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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-19
HAY IS STILL DOING
BUSINESS As USUAL
DELEGATE OF TYPOGRAPHICAL
UNION REFUSES. TO BE
FRIGHTENED,
Employers Association Of Los Angeles
Threatens to Place Hay In Jail For
Liable.-Threaten to Raise LARGE
Sum Of Money.-Recent Events
Show that They Have Backed
Down,

Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 17.-(Special
Correspondence. AS stated in a re-
cent issue of the Labor World the
would-be -wrecking brigade of
Los Angeles, calling itself the EN-
ployers Association, held meeting be-
hind closed doors and decided to raise
fund Of $1,000, after which Arthur A.
Hay would Immediately be arrested on
charge of criminal libel. Hay is con-
Quoting the fight organized labor is
waging against the Infamous Los An
geles Times, and he was to be charged
with libelling Otis, the editor Of that
despicable sheet. Just as every detail
had been perfected by the Otis COM
bination, agents representing W. r.
Hearst arrived in Los Angeles, leased
five-story building for a period Of
ten years and began to install the most
complete newspaper plant in the
Southwest, preparatory to publishing a
Hearst morning paper. Otis and his
henchmen literally fell over themselves
in their wild scramble for cover
Evidently they have abandoned their
conspiracy to railroad to Jail the man
who is giving Otis the fight of his life
On top of Hearst's coming it is an
1tOullCeu lIldL oLlS Has Iurlnef cause TO
feel disturbed, as the American Fedora,
tion of Labor, at its recent convention
in Boston, authorized the appointment
Of an organizer in Southern California
for period Of one year, and it is un-
derstood that this official will be placed
in the field the latter part of January,
and will direct the work Of organizing
every non-union workman the En-
ployers Association has lured to this
section for the purpose of disrupting
the unions
It is easily to be seen that the motor
ious Los Angeles Times has a stormy
voyage ahead, and that unionism is
to have it's inning.
This can be more speedily brought
about by organizing an anti-Los An
geles Times committee in every CEN
trail body in the United States. Let the
! readers of Labor World see to it that
such a committee is appointed in Du-
| luth.
And Hay is still doing business at
the old stand.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-19
GOMPERS ASKED TO
PACIFY BOILERMAKERS

Washington, D. G., Dec. 17.-Pres-
dent Samuel Gompers, of the American
Federation of Labor, has been asked to
come to Pittsburg to settle trade
fight. The request was made by forty
eight lodges of the International
brotherhood Of Boiler Makers and
ShipbuilderS, who are at present hold
irg IL meeting in Pittsburg to right al
legged wrongs committed by their In
trrnutiunal Officers. The delegates it
is said. base their complaint principally
upon the fact that the international Of
ficers declared a 50 special strike as
seSsment without having it voted upon
by the referendum, as the law Of the
union demands.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-19
FOREIGN LABOR NEWS

Factory legislation and the appren-
tlce system are receiving attention at
the. hands of the lawmakers of Japan.
The average working day varies from
twelve to sixteen hours, and the wages
are small as compared to this country.
In Japan the excess of males over fe-
males employed in various industries
is 2 per cent.
In England there are five labor rep
resentatives in the House of Commons,
and at the next election it is believed
that thirty more will be elected.
The discomfort induced by famine
and lack of employment has reached
the point in Russia where revolution
ary outbreak is imminent.
The French Government employs
1850 workmen and $4,000 women in the
State tobacco manufactures.
After three years strike at the
Penshyn quarries in Wales the men
have voted to return to work uncon-
ditionally. The contest has been one
of the most important that ever oc-
Cured in Great Britain and was bitter
ly fought throughout. The cause orig
lnally was the refusal on the part Of
the workers to vote Lord Penshyn into
Parliament The latter displayed his
disappointment by enforcing obnoxious
conditions and compelled the men to
go on strike. Then he declared lock-
out and stubbornly refused to listen to
any terms except complete surrender.
Immense sums of money have been
spent by the British unions, but the
drain became so heavy that the strikers
had to be abandoned, and the latter
were virtually starved into submission.
There has just been organized at vi
emma, Austria, labor council compos-
ed of representatives of workmen, en-
different departments of the govern
ment for the purpose Of Investigating
the problem Of the unemployed.
German employees in the iron, steel
and engineering industries ar embark
ing upon a contract for the institution
of nine-hour day and minimum
wage, and they have appealed to the
Amalgamated Society Of British En-
gineers for assistance. The engineers
executive council propose to accede to
their request.
Farm laborers in Mexico may be en-
ployed at from Is to 20 cents a day,
though in many parts of the country
they are scarce and unreliable.
The Berlin landlords association re-
Gently appealed to the government not
to build any more homes for civil en-
ployes, because 5000 flats in Berlin
are without tenants. The protests was
not needed, the governments position
being that 1t is cheaper to- provide
houses free Of rent than to increase
salaries suf Efficiently to meet the prices
Il. sIaeal 81
which amount q early d trust
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-19
BUILDING TRADE NOTES

