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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-09-26
DESPERATE MEN
CAUSEEXCITEMENT
Hungry and Penniless, Horde OF
Workmen Demand Money
With Guns.
Great Excitement and Lively Time
Last Night-The Trouble Not
Yet Over.

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, Sept. 24.-
Several hundred Finlanders who were
discharged from the camps of tho
Consolidated Lake Superior Company
arrived from Canada this afternoon,
hungry, penniless, ugly, with no
chance of securing work or pay for
nobody knows when. They can't
speak English at all, and all were in
bad frame of mind. They made a
demand for money at the paymaster's
office and met with a refusal. The
men then sought their rifles which
they had with them. Returning to the
paymaster's office they made another
demand for money and were again
met with refusal. Wild excitement
ensued. A large force of armed dep
uties were at once sworn in and came
on the scene. For a time 1t looked
as If blood might flow, but after talk
| ing among themselves for some time
the Fins apparently quieted down,
| although they are about the premises
fully armed and determined that none
! shall receive pay before them.
Police have decided that so long az
they are quiet it will be better not to
disturb them, but it is not known what
the night will bring forth. The stu
alton in the city is serious from the
fact that some $500 men the expected
to come from the camps in the same
condition as the Fins and while the
city is preparing to feed them, it is
expected that they will cause more
or less trouble.
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SHEET STEEL MILLS
MAY ALL BE CLOSED.
Corporation Wants Men to Accept
Reduction Of Three
Per Cent.

PITTSBURG,. Sept. 23.-The United
States: Steel corporation may close all
it's sheet plants: in the near future un-
less the heAmalgamated association will
consent to "a reduction under the same
plan as was agreed upon lost fall.
The reason for this attitude is an over
stocked narket.and the dullness of
trade at this time of the year.
Last year the association accepted,
reduction Of 3 per cent on all material
made for foreign orders, and the steel
company; it lis said, intends to make
similar reduction*this year.
President shaffer Of the Amalgam-
ateds association stated that he felt
sure that the limit, would not he
changed, and that existing conditions
do not twarrantsit.s.s==,{$ s>>., > ,-..-..-.
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STRIKE DECLARED
ON SHIP OWNERS
UNION DECLARES A STRIKE ON
FLEET OF STEEL CORPORATION.
Other Companies Say That They VIII
Tow Barges or Lay Up
Boats.

CLEVELAND, Sept 2s-Develop-
ments in the trouble which threatens
to bring the commerce of the great
lake to stoppage, today gave no indi-
cations Of an early settlement.
On the other hand the difficulty for
the first time took the form of an actual
strike, condition heretofore lacking,
the men on the United States steel cor
poration fleet simply having left their
boats on the plea that they were sick.
Captain Moore, head of the local har-
Dor and Masters and Pilots association,
today announced that a grievance does
exist against the steel corporation, and
said that there would be opposition to
any assistance offered that corporation
by independent vessel owners. The in
dependent vesselmen are not willing to
be dictated to in the matter, which,
they say, is entirely business affair.
They assert that if they cannot tow the
vessels Of the steel corporation they
will tie up their twn boats and thus put
an end to all lake commerce for this
season. Another meeting will be held
tomorrow.
Captain Moore, of the association,
made the formal statement tonight that
the present trouble arose from the vio-
lation Of verbal agreement made by
the Lake Carriers association on March
28, 1908, with the representa- tives of the
masters and pilots, namely, that none
other than members of the association
would be employed by it's members. In
the employment of Capt Frank Rae,
Of the Clemson in the Pittsburg fleet.
and his two mates, this agreement is
declared to have been violated.
A committee from the employees of the
Pittsburg Steamship company went to
see A. B. Wolvin today, but was de-
MED an audience by Mr.. Wolvfn.
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OPERATORS WILL NOT GIVE In.
Edwin Bell, of Cripple Creek, Tells O.
Strike Conditions.

