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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-10-03
J. STONE PARDEE
HITS IT RIGHT
ABLE EDITOR OF THE GooDHUE
COUNTY NEWS
DEFENDS BUSINESS
AGENTS OF UNIONS.
Not One In Thousand Like Parks,
Labor Leaders are Liable to
Errors but Most Of Them are
Honest.

J. Stone Pardee in a recent issue Of
the Goodhue County News editorially
comments on the walking delegate of
trade unions as follows:
"Solicltous friends Of union labor have
been urging for years that the walking
delegate be deposed. The walking dele
gate is creature with q ratty mus
tache smoking a big cigar, with bottle
OF champagne at his elbow and head
light diamond In his shirt front. He is
surrounded by circle of starving
Workmen whom he has forbidden to
work, garnished by thin wives weeping
over pallid, ragged children. All he
does is keep men from working who are
otherwise anxious to work.
That is a careful reared myth.
The real walking delegate is a man
who inspects members of the union that
he serves. He. cannot order strike
He Is supposed to see that certain
regulations Of the union are complied
With. He is supposed to stop members
OF the union who are working away
from those conditions. The conditions
are supposed to be drawn in the inter-
est of the union. He cannot originate
legislation nor exercise any authority
over the men not conferred upon him by
the regulations.
AS a matter Of fact some of the
regulations hinder the unions more than
they help them. Their force is some
times misconstrued by the walking dele
gate. And the authority conferred on
him is sometimes abused. It would
seem to an outsider that it would he
better if he was required to report to an
executive committee before issuing any
order whatever.
However, in all the history of organ
lied labor, We have heard of just one
man who systematically abused his
authority. He ordered or threatened
strikes on various pretexts that he
! might call them off when he was paid
| for it. 1T was careless of the unions
| to let such man have the place. AS
careless as for the voters of Minneapolis
to elect Ames or for the Pennsylvanians
to worship Quay. But angels are
| scarcee.
| This man Parks has very properly
| been indicted and sentenced for his
| crimes. And when political friends in
New York made him marshal Of the
II1aborZ day parade, less thar. tent thou.
lll8npldd nan here foEt thoa,sapslzWsre
Ia bor Leaders, like the rest, pf US;
are apt to be narrow and short sighted
But 41iinety-nine out of a hundred are
| honest and not one in a thousand is of
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sblenss sof sunionisrl1. zSs..:
s: In the comp plaint. Samuel Gompers,
Frank Morrison, John b. Z Lennon, : John
Mitchellf and the other officers are espe-
cially named as defendants 5as we'll as
those prominent in. the United Hatters
Anti-Boyootters Back Of Stiles.
Backed by the Anti-Boycott Associa-
ton, John M. Stiles, painting and
decorating contractor, has entered the
Chicago courts to get protection from
an alleged conspiracy on the part of
labor organizations, to drive him out
Of business. In his bill of complaint he
makes the following organizations
Defendants:
international Brotherhood of Painters,
Decorators and Paperhangers.
Painters District Council Of Chicago.
Associated Building Trades.
'Gasfitters' Association, Local 250.
Journeymen Plasters' Association,
: United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners.
International Brotherhood of Elec-
trical Workers. .,
P Stiles has had bills prepared alleging
that these defendants, some 76,95O in
number, have caused him damages
amounting to over $50, 900, and asks the
courts for a judgment for that amount.
The labor litigation that is to follow is
expected to open the way for the legal
adjustment of the sympathetic strike
in the building trades.
In his prayer for an injunction Stiles
alleges that he has been prosecuted by
the Painters and Decorators Union for
refusing to hire none but union men,,
He asserts that when the union found
itself. unable to ruin him unaied it
sought an obtained the assistance of
various other labor organizations, such
as Individual unions and central bodies.
All the expenses will be- met by the
Anti-Boycott Association, which intends
to publish the records and spread them
broadcast throughout the country. Mr..
Stiles complains. that contractors are so
afraid of the enmity Of trade unions
that they refuse to. sign affidavits
! backing up his assertions. {.
Candy Manufacturers in the Game.
, The strike of the: Chicago candymak-
ers: has also evolved a>zlawsuit. The
manufacturers claim $40, 900 !. damages
to their%business by, the members Of the
Candymakers' Union walking out,
necessitating their shutting. down and
locking out twice as mahy workers as
originally went on strike-some 400 in
number. It Is charged by the manu-
facturers that. their customers have
been induced:stoS transact their business
with other FIRMS, and that even force
has been used to turn them away:
= One: day lastsWeek 300 candy workers
surrounded three wagons belonging to
Berry'sa candy "a story and only. when
the police resp ed tosa riot call were
the wagons able to move. At another
/ time a bucking s.'red devil Nv as brought
to the factory and set against 81 the
crowd which quickly got out *of the
way. "a = s.. s* ss:s x
/. This strike IS: for. hig her wages and
better condi lions ia the way of q short
5erWorkday. 81
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GRAND TRUNK CLERKS DEMANDS

