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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-24

A peculiar phenomenon is noticed this
year in the sudden display of life in trees
and bushes. The summer. had been long
and dry up till the latter part of August,
since which time copious rains have fall
en-, Followed by warm days. rs a result
nature itself seems to nave been fooled
for the choke-cherry trees in the pine
hills are not only reported to be in bloom
but blossoming sprigs thereof have ac-
tually been displayed in town. Emil
Bircher having brought in samples. Miles
Mllligan has a Young apple tree which
sports a few blossoms and L. w. Stacy
had lilacs in bloom in his yard two weeks
g and other people report trees budding
out. Prof. L~eavenworth of the pubic
schools was questioned as to the probable
effect on the fruit crop next year if this
thing should be general, and he gave his
opinion that if the sap should go down
before the frost caught it there would be
no damage; otherwise it might have a
blighting effect. 1t was, however, a new
thing in his experience.
The High School boys of Miles City
are organizing their football team, and
the team expects to have it's first contest
with Billings. There is plenty of good
timber available, some of last years n
some new. A. Lindeberg, o. Lindeberg,
McAllister. Warner T. and r. Thompson,
Busch, Merrill, Smell, Clarke, Sorenson.
Farnum, Harbaugh and Hatch are the
more prominent candidates for honors.
Col. George Schultz has gone to the
Cheyenne agency to make the plans for
the sewerage and drainage system for an
Indian school which the government Will
build. The capacity Of the proposed
school will be $50. The material is sup
posed to be found on the reservation.
Among the guests at the Leighton no.
tel are:
Richard Jockey, Helena; Aug. Dippfe,
Portland: C. w. Meyers ad wife, Chicago;
Geo. A. Cleland, Sioux City; Geo. w. Ora
ham, Chicago.
The Miles City schools report a mem
bership of 401 pupils at present against
1898 for the last week of September one
year ago.
Inspector General Philip Reed of the
department of Dakota, u. S. A. is stop
ping at Fort Keogh, and is expected to at
tend a meeting of the. Royal Arch Masons
tonight.
Geo. Fuller left for Billings Thursday
morning for a visit.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-24

The new melodrama, For Her Sake"
is the next attraction at the Union opera
house, billed for Tuesday night, Septem-
Der rs. The play is reported to be finely
staged and costumed, and the company
very good, and Missoula theater goers
are looking forward to a treat.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-24

Miss Edna Wyman returned to her
home in Philipsburg Yesterday morning,
after enjoying a visit of several weeks
among friends in the Garden City.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-24

Professor J. NJ. Hamilton of the univer-
sity went to Helena yesterday afternoon
on No. 4, which passed through Missoula
six hours late.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-24

Charles Simpson, a Northern Pacific
employe, who has been laid up at the
Northern Pacific hospital with rheuma-
tism for several weeks, left for Spokane
yesterday feeling very we'll.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-24

south of town will possess a pretty COM
plete system of communication with the
county seat,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-24
MiSsoula, Sept. %.

MI. and Mrs. A. M. Stevens went up
to Wallace, Idaho, this afternoon on a
visit and expect to be away several
weeks.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-24

Theodore Eek, a laboring man of this
city, was yesterday received at the Sis
ter's hospital suffering an acute attack
of BIight"s disease. Eek has been con-
valecing at the Springs frein a recent at
tack of rheumatism with which he has
been afflicted for several months past.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-24

The Miles City schools report a MEM
bership of 401 pupils at present against
1893 for the last week of September one
year ago..
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-24
MISSO ULA NEWS

Branch Office Inter Mountain Publish
ing Co.. l36 Higgins avenue.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-24

Among the guests at the Leighton no.
tel are:
Richard Jockey, Helena; Aug. Dippfe,
Portland: C. w. Meyers ad wife, Chicago;
Geo. A. Cleland, Sioux City; Geo. w. Gra-
ham,, Chicago.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-24

r. J. McDougald and William Sweeney,
former attache of the Northern Pacific
Hospital, returned Monday night from
Nome where they nave spent the past
summer. They bring some returns of the
country's wealth and propose returning
to take up a claim they have selected
there, early next spring.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-24

Inspector General Philip Reed OF the
department of Dakota, u. S. A. is stop
ping at Fort Keogh. and is expected to at
tend a meeting of the, Royal Arch Masons
tonight.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-24

\ Mrs. A. L. Anderson and son Hugh, re-
turned Friday evening from a lengthy
visit with relatives in the east.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-24
A LITTLE WHILE.

