The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-01-10

Chr tonight, it's me for g. Pullman
| and a big long flop. I barely slept
wink at the Falls in that old barn
we were kept in"
Food Was Bad.
de cook four bits and asked him to
put me up couple of choice chops
from piece of mutton that had just
been brought in. He cooked them to
q brown and I was in de act OF
| cleaning them, when in walks Boss
Barry. He pulled de plate away from
me and said wasn't entitled to any
better food than the other guys.
| I sassed him back and of course he
Is no kid in swinging his CAB. He
cussed me and I cussed him: then
| told him I'd quit and demanded my
time. kicked for railroad fare back
| and he started to throw me out. It
was a rough house for few min
utes, and when it was over I was out
in the cold, away from my pals, and
International Falls amt no too healthy
place for g. fink during times like
this. For de life of me I can't I'M
derstand why didn't let go a couple
Of sluSs at Barry before left, but I
sold my cannon that night, and I
guess 1t was good thing, for
was getting madden and madden be-
fore de train left for Duluth.
didn't want to stay about de Falls
and take any chances with the
strikers or their friends, and I beat
it for Fort Francis
Bill Adams Got Mad.
- ''How is Bill Adams getting
along?" asked the editor. Fine" was
the pert reply. Bill is the big
! cheese up there. He was the only
one who wore a star. The sheriff
came over yesterday and took it
away from him. was talking to Bill
the other day, and he was reading
| paper from Duluth. I don't know
what paper it was, but it spoke
something about some woman deal
Bill had on here once, and when he
finished it he was swearin' mad. I'm
! going to Duluth one Of these days.
says Bill to me-, and when I do I'll
croak that guy who wrote this
story And Bill is no coward; he
will do it, see If he don't"
How long have you been fink?"
the editor asked. "A good many
years." was the reply. II have
worked at st. Louis, Los Angeles,
Peoria, Cleveland and dozen other
towns. Did you know big Curry who
started out In Duluth? I worked
under him in the Transfers strike
in Chicago. was with him when he
lost his lamp. He was croaked in
st. Louis.'' ,'.-.- ~.
"Pulls Strikes" for Bosses.
''What do you do between times
In Chicago?" he was asked. my big
business there is to pull strikes"
The editor asked, How" "Well,
you see," he said, "some times a
boss wants to break a union, and he
waits for the right time when they
amt looking. hires out, gets a job
and joins the union. I start right
out agitatin' and pretty soon we call
a strike. Then I bunch it, and the
boss does the rest. That's the grape
Vine, haven't you ever heard about
that?"
Then he continued: my wife
wrote to me the other day and said
was wanted in the. metal trades. A
pal was over to see her and told her
they wanted bunch of US to go
into the shops and pull a strike.' I
am a machinist by trade and I'll
take to that like a duck. This is
going to be the biggest year we ever
had. The bosses are after union
labor and when we get through there
won't be union left in the coun-
try"
'Then They VIII VIM
'Supposing all the unions go out
together?" we asked. ''Then they'll
win. and we will be through" he
answered. There aren't as many Of
US now as there was ten years ago.
How about the finks at Internal
tional Falls. will they remain there
after the strike is over?" we asked.
| Some Of them are old time railroad
| men; they are tired Of the strike
breaking game, and will try to hold
out. But most of them are the Chi
cago gun crew, and I expect to see
them in the old town any day.
They'll be there at the first sign of
trouble"
why don't you quit: the business
now and get work at some honor
able profession?" we suggested.
''Now cut that moral stuff out" he
Indignantly. replied. That's all
get whenever go outside for ad-
vice when I'm in trouble. I'll 20
where the 'Mazoom' ia. There is big
Jack in this game and that is
what I am after. and that is what
you are all after. This is my way
Of getting IT,
Defends His Profession.
But" We continued. would you
not get more money If you got into
a more respectable profession, sucn
as climbing second stories or into
the midnight banking business?"
His response was prompt. "Say, boy,
I graduated. did a i've spot at
Joliet for 4 stick-up job once, and
don't sayvy the life Of seclusion one
has to lead at that big house. =
picked safe job. when I went to
strike breaking. don't break with
the police or the big fellows. They're
my friends and they stick with me.
When I played the other game they
were against me. Now I get any
thing I want and I'm protected.
Good day, old man, wish I had: