Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1920-01-01
pAECACOULALABOR TROUBLES
RESULT IN AGITATORS. LEAVING
,,op Of Agtators Cause Union Men to Stop NegOtia-
,;oos for Union Shop Agreement AgtatOrs Are
Told to "MOve On" at PaPcagOula, and They Have
Moved.

not snlnk the Two lesser nights shoulQ
be included.
where's, the International Ship
building Company, which has been
in operation here for over two ears,
employing $500 men or more, and
have invested many millions of dol
lars, with weekly payroll Of $780,
600 or more, paying the highest
wages to its employees and providing
in every way to the limit of its abil-
ity for their comfort and well being,
Lave i. ne past, and are now, ha-
raised ana tantalized by constantly
recurring strikes and walkouts,
greatly to the company's loss Of time
and capitaly as well as to the loss to
the city and its good name, and
Whereas, we believe that these
strikes and walk-outs and the con-
slant annoyance of the company on
the fltmsiest excuse conceivable are
the result of Mr.. C. H. Franck and a
handful of his closely allied friends,
imbued with the idea of rule or ruin
policy, commonly called Bolsheyism,
and
whereas, we believe the present
strike, or walk-out, or by whatever
name it might be called, and the fail
ure of settlement of same is due
to the said Franck, and his Heuten-
ants, who believe that constant tur-
MOL and unrest is necessary for their
preservation in office, and
"Whereas, the Morning Register
carries a Washington dispatch in
which Franck appeals to President
Wilson to correct an alleged griev-
ance against the $500 laborers who
are now suffering from what we be-
lieve is the direct of the said Franck's
vindictive, malicious conduct and
propaganda, said appeal winding up
with yelled effort to prejudice the
government and the public mind
against what he terms "Italian in
terests," not metioning the fact that
their payrolls are settled with good
American dollars, and that as a
whole, the yard is operated by good
American citizens, and
"Whereas, we believe the great
bulk of the laborers employed in the
shipyard here are satisfied, not only
with their employers in the success
of their work, but the community at
large, if not hindered by the constant
nagging and spying of a few worth
less, self-assumed public sponsors,
who have never done an honest days
work in their life, and who live on
their wits and the fruits of honest
labor of others.
snow, therefore, be it resolved by
| the citizens and bona fide residents
of Pascagoula, in mass meeting as
sembled:
"First-That the Constitution of
the United States guarantees every
citizen certain rights and privileges
| in the pursuit of happipes, and no
! man or set of men have right to
| abridge these privileges and rights.
''Second-That the city Of Pasca-
goula is "no mean city" within the
limits of the United States.
| ''Third-That every patriotic cit
izen of Pascagoula is deeply inter
ested in its development, expansion,
commercially, morally and otherwise,
and no other kind Of citizen is well
come here.
Fourth-That we invite to Pasca-
goula capital and labor and guaran-
tee them every consideration and
protection, demanding in return only
their cooperation ad good viii.
'Fifth-That we appreciate the
comiRg and location Of the Intgrna-
tiOnal Shipbuilding Company at Pas
cagoula; the manner in which its af-
fairs have been conducted, and here
now reaffirm our unqualified conf
dence in its management and hereby
pledge them our support and coop
GRAFTON.
"Sixth-That we believe that one
! C. H. Franck, and few kindred spir-
its, are responsible for the recurring
strikes, walk-outs, and petty annoy
ances at the international Shipbuild
ing Company, and that their conduct
is the direct result Of the $500 labor
ing men now being out Of employ
ment, and for the approximate three
months Of lost time during the past
year by the said shipyard.
"Seventh-That we believe the
present walk-out or strike wou,C
have been promptly settled by the