Geo. Fuller left for Billings Thursda
morning for a visit. .
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-24

]. H. Kibbee, the new proprietor of the
Peale hotel of Lima. was in own Satur-
day after supplies and making arrange
ments for the opening ball of the new ho-
tel which will be given Wednesday even
ing,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-24

Charles Froelich was arrested Thurs
day night by Officer. Larson on the
charge Of being a secretary and disturb
ing the peace. Froelich is a colored sport
and came to Missoula from Anaconda,
following a letter he had written to his
colored gal on the row in which he
threatened to do her up and cut her with
a razor. He had every intention, it
seems, to carry out his threats, and
would have done so had not Officer Lar
son been on hand to tax him in when
he did. Justice Hayes sentenced him to
thirty days in the city Jail and in addi-
ton fined him $40.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-24

Attorney j. H. Duffey of Anaconda was
a passenger on yesterday afternoons
Copper City, to defend John Long, il his
examination for the murder of Louis
Radigan, which was set for 4:3o o'clock
yesterday afternoon. On account Of the
absence of all the attorneys for the pros
ecution, who are at Helena, attending
the various conventions, the case was
again postponed.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-24

The members of the order of the Wood
men Of the World of Dillon entertained
a large crowd Of their friends at Darts
Hall, Thursday evening at a grand pho
geographic. and s~tereoptican combined en-
t~ertainment, which was greatly enjoyed
by those in attendance.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-24

Daniel E. B~andmann's ompany OF
amateurs presented Don Caesar dc Ba-
IAN very %creditably last night before a
good sized audience. Considering the
length of time they a to practice they
did surprisingly well. Mr.. Bandmann's
work was very good and could not be
criticised or said to be anything but hrst-
class, as the work Of tn entire cons
pany taking them as amateurs.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-24

Next Friday evening Hon. j. A. Frazer
of Chicago, who is making speeches I'M
der the auspices of the republican nation
al committee will speak in Dillon at the
Dillon theater. This will be the open
ing speech of the coming political cam
paign.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1900-10-20

he may be his oppressOr very willingly,
as when his own adversely oblses him
To cut down his hireling's wages, but he
oppresses him then, however unwilling
~. and he oppresses him when he casts
him off to seek some other support, not
knowing whether he can find it or not.
This fact often comes home to the hu-
man>emplOyer, especially in the case OF
hlrelings who have served him long and
we'll, and more than any other it tells
With the conscience against the whole
relation OF "hirelings and him that
hires.' The hireling may have all those
rights which are inseparable from the
old ideal of liberty, and which we vain
ly suppose are the proofs Of liberty.
He may have the right to speak freely,
print freely, pray freely, vote freely;
but he cannot manful!y use his right,
though warranted in it by the cOnsti-
tutiOns and statutes of the states, if he
is afraid another man may take away
his means of livelihood for doing so.
1t is needless to say that the personal
equation will have much to do with
the character Of the event. Many
perhaps moSt-emplOyers are of a make
so noble and of self-respect SO fine that
they would abhor to interfere with the
constitutional rights of their hirelings,
and there are hirelings so brave that
they would starVe and see their wives
and little ones starVe before they yield
ed their rights. But slavery was none
the less an evil because most slave
holders We're kind and good people, or
because not and then there was he
rnc slave. The man who is in danger
Of want or even in dread of want, is
not free man, and the country which
does not guard him against this danger
and this dread, Or does not assure him
the means of livelihood, is not a free
country, though it may be the freest of
all the free countries
The violent unrest which we call la
Dor troubles is nothing more or less
than an endeavOr for the liberty which
the working classes think they see the
employing CLASSES possessed of. 1t
seems to be question Of more wages
with them, and primarily it is a Ques-
ton Of more wages, but ultimately it is
a question OF more power, more ease.
more freedom. 1t is the freedom to all,
is the great problem for craftsmanship
to William.)
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1900-10-20
VS.. WOOD WORKERS.
The Carpenters Claim Jurisdictio1
T.. Over Branches Of the Trade.

