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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1900-09-15
Superior

The Trades and Labor assembly held
a meeting last evening in their hall
in the Hammond block.
The Labor day committee was not
ready to report and was given until
the next regular meeting in which to
prepare it's statement. Ten dollars
were donated to both the striking street
car employees in st. Louis and the en-
ployes of the Hamilton Manufacturing
company at Two Rivers. Wis.
A grievance committee consisting of
H. c. Stivers and w. J. Johnson, repre-
senting the Typographical union, APP
peared before the assembly and made
some remarks relative to the failure
of the candidates representing union
labor generally to receive the support
which should have been accorded him
in the recent nominations for office
on the Republican ticket. None of the
committee wished the assembly to
make politics a part of it's business,
but nevertheless thought that union
men should stand together more strong
ly in cases of that kind and see to it
that union labor is recognized politic-
ally.
Some routine business of minor i'm
portance was disposed of and the meet
ing adjourned.
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PRUNING PROCESS IS ON
MAYORS CABINET TO CUT CERTAIN
ESTIMATES.
Board of Public Works and Fire
Commissioners Figures May
be Lowered.

The mayors cabinet or conference
committee held another short meeting
Wednesday for the purpose of looking
over City Comptroller McCormick's re-
port as to next years levy and the
amount of money available for the
various city funds and departments.
No action was taken, as the meeting
was only for the purpose of checking
up the figures and disposing of some
of the necessary routine work. The
committee will meet again Saturday
to confer with the finance committee
of the council, and it is probable that
at that time definite conclusions will
be reached regarding the amount to
be allowed each department.
It is said the estimates most likely to
be cut down are those made by the
board Of public works and the fire COM
missioners. Both boards ask for largely
increased appointments, which the
committee believes it will be unwise to
grant.
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DEMOCRATS NOMINATE BROWN
or Winona For Congress- in the Third
District.

OF Winona For Congress- in the Third
District.
ROCHESTER,, Mimi, Sept. ll.-At-
tCrney L. L. Brown, of Winona, was
nominated for congress by the Demo-
Gratis of the First congressional dis
trict here this afternoon. There was
no other candidate and the nomination
was made by reclamation. Mr.. Browns
name was presented by Captain Harris,
Of Caledonia.
The convention met in Library hall
at 1890 and was called to order by
William Brown, of Olmsted county.
Senator Gausewitz, of Steele county,
was chosen chairman and James Keat-
ing. of Wabasha, secretary. The at
tendance Of delegates and spectators
were good.
The convention took a recess until
2:30. At this time the committee on
platform made its report and an hour
later the convention was addressed by
Mr.. Brown, who came from Winona for
that purpose.
Several hundred Winona Democrats
came over in a body to push the inter-
ests of their fellow townsman.
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Secretary-Treasurer Wilson, the latter
the official head OF the financial depart
ment. have. firmly declined to give out
any figures on this point. 1T would be
a simple matter for the operators if
they knew what amount of money we
command to wait until it is exhausted.
Moreover it would be folly on our part
to make public at this time any in
formation upon which an estimate of
our financial strength could be based"
At the Close of Last Year
there were 93,134 bona fide members
in the mine workers OrganiZa ton. In
January it was decided to levy upon
each of those members an assessment
of rs cents per month to be placed in
the hands of the national executive
board for use as defense fund. Part
of this money has been used in small
strikes but the bulk of it is probably
available at this time. Since January
of the present year there has been a
very material increase in the member
ship, which carries with it an increas-
ed defense fund.
Aside From the Money
Ill Tie HdNuS OI the executive BOARD
local unions in number of states have
accumulated large sums of money in
their treasures, which while not at the
command of the executive officers of
the organization will be paced in the
state fund. Contributions from other
nuions can be counted on and from
these facts it can be seen the miners
are prepared for long fight.
Tomorrow will be spent in prepara-
lions for such emergencies as may
arise during the strike. Saturday night
President Mitchell will go to Hazelton
and from there to different points in the
field for the purpose of holding mass
meetings.
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LAST GREAT STRIKE.
Wound up With Tvcnty-onc Dead a,
Lattimer,

