South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-04
IGNORES UNION AND
PUTS LIMIT ON OFFER
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Washington av. car and hurled mis-
siles through the windows. None Of
the men were injured in the melee
and the crowd rapidly dispersed.
Shine WAKES Indignant.
When informed of the scale and
working conditions offered by the
company 10 the men who would
leave the union and return to ser
vice, Organizer T. F. Shine waxed
furious in his denunciation Of Gen.
Mgr. F. l. Hardy and the company.
Does he mean TO add insult to
injury by such a proposition" thun-
dered Mr.. Shine. THE conditions he
suggests in the offer are far worse
than those against which the men
rebelled
The men will not accept such a
proposition. They are given
slight increase, that is true, but IN
order to accept il they must give up
the union and also their seniority of
service. They will get more pay but
they will not be able TO get the runs
necessary to make the money.
Their proposition of placing the
/ 'scabs' above the old men in rank is
absurd. The men will not tolerate
such a condition for a minute They
will refuse to work under such an
arrangement and the company is
showing a great insult to the citizens
Of South Bend by asking other citi-
zens to work under any such an
| agreement.
4,
tice the men away from the union on
such an abominable offer as that
which he makes, he is sadly mis-
/ taken, and we will show him that he
| is"
Men Applaud Shines View.
Mr. Shine was seen by a reporter
just after the regular daily meeting
| had closed at Central Labor union
hall More than so Of the strikers
were still in the hall and every re-
mark of the organizer was greeted
with applause.
IF we went back now without a
union" said one of the men, we
would lose our jobs within six
months. We would have no protec-
ton at all Even though a man is
/ given the scale under which he
would have been paid if he had not
struck. and according to the number
| of years of service he has had, he
would not have a chance to secure
/ the good runs. The men who are
| trying to take away his job now
would be ranked above him when it
comes to make selections of runs"
Every few months a change is
made in the runs and the men who
have been with the company the
/ longest have the opportunity of Sc
lecting the runs with the best hours
of work.
I'VE will not present the scale pro-
posed by the company. TO the men
until the meeting Saturday morn
! ing" said Organizer Shine. I'VE have
not received any word from the COM
pany as to the scale. But if the con-
/ ditions outlined are those proposed
| by Mr.. Hardy, you may be sure they
will not be accepted"
A mass meeting to present the
strikers side of the controversy to
| the public will be held at Misha
waka tonight. The strikers will meet
at Central Labor union hall tonight
| at $3.50 O'CLOCK and will march in a
! body to Mishawaka.
Dance Saturday Night.
Plans have not been abandoned
for the mass meeting and dance
which will be given here by the
strikers Saturday night.
Mr.. Shine said he knew nothing Of
/ the visit of r. L. Reeves, secretary
| Of the Amalgamated association of
/ Street Car employees to indianapolis.
II know nothing of his visit to In
/ dianapolis beyond what was in the
paper this morning" said the organ
izer. HE has gone down there in
| the interests of this strike, but fur
ther than that 1 cannot say"
! It is believed that Mr.. Reeves will
make an attempt to have the public
| service commission declare null and
void the contract which the street
car company offers the men when
they enter its employment.
Liable to Heavy Sentence.
Charges of malicious trespass
resting against rioters, who during
the HOOH HOuI 1AlulS udS anu SAAOA IAS
afterwards attacked several of the
street cars of the company throw
| ing stones and bricks and other OBJ
! jects at the cars, have been changed
in city court Friday morning to the
| specific charge of throwing stones at
a street car for which a penalty of
/ from two TO five years in the pen
1 iteutiarv NAV be given
The maximum sentence provided
| in the special statute, which was
cited by Deputy Prosecutor Schwartz
Friday morning, is provided and may
be given in the case that anyone is
hit or hurt by the thrown object.
The limits of the sentence in case
! 49,, conc iS hit is frOru 90 daVS