Forty City and State Contractors
Associations were represented at ma
tional building contractors council
which met in Chicago, Dec. 10. Among"
the objects of the new organization
are:
Abolition Of the sympathetic STRIKE
Joint trade agreements with all local
unions.
Elimination of the small contractors
who do not pay union wages.
Union men to work only for members
of the contractors associations
combination with the Interna tional
Structural Allianoe of Building Trades.
Members of the Bricklayes and
Masons' International Union are agi-
tating for union label for buildings,
to distinguish buildings which have
been built all the way through by un-
ion men from others. If such rule
could be enforced, Is per cent Of the
halls in which the labor unions meet
would not be entitled to the union label.
Work on building valued at $20,0O0,-
600 now under construction in ten of the
largest cities of the country will prob
able soon be stopped by a strike of the
international Bridge and Structural
Iron, Workers Union against the
George A. Fuller Construction Company
and the Iron League Of New York.
The. Builders and Trades Exchange
labor. It has instructed itsi attorney: 1 Is
prepare a. suit against the city council
and city officials to enjoin discrimina-
tion in favor of union men. Members
of the union say that they will carry
it to the court of last appeal in order
to secure a decision that will settle the
question forever.
The Building Trades council of Mil
waukee is discussing its own extinction
in talking over the proposition of form
ing it's unions into building trades
section of the Federated Trades coun-
Gil. The organization of this section
will probably be effected Saturday.
The Federated Trades Council Build
ing Trades Council and United Brother
hood Of Railway Employees in Sacra-
mento have formed a central organiza-
tion to be known as the United Labor
Congress.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-19
MOST OF EN- KEEP
AGREEMENTS

Chicago, Dec. 17.-Twenty-four team
sters unions in Chicago, with a MEM
bership Of 10,55o, are classed as contract
breakers in circular just issued by
the Associated Teaming Interests. The
position of the nine other unions. with
5'4O0 members. is reported unknown,
While only seven unions, which, how
ever, have 20,500 members, are listed
as being willing to live up to trade
agreements. The classification is the
result of the teamsters' recent SYM
pathetic strike against the Chicago City
Railway Company. 1t shows the men,
bership of each of the unions, thereby
incidentally attacking the system
which gives each union, regardless Of
size, seven delegates in the joint coun-
Gil. By that rule of representation the
contract breaking unions, with less
than half of the membership Of all the
others, can order sympathetic strikes
at will and in violation of all agree
ments.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-19

