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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-05
SCHNAB'S NERVY CHARGE.

Charles VI. Scllwab, former president
Of the United States Steel Trust and
chief manipulation in the Shipbuilding
Trust, has made a statement, that the
the cxorbitant demands Of labor. Be-
cause workingmen have found it nee
rssary to ask for higher wages in
order to get a little comfort out Of
life, Schwab. who lives in a palace
and surrounds himself with the luxur-
les Of life without stint, endeavors to
place responsibility upon shoulders
where it does not belong.
In the light of recent events,
Schwab's charge against labor is very
nervy on his part. 1t is, moreover, a
fasehood a subterfuge. He is at
tempting to throw the burden of re-
sponsibility which belongs on his own
shoulders to other shoulders where it
does not belong. Schwab's record in
the past few months, as exposed in
the recent Investigations of the affairs
of the Shipbuilding Trust, shows who
is responsible for the setback in in
dustrial affairs. With his partner in
crime-J P. Morgan-he used his
position ON the Board Of Directors to
sell his steel plant to the trust for
s30,O00,000 when it was worth, at the
highest estimate, only 100000. And
yet schwab has the gall to speak OF
labor's "exorbitant demands. Because
profits on nine-million dollar plants
would not pay dividends on more than
three times that amount of stock, the
trust has gone into bankruptcy and it's
!plants shut down. The Steel Trust is
going the same way. Labor is being
thrown out of employment and bust
MSS must suffer accordingly. Who is
responsible? Reason answers that III
is not labor but Schwab, Morgan and
other of their kind whose exorbitant
demands upon industry have unsettled
affairs. 49,;
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-05
MOTHER JONES SACRIFICE.

Good Mother Jones-Do you know
her? If not, you have heard of her
She has been working in the interest
of organized labor for a quarter of a
century. She has been untiring in her
efforts among the organized Mine
Workers of America and has been CIV
en- the title of Mother" to all. She
visits the miners II Their work in the
bowels of the earth; making herself
one of them. Some one has said of
her:
NO lioness defending her young has
shown the dauntless courage of Mother
Jones. She has become the patron saint
and the angel Of light of the anthra-
cite regions of Pennsylvania; and upon
the hills of West Virginia she has be-
come an Idol, lovely and adored with
a reverence that is as pure and holy
as ever linked together mother ana
her sons" F
Good Mother Jones is now busy in
Colorado helping the coal miners who
are demanding an eight-hour day.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-05
CONTEST NOTICE.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
United States Land Office, Duluth,
Minn., November 10, 1908.
A sufficient contest affidavit having
been filed in this office by Louis Berg,
contestant, against homestead entry
No: 6S3s, made June IS, 1892, for sWH
NEA and lot 2, Section 6, Township 81
n, Range 1S W., by Johan a. Johanson.
Contestee. in which it is alleged that
said Johan A. ..Johanson has never at
ANY time resided on said land or i'm
proyed.ors cultivated the same and that
said alleged absence from said land
was not due to his employment in the
army, navy or marine corps of the
United States, said parties are hereby
notified to appear, respond and offer
evidence touching said allegation at 10
o'clock a: m. on January 7. 1904. be-
fore the Register and Receiver at tho
United States Land Offices in Duluth.
MINI.
The said contestant having, in a pro-
per affidavit, filed October 8, 1903, set
forth facts which show that after due
diligence personal service of this no.
tice can not be made, it is hereby or
dered and directed that such notice be
given by due and proper publication
J. M. SMITH, Receiver
SMALLWOOD & SON,
:. Attorneys for Contestant
Labor World, Dec. 512-19-26, Jan. 2-9
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-05
HERALD VIOLATES
ASSEMBLY, PROMISE
DOORS OF TRADES ASSEMBLY
OPENED TO REPORTERS.
Under Certain Conditions. At Last
Meeting the Herald Makes Fund Of
Vice President MckeIvey. Stretches
Point to Make Story. Endeav-
ors to Discredit Fred Mckeivey.

