The Washington times., 1920-08-01
STRIKE PUT Up
T0D.C. HEADS
Commissioners Responsible II
WaIkout Comes Tuesday,
ConciIiators Say.
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man possibility and our labors have
been fruitless. Last week you men
allowed us an additional seven days
to effect a compromise.
This weeks respite the District
| Comm ssloners misunderstood, mis-
construed and misapplied. 1t Is up to
| the Commissioners now. lf you are
forced TO strike. IL Is because the
pledges made to you have been
| broken"
Commissioner kutz was character
ICED as cold hearted and the concil-
iators declared they entered upon
their task without an ev chance TO
bring a successful settlement to the
dispute.
Give the public a chance to know
your side OF the controversy" Ma
hany said. Let the people--and they
are your real bosses, not the Com
IT. missioners-know why you are ask
ing for more money. Let them know
fthe pledge made to you by the Com
missioners.
"It is not you men who have brok-
en- the pledge: 1t is the District COM
m issioners. Your cause Is just. You
are entitled TO 7G cents a day more.
The Department OF Labor. always
hesitate to say you are entitled to
this increase in pay that you ask.
The conciliators. all of whom spoke,
were cheered loudly. When the meet
ing was coming to a close, the City
Employees Association voted unani-
mously to extend thanks to the Sec
retary of Labor and to the concilia-
tors for their attempts to settle the
dispute amicaty.
The conciliators reviewed the hap
penings of the past two years.
Mahany and Davidge declared they
were present when Brigadier General
Knight, deceased former Commits
sioner, declared the District Com
per diem wage scale the same as that
of the navy yard.
The city employees are asking the
same pay that men at the navy yard
get for doing the same work. The
difference in pay is IS cents a day.
ACCUSED OF BREAKING PLEDGE.
sioners, in now refusing to make the
wage scales identical. are breaking
their pledge to the men.
However, the conciliators. despite
their assertions that city employees
cause was Jubt, duNlSeu tHtin dBai
striking. They declared the men
would surely lose.
Conciliator Colpoys said the Com
missioncrs delivered "craven Insult
to their employees when. in their
statement several days ago. they told
the men to look elsewhere for Jobs If
they were dissatisfied with the Dis
trict pay scale.
Colpoys declared the Commissioners
have money enough to grant the in
crease in wages. He bitterly assailed
them, again and again, for refusing
to stick to their pledge, made two
years ago with the per diem employees.
When the conciliators had completed
their addressed Jos. Hurley. president
Of the association. took the floor. He
characterized the conciliators as the
best friends the association had ever
had and counselcd the men to follow
their advice.
Just as he was ready to entertain
motions for strike postponement,
jeremiah Mahaney, member of the
organizations executive committee,
took the floor and in a short speech
advised the men to give the Commis-
sioners until Tuesday.
"If they don't raise our pay then
well strike" he declared. 1--WE won't
wait any longer than Tuesday night"
The association will meet at s
o'clock Tuesday night at 1C0G NJ street
mort hwaot