The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 5, 1924, Page 2

HAS BACKING OF CARMEN’S UNION Workers Everywhere Told Of Struggle (Continuped from Page 1). Pullman Company has not yet made good their promise.” Some Pullman Maneuvers. The DAILY WORKER learns that the Pullman Company, trying to get itself out of a sad mess with as good grace as possible, is seeking to trans- fer the out-of-town men to other car shops, and then switch the men al- ready in these jobs to strikebreaking duty. In this way they hoped to dodge their responsibility of refund-| ing the transportation money and at} the same time making use of their} old employes as scabs. But the men in the other Pullman shops hape flat- ly refused to scab on the strikers of the 110th street shop. * Foremen Can't Get Men Back. Riveting foremen were active Satur- day in trying to round up strikers to return to work, but had no success. Strikers told the DAILY WORKER that the straw bosses of the Pullmany Company have good reason to be loyal to the Pullman Company. “The bosses and foremen get big bonuses for speeding up the men,” said one striker. “My boss got a monthly bonus of $58.00 for sweating @ lot of production out of the men dur- ing March. This is ail a part of the damnable speed-up system. The fat bonus that goes to the best slave-driv- ing foremen does not come from the benevolent Pullman Company but is taken out of the pay of the men them- selves, The wages of the men are re- «duced and the men speeded up, and then the foreman gets a part of the money which should go to the work- ers.” Paid for Slave Driving. Another striker said, “The amount of the foreman’s bonus is determined by the amount of hours he is able to get the workers to put in as well as the quantity of work produced by the men. That’s why the foremen are always driving the men to the limit of their endurance. That is why we have to work Sundays and holidays many times in all kinds of weather. We work until we drop, not with an overtime scale, but at the regular (Continued from page 1) lished the eight hour day, time and one-half for over-time, in- creased wages and _ secured proper classification of employ- ees, besides improving the work- ing conditions 100 per cent. The present strike of the riveters, buckers, heaters, fitters, reamers, ves- tibule and steel shop car building forces at Pullman was brought about by “Efficiency and Production Manag- er” Francis Gunn, who attempted to in- crease production by the simple pro- cess of cutting wages and telling the men to step harder on the gas. The fact is‘that Gunn had been let out by the Pullman Company some time ago for reasons that were not made public, but which the employes as- cribe to the fact that “whenever Gunn comes around there is always trouble,” due to his inefficiency as an efficiency shark. The real causes leading to the sus- pension of work by the’ steel shop carmen can be ascribed to the oper- ation of the Taylor system, a system of timing each operation with stop watches and gauging the price or rate of pay for the whole on the speed de- veloped by the fastest men. To develop more and more speed a system of bonus payment to the bosses is in operation, which gives them extra pay for pushing their men to the last ounce, making actual slave drivers of them. Some of the younger men have tried to maintain the pace, but dis- covered that it always meant a re- duction in wages, another scheme to secure production with absolutely no consideration for the life of the hu- man being, profit being the main es- sential, “Pullman Plan” a Fake Union. To further enslave the employes, the management instituted what is termed the “Pullman Plan of Em- ployee Representation,” at the same time using every possible means to prevent any encroachment of bona fide labor unions, the active men be- ing intimidated or discharged, while the notorious black list was swung as the big club and with some effect. Under the provisions of the “com- pany plan” President Carry placed his bosses, foremen, superintendents and vice presidents in equal numbers on the employes’ committees, but per- mitted NO REPRESENTATION WHATEVER from the employes on piece work scale, and the foreman gets about half of the extra overtime rate to which we are entitled.” Carmen Aid Strikers. John Holmgren, the strike leader, showed the DAILY WORKER a letter f he had received from Distirtc No. 1 of bis organization, the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen in St. Paul, which has jurisdiction over the car shops of twelve northwestern railroads. The letter said that the Hunt employment agency, of St. Paul, had called up the St. Paul headquarters of the Carmen’s Union and had asked for workers to send to Pullman. The district officer of the union said that they would not supply men to act as strikebreakers. The Hunt Employment Agency de- clared that in asking for workers the Pullman Company had told them there was no labor trouble. The carbuilders all over the coun- try have been informed by their union to stay away from Pullman. A resident of South Chicago, a riveter with 16 years’ experience, told the strikers at their Saturday meet- ing that he worked for half a day un- til he learned that there was a strike. He said, “All the time I was in the shop, I was cutting out bad rivets that the inexperienced scabs had driven. On an incompleted car, I counted from four to six hundred bad rivets on each side of the car. In my opinion you men have already won your strike.” Read It in the Daily Worker. This man said that many men who ‘were working in the shops had found out about the strike by buying and Treading the DAILY WORKER. He explained that the men were taken in a back gate so as to keep the men away from the pickets. Many of the men hired by the Pullman Company declare they heard of the strike vy the “picket cry” of the DAILY WORK- ER news agents, who call, “Read all about the Pullman strike DAILY WORKER.” the company committee, which was appointed by himself and responsible to only him. Its decisions were final. President Carry of the Pullman Company acknowledges the right of the men to representation in accord with the law, but interprets this right to mean himself as the representative and final judge. He says: “The act passed by Con- gress known as the ‘Transportation Act, 1920,” provides that employers and employes shall exert every rea- sonable effort to adjust and settle their differences by conferences be- tween themselves,” and adds that the company plan has for its object the “settling promptly and fairly of all questions which arise as to wages, working conditions and such other matters as may be of importance to the welfare of the employes.” Bosses Supervise Meetings. With the object of setting the em- ployes’ side of this controversy truth- fully before the public, as well as the workers, the following facts are ap- pended: By intensive pressure and loaded ballot boXes the straw bosses slipped over the adoption of the plan at a so-called election. Such meet- ings as are held in the shops are conducted under the direct supervi- sion of the bosses, denying free ex- pression of opinion by the employes. With the object of creating inter- est in the company plan minor griev- ances were created and the employes induced to settle them thru the com- mittee. On the question of wages, however, it was discovered that the company always adjusted the wage cuts on a sufficient percentage to per- mit a 50-50 split and still retain a juicy slice of the employes’ earnings. Wage Cuts Without Notice, With the re-advent of “Efficiency Expert Gunn, this pretext was dis- pensed with and wage cuts ranging in the!from 10 to 40 per cent put into effect|pay and raising rents, robbing the {without notice of any kind to the em- HOLMGREN TELLS OF FIGHT TO CIVILIZE PULLMAN COMPANY The committee was sent to informed by ployes, the management and Gunn that “the cut was here to stay” and that if not accepted “they would have to go back to the days of the lash.” Numerous attempts to secure a fair hearing were made by the employes President Carry and a copy sent to Vice President Hungerford, request- ing a conference, but the committee was advised over the telephone by Carry’s secretary that “no reply was necessary.” Carry a Promise Breaker. President Carry has failed to live up to his signed statement “to deal fairly and promptly” on differences which rise as to wages, working con- ditions and such other matters as may be of IMPORTANCE TO THR WELFARE OF THE BEMPLOYES. The employes contend, and rightly so, that unjustly slashing their pay IS OF IMPORTANCE TO THEIR WEL- FARE. The company argued that liv- ing costs had gone down, basing this untruth doubtless on the slight reduc- tion from the regular prices which the “company store” sells its goods for. This store handles practically everything, tho not always of the quality desired, but it pays back to the company a goodly share of the money paid so niggardly to its em- ployes. Many of the employes live in company houses, hundreds of which are owned by Florence Puliman, whose husband is ex-Governor Frank O. Lowden of Illinois, and may be re- membered by many as the “gentle- man farmer” who failed in securing the presidential nomination on the Republican ticket owing to certain “niggers-in-the-woodpile.” Big Departments Closing. The wage cuts on the progressive schedule were so arranged that no two departments would be hit at the same time. This scheme had been a bear each year up to April, 1924. The limit of human endurance had been reached and the men revolted, their demand, then as now, being the resto- ration of their former schedule and condi- tions which officials have laughed off | with contempt. Since April 14, when 500 men walked out, nearly 1,500 }more have been added to the ranks, while entire departments have been jcompelled to lay off owing to the in ability of the company to secure strike breakers who would stay under the rotten system in vogue. Armed Guards—Peaceful Pickets, Hundreds of police, plain clothes men and rifle squads have been in at tendance; nearly ever street and in: tersection having its quota of armed guards. The picketing is proceeding peacefully,and with success, hundreda of men bejng tyrned