The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-07-09
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no labor trouble and that Mr.. Meyer
Of Stromquist & Meyer would call for
us the next morning.
Mr.. Meyer came to the hotel about
Z a. m. and took us to the Mesaba
train where he paid our railway fare
to Hibbing. He. told US to report for
work at the New Androy hotel, which
we did.
1.-Two days after Mr.. Meyer came to
the hotel at Hibbing and I said to
him, There is my work, is it salts
factory?' He said to me, 1T is very
good, it is more than satisfactory
told him that had been promised
$1.15 per hour with time and one-half
for overtime and double time for Sun
days, and I asked him if I was going
to receive that. Meyer said, Your
contract only called for soc, but your
work is very satisfactory. I have fig
ured this job awfully close but will
give you $1.00 per hour with time and
one-half for all over. eight hours and
double time for Sundays, and if you
stay on the job I may give you $1.15
later.
II worked ten hours a day for
twelve days. including two Sundays,
staying there until the work was COM
pleted. then came back to Duluth
and went to see Mr.. Harris and told
him that had not received the over
time that had been agreed upon. I
asked Mr.. Harris to furnish me with
transportation back to Chicago and
said that If he would do so I would
waive the overtime.
Mr.. Harris said: We have plenty.
of work here said, I will not work
here under strike conditions and that
L wanted transportation back to Chi
cago as had been promised me- He
| refused to- give it to me, and I wired
to ]. P. Gardiner, state labor commits
sloner at st. Paul, and told him the
circumstances and how the conditions
| had been misrepresented to me and I
! asked him if 1 could not get transport
| tation back to Chicago so that I could
| return to my wife and three children.
I Mr.. Gardiner wired back as fol-
lows: If conditions were misrepre-
sented you are entitled to return trans
portation, otherwise not See Martin
! Cole, 80 Court House, our deputy
John P. Gardiner, Secretary Industrial
Commission
Il took the telegram to Mr.. Harris
and asked him if he would not give
me transportation on the strength Of
that. Mr.. Whalen was also there and
they were very angry with me because
! 1 had sent this telegram and they told
me had better go up and. see: Martin
ECQle right away. They laughed about
my seeing Martin Cole, and, did not
tseem to be at all concerned about the
outcome, ,.:.,
~ went up to see Martin Cole and
explained the circumstances to him.
Mr.. Cole said. Well, you signed a.
'contract for SOC per hour and I can
not do anything for you I said to
him, You are friend Of Mr.. Whalen,
aren't you?' He said, Yes. but that
would not make any difference; If I
thought you were :entitled to it I
would help you get it, Mr.. Cole then
dismissed me without further words.
For the past eight days. I have
4 called on Messrs. Harris, Whalen and
Meyer several times. told them that
am in destitute circumstances and
that I was very anxious to get back to
Chicago to my family.
On Thursday I went to the office
of Stromqquist & Meyer and Mr.
Stromquist, in the presence of a man
by the name of Warren, stated to me
in substance that he thought it was
an. outrage for the Citizens Alliance
to bring me here Under false represent
tation and that he would give me a
letter, and assured me that upon pres
entation of this letter to Mr.. Harris
that the Citizens Alliance would pay
my fare back to Chicago.
Mr.. Stromquist dictated a letter to
Mr.. Harris in which he stated that he
had no work for me in Duluth as a
paperhanger and that he had called
several other contractors and tina,
none of them had any work for me
and he recommended that the Citi-
zens' Alliance furnish me with trans
-: portation to return to Chicago. Mr.
Stromquist handed me this letter tc
read, after which I took it to Mr.
Harris.
"Mr. Harris read the letter in my
presence and then said he would not
give me transportation, but that J
would have to stay here and work a.
a painter until I earned my transpor.
tation back to Chicago. I told him II
the first place I was not a painter
and in the second place I would no.
work under strike conditions. Ate,
talking with six other paperhanger.
and painters who were brought here
from Chicago to go to work, they al
told me that they were also brought
Z here under the same misrepresenta
, tion.''