The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-15
barometer of Public Opinion


'"m"r world. Replying to your editorial in
n,.' 'n'.F world under the caption "NoN
i"Pu' 10 Action together with a similar cdi.
''''i published some time ago. wish to .av
."u nave mad" several statements which are.
Nlhoui foundation.
In ia" first place. YOU are very much mis-,
l'N'n ln assuming that the mob Of ono thousand
u,u VINO ordered the union officials to leave
harrison represented tho sentiment OF tho pub-
uc IN general az clippings from various news.
U'pI'" pu1Hsh'd at points along the NJ. q y. 4
Your statement that foreign nRitatorsr
moved into Arkansas for tho purpose OF nut
ing th' NJ. y. \. II. X. out Of business is
lhIS' ON tho face OF il. No one knows better
IMAM tho employees themselves that N tho raIi l..
i''d was put out OF business they would suffer
moro IMAM any other class Of citizens. ! happen
~ hc personally acquainted with a great many
OF mos" boys and know there is no better
'hss OF citizens In that country. Many of them
"Mn tnGW homes at Harrison ana other points
NO. Mr. Editor those foreign agitators" as
you term them, were peaceful and lava abiding
Americans who went to Arkansas on legitimate
business Tor their various unions and to sec that
inc sirikc was conducted i'm an orderly and
awful manner ana to prevent damage to rail
ROAD property. and let mo say right here that
hoi singl" union man has to date been proven
Fhilly OF sabotage ON that railroad That II has
been done 80 doubtless true. but others brsitir
without the knowledge or consent OF the union
"tti'ials' ana u is not hard To guess why 1t was
dnnc or who wax the instgator.
The public doubtless has been lncanvenicnccd
nut MI Editor, let me ask YOU a question. II
and had no way Of increasing your revenue
would YOU continue to publish your newspaper
SIMPLY because II would Inconvenience the pub
Tie to som" extent to be without their morning
paper
whether or not the bold patriots" as YOU
sRrcastioally t"rm them asked for safe conduct
out ot town I cannot say. as press reports are
very unreliable, but | do know that they did
not ASK Tor safe conduct to the depot because
they Lett Harrison In automobiles. Granting
That they did ask for safe conduct. It cast no
reflections their bravery when an armed
mob ordered them to leave. what would you
nave done under similar circumstances, Mr.
Editor
why don't YOU vent your wrath on Mr. Phean.
me receiver and general manager OF the road,
Tor Ignoring tho provisions Of the Cummins-
Esth law In ordering reduction OF 20 to 25
ncr cent In wages without proper procedure?
The men made public a statement In which they
agreed to abide by the decision Of tho railroad
labor board, whatever il might be. Mr. Phean
was doubtless afraid the decision would be
against him which Is quite likely, as he Is
credited with saving Damn the law. IN run
this railroad as I damn please"
happen to know something about the work
tuE conditions existing on the NJ. n y. A.. having
been I'm tho roads service from April 1913, to
June. l9l4, In the capacity OF clerk to the gen
so much space / would CnumcratC my various
duties hut suffice TO say with the aid OF my
VIE. who went 10 the office with me each after
noon, and by taking work home and working
soN"'> hours each evening was able to do the
work very satisfactorily to my employers. For
this work | received tho prinCclv sum OF S55|
or at least somc additional help without success
! resigned my position" and had the satisfac-
uon OF knowing that no less than thrcc car
clerks were hired and had resigned within the
next four months and the company was finally
forced to raise tho salary to $50 and furnish
additional help.
Al that time employees in the car department
received from rs TO 2S cents per hour ] am
informed mat wages at tho time Of the strike
we're only from % 10 80 per cent higher than
i'm t9t4. although living costs had scared TO the
ueighhorhood of 100 per cent,
M, van in, all f,tr AV hot
Mr. Phclan was justified in arbitrarily reducing
wages. especially when the men by unanimous
vot" agreed to abide 10y the ru,ing ~ The rail
road labor board
Mr. Phclan, was OF tho opinion that the mon
would accept lower wages rather than sacrifiu"
their homes and leave town N necessary to do
in order 90 secure employment elsewhere
but those men are made of stcrurr stuff
WHY don't YOU secure the facts about such
cases before attempting to lead the public
astrdv by your misleading editorials n IS
because of such men ~ your type that organized
labor has never gotten a square deal
Yours very truly
l.. A MEEK