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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1900-11-03

pendent mill not 1liisd " Win any tfsilt
or combination and for that reason win
undoubtedly be operated twelve months
In the year. That is the intention If it's
projectors They expect to work the
local trade at the head OF the lakes
and on the ranges very hard to find a
market for large part Of the 500 bar
rels, which will be produced every day
in this vicinity.
The officers, and they are the men
who are principally associated in the
enterprise, are: Walter Scott of Du-
luth, president; r. l.. Mccormick Of
Hayward. Wis, vice president; A. D..
Goodman of Duluth, secretary and
treasurer.
Walter Scott, president Of the COM
pany, Is well known to nearly all Du-
luth people, having been head miller of
the Duluth Imperial mill in this city
for twelve years and until the United
States Milling company closed the mill
about a year ago. Since that time the
mill has been idle. Mr.. Scott has the
reputation of being one Of the very
best millers in this country and it was
while he was in charge of the Imperial
mill that the fame of Imperial flour
became world wide. Duluth people will
be glad to learn that Mr.. Scott has en-
barked in business that will continue
him as a resident of Duluth.
Robert L. Mccormick, of Hayward,
Wis.,, the vice president Of the company,
10 Of tho A.:
northwest in business circles. He is
already known to many people of this
city and is recognized as a man Of vast
resources, financial and otherwise. His
connection with the following compan-
les will give some idea of the immen-
sity of his business interests. He is
secretary and treasurer of the Northern
Grain company. of Chicago, which op-
crates a line: Of $50 elevators in 1liin-
OILS, Wisconsin, Iowa and >:Minnesota;
is treasurer Of. the : New Richmond;
Wis.,, rol1er. mills: secretary and treas
irer IL the North Wisconsin Lumber
company Of Hayward. Wis; president
Of the Northern Boom company 81
Brainerd, Mimi; vice president Of the
Flambeau Land company; vice pres
ident of the St. Paul Boom company;
president Of the Mississippi Land com.
pany and secretary Of the Weyerhaeu.
ser Timber company. This last com.
pany purchased some eight million
acres of timber III washington the ear.
ly part of this year and 1t is said tc
be the largest tract Of timber owned
by any one concern in the country.
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e6orts and ~ q y
OF this community from being robbed
OF nearly a million dollars from the
water: company. He Is q true friend
to Duluth and is worthy iof g. hand
some majority from the people of the
50th district. - :. 555s: n Jas
!. w. E. McEwen and George Skinner,
in the 18th district, have got their ops
posing candidates guessing. They have
framed the following platform and are
going before the voters OF their, dis
trkct pledging themselves to every
plank upon it. .~: X.
s. We believe that larger proportion
tof the general funds of the state should
be allotted to the school fund, 50 that
more and better schools may be estab-
slished in the outlying sections of this
district. -i''%| -. ::ss'~*'<s 8 ~ Il
( We believe in the construction and
maintenance OF necessary county roads
throughout the; district, whenever pes
%titioned for by resident taxpayers Of
the portion of the district desiring such
improvements. 49, \, ~ Y &=$:
" We believe in the eight hour: work
day and are in favor of q law max
ing eight hours q legal work day IN
particularly in the INDUS
trial field. .s - - z:z4-i. = #.#
+! We pledge ourselves to stand by the
present law preventing the issuance OF
time checks for labor performed in the
woods or elsewhere. thus requiring that
when work Is done 1t should be paid
for in cash. AS: there Is movement
On. foot ito repeal the "Anti Time Check!
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80 NUMEROUS III |I1ldl acCSAOA.al SUM-
times these props are crushed into
splinters, and sometimes they penetrate
into the shale rock or break the rock
into small fragments. Where these
props are used the roar Of cracking
wood and stone is terrifying, and often
the whole roof will be on a constant
swing. One not accustomed to the
noise and moving rocks overhead would
almost perish from fright. Even the
accustomed miners frequently return
from one Of these subterranean hells
exhausted with fright. Not many years
ago a miner was directed to take out
a large pillar about 100 feet thick near
Avoca, Pa. For days he and his son
worked at this pillar blasting out the
coal with rocks breaking and falling
all around and the whole roof swinging.
A blast too strong or improperly placed
and acres of stone and earth would
have buried those two men forever.
Finally one night the mine caved for
half mile and the rock roof and 200
feet of earth above it sank to the pave
ment of the mine.
