Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-03-14

Continued from Las. Week.
Now, then, mere is where came i'm.
Due 10 my experience in handling
matters of this kind / Wa given fall
charge Of the operating end Of it,
with full power 10 go 10 the limit i'm
breaking this syrike of the allied
printing trades. and especially local
No. Il. and here ale some Of the
methods USED by all the agencies
throughout the country which used
here. Tie first thing I did got "A
hts OF names Of every man who
worked as printer i'm the city Of
Baltimore; this list received from
mr.. Horn. After receiving this list
l mai my men go around To the homes
oil the strikers and, using the prcteNt
OF selling Insurance and in some cases
using the cooperative store plan,
came IN contact with your men. and
got a general report Of your home
surroundings, and also. during CONVEX
stations, slipped in word about the
strike and got your feeling. After my
men reported TO me | made a list-oue
called good and the other bad ."
The good list rameS were the names
Of men who in some way expressed
themselves as being a little i'm favor
OF wishing that the strike was over or
mad never been called: the bad list
was names of men who expressed
themselves as very much In favor Of
the Strlke-and | want 10 tell y0u men
that on the bad list | found over
an .f
when the eheck-up was completed.
Now, then, fer method. No. ,, the
good list Of names was given 10
another man, who then called on those
men. In good many eases. not find
ing them home, they spoke to the
wives or mothers, and told them Of
the hardships connected with a strike
and lot Of other things not true and
played upon them TO urge their hus-
bands or sons to give up the union
and tear up their cards and return to
work. In a good many eases the men
were told that if they did not return
within a certain day to work they
could not get work of any kind in
Baltimore; that they we've done. and
would have TO move out Of town. Now,
then, after not being able to make
much Roadway along those lines, this
plan was next thought of and used To
close the credit of the men: \ good
many of your men are buying homes
and furniture on the installment plan
and the word was passed around that
the banks were TO get in touch with
the building and loan companies and
also the furniture stores and shut
down on the credit and refuse extern
sion Of time to all who were members
of the allied printing trades. | cannot
tell you how far this plan went, be
cause | was not informed as 10 the
results of same. So much for the out
side work, which Is called missionary
work. ! will now go into detail of the
inside work and methods used.
The first thing to do was to get
some member of the local to keep Us
informed as to what was going on at
the meetings. Several men were put
on the payroll to give me a detailed
report Of everything that went ON and
took place at the meetings Of local
y. al and 81. These reports | re-
ceived every day in their own hand
writing and | had duplicate copies
made and given to Mr.. Horn. These
men we're known to Mr.. Horn by mum
Der and not by name, ! being the only
one here i'm Baltimore knowing their
names. These names ! have given 70
your officers and they will deal with
Them. | had men also who are mem
bers Of the International Topographic
cal union. These men are called
trouble makers. By that | mean that
they were always ready to find fault
Of some kind, no matter whether II
was right or wrong; but, just to cause
hard feelings, would even go as far
as to insult members Of the local. An
other class was the man who would
gain the confidence of his man and
then in a polite way try 10 talk nm
into dropping the union. THESE are
the methods uSed-that is, the man
points Of attack. ~,
Now then, / want to tell you httie
inside stuff. At a meeting held in one
of the hotels here in this city between
Mr.. Horn, Mr. Passano and the man
ager of our agency, both Mr. Horn
and Mr. Passano admitted that no
beadway had been made, ami that
their organization did not have the
funds AT that time to carry this hght
aiong any further. Another point oil
oneration was taken up at that tlme
which I have explained 10 the oiiicefs
Of local No. II and it was agreed lhaI
Il fbev could raise the funds why. the
font was to be carried on until aug
! 1921. Mr.. Horn must nave Dg5eh
able to get the funds some place De
csnse the Bureau Of Industrial Reia-
tions is still here and on the job.
Two weeks ago today / was a Ken
o. aet bgsv ON the women. BY that
! mean the lady binder local. NOW
no matter how rotten q man may De OF
10 baen. he always has a weak spot
and I could not see my way clear 10
F g., the ladies. and | told my OIL
ceTs mat | would not do So ana the
III va that / was reduced IN rank
and sent 10 a small 'JerNWa'ef TOW ~,
bgf after being there a lew Gays !
act sick of il and took ny we anu
war+ 10 Atlantic City at the expense
~ .ba Psreau of Industrial Relations
7 ~ called into the office on iasl
saturday. and. after nice PAVING
~ " was asked to resign, and was
- told | would have to hgafe Gu.
no ,, best way could 70 get back 10
,,.Eara / came from and also To- earn
WI iiz-irg. / happened to have q inehu
~ +Eaf fown and / got enou-h money
~ - hin, "a return here to Baltimore
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