The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-03-04
o help crush the labor unions.

to help crush the labor unions.
How crush them? Why all the
banks in San Francisco were to pledge
themselves to lend no money to any
business house or enterprise that
would not agree to maintain the
"open shop"
Observe here exactly the same tao
tics employed in Los Angeles and con-
slider then how effective they must
be. Enforce the "open shop or all
business comes to an end 81.
The combination in San Francisco
is not quite complete because the
second banker, to whom I have re-
iferred above declined to go into it,
He said: -.
II will not enter into any sucl..:
arrangement as that, but I will gladly
join a movement to free business
from all this sort of thing. What T
want to see is an agreement by all
the banks to lend money to any firm,
company or individual that is entitled
to 1t without. the slightest regard to
opinion, politics or anything else:''
I suppose this banker stands alone
and the combination will be carried
out without him.
I have yet to find one citizen of
San Francisco that hearing of these
matters does mot RECORD them as
most ominous. For years the en-
ploying class has been grumbing and
muttering at the changes wrought in
business by the labor unions. Take
such an instance as the sailors or the
iron workers The unions in these
trades have reduced the hours and
increased the pay of the workers to
the impairment of the employers
profits. Looking back at the good old
day when. they could make their
hands accept any terms they choose
to impose the employers have been
growing more and more incensed at
these things and at what they call
the increasing insolence" of union
men. They have doubtless determined
to put an end to the whole menacing
situation and this is the way that
they purpose to do it.
BY coercing the merchants and
business men through the banks and
then coercing the newspapers through
the merchants.
Alarming Possibilities.
power thus placed in their hands no
man can predict the outcome Of such
a struggle.
Suppose San Francisco sees the es-
Enlistment of such system of in
timidation, coercion and suppression
! as Los Angeles now knows. Suppose
every accident that occurs or every
"planted" dynamite bomb. is charged
| by the press to organized labor. Sup
pose the side of labor to be regularly
| misrepresented, lied about and dis
| torted. With the ability. to :find >
| things and then spread all about the
| city and the country false stories of
the finds" there might be inflicted
upon union labor very deadly injury
or We might see both sides locked
! in a. contest containing alarming pos
sibilities.
! So I suggest again that all friends
Of union labor, all men or radical
conviction and all persons that be-
lieve in the primary human rights
| California situation and be able to un-
| derstand clearly the news that is likely
to come thence.
II you read that in Los Angeles the
responsibility for the Times explosion
had been placed upon three union
men but these men have made their
escape and cannot be found, be not
deceived. There are no such men.
Caution to Readers.
| If you read of further alleged out.
RACES in Los Angeles by union labor
men, be not deceived. The union la.
Dor men there are orderly, sane and
law abiding persons. They have no,
committed any outrages and will com.
NIT none. If you read violence pro.
voked and committed by union men ii
San Francisco, be not deceived. Wal
has been declared against the Sar
Francisco unions by the employint
class which also controls all the solrc,
of news. The interests of ORGANIZED
labor in San Francisco are In eoot
and, capable hands. Whatever yo,
may read you may be sure that la
Dor will make no mistake. But yo,
should be ready to discount and dis
believe any, false stories of labor VIC
lence that may. be sent out.
! Above ALL; insist upon a suspension
of Judgment whenever one of 'thes,
) fakes appears 1t is impossible t,
think of g. more plausible story thar
was fed to the country about tn.
!, Times explosion. AS it was prepared
and sent abroad you can hardl.