Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1920-01-01

shoWn at Pascagoula, hlss''
~, -. z. q. Franck, an organizer Of
r.derstion Of Labor, has been
~ several months. The trou-
y psscagoula also show about
= l,ne results that have occurred
.-bsre-that worlmen were
49, out of employment, mis-
..,.meuts made and trouble result
q that the cause of the union
~ Il. given up for the time being.
Es,s are Just a few extracts from
p..eeqoula Chronicle, telling of
h. \. s,tiyities Of Franck and others:
~ Men Orleans and Mobile pa.
wednesday morning carried an
I,..eiated Press dispatch from.
Wellington, stating that c. Il.
r~,,k an organization for the
,.,sriean Federation of Labor in
H. eitv. had appealed to President
wilson IA behalf Of the workmen at
i. rlapt of the international Ship
adding Company, where he repre-
,sntss that $500 employees had been
lo.l-ed out. In the telegram to the
President Franck charged that the
,,rporation was controlled mainly
N Italian interests and that they had
isils5 to fulfill written contracts.
News Of Franck's action spread
npidly and caused much indignation.
RESENTMENT against him was further
susmented by the fact generally
Known that matters connected with
as recent strike Of the machinists,
which caused the closing down Of the
plant had practically been settled by
representatives of the various ma
tiona and inter- tional unions and
The company officials, and that the
yard was to reopen at an early date.
hanck's calling for government in
ssrymtion put an immediate end to
these negotiations.
The publication Of the Franck
telegram to washington drew a large
number Of citizens to the mayors
olliee, where it was decided to call
public mass meeting to discuss and
take such action as situation de-
handed. A committed was appoint
ID q confer with the shipyard Off
Gals and the representatives Of the
several labor unions, in order to OBJ
iain first-hand information relative
to the entire situation. This COM
mittee visited the international Of
iiees at 10 o'clock in the morning,
conferEing with Mr.. Piaggio, Mr..
Savoni, Mr.. Sahsoni and Mr.. John
san, At 2 o'clock in the afternoon
"a augmented committee met with
the national and international repre-
sentatives Of the various unions in
the Chamber Of Commerce rooms.
The statements Of the shipyaTd peo-
pie and the labor representatives
we're IN absolute accord on every
point, Both were positive that the
trouble would all have been settled
but for Franck.
The mass meeting assembled at
siiy Park at 8 o'clock, the crowd be-
isg variously estimated at from one
g three thousand persons. Only the
lnef time given for advertising the
meeting prevented every male in
iabitant Of the town from being
Present. Eighty to ninety per cent
q the crowd was shipworkers. May
q Lewis called the meeting to or
asf and stated the purpose. He
iningly denounced the work of
'ators, who are depriving honest
sossmen Of the opportunity to earn
livelihood, the industries of the
privilege Of carrying on their bust
aesl successfully and the city and its
interests Of all opportunity to grow
q prosper. He stated that Pasca-
s'ua welcomed, with open arms, the
a'aess labOrer and legitimate capital,
=. e had, in season and out, shown
!. Y friendship to organized labor and
investment Of capital which made
employment Of labor possible. In
oenuneiatiOn of trouble-makers
vas not NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. call
pace Q spade. His remarks were
~ sntly interrupted with applause.
s'''slng the mayors remarks, 9TH
we're invited to come forward
\ express themselves. Mr.. Benk-
= and Reverend Stone responded
y endorsed all that had been said.
s -1 Following resolutions were
a read and adopted with but
1issenting votes in all the vast
we The dissenters being invited