The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-01-15

ter and reply be printed in the LABOR
ADVOCATE:
Oakley, Cincinnati o., JAN 10, 1916
To the Building Trades Council of Gin
cinnati and Vicinity:
Dear Sirs-I hereby take the liberty of
writing TO you TO vndiCate myself for
the terrible injustice done me by the
Trade Journal and one of your members.
Now, gentlemen. realizing have made
a mlstake-a large miStakc-and was
man enough to admit it to your business
managers and others OF your council
and also to the man that made the
charges against me not having a chance
III any way to make my mistake good.
but instead was lied upon by one of your
members and made tool for him to
get away with something that was "A
great neglect on his own part as a bHSi-
ness AGENT What is more. want to in
form him and all Of the council ! have
always been a good union man, and will
remain to be one as long as ] live, and
as good union man as any in your body
of men.
This whole affair was certainly most
unintentional mistake. | do not want to
take up too much of your time only Just
enough to tell the truth and have a
Chance-the worst condemned criminal
in the world gets a chance-which is
more than had, and was mserably
thrown on the mtdW list.
Gentlemen, my knowledge of build
ing is as much as yours of trying to fly
IN the air. Mr.. Johns promised me faith
fully he would make this whole job
strictly union. Thinking everything all
right, signed the entire contract to him
When the building commenced il was
anything but union; as soon as saw
what ! was up against knew | had
tight on my hands and have been fight
ing ever since, and will continue to do
50 until the building is completed and
have made everything union. Everything
was all right but the electricians and
cement workers the cement workers !
could do nothing with, for that was con-
tracted for by the firm Of Marmon &
Johns before ! ever knew | was coming |
to Oakley. The electrical work is the |
entire cause Of the trouble as soon as |
] knew they we're not right, sent for |
Joe CnHen / explained how the CON
tract and all was, and he said they were
not right. had talk with the cleo
trician and told him he would have to !
be right and unionzc his men or get
off the job. He said he was perfectly .
willing to he right with the electrical |
workers union and told me to have Cul- |
len come and see him and they would fix |
it up. told Cullen what he said, about
October 18th and about the second week .
i'll December Mr.. Cullen finally made up
his mind to come and see him-and when
he did come he couldn't hardly stand up
straight, let alone talk business, he was
in such "A condition. But ] took him in
the building any way and introduced him
to one of the electrical working bosses
partners, and he told Cullen to stop at
the store and see his partner, which Cul- .
len did not do. | told Cullen that day if
he couldn't do anything with this fellow
to let me know and would hold up the .
job until he did.
The next day | sent for Mr.. Kecfcr
and told him, unless he got right with
the electrical workers | was going to
hold up the job He would-just as soon
as Cullen came to see hlm--but Cullen
never came. So went down to Cullcn's
office myself, and he wasn't there but
MIR. Hook was that was about October
10th. ! told Hook to have Cullen be
sure and go to see kccfcr & Anson. and
for Cullen to let me know at once what
he had done. But instead OF Cullen try F.
ing TO do anything, the first thing knew
] was on the unfair list. Well. it you
call IT unfair | want to know; and if a
body OF men as you are think this is
Justice, ! am willing to stand condemned,
but not before.
here was also a report made had I
signed second contract, which is the |
NT ft..st Al.