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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-09-26
REVOKE D CHARTER
UNION LUGGERS
1000 MEN THROWN OUT OF
BUTCHERS INTERNATIONAL.
Members Refused to Work Overtime
to Help Out Employers
Drastic Work.

Chicago, Sept. 24.-Sixteen hundred
union beef luggers, employed at the
Union stockyards, have been submitted
to the, most drastic, discipline known to
organized labor:by their International
president, Michael Donnelly. The
charter of the Beef Luggers' Union has
been revoked by the International
president because the members re-
Efused55to work overtime. last Saturday
| night in order p he hi: he packersaaut
.7onS account Of Labor Day. s 81 .q*.
| The board found that the cattle:
butchers, unlike the beef luggers, had
| worked ON Sunday, and it also found
that the action Of the refractory men
! had cost the packers heavy loss. It
| therefore was decided to make a pre-
cedent. of the case. and the 1000 beef
| luggers were expelled and the charter
of their local order revoked.
| President Donnelly left Chicago last
week for st. Joseph, Mo-, where a
strike was called in Nelson Morris,
plant. 1t was asserted that the char
ter of the union there is in danger Of
being revoked,
This move on the part of the presi-
dent of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters
for the purpose of demonstrating to
the packers that the unions are able to
live up to any agreement that may
be entered into. The refusal of the
beef luggers and the trouble at St.
Joseph prompted the packers to call
off negotiations ON the new wage
SCALE which was being discussed in
Chicago by the National Executive
Board of the unionists.
The strike at the Nelson Morris
plant in st. Joseph grew out of a per-
sonal affair between Foreman O'Boyle
and a worker named Haggerty. On
Labor Day Haggerty succeeded in
getting the other workers to go on
strike unless the company discharge
OBoyle. President Donnelly has &C.
companied to st. Joseph by Stephen
Vail and Fred Pellman, members Of
the National Executive Board of the
Union. President Donnelly is conf
dent he will be able to demonstrate
to the packers that the unions will
live up to their agreements.
"The Amalgamated Meat Cutters
and Butcher Workmen are determined
to see that the employers are given
fair treatment said President Don
nelly. '"rhe packers asked us tc
guarantee Industrial peace, and we
consider it fair proposition. We
have the strongest union ever. organ.
lied among the employees of the pack
ers, and we do not intend to lose it.
Every local that disobeys it's ma
tional officers or willfully and malici-
ously persecutes it's employers Will
hax1o RI stand tho conspnuoncps ON
National Executive Board is deter
mined to show the companies that il
can keep peace"
A dispatch from ST. Joseph, Mo.
states that President, Donnelly sue
ceeded in inducing the packing house
: strikers to return to work. He tol6
them he would not tolerate the break
ing of a contract with the packers: .
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-09-26
A PRUDENT LABOR LEADER.
rom Minneapolis Tribune.

rom Minneapolis Tribune.
The president Of the International
Association of Machinists has issued
circular giving frank warning to
organized labor. He advises officers
of local lodges to be extremely eau
tious in making demands on manu-
facturers. He points out that the
present union scale hampers seriously
manufacturers who have to compete
with non union plants. This circular
was first interpreted as an attempt to
pave the way for a 10 per cent reduc-
officers of the Chicago lodges is that
seems to be that it is an honest at
tempt to restrain local lodges from
hasty and inconsiderate action which,
as the president says in his circular, is
likely to be followed by serious trouble
and even industrial paralysis.
Here is another illustration of the
way intelligent and prudent labor
leaders can use the power Of their or
ganization for high public purposes.
Men like the author Of this circular
perceive that the industry Of this coun-'
try is approaching a condition of con-
gestion. Increase Of the cost of manu-
facture, due largely to increased labor
cost, approaches a point where the
market will not pay even the cost of
making goods. Relief must be found
in reducing the cost of manufacture,
if markets are to be retained factories
kept busy and workmen given employ
ment. The first visible relief is COM
ing through cheaper raw materials.
Pig iron is steadily falling, though the
price of steel is still unchanged. Prob
ably labor cost will be the last to be
| reached in the scaling down, as. it is
usually the last to be reached in the
scaling up.
! The building industry of the country,
which is not so well organized as the
metal workers nor composed Of men
of as high average intelligence, shows
the demoralizing effect of excessive in
crease of labor cost. An official of the
steel trust tells the Philadelphia Led
ger that more than half a billion dol
lars Of building and constructive
operations, contemplated for next year
have been called of IN the great cite.
q ct the country. The reason given u.
d heHexcessive. demands Of labor hougl
Il Lone. outsid & steel 1nigh
d suggest the ~ tructura
mot I'm ha1sye
sel,s & blIldIns 3
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fewer WOMEN GAFNscGoVERN.
Tt:POS1TfONS;; ::sS

