Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1914-04-28
VAN LEAR FOR INAUGURATION
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"h" "rp"s'd smalsanar,an a, M ,an..ntion. j.
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want Ia srnak ,h,rfl oiI -i5u. ,il,4.. ~, -,
b''h sali nor ttai afs. util,# nn-t, 1T, -, he
'htt" situation TIL, IL tn. tn,.4#t.l Mt.
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l" ~. ! " " "l" blk union LIZA Naw he
resolution A. unlimited - -. committee fs.-ola.
| @ '"i m committee t'f"t lt''f. tl"'-
| not h'"l With -. td.a VI ,I, hiK utiaf A. an
Il d"ti> WIN amaIeauatttu# President Johnston
am ,''s mofhng mat tie American Federation
/ al l~ii"r TAD tn ehJs, ton lEau,atI.u ~
'N'h - mol an "hl'' 4ut to ihdus'tiAI union
~ n i"t" I'm" ntsaul<auon- IN ihe a =
/ 81 l. ih3t a." industrial AuIats TIL, sIun AL
ne" ~ hs nhl"- Tut t''N az a hig union.
MAJ IN" Amcrean Federation "f i.ahor comes cut
and -a>s ia pamphlet ISSUED Ls IL from H. " u
'niill"i industrial unouisn an It. Relation.
1" Ttai. luIontsm- The American tf,d. l,t.,,,
movement IS "h' "f constant gtnWfh Development
ahd expansion sine, ll- ms. pt.ou thr Amen, an
Federation ot i.,tnr H. h..p NJ u,..f 80
aud h.h'ftei. gsp'ral ejaculation 81 ~, Way.
""fk'f~ "t IL continent has TAKEN .ogniHsue.
Of ~" ""hstant 'h,ngr nnd transition IN Industry
10" only T." "ff"'t tia "fkauIzaftuu uunrrsutl..i
workers, but IN hrng about nttts. solidarity and
fraternity among organized WORKERS. aud has stun
"''''' pt 's'iA m ans "lihn it. t"w'r m" mo-
-tN for 'l">'r cooperation federation AMI anal
t'n"ti"h 81 visiting lt"d" unions IL the end that
"a, h ma> h' '.Irt'I i"#all#
II sa's Just as much IN mar II amaiganati IN
a. ~ dos III hebdf II federation. aud W wrre
led 10 h'l'Ne h'f" that t.'i'tttinn APPROX ed
ly IN" \ ; II l.. hot that amalgamation wa =
dhmnhh' '""sl'ra'N against the \. 4. Of l. md
! II IT. tf"ts and tt,.tins II does MT only ~
,tm'IgAmhti"n II kindr,I traI"s" bur II says
and analsamat9oh II .Nl~tlug tfad.- Lufurs IL
III, md thai .i,h may be. h..uful L. all
sluan th'. da,S 81 III, Az mon down TO IN.
d. "f Woodrow Nll~ou ih.re has h.cn a H.
position an ~. part Of th"." who find thrmSeN. -
IN fat"rahIe positions in soeieB ani III" otetai-
zait"Hs II snei'tN t. iu-I-t hat ihrte should hot
hr al shange. NJ ohang' has always been the
"at' h"ofi since the world hogan When thu mat
hf al f'd'fati9n iirst cam" UP and KIN ~
something about III" Prurasiff"n--N- organized
"uf mt puuy f.ieratl"ts II Inherent points and
" h'>"'f nd AMI h"tg"d International otgsulha-
lions 1" recognize L. aud gitc a. Glance to g-t
t"s' th"r. What dld TINY L. then They
at" hi" today shN tnE that this Federation Is the
lhst ~afd ia udle--untoul>m They said FIRST
}ha, II waS damuable conspiracy. Just like they
Say nov about amaisaniaiiou w h.ggei them
. "H b.ni..i Knees 10 pleas. l5i get together.
with What ts-uIt' Saru.tiiut- Al one point m
International .Sl,.nt woula gl,. the right to hi
,taft To get together with Other crafts and at
ahothtr point h. woui not lie believed In Fed
Grafton IN on rlaos but did not believe In It at
another tel Nnu. the thing SUu are supporting
On tn" floor today as the last word In trades
uui"uisnt. ~" had t. BE- educated to that, and the
rtnk aud fiie did more 10 educate the officers
man th' "ii''ts nav zone l" educate IN" "a n
aud file ia ~ Nuw the Officers seem to say that
this Is child Of their creation and 1t is possibly
the best chilli ever born aud no more of that Kind
viii he east In the same mold-but there will he
1t was said here the floor this morning. which
| particularly object to- that this appeared TO he
an effort I" drive wedge into and dislodge us
from present Favorable. position and dsmem-
Der the present organizations OF labor and that
this thing the corporations wanted. Now.
am softly that an International officer has no
other argument to offer than to sinsinuate that
som" poor deyii who is doing the best he can for
IN. rank and file Is In league with the great cor
porations and wants To dismember the present
organizations. especially when the matter sub
mitted Is "a matter to bring them closer together
In plac. Of dism.mbering especially when these
people know that they hay. stood In the office
of a great railway magnate and ~ has told them
We won't recognize these declarations, but We will
recognize any one vade. because We know We can
neat any on" OF 'heh II W" were IN ACCORD win
the company would be Offering a resolution
not for bringing the working man into an organ
izaiion where he could defend himself. but We
would bring about division. object 10 that sort
Of argument being Injected into this IL Is not
any better than another arsument Offered here
this morning that II W. had one big union the
'mooch.rs' and buns would be better off, insin-
taking bart In the idra OF big union That Is
not playing fair with the rank and file. organ-
lied labor holds enough Of that kind Of people.
and they be successful enough II Is at
present organized but II Is not the mooehers and
hnms who are Interested In 1t. but men who are
sincerely ami earnestly Interested In the advance
ment of the working class that are Interested in
this thing today.
that he did not believe In putting anything before
the rank and file that they had not asked him for
Now. I am only measly district busnyss agent.
but II thought the men that elected me 10 oitice
did to put anA thing before them
except just what they first asked me for, would
say. Boys. buy phonograph for rifty dollars
and put into II what you want and send II do" n
10 the Office and 1t viii be Just as effective AS
Will he" IL dbl not thiuk 1t my dun, as paid
representative OF til, men that elected M Ia pf".
mute thrlr Interests and bring about the hest pos
sible results that could be bruugth about. there
would be no reason ia tod Almighty world that
for me being there.
Now. tn" cheap union. Has there been any
thing said about rheapncss here Their. j. not
thing in the resolution here that fclates to
cheapnrss / don't know why that brought
n. o confuse the argument
one brother takes exception 10 anyone finding
f,uit Win what /. In existence Why. God bless
YOU haN. got freedom al Thought. a fre" ~
tenn Of republican geNernn'n Mt and all the gnod
things that The people at this country ru5oH at
u. present tliue hrnught about hy the fellow that
found fault MT nv ths frlI"W who occupied a
good position and felt sausfird The man Aho
Is satisfied don't hung ahou much 81 ANYTHING