The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-06-26

1u1acturers That theyEW prepared to
! in mind the crushing Of the LADIES'
Garment Workers union, will. learn
that this solidarity OF the mass Of the
workers cant be broken by abroEat-
ing protocols; %'r*E.% ~-~.'' D.
!. II hope there will be a new agree,
ment granting better rights. T don't
know the reasons behind the break
ing Of the protocol: Is It that the
manufacturers believed that the union
could be. crushed? Did they join in
the movement to- take the lives and Ii
berries of men ofESthe cloak makers
union? If it be their purpose to help
take the lives and liberties of the
men we ~believe to; be innocent they
will be Defeated
1--WE do not ask for favOritism for
union men, but by the gods, we will
insist that every degree Of fairness
and Justice be given men in the Or
gained labor movement i'm this coun-
try. In the fight for freedom we
are going to stand shoulder to Shout
der, not for war but for peace. Any
assault on our ranks or on the mean
est among us will find our ranks ready
to fight to maintain the lives of the
toilers of our country"
LAS Mr.. Gompers concluded, the en-
thusiasm Of his hearers was so great
that they swept up the aisles and over
the barriers in the front of the house.
despite the ushers and the police. The
Iceland scenery Of the Garden SUI
fered severity.
Hillquit Speaks.
Mr.. Morris Hillquit, spoke in part
as follows.
AS one of the lawyers intrusted
with the defense of your indicted
members, I want to say that I have
carefully investigated every phase of
the case, and that know positively
and beyond shadow Of a. doubt that
they are innocent like newborn babes
OF the crimes charges against them,"
ne said, If there is any fairness and
justice in this city, the accused union
men will be triumphantly acquitted at
the trial and their prosecutors will
be pllloried as reckless and criminal
perjurers, the scum of the darkest
depth Of the underworld.
S1gman, WOolk, Metz and the other
indicted union men are not in 1ail be-
cause they are murderers or criminals.
but because they have concentrated
and devoted their whole lives to the
uplift Of their oppressed, maltreated
and suffering fellow workers.
1T Is for you and your children
that they are in prison: it is for their
loyalty TO- your union that they are to
be tried for their lives.
Since the arrest Of your leaders. T
have had the privilege Of seeing them
almost daily: They are COURAGEOUS
and cheerful. They do not complain.
The only message they convey to you
from behind their prison bars is this:
Stand by us as we have stood for
you, and above all, stand by our union,
the only hope and salvation of our
class!
These are very critical times for
your union. Through five years Of in
! cessant struggle and sacrifice you have
succeeded in lifting the $4,000 cloak
workers Of this city from the mire
OF sweatshop, starvation wages and
ao3ect exploitation to the plane of
more or less humane standards of life
and work. Your employers could
never forgive you that mortal sin.
Iney waited for an opportunity to des-
troy your union and to nullify your
achleVements, and they believe the OPP
portunlty has now come. Like vul-
lures they have thrown themselves
upon you. Most INSCRIPTIONS en-
ployers, In league with notorious
gangs, have made the first assault on
you, and the respectable manufact-
urers of the Protective association
nave followed in their lead by termin-
ating the protocol.
This is a vain effort Your enemies
90 not know the temper of the labor
movement. Organized workers are
stronger under attack and they thrive
IN fight. In this crisis the $4,000
members of the Cloakmakers' union
Will stand like one man for tne,,
bread and their rights, for their H.
berty and for justice. No Employers
association, no District Attorney car
crush you. The union will rise more
powerful and efficient than ever: The
just cause of militant labor will tri.
umph over the combined forces OF
slavery andoppression. Long live thu
slavery and oppression, Long live the
struggles of the organized worker thu
world over "
Rosenberg Reads Message.
An ominous silence filled the i'm
mense hall when Elmer Rosenberg
President Of the Joint Board of tn,
Cloak & Skirt Makers union, read {
message from the eight comrades il
the Tombs, where they have been hell
for a month on charge Of murde
without knowing their accusers.
"Greetings and cheer to the brother
and comrades assembled at Madison
Square Garden" read the message
your confidence in. our innocence an,
your loyalty TO- us, Is ample rewar'
for all our hardships and persecution
From behind the prison walls we joi1
. you in your determination to fight 70
. justice to the working class and pledg
, ourselves to support our Union an
, our great cause stronger than eve
when: we regain our sliberty."@
, The message is signed by Morri
! sigman. Solomon Metz. Julius Wool1
, Abraham Weidinger, Morris zstupnick
] err Max D. Singer, Louis Holzer, an