Show J H HARD ARD RD TO BELIEVE BE I We Wd it hard to believe a story published in the Chicago ald aid regarding the employment by union labor moo men of ot a gang of roughs whose h se business it Is to assault nonunion teamsters to In the strike now in pro progress progress gress grese there The says s ys that these men are paid a regular scale of or wages for assaults a of varying de dc degrees I grees and that the money te It being handed over oer at the headquarters of the Chicago Federation of ot Labor It Is said that 2 is the pay for an assault on a negro 2 for fo breaking a white strike breakers nose or ribs and 5 for similar punishment admin administered administered to a 8 negro 2 if the tho white victim is left ett unconscious and 1 for forthe forthe or orthe the negro nugro victim 5 for tor a broken brokon leg legor legor g gor or arm in a H white man and 10 in a negro 5 for a white man sent to a hospital and 10 for a n negro A higher scale ie le paid it is claimed for negroes because yie union men want to dis discourage discourage courage the blacks who ho desire to be become become become come teamsters This Is It a M decidedly grave grae charge to tomake tomake tomake make against any an union organization All the details however are published by bJ the which h ranks as asa a reputable newspaper We e are quite sine Mire the had faith in inthe inthe Inthe I the authenticity of the report or it would not net have admitted it to Its Ita col columns columns columns as we said at the thc outset we e find it hard to believe the theston story ston Union men have I ae not always acted the Uie part of or good citizens during strike ex excitements excitement excitements but their lawlessness has hasben ben been be n as individuals And a greb an andi disturbances di of or the peace pence that have lac been charged to unions were caused by b people who had no connection conne tion what Wha whatever whatever I ever eer with the unions On no occasion oc has haa a union as a union stood l behind lawlessness la or endorsed endo Bed it If the Chi Chicago ago cago story is true tru it will be the t e first firstin instance in of or the Uie kind so far as KS we e know on record The Chicago Federation of Labor owes Oes it to Itself r and nd to the cause of union labor generally to enter a prompt denial d of the report If It is un untrue untrue untrue true and to present pre evidence showing its Y If it its ic ti allowed to peas pass un nfl unchallenged challenged the public pulJU will wm be pardoned for believing It ll |