Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 3, 1920, Page 2

nd 8 ri 8 A nh a c Tt t i t i 2 Y 1 1 1 -@ >a PAGE TWO Public Should Know Fac } PRESIDENT HARP'S UNION STATEMENT The following statement of the views of the culinary workers was made by the organization's president: A strike situation prevails in the res- taurants of Casper. The controversy between the restaurant proprietors and| the culinary workers hag now reached | the stage where the public is directly | affected by it. As long as it was in the) argumentative stage the public enter- tained the hope that a gettlement would be arranged by mutual coneessions.} Such hope wag based upon the presump- tion that reason existed on both sides, and that consideration for the. public convenience would be the determining factor im arranging terms of an amica- ble ment. This was the expected and desired outcome. The result is a gteat disappointment. Today the pub- tic ig conyinced that there is an under- lying something which it failed to under- | stand. There is. It is that only one Party to the agreement—the culinary Workers—entered into the joint delibera tions with reason to bring about an understanding, and regard for the public welfare to suggest not only fair but generous concessions, The propriejors with the lust of greed and blind with passion, met eyery advance of the union representatives with passionaté abuse, falsehoods and slanderous personalities. There hag never been eyident on the part of the proprietorg a disposition to consider geriousiy any proposition that} might serye to bring about a settlement They have advocated specific changes! in the contract and flouted them when they had been conceded. Seldom have any of the parties te an industrial dispute surrendered so many just and reasonable claims in the in- terest of peace as has the restaurant help on this occasion. The original form of a modest demand has been so stripped by concessions that only the skeleton is left. In its original form the agreement called for a minimum wage of $25 per week of six days, sure Ty not an extravagant demand under present conditions. This was reduced by the union to $21 per week, a sub- stantial reduction, in the interest of peace. This minimum wage is low in comparison with unskiled labor rendered under more healthful conditions. Be- yond this point the restaurant workers could not, and should not be asked to ga. Phe original demands requested the Payment of time and one-half for the seventh day's work and overtime. This was altered again in the interest of peace and public accommodation, so that tha restaurant workers might con- tinue to. work on the sevepth day at the regular rate of pay, provided there ‘Was no competent help idle and ayail- able. This assures the public continu ous and uninterrupted service, and fuarantees the employers against loss of time and revenue.” There is left of the original demands barely a livingj minimum wage and 4 doubtful six-day week. The restaurant workers can so nog further. Consider now the attitude of these men and women when the strike be- came a fact! The first thing considered Was not their personal or union matters, it was: How are the people who depend upon restaurant service to be fed. It Was taken up with enthusiasm and energy, suggestions were forthcoming, €quipment was offered, committees were appointed and yolunteered to find places in which to feed and care for those who, without such provision, would otherwise be hungry. The restaurant workers tried honest ly and conscientiously to avoid this sit uation which yisits hardships upon ather working men and women. They are trying to, and will do, everything in their nower to lessen the discomforts arising out of it. The restaurant workers hesitated reluctant to embarrass others, and re- luctant, too, to face a period when they tempprarily at least must disconnect themselves from their means of liveli- hood with the pitiful provision that a starvation wage enables them to make. The principle at stake, they belieye, to be wi ¥ & measure of sacrifice to vindic: If there is to be retrenchment, Profiteers must retrench, must refuse to labor for decent living wage. the | because we less than @ Signed: LEE HARP, President Culinary Workers’ Local, No. 842. $< THE UNION RESTAURANT That Casper in common with the rest of the sorld loves a.fighter was demon- Strated by the crowds that flocked to the opening of the culinary workers’ rey ‘aurant in the dazzignd theatre. this morning, The working people in gen- eral were eager to lend support to the strikers and with the free taxi. service dinin§-poom was of easy ac- cess. At the breakfast hours the audi- torium was comfo filled ‘and the rons were served by ample force of Waiters and waitresses, ‘The quality. of the feod and portions served were such that those who have partaken of tho fare are anxious that the undertaking