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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-01-10

asa whole has remained AbbUt#9t&r.
tionary. Capital has absorbed practi-
cally all of the increased production
Of labor, and that part Of 1t which will
be converted into new capital to de-
mand new profit will mean still more
or get along with less wages or few
er necessities because of a still furth-
er raise In prices.
The only avenue Of escape for labor
is to organize and strike for more of
the wealth 1t produces in order to Off
set the advance of prices of necessities.
Whether capital will be satisfied with
less profits is immaterial. Let the cap
ftalists worry about their own affairs
they never worry about the conditions
Of the workers. II some Of them go
bankrupt 1t only means that their ca
pital has been. conf1scated. by some
stronger competitor, who becomes a
greater boss, and all bosses look alike
to us. It is not our fault If Morgan
absorbs the wealth Of the small capi-
talists and becomes the employer Of
nearly all labor in the United States
in a few years.
Since the claim is made that 1T is a
wise child that knows it's own father
we will be mighty glad to know our
boss when all work for Morgan, but as
for the wisdom of perpetuating such
a. system-well, that's another story
Cleveland Citizen.
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viii Sbe for5 an eight
" 'Blacksmiths III Norwich, = " sess1
cured raise in wages without loss OF
time, and won the 1iine-hour day,
Carpenters in Fort Worth, Tex, won
their demands for $3.50 per day Of
eight hours and the card system goes.
After three days idleness the mold
ers in GAINESVILLE, O., were granted de-
nands for Is per cent raise in scale.
Miners will demand an increase OF
wages in all bituminous coal fields at
their coming convention.
Electrical workers in Ottumwa, a.,
after a two weeks lay off, gained rs
cent day increase.
Glove workers in Ripon, Wis, have
so much work they requested rs cent
increase and got it.
Painters, printers and carpenters in
Ashtabula. O., secured rs cent raise
without going out.
Curbing workers in Mt. Vernon, Ind,
gained a Is per cent increase on re-
quest of committee.
Milwaukee, Wis, glove workers were
granted 10 cents increase and hours re-
duced to nine.
Grinders IN a Fnllauelpnla concern
secured eight day at ten-hour
scale Of wages.
Carriage workers in Franklin, Pa,
now put in nine hours for days work.
Glove workers in Ho1yoke, Mass,
asked for and received Is cent raise.
Gas workers in Holyoke, Mass, asked
for and received 25 cent raise.
Miners at Victor, Col, dedicated a
$500 labor temple.
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FOR BUSY
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granted another 10 per cent raise and |
now demand the eight-hour shift.
Ratternn4aKers and machinists in
Dover, N. j., were granted the nine |
hour day and no reduction.
It Is reported from the West that the |
new United Brotherhood Of Railway
Employees, which admits all classes Of
railway workers, has or is about to
join the American Labor Union. The
new brotherhood officials declare that
out of a million and quarter railway
workers but 100000 are in the old
brotherhoods, that many Of the en-
ployes are not eligible to join the older
organizations, and that the U. 3. of r.
i. will combine with them wherever
found.
Following the ruling Of the U. S.
be printed on wrappers, comes re-
port from Milwaukee that a firm is
turning out some furniture for Uncle
Sam in that city has been notified not
to place the union label thereon.
General Organizer Mclean, Of the A.
F. OF L., who created more trouble
than anything else, has had his COM
mission revoked. There are several
others who ought to be treated in the
same manner, notably Pierce, who is
wasting good money in Denver.
Attempts is being made in Virginia
to force a bill through the legislature
to abolish child slavery. Thousands Of
workers having been disfranchised, it
will be a hard job.
Representatives Of the two national
team drivers unions will meet in In
dianapolis, Jan. IL, for the purpose Of
adjusting their differences and ANAL
gamating.
The s-hour day Is observed exclu
sively in Bonneville, Ind, by organized
labor, and since unions came wages
have increased rs per cent.
Meat butchers and cutters in Grand
Rapids, Mich. have obtained closing Of
all stores on Sunday and recognition
| of union.
Watchrnen's union in FIolyoke, Mass,
! were given a demand Of one night off
each week and an increase of Is cents
| day.
Federal labor union men in Sullivan,
| Ind, gained an increase Of 25 cents on
| the day and reduced ten-hour day to
nine.
Cracker bakers and flour workers In
Kansas City, Mo-, were granted in
| creased wages on request Of commit
! tee.
Machinists at Des Moines, 1a-, have
! been given an advance Ct: rs centss;by
the a. s Is. Paul rail & 'ithoNt
agfIak
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CARPENTERS, United BROTHER.
5sss:. ss$ S3Ss sf.@s VI +