Really the meetings of the trades AS
Out Of courtesy the doors are thrown
open to reporters upon condition that
they give a true and accurate report
of the meetings Of that body. This has
been carried on for eight years without
| breach until last Saturday when the
Herald, being short of a labor story, at
tempted to discredit a speech delivered
by vice president McKelvy on the ques-
ton of Chinese restaurants. This is the
Herald's version of McKe1vy's remarks.
"F'rederick McKelvey, a strenuous
young man who represents the Cooks
and Walters union in the assembly,
never neglects an opportunity to swat
the slant eyed EMongolians that. eon-
duct eating houses in the Zenith City,
and he embraced the opportunity.
'Now that natcherally brings up this
here question Of the Chink restaurants.
When you can't get union men to-
gether to boycott the Chink etin'
houses-if you can't tie 'em together
in a trades union for the protection of
| union men, how can you tie 'em to-
gether politically? I fully endorses all
that the delegate from the Carpenters
union says, but I'd like to have him
| answer them questions"
Earlier in the evening McKelvey had
brought the Chinese restaurants to the
attention of the delegates. He said:
Il want to bring the matter of these
Chink restaurants to the attention of
the delegates, SO that they can carry
the matter back to their unions Why,
I've heard-and on good, reliable au-
| thority, too-that union men working
| in union restaurants drop their tools
| and go to, eat in these here scab Chi
! nese restaurants when IL o'clock
strikes. I amt mentionin' any names,
but it seems shame that a union
man carrying a union card in his
pocket will go to these here Chinese
restaurants and eat their dinner, Seems
to me something ought to be done
| about it by the unions to which these
! here men belong, and I therefore ask
that the delegates here present report
the matter ito their various unions"
The truth Of the matter is that Mr..
.McKelvey does not punish the English
language in this manner. He is very
able speaker, and uses good grammer
and pronounces vary good The Her.
aid was simply short Of a story, and
following it's timex worn policy it had
to have one even at the expense of a
humble delegate in e@Trades Assem-
bly,. Even organized labor is getting
on toSthe PRACTICES and <methodsfof this
paper, and it's members shave repeated
ly expressed their. Indignation during
the past week. $3.50 7$'F<'> -
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!. !. LOCAL l |! { | | LABOR NOTES..

~ = = !
The Trades Assembly at a Special
meeting held. Thursday evening con-
sidered with favor a. proposition to give
a play at the Lyceum Theater in the
near future under the direction of Gus
Stock Company. ~ .~.,.,,
The Building Trades Council meets
Monday evening.
i. The Porters and Shoe Sinners union
is now going full blast, and a crusade
is about to be started against five cent
shines.
: Considerable discussion in union la
Dor circles has been going on over the
coming election of officers at the
Trades Assembly. An effort is being
made to induce President Henry Pere-
ault to accept a third term. Fred Nc
kelvey the present vice president is
also mentioned as a. candidate
f. The SWltchmen's ball at the Armory
on New Years eve promises to be the
leading social event of the season in
union labor circles
Unless the Independent butcher shops
employ union meat cutters the butchers
union threatens to declare them I'M
falr Expedlency would suggest mode
ration IN this case. To secure the sup
port of union labor the independent
shops should employ union, butchers.
The election Of officers in the local
union is getting to be the main topic
OF discussion in all labor gatherings
these days. From now until late in
January elections of officers occur in
most unions.
M. J. Naples has opened on indie
pendent butcher shop on East Fourth
street. She advertfses meats at rea-
sonably low prices in another column
Frink has branched out his independ-
ent meat market scheme. This week
he opened shop at 229 59th avenue
West in West Duluth
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-05

Extraordinary :thatssA rlingmans@ffi1l
this country should make more money
than it cost him to live? Bssbs:sSs:ssss<.. II;
1t is gratifying, of course, 10 know
that the men who carry on the coun-
try's industries and make possible it's
finances get at least==a little more than
the slaves of the South got before the
war; but is a surplus Of $5s.e5 any
thing to grow hilarious over?
OF course in the aggregate these
figures look big. Six hundred millions
is the aggregate surplus of wage earn
! ars and salaried people receiving less
than $1,000 year. In a bunch it looks
big, but no wage Garner looks at it in
a bunch. All the individual wage Garner
sees is his own .s5s.65, and that does
not look monumental as the sole saw
ings of a long year.
True, s600,00o,0 900 Is a lot of money
for some things But when we re-
member that one man is known to
have more than that as his own private
possession, it does :not look to be so
big an amount to divide among $780,
100000 families as their only material
safeguard against future want.
And this reserve strength is obtained
only from the accumulative petty saw
ings Of the multitude. 1t is fund
made UP through strictest self-denial
and privation in 1e, 600, 900 homes.
Yet it is these petty savings that
render possible and profitable the vast
combinations Of capital which now
dominate the financial and industrial
world.
The immense enterprises, the almost
fabulous private fortunes, all come
out of the sweat and self-denial of Ia
Dor, and it is precious little that labor
can hold on to and call it's own.
The margin is not one to grow hill
arious over. Compared with the divi-
dends paid in many stock companies
it ought to make every Americans
cheek flush with shame.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-05
RING Is FOUND
AFTER 81 YEARS

