Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1914-12-09
FROM THE BOYS At TUCSON.
TUCSON. Arix. Nov. /

TUCSON. Arix, Nov. 10. 1914
To All Grand Lodge Officers
bear Sirs and Brothers:
Your circular letter No Is. pertaining to the
calling off OF tn. strikes now In force on the
Illinois Central. Hartman lines and tn. Pere Mar
au.tt- received and carefully read rhis circular
Is certainly a masterpiece Of which the grand
lodge officers OF the various unions may well feel
proud and which NEVER WILL RE FORGOTTEN
bv the men who are sim doing active picket work
said lines.
The atttud. Of this grand move of yours Is
eNactly the reverse of the resolutions which were
ton held In Kansas city last April. when about
800 deiegstes representing from $4,000 to 100000
railway employees. went on record TO support the
present strikes to a successful conclusion Now
Nou the leaders. and supposedly the brains OF the
and the ballots to be voted being very careful TO
first cut out the strike benefits at time when
business 10 duh all over the country and winter
IL staring In the face. the object In view being
TO FORCE US to vote yea on this Infamous propo-
sition after we have suffered all kinda of hard
ships and humiiations for over three long years
Remember, We have fought for the principle. Of
our constitution. and have been true to the. oath
and obligation took when Joined
sttuting the executive board. eth remember those
obligations Certainly Il, doesn't look that way
Would you union men, back to
work under the conditions the scsbs have created
for us? How well satisfied would you be TO work
under a scab boss. especially II that boas should
happen to be a Niger. which 10 the case In many
places on the struck roads In the South Rsmem-
her also that many OF the strikers are aged men.
who cannot Work FOR other roads because OF their
They would have 10 humilate this .slves and
Deg theT old masters Tor thelr ola positions, OF
any Kind OF job at all probably being turned down
and laughed at What do you propose to do with
these men-Just turn them down eoldly. after they
have sacrificed all they possessed in this long
struggle for the good OF the and the prin-
eipi. Of federation.
We all know that times hard and that many
OF brothers out of work. working
shorter hours. or have had their wages cut But
how about officers no you feel these hard
times keenly and many other brothers
do DO you sacrifice a portion of your wages In
order to help the cause along WE DON T THINK
So hut YOU merciessly cut out our little bene
fits You try To make tramIr Of US and separate
US from our families, after all that and our
families already have suffered.
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Dat, ssA s~aas The sssv~k rsaAa. Ussbaesy
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4" warrant The esi,,sa eff ss shess ssrskss.
Therefore. We. the members OF this Federation.
condemn your actions and demand the continuance
NJ these strikes. and We also demand the invssfi-
cation by the Industrial Relations Commission.
whether II has right 90 settle these strikes or not
We II to lay bare the conditions on these
rosds-the blow-ups the disastrous wrecks. deaths
and MANNED bodies. aud the loss TO shippers since
the inception OF these strtkes-all the result of
the employ OF Incompetent labor by these
railway companies Yours fraternany.
tSsnesl J. NJ. Okeefe. c shirmAn. II T. Nc
Fadden. II NJ Grant tmac hinistsl. r. jameson
tmach. app: r. Fetteriy, J. W. stewart. James
Ashburn. II. =. BrchtA theipersl