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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-11-14

side" OF their j hey ted 10
~ n. their competitors and they got.
Sam Parksnko help th EN-. , !: !.
But the corrupt bosses went further
than this AS aruleeth they had tn|their:
contracts with: their custom afclause
that If work was: delayed on: account
OF a strike the time IN which the con-
tract was to bezHcompleted: was to be
extended: So, when tn ey wanted more
time on a: contract. they hired Sam
Parks to get up:&a strike at the right
time, and 10 and behold! they escaped
all penalties for:#notsg getting the Job
finished on time:.~~@Thus was: competi-
tiona between contractors killed, work
sl1ghted, and .plenty.sof time 2:obtained
for finishing a building. 1t worked
splendidly, both for the contractors in
the ring and for Sam Parks, !:
Sam Parks became: avaricious. He
saw how ,aesy it was to, work the snap
and he started out on his own account.
IT new firm came into the field he
demanded of them an tinitiation'' fee
which gave them, when paid, the priv
ilege Of going on:with their work
without fear or a strike, and Of hiring
union orr nonsunions men at any old
price that suited them. Beginning.
with helping THE contractors to betray
their customers, PARKS ended with be-
traying~ the union that had given. him
such extra OF binary authority: :":::.
1t appears that the: great power be-
| hind all this corruption was, the Full
Ter Construction company Of Chicago,
| who, when it started in business in
New York City, took Sam Parks along,
putting them on it's pay roll as their
| agent inside the union. THE Fuller
CONSTRUCTION company is: capitalized at
$2o,oo0,ooo, and 1T in turn is owned and
| operated by. a gigantic corporation
with watered capital Of $66, 000, 900,
known as the United States Realty
ana Construction company. BY it's
peculiar methods many of the old
line contractors found themselves
without any, business: while the trust
waxed fat with contracts and soon
dominated in New York building oper-
,ations. This corporation was .forti-
fled by Influence in many ways In
the language Of Ray Stannard Baker
1T was intimately related to most OF
the other great trusts and financial
interests, whtcA;aftert al+ l;; re.pothing
| AAoAS tlIdA d with head.
quarters in Wall. street.
The lesson of all. this for labor or.
CARNATIONS is this, stick to tried anc
true leaders. Do not run after strange
gods In the way of those who promise
gerat things The conservative mar
will, in the lolg,iur, bring; the aver.
age labor member. the: greatest result:
IN the way Of INCREASED wages, shorte,
hours and better surroundings. Afte,
all, the labor leaders of. the Sam Park:
stripe are: few. while those like Kidd
OF the: -Wood-workers, and Mahon. o.
the Street Car Employees, and :Perkin.
Of the Cigar-makers are many. 80. j.
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.C| y STRIKE,
y! IglAI|N||lG J SERIOUS \ 5

TRINIDAD, Col, Nov: SIT is now
evident, that the strike of the coal
miners in the':First::, ;a1strict! of. the
Colorado Fuel 81 iron company is no
small affair. In fact. 1T is strike out
for by the officers Of the United: Miners
of America, and ten times what was
looked for: by the. coal operators.
At the meeting of the superinten-
dents: and. pit, bosses, held; :in~ the Col
orado Fuel & Iron offices: ;at Trinidad
last Thursday night; reports. were made
that. in no camp would enough men
go out to cause a. shutdown. It is
doubtful if enough men can be found
in the whole district by tomorrow. to
work the mines at Primero.
At Gray, Creek every miner but one
has Quit and the, camp is. surrounded
by armed guards At Bowen the men
are quitting: rapidly. At 'Tercoi the
men quit early, :: At Starkville nearly
every man quit. At Peadmont, the
new Rocky Mountain Fuel company,
men took their, tools home There
| is not mine in this section that can
start up tomorrow with a half crew
All day the chiefs and miners have
been swarming into Trinidad. nearly
all of them having their pay checks,
running from $1S7> down. The police,
who were stationed near the office of
the. United !: Mine IL s. Workers or
ganizatfons to, sztprevent j: ANY, - pos
sibility Of clash: between the union
and non-union men, estimate that al
least 800 joined and came out, showing
their union cards. =; 49,: 80.
The Italians have quit almost to:o
man.. They have not Joined the unio1
to any extent, giving as. their reason
that they were sold out by! the labor or:
ganizatioe ! on two two or three occasions
and they prefer to go out on their owr
responsibility on this OCCASION. =.
Sheriff Clark, secured = deputies III
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LABOR UNIONS ARE
'''. % FOR SOCIALISM