The miners work Is done Of course
in awful darkness and in a dreadful
solitude. The air is cold and damp,
so much so that he cannot long be
comfortable unless at work. Water is
constantly dripping from the roof so
that it is like working in a storm and
he stands many times in water two
feet deep. Not only is the miners work
dangerous and doleful, but he must be
man of great experience and almost
infallible Judgment. He must know
when the danger limit is reached in the
place where he is working. He must
know how to drive these tunnels safely
and to the best advantage. He must
know how to use his blasting: powdeF
economically and with each blast get
the most coal, To become good miner
means years of actual experience and
high degree of intelligence. The mal1s
ner in which, the present strike has
been conducted shows the high degree
of intelligence these men POSSESS. 1t
requires 10 to 20 years of actual ex-
perience to make a good miner.
Coal must be mined by blasting 1t
into large blocks. 1t cannot be picked
out. The coal is checked with irreg-
ular seams and penetrated with rock
or slate. Comparatively few men are
good blasters. Usually the oldest are
the BEST A blast costs the miner a
great deal of work in drilling the hole
and besides it costs from Is to 30 cents
for powder which he must pay for In
advance. If he drills for his blast toe
near seam; If he drills too deep, hi
blast will elbow out" and his worR
and powder are both wasted. II he gets
too heavy a charge of powder 1t VII
tear the coal into small particles anC
waste it. If the charge only loosens
the coal he must pick 1T out with picl
or bar and he cannot make living wage.
at such work. Only one charge can bt
fired in a place lest he pulverizes thu
coal. If he encounters water 50 as t
wet his powder, it costs him his worl
for drilling and 20 or 30 cents of pow
der. Besides all this he must have {
helper to load his cars and remove tn,
stone and dirt into the abandoned tun
nels, and this helper must be paid b,
the miner. Under these circumstance,
II one cannot blame the miner if he he
ssses I. Y 4 g g 4 y n 81 4 81 posds
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sired TO see our friend successful and
our enemies defeated, regardless Of par
Ety. But this year the parties them
selves divide on questions which are
fundamental. At such a time, our
ciples which mean liberty to organize
and freedom from Asiatic competition;s
our enemies are those; who advocate
principles that would be fatal to our
orEaniza tons and to the standard Of
wages which white men must have. I
can best express my position on the
dangerous expansion proposed by the
present administrator by a quotation.
This quotation is from the report of the
committee on presidents report of the
American Federation of Labor, and
was unanimously endorsed by the last
convention OF the Federation. 1t there
fore fairly represents the position Of
organized labor. It is as follows
We note with keenest apprehension
the departure on the part Of our pres
|ent government from the ideals and
principles Of human liberty. When in
the hoursof intense suffering and strug-
6AC LAC 40SACAS| Va (AAS ASpNoAS "AVSS1
for the first time in recorded history,
into. political document this imperish-
able truth, that all men are created
equal, and by their Maker endowed
with certain inalienable rights, among
which are the rights to life, liberty,
and. the pursuit of happiness, it was
meant for all men and all times; not
only on the religious and political fields
but ,:on the Industrial field as we'll. 1t
was given to us by Him who suffered
on the cross, and has conquered alb
solutism in religion and in the state.
1t iss taking hold Of our industrial ac-
tivities, remodeling and harmonizing
them with itself: Any step backward
In practice, and especially in principle,
in this evolution. toward q 4 complete
democracy is 5taAeht With the great /
|eet dangers to labor. When the tot1er
in the sugar fields Of Hawaii is COM
Fpelled ,tot:continue :to labor against his
viii, it III an attxek upon tie freedom
within the old states. When the Cub
ans, the Porto Ricans. and the Filipino
os are deprived of the right Of self-gov-
eminent by our ruling GLASS; 1t Is our
political rights which are fiji Jeopardy.
When the military arm of the govern
ment, unduly enlarged, is permitted to
exhibit it's inherent tendency, whether
! it be in Cuba, in Idaho, or in the Phil
Iippines, then freedom Is. the gravest
|danger. Absolutism, protected and
stimulated by a large. standing army
land encouraged by q dtsermed peon
brushes all opposition, assumes all rec
lpower, while it leaves the trappinga
Thereof to q people who, feeling the
substance gone, ali TIE more worship
the insignia that remains. Feeling thai
this is our present .coudi lion. we urge
upon all lovers of political and indus,
trial liberty to unite, regardless O. no;
litical or; other immsdiate interest, IS
the defense of this fundamentals
principle. we warn oil. people againsl
1 the plausible arguments d advanced II
support 81 ex1tenisio 81 81 territorial do
minion. We have rotls t,e repeated
\ Recommended ionsby the several seeye
i taries of war. ttat the army
CREASED, siving the and
q e.
