Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-07-28

conditions can No longer apply, Char.
lemagne tried 10 feereate the Roman
empire, bat mel with failure because
his efforts were in opposition To the
laws 81 nature.
just as long as labor Ia regarded
as a commodity, said Rev. Crammer.
O. be seld in the market place, just
81 long will We have unrest, diseen-
tent, strikes. and Industrial cont
tiicts.
Rev. rileh Of the Grace Methodist
church. talked from experience. lie
joined unien in England In lsse.
and Immediately became an agitatef
for the cause Of industrial freedom.
His father. he said, was n laborefs
he never had any voice In the matter
Of wages aud conditions, and realls-
INK his inability 10 help himself. he
insisted that his hoy learn trade and
join a union.
Rev. rilch has gone through some
iong strikes during hia afiiiation with
the unionsi and, he said, throughout
his life he has never lost an oppor-
tunity 10 do his part in advancing the
cause of unionism. which he said was
the greatest factor In the advance
ment Of civilization.
Rev, rilch congratulated the shop
men. He encouraged them TO 90 on,
and stick 10 the end. They were Oh
the right track, he said, and deserve
the eommendation Of nght-thinking
people.
lie took occasion 10 condemn the
open shop, and said he was ashamed
Of city that would invite unloniats
10 stay away.
This Is the day Of organization. said
the reverend gentleman. You will
never get anywhere unless you are
banded together and act toFelher--
all rlassea; and he laid particular
stress upon the necessity Of clerks
forming unions for their protection
aud the promotion Of their welfare,
lie highly commended the union
movement TO every class Of workers.
and believed firmly In ita righteous
ness.
While rattling good meeting was
held, the COMMITTEES as well nB the
audience were disappointed because
the announced p1nRlam esssld net be
|earfied out IA published. Percy
Mclyneaux, Of the international Asso.
citation OF Maehinisls. who WAS 10 have
appeared on the program with Mr..
Barry, was called 10 Terre Haute al
the last minute TO address q meeting
Of ehopmen and miners, and the quar-
tet missed connections due To the In.
ability Of the Wabash railroad TO run
trains. But all felt they had gained
some valuable information and left
with a feeling that sometimes Il be.
comes necessary for workers 10 adopt
extreme measures 10 maintain those
principles IL has taken generation
after generation TO secure.
Rumors were In circulation Wen.
neaday that the strike had been aet-
tied. Nothing To II; started probably
To entice some Of the strikers 10 re-
turn 10 work.
Bert M. Jewell has been summoned
20 Washington by President Harding,
whore conference was held Thurs
day. II was the belief of the Presi.
dent that the strike would reach q
speedy end following the conference.
A two-man ear-riot was staged In
Urbana, Tuesday, when a strike.
breaker called a striker name
closely related 10 female dog. After
a severe nlapping the offender sought
the arrest Of the nnloniat, bat was told
by officers TO stay In the railroad
yards where he belonged; that the
strikers were peacaable citizens, and
there would be no trouble unless II
was stirred up By the scabs.
While II MAY be true the |. G. has
a lot Of men" employed and calls
IL full force, that doesn't signify
they are doing the work Of the strik-
ers. The eallbfe and efficiency Of the
strike-breakers IL satisfactory to the
strikers.