tinue indefinitely. At dinner time the place wa: und large numbers were wait times dur at all} a. m. to 59 p.m. The auto service was taken. to its capacity and people wended their way in long lines. from the downtown district. hy the Chauffeurs’ union the | @balished , sglary or salary and commission basis of remuneration for their labors substi- gs tho dinner hour, from 11|tomary “duty, receiving 4 the services rendered, tp feel his position a degrading one by the consciousness on the part of him-| he was Serving thgt his! Sun ”ing to bring forth a mou: p g rantly or maliciously sought to hang responsibility for them upon the strike. This was convenient and safe, for Casper labor had no means of explaining, in the abserce of a Ibo when there is no opportunity for explanation; to accuse when there appears no means to to insinuatee with tent of the Tribune editorial is able methods to achieve questionable en Festaurant workers in their hour of trouble that would justify so foul an insinuation. of this committee after painstaking labor, under trying conditions, when the temper of after concession was made by thd ynion, upon the suggestion of the committee, the “High Union that “there would be no stri disrupt the union. The employers forced the strike, and the public is the victim of their stubbornness and blundering. common trouble and expense. encroachments upon the rights of their membership, and unless they can demonstrate that they confer advantages upon them no reasons would exist that would make enrollment desirable. himself as does the Tribune man, we can form but one opinion, Verily, the ass knowest its master’s crib. and women renderin a conditi that part of “the public” known as “culinary” help, find its Position irksome and seeks to impraye it, its conduct beyond your aspersions. ! { recognized as a weapon of lab writers, or the enactments of lickspittle legislators. As you chagse te threaten the labar movement with resentment at the hands of the public, we heg to remind you, perhaps it were! better said to interpret for you, the conduct of the culinary workers since the in If the impulse that pr loss to determine why. prietors thrust upen them and the public. presenting, to as great an extent as possible, suffering or inconvenience to { } lacate a suitable building or buildings to accommodate as large numbers as possible; (2) to secure by donation or purchase table to provide otherwise interfere jwith the feeding of the people. defy you te condemn them. without having sought te accamplish something to ease the strain that the withdrawal occasioneed. They had established a restaurant in the largest building available te them and were serving meals in less than sixteen haurs after the union cards were taken out of the houses, this denote any intention or desire on their part to visit hardships on the public? Is this, sir, the work pf trouble-makers, officious “walking bosses, officious labor agents,” this conscious, constructive achievement in the pub- lic interest? Are you honest, sir?) We would give much for charity to believe that you did not intentionally wrong these workers and take ad- vantage of the editorial retrenchment. to vent a personal spite. ' > Loyal! Who challenges our loyalty in the face of our record? We are nat so moder that we do not realize the merit of our. intentions oe (Advertisement) iy: Tribune’s “Plain Facts” Plain Falsehoods The Tribune of yesterday carries a lengthy editorial on the restaurant strike in Casper. It illustrates the fable of the ab mountain strain- only that in this case the editor produced nothing but noise. He jangles a number of civic shortcomings and igno- r press. This is an old tactic, to strike w! there 's to be no chance for a comeback; to misrepresent la 3 ben gs abe and even more cowardly and contemptible janderous intent where evil purpose is to be served. Let us too, “Shoot straight from the shoulder,” and say that the:in- ifestly to imply that the active unionists of Casper are men of questionable charecter, who employ question- ds, We cafe the writer to pgint to ane word or act of any of those who have been active in helping the Qnly once does he dare qa charge. That charge is as black and as false as the heart of the writer. The charge is as follows: “There is ne denying the fact that the public, through its constituted representatives, had heen deceived as to the status of e this qouitavecte Rakes the a Roint was reached. High union officials assurd business representatives that there ‘would be no strike,” and acting upon this assurance, took no steps to prevent an open rupture.”’ This, in the face of the efforts put farth by the arbitration committee of the Casper Trades and Labor Assembly. The recommendations e restaurant proprietors is considered, concession iale” were justified in helieving and stating e;" nor would there have been only the proprietors and their ad rs imagined that the time was opportune to IS THIS EDITORIAL TERRORISM? ¥ “Finally, and in all firmness and candor, and regardless of whether or not the influence is present in this particular case under Ph sity gate Sas reed of by boa wal in no mats to ae with an a re officiqus erage hasses or cap- j tious agents, if such are harbored among the organized unions . occupying pasitions of pawer, the unions had better them, strike their names the membership roll, and manage the business of the ynions upon a busi- ness hasig and not by bluff, bluster and bulldozing, For so ange as the public patience is tried too far there ig hut one.t a- tion: Casper will follow the example of other communities, whére lal conditi: intolerable through the methods of unserunuloys leaders and advisers, and declare an open shop tawn. Let us ey be will nat come to such 4 pass. The t things public does not seek or desire this situation, but the public will protect itself, its business and the welfare of the communi y- That the open shop is a shop closed to labor, few in Casper understand better than, the editerial writer of the Tribune. He shares the knowledge of labor that where the open shop is intraduced the union pringiple seldom asserts itself again, or at best, only after great Tame submission to injustice never made a hero, or held a union together. Inless organiza are prepared to resist ast | The why of the union would have disappeared. If one is aware of all this and expresses The public did not interest itself jn the restaurants of Casper; it did not concern itself with the hours, conditions or wages of the men a public service in them. When a conditions is brought about that irks it, “the public” becomes irritable. In like manner i + Edita ; It means are legitimate and “fn this enlightened day and age strikes are a needless waste of time,” says the editorial. Well! Well! Well! The strike is and is ig masses af which they will not permit themselves ta be divested by the sophistry of designing editorial tion of the “strike.” ted then, and if the manner and course of their procedure merits copdemnatian or resentment we admit ourselves at a e first meeting held in the Lyric Theatre, ta organize the workers for the situation which the stub! c a the pro- Every moment of the time o¢cupied was devoted and every word uttered was in the direction of Met innocent bystander—the public. Committees were appointed, ware; eping. Not a moment spent or a move made to picket or | These were the measures of preparation. We challenge you, Mr. Editor, to deny; we pans, kettles, etc.; (4) to get ranges; (5) press; (6) Now, sir, since these men and women withdrew from the establishments where they had been employed, net a moment has elapsed Does wt | Come now, sir, if you wish to be fair, as we wish you could be fair, does this accomplishment merit commendation or condemnation? 3, 1920 SATURDAY, APRIL MORE LIES MAILED “WRESOLUTIONS Whereas, the Casper Daily Tribune on BPriday, April 2, carried a story of the strike situation which is, and which ®pparently is intended to be mislead ng, inasmuch as both headings and all matter referring to a joint conference of phe roprietors and Culinary Work. ers' union is purely and simply an in- vention which described that which had not and was not taking place, and Whereas, Among other misstatements was included describing Mr. E. rh Shipp, as @ representative of this union, therefore, Be It Resolved, By Cu! Workers’ Local 842, of Casper, in mass meeting in the Lyric theatre, the aec ond day of April, 1920, deplore that the morglity of the Tribune is low enough to attempt to mislead the public in re- gard to what is transpiring in the res- taurant situation, and, Be It Further Resolyed, That we de. ounce any claim by BE. R. Shipp, on his own behalf, or of others for him, as being invested with any authority. by the union as false and fraugulent, and be it still further Resolved, Ghat while we regret any inconvenience to the public we insist on our right to a living wage and humane terms of seryice and our further right to expend our efforts toward their at- tainment by legitimate and peacefu! meang. LEE HARP, President Culinary Workers: Unioj, No. 842. aN EE SHEEP'S CLOTHING The following statement mae by the president of the Proprietors’ association is proyen false: “We cannot rob the public to pay de- mands of strikers. We haye come more than half way in the matter and it is only the yadical element that prevails in the union organigation that keeps the matter from settlement," was the officjal statement of President Charles Zahner of the Proprietors’ association,— Casper Herald. Tt is a fact that after the strike was galled that members of the Laundry Workers: union were solicited by rep- tesentatives of the Proprietors’ associa- tion and were offered salaries of $25 per week. Yet they say they