The Pascagoula chronicle., 1919-12-20

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I'D LEAVE Town
open Air Meeting Of Ship
!. and Business Men Request
L,rture Of He and Others.
,ov Orleans and Mobile papers
dav morning carried an Asso
Dress dispatch from Washing
,,re that C. Fl. Franck, an or
!, the American Federation ol
! this city, had appealed to
!, Wilson in behalf of the work
mo plant of the International
ding Company, where he rep.
that $500 employees had been
out In the telegram to the
Il Franck charged that the
lion was controlled mainly by
interests and that they had
) fulfill written contracts.
of Franck's acion spread rapid
.aused much Indignation. Re-
/ against him was further aug
by the fact generally known
tiers connected with the recent
the machiniss, which caused
ling down Of the plant, had
lly been settled by representa-
the various national and in
nal unions and the company Of
Ia that the yard was to reopen
Nv date. Franck's calling for
ent intervention put an i'm.
end to these negotiations.
Indication of the Franck tele-
Washington drew a large num-
citizens to the mayors office,
was decided to call a public
etlng to discuss and take such
the situation demanded. A
Be was appointed to confer
shipyard officials and the
tatives of the several labor
In order to obtain first hand
ion relative to the entire situ-
ibis committee visited the In
al offices a 10 o'clock in the
conferring with Mr. Piaggio,
Foni, Mr.. Sansoni and Mr..
At 2 o'clock in the afternoon
ented committee met with |
pnal and international repre-
3 Of the various unions in the
Of Commerce rooms. The
Of the shipyard people and
representatives were in abb
Pcord on every point. Both
itiye that the trouble would
been settled but for Franck.
ore, that the Vaccinations of
nd a small coterie of kindred
ID been responsible for much
ouble in the past. Company
stated that they had no quar-
organized labor, that it had
Er constant aim to preserve
ny working and living condi-
their employees and they be-
ey possessed the confidence
wi Dot a vast majority Of
Ployed on the yard. Further
y were willing and anxious
permanent and satisfactory
with the men, which would
her Interruptions of the work
lrd impossible. Officials of
stated that they believed
ove as to the attitude of the
10 be true and that they had
pferences with the shipyard
en- treated with the utmost
mat these conferences had
pen conducted in the most
anner and the company had
Willingness to meet them
m any fair proposition. The
nails agreed that Franck had {
ouree of most of the discOrd ,
ne company and its en-
10 the present trouble would ,
ubt have been settled We'd +,
u for his Intervention. A 9
Esreement had been reached =
last and all that remained r
VI change in the verbiage of /
Act' to which neither side n
oct.
on representatives stated I
mad instituted action i'm 7
on seeing the Washington s
eliminate Franck from all
nnecion with labor affairs =,
A message had been sent .
ent denying Franck's alle- :
lockout at the yards and :
resident Gompers of the >,
'ederation of Labor request
oeiiatlon Of his commission :.
a'aer. 1t was further stated ;,
we're under way to remove
etary of the Central Trades
meeting assembled at City y
''ock, the crowd being vari- :"
a'ed at from one to three y
e'sons. Only the brief
'er advertising the meeting q
very male nhabitant of the
'elng present. Eighty to ~
Fent Of the crowd was ship u
'or Lewis called the meet
and stated the purpose. IN