Edwin Bell, of Cripple Creek, Tells of
Strike Conditions.
''The mine owners Of Cripple Greek
district and the Western Federation of
Miners are engaged in fight to a fin
sh,'' said Edward Bell, Of Cripple
Creek, at the Spalding last evening.
Mr.. Bell is interested in mining proper
ties in that district. and in the secur-
ing Of men fom the outside to take the
places of the strikers. To reporter OF
the News Tribune he said:
'"The mines in the Cripple Greek dis
trict are suffering from a sympathetic
strike, on account of a strike of smelter
men at Colorado Springs, eighteen
in number. About 5000 men went out
in response to the orders Of the officials
of the Western Federation of Miners.
The mine owners will never give in.
They have refused to negotiate with
the officials of the federation, and are
determined to operate their mines re-
gardless Of that body. Miners else
where in the Colorado mining districts
have refused to respond to the orders
Of the officials of the federation to
strike, and about one-fourth of the men
in the district have returned One thou
sand soldiers are there to protect every
man who is disposed to work. We are
getting men from many different points
and have secured quite a large number
from the Lake Superior region, and hope
to get more. Men who 60 out to the
Cripple Creek district will be assured
of employment in preference to strikers
as long as men are needed. There are
seventy-five mines in the Cripple Creek
district, but only few Of the. larger
properties, are now being worked. The
district produces about $20,000,ooo year
but from now on. the. production will
probably be- $50, 900, 900. This is made
possible by the completion Of the new
tunnel which will drain the district to
the depth Of $500 feet, and permit of
the employment of an additional 1000
miners.'' ,s::E... = e=z5,~ ;.st
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ASKS A ] ! s 4! The STATE
OlllYEl: ES;I|l!l|GATE
$.tsteu rH.4Ba 4 i
:Ex1flR,Ess co. BEiFoREs ILLINOIS
!. 7 IS IS: = SO z ARBITRAToRs.:
Enaployess;s.'1 Il. 7 eeIare That Onicers: Re
>NS fuse TO- Listen to Their: Plea
=. Es&si:s: *s= for More 5syVaRes.5.;@-:

: zChicag Sept. 2 Because officials
ofs=5the United Z States Express Company
have refused eat ~ II a.$Wage
committee their emp ployes represent
ingSthe Brot tferhood 81 Railway ;Elx-
press, the 5#Il1 IS State Board ard :iof
ArbiIfati on has been ask ked.bY Presi-
dent t1en Modie,a ne. elnp @to iinves-
tigate he matter: s: j
zseu zHeunderss:tt 81, 81 said Secretary
Grant.of e theS..s tatesA At itrat On Board,
we. are AsedE comply With The
request sof i dod ie.s aIl 81 viii
(put.athe lntp erect necessary .aall ls
This ! NAYS cpnsti tuti tionaH-
EE1tllat5 dseIdetlS 1.-THE
Supreme Court 5hol.I 1itherp party
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SOCIALISM GETS ::
TURNED BY LABOR
MICHIGAN STATE FEDERATION OF
LABOR TURNS DOWN
SOCIALISTS.
1T Caused Bitter Debate-NIilitia Reso-
luton Is Decentralization Ger
cal Food Placed on Unfair
List.

Port Huron, Mich, Sept. 24.-The
Michigan State Federation of Labor
which has been in session for four
days, closed its meeting today after
transacting considerable business.
Considerable business was transact
ed by the Michigan Federation of La
Dor on Thursday afternoon.
The discussion on the, socialistic
resolution was again taken up. and
after some bitter arguments the reso-
| luton was tabled.
The convention then went: into COM
mittee of the whole to discuss the
constitutional amendments. The sal
ary Of the secretary was raised to
! $3.50 per year.
| The resolution to change the -consti-
tuition SO as to increase the number
Of organizers brought out considerable
| discussion. This amendment was
lost.
The subject of 'affiliation with ma
ed a long drawn-out discussion. This
| amendment was defeated.
| The resolution on union men joining
the militia was taken up for discus
| sion. This caused more argument
lHdn ally OIHeF FeSO1uIlOn with the eX-
| ception of the socialism. The resolu-
tfon was defeated unanimously.
A number of other resolutions bene-
fiting the different trades were adopt
| ed. :
The committee on resolutions rec
| commended that the State Federation
use all honorable means to win the
printers strike on the Los Angeles
Times and to send circulars to all the
advertisers now patronizing that paper:
| A resolution introduced by the local
pressmen's union in regard to the
office of T. L. Kilets was referred to
the local Trades and Labor Council
The committee on presidents report
| recommended the putting of Postum
cereal foods, manufactured in Battle
| Creek, on the unfair list. This was
done. for the reason that Mr. Post,
owner of the institution. had refused
to: withdraw. !: his patronage from j the
Los Angeles Times: The; several dele
Igates were instructed to informs their
Erespec ectiYeS unions sof the act ion the
convent
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A DEPLoRA1LE CONDITION,
Seven Thousand Children Unable I'd
Ii Attend Schot.-h urderers 5* and z!
j - HighwayInen Escape ys.s5S
.st:,:I OS AZ lGELEs..# Cal. Sent.E