The Carpenters Claim Jurisdiction
Over Branches Of the Trade.
The Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners Of America have declared war
on the Amalgamated woodworkers
International union. At the next con-
vention of the American Federation Of
Labor the carpenters will ask recogui-
ton to the exclusion Of the woodwork
ers. At the recent convention of the
carpenters Thomas I. Kidd and Rich
ard Braunschweig of the Woodworkers
stated that organization claimed iuris-
diction over, all sash, door and blind
mills, cabinet makers, etc. A commits
tee was appointed to answer the wood
workers, and it's report has just been
made. The committee declares that
the time has come for the carpenters
to assert their right sof Jurisdiction over
all carpenter work, believing that divi-
sion Of: contract 4 cannot be tolerated,
particularly were Il the standard Of
wages Of one Is lower. than that main
tained sby the other 4 The carpenters
will claim all fixture and interior finish
work ''' now control lied tns II wood.
W0Ekoy
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1900-10-20
ISl|l!0RlEP J REPRlQlIfIIAB|lE| ! !
- =. xss s.las.-s
LABOR SLOWLY but SURELY MAK=
Il ING coon PROGRESS,
Progress Gained ny
Wage Lahor-Ha. t:- GradualIy BE-
come More lFfee and Compatible
With Human Dignity-Thc Miners
~"owever Are Forced to Submit to
Many 'DisadVantaees.

uele die AIdAy n1dlIly lNtelllSSIll peO-
pie who indulge in a lazy, optimistic
belief that servile labor suddenly came
to an end on this continent with the
adoption of the thirteenth amendment
to the United States Constitution.
Others there are who go the opposite
extreme and cherish a hazy, pessjmes-
tic belief that, dating from the De-
claration of Independence, or some
Imaginary period when all men were
free and equal, the condition, of Am
erican laborers has been growing worse
suit in a bloody cataclysnl, unless
some political miracle comes to prevent
it, The real situation, as it appears to
us, after many years earnest study Of
the historic and existing facts in the
case, is that slave labor was superseded
because it was happily found that wage
labor was more ,prOfitable; and that
wage labor, originally pursued under
'serf like conditions, had gradually be-
come more and more free and compati-
BILE with human dignity. The undeni-
able progress in labor conditions that
has been achieved, though that pro-
: ICoo was ACloIASCly SlO" a. IAC SOAA-
mencement of the present century, is
now marching with increasing strides.
This progress, first becoming visible
with the formal ton of the earlier trade
unions become distinctly apparent with
the establishment Of national and in
terna tional unions, and it's universal
scope and character has been clearly
revealed by the growth of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, an organiza-
ton which co-ordinates all efforts to-
wards the ultimate emancipation of the
working class, The trades unions hay
ing their natural and spontaneous orr
gin in places where the largest number
of workers were congregated, first
made their beneficent influence felt in
the larger cities, where: they enforced
the payment of wages in money, COM
PEELED regular pay days, and demanded
collective, instead Of Individual bar
gaining for wages, ETC.. >;
j, Arising in the larger cities and among
the more specially-skilled workers, the
trade unions then spread to the smaller
towns and among the more: general Ia
borers. At length, in its all-eonquering
march, the trad de0su union IL invaded III the
IA s. ana esta itsslt II
ths II = lI
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1900-10-20
III NZlER r.\VORS ARNITR ALTON.
lie Thinks COmDulsOry Arbitrat tiOn
Would lie Il Good Thing.

