The labor world., 1922-08-12
Good Attendance.

! . Good Attendance.
The. above. declaration was made
by r. A. Hepntng Of Minneapolis,
former mayor Of Brainerd, and gem
eral. chairman for the shop: crafts
In the northwest territory, at q big.
popular mass meeting held at the
Shrine Auditorium Monday evening.
i Every; seat in the large hall was
taken; the galleries were filled and
many: people were standing. It was
one Of the finest meetings Of its kind
ever held in the city. -
+. Just as Mr.. .Henning was intro
duced to the audience by John p.
Jensen. chairman Of the meeting, the
lights in the hall went out. Several
men rushed to the stage from tho
Second avenue entrance and reported
they saw a man rush hastily from an
automobile. climb a pole, do some
thing to the transformer at its top.
and the auditorium was In darkness.
The man then hurried down from the
pole, mounted his automobile and
hastened away.
= - inhppeueO kU1CKly.
Witnesses reported that il, all hap.
pened so. quickly and methodically
that they thought the man was an
employ of the electric lighting com.
pany In the performance Of his duty,
and we was quite. a distance from the
building before they realized what
was done. -.
: A phone message was sent to the
office Of the Duluth Edison company
and the trouble man soon discovered
what had happened when he climbed
the pole. He said that no one but
one familiar with outside electric
wiring could have done the Job 80
quickly. ..s@s 4, ~
Candles were lighted and Mr. Hen.
ming began his speech by asserting
that as most people were in dark
ness about the shopmens strike, he
wauh attfnart to throw some Hkht
on the situation. even II he had to
speak to his audience through the
darkness. ~ -, - III
;1f1e was preceded by w. e. Nc
Even, editor Of The Labor World,
and Hon. w. l.. Carss, former con-
gresham. whose, speeches have ap.
peared in part in the daily papers.
.# IT,. History of Strike. =.
i Mr." enningH gave the history OF
events relating to the railroad shop
men from the beginning of the war
up to the time President Harding Of.
Tered his proposal for peace, refer-
ring, to which he said:.
S Representatives of the striking
ishopmen, in session at Chicago for
two days, voted to accept the Presi-
dents plan as a preliminary basis
tola settlement: This action was pure
~ one Of policy, for: the proposal
held out no assurance to the strik.
ers that they would obtain better
conditions than were vouchsafed
them on July 1 when they quit the
shops. e.. :, i, i ..E
The presidents plan would have
the men return to work, leaving
them to the tender mercies Of the
Railroad Labor board. the same tei-
bunal which has beef kicking rail-
road employees in the stomach for
the past two years and four. months.
Railroad executives, in a one-day
session at New York, summarily re-
jected the plan, basing their action
on the great wrong that would be
done the men who remained at werk
and the strikebreakers If they were
denied 1eniority> rights guaranteed
them by the Railroad Labor board
h the outlaw resolution OF July 5.
Helped Managers.
Thus does the spite resolution OF
Governor Hooper. chairman Of the
Labor board, again serve as q club
IN the hands Of the managers Thia
10 the first time, thanks to him, that
seniority rights have ever been made
. subject Of contention IN the settle
ment OF a railroad strike. In May.
1870 1,47s machinists struck in the
shops Of the Missouri Pacific. BY the.
time the strike was settled In Decem-
Der Of that year: 11,327 mechanics
had been employed to ill their
places. The management did not -.
quest that even one Of these recruits
should be kept. in the shops. It W.
q good riddance. just ~ it would -
in the present instance. S
Officials OF the railway employees.
department, presidents Of the six
federated shop crafts and the. diyi-.
sion committeeman from all parts of
the United States then declared that
the strike would now be carried ON
under greater head OF steam. No
weakness was reported from any d.
srection. Telegrams were sent to M
locals to carry on with vigor. -
More than 500 .00es coal miners
have been out for four months and
they are all. alive. !. va the May ono
official put II. The United Nina
Workers .memberShip 30 17.oeA
xreater than on April +. The sh6p-
men can and VIII y..ake : ls1nilAr
fecord e fnece1aIy.t Win this stfik6.
~ Dlsec
ut becomes more ANA more evi-
dent that this II M nm have toIb6
..settled ~ direct aes6 ticnss 81.
tween employs ana ilij So e
spsllsd by me stolscnalc st1sl
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