The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-19
FOOL, Liar OR B0IA;
SAYS MAYOR k0NKEL
Manager Warren Tried His Stall
ing Methods on Silver Joe
and Gets Called. ,s.G -. =.

Mayor Konkel of Superior does not
nince matters when he has anything
to say, and what he handed to Man
ager Warren this week makes pretty
| choice reading. He declares that fight
ing the strike has cost more money
! than it would take to build the Steel
Plant extension. This is how he puts
it: *
''The street car strike still remains
unsettled. 1t was hoped the first Of
the week that a speedy settlement
might be reached. Mr. Warren put
a statementsin the papers, that, on
the face of it, looked like q conces-
| sion. But when the strikers asked
to. meet him to- talk oYerszthes Sda-
tails, he refused absolutely to meet
them, saying he would only meet a
! committee of employees.
"Now what do you think about
that? How is that for duplicity and
double dealing? Does that look as.
though the street car company want
! ed to be fair? Mr.. Warren is either
a liar, fool or BOTH. He says that
| on Sept. he had as fine a lot of
! street car men as were ever. gotten
| together; that he wants them all to
work and is willing to take them all
back. Yet when those men-men
whom he says he wants-appoint a
committee to arrange some minor de-
tails, he refuses to meet them. "
He Is q Shoddy Article.
''Now note. the difference between
real men and the shoddy article Of
the Warren type. Some time ago
| there was a strike on the Allouez
dock. A compromise was made at
long range. A committee was appoint
| ed at o'clock at night. At 9 O'Clock
the committee was in conference with
the dock superintendent and at 9:15
| the conference was at an end. At
the next morning the men were at
work. > =.
"Of all the pin-headed animals that
ever had charge of big corporation,
this man Warren certainly takes the
cake. Had he met the committee
Wednesday when they asked to see,
him, there is hardly doubt but what
the strike would have been settled.
But rather than to so much lower his
dignity as to. confer with men who
for the moment are not in his en-
ploy he allows the strike to continue.
His act is neither heroic nor dignif1ed.
1t is just pig-headedness. q
Some. people are proud of saying
that God never makes a mistake; and.
we have always thought the saying is
true. This much Is certainly true:
This fellow Warren is certainly a mis-
| take. Surely God had nothing to
| do with him. Or, If he did, he In
tended him for horrible example Of
what man ought not to be. - - :
=, Public Ownership Next. ;s~.:'
1T is shame that fools like that
! should get control of important en-
terprises. Yet, in one way, it may
be good thing. It accentuates the 4
! necessity for municipal ownership and
will hasten the day when municipali- !
| ties shall proclaim their freedom, Ac-
cording to their own statement the
net earnings of the Superior end Of the
company are more than 20 per cent,
We very much doubt IL the people will
stand that graft a day longer than
they are compelled to under the law.
Manager Warren has not only becii /
! bull-headed In this matter, but in
other things. Even since he became
manager of the Car company he has
been playing game of stall. Every
year the city council has been asking
for extensions and Warren has. been
stalAng them off. The net result has
been nothing in the extension line
The people are getting dead tired ST
it. 3 5.s ss$.=s - I SIS SIS SIS 's
TN this fight with its employees the
company will lose practically enough
money to have built the steel plant
line---a line that is considered by
many people to be almost vital to the
future growth Of the city. On, the
folly Of II! Oh. the shame Of 1t! Oh.
the crime 81 Il!