MARTOON, Dec. 2.-Mrs. Joseph G..
Cannon, wife of Speaker Cannon. has
had returned to her her engagem ent
ring, which she lost thirty-one years
ago. At that time Speaker Cannon
was practicing law at Tuscola Short
ly after his marriage to Miss Reed the
latter was in her husbands office one
day when she accidentally dropped her
engagement ring to the waste basket
It could not be found and Mrs. Can
non's heart was saddened for several
weeks over her loss: While some work.
men were excavating in the rear of
the opera house they dug up the ring.
It was plain cold ring, on the inside
of which were engraved the initials
of Mr.. Cannon and those Of his wife.
It was as perfect as when new and
was forwarded to Mr.: Cannon at WASH
ington.
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81 West Superior Street
D. cAsMIR, Manager

STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
st. Louis-ss. Municipal Court, City
of Duluth.
Edward J. Mclaughlin, Plaintiff,
Charles w. Gardner, Defendant
The State Of Minnesota, to the above
named Defendant:
You are hereby summoned and re-
CURED to answer the complaint of the
Plaintiff in the above entitled action,
which IS filed in the office of the Clerk
OF the Municipal Court of the City of
Duluth, and State of Minnesota, and to
serve a copy Of your answer to the
said complaint on the subscriber, at his
office In City of Duluth, in said Coun-
ty Of St. Louis, witnin ten days after
the service of this summons upon you,
exclusive of the day Of such service
and If you fail to answer the said com
plant within the time aforesaid the
Plaintiff in this action will take judg-
ment against you for tue sum of Four
Hundred Eighty Dollars, together with
the costs and disbursements of this
action.
Dated Oct 20. 1908.
CHAS. A. McPHERRIN
Plaintiffs Attorney
Residence SOB e. 4th St.
Office 709 Torrey Bldg, Duluth, Mimi
Labor World. Dec. 5-l219-26, Jan. 2-9.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-05
CONDITIONS WHICH MAKE
THIEVES.

Il know Of labor wars 1 know of
labor conditions that have forced hon
est men to steal coal to save sick
wives and destitute children from
freezing. I know these troubles might
cause you, Methodist men, to do it,
And I know that If you were brought
before me and I was on the bench I'd
let you go free. I couldn't send a man
to Jail who was forced by labor con-
ditions to steal for his family's sup
port. I'd resign first"
Judge Oliver II. Horton took issue
with existing SOCIAL and Industrial con-
ditions in an impassioned speech at
the dinner given by the Methodist So
cal Union to the Rev. William A.
Quayle of Kansas City.
Speaking on the relations of the
church with the trusts he pleaded for
greater regard for the Individual in
the judgments which the church might
have to pronounce between labor and
capital and confessed his own inability
to administer strict justice when men
were the victims of circumstances
Touching on the Chicago City Rail-
way strike, he said:
"In Chicago to-day we are having
an example Of what the whole world
is facing, Il war between the trust of
money and the trust of labor and the
Innocent public is the sufferer
Il don't know which trust is in the
right the combination of Drawn that
is striking or the, moneyed monopoly
that is fighting it, I do know that
their fight is as great an imposition
as can be forced upon long suffering
public; when men, women and children
are forced to walk to and from their
daily work when so ill-fitted4 to face
this hardship.
1.-THE place of the church should be
to support the under dog-if the under
dog is right. I would we had a bishop
with power to enforce the right; with
the ability to arbitrate this labor
question as it should be arbitrated, and
support that side which is right. The
church would rally around him as
would all honest men, though their
personal interests might suffer
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-05
WILL ABANDON CON-
TRACTS In NEW YORK