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sss Three days more 0f smoke and, war.
md then It Will al. be done. & 4 4 a5 i
Never before has, there been a more
quiet campaign Both parties are at
sea, and can not state positively how
the silent vote IL going to oct. The
Hepublican party isS NAL king exhorbit- I,
mt claims for: everything In sight,
while the Democratic party pins it's.
hope on the silent VOC Why? Be-
cause there 10 every Ind tion that it
viii 90 to=sthe Demoosa dssparty. II.
the silent voters lvele IN fEtyor Of the
Republican there would be no
necessity for them to remain quiet, but
for fear of INT they remain!
silent and win vote for Bryan and the.
whole ticket. i. 81, @ :: +; Vt .;.ss
This lie our opinion after q careful
OF our legislative district. We
have met ever 90 many voters who
have said. We are going TO vote your
ticket bat we rniat be quiet around.
here IN the slesisla tive, districts the
candidates have put up q very good
fight. Everything Ind icates the sue
cessful election Of at least three, of the
] emocratic-P Peoples party candidates.
IS. M Kelley, the carpenter, soldier,
American, will carry Andrew Miller's
scalp on his belt on election day, and
why shouldn't hep He 10 superior I'd
him in intellect and Intelligence. Mr..
Kelly IL. q friend OF the; Warkingman,
while Mr.. Miller was his enemy in the
last Legislature. Mr.. Kelly served
i've years insthe federal army, furnish
seds fhree. af,nas A ;tj4e p9naniah- a Ynar&rnn
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1900-11-03
THE MINERS LIFE
HARDsHIPs THE MINERS HAVE TO
STAND.
I'm the Pennsylvania Coal Fields
NlOnOpolists Make Millions of Dol
lars From Their Toil-The Method
Employed to Mine COal-A Dam
gerOus end Disagreeable Occu-
patton.

The strike of 10000 coal miners in
eastern Pennsylvania directs attention
towards the blackened toilers in the
deep. Many people suppose they know
great deal about coal miners life
underground because they have been
carefully let down a shaft. into coal
mine. They arrive at the foot of the
shaft where it is warm and dry and are
conducted through some Of the safe
and dry tunnels where the air is warm
and pure, but they are not taken into
the new workings where the miner
chances his life every moment Of his
toll.
The anthracite coal fields Of Pennsyl-
vania present some very curious fea-
lures. In the Wyoming valley the coal
is deposited in subterranean beds or
stratas.. These stratas underlie a vast
area and vary in thickness from few
inches to many feet. The upper or
top layer is found cropping out at the
surface in some places, and in other
places is from 100 feet to over 1000 feet
below the surface. The different lay
ers or strata Of coal are divided by
layers of rock varying also in thickness.
These rock layers are often so full of
horizontal seams that they are rather
beds of independent rocks fitted to-
gether and liable to loosen and fall at
any time. In buying coal fields sur
veys Of the surface are made and the
boundaries are ascertained by surface
measurements and monuments.
In the Wyoming district a shaft is
sunk, usually perpendicularly, although
occasionally a slope is made in the
side of the hill. This shaft is sunk to
the coal bed, and from this shaft head
ings or tunnels are driven into the coal.
AS they are driven the coal is taken
out, loaded into cars drawn by mules
and carried to the foot of the shaft
where it is hoisted to the surface. For
merly not all of the coal was removed
but tunnels were made leaving tiers
of ccal between these tunnels to sup
port the rock roof. At short intervals
these tiers were cut through leaving
long, narrow pillars to III support the
roof. During late years the coal com
panies have been taking out lsese pillrr
y; s1a !! zgI ( e x,ng .atl & ~ y 11
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>~%~~ DULUTH SUPERIOR

sion or NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ~.
