The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-12-11
John Street Improve
n7ent Association
Still Hustles to Make Abraham Lincoln Dalton Safety
Director No Use For Free Bridges Now, That The
Saloons OF Kentucky Are Threatened With Being
Compelled to Close Sunday Resolutions Passed
Against j. o. Whites Rock Pile Idea

DIS am er time OBJ truble fer de cul-
cred people OBJ dis town en- All Jest doan
no what am gwine ter hapen. Thus
spoke President Erastus Johnsing of the
yohn Street improvement, Welfare and
General DO Your Neighbor Good AS
soclatlon, Friday evening, when that well
known organization of colored citizens
was called to order. 1t was evident
that Brother Johnsing was excited and
a murmur of applause passed through
the hall. The attendance was large,
representative colored citizens having
gathered to hear reports of several com
mittees and to take action upon the same.
Continuing, Mr.. Johnsing said:
DE bzness OBJ dis sociation am done
tuck in en- gone clean rong en- it aint
no FAULT OF de members er de osifers
dat dis am de case. 1t am jes de oder day
dat we plnts er kummte fer to kunfer
wid de peoples power league bout free
bridges en- what am de result Nothin
amt zulted en- nothin am gwine ter zut
De kummlte what am named fer to git
in kermunikashion wild de peoples pow
er white folks am poted dat dey aint
done no good. Mister Biglo en- his folks
amt got nothin mo fer to say bout free
bridges sec1 as dey was gwine to give
to de people jest er few weeks back.
Pears to de kummite dat dem white
men what was pinted to kunfer wild
Mr.. Shinkle am flicted wild cole feet Ell
dat dey aint ben nigh Mr.. Shnkle wild
no posal to give desc bridges to de pub
lie tree OBJ COS. Looks jes lax dis Mis-
ter Biglo was shootin at de moon, les
es he mos ginerly am, when he poses
to make desc bridges fire en- All poses to
have dis sociation dopt resolutshons to
dat effeck.
Furder, what am de use OBJ habbin
tree bridges eff dis here Mister Stanley
what am jes ben lected guvnor OBJ Ken
tucky am don got on de water wagin
en- eff de torney ginral am gwine in fer
to shet up de saloons ober dar on de
Sabbath day. Dis pears to me to be
Jes er nudder one OBJ de ways what de
white folks OBJ dis part OBJ de kuntry
got OBJ priven de culord citizen OBJ his
rights. Ef de sloons on de oder side
OBJ de riber am gwine to be shet up on
de Sabbath day, what use has de mig
gers OBJ dis town fer fire bridges? Dev
amt got no bizness on de tother side oh
de river cept on dat day en- of dey kaint
git no gin when dey crosses de bridges.
All is right here to say de colured
people ant gwne need dem bridges en-
it doan make no diffunce eff dey am free
er not. All dar fore am gwine to git
de members to dopt er motion shown
dat we has los konfidence in Mister
Biglo en- de Peoples Power League.
Fudder, brethern, All wants ter kal
yo tention to a subjek OBJ nigh ekul
portance to de members as am de shet-
tin up OBJ de sloons cross de riber on
de Sabbath All knowd when All hearn
dat dis Mister Edwards en- Cunel Proc
ter done butted in on dis police bizness
dat it want gwine to suit in nothin good,
en- All made de statement dat eff desc
white gemmen would keep dey noses out