BOSTON, Mass, Noy. S.-The' con-
vention of the American Federation of
Labor will open in Faneuil hall tomor-
row. Nearly all the delegates are here,
todays arrivals including President
Samuel Gompers and John Mitchell.
The convention :4x1ll<<ssbe> in session at
least ten days z.anqSS deleagtes, repre-
senting $4,000 votes, will be in attea-
dance.
One of the principal questions to be
! considered by the convention is
; whether the American Federation ut
Labor shall recommend that it's affilia-
tons ally themselves with that political
party, which. their Judgment, will
best promote the cause Of labor. It is
said that a resolution will be introduced
implicitly pledging the federation. u
| the cause of socialism.
Among the other questions to be dis
cussed will be those of industrialislr
against trade autonomy, women ant
child labor, the eight-hour question
trade jurisdicti0n, arbitration of labo
difficulties and : upionism in govern
ment offices.
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sTENOGRAPHERS :A 4ss:s ~:
i: y,.., ...* FORM. A. UNION.
Organization Effected But Reported
PurpOse Denied by Officers.

Thirty five stenogra piers Of Super
on met last night and formed what
hey term professional association
they refute all attmpts to label the
ganlzation a union and emphatically
- protest against it being placed in that
lass. They claim they will make Nc
attempt 10 regulate the SCALE
A constitution was adopted last night
md in that document the objects of
he association are stated as being
or the purpose Of advancing, protect
ng and elevating the "stenographit
orofesslon.'
The officers elected are as follows:
President-J. r. Hile.
Vice president-Miss Minnie Car
ing.
Treasurer-Fred Dozer.
Secretary-Miss Irene Barley.
Librarian-Miss Kate Bruder.
The official title of the organization
the Lake Superior Stenographer RS
association. Stenogra pliers from Du-
nth will be invited to join. Rooms
re to be rented for the meetings Of
he association. Social events will be
feature of the life of the organizs :
ion. Another meeting will be held
Tuesday night when committees will
e appointed.
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P arks and Corruptiionl,,l..Z


>~~ The following by: Judson Grene1l in
Boyce's Weekly, is very interesting In
its exposition, of the methods OF the
trusts and combines Mr.: Grenel' evil
IDENTIFY finds some excuset{for the ac-
lions Of Parks from the methods pur-
sued: 2s: aa%s II: ~ -: 49, - y
. Without corrupt and unprincipled
employers the Industrial world would
never have produced such q labor lea
der" as Sam Parks. The article in the
November McClure's magazine, entitled
'"rhe Trusts New. Tool--the Labor
Boss fortified as" It is by testimony
in the court proceedings in New York
City where Parks, has been twice con-
victed, proves this. Parks may be. all
he is painted; he even. may he worse;
but whatever, he is, he is the product
of contractors who used him to ruin
mpetitors, and who fiiclled from their
customers much more than they. paid
Parks for his betrayal of his union.
Parks is not an old-time labor man.
tried by years of experience: Like. a
meteor that dashes athwart the aheav-
ems he came into prominence only: last
year; and like meteor he seems des-
tined to quickly sink into Oblivion, a
frightful example Of what accident and
opportunity can do for one who uses
for his own advantage the material he
finds at hand. As rule, q. business
agent follows the orders of the union
in the case of Parks, by using the pow
er the employers gave him, he cowed
the honest members of the House
smiths and Bridgemen's union through
a system Of wedding them out of good
situations and placing his own bench
men in their place. He called strikes
when he pleased, giving no reason tc
the union for the act, and spent the
money OF the organization lavishly
without any accounting.
That Parks did help his union, there
can be no question. Wages were low
| he aided to make them higher Hours
| were long; he assisted in reducing the
length Of a days labor. Many 1ne4
, were outside the union; his effective
work brought them into the fold
Still, these things would have beer
done had no Sam Parks ever existed
The occasion always brings the righ
man to the front, and without Park:
this particular Union would have hat
a leader anyway, and wages fwoult
have been raised and Hours shortened
! Parks was corrupt: of this there il
no doubt. When he went to New
York from Chicago he found a pecul
| lar state of affairs. New York has
building department. It is a favorit,
place for graft" among the builders
the employers. These bosses have pai'
| graft" and bribed building superin
| tendents and ispectors. They spen
money to be allowed to break the law
1t was to their benefit to have on tn
'labor"side some man like Parks VIII,
would help them out in their scheme
! and who would call union men Of
jobs being done by contractors out
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BANK OFFICIALS -:
UNDER ARREST
Alleged That They Received Deposits
After Institution Was: r.,
lnsolveY1t, y:

CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo.,. Nov. s.
James F.. Hadley;. president, Bruno
Hobbs, viceTpresid don't; nd a. C. *Joas,
assistant cashier of the ,Bi-Metallic
bank, which was closed last: Thursday,
were arrested last night on complaints
sworn to by James IS: Mosiel,+ of the
Harder Mosier Mercantile cGmpany@of
Cripple Creek. The information fled
with Assistant Attorney Cole, alleges
that the above named: defendants ac-
Copied $500 from the Harder Mosler
Mercantile company for deposit in the
Bi-Metallic bank when they knew the
institution to be- in an sinsolvent@ con
dition.. Thesprispners were released on ~
bonds of $4,000 each.4t ::s y: :. # :..s
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-. -, =
STREET CAR MEN y: y q \: VA 81 a.
=ass, TIC TIC HG)lDS JIM Oh:
Striking Street Car Employees ard OF
.fieiaIs, Nay Make compro-
- .kre ! ..t1isa
,+.s* 49,

CHICAGO, Nov. s.-Arrangements
were made tonight for conference BE-
tween the officials of the Amalgama ted
Street Railway Employees association
and General Manager. McCulloch of the
Chicago City Railway company in an
effort to bring about a peaceable ad-
justment of the threatened strike of the
men. -; ,t:. ;.:,:: .-'.
Unless the company agrees to some
sort of compromise it: is thought
that strike will be- called early this
week
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POLITICIAN HELD TN !.
LEASH BY C0URT

MINNEAPOLIS. NOV: s,-senator l..
E, Jepson of Minneapolis, has secured
an injunction, in the district court re-
straining his political enemies. Michael
Breslauer and; E::{H: Enkes, especially
from circulation certain printed docu-
ments exposing his personal business.
In the last campaign Jepson's personal
business was s:attacked FOL: the purpose
Of injuring his election. Fearing that
these tactics would: be renewed, he Sc
cured an Injunction: against the. Of
tenders. = -. -; -. ~ X:
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punches today, many of the men hav-
ing been brought down from the saw
mills and the timber lands in the
Stonewall valley. Today $50 men were
sworn in and rs men have been sent
to Hastings.
SO far as can be learned there has
been no violence, but a clash is fear
ed at Hastings. The expense on the
operators for armed guards is now
estimated at not less than $4,000 a day.
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KINGS HONOR. LIST.
Ens|:md's Ruler :Makess.Pronotiens and
.;s ono rs Canadians.

f$ss xsssI q,
~ LQNDQ s ing Edwards
birthday honor list: isE extrenaely :unir-
teresting. No peers or; priVy councillors
have been created, but there is a long
list, ,of promotions; decorations and
knighthoods for services rendered in
TIE various public departments.
Vice Admiral Lord Charles Beresford
has been promoted from commander Of
the Bath to knight commander Of the
Bath August Manns, musical director
of the Crystal palace, has been made a
knight The following Canadians have
been honored::
= *F<obert Bell, Of Toronto. director OF
the geological, survey of Canada; COL
onel Pinault, deputy minister of militia,
and Louis Philippe Herbert the artist
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ELECTION IN SPAIN.

MADRID, Nov. S.-Municipal cleo.
tio11s :were held throughout the coun-
try today: The republicans triumpheee5
in Barcelona, Valencia, Saragosa, Sc
vile and the most important towns. it
Catalonia. Disorders. occurred in Bar
celona in which many persons were
wounded by revolver shots. Two per.
sons are reported to have been killed II
a small town in Valencia,
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= Origin of the Word Gros.

From the New York Times.
Capt. Charles Barr, af the victorious
yacht Reliance, recently told the Curl
GUS story of the origin of the word
"grog.". .:'~ ~.
I'm the olden time, said Capt. Barr,
the sailors in. the royal navy Of
Great Britain got their daily allowance
of rum or brandy neat-they got j.:
drank it .undiluted; coughing and sgasp-
| ing as they doWned the fiery stuff.
But when Admiral Vernon took
command. he. changed. all that. He is
sued AN order to the effect that every
ship in the navy must: serve out the
|seaman's daily. drink. in a weakened
condition-one- third rum and two
|. thirds: water: T. think it Was-.and
! thereafter: there was no 1nore"co ughing
!; and: gasping, but there was, you cal,
lbet, "a lot Of cursing and swearing in
|stead. r.. f I: III W.: - s = i =
/ Admiral: Vernon always used to
]wear a. coat: Of that peculiar rough,
Istiff cloth called grogran N, The sailors
i5ons that account called him Old Grog-
lram,* and this nj knane lin course szof
time they shorten ed I'd own Il :to*s=told
Grog. i! ts 5s M .=.S:ss II
AZ. Next they began to cal miral
Vernon s weak drink after hin1;;.t they
called II i#a..old grog,' finally, drop-
ping l., { tiiey, JUS Il He'd *itzz'grog.'
Gonte1np $s.'G
now hen our hea r= sailors
Talking tbout their .grog, you'll know
that Sthe eferri1l perha ps 10
nsciousl be- British sei,
Idog. Adlnira
l and
.9g1s st1ssl
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EIGHT Persisted ~. :. ~. !,
!. X. ..,:s~@ "a INaMINE FIRE.