Wound up With Tvcnty-onc Dead nj
Lattimer.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 12.-The or
der of President Mitchell calling out
the miners in the anthracite coal region
of this state recalls the last great strike
in the same district three years ago
which was practically ended by the
tragedy at Lattimer, at which 81 miners
were killed and over fifty wounded by
deputy sheriffs. The strike inaugu-
rated today by the United Mine Work.
ers will for the time being terminate
operations in the most productive hard
coal field in the world. The mine en-
ployes in the anthracite district of
Pennsylvania number 100000. The
membership of the union is not known
to a certainty but the leaders claim
that about 80 per cent of the men are
organized. The union men do not anti
cipate any difficulty in inducing the
unOrganiZed men to strike. The coal
beds extend over an area of 470 square
miles and are distributed through sew
eral counties, the more important work
ings being located in Luzerne, Lacka-
wanna, Schuylkill, Carbon and North
cumberland counties. If all the veins
were located in the one place they
would occupy a space about 20 miles
wide and little less than "a miles long
The coal seams vary from six to sixty
feet in thickness. The districts are
known as No. 1, comprising upper Lu'
zerne and Lackawanna; No. Z, compris-
ing Hazelton and the upper Schuylkil
region, and No. 3. comprising Shamokir
and portion of the Schuylkill region
The average production is 75,000,00l
tons year. In the mines in the Lack
aWanna and Wyoming Valley districts
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REASONS OF ST PIKE
IN ORDER THE GENERAL pUnrrc
MAY KNOW,
That Officials Of United Mine Snx
That They Have Done All Tint
They Could to Avert Necessity of
Strike-COnpany Stores and Hfrh
Prices For Mining Supplies Are
Prominent Grievances.

INDIANAPOLIS. IND, Sept 13-In
order to place before the public the
conditions existing in the anthracite
fields of Pennsylvania, President John
Mitchell and Secretary treasurer Will
son, of the United Mine Workers of
America, issued today to the public a
statement giving in detail the causes
that have led up to the strike. After
the statement had been given out for
publication, President Mitchell said:
AT this time I do not believe anything
will transpire between now and Mon
day that will prevent the strike. All
information coming to my office today
predicates that the
Struggle il Practically On.
I have been receiving messages all
day from the anthracite region which
of the strike and the issuance of the
order has met with the approval of
the miners. There are a few details
to be arranged but the men are pre-
pared for the fight, I have not received
today any information direct or indi-
rect to show that the operators have
receded from their position
The Statement il az Follows:
Indianapolis, Ind, Sept. IL, 19O0.-The
United Mine Workers of America, real
izing that the material welfare of a
large number of the American people
will be injuriously affected by a pro-
lOnged suspension of work in the an
thracite fields Of Pennsylvania, know
in tho irrQcicfih1o Of
trated public opinion, and having pro-
found respect for the opinion of their
fellow men, have decided to make a
general statement for the informat ton
of the public. No one can have a
effect of strike of the anthracite coal
miners. The coal miners and their
families. the coal companies and coal
carrying railways are but small pOr-
ton
OF the Vast Multitude
whose interests are so directly or in
directly connected with the coal trade
that conflict of such magnitude will
affect their welfare. The domestic fuel
supply of the West, the great manu-
featuring industries of the East, the
wholesale and retail business establish
ments, the great ocean, lake, canal and
railroad transportation interests, labor
ing men and capitalists, will all be
affected by such gigantic struggle.
That the World May Know
that we have done all that honorable
men can do to avoid the conflict, we
herewith submit few facts for con-
sideration. The average wages of the
anthracite miners for years has been
less than $3.50 annually. During that
period of time the cost of many of the
necessaries Of life has increased over
20 per cent. The laws OF the state of
Pennsylvania make 2,400 pounds ton
of anthracite coal, vet anthracite coal
miners are compelled to mine from 200
to 1000 pounds for a ton and in addi-
ton to that are locked exorbitant
amounts. They are compelled to pur-
chase the powder used in mining from
their employers, paying s2.75 per key
for a grade of powder that can be pur-
chased elsewhere for $3.50 per key, and
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ALL MAY NOT STRIKE
opinions Differ as to Whether Strike
Will Be General.

