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BAKERS UNION u .
CAN WHIP TRUST
Bakers and confectioners Entitled to
All the Aid Organized Labor Can
Give them-Review the Situation,

O~S' SAe~A'Ns a
possibility that the Bakers and Con-
fectioners' International Union might
entirely unassisted, win out In the fight
against the National Biscuit Company,
more generally known as the Cracker
trust, 1t is a foregone conclusion that,
with the very general aid Of ORGANIZED
labor, to which it is entitled, this we'll
Watered corporation can be brought te
terms In very short time. By paying
exnorb1tant prices for cracker factories,
the trust at one time did about all the
business in that line that was done in
this country. 1t was a very simple
proposition: Get factories at any old
price; pay for them in bonds and
stock; and after everything in sight is
gobbled up, raise prices sufficiently to
pay interest on the watered stock.
Carrying a Big Load. =
But the sche1ners and promoters
reckoned wrongly. There was nothing
to prevent other factories starting.
The process of absorption coult not
continue Indefinitely, so as a. result
| there are already somewhere in the
'neighborhood Of fifty good sized fac
| tories supplying the public with crack
.ers~ just as palatable and just as cheap
as trust products. The Trust has
| bought UP and closed many factory:
but men who have all their lives been
| In the business have quietly gone to
work and started others.
OF course the Trust can take a To-
| cality and food it with goods below
| cost in the hopes Of killing competi-
| ton and then making up the loss by
higher prices. But this country is too
big to be covered. There are too many
cities with facilities for. buying the
! raw material and shipping out the pro-
duct, and the consequence is the Trust
is already severely strained to pay any
interest at all on it's evidences of in
debtedness. In the effort to keep up
the market price Of the stock, the pro-
jectors of the swindle are loading
themselves down with unprofitabIe
stuff, and the time is not far distant
when the gigantic combination will 20
to the wall. Organized labor can has
ten this much desired day by simply
declining to buy Trust-made goods.
1t can touch off the Cracker" that will
send this obnoxious corporation .sky-
high. g.. ....s
- Glimpse Of a Trust Factory.
| While the fight Of the international
Union begins in Chicago, It viii not
stop there. Every :vommercials center
Will in time be up and doing in the
cause Of buying union made bakery
products and lessenfng the sale ~
goods made by non union: ]. labor,
Mamie Taylor, of Findlay, Ohio, writ
/ ing to the OF fetal organ of the bakers
and l5!' ctioners has this: g say of q
factory in Toled 100 III. - zs=
have wondered Tor some. time. if you
/ were aware. of the condi ditionH of labor
emplo Dyed at the Sly ational Biscuit COS
plant t#at Toled Ohio SIt has the rep
.l:Wutatton W being of tho cheapest plants
lot company and DO not believ;s
IlIit miss r1uc an sure ui,l
Isthe.enpl oyes there bid shail union
Iamon1 hem WITH el,t.
Al1to dsQnN thoritysfh TT
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It comes, the militia; 10 drawing down
censure upon it by making military
maps and. preparing for campaigns
against strikers as" If they feared an
uprising and rebellion. Just what is
being done in many cities throughout
the State is illustrated by the following
news from the Daily Times of this
city:
A military map of the city was COM
pleted last evening by III. De Forest
Patterson under the direction of Capt.
George j. Stacy, for the Headquarters
OF the Fourth Brigade in Buffalo. The
original map was sent to Buffalo to-
day. Captain Paterson has teen wark-
Ing on the map for several months
1t is in detail and shows the fac
tories, shops and railroads where there
is a possibility Of an industrial upris-
ing. Within close. proximity to each
factory and railroad there is designed
an open space OF sheds that could be
used as camping places for troops. The
map locates all the stone and brick
public buildings in the city which could
possibly be used as basis of military
operations. These buildings include
the college buildings, the experiment
stations, the schools, churches, hotels,
postofflce and city buildings, and all
other places that could be used as mil
Hary headquarters or strongholds. In
addition to these all open places OF
ground, such as public parks, the COL
lege campus and the driving park
which could be used for military man
euvers, are located on this map
The making Of this map in compli-
ance with a general order sent out
from the headquarters of the Fourth
Brigade last April which directed all
the separate companies included in the
command Of the brigade to secure as
large war map as the cities in which
the various companies We're located
afforded. The purpose of such col.
lection of maps at the brigade head
quarters is to enable the Rrlgidier Gen
eral to issue specific orders in the time
of uprising or the movement of the
troops. These maps will make it pos
sible for brigade officers to locate ir
time of strikes the exact place whee1
the seat fthe trouble .is andthe near.
est place where the troops can bt
housed, and to direct movements ac'
cordingly.
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TELGPH00B GIRLS
GET COURT DECISION
EFFECT OF JUDGE CRAY'S DECIs
ION ON THEM.
Company Says Strike is "Ciosed Incl.
dent"-Mr. kirkhoff on the
Decision.

