The Connecticut labor news., 1924-12-06
Chickens H o m e to Roost, as Thugs Im- ported to Fight Labor Hold Crime Carnival.
By JOSEPH A. WISE Staff Correspondent, International Labor News Service.

Staff Correspondent, International
 Labor News Service.
 Chicago, Dec. 6.-Chickens are com ling home to roost for the predatory interests that have so bitterly fought
 organized labor on the industrial and political fields in Chicago.
 | With the city under gunman rule,
 death elurknig at almost every corner,
 wholesale robberies, holdups and mur- ders of daily occurrence and the arm
 of the law paralyzed, these pirates of high finance who have built this terri
 ble Frankenstein are busily> engaged
 i'll passing the buck" and the so- called better element" that has fol-
 lowed their leadership is pious1y rais- ing it's eyes to heaven in holy horror here"
 Employers Bring Thugs to Chicago. It IS the same old story and the
 same experience that other cities have passed through There Is a big strike, or mayhap a series of big strikes. The large corporations involved SCOUT the
 s1ums of the entire country for all the disreputab1e' characters obtainab1e to
 act as strike breakers and gunmen and
 sluggers. The strike settled, this crim
 ina1 element that has been used against 1 honest strikers IS thrown out of em- iployment. and, having to live by some
 means. fair or foul, resorts to the only
 method 1t has any expert knowledge
 of and begins crciminal operations
 against the community in which 1t Is
 at the time located
 That IS the predicament that Chi
 cago finds itself in. The financial in fought organized labor during the last
 few years, an din doing so have inn ported the offscourings of the entire country to assist them.
 l Criminals Used Do Control Elections. l Besides strikebreaking these inn ported crooks have been used to con trol elections so that the henchmen of the big interests might be safely re- turned to office. In many of the cleo ton precincts in Chicago an honest citizen takes his life in his hands when l he goes to the polls. The gurnen of our financial barons boldly walk into the polling places, and, if they find things not going to their liking, they make them go their way.
 No matter what these Janizaries do they are immune The big graft Is beer running and boot logging, with vice and gambling as a side line and hold-ups and murder as relaxation and pastime. If too many of them get into action al one time and cause a rumpus that attracts general public attention, so that the authorities who are protecting them are forced to act, then the agent of justice whose duty it is to do something about 1t calls i'll all the reporters of the daily papers and tells them every move he expects to make, so that the crook or crooks will have a chance to make get away or go into hiding.
 Crime Situation at Acute Stage.
 The situation in Chicago reached an acute stage recently as result of the election, and there has been great public outcry. Our public officers made the brave declaration that they were going to clean up the city The same old stall was made that has been made before, and the jails were filled i with inoffensive citizens picked up in all parts of the city. The protected | were not molested because of | their influence, political and financial
 Now there is another ''shakeup i'll the police department. The police are the goats An honest policeman does not dare to do his full duty, and he knows it. He is only human, and naturally he is going to look out for his job. The police have wives and kiddies, the same as other folk, and must feed and c1othe them. Conse quently they are going to have some regard for the vii 4of those higher up.
 Press Makes Great Uproar.
 The Chicago daily newspapers are making a great uproar over the pres ent terrible condition of affairs. This is particularly true of the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Daily News. The Tribune is controlled by Colonel Pobar+ F McC'orr11ick and the Daily is