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Show i METHODISTS NOT BOYCOTTED. j The report that th Chicago Federa- 1 tlon of Labor has circularised the Methodist ministers of the city,' an-. an-. ttounctng; a boycott on meetings" held Under the auspices of the church. I ab- soiutely untrue. The letter in question its published verbatim: 2 "To the Methodist Ministers of Chl-' Chl-' taro Gehtlemen: 4Drganed labor V notes with pleasure the call for a great union meeting;- f--Methodist mlnUters.' to be held in Chicago shortly, because It hopes this great orga.nl red body will j at onceVake up for consideration and adjustzn vt .the.dlfereoces .existing be-, be-, 'tween J Selons and the Methodist S'ook Cneern. For. many Tnontha we , ave pdtienUy awaited the -will and ; Jleasursj of your great church In right- jing th, great Injustice we are suffering j at your hand a -ir does not . seem nec-!aary".to nec-!aary".to "reiterate the faerthat-your .book pubnshlrig.oompany.bi and does I iTefuseto , meet the; customary 'scale of irwages and hefurr, apd has allied- itself I Jwith the,trpiTr'lye,and labor-cruahin ' aasoclariorr' of t "master printers.. Who ! jboast t their .ability to -defeat-all at- nj?tslfC'r. self-advftpcernent made by - th : Typo graphical " union or other tradea . -. ; "The Chicago Federation of Labor .most respectfully -calls to your attention atten-tion th ' Inconsistency ' of trade unionists union-ists affiliating with A church or organisation organ-isation -when, after joining, it will serve only to assist in reducing their wages, Jjengtheninr their hours, and furnishing l them with non-union printing, and gen-I'lly gen-I'lly disrupting their economic Ideals ' - ft practices. - - - - ... v. t - -Should, -the Methodist church desire I th co-operation of organised labor f (would It not be well to treat us In such ' rnanner that we may, consistently and ; (conscientiously, v join the Methodist fchurch? Respectfully, CHICAGO FEDERATION LABOR." |