Minneapolis, Mimi, July 9.-While
the status of laboring men In such
cases as that involved in the recent in
junction by Judge Cray in the electric
al workers case will not be regarded as
settled until the Supreme Court of the
State has reviewed that case, there is
much speculation as to the bearing of
Judge Cray's decision on other labor
girls at ;t1es Twin: :Ci ty .Tel phone Com-;
zpany Wh oSreeent strl q Ele
tlsiI
at present as that of - strike, al the
vacancies having been filled: To the
company the incident is regarded as
closed.
The girls and their friends admit
that they have sought to create public
sentiment in their favor, but deny that
they have in any wise done any actual
damage, such as might be inflicted by
boycott upon the company's business.
William A. Kirkhoff, treasurer of the
Twin City Telephone Company, when
asked for an expression concerning
Judge Cray's decision, said:
Il have not seen the text of Judge
Cray's decision, but have read The
Press report of it. The decision is
certainly sweeping, and to the lay mind,
seems, in some respects, drastic.
should hardly expect it to be affirmed
In the Supreme Court at least in it's
entirety. thoroughly believe that If 1t
could be carried out it would prove
Of inestihable value to labor. am in
full sympathy with the aim of labor to
better it's conditions, and believe the
n ipo
do not, and cannot approve Of all of
the methods used to gain the end
sought by labor. The unfair and un-
justiafiable means frequently employed
have alienated public sympathy to a
large extent. There are occasions
when in my judgment, a properly con-
Quoted strike is justifiable as last re-
sort, but from my own experience, I
am confident that at least 80 per cent
fthe strikes are wholly unjustif1able,
and have only injured the cause of
labor in the eyes of thinking people.
This decision, If upheld and en-
forced, would tend to compel labor to
seek adjustment of differences by
methods other than unfair and unjus-
This would lead to the regaining of
public sympathy and greatly promote
the cause of labor
When asked what the effect of the
decision would be in the case Of the
striking telephone girls, Mr.. Kirkhoff
said:
'The action of some of our discharged
| employees in sending letter to our sub
| scribers, with the attempt to- discredit
us by misrepresenting the facts in the
case, might possibly be brought under
the provision Of such a. decision. There
is no intention however on the part
of this company to seek the protection
of the law. We believe the girls have
been misguided in their effort and mis-,
led by certain designing persons, an6
are to be pitied for the course they
have taken rather than blamed
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PRINTERS WARNED.
MUST ABJURE ALL COERCION
DepIorss the Lust For Power as Shown
in Some Fishts Between Sister La
Dor ORGANIZATIONS,

Deplores the Lust For Power as Shown
in Some Fights Between Sister La
Dor Organizations.
+; Pittsburg, Pa. July 9.-W. B. Pres
colt, ex-president Of the 1nternation-
an Typographical Union, says that
coercior1 by labor unions is, suicidal.
He deplores the lust for power as
shown In the fight 0 fthe: brotherhood
of Carpenters in New :. York City
against the .Amalgamated Society. Of
Carpenters, and sees the fratricidal
strikes in Jurisdiction fights are losing
friends for the workers cause Speak
ing to the: printing craft he says:
Surely no member Of the printing
trades unions desires to see his organt-
zation placed in such a a..position that
the work Of years will be placed in
jeopardy under the plea Of upholding
a "principle,"' which is. regarded as sa-
cred in one city, while unknown, to the
next town. Nor does he, wish to see
his union confess itself so wanting in
capacity as TO be unable. to settle g.
difference with q sister union.
The workers OF the craft have the
opportunity to throw their influence on
the side Of common sense. and it is
hoped they will. do SO. The pending
agreement between the printers and the
pressmeia may BE faulty, and IN put
ing it In operation much dispution may
arise, but the salient and important
feature OF 1T Is that It insures peace in
the sense. that union pressrnen will not
be- SAnsisting onsssthe discharge Of com
positurs Cor wi &c VersaD because they
are union men. " ithl, an agreement
liproviding for i ne tihods 81 settling con-
tentions whic arise unions may
INSTRUMENTATION ainet* doing what they
In their calm NOM sdo.not wish to
annoyIng enploye and
lSmakinE :saiI sol 4 them. 77S
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Cabinet Makers Strike.