away after being advised of the strike. Absolute misrepresentation of the condition existing in Pullman and ly- ing promises of big pay brought many workers to this town, and in every in- stance the strikers have helped these men to the best of their ability and have placed at their disposal an at torney who is handling their demanda for refunding of railroad fare and ex penses incurred in coming to Pull man under false pretenses, being as- sured by the Pullman scab herders in outlying cities that “no labor trou- ble and no strike was in effect.” Workers Will Win Fight, The fact that the company is still working on the, same car started the week after April 14 and is now en- gaged in tearing it down owing to in- competent labor is an indication that the fight being made will be won by the strikers. Other departments are slated for a slash in pay should this strike be lost. Many are on the fence, ready to join; the entire plant in other departments being a restless, discontented mass. On May 1 Florence Pullman boost- ed the rents in her hundreds of houses, which stunt goes very well with the wage slashes imposed upon the renters. If her husband expects to be nominated vice present by the Republican party this year much cam- paign money must be poured into the trough, and where is there a better scheme of raising money than cutting adjustment of certain unfair milk from workers’ kids? thru their committee before striking ‘on April 14, and since that date. A communication was addressed to THE DAILY WORKER GUNS ASKED OF U, S, TO DOWN CUBAN REVOLT Reactionary Junta Sup- presses Papers WASHINGTON, May 4.—The Cu- ban Government has asked the United States to sell it a large quantity of ammunition for use in quelling revo- lutionary disturbances in the island, it was learned at the State Depart- ment today, Tho the amount the Cuban Govern- ment Has asked for, was not reveal- ed, it was indicated that it is pre- pared to spend about $400,000. Secre- tary of State Hughes has turned over the Cuban request to Secretary of War Meeks, to learn if it can be met. Weeks wi. take no action until Mon- day. In making public the Cuban request, State Department officials expressed full confidence that the Zayas admin- istration would be able to cope with the budding revolution in the islands. All editions of the newspapers her- aldo de Cuba and El Heraldo, were confiscated by police on the ground they contained exaggerated reports of the movement against the govern- ment of President Zayas. It was reported the editor of Her- aldo de Cuba will be deported as a “pernicious foreigner.” The government claimed the situa- tion was “well in hand” and meagre reports reaching the capital indicated loyal troops were restoring oraer in the affected areas. Troops still were mobilizing in the vicinity of Cienfuegos. All indications lead to the belief that the present Cuban government can count on the full support of the Washington Coolidge administration. Recently there arose a serious dis- putes between a group of Cuban capi- talist railway interests on one side and an American capitalist sugar ship- ping combine on the other. The lat- ter, who are closely associated with the American Smelting and Refining Company and the United Fruit Com- pany, appealed to Coolidge for help. Colonel Tarafa was thé leader of the Cuban capitalists. The American interests were dominated largely by the Boston financial clique, which al- ways has the ready ear and the will- ing hand of Coolidge at its bequest. The administration settled the uispute by removing some of the most ob- jectionable features of the Tarafa Railway Consolidation Bill and thus appeasing the sugar and shipping in- terests so close to the White House. Today, the administration is very an- xious not to disturb this arrangement and considers every attask on the present Cuban government as an at- tack on the stability of this arrange- ment. Besides Colonel Tarafa also hoa some other American and even British capital behind him. The Wash- ington government is anxious to avoid all further complications from this source at this time. Chafe at Wall Street Tyranny. An added reason for the readiness of the Wall Street government to save the present Cuban regime is to be found in the growing wave of unrest that is threatening to sweep the whole Latin and Central American region. Most of this difficulty arises from the fact that the various peoples and even certain competing capitalist interests are chafing under the yoke of the tyrannical governments set up by Washington in the Latin American countries. Thus the American-sup- ported Fascist government in Peru, the Wall Street puppet governments in Venezuela and Bolivia, are in dan- ger of being overthrown. The Ameri- can cayitalists are anxious to stifle this protest movement and are there- fore doing everything they possibly can to check unrest wherever it mani- fests itself in order to have the freest hand possible in their other interna- tional dealings. That accounts for their anxiety to Hquidate the present Cuban revolt and to hasten the end of the rebellion in Honduras after their own agents manufactured the in-'the Kluxer’s surrection. Every new subscriber increases the influence of the DAILY WORKER. Heard on the Pullman Strike Front By ART SHIELDS. “Bay, Mister, let me see that strike paper?” called a woman's voice from a travel-stalned auto parked on 11ith street in front of the employment office of the Pull- man Steel Car Company. The DAILY WORKER reporter handed her his copy and she went on: “When my man brought that pa- por home telling about the strike, I said, ‘You'll just have to quit, Sam. No one in my family ever seabbed yet.’ / Busted, But Won't Scab. “You see, it was this way,” she continued. “We've just come from Cleveland where he lost his job as ariveter when the plant shut down. ‘We were busted and when we see the notice in the Tribune that Pull- man wanted riveters, he got the job. The company never said there was a strike, but coming out that night he bought this paper and he surely ‘won't scab. “Now he’s gone in there to get his Ny money and to bawl out that employ- ment manager for lying to him that way. My husband always talks loud anyhow. He's hard of hearing from the riveting.” “I bawled them out too,” broke in a husky fellow that had joined the pickets on the line. “They never told me there was a strike either, when I hired out. That scab herd- er, Baxter, in Detroit, sent me here.” Baxter, a former Pullman freight foreman, shipped a lot of men from Detroit, but there are only two left out of fifty he sent. And Baxter had to beat it from Detroit when tae gang began drifting back there with blood in their eyes to ask what the hell he meant by telling them there was no strike. Not a Tame Bunch, Riveters and reamers and buck- ers up are not scabs but neither are they a tame bunch. And the boys at Pullman are thoroly aroused at the swindle game the Pullman com- pany has played on them by bring in hundreds of workers trom lowa, Michigan and Ohio with the .ying assurance that there “is no strike.” ee Sh “Lad,” said an old Pullman vet- eran to the reporter: “unis is SOME strike. It’s the best wallop this company got since 1894. This forty per cent wage cut was one too many.” The old man chuckled as he read his DAILY WORKER. Boycott On Tribune. “That's telling it to them. Wish we had a paper like the DAILY WORKER in the big fight with ‘Gene Debs against this company. The Tribune and the Inter-Ocean and the other papers were so rot- ten that the newsboys of Chicago wouldn’t sell them. The Times was the only paper that was any good then. But it wasn’t a union paper like this one.” A The old man stepped off towards his home. He doesn't work any more. No, he isn't a penstoner. He got in wrong with the company and was laid off before his pension time came, , More about pensioners a little later. It was lunch hour then. A murmur of conversation from a knot of workers near by’ suddenly rose to a louder pitch: “T say its ag — —d — — — shame to make that old boy work. He's got one beg in the grave.” “He almost fell off and got killed yesterday,” said another. They were talking about a pen- sioner—one of the beneficiaries of the boasted Pullman pension sys- tem, who had been compelled to come back to work during the strike. Friends In Wall Street Only. These are the means the Pullman Company is using to try to break the strike: Luring workers in from other towns by assurances that there is no strike and by making decrepit pensioners work, The boys from outside quit when they learn there is a strike and the old pensioners are just going thru the motions. George M. Pullman’s suc- cessors have few friends today, out side of Wali Street, man, Ill. STRIKE.” ® * The strike must spread. at Michigan City, Indiana. * * man Corporation. ‘Spread The Strike! This issue of the DAILY WORKER, with its special fea- tures about the Pullman strike, will reach thousands of workers in the big plant of the Pullman Company, at Pull- It must include all the workers. shops at Pullman, but also 5,000 more at the Pullman shops The slogan of this special drive, to all the workers still at their jobs in the Pullman shops, can only be, “SPREAD THE Not only the 15,000 in * * The few hundred workers on strike cannot win this battle for the many thousands against the entrenched Pull- But the thousands, united, with one pur- pose, can win against the Pullman Co., and all the powers back of it. They can fight back the wage reductions that this big combination of dollars is seeking to impose upon its workers, * * The Pullman strike is a crucial one. * * Pullman, Ill, is a strategic point in the struggle of workers all over the country against wage reductions. The bosses have forced the issue at Pullman. The workers have taken up the challenge. If the bosses win at Pullman, Ill., then the campaign of wage reductions, aided by the growing industrial depression over the land, marches to victory over the nation. If the workers win at Pullman, Ill, as they must, then the bosses’ efforts to slash wages receive an * * It is well that there is but the.men out on strike, and to ths organized labor movement. effective setback. * * one union seeking to organize win all those still at