The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-02-20
ASCAB,S CONVERSION

"ooAQt. III IokelSy or. prlVate@g houses.
Special favors and persuasive state
ments of our officials that 1--WE had
better stay when the Wanderlust
tendency became dominant in any one
of us, now became-a minus quantity.
AS one boss told an associate of mine,
L don't care a. cuas or rip where you
devils turn UP NOW; there: are too
many men who want to show us what
work means:" And no scab did care
about staying. for the period of "easy-
money" had: passed with the> strike
at an end. tTherprofessionals land
others vanished as with the wind. and,
almost before 'INwas. aware of it, an
influx of union men arefilled. the shops.
1t Will always remain mystery to
me why should have been the hast
OF the scabs and why sho uld. have
worked soA dong" with union men-
over two nths--withou receiving
summons OF. discharge. II can only
account for, continued employment
by the fact. that: l. was considered
fairly CONSCIENTIOUS and; ''more i'm
portant still; -cbecaNse the night-boss,
rather young fellow himself, had
taken peculiar l5king' to- me- ~s
- OstraefseH. - ''1>' 6'''
I mentionn briefiftys o ny Experience
and tribulatfons with union men be-
cause the readers ina giination can
| develop this very ,adequately for him
self. 1t was mostly a period of dis
| honorable ostraclsm--me1i had as
little to do With me. as possible not
only inside, j.. but outside as we'll
Stunned, disregarded, made to-. feel
the significance, of the past winter in
my role as. Strike: breaker, it is little
wonder that such separation from tn.
social world Should make one fee
more animal than human.
However, I did not feel at enmity
toward the men, who thus ,ostracized
me- I respect them. If low, degen-
crate professional at this very moment
should attempt to force me into star
walton when work was at premium
and was fighting, for better working
conditions, I. am sure no one of any
intelligence would: blame me if Ire
spected his DISTANCE" Furthermore
the new clean atmosphere; the phe-
nomenal improvement in all work
which came under my observation
the fact that here were men-rea
men-who did not venture the first
time his back was turned to stea
away the least article of value from
working associate; and real mer
who had definite purpose, an aim ir
life, whether it were the rearing of {
family or the spending of half the
monthly wage on some honest girl
all these influences could not but b,
inspiring in comparison with the pas
and serve to detract from any animos
: ity that I might entertain toward tn,
: union laborer
A Real Confession.
Such was my experience and sucl
= my conclusions relative to this mos
,, vivid encounter with labor troubles
AS final work, voluntarily set m,
own day of liberation from the Su
a perior round-house as June 10.
, then proceeded to attend the Univer
a sity of Wisconsin Summer school, but
f before doing so, I passed over int
. Duluth. This time I was not let int
a deceptive employment bureau, blu
into quiet little Salvation Army hal
G Confessions, prayers and the music Q
n the drum and tambourine were tn
Y usual effective mediums. l have a
s ways prided myself as being abov
/. mere sentimentality, but when "a sis
e ter came back to my rear seat ane
a without knowing anything of my pas
= career, almost tearfully asked me if
e were not tired of the life I had bee
o leading, I replied in all sincerit,
u YES"