Total income for year. ...,... $244 ,545 %
Previous balance on hand. ..... $500 70
Total. :. $3O2, ,346 Oh
Total expenses for year. 1sS,ss7 IS
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The profits of J. P. Morgan & Co.
for financing seven combines during
the past year amounted to $4,000, 900.
This vast sum does not include the i'm
mense profits that resulted from ope-
rating the United States Steel Corpor-
alton, the thousands of miles of rail-
ways in which Morgan is interested:
nor his banks, coal mines, ships and
scores Of other profitable enterprises.
It Is doubtful whether the total income
Of the Morgan Co. will be made public,
II the firm can clean up $42,o0o,o0o
alone In merely lending its name to
seven new trusts it's investments in
gilt-edged stocks and bonds Of scores
Of combines must bring in fabulous
wealth, for Morgan & Co. do not carry
on losing games.
And SO the wealth produced by labor
during the year 1902 has been slowly
sapped away by the class that controls
the capital of the nation, and the hun
dreds of millions of profits cleared by
the Rockefellers and Morgans simply
represent the toll, the sweat and blood,
Of millions of men, women and chill
dren in ship, factory, mine and on
FARMS railways, ships, etc.
These colossal fortunes that are ex-
acted from the toilers quarterly, semi
annually and annually are re-invested
over and over again and each invest
ment adds to the wealth that is being
piled up by the captains Of industry.
The question that arises right here is,
how long can dividends be paid by
the constant compounding of interest? I?
How long can the people pay profits
where new stocks are constantly is
sued and where prices are steadily ad-
vanced and the power to purchase Is
thereby lessened?
That is the lesson in political econ
ony that the capitalists, crazed in the
mad chase for gold, do not study
E Something does not come from moth
.1ns and therels abilIty
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-09
CURSE OF ALCOHOL
Love of Whisky Leads Husband to
Desert His Wife and Five
Children.
Pathetic Episode in the Life Of Mrs.
Dina White Revealed to
Public.

A sweet-faced, sad-lool1ing woman sat
weeping in the office of the poor depart
ment this morning, : surrounded by five
children, whose ages ranged from the
babe in arms to manly little fellow of
possibly ten summers. srs. ~
Another case Of wife desertion,'' said
Superintendent johnson. "Quite common
nowadays. Now, what do you suppose
could have induced a man to leave a
family like that? You'd think the ordin-
ary man would go through any hardship
and endure all sorts of suffering rather
than abandon as nice woman and chill
dren as those. The trouble with this man
was that his affections had been alienated.
He had to choose between whisky and
his family. Whisky was dearer to him
than his life, and it was such an expensive
luxury that it's demands had to be sat
isfied at the expense Of his own flesh and
blood. whose appeal for support fell upon
deaf ears. His sense Of moral responsible
ity finally became so blunted by alcohol
that he threw duty to the winds and
| cleared out. The wife hasn't heard of
him in six months. It's when you hear
stories like that that you begin to appre-
ciate what a curse drink is.''
! The woman's name IS Mrs. Dina White.
She and her children have been charge
Ion the city all winter, and Mr.. Johnson
has finally secured them transportation
back to Russiaville, Ind, where Mrs.
Whites parents live. 80 .|
| She says that her husband was a pros
porous farmer in Indiana before he moved
to Dakota two years ago. He was unfor-
tunate in land speculations, took to drink
and began to neglect his family.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-09
MADE FALSE AFFIDAVIT
= ElsEt :. y AEEesstt ! - \ : =
Notary Richard p: Arthur Pleads
Guilty and Receives Sentence: '''>@
Of One Month.