John F. Kunzler, president of the
American Flint Glass Workers union
was before the Industrial commission
last Friday. representing the workmen
in the general investigation into labor
Mr.. Kunzler said he rep
resented between 5000 and 10000 work
ers, the various branches of the flint
glass trade being amalgamated into
one union \ i He described the annual
ssss slsmsHs ai tRs ssa!s &. 81 ths l',s
ufacturers, He M sfl,at VII 7iie Ts6g
obviate strikes entirely, as there were
at present some small strikes in prog
ress over local questions but the
arrangement on the whole was salts
factory. He said he had not made a
special study of compulsory arbitra-
ton, but thought it was a good thing
and would be glad to see a national
law Of that sort in operation. He said
the trade did not average quite ten
months work a year and the average
wages of the workmen amounted to
about $3.50 week.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1900-10-20
q { 4 DIlsl' 4! q : !
The Trust andlithe Union--zI ovv 'rhey
: Differ, ,2+:;r.,, ,.t: ,t.s#s + 81 ~ +

A letter signed Several Democrats
from st. Paul." addressed to the editor
of the Chicago American, reads in part
as follows. ">;
TN order to convert several rank
Republicans it is necessary that we
should be able to explain the difference
between a trust and labor union.
Will you kindly, through your columns,
make a clear explanation of this dis
tinction? Our opponents hold that
both trusts and unions are combina-
tions, which appears to be true, but
ability to definitely show the difference,
and we beg that you explain it, 49,.
1t is a simple and pleasant task to
oblige our friends in St.. Paul, says the
American. Trusts and unions are both
combinations beyond question. But a
pronounced difference distinguishes
them, and we shall endeavor to make
it clear.
You see a horse after hard days
work grazing in a swampy meadow.
He has done his duty and is getting
what he can in return. ~
On the horses flank you see a leech
sucking blood. -
The leech is the trust.
The horse is the labor union.
Possibly you have read "Sinbad the
Sailor" with its story of the old man of
the sea. The old man of the sea rode
round on the sailors back squeezing
his neck with his tightly twisted legs.
The old man is the trust.
The sailor is the labor union.
In Chicago two combinations are
fighting. One is a. combination of citi-
zens-the Citizens union. The other is
a combination Of public robbers-the
gas trust. Each combination is trying
to get what it wants. Surely you can
see the difference between the two
combinations.
The citizens are striving in a. purely
legitimate way to obtain their rights.
Similarly, labor unions, when soundly
organized, are striving properly and
legitimately to obtain their, rights.
Gas trusts and other trusts endeavor
improperly and illegitimately to obtain
what does not belong to them.
ii In old times, on the high seas, there
were two classes of vessels. The great
majority were: honest vessels, Of com.
nerce, doing good to the world, while
striving, Of course, to benefit theii
crews and owners. Z "n a. ,%$
Those honest ships were the labor
unions. On the same waters there sail
ed other ships-fast, daring, manned
by uncrupulouz although able tmen:N
. Those were the pirate ships. y
The trusts compared to labor un:
ions are the pirate ships compared tc
honest ships OF commerce. E..3} ...,i.,s rs. :e
We trust that our correspondent
! from rom 81, Paul are satisfactorily answ-
cred. % I'll. .ss.,5s s, ~ 5S.'zs ss
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1900-10-20
HARD COAL TRUST.
-AUTOCR ATTIC Mon
ARCH N COMMERCIAL WORLD.
Courts and Cannot he Touched
Under Present Laws, Controlling
the Entire Hard Coal Output and
Issuing Its Imperial sDexrcen
Without Fear of Legal II Rc.istnncc
-Au Absolute MOnopOIy,