work for The Brotherhood of Railway Carmen claims jurisdiction over the great majority of the thousands of workers in the Pullman shops. It is the union of all car workers. The workers, therefore, need not be discouraged over the clashing of different unions. They can build their united, solid front in the ranks of the membershi of Railway Carmen, a mighty tion industry. * * of the Brotherhood army in the great transporta- * * The power of dollars is back of the Pullman Company. It is supported by the dollars of the railroad owners, the mine barons, tpe big bankers. The»swer of great numbers is on the side of the strik- ers. These numbers must be enlisted in the union, organized, solidified. Scattered thousands are ineffective in any struggle. Only united numbers can turn back an assault and march on to triumph. * * * * Workers of thé Pullman Shops! Those of you who are not yet on strike! Join the strike! Help spread the strike! Build the united front of the thousands of workers fight- ing the wage reductions of the greedy Pullman Corporation. The standard of the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen, tattered in many a hard-fought conflict against the enemies of labor, is flung to the breeze in another reat industrial struggle, this time in your midst, Workers of Pullman! Rally beneath its challenging folds. Spread the Strike! March on to.victory thru the irre- sistible power of your united numbers. LYNCHING PLAN |GENERAL STRIKE OF K.K.K.’S FOR | IN ARGENTINE MAY 1 SPEAKERS) TIES UP COUNTRY And Mass From Mob BENTON, IIL, May 4.—The mayor of Christopher, Ill, and his Ku Klux friends nearly put a bloody blot on May Day in their town. They pré- vented the scheduled meeting in the park and stopped the meeting after it had adjourned to the Miners’ Hall by arresting Barney Mass, organizer for the Y .W. L., and Arne Swabeck, organizer for the Workers Party, who were the chief speakers. Ready to Lynch. County sheriffs took Mass and Swa- beck from the town of Christopher and brought them here to the county seat. The Ku Kluxers followed and when the officials’ machine stuck in the mud the Ku Klux leader came up with a rope and a gun and demand- ed that Swabeck and Mass be turned over to him. One of the sheriffs quickly seized gun and turned it against the K. K.’s chest. The man turned about to find five other guns at his back. He gladly withdrew his request. The sheriffs then hurried their pris- oners on to town, where the men were kept under arrest all day. They were released at night when the state’s attorney became convinced that they had not advocated the “overthrow of the government by force and violence.” Many coal miners had come into Christopher to celebrate May Day, but the mayor’s police prevented them from entering the park. Mayor Won't Hear Bolsheviks. “We ain’t goin’ to allow any damn- ed Bolshevik speeches or May Day celebration anywhere in Christo- pher,” was the mayor's ultimatum. Barney Mass opened the meeting in Miners’ Hall with quotations from the United States Constitution, but the guarantees of free speech meant nothing to the Christopher righteous, and they insisted onthe sheriffs’ ar- resting Mass and Swabeck. One of the Ku Kluxers wanted to take Mass out to “beat the hell out of him,” but the sheriffs objected and took the men off to this town, They were held al day to prevent their holding any more meetings and to save them from snipers watching the roads. Zeigler and Johnstone City May Day meetings were without their ‘kers because of the Christopher urbance, Sheriffs Save Swabeck|All Workers Join To Kill Pension Bill BUENOS, AIRES, May 4.—Argen- tine’s general strike in protest against the government’s pension bill is effective thruout the country. Ev- erything is tied up. Labor organiza- tions, anarchists, socialists and Com- munists have effected a united front to oppose enforcement of the meas- ure which became effective on May 2. The bill would allow all workers to retire on a pension from a govern- ment fund after 25 years of service. But the joker in the measure is that the workers themselves must provide the money out of which the pension is to be paid. The workers are docked 6 per cent of their weekly wages. The docking is done by the boss. The workers have no objection to a pen- sion bill provided the government and the capitalists pay for it. Even some of the employers are opposed to it because it gets them into con- flict with their employes. The explosion of a bomb in a rail- ‘way coach caused much excitement in the capital. The general strike in Mendoza, western terminus of the Trans-Argen- tine line and transfer point for the Trans-Andean railway to Chile, was reported to have forced closing of all business houses. Rosario, big cattle and grain shipping point near the mouth of the River Platte, also was tied up. Many business houses in Buenos Aires were closed today and will not reopen until the outcome of the strug- gle is indicated, It is understood legal advisors of the labor organizations are preparing to attack the pensions law as uncon- stitutional. Labor organizations, an- archists, socialists and Communists have effected a coalition to oppose en- forcement of the measure, which be- came effective this morning. Exten- sive demonstrations against the law were held in Buenos Aires last night, big crowds marching down the Ave- nida de Mayo from the congressional buildings to the plaza fronting the financial district. ‘ NEW YORK, May 4.