9RAND TRUNk CLERKS DEMANDS
Chicago, :Ill.-Fruitless conference
have been held between Superintendent
Bromley an4 q committee of employees
over an inezease Of wages. The men
want q minimum of SIS month, but
the only confession promised is pay for
Sunday work. The clerks, members of
the International" Association of Rail-
way: Clerks, ask that the men at the
stockyards be given the same pay as
those in the other. offices and that 20
per cent increase be. granted to all.
Grand Trunk bill clerks now receive
from $50 to so month, where other
lines pay $65.
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!. MUST. NOT PAY COOP WAGES.

- sMUST.#.NoT#5 GOOD VVAGE
Terrez zHaute.. Ind. Thes Indiana oper-
sators Associat ton has adopted resolu-
ttors penalixing those operators rho
induce miners g leave the employment
Sof other operate ffertng hioher
wagss that paid under the yeaxly COR.
tract. tel
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ENDORSE. HEARST
FOR PRESIDENT AS CHAMPION
AND DEFENDER OF LABOR.
Duluth Local Supports the Zenith City
Telephone Company. Bell TeIe.
phone Company Is Still Un.
fair With Union Labor.

The International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers launched presi-
dental boom for VIM, r. Hearst at it's
recent convention held in the Zion City
of the Mormon church. It is said that
the resolution supporting Mr.. Hearst
were carried amid cheers and without
dissenting vote.
The following Is the resolutions:
Resolved, That the International
Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers.. in
common with other, labor organiza-
tions, desires to join in the measure
of praises an endorsement which la
Dor is rendering William r. Hearst,
Whose five great aneWspa extend
'inK from oeean oeea have nads
boz and iabof such III III
ipions as w. 4. Hearst should Be s,'2.yl sup
ported by = labor organiza tions. the
world over and Mr. Hearst has the
hearty Endorsement and good will of
the Electrical workers, as he has of
all other labor organizations. The in
terests Of this foremost friend of labor
are the interests of labor in general
In speaking on the resolution, H. w.
Sherman, secretary Of the union, said:
IF William r. Hearst receives the
Democratic nomination for presidential
candidate, the greatest uprising Of la
Dor voters that has ever been seen in
America, will start in his favor and his
election will be secured beyond the
question Of doubt"
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LAKE. PILOTS
-. NOW ORGANIZED
YOUNGEST INTERNATIONAL OF
A. F. OF L.
An Old Timer Labor Reformer. Jts
First President-Has a Bright
Future.

