The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-01-17
ANOTHER fink
ASKS F0RAELP
Labor World Editor In Close
Quarters For Short Time Hop
. Ingto Convert Him.

Another "tink" with a grievance
drifted into The Labor World office
yesterday. He landed here from In
ternational Falls and he sure had it
in for Jim" Barry. boss Of the Backus
strike breakers. Their word Is no
good" he said "Dey told me that If
I shipped from Chicago and didn't
like 1t up der. dey would pay my
fare back. When I quits and bones
dem for de cushion passage. all I.
gets is biff in de neck and a kick
from de bunk house."
This "fink", like our caller Of last
week, had it in for Barry, and some
how or other he was sent to The Labor
World to find out If the law really
compelled Backus to pay strike-
International Falls to Chicago. After
he was informed that there was no
help for him under the law, we were
treated to the choicest bit of Chicago
West Side lingo we had heard in many
days.
Like a Machine Gun.
Temper, profanity, slang ana
threats poured like bullets through
a machine gun for the next few mo-
ments. "Wait till I get that guy back
to Chi" said the visitor. land I'll
trim him right for trowin' de hooks
into me. Say boy, If you. could see
him when he wants us to go on a
job, he's all honey, he is, and der amt
nothing too good for us. But when he
is tru wild US he bumps us like as If
"a NJ t. r. ks..1-
we have no memory. and when we
goes broke in de big town We'll for
get all about what we got on de last
job. Here is one guy who won't for
get. I'll get him yet, see If I DON'T"
1--WE have heard such talk BEFORE"
chimed in The Labor World man. "You
fellows are strong on threats, but
when the next strike breaks you will
be as eager to get into it. as Is
soldier in the rear hearing the roar Of
battle ahead wanting to go to the
front. You will be told of the big
money and easy time, and nothing
will prevent you from hiring out. We
can't understand your composition.
You: are absolutely devoid Of con-
science and principle. You would sell
We Got His Goat. =:
He stood straight up. screwed his
mouth, twisted his nose and blinked
his treacherous eyes. Then shot his
right hand towards us with the fist
closed and index finger pointing out.
"see here" he sal 1v'you are landin'
on me pretty stron g, me boy. I've used
cannon on fellows who have talked
like dat to me before. and I didn't
come here to be insulted. I came to
ask you of der was any way to make
Barry pay my fare back to Chicago.
You are no gentleman or you wouldn't
talk to- me like dat.":. ..
you have merely proved my con-
tention," cut in the editor. by what
right do you come to me for infor-
nation. This is the office of a union
labor newspaper. We are in entire
sympathy with the men at Interna-
tlonal Falls whose jobs you .finks'
nave taken during strike. You knew
when you left Chicago that you were
shipping out as strikebreakers. You
knew that you were going to Inter-
national Falls to defeat a. number Of
worklngmen who were striking against
reduction in wages and the length
enlng of their work day. You went up
there to help an enemy of all labor
defeat your fellow workingmen. You
got the worst Of It, and now you have
the brazenous to come to union labor
Office for help and assistance.
Shouldn't you be ashamed of your
self, and are you not really devoid
Of the first principles of manhood?
1 have triedt to treat you decent in
the hope that you might see the great
wrong you were doing, not only to
your fellow laborers, but to yourself
and to your wife and babies and to
other wives and babies. I didn't in
tend to insult you, and am sorry If
did, but do wish you would get out
OF this nefarious business and play
the game of life a little bit more on
the square.
He Mellowed Little.
Say pard," he said, you're not
such bad fellow after all. I didn't
get you right at first. But don't waste
any time on me. am beyond It. I've
oeen at de game too long. Der's a
tousand union men in de country who
would slug me in minute If dey got
de chance. Dey'll never forgive and
dey'n never. forget. ISL be, fink
until croak. I'm a gone. goose so far
as trotting wild union boys is. con-
cerned. I know dis business amt
'xactly right. but I'm after de change
and dis is de easiest way a man. like
me can get 1t. So don't do any more
preach1n' to me, but am much
obliged to you just de same. And saw.
you tink I'll forget Barry? You've
got me wrong. I'll show him that he
can't double-cross guy dats always
been right wild him and get away
wild it,
He left the office still assuring us
that he had it in for Barry, but with
out the slightest remorse tor the dirty
work at which he is engaged. And as
ne left this thought ran through our
mind: american employers are con-
tributing thousands Of dollars these
days to campaigns against Rolsh eviano