The number of: applicants, especially.
women, for clerical placesEin the Cow
eminent offices at washington, ~ e.,
is excessive. In stenography and type
E:Wrersss haVezmuphs greateF;prpspectsso
sppoiAt ment =eth al ot har plieant s. sssss
= These are the Wo rds Of courage
ment offered to women ~ the Civil
Service Commission in its report just
issued for the fiscal year. ending. June
80. The number Of women Who took
the examination for clerk during the
year was 1888. Of these 1926 passed the
examination, but only 49, were appoint
ed. Men who took the same examin-
alton number 1906. Of these 1,754
passed and 124 were appointed.
Male applicants for. positions as
stenographers numbered AIS; of these
1876 passed, and A were appointed. The
number of women who took the same
examination was 2O2. sixty-seven of
these passed and Of them received ap-
pointments. Male applicants for the
combined positions of stenographers
and typewriters numbered S46. OF these
165 passed the examination: and were
| appointed. The number of women who
took the combined examination was 345
Eighty-seven of them passed and So Of
these were appointed.
The number Of women who took ex'
aminations for the position Of typewrit-
er during the year was 226. One hun
dred and ten of these women passed
the examination, but only IA were ap'
| pointed. The number Of men who took
the examination was 4O4. OF these 81
passed and 116 were appointed to Gov
| eminent POSITIONS
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constructive operations will have t,

constructive operations will have to
bear most Of the loss.
Of course the steel trust will lose
an important part Of it's market; but
it will make up for this by cutting
prices and invading the markets of
other countries. The official quoted
declares that the trust will keep all it's
plants working to their fullest capacity
and carry the product to the markets
Of Europe. Naturally this: will be less
profitable, and steel workers will have
to be content without any more in
crease of wages This seems ito be the
meaning Of the circularato the ma
chinists' association. : = z,..<*: *'|-'>"'
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-09-26
The Nations Interest.

From the Chicago News:
The nation will watch the outcome in
New York this fall in the hope that in
dependent citizenship will score: an
other victory. For New York to: re-
lapse into Tammanyism and the cor
ription Of spoils politics again would
be national calamity.
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The Next Administration.

From the Boston: Advertiser: ~. ....-.:
[xs The president Fegardes his record of
the. past two years. as largelyHa $contin-
uation Of the McKinley administration:
ne s. getting ready now the Roose-
Welt admin
pity ONE people e1onst lose
tehnpers#sYlier lind
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-09-26
Potential ar:
From the Utica Observer !; T. y. =

From the Ut1ca UpserVer =" - -
The denomination Of Mayor Low
gives the honest: democracy Of New
York a chance that should be Inn
proved. # Tammany will prove that
the drubbing the fusion forces admin 5[l'1l
istered in 1901 has s. q, 1ut ;a ! 81
feet, and will mate an depen1'd q: It
demo know PROFIT and nd $s.55 q
st rong moral: 81 chafacte there should
sbe @dificnlty electlng i'm
8hsNt a ~ Banks.
SFron1.t hica Inter zeocea sS5Ss
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-19
AN ACT

No. 1851 (S. lOS. To amend Section 2o7o of the Code Of Ala
 bama.
 Be 1t enacted by the Legislature of Alabama, That Section 2o70 of the Code of Alabama of 1896 be and 1t is hereby amended so as to read as follows, to-wit: Section 2070 (254D (2sso). Exemption in Lieu of Homestead.-If such decedent at the time of his death has no homestead exempt to him from levy and sale under process. his widow and minor child or children or either. shall be. unless they have obtained the benefits of such exemp- ton under Section 20S2 (2636). entitled to homestead exemption out of any other real estate owned by him. which in value. area interest and estate, shall conform to the provisions of the preceding section: and if such decedent at the time of his death has no homestead exempt to him from levy and sale under process, and has no other real estate out of which an exempt homestead can be carved. the widow and minor children, or either of them may, by petition in the Probate Court or by bill in equity, have the home stead or any ether real estate owned by the decedent at the time of his death, sold, and two thousand O2,00O00) dollars of the purchase money therefor applied Dy tIle SOul iAi eAC PNt tNAAOSS NA = A stead for the benefit of such widow and minor children, or either of them; pro- vided such petition or bill in equity is filed before a final distribution of the aIssets of decedent's estate has been made: and If decedents estate is insolvent the title to such homestead SO purchased, shall vest absolutely in said widow and minor children, or either of them. And In no case, and under no circumstances shall the widow and minor children or either of them be deprived of homestead. or two thousand (S2.0OO0O) dollars in lieu thereof. if they or either of them apply therefor in manner as above provided, before final distribution of the decedents . estate.
 Approved March {, 1908.
 Oficial. J. Thos. Hefiln,
 Secretary of State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-19
AN ACT
H hna
No. 1S.)

