The Connecticut labor news., 1923-02-09

l Philadelphia, Pa, Feb. o.-Bittel
 condemnation of the so-called Nit
 ten, men and management" plan O. | street railway operation Is expressed
 in resolution adopted by the Centra Labor Union of Philadelphia and vic.
 inity. The resolution is called fortf 1 particularly by the strike of organized street car workers in Buffalo, where
 the traction properties are owned by Mitten interests.
 The resolution adopted here con
 stitutes more complete statement oi l facts. about the Mitten scheme of op-
 eration than has yet been compiled l The declaration of organized labor o1 1 Philadelphia is as follows:
 l 'Whereas: The Philadelphia Rapid l Transit Company have inaugurated amongst it's employees so-called Co.,
 operative Plan of Management, that compels the employees to violate every decent principle of the American
 worker, and
 l "Whereas: This so-called co-oper- l ative plan, under the lure of stock
 ownership, now in operation in Phila- | delphia, has, under the direction ot Mitten mana cement, branched out to
 assume management of street railway properties in other cities, where the | employees have successfully operated their own trade union for years, with contractual relations with the man. agement, resulting in the full estab- l lishment of peace and harmony in the 1 industry; and 5,-..
 | "Whereas: To force the employees
 of the International Railway Com pany, operating street railways in the cities of Buffalo, Lockport and
 Niagara Falls, New York, and
 Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, to ac- lcept the so-called' cooperative plan,
 and give up their trade union; the Mitten management of the Philadel- phia Rapid Transit Company com
 pe1led at least 200 of their employees, wearing their F. R. T. uniforms, to proceed to Buffalo, N. Y, and act as scabs and strikebreakers against their fellow workers, who were responsible for any increase in wages, that the Philadelphia employees had received under the so-called cooperative plan of Mitten management; and
 "Whereas: The 2,2oo striking em- p1oyes of the International Railway Company have been on strike since the first day of July, 1922, struggling for the right of voluntary associa- ton with their fellow workers Gre member not for wages and hours), without a break in their ranks, and supported by the working population, who are compelled to use street cars in their daily occupations in these cities, but who are consistently re- fusing to patronize the scab manned cars notwith standing the inclement weather, Mitten5 strikebreakers, Nit ten press bureau propaganda, court iniunctions, and the brutality of the state constabulary, that is now under investigation by the New York state Federation of Labor, for a report to Governor Alfred E. Smith; and "Whereas: It is common knowl- the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Com pany were indirectly discharged for refusing to go to Buffalo, N. Y, and scab on their fellow workers, and be- cause of their non-affiliation with the labor movement, have no power to stop the infringement from the policy of compelling them to act as strike breakers in industrial disputes. There fore, be 1t
 Resolved: That the officers and I
 b1ed, of the Central Labor Union of
 Philadelphia and vicinity, pledge their
 united moral support, to the striking street railway employees of Buffalo,
 Lockport, Niagara Falls, New York, and Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada,
 in their splendid struggle against the
 so-called Mitten plan of cooperation, which is purely an organized method
 of breaking strikes and disrupting trade unions affiliated with the Amer ican Federation of Labor. And be it further
 Resolved: That a copy. of this
 resolution be sent to, all affiliated unions, fraternal organizations, and
 civic societies in sympathy with the principles and purposes of the Amer ican Federation of Labor, asking that they protest against this un-American
 Mitten management, that invites men to accept employment under a widely proclaimed so-called cooperative plan, but in reality, denies them the right of citizenship, and under the struggle for daily bread, and the pet