Opinions Differ az to Whether Strike
Will Be General.
W1LKESBARRE. Pa, Sept. IA
Nearly all the local assemblies of the
United Mine Workers held meetings to-
night to take action on President
Mitchell's strike order The statement
issued by Mr.. Mitchell was read by the
secretaries. In some Of the assemblies
the reading of it was received with
much enthusiasm, while in others there
was dead silence.
There is still big difference of opin-
ion as to how many men will 20 out
in this region. Nothing can be based
upon the membership of the United
Mine Workers organization. It is ad-
mitted by the operators that all the
miners who are affiliated with the un-
ion will quit work, but how many men
outside Of the organization will lay
down their tools is all guess work as
|yet.
The union miners say all hands will
quit when the time comes. The opera
tors say this will not be the case, as
they have pledges from many men that
they will continue at work if it is con-
cluded to keep the collieries in opera
ton. 1t is thought, however, that the
number of men who are willing to con-
tinue in the employ of the companies
will not be sufficient to operate the
mines. Some of the operators think
this may be the case for few days.
but after that they expect a break in
the ranks of the idle men and that
there will be flood Of applications for
work. The operators report tonight
that their advices from the collieries
show that the output of coal today was
a trifle larger than on Wednesday.
All employees reported for work and
they are all expected to report toner
row and Saturday. At some Of the
Delaware and Hudson collieries in Ply
mouth a few men took their tools out
tonight. Their powder was expended
and they said as strike was also near
lat hand they would not buy a fresh
supply for one Or two days work.
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ELEGANT
HOOKING BIRDS
at S. to $26 each.
r. u. mlDDLECOFF,
Loft nN,I,,k ff,v,
They Are Required
l412 Jefferson St. Phone $40. Duluth, Mimi.

They Are Required
by, many of the companies to deal in
''pluck-me" stores or leave their en-
plOyment. They must pay to the COM
pany 81 per month for a doctor whe-
Their they need him or not and have no
voice in saying who the doctor shall be.
The smallness of their earnings toge-
Their with the great cost of living has
compelled them to take their children
out of school before they have reached
them at work in the breakers. in order
to keep the family from starving. When
any miner, feeling the burden of these
conditions has gone to the manage
ment and asked to have them removed
he has been told if he does not like it
he can quit.
When They Have Organized
at any colliery and have sent commit
tees to the management asking to have
their grievances remedied, the commit
tee has either been discharged or they
have been told that the evils could not
be remedied because of the competition
from other companies. When the rep
region asked the coal companies to
meet them in joint convention to ar
range wages and conditions on an
equitable basis so that each would
know what his competitor was paying
and no advantage could be taken of
had been ignored.
When the Business Men,
clergymen and other outside influences
have appealed to the companies to cor
rect some of the evils complained Of,
their requests have been denied and
when as a last resort the officers OF our
organization have wired the presidents
control the coal fields Offering to sub
nit the whole question to arbitration,
the proposition has been treated with
silent contempt. Having exhausted all
other means of adjustment we had
reached the point where we must either
advise the miners of the anthracite re-
|gion to continue working under these
unjust and tyrannical conditions or
counsel strike. We have chosen the
latter and having done so, we invite a
CATION Of the conditions existing in the
anthracite coal fields.
Today Was Busy One
at headquarters. All day long the tele-
grams were being received and sent
out and tonight President Mitchell has
enough messages to fill two pigeon
holes in his desk. What these mes
sages contained was not given out.
Secretary-Treasurer Wilson and his
force of clerks were busy answering
the mail that came out touching upon
strike matters and throughout all the
offices there was an air of subdued ex-
element. Frequently the two execu-
tive officers of the organization were
closeted together in consultation upon
some phase of the situation brought up
by the news from lieutenants in the
| field.
There Is Pra ctically no Means
Of arriving at any estimate of the re-
sources of the miners available for the
maintenance of people to be called out
J by sthe strike. President Mitchell and
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1000 men and boys are employed. OF
these $4,000 are distributed through the
workings lying between Pittston, in
I.uzerne county; and Forest CITY in
Susquehanna county. There are $4,000
Employees in the mines in the vicinity
of Wilkesbarre, Asheley, Plymouth and
Wanamit; $1,000 about Hazelton, 10000
at Mahanoy City and Shenandoah, and
$4,000 around Shamokin, Pottsville and
Mount Carmel.
The closing of the mines is expected
to reduce the regular coal production
IS per cent.
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MITCHELL IS FIRM.