= -;
sgDi
sof the city that 1000 children viii Be-
unable to attend school, owing to 1.-The
action of the city officials in begin
ming repairs Of several school-houses
just as vacation was drawing to a
close.
Since the first of the year several
cold-b -blooded murders have been COM
mitted in Los Angeles and innumerable
hold-ups have occurered, and in every
instance but one the criminals have
escaped undetected.
A great outcry is now being made
by all the daily papers with the excep-
tion of the Times against the ineffici-
ency Of both the school board and the
police department, but, as many of the
city officials are putting in their time
trying to break up the unions, the
Times is doing everything it can to
explain away the disgraceful condition
of affirs that exists.
Los Angeles certainly furnishes an
object lesson to business men in other
cities who would like to see the unions
destroyed. The anti-union ring in Los
Angeles controls the city hall and the
police department. What is the result ?
So much time is devoted to fighting
the unions that the politicians have in
creased the tax rate, thousands of chill
dren cannot go to school, and murder
ers and highwaymen go unpunished.
But the unions must be broken up, say
Otis and his followers.
Union men and women everywhere
can help their fellow-unionists in
Southern California by writing one
letter to each Of the following adver-
Times:
Carrara Paint, 811 Carrara Building,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
"santal Middy"-E. Faugera, 26
North Williams St., New York, N. Y.
Royal Baking Powder Co., 100 Will
liams St., New York, N. Y.
Philo-Hay Specia1ties Co., Newark,
N. J.
"Castoria" Centaur Co., u Muir.
ray ST., New York, N. Y.
"Cuticura" Drug & Chemical
Co., Boston, Mass.
'Postum"-Postum Cereal Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. :
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.,
Lynn, Mass.
scott's Emulsion-iScott & Bovine.
400 Pearl St., New York, N. Y.
"Ghirardelli's Ground Chocolate
D. GhirardeNi, San Francisco.
Tell these advertisers that organized
| labor does not look with favor upon
any person or firm that is aiding
labor's meanest enemy, the Los An
geles Times,
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:T|R|0UB.L { ON =.
9)all'I|I4 N|ENDs'
DETAILS ARE NOT GIVEN TO THE:
~
Grand Chiefs Of Firemen and Enai-
neers Leave ST. Paul for
the East.

ST. PAUL, Sept 23.-The controv-
ersy between the engineers and firemen
and the Great Northern road was ami
cably settled this evening. Neither the
company officials nor the grand officers
Of TIA two brotherhoods would state
just what the terms of agreement were.
but it is known that each side made
some concession.
The firemen are understood to have
been granted a slight increase in
wages, bringing their schedule to par
ity with those Of various other trans
continental lines. No increase is be-
lieved to have been granted the engine
men, but numerous minor changes
were made in the working rules.
The controversy, which at one time
threatened to take on a most seriols
character, was brought to an end by a
series of conferences which began yes
terday afternoon and ended late this
evening. The grievance committee Of
the two brotherhoods has been in st.
Paul in conference with the officials for
more than month.
1t is stated that nearly every conces-
sion asked by the committee was one
time granted by the general officers
and tentative agreement was reached
which was referred to President Hill.
Mr.. Hill referred the matter back to
the general officers and they at once
withdrew their assent to the conces-
sions previously granted. This greatly
incensed the men and it looked for 4
time as if poll of-the locals would be
%4Ir IN rryk1
should be a strike. Grand Chief w. J.
Stone, of the Brotherhood Of Locomo-
tive Engineers and Grand Chief Han
nahan, of the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Firemen, were summoned to, st.
Paul to take charge of negotiations.
Another conference was asked Of the
company officials and was granted. At
ter this conference Mr.. Stone said that
the company showed a disposition to
meet the MEN in a spirit Of fairnuess
and that a peaceful settlement was
probable. The conference was con-
tinued throughout today, and ttis. .
evening an agreement was signed by
the company officials and the commits
tee representing the men. Messrs.
Stone and Hannahan7 left tonight for:
Baltimore. r<% : %z*ss Il r=5gz =
The Brotherhood OF Railway Carmen
on the Great Northern system also has
a grievance committee in St. Paul
waiting to confer with the general Of
hcers. The carmen, who embrace al
most all Of those. employed Ia the vari-
GUS shops on the system and who num-
Der about ]. 200 men, are said to be de-.
manding an increase OF 1s per cent in
wages, which 4 represents they assert,
the difference . between their. wage
schedule and that paid to their fellow:
.craftmen on the Northern Pacific, 4.
commit teeHof North Paciflc dremen==
and gineersa also iin the city await
ing asconfersnce the officers of
that road e. lat con-
lon1.t - sssas1
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BABY A YSLAVES or
.:...ThEE.=SWEATSH0PS
CONDITIONS IN CHICAGO's sLUMs
] LAID BARE.
Crush Mt Board of Education to Get
: ! Certificates of Age-Some
= "' Good Results.

