The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-01-06
UNION LABOR ASKED
/. TO ASSIST sHOPMIN
Appeal for: Financial Aid Is Issued
by Strikers on Hartman
7.z-s Lines. I'D
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Story Of the Struggle and What
Il Means TO Labor &
Gsraphically Told

r. In behalf of the: s IS, 900, compris- !
ing the federated shop employees on
strike on the Hartman railroad
lines, an appeal for financial aid is
this week made by the officers of. the
trade unions affected.
. The circular issued by the officers
tells the story of the strike and it's
cause. It reviews the effort of the
grievance committees to head off the
trouble; of how they insisted upon
recognition for. the new federation,
and then of the system of blacklist
ing followed by the companies to dis
hearten the employees. >. -. s.,..s
Fully SO per cent of the men en-
ployed responded to the strike call
They have been out for. II weeks, and
their lines are still unbroken
The circular closes with the follow
ing additional statement and appeal:
Strike In Extensive. e
This is one of the most gigantic
between capital and labor that this
country, has ever known. Very little
appears in the daily papersi regard
to it, as the corpora tions control the
majority of the newspapers, and all
Information that would be damaging
to the cause of the railroad company
| is suppressed. s.- II (, :.
| The strikers are possessed of a
splendid spirit Of determination in
this struggle, and are standing should
er to shoulder, even though hunger
| and want stalk among their ranks,
and they are sharing. with their wives
! and children, the misery and suffer-
! ing that is their lot in this battle to
! secure for the $4,000 strikers and
their families a little more money to
purchase little more, and. perhaps,
8, little better food, than has been their
| lot and the lot Of thousands of wage
| slaves for many years past; something
which is denied them by the million
aire crew who control the railroads
and other large interests of this coun-
try.
Men Earned Small Wages.
Many of our members have been
working for, very small wages for
I years, and have never had chance
to save a dollar. When their employ
ment ceased, their credit ceased, and
If they had continued to work under
the same conditions for the next 20
years. they would not have any more
money than they have at the present
time. and it is for those men and their
families that we are appealing to
you for assistance to help to win
this great struggle.
With the sentiment existing In this
section CT the country, on account OF
the admission by the McNamara
brothers that they are guilty Of the
! crime of dynamiting, m4kes It all the
more essential that organized labor
Il should use every honorable means to
win a struggle Of such gigantic pro-
portions as this one is.
s. Money Is Needed.
Financial assistance is necessary
T and needed badly. Aside from this
our prospects for success are splendid
and, IL organized labor viii give to III
the necessary support to conduct ii
an honorable way. this strike tha,
q means ,sosmuch to the working people
q Of this country, we will surely win
! Please send all donations to Johr
q Scott. Secretary Of the System Fed.
q Grafton of the Hartman Lines. 6o6.
s0s IIibernias 3 ldg. San Francisco
u Gal.