Chicago, Dec. 17.-For the first time
in Illinois, at least, a judge has found
a union liable to a fine. Some Of the
newspapers speak of it as a "sever
blow to organized labor though it
would take a diagram to make this
plain.
Franklin Union No. 4, of Press Feed
FRS, is an icorporated body. The men,
bers are striking for higher wages.
Some time ago Judge Holdom issued
an injunction restraining the members
of the union doing such things as pick
eting or trying to persuade non-union
feeders going to work in the offices
where strikes had been declared. Now,
while the unione couldn't do this, there
was nothing to prevent the members,
on their own volition, using peaceful
methods to win their strike. The fact
is, some Of these members have used
violence, and as such they are liable
to the law for their acts But the un-
ion has never attempted to violate the
injunction, SO far as shown.
However, this judge solemnly decides
that an incorporated body is liable for
the acts of it's members, even though
it has not officially countenanced them.
1t will be interesting to watch and see
by just what reasoning the judge will
try to uphold his decision.
TheFranklin Union No. is one. Of
the richest Independent labor organiza< y
tions of the country. 1t has 1900 men,
bers, and it's treasury is said to contain
over $4,000 Many of it's people are
employed at present.
Tonnlod with ha action of T,,1oo Hol-
dom came a substantial victory for tic,
strikers. In this battle they have been
fighting not only the Typothetae but
also the international Printing Press
mems Union and the Allied Printing
Trades Council. AS a result of the
struggle these two organizations are in
dilemma, for they may have to take
away their label from every printing
house in Chicago.
The laws of the Allied Printing
Trades Council provide that a firm
must employ none but members of the
unions affiliated with it to obtain the
label. 1t has organized union to COM
pete with the Franklin, which is out
lawed, but the firms will not. hire the
mem berss ond the Council: to be scon-
tssfsiendrs
from those that refuse 9
The council does not dare to deprive
the firms of the label for fear Of gen.
eral war, and has appointed COM
mittee to try to amalgamate the new
with the old pressfeeders' organization.
| The officers of the Franklin Union are
| opposed to this.
Attorney John A. Bloomington says
In behalf of the men: ''We do not see
| how a corporation which is a mere
| entity can be guilty Of conspiracy to
! violate q court order. do not see how
| the officers of the union can be held
! legally responsible If members go out
and do the Niedermeier and Van Dine
! act"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-19
THOMAS 7. KIDD
DECIDES FOR LABOR

Chicago, Dec. 17.-Seven hundred coal
hosting engineers in the coal mines of
Illinois were recently awarded $40 per
month increase in wages by an arbitra-
tion board of which Thomas I. Kidd
was umpire. The new scale is the high
est paid the United States and is for an
eight hour day. It is:
, Glass A mines, producing 500 tons or
more day, hoisting-First engineer,
500; second, $50; third SIS.
Glass B, producing 200 to 500 tons
First engineer, $s5! second and third,
SIS.
Glass c, 100 or 200 tons-First $75;
second, $3.50.
Glass D, 100 tons or less-First or
second, $40.
Engineers where shaft is being sunk
to receive So a day instead of 1915.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-19
WOULD BLACKLIST
UNION STRIKERS

National Convention Of Contractors
Has Fight on New Bylaws.
Chicago, Dec. 1.-THE contractors
national convention struck a srrag last
week in adopting the bylaws and con-
StitutiOn.'
The Chicago council, which called the
convention, has been in favor of the
CLOSED shop policy, with agreements
against sympathetic strikes.
more radical clement favors ma
tional blacklists Of union workmen who
cause the strikes and universal "open
shop"
A fight resulted in the committee on
bylaws and the postponement of the
meeting Of the main body until this
afternoon, when the officers VII be
elected.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-19
THE ZEAL AND LIFE
OF MARTIN IRONS

Martin Irons, a sketch of whom rec
emily appeared in the Chicago-Herald.
is known as the leader of the disas-
trous strike on the Missouri Pacific
and four other lines between Missouri
and Texas in 1886. He was born in
Dundee, Scotland, in 1882, and came to
this country when IA years of age.
Friendless and penniless, he sought en-
ployment and became an apprentice in
a machine-shop, where he worked for
many years after learning that trade.
AS youth his warm feelings for the
weak or oppressed were always evident,
and to the end his answering fealty
to the cause of the poor challenged the
admiration of even his enemies. Wit
Messing an employers greed on one
side and mother with her dying child
ond the other, he is said to have regis
tered VOW ever after to devote his
life to humanity-"helping to human
ize men and to debrutalize those that
have power over the weak
Having accumulated a small amount
as foreman, in machine-shop, he OPEN
ed grocery in New Orleans and lost
it all through too much trusting, and
then returned to his trade. In 1885 he
Joined the Knight of Labor, and In
speaking of the occasion said: mot
till then did I feel that I had struck
the chord entirely in harmony with my
soul. When that beautiful watchword
of knighthood, An injury to one is the
concern of all,' resounded through my
life and when learned that knight
hood embraced every grade of honest
toll in it's heights and depths, then I
was ready to spend the remaining
energies OF my life" 4
AS chairman of the Executive Board
Of District Assembly No. 1o1, X. of L.,
he ordered the railroad strike in 1886.
which lasted six weeks and threw
thousands of men out Of employment.
The strike was lost. Members Of the
knights Of Labor were forever barred
from employment on the roads, several
were sent to the penitentiary;5 and not
one concession was made by the en-
p1oyers. "A strike that one hours
gentlemanly courtesy on the part Of
the manager would have averted," were
the words used later by Irons. -. d d:
Even though himself defeated he new
er ceased exhorting the poorer classes
to organize and better their conditions.
He served and suffered for his class.
He died near Waco, Texas, Nov s
1901 after many days suffe fering, In.
|ztensified the panss pove szz. 81.
uheerihs for III
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-19
BAD FOR TEXTILE MILLS