The cabinet makers are greatly elat-
ed over the fact that one. of the largest
firms in the city, Smith & Johnson, has
caved in and on Tuesday acceded to
all the demands of the strikers. All
the other firms are tied up and are
making the most frantic efforts to get
their work done. Some work was sent
to st. Paul, but the union men there,
having been posted, refused to touch
it.
There are no signs Of weakening on
the part of the cabinet makers, and
they are more. confident today: than
seXerof heir. ;z.= S3s
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salary on an average Of 1910 per week.
How can. girls 1--we on, that amount and
be respectable?

sdleFy oM HI AVeTake. OF 1910 per week.
How can girls i've on, that amount and
be respectable? -. :,
They had some little trouble with
their help last week heard puite 4
few Of the girls walked out because of
some trouble over wanting them to
work over time for nothing: The bak-
ers and helpers are: a long way from
being satisfied
Groeers Buying Union Goods.
Joseph Schmidt, International organ
izer, tells Of bis experience in getting
grocery stores tosthrow out trust goods.
personally have visited f1fty-six gro
ceries,' he says. ''end only eight posi-
lively refused to discontinue the sale of
scab goods. 'ThirtXssssmen :in greater
New York are acting; as a voluntary
committee: to LESSER the sale of Trust
goods, and the':result is very encour-
aging" In regard to a. new factory
using the, union1iabels being started. or
ganizer Schmidt writes:
The New York plant of the National
Biscuit co. employIsabout 1000 hands
and in my opinion ao4large part of. the
work formerly done at the factories
now closed in Chicago has been trans
ferred to New. York. ..
new cracker factory is to be opened
in New York by Il firm called the
Knickerbocker, Biscuit Co. I visited
| with brother GoeckeI, the factory with
the object in view to Organize, il pos
sible, the new enterprise. Our recep-
tion on the. part Of the management
was friendly one and we were assured
! that the new factory would be entirely
| Independent from. the National Biscuit
Co: and would start operations on July
L.. The manager: promised to submit
our request to the owners of the con-
Germ and seemed to be convinced of
the fact that, it. would be possible for
the new concern to successfully COM
| pete with the National Biscuit Co. by
! using the union cracker label. The
new factory will: be operated and fitted
up with modern machinery, and in my
opinion about 1000 PERSONS will find
employment there. -
| An official circular signed by secre-
tary Harzbeck kerE to all bakers and: con-
fectioners' unions, reads: .
| According to the decision of the In
ternational Executive Board each and
every! local union is hereby requested
| at once to make preparations for a
lively agitation against all the branches
controlled by the National Bicsuit Co.
and also those handling their goods in
any way, shape or manner
| Chicago, ILL.,, has been selected by our
last convention where the: main fight
Is to be fought. Ourssisters and bro
theirs in said locality Will undoubtedly
do their':ver best,. and it, is now the
duty Of all our locals and their men,
bers everywhere rot to. leave all the
work to our: .chicasslp comrades, but dc
felt allsoxearl z5nsny !, months have
! |ss'l = - - NJ
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TEXTILE WORKERS IN A MOB.
Two Thousand Men and Women Went
After Non-union Workers,


Philadelphia, July 9.-The first dis
turbance in connection with the tex
tile strike occurred at Franklin Dye
Works. where ten non union men, all
of them Polanders, narrowly escaped
injury at the hands of asmob Of 1000
men and women. ..>:* I.
The strikers had learned that non
union men had been engaged ~ the
firm, and gathered in great numbers.
! The police We're telephoned for and de-
=cided to take the ten men away .:! .:==
w Ia.s hen the non uni ion. men under pol:
Ice escort. appeared on the side walk,
the crowd pelted with stones, ones,
clubs ely and missile The police fought
their through The crowdHan got
Stl1ssnle sRa some he
acIkin 81 part eceived SIT terf rftl
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ST. PAUL LABOR MEN
SHOW MUCH ACTIVITY
CLERKS UNION Wilt PROSECUTE
vIoLATERs or" SUNDAY LAW.
PAINTERS UNION TO
PARADE AT CARNIVAL,