Richard D. Arthur, a local notary,
charged with certifying falsely to an affi-
davit In a homestead case, changed his
plea this morning in the United States
district court to guilty. He was SEN
fenced to a month in the county JAIL
10 the charge of furnishing false af-
tidavits for a similar: attempt, Harry J.
Stevens pleaded no1 guilty under two in
d1ctments. srIie" will be tried tomorrow
morning. .a 4&$s sEss%ses''''@7@ -
The rest Of the morning was passed in
Trying Charles Goudreau. He is alleged
to have sworn falsely when applying for
a pension. He desired Washington to
believe that while manfully awaiting his
discharge from the Fourteenth Minnesota
volunteers in the fall of 1898, he flew
to the defense Of his corporal against
divers ruffians at the old market hall
st. Paul, and that one result of said fgh1
was broken hand, for which the de.
ponent deserved a. pension. But the gov.
ernment IS trying to prove that the han6
was fractured while pummel1ng all
comers in a., saloon which, tas5 a. witness
regular" ~ S'$& N'f 3~'@@<" 49, y
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-09
"MlDSUMMER FESTIVAL"
Sioux Falls Business Men Already al
/. Work Upon One.

SIOUX FALLS, S. D.-Contracts have
been entered into for various attractions
for a carnival to be held in this city in
June and July. At meeting Of the ex-
ecutive committee committees were
appointed on advertising, transportation,
buildings and grounds, privileges, illumin-
fatfons, decoration and tickets. It was de-
cided to call the carnival the Midsummer
Festival" Officers were; elected as fol
lows: John Emmke, president; c.. Fl.
Craig, secretary; C. E. Mckinney, treasurer.
Directors were elected as follows: John
Emmke, c. P. Bates, ]. c.. Farley, Fred
Gunkle, J. HI. keenan,, Jerry Carleton,
George w. Burnside, E. S. Knowles r. J.
Woods and G. H. Craig.
The Library and Civic club is the name
of an organization which has been formed
here as the result of meeting Of citizens
who are interested in having the new pub
lie library in this city take it's place as
the leading library in the state. The club
starts with about sixty charter members
and is expected to increase rapidly. The
following officers We're elected: r. J.
Wells, president; John King, vice-presi-
dent, B. G. Matthews, secretary: w. B.
Fuller, treasurer.
books, paintings, statuary and other prop
| erty for the public library Money re-
ceived for membership fees will also be
used for the purchase of books for the
reference department of the library for the
use Of students and professional and bust
| ness men.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-09
: BROADEN THE WORK ''.'''
Park Avenue Congregational Church
~ Will Extend Its Field,

- Yesterday morning at Park Avenue Con-
gregational church. Rev. C. S. Rollins, in
a sermon in which he pointed out that
many Of the congregation were ready and
eager to push into more active and broad
er church work, announced that plans
were under, consideration for the enlarge
nent of the chapel into commodous and
convenient addition for the social uses of
the church. A rough draft of a, plan has
been drawn up providing for new parlors,
"a kitchen and a. dining7roon, a semicircle
of classrooms around the present Sunday
school room in the chapel, and other
rooms for the use of the Sunday school
and committees. p" rz.:'. .. s..-
A preliminary committee appointed re-
Gently has been considering the matter.
It is estimated that the cost will be about
$4,000. The interest Of the congregation
makes it certain that the work will be
undertaken at once and pushed through
rapidly. The committee consists OF
Messrs. w. j. Jennison, William Hooker
F. H. Carleton, R. A. Gamble, and A. M
Sheldon. = 49,:
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-09
LARGE SALE OF TICKETS
Nearly $500 Realized From Sales for
Bijou Benefit for Famine
: Find .'--' -

