The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-09-11
Fuckers CAUSED
RIOTS, SAYS LABOR
Flunkies Preached Race Hatred
HI to Break White and
ri Black Unions.
IMPORTED MANY NEGROES
Union Men Had No Hand In Niolence
Prevented Worse Bloodshed by
Exposing Aims Oh P~rofiteers and
Politicians.

Exposing Aims of Profiteers and
Politicians.
Chicago, IlI.-"The p~rontesrIne
meat packers OF Chicago" de-
oIares - proclamation issued by
the Chicago Federation Of Labor,
"are responsible for the race riots
which have disgrased the city,"
This labor statement shows that
the packers first brought In ne
aroes @ . means Of fighting union
lam among the white workers.
47s When tho blacks also began to
organize under the direction Of
white unionlsts, city police and
special police wore used to break
up tho meetings When these
Msans failed, the politicians rep
r~esentino the big Interests pro-
voked the violence between the
two races. The plotters even
burned homes of white workers.
Union officers Of both. races worked
night and day to prevent the people
from being stampeded into further
madness and probably prevented the
situation from going as far as those
who made 1t hoped.
Press Also Guilty.
The proclamation reads. in LIT as
follows:
THE ~profteering meat packers Of
Chicago r responsible for the race
riots that have disgraced the city.
1T is the outcome OF their deliber-
ste attempt to, disrupt the union labor
movement in the stockyards. Their
responsibility is shared by the daily
newspapers, which are kept subsidized
by the extravagant advertising con-
tracts Of the pakers, particularly the
Tribune and the Herald-Examiner.
DISCRIMINATING against union men,
they have fred them and hired nom
union men In their places. IN recent
years their principal recruiting points
Tor non-union workers have been In
the south, and non-union colored
workers have been brought here IN
treat numbers, just 10 they are being
brought here now BY the railroads
or . up to the outbreak OF the
race riots.
The unions met the action Of the
packers BY starting to organize the
colored workers.
81 "As soon 90 this work commenced,
the packers started to fight the unions
with foul tactics. They subsidized
negro politicians and negro preachers
and sent them out amonf colored men
and women to induce them not to
Join unions. They had . \. NC. A.
secretary on their star and the two
present aldermen of the second ward
participated actively IN this campaign
Of the packers.
Long Preparation.
AT every opportunity the packers
and their hirelings famed the fires Of
race prejudice and the fires OF preju-
dice between strike-breakers and or
ganized workers, hoping for the day TO
arrive when union white men would
refuse to work beside unorganized col
0red men. so that the union men,
white and black, could be discharged
and non-unidn workers, white and
black, put In their places, until the
spark came that ignited the finder
piied BY the packeIe and the race
riots ensued.
Tho only thing that saved the city
rom becoming q shambles was or
Ganized labor. Night and day the Of
Acials Of the Stoekyards Labor conn
"a toiled and fought to hold n check
the forces II ~orgspdzsd l4DorGTto M01v
them that the situation was the result
~ exploit1dH OR xh1tA aid black
workers alike BY the criminals OF biz
lusiness and to prevent workers f1oll
aesaulting other workers.
Homes Get. On Fire.
ST stands to the credit 81 the union
workers Of Chicago tint hSftHsf biact
q white upioq men psrtcipsted IA
- riotAi8, despite the lying accounts
1abliahsd daily ~ the kept press.
The rioting subsidized and then
Apmsons 1fsd ne hpIhess of Atudrsds
white workSfs. hack 81 the yards
ia their homes were burned 70 the
hound. The pexapapers and tn
dice, Jointly tools Ut the packers,
tf1ed to convincs the citizens that
coiored workers had Get lre to thass
homes as5z
1Whyi It II perfectly obvious that
Ne criminals that played 4 against
1kce until blood flowed II the streets
81 our City. had carried their work
Alrther and made this last effort ia
tnfiame the Polish and Lithuantau
6htte stockyards workers against the
Xn1nrnd wnrknr ~