The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-01-13
Barometer of Public Opinion
Inhnr ,omnlI,lcc MrLlcs.

Editor World. who has played fair In the
open shop controversy is "A question that the
public OF Tulsa would like to be informed
about A a committee representing the labor
ORGANIZATIONS " Tulsa We would make ihe
following statement and call upon the lanor
board of arbitration of the chamber OF com"
mcrCe to deny II.
FOR the past eight months under an agree
mcnt which we consider binding the chambers
Of commerce and The labor organizations OF
this city has had Joint arbitration board
where an matters prctaining to labor disputes
has been handled, ON many occasion matters
OF controversy has been submitted TO them
and III every Instance where an agreement has
been reached by the joint boards labor mas
Kept their part Of the agreement to the letter,
some Of the members Of the chamber ot COM
merce are intimating that certain labor or
uani2ations broke their agreement, the organi-
zltton that they refer TO rs the street car men
on the @. l. II. his we deny al 'he TIME
the purpOrtcd agreement was reached between
the management ana the men me com,
pany had promised them thdt II they Woud
would return to work that they could have an
organization OF labor, a purported organization
was formed but when the men discovered that
they had been duped and a fake charter was
promised instead Of real charter that would
affiliate them with the American Federation OF
Labor they denounced the agreement as being
fraud and not what they were promised and
refused to br bound under such an agreemenL
they did not become members Of the American
Federation OF Labor until atter lhai tlne.
Now " the chamber Of commerce had any
grievance against the Iasor unions OF IuIsa'
why do they call the board OF directors TO-.
Eothcr instead of the board Of arbitration and
cancellation? Labor boards have never refused
to meet them al any time, and the secretary
OF the chamber OF commerce knows where to
gct In touch with the labor board, not a single
member of the labor board ever had this
matter called 20 his attention, more than that
we fail To find the names Of but two members
OF the board Of arbitration Of the chamber Of
commerce upon the resolution, what the senu-
mcut Of the other members OF the chamber
OF commerce. board may be we do not know,
but do believe that the chamber of com
mercc has broken faith with labor of Tulsa
and Is responshle for the industrial unrest
that has covered The city Of Tulsa for the first
Further we wish 20 announce that that the
company Mr. Motnt represents has always had
the open shop, likewise the Sinclair COM
structed away from their plant, "A few other
men whose name appears on the resolution
have always worked open shop plants We
would like 10 ask whom the following gentle
men became employers of organized labor in
heir business. Frank Haskell, Charles v.
likewise a military police force, we would like
10 remark that he had recent experience in The
coal dust rehcllionl, $. y Renders Charles
Mouscr Ava Nucs George Holcomh, II r.
Barcy. Lewis Cline J. Il McBirney, Charles
tlint 4 T. Dawson. : NJ Akin. T j. Hartman
NJ G. iale, W. l.. Lewis, G.. X. Mccullough
j. H. Mitchell. \. IT, Kerr J. II Evans, James
c. g, cheshire, Clarence Il, Douglas, c. J..
Haley. John II, Miller Max Madansky, J. A.
WnIdrep. @. c. Stebb'ns George I, Bell, +.
Avery, " u. Pcck,W. a Goodner, +. S. Gray
1t. q. Mcclure. IL. L. Newbiock I'D Dalton
R.N Smith, Harry Hebron l. e. Abbott
Ralph H. Campbell, l. Gunshery. Floyd Tholnp,
son, II. Y. KahL j. d McCeuand The follow.
ing gentlemen have been employing organized
labor and working closed shop: Eugene
Lorton, Richard l.. Jones. In order To be fair
we wish 10 state that many Of the above named
gentlemen have employed organized labor on
all buildings they have had constructed, but il
they employ organized labor I'm their regular
business We have been unable TO find II out.
Mr.. II. O Mcclure, whose name appears OF
the resolution adopted by the chamber OF com.
merCc, less than two weeks ago visited tn,
Tulsa trades and labor council in company
with the superintendent Of schools and asked
the assistance of that body to help the schoo
| board to see that the contractors on schou
work gave the people what they were paying
for, Members Of the council informed Mr. Nc
Clure that union men had been discharge,
who were working ON the school building fol
pointing out defects, and the superintendent OF
schools said that he knew that 10 be a fact be
cause he was IN possession OF the facts wher,
one man lost his place because he Informed
him that the school board was not gettin.
what they were paying for The above is f
true statement of facts and II the public doubt.
/ It afhdavits OF men who know can be secured
J. r. WILLIAMS
A. Carpenters Union
HARRY SANDERS
! H. a. Cooks and Walters Irnion