The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-09
INDUSTRIAL SPY
ENCENDERS HATE
Federal Judge Anderson Says
He Comes From Basest EIe-
ment in Human Society.
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breaches of the peace was due directly
to the acts and conduct of private
detectives and Russell men. and So
called guards who were not citizens of
CCdahy but dangerous thugs and des-
pecadoes.
Had these thugs been kept out of
the city there would have been no
trouble. "--Affidavit Of John c.. Yum
ker, police judge Of Cudahy, repro
duced as introduction to the following
affidavits.
Blacklist of Spies.
blacklist and an agent provoca-
teur appear in the second, with the
following affidavit:
Joe Schulan, being first sworn on
oath, deposes and says
that the reason said strike was CALLED
was that the officers Of the Cudahy
Packing Company had discharged
several men for joining a labor union
which was newly organized. That, for
over a period of six weeks prior to
the organization of the union, there
were several men employed in the
plant who were not regular and bona
f1de employees but private detectives
in the employ of the Russell Detec-
tive Agency of Milwaukee.
THAT the names of these men are
Ray Smith and Al. Gullam. That Mr..
Gullam appeared before the Honor
ri ~ M Ti~@
Commissioners and admitted that he
was employed by the Russell Detec-
tive Agency to act as spy on the work.
men of the plant, and to join the
union and spy on the members and
obtain other information.
THAT Ray Smith also worked in
said plant and was very active in
forming and organizing the Cudahy
local of the union. That he was very
active in urging the men to join the
union and in forcefully agitating
among the men and he
urged them to go out on strike. That
he went out on strike when the rest
went. That he became a
member of the union and, on the
morning of the strike, he did picket
duty
THAT, at the time of the strike,
there were upwards Of fifteen Russell
men in the plant. That shortly after
the strike was in progress, the Rus
sell men, Ray Smith among them,
continually urged the men to start
trouble. That Ray Smith was partic-
plarly active in logging" on the mon
to clean up" anyone who, went i'm.
THAT Russell men engaged in the
plant were not used as guards in the
sense that watchmen are employed to
guard property, that they were used
as spies, armed thugs and gunner for
the purpose of harassing and annoy
ing the strikers. breaking the morale
of the strike and encouraging blood
shed for the purpose, firmly believe,
of prolonging their own employment"
Stirs Up Trouble.
In the following, the spy speaks for
himself. It is by Herbert A. Foster,
former employee of the Russell agency
in Detroit:
Il was expressly told by Russells
general manager, Burgett, to try and
get the pickets to cause as much trou-
Bile as possible so that the Russell
Agency could keep it's men on the job
for as long time as possible.
II also was sent by Russell to Mar
inette to work in Lumber
Co. I worked in the plant as genera.
handy man around the yard. My par
ticular work was to join the union
and watch the men and report any
labor agitation or activity. I Joined
the union and was in the union about
two weeks before the strike was called.
I was asked to join the union several
times but refused at first, thinking it
best to hold off.
'The men voted to go on strike and
I went on strike with them. Burgett
came up with a number of guards.
Burgett was after me all the time to
stir up trouble as, he stated, other
wise the guards would not be kept
there.
Russell had to have more men in
the union beside myself. I got into
some trouble with Russell on account
of pay and quit while the work was
in progress.
Before I quit, however, and while
I was at a union meeting, the secre-
tary got up and read a letter which
was supposed to be signed by Red
Carlow, a former employee Of Rus
sell, tipping the union off who I was
I am certain that Russell
wrote it in order to get even with me
and get me out Of there without much
ceremony packed up and
got out in hurry
1T is my opinion that there is moi
a union in the city that has not one
or more men carrying union cards who
are, in fact. in the employ of private
detective agencies. In general the
men employed by detective agencie:
are obtained at a time when work is
hard to get In fact found
myself in that position when I &C.
copied work with private detective
agencies"
These three affidavits of g. police
judge, a worker and a spy tell the
story as completely as it would be TOLD
by the thousand others which might
be cited. Mr.. Coach's newspaper i:
now past history. The labor leaders
of Akron have only just been expelled
from their unions. in which fha Cor,