The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-31

whistle blew" Mr.. Launer declared with
emphasis and wide sweeping swing or
his arms. and the cheers and applause
made the opera house tremble.
Mr.. Launer said the international Pa
per Co had been putting out propaganda
cf lies. lie referred to the. arrests OF
strikers which have been made recently
and said that Bellows Falls was not the
only place where men had been arrested
on tie picket line This remark drew
another outburst Of cheers
The reason why the strikers refuse to
go back lin spite of the lies of the In
ternational Paper Co. the speaker eN-
claimed. lis that they are fighting for
the underlying principles of organized la
Dor which they know to be- right against
what they know to be wrong lie said
they were not fighting for their Jobs but
were fighting for collective bargaining
and against the open shop and the aH-
tocracy of the International Paper CO.
Tile men viii not go back, Mr. Launer
declared. until they are assured that their
Jobs viii be the same as when they left
May 1. and the International Paper Co.
will have a son-of-a-gun of a time to get
them back"
''If the men stay out Mr.. LauRer as
sured the audience. there can be but one
result. and that final victory He said
the International Paper Co. refused to
arbitratc and took an autoeratic unjust
and unfair position. and lac declared that
until the company took a different posi-
ton it never could operate its mills sue
ces>fully.
Hired agents representing themselves
to be travelling men. insurance men. etc,
Mr.. Launer said. were going about among
the men trying TO break down their NOR
ale, but the strike situation Is now bet
ter than at any other time" He APP
pcaled to the public to stand by the men,
I'm -
long. hours. straight time and industrial
|skrfdonl" fzss' +F't7Esfss' 'E5@ia @stts
Il believe we've got the international
PAPER 60. licked the speaker said. 'and
when we get through with them they
viii he trimmed 10 suit Us all He closed
with 2 stanza Of wcll-known poem.
changing it SO that the last. two lines
were as follows:
Strike til the last low scab expires:
God and our native land
jeremiah T. Carey Of Troy. y. Y.
president of the paper makers union,
less orotoricaI than Mr.. Launer. but he
made a few thrusts which brought out
even more yociferouS cheering than did
the Portland 4uan. He went more into
ithssiastory VI the causes of the strike and
the negotiations since it began. The
building shook with cheers when Mr.
Carey declared that .sthey arc arresting
AMI without warrant And lie added !:
We're going to find out before We get
through what authority the police or dep
atty sheritfs have. lie said that when
an official makes an arrest without seeing
q wrongful act committed and without
a warrant he makes himself liable.
States Attorney Harold u. Whitney of
/ tirattieboro. who was in the audience, lis
tened with interest to these remarks.
Mr. Carey said that when the mother
of Mickey Myers presumably refer
ring to Manager i r.. Myers Of the Bel
! lows Falls plant Of the International Pa
per Coz brought him into the world she
/ probably never expected he would put a
4 yoke around the workingmen's necks. lie
! told the crowd that before the strike be-
+ gan an effort was made to adjust the
trouble, bat without avail. He told of
/ President L. II. Dodge, president of the
! International Paper 90, once being fined
$1,000 for violating the antitrust laws.
lie charged the company with poor husi-
+ ness management. and said the state
iments put ont by the company as To tho
amount IF paper being put out BY them
were not in accord with the facts
4 A thrust apparently aimed at Judge II
/ II. Brien Of Bellows Falls drew an
I other uproariouS demonstration. I'm a
case of this kind. Mr.. Carey said. "a
chosen representative Of the people who
can temporarily give un his office to nc.
ccpt a retainer is not truly representative
of the people"
Only one question was asked after The
speaking. and that was bv tile chairman
! Or. Ridden. which brought a long state
ment from MIR. Carey.
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