could not pay experienced help $21 per week. Now, this statment being true, then it was evidently intended by the pro- prietor to induce those girls to leave per Manent positions for the few days it would ‘require ta arrange for cheaper help, thus benefiting themselyes at the expense of the women who might trust them. “Ig it the public they seek to pro- tect?" Og do they simply crave to dis- rupt the organization of the culinary workers, and members of other labor unions for their own selfish motiyes? pene a Sa Mr. Cacherellis, of the Manhattan cafe, stated at the joint conference without protest from the other propric- tors, ‘that were it not for the union he new could employ His wairesses at $10 per week’'—a sum about equal to de- cent room rent. If words can be relied upon to express an idea we have in this declaration of Mr, .Cacherellis a key which explains the spirit which we er- countered in our efforts to negotiate with the proprietors—the conception that they. were capable of and deter- mined on destroying the union and prey ing upon our workers thus rendered helpiess. Is it any wonder that our best and our acts. Do you know the percentage of service men among the males in our ranks bosses, or captious labor agents-——if there are such let us have their names and the positions they eceupy. proof for suspicion; came out boldly if there are even good grounds for suspicion, for once the man who throws a bomb than the sneaking coward who hurls an insinuation. trey moyement. The labor agitator is usually one Now if there are in the Casper labor moyement men or women im places of power, any agitators, trouble-makers, -officious. walking he eerie alee tae eretenes ve courage, use more respect for akers . our midst are outside of the lahor Who calls attention te wrongs whose existence is the strongest argument for their abolition. The men who contribute to the organized expression of labor opinions in Casper are not likely to be deterred from the course their honest convictions and best judgment believes tq be a reliable program for labor. We are not intimidated by your terms, Mr. Tribune. ae efforts could not prevent @ strike. secure it and today we find that the “one day rest in seven’? is almost uni- versally observed and no desire is ex- pressed upon thé ‘part of the humane employer of labor—if he exists—to re- turn to the former conditions. ene L. Sullivan, in “Mixer and Server. poeta, SCY BON, PUBLIC IS MISINFORMED ‘As usual, in all matters concerning ABOUT TIPS jt live on and (hat it way up to those |drawn much favorable comment fryer |peried of the wer, unless they put forth |canae of that ill, and they find that : Loe bats or} Presa: of Setar, ee {he served to contribute the difference. | members of the waiters’ union. In the|their best efforts. They must organize|after all they ate no different than the te a meee m bhi? Fat hea as is Waiters Dissatisfied with Tipping! __ : f Agu | COURK® of the sditoriat It wag sald; how moro than ever Iaafare, if they de:|men end women in other trades: that|(ontne public, such information ax ts Custom Under the pregent system of law! l-phere has long been impatience at|sire fo maintain the rights and condi- they haye more than the immediate fu- : igen tty) 30 | | Members of Pittsburgh Union Seek to whose every maye sisnifies to the diner| jgeats. Eloyate Their Calling by Adyoracy of 2 Salary System of Romuneration Straight Pittsburgh tuted. Members Meals were served family style and a! self and thos Tat charge of 50 cents was made. |salary alone was not waiters and even now.are endeavoring to bring: doing w paypal service for an-| Gniy about. a change in conditions whereby |oiher, and na lohger feel the humiliation !hive permitted abt 1g is the “tipping” practice weuld-be entirely lor playing the role of supplicant, ave permitted shifting the burden, and in its stead @ straight} and officials of burgh Waiters’ union are solidly behing] waiter is allawed & per dent on. all) Ue movement now under way which|money takery in from customers served/ and women of this and other countries! for a Small Wage because re h they assert would result in a. dual bene lat his tables, Phe tips there are strictly | the inheritable right of cdllective bar-| grown up with a branch of that, ‘indus: fit. To'the diner, who would no longer} taboo. That, of a system’ of: straight | gaining; that right has feel under obligation to ‘remember the Peri ha y waiter,” with the alternative of fesling that would tot pl 2 | ii ; Sent he was a “cheap guy” or evading a cus , of. “beggars” is what they are striving upon which such bigoted employer canjof in the race for that temporary -re- “and to the waiter who,/to bring about. : ry commensurate with|}they feel .eqntident that the public,}{o deal with hig emploxes -eollectively | men in the catering industry are learn- |Salaries and (ips, waiters say they are | tne