Chicago, Sept. 24-Of all the laws
on the statute books, child labor laws
seem the hardest to enforce. Great
publicity has been given the fact that
the Illinois factory inspectors were
about to make an investigation into
the factories of Chicago, but the very
first days work found many fragrant
violations. In five shops visited by one
set of inspectors twenty violations of
the, age section, were found. In sew
era1 cases children under IA years of
age were working: Instances were
found where children had been
coached" on the replies they should
make to the inspectors. and more than
a dozen youngsters who appeared to
be not more than 10 years old held af-
fidavits from their parents stating that
they were over IA.
The most repulsive place inspected
was the isuspender and necktie shop of
A. Glickman,, 143 West Twelfth street.
Glickman had at work nine small chill
dren, four Of whom were under years
old. All worked in small, filthy, poorly
ventilated basement rooms. Glickman
was away from home and the place
was presided over by his wife. The
same rooms served for workshop and
livings-rooms In a few places girls
13 years old were working for their
parents:
Twenty-Five proprietors of shops
were ordered to clean their premises
and to-. o~.refuse employment to children
who did not have a school certificate
showing that they were over IA years
Of age. I.
i. Proprietors of shops who had pro-
tectedz themselves, as they believed,
with ,affidavits from the parents of
. children employed found that school
certificates were demanded under the
new statute, and there ensued a rush
. Of Parents to the board of education
to- procure the slips so their children
might work. ~ -. I p.
/ The crush in the board rooms was SO
great that all the. certificates de-
manded could not, be made out and
man yschildr probably will be caught
by tie inspectors before they are pro.
One feature of: the j new law makes
tin Wit II the compulsory education
ElIaw:l.s Heretofore when a child under
| I4#5syearss age was taken away. from
empl oyment no further action was
Itakent toslook fter Is interests,% and. il
l#eIthersShf IS Found s. i y Aanot her place Of employ.
me tsorasYent AZ stree. Tow i'm;
iaT suTnsaozsl
Ito.the sto truant Ulcers Of the board 8:
education, through which agency it Ii
! placed back in school. BY this CO.
| operation of the factory inspection de-
partment and the board of education
| the real spirit and intent of child labor
legislation is secured.
Thus far less than 5000 certificate.
have been issued to the $4,000 Chicag,
children of school age working il
| shops and factories.
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KILLED by a TRAIN.

:. .ASHLANp. Wis. Sept, ,22ss.=-Joe Ko-
ho4t. formerly a well known resi- dent Of
was killed by being run over by' a pas :.
senEer train. q short distance from
%Bessemer.
4.3 ohouts was enroute from Bessemer
In attempttng to T. OF from the first
Class Goa ach ut he smoker, he was
thrown. til y Z. from d 9 a train: An inquest
yya s..hsl sldlIsa Insrs and the Jury
saaat brought
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-09-26
RAER &DEFlEs THE GOVERNMENT.

BAER IDEFlES THE GOVERNMENT.
President Baer and the other off,
cials of the anthracite coal mining
companies and the associated railroads
have defied the Government officials in
refusing to give Information concern
ing their operation, in violation of the
census law.
This information was; formally de-
manded of the coal men nine months
ago.: but all efforts to secure the facts
and figures have been, unsuccessful.
AS a consequence the census office
and the geological survey have been
unable to- complete some reports. If
a prosecution is decided upon there
will be a royal legal battle, as PresI-
dent Baer and his colleagues will en-
ploy the best legal talent available to
test the constitutionality Of the law.
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=

= CHICAGO, iii: ptember 4. IIalf
a.: dozen girls = hired in MiIwau-.
kee several weeks ago: by the H.. n.
Kohlsaat Company, Of Chicago, ap-
peared at the headquarters of the
Walters Union, headed by Anna Win
nigard, and reported that they had
been discharged for alleged incompe-
tency and their places filled. They
also asserted that the agent of the
Kohlsaat Company did not at the time
they were hired informed them that a
strike was in progress.
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cH,NAMAh.'s IS Il RlsTlAN WIFE
v i !. ARRlNESs&IN NEW YORK