otto Cafmlcneal, special correspond
ent to the Indianapolis Press writing
from Hazelton, Pa, sums uD the an
thracite situation in the following force
ful and logical manner:
The anthracite coal trust is one of
the few great absolute monopolies of
the country. 1t is even more success
full than the Standard Oil trust, in
completely controlling the supply of
one product which millions must have.
And this great trust, this absolute
monarch in commerce, is spirit and
not body. If you have legitimate
grievance against the coal trust you
cannot obtain redress by suing it in
court. You cannot find it, This king
ly commercial power has no CONNER
cial form; it is myth SO far as the
legal process server is concerned. 1t
1T is not a corporation or firm, or a
trust. for that matter, in the accepted
sense of the word. 1t has q head but
he, great and powerful as is his name
in the finance Of the world, is only a
hired man. He is paid wages, and
protests over the amout or is pleased,
just as the poorest miner in the grip OF
that relentless spirit which employees
both.
This is no ghost story. l will first
deal with facts all can see. Formerly
there were hundreds and thousands Of
owners or groups of owners, or Oper-
ator or syndicate of operators, mined
as cheaply as possible, sold the product
in the best market, by the means best
suited TO the trade, and transported
the coal as he saw fit. Interesting
stories could be told of these early
miners. They were strong and power
full men of commerce and had much
to do with the development of the
country. Some of the largest proper
ties were founded by surveyors. When
the timber was all cut away much Of
the land everything the coalbeds re-
verted to the state on account of un-
paid taxes. The surveyors knew Of
these tracts and bought them in.
Railroads were thrust through the
hills to these rich coal fields. In some
cases the rich miners built these roads.
In others outside capital did the con-
strncting .As4sy In boz tn. cases the I. result
was the ,lshe money
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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1900-10-20
THE CALI TO ARMS.
= ~ y
FEDERATION OF LtDOR
CONVENTION IS CALLED,
To Meet i'm Louisville, Ky. ON Decem.
her 0th-lt i. q Strong Document
and States Fully the Trade Union.
sistS Doctrine ON Labor Matters.
The Objects of Trade Unions Are
Clearly Explained.

The following call has been issued
by the American Federation of Labor
for the twentieth annual convention. to
be held at Louisville KY. commencing
Wednesday December s, 1900.
Washington, D. c., Oct S, 1900
To all Affiliated Unions, Greeting:
Fellow Workers: Complying with
the law, you are hereby notified that
the twentieth annual convention Of the
American Federation Of Labor will be
held at Music Hall, In the city Of Louis
isville. Ky, beginning at ten O'Clock,
Thursday morning, December 6, 1900,
and continuing until the business of
the convention is completed.
In the history Of our movement the
workers, were never required to deal
with more momentous questions than
those which confront us now. Every
year, almost every day, our economic
and social life presents new and COM
plex problems requiring the keenestI
thoughts and the wisest counsels
which we are capable to- conceive or
impart; to be tactful, resourcefuls and
brave in resolve and execution; to pre-
pare the better to meet the open or
covert and subtle attacts Of opponents
and enemies; to devise ways and
means to bring within the beneficial
fold Of the unions the workers yet un-
organized; to still further and stronger
natiOnalize and federate those already
organized. To close up the ranks of
the workers, to make our organizations
daily more effective In defending the
wealth producers, to promote their in-l5
terests in every way; to make secure
the vantage ground secured by u.s. and
to constantly make further progress in
abolishing the wrongs which they,
their wives and children, have too long
borne, and to attain the rights Of which
they have been too long deprived. Up
on the organized workers depends the
success of our human battles, the VIC
tory Of our noble cause now and for all
time to come. For these and for other
good and sufficient reasons, too numer-.
Gus to mention here, all organizations
entitled to send delegates are request
ed to be fully represented by their best.
qualified and most faithful members.
Representation in the convention will
be on the following basis :z.F rom. ma
EttonaI io.asl ons tox lses.
than four s|I