New Haven, Conn.,, Dec. 17.-Th>
boom in the price of cotton WILL it is
feared, seriously affect the cotton mills
of the country. The mills Of New Eng
land employ fully 175.O0o men, women
and children, the most of whom have
already had their wages reduced 10 per
cent. The cotton mills of the South
will alsa have all the others of the af
will also feel the effect, for the higher
the price of the raw material, the fewer
yards of cloth will find market.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-19
DISCHARGED EMPLOYEES
FOR FORMING UNION

Benton Harbor, Mich, Dec. 17.-Be-
cause the employees of the Farwell
Overall Company had the 'temerity"
to organize union they have all been
locked out. The employees had made
no demands, but would probably have
done so in time, as wages under the
new management had been cut in two,
so that the best birl could not earn over
$5 a week. Now that the girls are out,
it is not probable that they will go
back until some concessions are made.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-19

SMALL lk11lATlIE EsS "
OF LABOR LEADERS

There is a startling difference in the
salaries of the men who represent la
Dor and the men who represent capital
The nine men who stand at the head
of the American Federation of Labor,
for instance, receive no more pay in a
whole year than Mr.. S. c. r. Dodd, the
Standard Oil Companys lawyer, gets
in a month.
The following is a comparison be-
tween the wages paid by the trade un-
ions and the wages Pc by trusts:
TRADE UNION OFFICERS,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-19
FINED FOR TALKING.

Chicago, Dec. 17,-Last week work.
ingman said to policeman who was
trying to help out the Chicago City
Railway Company: "You are no better
than a scab." For this he was arrest1
ed and fined SO, though it would be
hard to find any law to cover this case.
But this same stfeet car company is
every day defying a law that says that
vestibules must be enclosed; yet no ar
rests are made nor are any finea inn
DOSed
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-19
LIVERYMEN STRIKE.

Chicago, Dec. ia strike of all
members of the Livery Drivers Union
in Chicago is threa tened. There are
10000 livery drivers in the union. They
want $14 week for twelve hours work
Il day, seven days a week, whereas the
liverymen are only willing to grant
them $12 a week for fourteen hours
work day, seven days week.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-19
BINDERY PEOPLE
AGREEING ON WAGES

Chicago, Dec. 7.-Representatives Of
the Bindery Girls union and the Typo
thetae Of Chicago are considering a
uniform wage scale for the bindery
girls. It is asserted by the union Off
Gals that hardly two concerns pay the
same wages and that it would be better
for the employers if a union scale Were
made.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-19
MANY WINDOW GLASS
WORKERS ARE IDLE

Pittsburgh, Dec. 17.-The majority Of
the skilled window glass workers have
been idle since April 1S. They figure,
however, that they will not lose any
thing by not. going to work on. Sep
tember 1 at a reduction of 80 1-3 per
cent, as they are now assured Of steady
employment for at least eight, months
at an advance over last years wages
Of about 21a per cent. =5.E p: < *::%=s r
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-19

the " Internal tional ffice of the craft
that the plan. IS here and
the propositi ton viii be- f,irthered as
"a pidl sas possibl Wit vieW. Of
zestab blishlnG the stamp as ne. recogniz-
ed=symbols union mac, cl,tnists Workat
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-19
WARNING ISSUED TO
EUROPEAN LABOR

Chicago, Dec. 17.-Residents Of Eu-
ropean countries are warned by the
Chicago Federation of Labor not to
come to this country, as labor condi-
tions are: depressed. Alluring promises
given to Europeans to- come to this
country would encrease the army of
unemployeds and thereby bring about
the breaking up=of unions The, Amer
lean Fedora ton / Of Labor are asked to
flood ;Europe with i. circulars cont ain.
sing rnill
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-19
MINE OPERATORS TO
WAGE REDUCTION