World).- At the last session of the leg
islature a law was. passed requiring
certain stores to be closed on Sabbath
day. This: law :, Is being perslstently
violated. At Tuesday nights meeting
Of the Grocery Clerks Union 1t was
decided to take active measures to en-
force the Sunday closing law. The
committee on Sunday closing, backed
by the union, will test the validity of
the law by swearing out warrants for
violaters Of the law, All storekeepers
who keep open on Sunday will be noti-
fled by the conarniittee what they may
expect If this course is continued. The
grocery clerks mean business and will
spend money to enforce the provisions
of the act.
The meeting was a large and enthus-
iastic one on account Of the installation
Of officers. Those installed were:
President-Fred Miller.
II. First -president-John Meyers.
Second Vice-president - Matthew
Krones.
Financial Secretary and Treasurer
M. Hoeselberger.
Recording Secretary-A1. Hammer
Guide-Willian Burke.
Guardian-T., c. Kay.
Two applications. yfor membership
were received at Tuesday nights meet
ing of the butchers union, and one
member was re-instated. AL. Waters,
who Is now at Alma, Wis, was report
ed ON the sick list. The election of Off
GERS resulted az follows:
President, H. D. Lotz; Vice-presi-
dent, Frank c.. Paar; recording secre-
tary, Otto, Kropp: financiar secretary
Geo. Dowdle;: treasurer, al. 0ehme;
inner guard, A. Haas; outer guard
Harry Scheffenberg; trustees, James
! Handlan, Harry -Bauers and Frank G.
Paar; business agent Al. Oehme.
The entertainn ent : committee re-
ported that suitable arrangements
were being made: for the picnic to be
given at Inner Grove, on Sunday, July
10; that the. affair would be the best
! ever given under the auspices Of the
union. II the weather permitted, and
that the sale of the tickets. 80 far was
all that could be. expected
The union Carpenters Of st. Paul
are quite enthustia site In their endea-
| vor to make q niolster demonstration
| on Labor Day. The local union has
about 800 members IA good: standing,
and every man: Of them, will be expec-
ted to turn out In the parade. zPresi-
dent Walsh ct Tuesday nights meet
| ing named the following committee
| to make all necessary preparations
such as hiring band and; purchasing
new and approp 6 lniforms John
-. Hughes, cha iiiriiilaan; GUS Carlson
A. 90 Ftrsham1lm er,:P q, w Hartigan
and ". &. 8 J. & Mac key: his committee
was directed tpzf fprpcure samples Of the
uniforms to bepnrchased#at once and
to submit them for ton at the
meeting j on next Tuesday evening. /. s
81 r. Carlson ma Fsllx IttIndsley were
Il: Nels Johnson the watchS dog of the
| treasury. submit his qlarterlyxre.
port The recetp dnrink hat per
d#vvere 3z.s1 xpenses $l,,s ssI.s6;
balanceS
.z Ea,f1ng sdayss Busines,
srIgonsS ceiyetI .015.ir
initiation @ sssn,elnbersHwhc.
have o,hs &
Esb5ssat |1S5sk ,sss g, 81,
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MINNEAPOLIS UNIONSS:::...;;
DO MUCH BUSINESS
BOOT AND SHOE WORKERS
ELECTS NEW PRESIDENT
Horseshoers' Union Has New Officers,
Cabinet Makers Win a New
Factory for Union Labor.
Boot and Shoe Workers.

Boot and Shoe Workers.
MINNEAPOLIS, July Especial, to
Labor World. .)-At the meeting of the
Boot and Shoe Workers. Union. on
Tuesday evening, President Charles
Godfrey rendered his resignation as
president, and r. W. Angevine was
elected to fill out the unexpired term.
Mr.. Godfrey's reasons for resigning
were that he has gone to work in st.
Paul and removed thither. :
c. E. James, of st. Paul, George
Frank, of st. Louis and George Bury,
Of Cincinnati, were nominated for the
general executive board Of the Boot
and Shoe Workers National union. !,
Henry Norris was nominated for gen.
eral auditor Of the, same.
It was decided to participate in the
Labor Day, parade, but no action was
taken with reference to uniforms.
Two dollars was donated to the strik-
ing putty g1asiers and 81 to the .strik-
ing telephone girls.
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Journeymen Horseshoers.