VIII Order the Strike Unless Oper-
atOra Give In.
CHICAGO, Sept. Ill will leave for
indianapolis tomorrow night, and If
upon arrival there Thursday morning
fail to hear anything from the opera
tors in New York indicative Of their
willingness to meet us in conference, I
shall Immediately order a strike"
These were the words OF John Nit
chell, president of the United Mine
Workers of America, tonight. ut is
with the greatest reluctance that I
take this STEP" continued Mr.. Mitchell,
but nothing else remains for us to do.
It is possible that the operators will at
the last moment agree to arbitrate our
difficulties, but I must say the prospect
is not encouraging"
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WILL OBEY PROCLAMATION
Miners at ShamoI<in Will Go Out In
Il Body.

Miners ut ShamOkin Will Go Out In
Body.
SHAMOKIN, Pa, Sept.13.-All the
united mine workers local branches
were largely attended by members in
this place and Mount Carmel this eve
ming when the notice Of President
Mitchell, ordering strike was received.
The men declared they would obey the
proclamation to the letter. The execu-
tive board of the district was to have
met tonight to map out plan of cam
paign against the operators, but owing
to the business of John Fahey, presi-
dent of the district, the meeting was
deferred until tomorrow evening.
Mother" Mary Jones and Mr.. Fahey
addressed 1000 unorganized miners at
Locust Gap, and urged them to join in
the strike.
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QUIET At POTTSVILLE

Efforts Being Made to Organize the
Non Union Workers.
POTTSVILLE, Pa, Sept. 13.-There is
no change in the strike situation in this
locality. Everything is quiet. The
men at the collieries were at work i'll
force today. There is very little strike
talk south of Broad Mountain. Efforts
ave being made tonight to organize the
men at different points in the Mehanoy
and Shenandoah valleys with local
branches of the United Mine Workers
of America. At Girardville a mass
meeting was held at which Mother
Mary Jones was the principal speaker
She advocated organization. At ME-
hanoy City and Shenandoah all is quiet.
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OLD AGE POSTPONED.
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APPEAL For PRINTERS.

Union No. % Wants
Aid for Living and Dead.
GALVESTON, Sept. 12-Typograph-
ical union No. % appeals to sister
unions for aid to care for the living
and bury the dead, saying: "Condi-
tions are as indescribable as they are
horrifying and hopeless. We are abso-
lutely homeless. Send contributions
George Pa John, chairman relief COM
mittee."
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The section man sees his job grow
daily more unstable. The Missouri Pa
cif1c is using a weed killer on it's Kan
sas lines that is attached to the loco
motive and does 100 miles of work a
day.
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STRIKE IS okDfRB
ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO
THOUSAND.

Coal Miners are Ordered to Leave
Their Work Next MOnday-Deter-
minatfOn Arrived at Yesterday
Afternoon by Officers of United
Mine Workers to Wait no Longer.
Mitchell Will Conduct Strike.
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Dr.. lie D1e'S From FIR I'm ! Pa as Positively
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structions and Suppressions. or return
fuse substitutes. Sent anywhere pre-
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and s. F. Boyce, druggists. Duluth. and
NyRren's Drug Store. w. Duluth. MINI.
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The Kind Old Lady-Am I right in
ascribing your downfall to rum?
The Persistent Peripatetic-Lady, I
guess not. 1t is mighty seldom I git
enough at one time to make me fall
down.-Indianapolis Press.
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FLORIDA.

