El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-31
ACME LAUNDRY
HA5FULL FORCE
Herald Man Finds Things
Going Well-Drivers
Refuse TO Strike.

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orators claiming to be operating with
out hindrance and the union leaders
claiming that all laundries were tied
Up q Herald representative said
visit Friday morning TO the Acme
laundry. s01 East Missouri street, 10
ascertain just what conditions ex-
isted there.
An inspection OF both floors Of the
laundry proved that every piece OF
machinery was working. every iron
vas IN action and that more girls
lhan seemed 20 be needed were at
work on the spreading table In all
- Mexican girls were az work Some
OF them were singing.
wagon drivers were at work also.
= me reporter saw four OF these wave
good naturedly at T. B. Fletcher.
president and manager, as he passed
shem In his car
Strikers Back On Job.
About one-third Of the girls at
Work friday AR FLETCHER said we're
girls VINO had struck Monday. The
president OF the company said there
was no difficulty in obtaining all OF
the help ne needed we are running
our laundry the same as ever aud in
tend TO continue doing So" said Mr.
Fletcher. what the unions do. Of
course can not concern us We intend
70 hire whom we please and 10 dis
charge whom We please when en-
1loyes DO things that make Il neces-
sary 10 discharge them. We intend 10
treat tne glrls well and pay them
wen as we have always done"
In statement signed by 10 wagon
drivers OF the Acme laundry a denial
IS made that they have cult in sym
palhT with the girls who struck when
two Of their number were DISCHARGED
last week The statement saws the
men elieve the laundry owners were
Justified in discharEinE the two Mex
lean girls and that they the drivers. I
have Withdrawn from the local driv-
ers union. believing the present Z
strike unjust and unfair. The men
signing the statement are r Can
trell ". c. Hurd. sam NJ Harris.
Gene Dni. George Nail. 7 C. Pollard. I
W. r Jentry. Dan NJ 1fcAuulty. S.
Canrrell and George Burgess
Conditions Found to BE Good.
The entire Acme building was
found 10 be scrupulously clean and
vel ventilated The temperature also z
was normal Sanitary toilets and rest
rooms we're found. There IS a Nictrols
tu the upstairs main room where Mr. I
FLETCHER says tire girls have dances
each noon. There Is large cook
stove so the girls can have warm
lunches Safety guards ere found
where machinery might be danger
GUS without them All elevator shafts I
had guards
AE||AL 10 AllE AAaELL AllAAN
Eirls were paid less than $3.50 a week
the MANAGEMENT Of the Acme said
The average pay for their workers
" as around So q week It also was as
serted that the s-hour day and fifty /
four week law was carefully oreTed- ]
Refuses To sI-n Contracts
? Rsvel. PROPRIETOR OF the Excel I
sior laundry. said Friday that his I
workers were satisfied and getting Z
along all right until labor organ 4
izer came TO his laundry and in span /
ISL urged the girls 10 Join the union 4
and strike like the workers at other I
lzundries." Nr Ravel said he agreed !
20 turn over 20 ". E Terrell his I
Plant building machinery and facili- D
ties, and furnish lights, water. fuel 4
ana all material free Il be would pay
hin ten percent OF the gross income
he said llr. Terrell laughed Terrell, {
he says. is one Of the union negotia-
tiers Mr. Ravel said he made his Of
fer IN good faith and as evidence that
he was not making the profits he was
accused Of making.
Later, according to Mr. havel, ". J.
Moran came 10 his laundry and pre-
scented him with two contracts and I
demanded that he sign them both He 4
signed one which pro .idsd that the /
Excelsior take no work for lauudries
where the strike was on. but refused ]
20 sign the second contract which i
provided that the laundry would set
tie ali agreements with representa-
lives Of the labor union he said Mr.
Moran sad he would give him only = /
hours 70 sign
Mr. Ravel has not signed the second /
contract yet he says, and adds that /
he IS not going TO-
Il have more help than I can use
ne said All my machines are going.
all my wagons are running and ] got 4
ont more work and better work .
Thursday than I ever did before.
some Of my -leEieans quit and ] put /
Americans in their places In a few I
weeks every workman in my shop 4
VIII be American
America Help Is Better.
Re gave IN example Of The offer
auce in labor. u have been paying /
one Mexican SIS a week and furnish 4
ing quarters. lights. fuel and every
thing he quit I got an American i
in his place for SIS a week and I
furnish the American nothing. The Z
american, you see, is cheaper.
Vow about the difference in work I
The american used Just half as much I
material as the Mexican The work I
las cleaner and whittier and better in 4
every way. Just call up" Then .
Mr. Ravel named over a dozen Gus I
toners who, he said, told him Friday I
his work was the finest his laundry (
had ever turned out
Mr.. Ravzi said his workers had ]
always been satisfied until the labor ]
union agitation started, and that I
when he was confronted with the
unions contract he asked what in &
creased wages the un-on would de- I
mald- He said the union representa- I
LiTes told him they did not ask for I
any Increase in wages now, but ali /
they wanted him 20 do was 20 recog-
ulzs the union and agree 10 treat I
with the organization in settling ali I
demands. trouble and tn Ike. He I
said he did not think suGl a demand 4
was fair, and added that as long as
he could get more help than ne could Z
use at fair wages and pay wages /
which are satisfactory TO American /
workers ne wouldn't sign the con- ]
tracts.
strikers Would start Laundry.
Friday morning saw the strikers !
from the six steam laundrieE, so they I
said preparing 70 start a hand laun- 7
dry.
The showing made at the Labor /
temple Friday morning was that zl6 /
Mexican girl laundry workers had I
come out on strike from the six laun- 3
dries and that IS had been persuaded f
10 cult last night. making the total
49,. At the same place il was claimed .
that Is Mexican washer and Wriuger {
men had come out The claim also /
WIS that q drivers were out.
Strikers Promised Work.
The strikers said they were prom
ised the washing Of The BARRIERS and +
butchers 70 start with in the hand /
laundry enterprise. They had not set
tied on a location. Il was said