employees are on
strike for the last five months They
tried to make the first of the year
sort of an excuse for coercing the
strikers to go to work. The Tampa
newspapers, which are at the disposal
of the bosses, printed long accounts
daily of how strikers we're returning
to the shops and that things were
becoming normal again in the cigar
industry.
as we'll as the manufacturers the
'-"wish was father of the ~thought". The
picus wishes Of the newspaper availed
them nothing. The strikers are out
today at the close Of the second week
In full force just as they were out
before the New Year.
The longer the battle draxs the
more determined the men seem to
become. The more they are mis-
represented by the newspapers the
greater their contempt is becoming
for the employers, the city admins
tration and the press of Tampa.
which seems to have gone for an orgy
Of lying.
The extent to which the press of
Tampa has lost all sense of shame is
seen in the manner in which the
Morning Tribune describes the break
ing up of thel strikers mass meeting
at the Labor Temple on January l
by citizens who came armed to the
teeth, while the strikers had not as
much as jacknife to protect them
selves with.
Shows Up the City.
SandWiched in between two-thirds
of column of false and misleading
statements about the strikers is the
following brief description of the real
facts which shows to what extent an
archy has been legalized by Mayor
Mckay Of Tampa, and his citizens
committee, which is composed of the
Flower of Tampa" The Tribune
version of the story, meant to indict
the strikers, but which indicts the
authorities, the "best" citizens of
tampa and the lying newspapers, fol-
lows:
saturday word reached the Off
cla1s that mass meeting had been
Planned for yesterday afternoon and
tnat the leaders would take this on
portunlty to make their final grand
stand play.
esterday afternoon about 400
members OF the citizens committee
organized a party and went to the
LABOR Iemple in forty-six automo-
olles. When they arrived at the hall
ABOUT oOO OF the strikers were as
semoled. A number of the strikers
were searched for concealed weapons
Dut none were found on them. Ono
young Cuban got very excited when
the automobiles reached the scono
and started to make an appeal to tha
men. He finished his speech in tho
patrol wagon whittier he had been
taken by Captain Jones'
Ordered Men Out.
Mayor Mckay who was present
instructed Chief Woodward to have
/. the crowd dispersed and one of the
union men told those in the thron2
70 return to their homes, which they
did
After dispensing the crowd and
demonstrating that absolutely no
1ool1shness would be tolerated. the
c1tlens held a meeting at the Crescent
( cluo. Those present at the confer-
IL ence made arrangements for PATROL
4 nng the factory districts until all Of
In ane men shall have returned to work.
d Inc chairman of the committee an
Il nounced last night that while no
trouble was anticipated, the citizens
Il would be we'll prepared to cope ef-
IA lectlVely with any emergency that
III may arise. At daybreak this morn
4 ing a large force of citizens will do
81 patrol duty and if any efforts arc
g made to intimidate any OF. the work.
& men the guilty parties will be handled
& IN a prompt and effective manner"