NEW YORK, Dec. at is announc-
ed that the American Bridge company
has decided to give up, for the present,
it's construction department so far as
the New York district is concerned.
This will enable work to proceed on a
large number Of contracts.
The main reason is said to be that
a number of contracts which have been
submitted to the company by members
of the Building Trades Employers as
ISOLATION have been held up be-
cause the latter body will not recog-
nize local No. of the iron workers..
. ) The, American Bridge company con-
sidered itself still: bound by the agree
ment which it made last April with
local No. 2. and work has been at a
standstill since : then. The. contracts
will be taken over byca local firm.
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CONTEST NOTICE.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
United States Land Office, Duluth,

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
United States Lend Office, Duluth,
Mimi, December 3, 1903
A sufficient contest affidavit having
been filed in this office by Louis Berg
contestant, against homestead entry
No $3.50, made May II, 1892, for NEA
sen and SEA NEA Section and N i
SWA Section 5, Township 81 N, Range
10 W., by Simon Geiger, Contestee, in
which it is alleged that said Simon
Geiger never at any time had a resi-
dence on said land or improved or Gull
tivated the same, and that said al
legged absence from said land was not
due to his employment in the army,
navy or marine corps of: the United
States in any capacity during any war,
said parties are hereby notified to ap-
pear, respond and offer evidence touch
ing said allegation at 10 o'clock a. nj.
on January 7, 1903 before the Register
and Receiver at the United States Land
office in Duluth, MINI.
The said contestant, in a proper af-
fidavit, filed December 3, 1903, set
forth facts which show that after duo
diligence personal service of this no.
tice can not be mae, it is hereby or.
dered and directed that such notice be
given by due and proper publication.
VIM. E. CULKIN, Register
SMALLWOOD &. SON,
Attorneys for Contestant.
Labor w orld, Dec 5-12-1926, Jan. 2-s.
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AGED WOMAN IS <
BURNED TO DEATH

ELMW0QD, Neb.s, Dec. "A cottage
occupied by Mrs. Martha Schloatman
and her daughters was destroyed by
fire tonight and Mrs. schloatman was
burned to death. John Fohlfurst, who
tried to save her, was severely burned.
Mrs. Schloatnan was 80 years old and
helpless. The daughter tried to rescue
the mother, but owing to Mrs: schloat-
mans weight, nearly 400 pounds, the
daughter was unable to drag the moth
er from the ROOM; The daughter was
slightly injured i
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-05
BROTHERS ARE RICH.

BARBOuRSVILLE, KY, Dec. IA
letter has been received here from Mrs
M: e.. MCPHERSON OF Los Angeles, Cal,
who asks that James and George Nc
.Pherson, her sons, be-, located and In
formed that q fortune.is awaiting them
IN Calfrni isS, $. E .2:= .:z. r:
+ his esaid st was necessary they be no
tilted before the i last of thetmont!,, in
order: to- hold a large sum Sof money: r.:
i The MlcPhersonsS have been=ssa this
place for s meS time III the oil business
IT. Is not known when: Il ey J will start
To- California to- get the fortune II. !:
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-05
OLD MAN STOPS
FIERCE RUNAWAY

BALTIMORE, Md. Dec. 2.-with
hands bleeding and lacerated, both
hips brulsed,~and,; ii: is feared, seriously
injured 4 otherwise, Sanford Duff was
taken into his home; the hero of an
exciting runaway HIT ( H. j: LII: Is:
Isl years old,
Wa Is his way to a store IS make
some purchases for the family when a
horse attached. to the grocery wagon
of W. j. Brown was seen dashing to-
ward him down Fourth avenue. It
took but a moment to grab the reins,
but the, next instant the aged man was
dashed to the street and wheel of the
heavy wagon passed over one hip.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-05

The trade unions ask to be judged
upon their acts as whole, not upon
the acts of a few fanatics, disrupters
and political action malcontents. It
would be manifestly unfair to harshly
judge and condemn the church, the
city, the state or the nation for the
no sane or just man will do so. Edu-
cuate, correct and build up is the
any institution.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-05
WHAT Is A CHURCH
WITHOUT A SPIRE?

