Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-01-26
Wont tolerate ANARCHY
GOVERNOR WILL USE EVERY
POSSIBLE MEANS TO MAIN
TAIN LAW AND ORDER.
owners ARE IMPLICATED
viii Investigate Charges That Mill
Owners Have Imported Cheapest
Labor for Cotton M;Ils.

BOSTON. Mass, Jan, 25,-Govern-
or Foss sent special message to tho
| legislature today urging an immediate
! investigation of the strike in the tex
tile mills in Lawrence. The governor
points out that the strike was not
wholly due to the 54-hour law, but
that unrest prevailed before that
measure was passed.
Governor Foss in the message de-
fends his actions in sending the militia
to Lawrence on account Of the disturb
ances there and says:
Not the slightest approach to an
archy can be tolerated in this COM
monwealth and | shall not hesitate to
employ every means at my command
to maintain law and order; but the
duty Of the state does not end here
and l shall perform but the smaller
part of MY duty if | failed at this jund-
ture to recommend searching invesi-
cation of ai the facts, including the
condition Of the striking operatives"
Imported Cheap Labor.
Commenting on the fact that the
employees have their grievances besides
a reduction IN wages due to the law
which shortens the working week from
Sc to "a hours, the message says
1t is alleged for years the employ
ers have pursued the policy Of bringing
into their mills the cheapest grades
of labor obtainable in this or foreign
countries, ant by fines and other
methods have reduced wages far be-
low that decent standard which Am
orican citizens should enjoy. If these
things are true, they should be estab-
lished by publicity and the facts given
wide publication. If it is not true the
denial is equally important.
Are Protected by Tariff.
"An important consideration is that |
the industry in which the strike orlgi- |
mated is one that has been especially |
favored by tariff laws designed and /
only justified on the ground that they |
protect and elevate American labor. |
one purpose q the Investigation |
should he to determine how far the .
have extended conferred .
by national law upon immediate bene-
ficiaries Of the protective system and
are today shared with the laborers who
are supposed to be The ultimate benefit
Charles. 1t is a fact that protection
now afforded by the schedule Of the
tariff applicable to the industry con-
cerned has not been lived up to.
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appropriate for the state which has
been called in to intervene to deter
mine how far the benefciares of the
government favors have complied with
the terms under which those favors
We're granted"
The government recommends the
appointment of a special legislative
body with full power to examine books
and papers and to ascertain all the
facts bearing on the strike
LAWRENCE. Mass, Jan. 25.-Gov-
ernor Foss' message to the state leg
stature urging a searching investiga-
ion into the strike of the 900 or
more cotton and woolen operatives In
his city was the most important de-
'elopment today in the labor troubles
1ere. The governors message was
BASED upon a report made by his {
private secretary, Dudley NJ. Holma,
Who spent several days in this city
the situation. Twelve COM
,anies of militia remained on duty in
he mill districts. but there were no
disturbances today.
The strike leaders have urged the +
operatives to commit no violence. G
The governors message created 3
uite a sensation here today among I
he operatives and mill owners.
The mill owners have said that they d
would meet the committees from j
heir respective mills. but would not 8
eal with the strikers as a whole 1t
vas said 1t was this attitude that @
rought about the failure Of last q
lights efforts to bring both parties 0
ogether t.