Chicago, Oct. 1.-The International
Pilots Association is the youngest in
ternatlonal organization Of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, but
]. M. McGregor, it's first president,
Is one Of the oldest reformers in active
service in America.
The principal cause for it's creation
has been the arbitrariness of the or
gan1zat1on of steamboat capitalists.
one man makes the rate of wages and
other conditions of employment for two
thousands or more licensed officers of
steam vessels; it therefore became
necessary that properly accredited off,
GERS shall speak for these pilots in
presenting their side Of proposed agree
ments.
The vessel owners on the Great Lakes
have had a god organization, and
through it made the wages and other
terms of employment for many years,
but they have very persistently refused
the licensed officers of their steamers
voice in the matter.
A Peculiar Situation.
There is peculiar situation upon the
Great Lakes among the common car
riers, the parallel Of which does not
anywhere exist
The United States Steel Corporation
owns about eighty-five per cent of the
iron ore that is carried upon the Great
Lakes. They own the shipping docks
and the receiving docks, railways and
manufacturing plants in like proportion,
and they own sufficient tonnage to
transport 80 per cent of the ore they
ship. Their interest as shippers and
manufacturers is much greater than
their interest as carriers; hence, if they
carry iron ore at a loss with their
steamers, their gain as manufacturers
will much more than make up their loss
as carriers; therefore, it is of great i'm
portance to: the Steel Trust to establish
low rate Of freight for the 20 per
cent Of ore they cannot carry with their
own fleet of steamers.
Worlds Most Complete Monopoly.
IT the consuming public obtained
cheaper iron products because of g. very
low rate of lake freight, what is now
lost to the vessel owners outside of the
Steel Trust would be gained by the
consumers, and would therefore result
in a common good. But this is not the
case. From the raw material in the
earth to the finished product ready for
consumption the iron and steel prduc-
ton is the most complete, monopoly
within: the list: Of detected Industries, .
the Standard OH nonopo not ex-
|sGepted
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MACHINISTS UNION
EVER ON LOOK -0UT
NEWS OF INTEREST IN NATION
STATE AN CITY,
National Metal Trades Deny Any Rel
alton With Movement to Reduce
Wages Precedent. O'Conneis
Good Advice.

The National Metal Trades Associa-
ton deny that they are in any move
ment to cut the wages of machinists 10
per cent. A dispatch from the officers
reads: "The statement emanating from
Chicago regarding 10 per cent reduc-
tion in machinitsts' wages is a deliber-
purposes, evidently by parties trying
to stir up. trouble between members Of
this association and their employees"
This is only one Of many false reports
continually being sent out from Parry
trouble bureau in Chicago in order
to deceive the public and create trouble
between employers and their help in all
lines Of production.
Washington, D. ca circular letter
has been sent out by President O'Con-
chinists, directing that much discretion
be exercised in the matter of strikes.
which he says should be avoided if pos
sible, and that every effort to settle
labor disputes by arbitration and con-
ciliation be tried before resorting to
more drastic methods.
All the machine shops at Indianapo-
lis, Ind, with the exception of one,
have signed a new agreement with the
Machinists' union. The wage scale
ranges from eight cents and hour for
apprentices to thirty-eight cents per
hour forsdie sinkers... -. III q q
0 s II - :,
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I. I.8IzeYin, importer sof Wines and liz
*quors at 50 Vent s. Superior. street.
carr sstheS ery. best stoek the city
ami ia dlcinal
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wage salary,
question that brought the Internal tional
Pilots Association Into existence The
members refused to retire wage work,
ers from active membership. Hence
the formation Of the new labor organ
ization of skilled and trained men,
which will help to add dignity and dis
tinction to the American Federation of
Labor.
Has Worthy President.
Captain J. M. McGregor, the first
president Of the International Pilots,
has sailed the Great Lakes most of his
life. He is a. student of political econo-
my, and conservative in his action,
while radical in his ideas. Under his
fostering care the association will grow
in numbers and influence. His address
is No. Winslow street, Detroit, Mich.
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The quart AachininstsI
1remoYed
sWashing ,sss5s 5Sto the s Mc-Gill:
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e abor leaders, like the rest Of usy.
are apt to be narrow and short sighted.
But 4riinety-nine out of a hundred are
honest and not one in a thousand is of
the Sam Parks type"
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UNIONS SUED
by EMPLOYERS
WANT $4,000 FROM LABOR MEN.
Anti: Boycott Association Back Of One
Move to. DepIete Union Treasures.

Danbury,. Conn, Oct. 1.-Three suits
have been started, the past week. ag-
gregattng 1$42o.o in value, against
labor leaders and their organizations.
The most significant thing about the
suits is the: admission that, boycottine
hurts manufacturers at war with or
ganized labor, and that, this method Of
winning victories by trade unions is
effective.
d. E.. Loewe& & Co. Of >Danbury, Conn.,,
wants the largest sum. This firm has
Instituted suit for $350;00O damage
gainst the officers Of the American
Federation ofLabor,: and also against
the United sHatters of: North America,
as well as :aga4st the $50 local members
of this union. This fight started in 1901,
when the m.refused to. employ union
labor. It Sclatned that the trademark
Of the United 4iatters, ,*tosbe found un-
der the;hathand of all sunion-made hats,
:iss azdetrimentstp zLoewes Co., and that
the Wa arning lblished I'm the official
ssto,rsA1szo deratlon 81. tho
q E 4 s.
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-15
HAWTHORNE HANDICAP
NOMINATIONS MADE
Chicago Jockey Club Gives Out List
for New $4,000 Stake.


