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Show I THE STRIKE-BREAKERS !- LOSE OUT. The professional strike-breaker is not thought well of by the Pittsburg I j , 1 Leader, which finds subject for a vig- j, orous editorial In the work of James I ! Waddell, "King of Strike-breakers." j "King Waddell has tho pang of see- ing hlB men appearing as voluntary I witnesses beforo the public service commission, giving testimony that I may cost him his crown and the 'trac- j tlon company the strike'" says the 'j leader. "It may likewise throw some J light on King Waddell's patriotic drive j against the motormen, conductors, and ' I others on strike. The striking strike- i I Li ITtUVOtO OU4U uv, a.-.wv. 1 1 j $5 a day, but when New York was j ( reached and Chicago left far behind j ! this had been cut to $4, and that i wasn't paid. When the strlkc-break- j I ers rebelled and demanded their pay 1 1 they imprisoned In car barns and beat- j J en up by uniformed policemen. Now , f j the strike of tho strike-breakers Is J more determined than that of thp , j original strikers. The men who com- J plained to tho public service commis- sion are professional strike-breakers 1 upon whom it would be socially crim- 1 1 j Inal to waste any sympathy. Thoy j don't want to work, but to fasten bad ;jl conditions upon men who do want to Jul work. They got what is due to crea- ! aires or ineir stamp, nut it may oe Instructive to the general mass of the public who ltnow llttlo or nothing of how these affairs are handled. The j man who demands $5 a day at a bribe to help others to force genuine work- I ingmon to labor for less than half tho sum of their bribe deserves just what these follows from Chicago got. But It takes the long course in Instruction to make them understand that men who embrace strike-breakers only give ' the Judos hug and care as little for ! strike-breakers as for strikers. In other words, all Iworkingmen look alike to them and none look good." |