Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-19
TELLS OF HARTMAN STRIKE
Rev. G. l. Doolittle Of Chicago Says
Roads Are the Cause,
UNIONS ALWAYS WILL EXIST
speaker at boyd ThcRter Mass Meet
inE says Labor Has "a Right 10
OrERniKe--strilSe II Most
Orderly.

Talking 10 an audience that completely
filled the lower floor and a greater por.
Fion OF the balcony OF the i5oyd theater
Sunday afternoon. Rev. Charles l.. Doo-
little, clergyman. OF Chicago and for
many years machinlst in the shops Of
the Illinois Central Railroad company at
Burnside, H.. told the story OF the strike
OF shopmen on the lines OF the Harri-
man system.
The several hundred people who greeted
Rev. Mr.. DooIlttie were mostly men,
though there were n number of women.
For the most part the listeners were mon
OF the laboring elaHseS, vet there were
many others who were present 10 hear
the story Of the wrongs and Injustice, done
the shopmen. as detailed by the speaker
On the stage was Mayor Dahlman. many
OF the labor leaders number OF the
clergy and President Jenkins OF the Unit
Versity OF Omaha.
The address OF Rev. MIR. Doolttle was
considerably In the nature OF a plain
business talk and time and again. was
loudly appiauded when he made his tell
Ing points
Refused Recognition.
The speaker explained thRt the strike
Was not brought about by any desire OF
the shopmen OF the Hartman roads. bat
instead by Mr. Kruttschnitt and others In
authority refusing TO treat with the fed
Grated unions. the. members OF which
were employed by the lines that go to
make up the system. He asserted that
they asked nothing unreasonable and that
when they went 10 Mr. Kruttschnitt with
their demands. he not only refused 20
consider them. but refused TO listen tc
fhe plans proposed by the men. The feder-
ated union, he showed. was not formu.
lated for she purpose of injuring the
roads. but instead. TO protect the rights
and interests of the men employed IL
the shops,
Gers calling the patrol from that point
they took the men TO patrol box severe
blocks away and naturally a crowd con.
gresated as they passed along the street
As consequence. the two men wer,
charged with ihelihg "a Tlot
ORnaha PapeGs FaIr.
The speaker paid his respects 10 IN.
press % ittS country. conlendiag that !
large portion Of them were either sub
sidized. or controlled with the Interests
this being especially true ga Chicago n,
explained that in Omaha tie Situate,
is quite different aud that here the ga
pers have given oreanlEed labor a squar,
deal and that the strike situation hai
been fairly treated.
Discussing the Chicago papers and tl,ei
atutods. Rev. Mr. DOolitus pointed I,
the fact that the clergy OF the city hel,
meetings and publicly took stand ii
sympathy with the striking machinists
but instead % sending their reporters Z
these meetings they were. absolutely ig
nored by She press OF that city IN
matter was taken up With editors an
proprietors. but nothing satisfactory {
the men was secured The Baptist min
listers he said, went even farther The
prepared resolutions aud sought the
publication. but nothing came OF theI
efforts. as they were turned down b
each and every one Of the big dallies
They would not have printed this Il
Slos line" added the speaker.
UnIoRs Always WuI Exist.
Discussing unionisra rev. Iir. Doolitt
took the position that IL always has e.
listed and always viii lie pointed 10 a
fact that IN the Garden OF Eden. Ada
and I've formed the first union. and.
20 the walking delegate. ne contend'
been pictured. The speaker. Joking
pointed 30 Moses and Aaron as the fir
u the walking deleghtss. Back in a
cient times, he showed that over
Egypt. where PhRrosh was IN control
the situation. things were not entire
satisfactory 10 the people and the a
Waihing delegates. Moses and Aarc
called upon him In an effort 60 patch
an agreement. They dld not get u
what they wanted and the strike "
called. II was a LONG one. but Il ond
in q victory Cor the strikers.
labor Has Right 90 Organise.
While talking along the lines Of unis
ism. Rev. Mr.. DoOlittie oontended a
labor has a right 10 orgsnize. In dol
~. Il Is following in the Footsteps of q
iiai ana capitalists. lie showed that thl
Il orxanization la an lines Of trade. n
ne nfnufaciurers have organised .