Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-27
HOUSING RALLY OF UNION MEN
SUNDAY ADDRESSED BY MA.
TIoNAL WORKERS.
co.oPERATloN NECESSARY
IN RELIGION AND POLITICS
Charles N. Glover, Vice President Of
eoiIsrm akers, and J. D. Buckaiew,
National Representative Machinists,
Speakers-Respects Paid to Lennoa
Machine and MarshaIItown Club.

Members of the Iowa Central unions
and others, with the public invited,
held a big meeting in Red Mems
hall Sunday afternoon at which a mix
ture Of unionism, religion. and politics
was worked into two very able adj
dresses by the visiting officers of two
national union organizations who had
been in the city assisting the scale
committees in their negotiations with
the officers Of the Iowa Central road.
The program began with a quartet
composed OF 01essrs William DooIey,
Edward Redel, George Hedstrom and
Clifford Holmes. who were recalled for
encores. Mr.. Charles n. Glover. OF Chi
cago, vice president OF the boilermak-
ers then spoke briefly. He urged union
men to elect union men to office be-
cause, as he had seen it in Chicago, the
politicians who talked nice 10 set the
union vote before election We're the
first to put policemen on the wagons
when a strike began. Grover Cleve-
land, he said, had been elected as a
workingn1ans president and stood by
the workirgmen during the first four
years Of his administration. but he at
terward sent the federal troops into
Chicago to defeat workingmen when
Governor Altgeld was their friend. If
you have u laboring man running for
office here vote for him. he said. amid
great applause.
The principal address was made By
Mr.. J. D. Buckalew, of Washington, D.
c., national representative Of the ma
chinists. He proved to be speaker Of
power, mad delivered a very stcons
sermon and stump speech combined,
under the subject, "The Necessity For
the Cooperation Of Working Men
From a Religious and Political Stand
point"
Taking his text from Cor. 1873 For
we are laborers together with God; ye
are Gods husbandry. ye are Gods
building" he launched into very
forceful exposition OF the purposes OF
unionism to build up the men and
women Of the country by cooperation
and then to prove that this was Gods
work he mentioned the cooperation of
the animal and plant life going on un-
der Gods direction.
Mr.. BuckaIew was born In Indian
Territory, Of Irish and Indian parents.
and as a child ran wild with the Indian
lads. He became a COW boy. machin'-
list lawyer, and orator, and his nature
pictures were drawn with real knowl-
edge Of detail.
Tho Closed Shop.
In defense of the closed shop he ex-
blamed the ministers had closed shop
because the law provided that they
must be regularly ordained and have
a working card before they can legally
marry a couple; that lawyers have q
closed shop because they must get their
working card from the government OF
the state: likewise the doctors and the
pharmacists.
Tho Lennox Strike.
He then scored the premium system
against which the machirists at the
Lennox Machine Company's plan.
struck. saying that 1t bred thieves
among workmen Just the same as the
piece system. He believed that the
only reason we do not have revolu-
ton going on in this country now. the
same as in Mexico is because Of the
mower of trades unions to enforce bet
ter conditions and better wages for
working men.
Scores MarshaItown Club
Anent the strike at the Lennox Ma
chine Companv's plant the speaker
won great apulause by his criticism OF
the Marshaltown Club. This club. he
said. could have co-operated with the
workingmen Of its own city Il 1t ha6
said to the nonresident company. YOU
can not bring lawless strike breakers
into our town 20 beat up our own citi-
zens and rob them Of their Jobs IN
stead OF doing Gods work Of co-opera-
ton the Marshaltown Club took into
its membership the chief strike-breaker
sent out here by the nonresident cor
porat;or to break, down unton1srn, re-
ferring to Superintendent Morey. "The
company is going to move its factory
away from here" said the speaker, amid
laughter from the audience, "and has
bought land in Cincinnati. Don't be
afraid that the bottom has drorped
ont Of your town when an institution os
this Kind leaves you for no town can
rise above the general character Of it's
citizens ana our struggle IS 20 h,,!1e
up those citizens who are Gods build
ings. He declared that the union rer
would he within their rights II they re-
fused to trade with a single mennher
Of the Narshalltown Club sltho he die
not advise any such boycott"
He then SPOKE OF grafters who try
to make a living out Of politics by
working the 1ahoring men for votes
and advised all union men to stand
by real card men when any We're run :
ming for office