:: VIRGINIA: CITY. Mont: Nov. g.
The list Of dead as asresult Of the the fire Fire
i'll the Kearsarge mine near. here. YES YES:
terday numbers Eight Air. ofTssthte,
bodies have ~ eensrecovered, including
that ct; Ct superintendent Turner
and four ofs them were taken toI Butte
for tern,ent today: No cause ,,is, for tHe
fire s. Has been 0pearrasti ions
VIII be sulned soon as repa "a
1t II nine build mss nave been
mac
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FORTY THOUSAND
MAY BE LAID IDLE

NEW YORK. Nov. S.-President
frank Buchanan, of the Bridge and
structural Iron Workers of America.
las ordered strike the country over
m all contracts held by the Iron
league of New York
Forty thousand men in the building
rades and. $50 buildings Under con-
truction are affected by the order.
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DOWAGER TO MOVE.

LONDON, Nov. 9.-The Daily Mails
Tien Tsin correspondent says that
news has been received from, Pekln
that the empress dowager is preparing
to leave .Pekin for Kai Fong, capital O!
the province of IIo Nan, in view of the
possible trouble with Russia,
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TOBACCO MAN n s. ..
. !. a. #: 81 :. ia: NEAR DEATH
No Hope for zRecoveryS of5 Colonel G;
WAIT VIA. =5t Blackwell Durh II !: 81

I: n S;$tGaARLOTTE;. IT. &c. lYov,, Gsolonel
Blackwell s. of=# DUR Il. was " .
stricken y it'll i paral isis toda y5s and no g
hope is held out y for his ecovery.
}startins out Isl a ssedf q
fortune Ia the r1llanslfa ture Sc Eto-:
$baco0 1r lat lost his forr:5
tune. was post ma 81 Dur ham
under Freside emf. Hand dnlinis.
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II or sand ia
d str;esg
IcarriesI tes q stoc NcIIs
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l,b.eribs tor ,bsrz. I, 500
The Columbus commercial., 1903-08-25

The annual camp meeting at
Tabernacle camp grounds begun
last Friday, and there are an un-
usually large number of tenters
on the grounds. The largest
number, however, will be pres
ent today, and a great many
Columbians will be among the
number who journey out to this
delightfully."- cool and restful spot
to hear the gospel expounded
and to partake of the bountiful
dinner which the good people
who live in the surrounding
country always provide.
The meeting is in charge of
Rev. V. o. Hawkins, presiding
elder of the district in which the
camp grounds are located, and
he is being ably assisted by Rev.
j. w. Tucker, the pastor in
charge, while among other min
listers paesent are Rev. j. G.
Persinger, presiding elder of the
Decatur district; Rev. II. G..
Howard, of Tuscaloosa, Rev. w.
G. Hery, of Trinity.
The Columbus commercial., 1903-08-25

1T is stated that Grover Clevs-
land contemplates a tour of the
south during the early fan. ard
will include Mississippi i'm his
itinery. Why not make an ef-
fort 10 induce him % come e.
Columbus? OF all the political
leaders who have visited the
south during the past ten years
Bryan was the only one 81 come
to Columbus, and il seems thai
city which is among the largest
in the state should be more fa-
vored. The Commercial sug-
gests that either the Citizens
Progressive league or the city
council appoint a committee t.
write Mr.. Cleveland and extend
him an invitation a. visit Coium-
bus while in this state.
The Columbus commercial., 1903-08-25

VARDAMAN's cohorts have put
in circulation a story to the ef-
feet that Judge Critz's candida
cy is being backed by President
Roosevelt and the republicans at
Washington, basing the state
ment on special to that effect
which, it was alleged by them,
recently appeared in the columns
of the New York World, and
which stated that the president
would willingly give fifty thous-
and dollars to see Vardaman de-
feated. The Critz committee at
jackson, believing the story TO
be fake, wired The World re-
garding its authenticity, and in
reply received a telegram stating
that no such article had ever ap-
peared in the columns of that
paper. Judge Critz is making
the race on honest and legitimate
The Columbus commercial., 1903-08-25