CHICAGO, Feb. IA. - The Chicago
Jockey club tonight gave out the list
OF nominations to the Hawthorne
handicap, the new $4,000 stake to be
run on the opening day of the spring
meeting, May %, and the Northern
handicap, $4,000 added. to be run at
the summer meeting. The entries
number ninety nine for the Hawthorne
and eighty-three for the Northern, and
include the following horses
McChesney, Wyeth, winner of last
years American Derby; Savable, win
ner of the Futurity; Lucien Appleby,
Aladdin, Seintillant, winner of the
Twentieth Century; The Lady, Run
nells.St. Marcos, Flying Torpedo, Her
nando, Allan-a-Dale, Owington, Six
Shooter, Otis, winner of the 1892 st.
Louis Derby; John Bright, the Con-
qHeror H., Eonice, winner of last
years Burns handicap Hminez, Wax
Taper Federal, Wainamoinen. Sidney
Lucas and Esherin. winner of the Calf
fornia Oaks. s.ts
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JIM JEFFRIES is NOT
AFRAID OF ANY
FIGHTER
Delaney Says the Champion
Is Ready to Meet Any Man
but Refuses to Be Dictated
to by Corbett Complains
of Newspaper Lies.

CINCINNATI, Ohio. Feb. 14.-'fWhen
5effries gets good and ready he will
give Corbett a match, but there is no
reason on earth why he should take him
on right now" said Billy Delaney,
Champion Jeffries' manager and train
err last night.
"Jeffries is not afraid of any man on
earth. He has fought three times as
many men as all the other champions
put together and is still ready and
willing to take them one after another;
but he will not stand for four-fiusher
like Jim Corbett to dictate TO him."
Delaney arrived in the city last
evening from Lexington, and will re-
main here for several days, the guest
of his time friend, Mike Conley,
the Ithaca Giant.
Is there any truth in the statements
that Jeffries is a physical wreck?" De-
laney was asked.
It's a shame to put such a statement
in print" replied Delaney. ST can
swear that Jim Jeffries was never
drunk in his life, and never in his life
was he in better condition physically
than right now. I am kept busy day
after day denying stories that unreli-
able newspaper men send out about the
champion, and some of them are lies of
the worst kind. Jim gets up in the
morning and looks at the papers the
first thing. One day he reads where he
has broken down in health; the next
he sees where he is on a spree, and
then again he finds out that he has al
most been knocked out by Bob Fitz-
simmons. To one and all of these
statements 1 want to offer an absolute
denial
Does Jeffries intend to give Corbett
2 chance for the title in limited round
bout? 2"
mo; he does not In the first place,
there is no club in sight that can guar
antee enough money that such a con-
test can be pulled off without interfer-
ence," replied Delaney. Cali this talk
about Jack Hermann offering a purse
at Fort Erie is nothing more than a
bluff. Didn't this same Manager Her
mann, some months ago, when there
was talk of McGoVern and Corbett
fighting at Fort Erie, come out with a
statement that he would not attempt
to take the match on his hands, as the
men had been so well advertised that
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his talk, and this would make Jeff
look like gutter, Corbett could we'll
afford to make good the forfeit him.
self, as 1T would pay him in the long
run for the advertising he would get
out of it. I tell you Corbett is not
sincere. / know him as we'll as any
body. He has not whipped a man In
side of ten years excepting Kid Nc
Coy, and know he dare not talk about
that fight. When it comes time for
giving Corbett match he will get
one. Just now he Is acting as our
press agent. He has done more to
advertise our show than all the paid
advertising We could get printed.
"Sharkey and Mccoy Will be given
an opportunity to face Jeff before Cor
bett, because 1 believe that they really
want to fight Corbett does not. The
public will find this, out sooner or
later. If Corbett is so dead anxious to
show the public that he is Jeffs mas
ter, why does he not sign articles for
a finish fight He hasn't got the
heart. He knows that by matching
himself with jeff before some club in
the East the fight will be stopped.
Then he can have lot to blow about
and tell the people how sorry he was
that he could not get the champion in
the ring. You know man who is in
dead earnest will fight any time or
place. jeff will not only hight Corbett
to a finish for the heavyweight cham
pionship, but will bet him $4,000 on
the side. This would be the real test
as to which is the better man, but
that's just what Corbett does not
