The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-02-24
MACHINIST
PAYS FINE
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puous, tainted the pickets as they
passed them-small wonder if verbal
greetings were retorted by the pickets
that were not up to the Chesterfieldan
Standard. The strikers claim that this
man Frazier who made such piteous
plea to the court fo., protection in his
right to work, has been the worst OF
the lot to throw tamts and snccrs at
the pickets.
The night of the mix up we are de
scribing, six strikers were ON the picket
line. When Summers bunch of work
ment hove into sight, 10 and behold u
new commander stepped into the cal
cium, Mr.. Geo. Sumner The army
was about to be shown that they had
nothing to fear from the strikers. They
were just a bunch of buffers that one
courageous soul could put to flight. Like
the knights of old knight Grant had
appeared to challenge in single combat
the most valiant one of the contending
forces and thus settle the mooted qucs
ton of supremacy. Fear was to be i'm
parted into the breasts of the strikers
and natures noblemcn aforesaid
and valor. So friend George challenged
Parker to fight forthwith. They fit"
while the camp followers watched with
bated breath for their hero to admins
ter the sleeping potion to the hated foe.
But the gladiator from the Sumner camp
had his dates mixed and somehow he
gave lifelike imitation of Jcffries at
Reno on the fourth of last July. In
sporting parlance parker put it all
over him" George not only couldn't
come back" he could come in the first
place. Disgust in the Sumner camp.
Then Riggs-Special Officer Riggs--as-
sumcd command and catching up the
trailing colors, rushed to the thick of
the fray. The strikers tell the same
straightforward story about what hap
pened. He slapped Berg, who had tax
en- no part, had uttered no word and
punched him twice, until Berg was
forced to stand up like a man and give
the best he had in the shop to take
beating. He strapped, of course. who
but coward wouldn't. And for this
he gets ten dollars and costs, the same
as the man who makes the assault. They
say justice is blind. Well, she is.
sometimes, also deaf and lumb also old
and decrepit.
Following the trial, Frazier and Ley
man were made special police. It's
curious thing that IA strike breaker can
get police authority in this town on the
simple preteXt that they must be pro
tected in their right to scab How about
passing out a few police stars to the
men on strike. They have right to
strike for better working conditions
and their personal safety is as dear to
strike breaker while working But we
can imagine the merry "ha, ha" that
would 90 up if they dared to ask for
police authority.
How do you like your business mems
city administration by this time, you
workers? And if workingmen were
nominated for office at the next cleo
ton would you still think men from
yonr own ranks incompetent to handle
the city's affairs? Would you now?
Have you got enough of an admnistra-
ton controlled by the big fellows for the
big fellows or are you about ready to
try something else. While you are
thinking this over the machinists are
going to keep on fighting for the eight
hour day and some day they're going to
win.