The report Of the sales of tickets by
the fire department for the Bijou benefit
for the Finland famine fund was
complete at noon except the records from
three houses, and the amount reached
$3.50. The reports Of precinct committees
nave just begun to come into the office
OF the secretary, Harry S.. Swenson. On
Saturday c. O. Turner of the eighth pre-
ctnct of the seventh ward reported $53. 90
and A. G. [Finney of the third precinct of
the thirteenth ward, 81.
To-day Treasurer Werner of the famine
fund committee sent off 81, 100, which real
ly exceeded somewhat the unappropriated
funds in his possession; for, while there is
a balance of over $4,000 in the bank, more
than that amount has been designated for
particular purposes by. the donors. One
check of S100 was sent directly to Pastor
A. W1ljakainen of Kiuruvesi, Kuopio, Fin
land. This was portion of contribution
OF 1855 sent in from Otter Tail county by
A. Nylund, editor of a Finnish newspa-
per published at New York Mills.
The latest remittances bring up the
amount sent by the state committee to
$46,1O0. Among the contributions to-day
was $lOO from Mcleod county, sent in by
Senator Sivright, to be added to the pre-
vious contribution of $1,000, which was
the largest single remittance, from any
county. Polk and Pope counties are still
, 'iAS toe1aoh ., eo eho VII Oy tHe COHlInltCee1
books, each having about s1,7OO to its
credit. However some counties, whose
funds are small have been among the
most generous givers, their donations GO
ing through other channels
To-day the total receipts are s48, ,5O7. 40
of which $s1o.10 was reported to-day in
the state fund. The Hennepin county
fund is s14,617.5s The largest recen,
amounts from the counties are: Clay
$231.30; Big Stone $13O75;- Polk $3.50
Kittson, s673.75; Nicollet, $1S4.55; Wright
$3.50; Murray, 5000.
The Minneapolis gifts reported TO-DAY
are by Rev. G. Q. Sahlstrom, SO; employees
Of Gust Lagerquist, s25; Gust Lagerquist
1925.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-09
KICKED IN THE GLASS -.
How a Visitor at Barnes Bros. An.
nounced His Arrival.

Barnes Brothers failed to receive a line
from a man from "up country saying,
Il shall drop in on you Monday" That
is why the members Of the firm were
somewhat unprepared this morning when
a gentleman made an unceremonious en-
trance. A crash of falling glass startled
every tenant OF the Oneida building early
this morning. Investigation showed that
the countryman was in such an unstable
frame Of mind that he felt he must ar
rive somewhere and attempted to mas
ter the situa tion by kicking out the large
glass window opening from stairway
landing. over the private offices of the
Barnes firm.
Jaw, don't run me in," he said to the
officials. "Shink of my family, and the
everlasting disgrace Lemme go an I'll
pay the damages" He was allowed to go
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-09
VARSITY FUND Low
No Money Is on Hand to Pay Feb
ruary Salaries

Officials in the state auditors office say
there is no money in the university fund
and there will be none until the counties
remit the March tax settlements, which
will not be much before April 1. The au-
ditors office does not know that the jan
uary salaries have been paid. The state
supplied $11,417 toward the payment
which was altogether $23,343.5O. January
salaries were paid, it is supposed out OF
money advanced by friends of the univer-
sity, and the same will be the case with
February salaries If paid before the first
of the month. When the March settle.
ments come in, the university fund viii
catch UP.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-09
Breakfast Served Daily
From $3.50 to II 80 a. m.
The Tea Room ;ss;sf Ss:; s;fs;;s; e: s.ss': 81;
William Donaldson & Co.

