The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-03
STRIKERS CARRY
MILK TO BABIES
ON DAIRY ROUTES
President of Drivers Union
Predicts Strike Will End in
Their Favor Thursday.
Partial Delivery FRIDAY.

Al the baby customers Of the Clover
rarm GARY are being, supplied with
MIX thursday, the second day of the
slrlAe OF union milk wagon drivers w
a; austin, president Of the union, stat
~. strikers are using the wagons Of
me Clover Farm dairy and taking out
milk from the dairy. There are said
70 be about 300 baby customers on the
dairy. " "'
Mix is also being carried by the
strikers from the dairy TO the charity
miik stations, which provide milk for
babies, But the dairy made no attempt
thursday morning to make a general
distribution of milk. most OF the 1000
households ordinarily supplied by the
Glover Farm dairy again going without
thelr supply OF milk. 1t is understood
that the dairy company will attempt
a partial distribution Friday.
Mr.. Austin expressed the opinion
Thursday morning that the strike would
be settled to the advantage of the strik-
ers before night. He said it had been
minated by officials Of the company
that their demands will he met. He
said that Bolton Smith, president Of
the company, did not learn until
Wednesday that the contract upon
which they struck contained substnn-
tial notifications Of their original de
mands.
| VI Allt contract over WnlCn tneN Spit
with the company the drivers asked for
a $40 raise per month for men Of less
than six months service and IA SIS
raise for men Of over six months ser
vice, with ar increase OF n e-eighth of
l per cent in the rate paid for return
OF pint and half-pint bottles. which
would make a flat rate of one-fourth of
| per cent for all returned bottles.
Originally the drivers demanded q SIS
and $25 raise.
Officials OF the company had never
seen the modified contract, Mr.. Austin
said, because l.. n. Learned, the man
ager of the dairy, refused to look at
1t when it was presented Tuesday after
noon,
The president OF the union holds the
dairy responsible FOR the failure to de-
liver milk to the baby customers Of
the dairy on Wednesday. the first day
Of the strike. AT 1870 Tuesday night
a committee was sent to the Glover
Farm Dairy company with a request
that 1t be allowed to deliver milk to
the baby customers of Memphis he
said, This right being denied, the
committee made out route cards with
the name and address OF every baby
customer in the city of Memphis and
handed it to the company so that 1t
might be able to deliver the milk to
these babies. The cards were accepted.
but no effort was made by the man
ager to deliver milk to these babies.
| Not until officials Of the police depart
ment and others interested in the wei
fare of babies left without milk visited
the officials Of the company did they
| agree to deliver this milk"
Mr.. Austin answered the statement
made by Arch Schwalh on Wednesday,
In which he said that the Trades and
Labor council deplored and would not
support the strike. Charles NJ. Mer-
| ker, who Is a member of the Trades
and Labor council, was present at al
most every meeting of the milk driv,
ers' union. His advice was followed
upon every action taken by this union.
He was present at the last meeting
Of the union before the strike, ami
the contract was submitted to him and
| sanctioned by him before any action
was taken by the union. Mr., Merker
stated to the union that he never saw
a fairer contract and to stick to this
| contract to the letter.
"A half hour before the strike was
| called, Jake Cohen. editor Of the Labor
| Review, came to the Glover Farm dairy
and asked the men not to 30 out. He
| became incensed when "A refusal at
| this time was made and t%hereupon de-
clared that he would see to 1t that
| the Trades and Labor council would
| not give its support to the strike, This
was after one of the members OF the
Trades and Labor council had already
| sanctioned the strike"