The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-07-29
Nation Wide Campaign of Ag-
gression and Defense Will
. Be Conducted.
DEPARTMENT. OF JUSTICE
MAY GIVE ASSISTANCE
Labor Organizations, Local, State
and National, Will Be
Appealed to.

NEW YORK, July 27.-(Special to
the Labor World. )-What promises
to become a nationwide campaign of
aggression and defense against the
Bread Trust was launched yesterday
at a meeting Of the executive board
Of the recently organized Anti Bread
Trust Conference of New York, New
Jersey and Connecticut which was
held at Gossweilers Hall, 24O East
SOth street.
The Anti-Bread Trust Con- erence
represents 10000 union bakers, and
the campaign against the Bread
Trust will be for union conditions,
union hours and union wages.
simultaneously with the outlining
of plans for attacking the Bread
Trust, the Anti-Bread Trust Confer
ence also outlined a piece of defen-
sive work in planning for the estab-
lishment TO cooperative bakery,
ito be run by union men.
The Bread trust, which so far
seems to be divided in three great
comprehensive Ward Bread COM
pany, the Shuts Baking company,
and the General Baking company
each presumably operating indepen-
IDENTIFY Of the other, but each squeez-
ing both the public and it's employees
alike, may become the target of at
tack from another source.
Legal Attack Threatened.
The department of justice has be-
come interested in the Bread trust,
1t Is announced. Several secret serv-
Ice men were in confernc Iith union
officials last week and obtained in
formation concerning the operations
of the bread concerns mentioned
which might be Of sufficient import
\ ance to cause the department Of JUS
tice to start an investigation to de-
termine how far the Bread trust is a
combination in restraint of trade.
1t is known that each Of the three
companies mentioned has large es-
Establishments in every city of i'm
portance in the United States.
While the Ward Bread company,
the Shuts Baking company, and the
General Baking company are now op-
Grating independently, union leaders
declared yesterday that it was only
a question of time before the three
companies will amalgamate At any
rate, they said, these companies are
already of one accord in the manner
of treating, or rather mistreating,
their employees and the public.
Permanent Organization.
At yesterdays meeting, Anti-Bread d
Trust conference constituted itself a
permanent body to carry on the agi-
tation against the trust bakeries, Au-
gust D1ederich, of Local 144, Yon-
kers, was elected president; Max
Freund, of the general executive
Of the International Bakers and Con-
fectioners' union. was elected treas
urer, and Joseph Schmidt, of Local
"a, was elected secretary
Will Appeal to Labor.
Labor organizations, local state and
national, will be appealed to aid the
bakers in their struggle against the
giant combinations behind the big
bread firms.
The most advertised non-unior
breads like Tip Top" Butternut.'
Pan Dandy" and "Butter-Krust, I"
will come under the ak of union agi-
tation first
The most sensational manner. OF
showing up the trust, however, prom.
1ses to be the publicity which the
trust will be given through the me.
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