SYRACUSE, Dec. FLAMES J. Bel
den, of Syracuse and New York, wants
spire on the proposed new First Pres
pyter1an church. The trustees do not
want spire, and this situation caused
an excited argument at a business
meeting of the trustees.
MIR. and Mrs. <Belden, when they took
up a residence at the Manhattan hotel
in New York, offered their old home
to the First Presbyterian church, Of
which they are members, for a new
church site. The gift, was accepted.
from the lot to make way for the new
building. 1t has taken year and a
half to do this, and Mr.. Belden has
grown impatient at the lack of interest
shown. meeting was held recently
for the purpose of hurrying matters.
The architect was there with his plans,
and then it was observed that his plans
called for no spire.
I'VE must have spire," declared
Mr.. Belden. The others objected to a
spire. and after discussion it was put
to a vote. Mr.. Belden's suggestion
was defeated. 81 to 13. 1t would re-
quire $4,000 extra to build a spire.
The new church is to cost s147,900
without the spire, and it was the opin-
ion of the trustees that. operations
should not be commenced until the. old
church. was sold. because the debt
would be too heavy to carry. Then
Mr.. Belden got angry and offered to
take the, church site back and repay
the church for it's outlay in removing
his house. II do not want to force this
property upon you,'' he declared, "annd
1 will willingly take it back. 1t is
very: evident that you want to erect a
cheap church" it,: >~.r..
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CAPTAIN MITCHELL =
TAKES A WIFE

ROCHESTER,. n. Y. Dec. >2.-Capt.
William Mitchell, U. S. A., was mar
ried today to Miss Caroline stoddard,
daughter of DR.. and Mrs. Enoch stod-
dard, .of Rochester. Captain Mitchell
who served in Cuba and in the Phil
ippines during the Spanish war, is now
stationed at Denver with the signal
corps. His home is in Milwaukee, Wis.
DR.. stoddard. father of the bride, is
president of the New York. State lun-
acy commission. The wedding was a
society event = .%~ -
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-05
COURT CONVENES
AT GRAND RAPIDS

GRAND RAPIDS Minn,= Dec. 20 -
The December term of the district
court convened here today. There are
over sixty civil cases besides several
criminal cases including the, Cooling ton
murder trial to he disposed Of s
The term will last three Or four, weeks
The grand jury will be il session sew.
eral days, more and g number of in-
dictments it is thought will result.
Many prominent attorneys are in at
tendance and the town i :tlill OF
strangers attend ting court as jurors and
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-05
DRIVEN TOzSUICIDE;. j

SHARON, Pa, Dec 2.-Brooding
over a fancied neglect of duty caused
6. ]. Matte to commit suicide at New
Castle by cutting his throat with a
razor Matte had charged the Penn
sylvania guard gates when an: anlbu-
lance was struck by O. train and sew
eral men We're injured, i He believed
that he was blamed: for the 4 ccident
and it :preyed upon his mind "a 81 ood-
stained note was found il his pocket,
dis dliIssclain1ing RESP onsi bility acci-
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RICHTER COMES TO
AID OF SOLDIERS

BERLIN, Dec. 2.-Herr Eugene Rich
ter, leader of the radical party, has
decided to interpellate Count Won Rue-
low, the imperial German chancellor,
regarding the maltreatment of private
soldiers by their Off GERS.
He will ask the chancellor to see
what legislative and administrative
measures can be adopted to more eff
fectively counterfeit the abuse of their
authority officers of the army, which
was demonstrated in number Of re-
cent cases before the military courts
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-05

"One little button-hole bouquet CIV
en- during the stress of life is worth a
thousands wreaths of roses laid on the
coffin of man or woman who has died
edness." True, indeed: and every UNI
ion man and woman, with the obliga-
ton in. mind, acts in accordance with
the above sentiment
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-05
CARS UNRELATED !.
I 90 :.s s. 4 /. s. CREWS STRIKE

CHARLOTTE, G: Dec 1.-The.
Charlie tte Street Car: company; did not
furnish 1 heat for. its cars today. and all
E motormens and zzcond uctors went on
strike. Traffic is suspended. x.%.ss :. .s.
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the way to TOLEDO. from a town eigh-
teen miles east. of Pittsburg, only to
find her living with another married
man, whose wife and child are still
in the old country, Albert Schmidt
signed a paper giving his wife to his
rival. Andrew Strobe, for one year.
It is< explained, however, that he did
not know what hezWas signing at the
time: He does lot understand English.
It appears that: Mrs, Schmidt Joined
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If organized labor never accomplish
es another thing during it's life, the
fact that it has abolished child labor
is sufficient reward for its efforts
The kind'of future generations we will
have depends on the strength and en-
lightenment Of our people today.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-05

You will soon be buying your Christ
mas toys-get them in a union store,
from a union clerk, and see that the
label is on them all. We are sure
Santa Claus and. his reindeers are
labeled. They wouldn't be good if they
weren't.