—Study of oc- cupational diseases for which work- ers receive compensation has been begun by a medical committee ap- pointed by the industrial hygiene di- itl New York state labor depart- m Monday, May 5, 1924 ‘STRIKE’ WRITTEN OVER PULLMAN COMPANY TOWN Eager Youngsters Aid Big Battle (Continued From Page 1.) skyline. The tallest building on the eastern horizon is the huge Armour grain elevator where the dust explosion oc- curred less than a year ago. To the south are the low buildings of the new Ford plant and smoking stacks of steel mills, To the north are the Hegewisch car shops where the workers are striking, on and off, much of the time. Pullman houses along the com- pany’s streets are almost all of a kind. All red brick and rubbing shoulders with one another without a break between them. Even the hotel is old-fashioned and somewhat sprawling with its porches. It, too, is red-brick and it is called the “Florence” after the daughter of old George M., who is now wife of ex- Governor Lowden. Florence owns most of the stock of the company and tries to finance her husband's politi- cal adventures with what she can snip from the wages of her employes. In one of the houses sold by the company a group of Ukrainians live. There is a jolly plump and ruddy young woman who cooks delicious meals for the men. She looks capable for all the work there is to do, but one guesses she has little enough time to herself. _ Lively Youngsters Sell Papers. The house is full of children, whether they all live there or not. Such alert and eager youngsters! They want a Young Worker to help them form a Junior Section. The lit- tle boys are enthusiastically selling the DAILY WORKER to the men at the Pullman plant. They tell their buyers, “Don’t be a scab!” and they run circles around the dicks who try to keep them away from the gates as the men come out. The little girls show us what they learn at school and tell about all the Esthers they know, “Larsen, Berg- strom, Hegstrom,” and others with Scandinavian surnames. One talks about the fine concerts she has heard in Chicago and about the May Day program. The boys run out to get their pa- pers when it is nearly time for the evening whistle to blow. Thousands of workers dash thru the gates. Each must show his badge as he leaves; going in, too. Many of them run to the waiting street cars. Others shuffle along less energetical- ly. Some drag their weary bodies breaking under the terrific pace the company has developed for them. Many stop to buy the DAILY WORK- ER. Only a few scoff at it. Some have their eyes on the dream of a pension. At the main gate a group of pickets are stationed. Rough and ready work- ingmen; most of them young still. A few friends from the inside stop to tell them how little work is going on inside. “If you fellows can hold out, we'll all be out in a few days. Company’ll have to close down.” “Can't get our men out now. They haven't been cut yet. Company's holding off. We were slated to get it next.” Scabs Get Theirs. The pickets have to wait and watch closely for the scabs. Some slip out with the mass of the men; some wait until everyone else has left; just as they come in earliest in the morning, at five o'clock. But the pickets are on hand whatever the time. They warn the scabs. Usually the scabs take heed. If they don’t at the first warning, the second js more convince ing. The sidewalk is painted with signs: “Are you men or are you fish?” “Strike on. Don’t Scab,” But some of the men brought in can't read, and some are desperate from lack of work and lack of class consciousness. The pickets are rapid- ly educating them. The detectives and police are busy, eyeing every one; patrolling the lawn. The company is still cocky. It has had comparatively little “labor trou- ble” for long. It has been grinding the men more and more; speeded them up to a point of exquisite tor- ture. It cannot push them further, but it has forgotten that they are men, after all, and not super-efficient machines. Even the most skillfully adjusted machines break down if their efficiency is over-estimated and they are pushed beyond their limit. The men responded with a spon- taneous walkouf to the company’s last effort to speed them still more. For years the Pullman Company has been able to give its workers a slash- ing wage cut and tell them to mal up the difference by “wasting less time,” speeding up, until the pace they have set has become the fastest in the country. The men always fin- ally accepted before. This time the company was fooled, f Fortunately, this time the spon- taneous demonstration of the men was capitalized into an organization, Some- thing big may result, The company has had no upheaving disturbance for nearly thirty years. The '94 strike was one to remember. This may too, before it is thru, ,