JouFneyHoh for8e8hoeT9.
At the regular meeting of the Jour-
neymen Horseshoers' Union on last
Tuesday evening, the election of officers
for the ensuing year resulted as fol-
lows:
President, Louis Ludhel.
Vice President-Benjamin Moore
Financial Secretary-N. J. La Brasa
Recording secretary-J. H. Cuthill.
Treasurer-John c.. Davidson.
Delegates to Trades and Labor Coun-
cil-N. j. La Brash and Stephen j
Roach.
Trustees to Fill Vacancies-Josepl
Kyle and A. J. Raymond.
Sergeant-At-Arms- stephen J. Roach
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s3enAsta, B isznot o.bes
.wpnd dered thatS the uni 81. labor orxali-
cuuntr are hostiles
III 8 are falki1nllxiIS In
|sstspl eYnber hIpsfr
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Toledo, Ohio. - Electrical, workers
have settled their strike here by a com
promise agreement. ~ 'E::E.= .s=z 81. >.z.
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Ss1CuSss1I 11N11SHQSs#aS1H
these, the New York Central, the Lake
Shore and the Northwestern, are known
as Vanderbilt roads; two of the six, the
Missouri Pacific and the Denver & Rio
Grande, are Gould roads. The remain
ing road is the Burlington, and it pays
out more than any other road in the
list. The Missouri Pacific is close
second, but there is this difference, that
while the Burlington and the New York
Central are making quarterly payments
that Of the Missouri Pacific is a semi
annual payment.
In the list of companies paying inter-
est on bonds the Baltimore & Ohio,
Canadian Pacific, Burlington, st. Paul,
Great Northern, Southern and Union
Pacific appear with as much as $780,
600 each. Several other companies will
pay more than $1,000000 each.
Money in Gas.
According to semi official estimates
received by New York interests con-
nected with the Peoples Gas Company,
earnings for the first half of the year
show that the company has earned at a
rate nearly double it's dividend require
ments, and this in spite of the strike
of the company's employees.
The Chicago National Bank of North
America issued it's second semi-annual
financial statement to the stockholders,
showing that during the past year 1t
made $13o,125, after liberal charging of.
This is 6.5 per cent on the capital stock
Of $4,000 Most of the other banks
of the country paid their usual divi-
dends Of from to 10 or more per cent
on their capital stock.
Uncle Sam Well Fixed.
When Uncle Sam balanced his books
last week, he found he had been col
lecting something like 100000 day
for. the past twelve months, and that
the expenditures had been enough less
to show a balance of $520o0,00o. There
was $631 ,639,s98 in gold in the treasury,
though against this there were about
$400, ,000,00 in gold certificates floating
about. Altogether there is an available
cash balance in the United States Treas
ury Of $2s1, ,o12. The total debt ag-
gregated little less than a. billion dol
lars.
Sources of These Dividends.
Whence arises these great sums of
money from which dividends are paid?
There can be but one answer. It was
not created by Wall Street or other
promoters. It came from the sweat and
toll Of labor alone; The man in the
mine, the men, women and children in
factory and office. the railroad engi-:
neer, fireman., road men and all the
others in the various departments Of
transpOrtat ton - each S.. contributed =
share small or large, that made up the
SUM total of those who toll not, neither
do they spin,', vet they reap where
they have not zsown. It iss safe to say.
that these annual Wall Street payments
OF dividend represent q per capita tax
OF $55Eon every man, woman and child
IN the g United States, or about $25 per
family s. .=z= =.@.
Be And &. the risks run by. the worlds.
ealth-producers9s Are they not truth.
FULL shown IN anotll article to be.
found this
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Is Madison, ,Wis.-The plumbers strike
begun May - has been settled. #...-: ". s. :
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Bedford, Ind.-The strike in the stone
mills and quarries* here has been ended,
both sides making CONCESSIONS. !
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Houston, Texas.-The strike of work.
men in the creosote works of the South
ern Pacific here for an increase Of II
per cent in their wages has been COM
promised. ;.
Dixon, ;Ill.-The. Contractors Build
ers:: and Millmen's Association has
agreed to, pay the union Scale OF wages
and hours and thus the strike is ended.
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MILITARY MAPS MADE Or =: ..s..=zsS {: IS
3ss. sz oRk CITIES:

Militia Commanders plan ina Futur,
campaii gnis int Strike In in
Sosdi - " ant xsreisa.