When you go to buy Witch Hazel
Salve look for the name DEWITT on
every box. The pure unadulterated
Witch Hazel is used in making DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve, which is the best
salve in the world for cuts, burns,
bruises, boils, eczema and piles The
popularity of DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve, due to its many cures has caused
numerous worthless counterfeits to be
placed on market. Thr genuine bears
the name of E. G. DeWitte &c Co., Chi
cago. Sold by Coapmon &c Mayfield.
The Columbus commercial., 1903-08-25

MAJ. VARDAMAN says he has
not made any promises. and
if elected he viii select only the
best men. Every one who be-
ieves that should stand on his
head. This paper can raise q
thousand dollars TO bet that it
can name one-half of MAJ. Var
daman's principal appointees i'm
case he is elected-but what s.
the use? The Major VIII never
be elected. He viii be one ot
the ''has beens. There are too
many good and conservative
men in the state for him to get
in He viii likely remain the
Evergreen" candidate and boz
on hand four years hence run
ming on a new platform.
The Columbus commercial., 1903-08-25
Soy Cured of Collie After Physician S
Treatment Had Failed.

My boy when four years old was taken
with collie and cramps in his stomach.
sent for the doctor and he injected
morphine but the child kept getting
worse. then gave him half teaspoon
full of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy and in half an hour
he was sleeping and soon recovered.
F. L. Wilkins, Shell Lake. Wis. Mr..
Wilkins is book-keeper for the Shell
Lake Lumber Co. For sale by All
Druggists.
The Columbus commercial., 1903-08-25
The END DRAWS NIGH.

The second primary occurs
next Thursday, and on that day
the people of Mississippi will be
called upon to finally determine
as to who will be the governor
of the state for the ensuing four
years. Do we want a man who
with his unsound opinions and
false ideas as to how the affairs
of the state should be conducted
and who with his pronounced
views on the race question will
be continually stirring up strife
and bringing about a scarcity of
labor which will cause every
manufacturing industry in the
state to suffer? If we do, we
should place Vardaman in the
gubernatorial chair, and say $50
it, Jeems, the state is yours for
four years, and at the end of
that time you can return it to US
and we will try to repair the
damage you have done," for
the damage resulting from Var
daman's election would be wide
spread and far reaching, bring
ing, as it certainly would, closed
mills, deserted cotton fields and
crippling countless other indus
tries and enterprises which are
dependent upon negroes for la
Dor.
The cry of hard times has not
been heard in Mississippi for
several years, but with the elec-
ton of Vardaman prosperity
would flee, and again the wall
of dissatisfaction and discomfort
would echo and re-cho through
out the state, for with the ma
chinery In our factories silent on
account of the lack of operatives
and with our fields going to
waste for the want of hands to
cultivate them, we could not
hope for prosperity nor could we
expect money to be plentiful.
If our people want to see their
state continue to enjoy the pros
perity with which merciful
providence has blessed US, they |
should on next Thursday vote /
for Judge Critz, man who be-
lieves in progress and one who
has no pet hobbies nor doubtful /
which he wishes to
try at the expense of the state,
but who will give US an honest,
fair ard businesslike administra-
ton.
The Columbus commercial., 1903-08-25
INSTITUTES CLOSE.

The teachers Institutes for the
teachers of Lowndes county,
which have been in session dur
ing the past week closed Friday.
There was q large number OF
teachers present at both the white
and colored institutes, and the
work accomplished was most sat-
isfactory.
The Columbus commercial., 1903-08-25

THE attempt Of some of Var
daman's enthusiasts 70 besmirch
the character Of Judge Critz in
the vain hope of eleeting Varda-
man is beneath the dignity Of a
gentleman and doubtless is not
endorsed by Major Vardaman.
The intelligent people VIII not
endorse such diabolicaI schemes
to defeat a man, and Maj. Var
daman will be forced to suffer
for the sins of his friends.
The Columbus commercial., 1903-08-25

Persons troubled with indigestion Oh
DYSPEPSIA can eat all they want If they
viii only take Kodol Dyspepsia Cure.
This remedy prepares the stomach fol
the reception, retention, digestion and
assimilation of all of the wholesome
food that may be eaten and enables the
digestive organs to transform the same
into the kind of blood that gives health
and strength. Sold by Chapman &c
Mayfield.