The Pascagoula chronicle., 1919-12-20

: lls company, and that their cOndut
: is the direct result of the $500 labo
: ing men now being out of employmen
and for the approximate three month
lost time during the past year by tn
: said ship yard.
ith. That we believe the presen
J "alk-out or strike would have bee
= promptly settled by the labor commit
tee and the company but for his el
lorts and underhand propaganda.
18th, That his reported sppeal t,
president Wilson about the presen
strike or walk-out is an insult to th,
employees of the International Shin
building Company. and that his efforts
to prejudice the company by the al
ieged reference to its management a,
being Italian interests" is too con
temptible to be noticed.
9Th. That c. II. Franck, especially
ana ii. d. kassen, and Knapp, second
iy, Is persona non grata to the citizen
ship of Pascagoula, to the manage
ment of the ship yard, and we believe
to very large majority of the shiI
yard workers, and the citizens of Pas
cagoula feeling that they are detri
ment to the city's interest, request
them to seek an abiding place else
where.
10th. That we appeal to all union
organizations with which the above
named parties may be connected to
eliminate his authority, believing that
their membership is detriment to
unionism, the community at large, cap
ital and honest labor
"11th. That finally Pascagoula stands
for law and order, is behind honest
labor, and producing capital, but is un-
alterably opposed to mischef-makers
the Bolshevik and all their propaganda
teaches as being contradiction to our
Constitution and the ideals of our
Democratic government, and all such
are hereby notified not to seek an
Telegram to President.
The telegram to President Wilson
abode in Pascagoula."
repudiating Franck's action is as fol-.
lows:
Pascagoula, Miss, Dec. II, 1919.
"To President Woodrow Wilson, White
House, Washington, d. C.
From an Associated Press dispatch
dated Washington, D. c., December 16,
1919 wherein it is stated that the In
ternational Shipbuilding Company of
Pascagoula, Miss, had locked out its
employees, and that one, G. Fl. Frane1
had appealed to you for assistance in
behalf of the employees of this yard
Please be advised that we, the under
signed authorized National and Inter
national representatives of all crafts
involved at this yard do emphatically
deny that the International Shipbuild-
ing Company has locked out any of
its employees.
"The grievance which caused the
machinists to strike and the company
to temporarily closS the yard, mas been
satisfactorily adjusted aad negotiations
which were under way fm union
shop agreement have heen stopped IN
of the Associated Press /
dispatch.
(Signed)
international Brotherhood Black
Drop Forgers and Helpers, by
:. F. Cook; International Brotherhood
Of Boilermakers, |. S. B. e. H. of Amer
ca by M. j. Gleason; International
Association of Machinists by Charles
1. Poe; U. A. of Plumbers & Steam
'itters of U. S. and Canada, by A. A.
International Association of
Bridge and Structural and Ornamental
ron Workers, Pile Drivers, Ship and
Riggers and Sail Makers of
America. by C. L. Borden; Internation-
i Brotherhood OF Electrical Workers,
~ e. A. Woodwork.
international Brotherhood of Fire
nen and Oilers, by j. W. Perkins,
Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators
nd Paperhangers Of American, by
'eter Smith; International Union of
;team and Operating Engineers, by
Ohm PJasehl; International Brother {
cod of Hod Carriers, Building and c.
:. of America, by Jesse B. Austin; In {
irrational Longshoremen Association |
y Jules Fountain" ,
conciIiator Arrives.
Mr. w. r. Farley, United Stafes
OF Cancellation, Depart
lent of Labor. who was sent from
on the strength OF
telegram, arrived Thursday
nd had number of conferences with
ationaI and international representa- [
yes of the unions employed at the
Inward. ad also with the manage [