"SCAB" FOR "SCOUTH"

NZ Truth, Issue 438, 15 November 1913, Page 2

"SCAB" FOR "SCOUTH"

Jack Hutchison, "Take-down."

A Pile of Fun for Six Bob

On Thursday afternoon "Truth" bad the pleasure of an interview with Jack (Hutchison, Secretary to the Bootmakers' Union, Secretary of the Wellington Branch of the Social Pemocratic l'arty, and ■ t MEMBER Ot' -A rSCA^'VUNJO^, c truly a, mechanical 'mixture an<Lnot "a chemical union. 'Jack:' blew Into" ."Truth 1 - office and saii, "By JoVe, it cost me six bob, but Tv^ had some' Cun arid a good run" for my money." Asked "low it all happened, ho aa.W\t that he went~ along ro Spedding's office in' Grey-street On got tig upstairs," he saw a, young fellow, and told him that ho was anxious to flnd work.. The, innocent asked If he was,- used to manual labor, Jack said !u« . jytcs. "Come right along with me,'* said the young man. The two walked down to Ihe Glasgow wharf. There Uiey were informed that the union office had been shifted to the P shert. Od their way there, they met abouc SIXTEEN' BLOKES WITH BATONS. The foreman of* the Union S.S. Co. was also there. When t hey entered the office, and had stated their business Jack put down six valuable roberts,.and .was handed th« following- re-ceipt:-rr, v , , . •/ "No. 18. Nov. 13. 1913. Received from J. Atkinson the , sum of , — — r— pounds, six shillings, pence. 5s entrance, 2 wks. sub. from November 6. £ ; 6s ■■':' '- ' W. O. LONG, Acts. Secretary, Wgtn Whf. laborers Union." This settled, the question of Nvages was discussed; but, as Jack was Especially thick m tho head at thai*moment, he ■■■ asked 'for x written »tatotnent4 ■•■. Tho following: document was then drawn up:tt~ ■.'.■• Uato of Pay, 13/U/191S. la 5d per hour from S a.m. to 5 • p.m. 2«.2d per hour, from t p.m. to 3v p.m. 2s 3d per hour from 10 p.m. onwards. Double overtime (4s Id pt-r hour) for work* done on hoHdii'j'e and' Kundays. Board free- till strike is over. \ ■. ...;W. O.KONG. Aotfc'.-S'jct/. Ask for:. JMr. Curry. Ho was then asked if he could eru aboard) at once. AS tlU^ mcaoc below confined to the ship for a wwk, Jack pleaded that, us Mv was stayinj; with (us sister m Brooklyn, fie wuuld httv* to go there and nvikc arrani?tment«. When he git buck to the Voßt OiHt<» Squaro ho mot v frionil, tild him the joke, and asked him to enlist iv '"tlie scab" brigade also. Th j friend, sc«nt« Ing soino fun, ft"£rc»t!.l • ho the Uvo aOlournistJ- to"Sp6ddln^'H .oiHce.v m Gfoyiftreet. There they were mot by tiw> «amo .youni,- man, win* wu« dolighiad with the amount t<t bushiest? nc was aoing. Visions of promotion and d con«idcmblc incroaso TO HIS ATTKNUATBD SCREW fiosticct bofor« htK mind, so U« »«agor!y qttked tho r«ilr to .ic«;o.njwny 'him to the ollice on th« wharf.' : Jack was foolinc a i>lt iry ihi» timo, after bis long walk nod hU struggle to suppress an outburst / of -laughter While i>n«3jln« the Posj 04jc« Hotol h« «uRHC6Ied that. th«y ahWld> ♦'batho •heir throats." Ttuv,i»fCcr j -Rtit eascrly accepted. After tliu ?Uual "Good luck*,*' and a remark frojnj the young man, "I hope you'll uyL t j, e , Vork< boy»." Jack thought It /waa Urn* to "blow th« jfart." he /quletiy $i«U«d out hU card, and hund-xt it to the vlctnn of thf. practical Jok6 with i> u . r.»mai*k. . . * / "WIT\^BUISI3K-FOOL!>\3 YOU, OLD MAN!" \ "Well. I'll h%- dumofil', " Svhh mi uu. poor deluded on« caul«l (my, \n hi« chngrin and «urprlj*p. \ 1-lowc-vtr. n« prt>vtd t,V »u> n«i'. nuclj a btttl «Mjrt lttuir all. !l« jtook tho Jokw philoaophiwvUy. ami *n\n\ to »h^ arlrl. "Fill H-m up aitaift.' TH? incit^m' ltj«rlf and «fe»*ral fstrik^^mutur)* w^ro ! then dl«cu«acd, «lurin f wlUrh th« youn& uuuo. frutxkly ooq<v*»hl U»at tho

whole thing: WAS A B— --— SWINDLE. During his walk, to and. fro along the wharves, Jack Kept his eyes open. On the coal hulks he saw baskets being hoisted at every possible angle. The men m charge did not know the mysteries of the "bull rope": consequently nearly every third basket tipped up and dropped its contents into the hariK>r. AT CARGO WORK THERE WERE SOMETHING LIKE 400 MEN ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN DOING WHAT 200 "WH ARPIES" COULD DO, and think they were having a good time. "It was all a bally larce," sententiously remarked Jack. The cream of the joke is that our iriend is well-known as Doing connected with the labor press; he is favored with a special pass for admission to the wharf; he is well known to the special constables and to the perraan*ent employees on t»e wharf. In oplte of all this he got through and joined the bogus union.