The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-09-06
kruRDAY, SEPTEMBER Q, 1918.
WESTERN FEDERATION.

The Iron Ore OF Happening puonsn
IAN article In its recent issue when
mid be read by every workingman
.x,ao Is liable to be confronted with an
l.missarv OF the arcn enemy OF laoor
,hA Western Federation. The foiio"
,nc mart Of the article shows the real
~ a,actar OF the labor leaders when
lI.Iht OF intelligent criticism Is 'Arown
u1on It,
|rhere's pretty good illustration
< + IA here In Ishpeming as 10 no"
<||.. Western Federation does ousihe7
\ # NJ local miners union. in moment
| thouphtlessness. took charter
nm this Federation, but after being
.ociated with il for a time with drew
they found IL was too expensive tor
G,r nocketbooks.s There was an ever
.tinc cry for money and they had 10
the;r hands in th9ir pockets 700
.nsntly for their ecouomic good.
"a NJ &, "a q constant assessment, so they
s .1E N, .ont. snrrendering their char
~, ,,,xnes this Federation. throu gn
+. ~ o,,,ceys NthIs fellow Maboney tna'
Won are hesrlsgg Sc .-ssSSaaa ~seont wlth
reference TO this copper country
trouble. and demands the properly 2.
the local unIon II has about ntteeh
hundred dollars cash and a ouiid'ns III
mis- city, ,.
Il seems there's a joker In their
4 <harter which states that In case Oh
~ snrrender all property of that local
nion muAt 20 to the Federation.
XIII The Joke Of il is that the local
Tvs had that building and the money
.,n hand when they went into the
s west tern Federation. The assessments
81 the Federation were so many ana
atrone that they knew they wouic
'eoon lose the bank account and the
# building ii they remained, In, so they
wisely pulled ont. And now Mahoney
"A has commenced suit for their property
II seams thar in the agreement there
was line IN very small type on the
back Of the form, or on the edge Oh
aome whore where II didn't stick out
lik<ca-haiA on the nose. and was plain
lE = not TO be seen, and these
want the money and the
I'D have an9e into the courts
Fr--~s
.akQre has for years been teiliht
,ors 10 look after their treasury
"a Inc vital point in all this bust
lt's the heart. lungs and blood o
Suld. aud Mr. Mahoney Is keei
TIE Is IKE al the Mahoney
mis- respect, bufsR little les parti
IAIur tim many OF them as to nj
method, These Mshnney. boys are
pretty SNver lot and they have beef
for mani years. They are too ia
ahead oisvhe procession that come
from the oher side jof the sea for tn
good Of tbe procession. They sin
songs that &,ch the ear and max
kIeffFN please The eye, They ar
g past meitera at getting the money
hey cl3ltinkle yon with feather 9
Nv You out Of existence with dyna
\ They will get the union
~ py assessments and soft WORD
y possible. buf II this fails the
Ato the courts to force tt
contract with which the
never made familiar unit
~>srxe turned down just
attempting on the Isl
} any lot Of workingm'
Imselves in the hands
|' ihs mhhoney EiHrvtfsslcws
\ Why II makes us blush for the cor
\ moB sense Of people who are hoo
winkoa by snch palpably foolish pr
cetdings.
We can understand that men a
kasiiy swayed by the fluent tongu
the Mahoney kind It's very Piles
AZ 10 be rubbed with the grain a
lAd how Won shopld 40, when the Z
..s7sRMfn Iinr With your progre
rhes6 Mahoneys understand human
fure and they Pity IL to the linn
II ~ really wonderful how "a
maapgc b. fool 40 many people
much OF the time The Ishpsmi
miners are not now beipg misled
him and his organization. hayil
learned something Of the real inside
the FeoeratlQp AZ the same On
they viii haveaoight for their pi