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day, if under five. When the Har-
grave agency contracts to "run the
plant efficiently and guarantees to
break the strike,p the charge is 81
per day per party supplied. This
is the complete SERVICE" including
experienced operators" to run the
machines and "get out the work"
The number of guards needed
varies, depending on the en-
frances" For a plant Of Is work
ers, 1.-TWO guards should be suffi-
Gent" And the great advantage of
the Hargrave service is that their
guards are all deputy sheriffs," so
that in case there is any trouble,
any one gets shot, you know, or if
someone brings suit against your
firm, there won't be any difficulty.
Cooperation Makes it Cheaper.
Of course with Mayor Dever's
police and States Attorney Groves
men cooperating so nicely with the
private sluggers, the bosseV really
don't need more than two or three
hired guards, deputized OF other
wise, at their doorsl But few of
the bosses have under three guards
each, which means $24 a day out
of their pockets to the agency, plus
whatever the booze and palm-greas-
ing costs. Five guards would cost
the boss $35 a day.
Suppose the employer Is having
complete service as many of them
are, and that the agency is sup
plying five scabs and three guards.
Then the boss must pay S35 every
day for his scabby workers and SIS
for their guards, or $50 a dav on
service" alone. Now if the boss
has had this complete service" for
the full time Of the strike, that is
five weeks, he has paid only a pal
try $l,75O to keep his shop going.
If he has had more operators than
tiye, the cost has been that much
greater. If he had ten workers and
guards In proportion, the charges
have mounted up to some $3,675 by
now.
Thug Cost is $50, 900.
There are at least ten big gar
ment bosses whose costs must have
run up to at least the $4,000 mark
by now, if not much over it when
Injunction costs, court service, ana
official "hand-warming" expenses
are added. To say then, that the
bosses have spent $4,000 to pre-
vent the Chicago ladies' garment
workers from winning their strike.
is speaking mildly. We haven't
added all the little fellows charges
in!
But just on the surface, as far
as we've gone, it looks as tho She
strike were hitting the bosses more
severely by far than a little con-
sideration in the way Of higher
wages and improved conditions for
their former union employees would
have cost.
Some Views About Grove.
"Some fellers hate to lose their
jobs" is right!
A bloated, bleary-eyed Crowe's-
man came up to a DAILY WORKER
reporter in front of Arthur Weiss
shop on w. Adams street, to argue
that his master, States Attorney
Grove is the best crime-buster the
city Of Chicago could have.
There isn't a finer man for the
job. There ought to be more like
him. Why if the laws of this country
weren't so lax, he'd have men like the
editors of your paper in Jail long
ago. Those fellows ought to go back
to the country they come from. It
isn't right: they're against the gov
eminent" the Crowe's-man expostu-
lated Indignantly.
Look there at that picket with the
fur collar. The other day she walked
up and down for an hour with a
pigger man." the irate dick continued.
'lf she done that down in Georgia
they would have strung the two of
them up there in the middle of the
street. Tarred and feathered 'em. {"
"Sure Pm for Grove. See the but
TONI" And he staggered away.
Still on the Battlefield.
"We're still on the battlefield and
are ready to continue with as much
vigor as BEFORE" was President Nor
ris Sigman's forceful answer to the
rumors that have been spreading
about the weakening of the Inter-
national Ladies' Garment Workers
strike here.
ut Is my sincere belief" Sigman
went on, speaking to the assembled
strikers at a mass meeting, "that
many employers feel very uncom-
Portable just now. The scab element