excuse to acoonnpl ish ia T. u
to use such Increased :
past it was used, TT & ia|
the working people
: Your commit tee submit follow
ins resolution:
: Resolved, by the Nffnat lth knlln,uIf
Convention Of the Amerticcaf Ii.s der
Of Labor, that we are OnpoG sto aff|
wars Of conquest, whstl IS rfxd M w
in Africa Or the Phililrr =; that sslI
most emphat ically p1otest 70 Inst ths
forcible annexation to cunt 81
ether Porto Rico, Cuba. Guam. or5 the
Philippines, and that M6 are seotiaiiyaa
opposed to any increase iii the Is ria
army of the United States beyond the
limit Of twenty-five thousand enlisted]
men and officers. u ssf5 \ n
II believe that 1t IL the ntent ioIn 81
the men now in control of tho Epasern.S
ment at Washington to not only hold
the Philippines, with their enorrl1in l
Chinese population. but seize and ll0i
a portion of China itself. a The obd
Of this oriental expansion III cheap ~ 81
bor-an unlimited supply IS Chinese lAsss
Dor. Men who are brout ht sunde kxE1
American flag cannot, under our con
stitution, be prevented from nixratirix
to any place where the flag flies. & IL is]
not the intention or desire Of the. men
responsible for the new policy that they
shall be prevented from coming to COM
pete in the mines and Worlshops of
this country. For this reson,s ] am un-
alterably opposed to alEotfeutaf sexpatl-
sion, and to any man Oh party. adyo-
eating it. Szf, 5{ss|
!: american slaboring Is slaould be
opposed to any interfekeroeAs by IN III
the affairs of China. The Chinese PEG.
pie have chosen to live ~ hand labor
They have discouraged invent lon aillI11
the use of motive power They have
sacrificed production "a plopulat Oh. we
have taken the opposite course; have
fostered invention, and have displa cedaA
hand labor with machinery We have
sacrificed popu]at ton to 5duction. If
our system Of civilizations III forced upon.
China, it will inean#t thar mil lions VIII:
be suddenly thrown out 81 sennplo yaaents
These millions, ttainedz ind nstry and.
submissiveness, are not ITO Atarve1
lin China. They are Wan ems
nloying class III Eprope "a Annerica
for their skill and hullill and Will
come because wanted. lss inevitables
that such an industrial aston 81 5fhfs]
country and Europe 81 thesse millions
will follow as will aIreft t not destroy.
all the hopes ant. aAr,sr Scf labor.
Chinaao oo,,,no< ~, $yS a1aa -
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:! E|;SElg p J | | S | !
OF THE. ADMINISTRATION IS OF
POSED BY LABOR MAN. .@
Andrew Furuseth,4 Chairman Of the
Legislative Committee Of the
American Federation eof Labor,
Makes - Notable Declaration
Against Imperialism-Cheap Labor
is the Object. zG

Andrew Furuseth, secretary of the
Seamen's' union of the Pacific, lis, per-
haps, the best known trade unionist on
this coast, and one of the foremost
men in the labor movement in the
United States. AS secretary Of the Sea-
mems union, he has done more than
any other one man, outside of con-
gress, to secure for the sailors in Amer
lean ships the ameliorations in their
conditions which have been brought
about in the last half-do1en years.
For several years his union has kept
him in Washington during the sessions
OF Congress, and the laws which have
made seamen somewhat better stu
ated than slaves are a monument to
the industry and ability with which he
has advocated their cause before the
committees and members of the house
and senate. +
During the last two years Mr.. Fur
useth has been chairman Of the COM
mittee on legislation Of the American
Federation Of Labor-the great organ
ization which contains practically every
trade union in the country representing
over g. million members. In this posi-
ton he has been personally in charge
Of the measures which embody the leg
islation desired by the laboring men Of
the country-such measures as the s.
hour bill, the bill abolishing the use
Of the Injunction in labor disputes, and
the numerous other bills providing for
fair treatment for workers both afloat
and ashore. ~
1t will thus be seen that no man in
the labor movement is better qualified
to- Judge of the meaning of present po-
litical movements and that none is bet.
ter prepared to advise laboring men
and all who sympathize with them as to
the side they should take on present
issues.
Mr. Furueseth was found at his Of.
flee at the headquarters Of the seamen's
union, and asked to make a statement
Of his position on the issues bound up
in what is known as Imperialism by
the Democrat sfand as expansion by the
Republicans. He complied with entire
Willingness
Never III y M cs,sed ssyhicti
lsI. ~ CT. e. ~ =
~ a Il "a |(| H. j
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DULUTH'SNi f|||:lV| MILL
SOMETHING OF DULUTH UNIVERSAL
MILL COMPANY.
They are Now Building an Indepen-
dent Mill Here-Expect to Market
Much of it's Produce in This Vfcln-
ity-The' Company is~ Firmly FL
nanced and Ought to and Undoubt-
eddy Will Succeed.