Indianapolis. Dec: 17.-At the annual
convention of the Mine Workers Inter-
national Union i'll indianapolis in Jan
uary it is said, the. operators through
out Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky,
and Western Pennsyl lvania will demand
sweeping red uc ction rate for
3fln1inin throngh out the entire bit tum-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-19
BILL POSTERS MEET.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. H.-The an
nual convention of the National Alli-
ance of Bill Posters and Billers met
in Cincinnati this week. Every" i'm
portant city. and town, il the United
States. and Canada vas represented sat
the meeting s@4s s#ss
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-19

Frank WOrrlSan Ills the responsible
position as secretary of the American
Federation of Labor. the biggest organ
ization in the world, at salary Of ST.
400 year, and Lennon acts as treasur-
er for the sum of $100 a year. At the
last convention Lennon was offered
higher salary and refused it,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-19
LABOR And POLITICS,

In the recent elections throughout
the country three labor Mayors were
elected. Schmidt, at San Francisco,
led both the Democratic and Republic
can candidates; Charters. at Ansonia,
Conn.,, with, a Democratic Endorsement,
defeated his. competitor by 2,182 votes
in the greatest poll in the city's his
tory.
Gov. Peabody last Friday issued a
proclamation declaring Cripple Creek
under martial law and suspending the
writ of habeas corpus. He declares
that the gold camp is in state cf in
succertion:. and rebellion *and that the
civil authorities are poWerless.
The Federated Trades Council of Mil.
waukee,: Wis, has taken "a step in the
direction of practical socialism by pas
sing a set OF fsresoluti ions requesting the
city government to bny the land and
build thereon a labor: temple, to be the
property, of organized labor, SO that; the
unions may meet :ins tier SVentil Hated
and better hted room .z S8E
!. sl are
troub cd
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-19
MACHINISTS WILL z. n. ..=. .:.s
I..,: HAVE D ION ST. AMP

aehii1ists will soon have union
s.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-19
union FINED FOR
ACTS Of MEMBERS
NEW RULING SPRUNG UPON OR.
GANiZED LABOR.

An Incorporated Labor Organization
Made Responsible for Acts Which
1t Does Not Approve. Lesson In
the Incorporation of Trade Unions.
New Departure In judicial Pro-
ceedings.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-19

snbscrihs for 81, a. no
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-05-14

JACKSON, HURST & STAFFORD-Attorneys
at law. Once in Rock Island National
bank building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-05-14
Milk For Hens.

1 have fed thousands of cans of milk
to hens and chickens and never but
once suspected that it injured them,
says o. w. Mapes, the Hen Man" In
this case Il number of remnants of
cans, some of them much older than
others. were mixed together. This APP
parently poisoned the hens, so that n
number of them died. The first few
feeds of milk will often have laxative
effect on the bowels, but l do not be-
lieve this is injurious any more than
is the laxative effect of the first few
feeds of fresh grass upon COW. We
would hardly think of refraining from
turning our cows out to grass because
of the laxative effect sure to follow.
Sweet milk seems to have a more pro-
nounced effect than thick or loppered
milk. With young chicks in breeders
any looseness of bowels is objectiona-
BILE If it can be avoided. We use no
medicine of any kind.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-05-14
Mulch For Orchards.

Trees usually cannot grow and ripen
a crop of apples and fruit buds at the
same time. Especially if suffering from
drought they often do not mature the
crop of apples. If this be true, which
every observing man must admit, why
not mulch? l fear that our great adj
viserS have strayed away from nature
at any rate. in regard to trees. Ma
ture is great teacher If any one will
go into the primitive forests. he will
see how nature has provided for the
treeS-mulch in abundance six to eight
inches deep, humus and moisture, with
fertility inexhaustible. The armies of
trees have fiourished for thousands of
years and will continue if not disturb
ed. This is my ideal condition-to have
1t under my trees at least out to the
area of the branches. Anything will
answer for mulch that grows out of the
ground if so decompOsed as not to be
coarse enough to be in the way about
the orchard. If the ground is poor.
spread manure over it first.-T. L. Yer
gore in Rural New Yorker.