the home s the woman's kingdom and be-
lieved in faithfulness to husband, devotion
to children and loyalty to friends. She
lived long and beautiful life, which was
an example Of her faith in the simple vr-
tues, and departed in the hope Of a blessed
Immortality She is survived by three chill
dren, Mrs. A. M. Kingsbury of Cassopolis.
Mich, H. N Blassdell of Elk River and
G. A. Dole of Minneapolis.
The funeral will be from the house Tues
day at 8 p. m.
. MRS. MARY J. sTAFFoRD.-The fune-
raj of Mrs. Mary Jane Stafford mother of
L. A. Stafford, was held yesterday after
noon from Wesley M. E. church, of which
she was member. Many friends of the
family were present, among them being
several old settlers who had been close
friends of the family for years. Rev. j.
S. Montgomery preached the sermon. Mrs.
Maude Ulmer Jones sang Nearer, My
God, to Thee and Jesus, Lover of My
Soul There were many beautiful floral
offerings. The interment was at Lake
wood. '-''' ''-s 49, 81
ALINE MARIA GERBER, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Gerber of 1921 Sixth
street N, died Sunday evening. Funeral
Tuesday at p. m from ST. Joseph's
church, Fourth street. between Eleventh
and Twelfth avenues n.
REV. A. j. LIDsToNE, son-in-law of
William H. Chesebrough, of Minneapolis,
died Saturday, March Z, at Monkland, Ore
gon. Mr.. Lidstone formerly resided at
Breckenridge, MINI. He was 81 years of
age.
MRS. SARAH AsSHILLING died today
at the residence of her daughter, Mrs.
A. B. Appln, Minnehaha Falls, of pneu-
monia. The body will be taken to Brown
ton, Mimi, her home, for burial.
MARY DOROTHY. eAvIN-The fun
eral of Mary Dorothy Gavin, daughter Of
Mr. and Mrs. M H. Gavin, of 1925 Grand
avenue, was held at the family residence
day at 2 p m.
DAVID EUGENE PULLEN, 12-year-old
| son of D. S. Pullen. died Saturday evening
of typhoid fever. The funeral will be held
at 10 a. m. Tomorrow from 1920 Washing
! ton avenue n.
MRS. CECILIA COLLINS died yester-
| day at her residence, 40s Second street
! NE. Funeral. Tuesday morning at 9
o'clock from st. Anthony of Padua
| church.
| JAMES M. MORRILL, aged IS. died at
| 1920 a. M to-day, at the home of his
daughter Mrs. M. E. Curran, 11s E
Twenty sixth street. Funeral notice
later.
MRS. 3. c. cHEsNEY.-Funeral
Wednesday, 2:3O p m, from st. Peters
A. M. e. church.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-09
MUSIC FOR MASSES
Park Commissioner Moulton Favors
It Within Easier Reach Than
Lake Harriet.
Incidentally, He Makes Some Force
full Remarks on Civic Pride
in Minneapolis. q.