Mrs. Cora A. Lee of South Dakota has
bought the Orange Grove Hotel in Bar
tow, and will Immediately improve it at
once by a general overhauling. Mrs. Lee
is firm friend of Florida this being the
fourth piece Of real estate she has bought
since her arrival at Barlow.
Turpentine distillers in different parts Of
st. Johns county report that turpentine
IS bringing good prices now. but the flow
has been greatly retarded by the contin-
ued cold weather, which largely offsets
the advantage in price. The industry is
growing rapidly in 81. Johns county, aud
many OF the farms have increased their
force and output this year. and are buy
ing in more land.
President Perkins OF the International
Cigarmakers Union, IS expected 10 short
ly arrive In Tampa His coming has been
asked by the local union, with the hope
that the entire body OF cigarmakers Of
the city can be unified, which would be
manifestly 60 their advantage. As things
are now, there are three independent and
separate bodies, each acting for itself
without harmony ana with chances for
friction 10 arise between them.
Lakeland Sun; Mr.. Hammond Of sa-
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o-1NE~o--------
INSURANCE CASE WENT OVER.
Expected Adjournment of United
states Court Didn't Take Place

States Court Didn't Take Place.
Up to the time when the United States
Court took a recess for the day yesterday
afternoon, it had been currently expected
that the recess would mark the conclusion
of the present session and the courts adj
journment for the term. The Jefford's
case, however, went over until tomorrow
and the court win not adjourn until to-
morrow afternoon, certainly, and possibly
not then
At yesterdays session the plaintiffs in
this case against the Fidelity Mutual
Life Association, of Philadelphia, in
which they sue for $4,000 upon the policy
OF life insurance held in the company by
Martin Jeffords. began the introduction
,of evidence in rebuttal. Much of it was
expert testimony and was offered for the
purpose of showing that the contention of
the company that Martin Jeffords had
consumption, the disease of which he died
al the time when he tok out the policy of
insurance was impossible in the nature of
things and irreconcilable with the testi-
mony of some OF the Companys own ex-
perts
The principal and most interesting wit
ness offered by the plaintiffs to show this
state Of facts was Dr. j. G.. farrell DR.
farrell was on the stand for quite a long
time and was examined fully by Mr.. du
Bignow, for the plaintiffs, and by Mr..
Barrow, for the defendant The evidence
for the plaintiffs had not been concluded
when the recess was taken and the case
was postponed until tomorrow. when Il
Will be taken up again.
IL is hoped to finish the Introduction OF
evidence and the arguments during the
morning, so that the court may charge the
jury and the twelve men take the case
under consideration. Some of the court
officers are anxious 10 get back TO their
homes In Macon and the conclusion of
the case, on this account, viii be expe-
dited IN every feasible and proper way.
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Thomasville, Ga. April THE Sons of
Confederate Veterans perfected an organi-
gallon in Townsville last night.
Mrs. Charlotte Dixon. a well known
and prominently connected old lady, liv-
ing near this city, died yesterday. Mrs
Dixon was eighty odd years old.
DR.. G. w. Martin, who lived in the
western part Of the county is dead
The barn of J. w. Stamper, near this
pace. was burned yesterday. Mr.. S!amp-
or lost a lot Of corn and forage. Origin of
the fire Is unknown
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STlSAYED.


STRAYED. SMALL JERSEY COW.
Liberal reward will be given party re-
turning same 10 GA Bolton street, east.
STRAYED INTO MY FIELD, APRIL
6. one bull. Owner can have same by
proving property and paying charges. A
Hutton. Dieter Place, near Waters road.
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A. G. MARIN, GUN AND LOCK.
smith, scales, cash registers. electric bells
repaired; combination safes opened and
repaired 81 Drayton street; phone I'LL.