want. He Is after a fight with JEFF
for the advertising he can get out of
it, and that's all"
Jeffries' Plans.
Speaking of the champions future
plans, Delaney said that the present
tour of Fitz and Jeff would be con-
tinued until the summer. If there
is any fighting in sight, then Jeff will
take on all the aspiring heavyweights.
F'itz will do the same. If possible a
carnival will be arranged in which FitZ
and jeff will appear. All the chal-
lenges Jeff receives he will turn over
to Fitz. The Cornishman can take his
pick. When he chooses his man Jeff
will pick out one for himself, and then
he and Fitz will go into training to-
gether. They intend to train and fight
at the same time. Jeff thinks this
would be a great attraction and will
try and have such a plan carried out.
The champion and Fitz have become
fast friends. They used to be bitter
enemies, but since starting on the
present tour they have become much
attached to each other and get along
ike brothers. There is not the slight
est friction in the company. and the
champion does everything he can to
please Fitz and in return Bob goes out
Of his way to keep jeff in good humor.
Their boxing bout has attracted large
crowds everywhere. Trainer Delaney
says that 1t is only a friendly exhibit
ton, and that there never has been a
time when either man tried to take ad-
vantage of the other. Delaney admits
thai Jeffries has not saved up much
money since becoming champion, but
says that lately he has learned how to
take care of his earnings, and issnoW
putting away a neat sum every week
in Frisco savings bank.
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side Of the contract which he signed
last October. At the meeting of the
directors of the association at the close
of the season, the Columbus club was
Informed by President Hickey that
Clingman was going to leave Milwau-
kee.
Investigation developed the fact that
the player was under the impression
that he was free to sign. He had been
engaged under a yearly contract to act
as manager and play shortStop. The
Milwaukee club, having decided upon
Joe Cantillon as the new manager, it
was apparent that he would not re-
ceive the same salary as a player
president Havener is on record as say
ing that he would not stand in the way
OF Cl1ngmanS lettering himself. There
IS another circumstance to confirm
this condition. Last October Manager
Kelly, of the st. Paul team, started on
trip to Cincinnati to secure Cling
man, having received the same inform
alton as the local management. He
stopped here to act as groomsman for
Bobby Quinn, of the local team, and
While In the city learned that the
shortstop had already signed with CO.
lumbus Thefeupon he dropped fur
Their negotiations.
thought that Clingman had been cut
adrift by Milwaukee. OF course the
who're matter rests upon whether the lat
ter club included the player in its re-
serve list. In any event. there was an
Clingman President Bryce was to help
milwaukee, out with other players, and
this the Columbus club stands ready to
do. Havener, at the time, said that the
| Milwaukee club looked upon the PLAYER
| as an asset, although tacitly admitting
that it did not intend to keep him on
the salary roll.
The situation appears to be that Hav-
| ener desires to make a little money out
of Clingman's release. The statement
that trade had been made for Phvle is
on the face of it a ridiculous proposition
| as the men do not compare in the least
! 1t is not likely that the local manage
| ment will surrender its claim upon Cling
man without a bitter contest, as bis loss
would mean the breaking up of an in
| field that has been decided upon fol
| months. Believing 1t to be legal. tne
team has gone ahead without attepnt-
| ing to make itself safe. 1t NAV be
| however, that the clubs will come te
some agreement as to. an exchange Of
players, as Columbus has a very large
pitching staff, and can spare a couple OF
| twirlers.
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there was danger Of the fight being
stopped by the CANADIAN authorities?
Now, if there was danger Of Corbett
and McGovern being prevented from
fighting in Canada. you can imagine
what rumpus would be raised if JEFF
fries and Corbett were to sign to fight
there.
Afraid of Hermann.
Mr.. Hermann offers to post $4,000,
but what is that to Jeffries at this
stage of the game? He can make more
than that on the road in a couple of
weeks. Supposing Hermann did post
s. forfeit of that amount. If the fight
was stopped Corbett would accuse Jeff
of having it called off, and the public
would think there was something in