prevalence of tipping, a practice out | tions that have been secured by years of | ture to look forward to; that there must |placed in tho light of cringing montals|o¢ accord with our vaunted democratic | tail i lt has made parasites of many ;@nd that is their labor. The profit to be! bodily composition the same as is dis- jthat largess is comsidgyed. a necessary jmen engaged in useful occupation; hag | secured. the sgle of that labor rests | played in the human frame of other ipart of the megl. Phey prefer, they say! Caused humiliation to many others, and}entiraly with them. They have the fix-| individuals,-and they have set their star jte be given an opportunity to make | has robbed countless-diners under guise|ing Of the marketing value of that in the direction of working out those thoir money by what they term “honor: o¢ courtesy. It requires no introspection | labor. It cannot. be fixed by individual problems, 50 that they, too, may. look y jable” means and then be ‘able to meet) to. understand: that @ waiter should be bargaining; thorefore,-it must be under| toward tlie future with brighter pros: welcome ithe diner as man to man; as one man paid a living. wage. by/ hin employer. | the banner of/a trade organization.» pects. : \ 7 | Phe. worker ef ouy coliniry: have ‘aepn Mstening for.too many generations would human eupidity aad weakness It has been nothing vpcommen_ for men and eyen women in the catering | Pittsburgh Sun. Local waiters would “like to seo pamnaD tS eR 22 (> the sophistry, of the employers, gnd| industry to. work twelve and fourtsen| adapted o system in vorue in one of} 5 iy that torm Js very properly applicable to| hours day and seven days a week; a the leading, clubs of the city, ‘Phere a THE Sd4-DAY WHEK | the men and women in. our great cater-|few years ago a cai Was started the Pitts-/ salary, is- paid and iy addition’ each! Sarre ue industry, They bave been ensigved| tor one full. day's , in every seven, oO Tho recent wat has teft with the mon} in the rut of working long Hours and eee adap made to secure such ere has. jediab! rel! thry the I laf eta a eee states and Mat coat has bean. questioned | try a system of mratuity that has been}effort, opposition was moet with from to-with their services| by some of the w Hare exaloyers jn | the concern of the workers, and health,|the hotel and rosaurant employers e them in the light|the past, but very little ground is left happiness and thé future was:logt track; pleading that such legislation would be ruinous to’ them and fotce’ them into bankruptcy’ and with such. pleas awere % Successful in converting the logislators which long hag deplored the “tipping” |and thru their chogem representative in| ing that the idle ‘dreams of the past/Of our states to the, belief that such, system, stands firmly behind them. | this new day. iy j have not permitted them to advance|statémeénts were true; the workers, how- An cditorial in the columns, of the] Labor must struggle on. It is not! with the same rapid step that the work:|ever; refused) to be checked in their under date of July 10, in which’ going to maintain the conditions of em-/ers in‘ other industries have advanced.’ efforts to secure that relief and they, sufficient far him the “tipping” system Was deplored, has ployment that were seeufed during the They have been looking around for the began to use,their economic powers to ward, Not §o t And’ in their efforts) base any sound argunient for a refusal y. ‘The men and wo- would not need ICE TO THE PUBLIC—-COOKS AND WAITERS’ LOGAL NO. 842 HAS SECURED THE ENTIRE BUILDING A THEATRE AND ARE EQUIPPED AT THE PRESENT TIME TO SERVE 4 DAY SUNDAY. GOOD MUSIC WHILE YOU EAT tory to the workers. It seems that just Labor has but one thing to setl,|/bo. life, hope and ambition. in thein{2™’thing handed to the ‘press by tho employer is printed and given as the facts, while on the other hand a state- ment from a labor union js cnt up and remodeled by the press to tbs the occa- sign, and not giye the real facts in the Case, Hor is sae Tote to give the public the true facts of the situa- Hon, ity is. netessary to BUY this spaco in’ the papers of Casper, Se eetniniies omen a It has been spread broadcast that ae Ulinary “Workors’ union ig controtl by 2 majority vote ah tal, floating pand unskilled element. This statement os without Iaedagrinipigs or foundation, in act, na slich condition exists. Fitty ak ceht of our membership is composed f women. To charge on | Bolshevism a body of men and-women who con- coded and. sacrificed that peaco might be preserved in the’ trade 4s con- contemptible and cowardly it is un warranted and: slanderous. “Thirty per cent ef the proprietors of Casper ros- taurants. are former membors. of the union; By. what peeuliar fpracess has their radicalism been metamorphosed Into loyalty. T THE JAZZLAND 906 MEALS DAILY. BIG CHICKEN DINNER SERVED ALL