A meeting Of the park commissioners
will be held this evening and the matter
Of rebuilding the recreation pavilion at
Lake Harriet will probably be considered.
1t is not a matter in which the commits
sionerS are intensely interested however,
as the pavilion was a private venture.
and they have no plans nor any ideas
concerning new one. E. H. Moulton, one
Of the commissioners, said this morning
that there had been little talk about the
matter, so far as he knew. 80
my own idea he said, :" is that there
should be a series of open air concerts
given in the city, but I would suggest a
more central location than Lake Harriet,
so that more people could enjoy the music
and reach the place with less difficulty.
Inasmuch as the street railway company
has always contended that the concerts
at Lake Harriet were maintained at a
loss and is quite Indifferent regarding the
question Of rebuilding, think it would be
proper for the board to arrange for con-
certs elsewhere. Unfortunately, however
the park board is sadly handicapped by
lack Of funds. We have no money for
such purposes and 1 think that the coun-
Gil should appropriate sufficient to cover
the expenses or at least give some aid.
Civic Pride and Beauty. ::
II have always been in favor of making
the city and the parks as attractive as
possible, but fear that Minneapolitans
are the most unappreciative people in the
country with regard to artistic and at
tractive surroundings. Art should begin
at home in our own yards and our own
sidewalks and streets. We have not
emerged from the frontier village yet, by
a long way. ~.. ..E*- '% -
."Our. streets are an intolerable disgrace
to civilized community Mankato and
La Crosse would not tolerate for ten min
utes such streets as ours. ,.~ ~
Our: sidewalks have been covered with
snow and ice all winter and for the past
two. or three weeks have been deep with
slush and mud, when all that was neces-
sary to remove it was few minutes work
with a shovel. Civic pride seems to be
at low ebb in Minneapolis and the work
on our streets is the most slovenly that
l have ever seen anywhere, for they are
certainly the dirtiest. It sometimes seems
to me that it was time wasted to try tt
do anything to make the city attractive az
the task seems such a hopeless one.''
A "Factor" We Have Become; r. ats SIS,
! |~H4-
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-09
A NLC0LLET AVENUE SALE
The Brick Block at Tenth Street Is
Purchased by Mrs. :. ?.
E. G. Gale. ..-&,s.' :

"a
=. The brick block at Tenth street and
Nicollet has been bought by Mrs. e. C.
Gale for $4,000 cash. Lester, B.. Elwood,
Of the Corser Investment company nego-
tiated the sale with the Manchester Saw
ings bank, which had. an undivided half
interest, and Judge Ell Torrance, repre-
senting A. P. Atterbury. Mrs. Gale bought
the diagonal corner about a year ago. and
also the Wheeler hotel corner, two blocks
above. Within a few months the property
in the rear on Tenth street was sold by
Asa F. Smith.
The Gale corner measures 80 feet or
Nicollet and lis feet on Tenth street. Il
is occupied by two-story brick store an6
fiat building.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-09
~ DEATH OF MRS. DOLE
Widow of WeIIknown Pioneer Citizen
5. Alexander M. Dole.

Mrs. Maria Stiles (BlasdelD Dole, widow
of Alexander M. Dole, pioneer residen,
of Minneapolis, died. at her home, 212t
Fifth avenue S, early yesterday morning
Mrs. Dole, who had entered her eighty
eighth year, had lived in Minneapolis since
1872. She was Vermonter and in char
acter and constitution was a fine type oi
New England womanhood. Up to within
less than two, weeks Of her death, she hac
never known prostrating illness, and, not
withstanding her advanced age she re-
tanned her faculties unimpaired. She hac
an interest in current events, knowledge
of the affairs of life and zest for reason.
able amusement, In the death of Mrs
Dole Minneapolis loses one of a class which
it can ill afford to spare; she was a gentle
woman of the old school. She looked upor
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-09

Sweden in the early fifties, settling at Ma
years later he came to Minneapolis. The
surviving members of the family are his
four children, Frank H. Peterson, Eugene
G. Peterson, Mrs. M. c. Peterson of this
city and Mrs. Emma B. Klages of Los
Angeles, Cal.
The funeral will be held tomorrow at
2:30 p. M, from the residence. Interment
will be at Lakewood The following are
the pallbearers: H.: A. Barnard, F. B:
Brace, F. G. Genge, w. A. Benton, M
:Hackett and George McGraw." The bust
ness house of F. H. Peterson & Co. was
closed to-day and will remain tomorrow
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-09
11th St..
RIVER IS TOO LOW

Water Power by Steam
Plants.
The gauge in the canal of the Mime
apolis Mill company shows a head of 1914
4 feet to-day, which is about as low as
any one connected with the company Or
the -four mills likes to-. have it go. In
fact, it is too low, as most of the mills
are compelled to supplement their water
power by calling upon the steam plants.
"A little more soft weather will give the
mills all the power they want for some
time to come.