: /. NEW YORK,7sejppt: z2s. Mrs. Loo Lin,
the Christ thanked vii fe Of 8 Chinaman
i in business here, Yho has been the sub
.ject. of much corresp dence between
/ government ofkicials and her mission1
|. ary friends. I'M hnall reached Mott
street. exactly I've mont ths5 after. leaving
the nton dIemy her
stttroub into The country
were ,eeause scarrys HI
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NO ACTION TAKEN IN
THE MILLER FIGHT.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 23.-The ex-
ecutive council of the American Fed
Grafton f~Labor today considered the
case of w. A. Miller, the foreman of
bookbinders, who was dismissed from,
the government printing office because
he had been expelled from the local
bookbinders' union, and who was sub
sequently reinstated by order of Presi-
dent Roosevelt, but took no action in
the matter, deferring that until later.
The case was under consideration by
the executive council for some time.
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E.ATHl 50 Es@sGI.QsTcs 81 FLOUR MILLS.
sFrefght.s Ham dlers' Union Goes Out at
szs ssEs5 .zss ~ ssSsss M dinneanOliN.

F'sreishts Handlers Union Goes Out at
inneapolis.
;Ms4!1[N.lNlEEAP'pLIs,* N ! Sept. 20. - Two
thousand :1. ind mill product, handlers struck
tonight Hat 50 o'clock: -. >,$'
They asked : an eight hour day, at 50
per day They have been getting 81
for ten hours. c-
The :millers refused to concede the
demand or have the contention sub.
mitted to arbitration.
f: About II: mills. with a capacity of
75,016 barrels per day, will be shus
down.
Six thousand six hundred men will be
affected. .
There seems to be no prospect OF
early settlement as both sides remain
firm.
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MANAGER WANTED.

TRUSTWORTHY lady or gentleman to
manage business in this county. and ad-
joining territory for we'll and favorably
known house of solid financial stand
ing. $4,000 straight cash salary and
expenses, paid each Monday by check
direct from m2fheadquarters.s Expense
money advanced; position permanent.
IS Address Il Mama g SCI, 81 9 # Nonon BIig.,
SOhtcago 2-1-04
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COMBINE AGAINST UNIONS.

PROVIDENCE, r.. T., Septss q. =:
Three hundred members of. the New, ,,
England Manufacturing Jewellers ana ana,
*Silversmiths association, have signed
an agreement which provides Tor. the
shutting out .Sall men in5 lie
event hat the "a borS fkicials should
declare. strike inZI AZ or of zthee
sjeWelry shops vicinit
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The conditions under which this car
be secured will be communicated tc
you in another circular
Fraternally yours,
SAMUEL GOMPERS,
President
FRANK MORRISON,
Secretary.
JAMES DUNCAN,
First Vice-President.
JOHN MITCHELL.
Second Vice-President.
JAMES O'CONNELL,
Third Vice1President
MAX MORRIS,
Fourth Vice-President
THOS. I. KIDD,
Fifth Vice-PPresident.
D. A. HAYES,
Sixth Vice-President.
JOHN B. LENNON,
Treasurer
Executive Council, A. F. Of L.
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MINNEAPOLIS MAN
GETS HIGH HONOR
A. G. Bainbridge VIII Represent
Painters and Decorators at
National Conference.
His Fine Record as an Organizer and
PusheF Of the Labor
Movement.

Minneapolis, Sept PA. g. Balm
bridge is one Of the best known work.
ers in the labor movement in this city,
and has held the position of business
agent for his union for nearly five
years. For two years he was general
flrst vice president of the Brotherhood
of Painters and Decorators of America.
and in the discharge of his official
duties travelled over large portion
of the country. Mr.. cambridge is dis
trict organizer for the Brotherhood in
the northwest and organized several
painters unions in Minnesota and
other states. He came to Minneapolis
to live in 1885 and has resided here
ever since excepting a short time spent
travelling in the interest of mis- union.
He assisted in organizing the first
painters union in this city, and the
present local is the third in which
he took a part in forming. There are
few men In the mort Invest who have
had g more extensive experien In the
| h slah ahor,#nnoYemen .65a ID d,.s,yhlle Hhe holds
q = la e
berss sof his ion ne rs aIso fle1d
in the highest regard BY the bosses
| Of the city for his fair dealing and
business ability.
Word was received in the city this
| week announcing the appointment of
| Mr.. Bainbridge, by the general presi-
dent of the Brotherhood of Painters
and Decorators, to represent the
| Brotherhood at the national conference
| of building trades unions, to be held
| in indianapolis, October s. The ap-
| pointment came as a complete surprise
The conference will be an important
one and will be made up of the heads
of all the building trades unions OF
the United States, and it is expected
one of the results will be the founda-
tion Of an association one of whose
objects will be to com bat the National
| Employers Association. Mr Balm.
| bridge will leave for Indianapolis
| about October 8.