The Detroit times., 1915-05-14

demanded OF them proof OF any Of
Tending act or MnaiIns IN any man
ner. This they couid not 40. but
treated US In scornful and shame
full manner ana told Us that Whaling
was discharged and We could DO
whatever We pleased about IL. that
they didn't care for our union or
anything else.
At our meeting last Saturday night.
May s. tuil report OF the WhaiinB
case was made TO the association.
The membership assembled. by q
unanimous vote, instructed the presi-
dent to appoint committee OF nVe
to wait upon the officials ot the COM
pany ana request that Whaling be
reinstated. This the committee did,
giving them until Wednesday night
for their answer. The company re-
fused TO reinstate him. The result
ported TO the meeting. Wednesday
night. by almost a unanimous vote
the men voted TO suspend work until
Whaling was reinstated.
The company now claims that this
Is violation Of the agreement. II
begin talking about the violation OF
for many months disregarded the
agreement-in fact. ever since our
last arbitration when we got An In
strong sentiment against our organi-
zatior. We believe that the public
OF Detroit Is well acquainted Win
the Bs.Iot Ss,,1n United paiiwaKs tnsaIsa
is an impossibiiity almost with ths
Detroit United Railway. The puolc
will remember our arbitration -FOUR
years ago when Judge Phelen WORK.
ed for weeks trying to get the tniro
zens OF Detroit, but these were a.
rejected and tho company would do
nothing until We suspended WORE
and forced them to settle:
The section that provides for Ar
view, and after the board OF review
that II shall be reviewed by the In
ternational president OF our assocla- :
tion and the president OF the COM
psny. For year, this system ys. noDnany Dt nv
will meet us with their president or
some OF their officials. as a board OF
review, and tell us what evidence
they have got. They. don't produce
decision. Then when the case zoe:
TO our international president, instead
OF giving him the evidence. they aim
ply reiterate their position again 70
hlw pT,,sns sna PrasSSsGss sSs s,na' 10 witnesses OF
president. some time ago wrote our
division that this procedure OF re.
view was a farce and that he didn'
see any sense In his taking part u
II: that we should go to arbitratioI
after we had reviewed case with
the president: that IL was waste
OF time to refer the case TO him. we
proceeded with the case OF a man
discharged last January. The com
pany refused to arbitrate and insist
ed that IL would have to go to Mr.,
Mahon and Mr.. Hutchins. The case
is still pending-and that is the MIS-
tory OF case after case OF men who
have been discharged unjustly and
without any charges against them.
There are n number OF sections In
our agreement that have been wholly
dlsregarded by the company, which
we can prove at any time to any
fair m inded person or persons.
We again repeat, that owing TO
the tyrannical treatment OF the Of
fcials Of this company. towards us.
we have been compelled. In order 70
preserve our organization and TO
protect our membership as the or
ganization proposes, to suspend work
and insist upon a clear understand-
ing with this company, and we ap-
peal to our fellow citizens to have
patience and sympathy with US, for
this Is not strike for wages but II
is a strike for the right to be treated
as human and American citizens
should be treated.