In todays issue Of the Labor World
will be found several local ads Of the
Duluth Universal Mill company. Men,
ton has previously been made in The
Labor World Of the fact that this COM
pany was to erect mill in the city
of Duluth and that the contract had
been let. Work Is now almost COM
pleted and the mill will be in operation
in CA few tdays. The site II on the sbay
front near the foot Of Thirtee nths ave
on ~ III, doe Hui
1ilig
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1900-04-06
In the Senate.

The conference report on the diplo-
matte and consular appropriation bill
was agreed to in the senate Thursday
The consideration of the Porto Rican
tariff and government bill was then re-
sumed. Senator Beveridge of Indiana
addressed the senate in support of the
proposition for free trade between the
United States and Porto Rico.
The president nominated Capt. Chas.
s. Cotton to be rear admiral.
So far as the committee in charge OF
the measure is concerned, the Puerto
Rican bill was completed Saturday, with
the exception of two amendments which
senators requested should lie over.
Saturday the house proceeded to the
consideration of the Notifications appro-
priation bill. 1t was agreed that general
debate on the measure should not exceed
one and half hours. Mr.. Hemenway
of Indiana, in charge of the bill, explained
its provisions 1t carries 1893 ,48S, being
"a, 659,540 less than the estimates He
said the reductions in the estimates had
been made because it had been demon
strated that the government could manu-
facture it's own guns cheaper than it could
buy them and the appropriation would
be sufficient to keep our gun factories
at work eight hours day for the ensuing
year. The government, he said, manufac-
tured l2-mch guns cheaper by $4,000
than they could be purchased, and l0-inch
guns $500 cheaper,
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Puerto Rican. BEG for worls.

During the past 10 days the Puerto
Rican people have evinced unusual in
terest in their affairs, and in the future
of the island as it is being handled by
congress. Until the tariff question is set
tied, business in Puerto Rico will remain
at standstill. The laboring classes are
on the verge of starvation; there is work
for them to do, but the planters who need
their services are without funds with
which, to employ them. The people here
say: "Let the tariff question be settled
either by free trade bill or Is or a 20
per cent bill, and the feeling of uncer-
tainty will be raised. Trade will be re-
vived. The banks will advance to the
planters, the planters will employ the
starving, and Puerto Rico will BOOM" On
the 18th instant the chamber of COM
merce held special meeting, at which it
was decided to call mass meeting for
Monday, March 10, and to present pc
tition to General Davis, beseeching him
to do all in his power to influence legis-
lation for Puerto Rico.
The mass meeting was held recently,
and 1000 people assembled at the plaza,
an orderly, quiet crowd. Headed by Major
Ejossene and President Crosos of the
chamber of commerce and six members
Of the body, they submitted a written
statement to Governor General Davis, set
ting forth the critical conditions under
which the island is struggling. They were
told that they had the sincerest sympa-
thies of General Davis, and his hopes that
an immediate settlement will be made.
The crowd cheered,. shouting "Viva la Es-
tados Unidos," 'Viva ell General Davis. .
Throughout the day and during the
following days Geographic reports OF sim
liar proceedings in other, towns began to
accumulate on the governor generals desk.
For the past 10 days hardly day has
passed without a visit of delegation of
country people begging for work. The
transport Fitzpatrick arrived yesterday
with more than 500 tons of rations. But
it is not rations that the people want.
1t is work.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1900-04-06
Simple Funeral of Joubert.
Make Money on the Wreck.

CASTOR Drake of Nassau, Bahama,
with other Americans now own the
wreck of the Spanish warship Infanta
Maria Teresa, lying in two fathoms of
water near Bird Point, Cat Island.
Drake and his associates purpose to
break up the wreck for the metal there
Is IN it. Mr.. Drake wants to bring
the metal into this country free of du-
W. Mr.. brakes lawyers asked the
treasury department if this could be
done. In reply counsel for the treas
ury department wrote:
"The Spanish war vessel was not the
property of the United States at the
time she was originally wrecked, but
was the property of the Spanish govern
ment, and as the United States govern
ment has abandoned the vessel on Cat
Island, its owners have been changed
from the United States to private citi-
zens. Formal wreckage upon it's i'm
portation to the United States will be
duitable."
Mr.. Drake and his partners believe
there will be profit in the importation
from the meA of the wreck if admit
ted free of duty. but not otherwise.