No. 145.) CH. 6S. To amend an Act. entitled An Act, to
 amend An Act, to regulate the volun-
 teer military forces of the State of
 Alabama. approved March 5. 1901. Be
 it enacted by the Legislature of Ala
 banna, that Section 1 of An Act en-
 titled An Act, to amend Sections ana
 6 of An Act entitled An Act. to regu-
 late the volunteer military forces of
 the State of Alabama. be amended so
 as to read as follows:
 Section l. That Section four (D of An Act, entitled An Act to regulate the volunteer military forces of the State of Alabama" be and the same Is hereby amended 90 as to read as follows: Sec ton f. Be 1t further enacted: O That each regiment of infantry cavalry or artillery shall consist of not less than eight nor more than twelve companies, troops or batteries and a hospital corps not to exceed twenty-five men, of whom one may be a sergeant and i've may be corporals (2) That the field officers of the regiment shall consist of one colonel. one lieutenant colonel and three majors. who shall be elected by the line ofncers of the regiment by ballot or in such man ner as may be determined upon by the Governor in his discretion. whose term of once small pc TOT Ioul yO0'Sf oiAN N'Att their successors are duly quahned. CSl That the colonel of each regiment snail appoint his commissioned and non-com- missioned stan officers as follows: One surgeon of the rank and grade of major. ana one adiutant, one chaplain. one uuartermaRter, one commissary of sub sistence. one inspector of rife practice, one ordnance officer. one inspector of the Ruard and two assistant surgeons, each of the grade and rank of captain; and the non-commissioned staff as follows: One sergeant ma jor, one quartermaster sergeant, one sergeant as assistant to instructor of the guard, one trumpeter. one hand leader, one commissary ser xeant. one ordnance sergeant and three hosnitai stewards who shall have the grade of first sergeant and hold office sub feet to the pleasure of the colonel. The commissioned officers shall be commits stoned as in the case of other commis. stoned officers upon certificate of appoint ment from the colonel, and shall hold of flee for the term of the officer making the annointment. or at the pleasure of such officer and the colonel may also detau a color bearer. and such clerks for the adfutan't office as he may deem necessary. 4D That each squadron or battalion shall consist of not more than four nor less than two companies, troops or batteries. (5) When sucn oattalion or squadron is not part or regiment, the major may appoint an ad1utant. surgeon. ouartermaster and comissary of subsist- ance. with the grade of captain, ser geant major and quartermaster sergeant
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-19
AN ACT.
6. So.

No. 159.) tS. M To amend Section 10e3 of the Code. Be
 it enacted by the Legislature of Ala
 bama. That Section lOSS of the Code
 be and is hereby amended so as to
 read as follows:
 Section 106S Vendor receiving payment of purchase money recited in conveyance must enter fact on record of conveyance. That when a vendors or other lien is reserved in any conveyance, which is of record. of real or personal property to secure the payment of the purchase mon- ey recited in such conveyance, upon the payment in full of such purchase money, the Rrantor, or his executor. administra- tor or other person in whom the owner ship of such lien is vested at the time of the payment of such purchase money must, on the request in writing of the grantee, his executor. administrator or assigns, enter the fact of payment on the margin of the record of such convey ance. Such entry operates a release of such lien and Is bar to all suits there on at law or in equity. If for two months after such request the grantor. or his executor, administrator or other person in whom the ownership of such lien is vest. ed at the time of such payment. fails tc make such entry. he forfeits to the party making the request two hundred dollars unless there Is pending or there is in. stituted suit within that time, in which the fact of payment or satisfaction is oi
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-19

to the benefits of the amounts appor- tioned to their district; and they shall determine the amount to which each of such children shall be entitled. and the same shall be paid by the County Super intendent of Education to the parent or guardian of such child. for which re- ceipt shall be taken as in case of pay ments to teachers. 5. In those townships in which less than the requisite number of children of school age reside. it shall be the duty of the township trustees to arrange for the teaching of such chil- dren in such manner as they may deem proper and just. subject to the approval of the County Superintendent of Educa- ton, and to pay for the tuition of such children in the manner prescribed by law out of the school funds apportioned to such township. 6 Such other business as may be necessary to carry out the pro- visions of the law, which shall include the election of teachers.
 Approved March 1, 1903.
 official. J. Thos. Henin.
 Secretary of State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-19
AN ACT.
No. 15S.)

No. 15S.) (s. lSi' To amend sectionss 344s and 344s of the
 Code of Alabama.
 Section 1. Be 1t enacted by the Legis- lature of Alabama. That Sections 344s and 3449 of the Code of Alabama be, and the same are hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 344S. Employes must be examined.-It shall be the duty of every person or corporation operating A railroad in this State, before employing any person as train dispatcher. engineer, conductor, fireman, fiagman. brakeman. trackman or switchman, to subject the applicant for employment to thorough examination respecting his capacity to All the position applied for, his moral character and reputa ton, his sobriety and previous record, his knowledge of the rules and regulations governing the em- ployes of the railroad, the knowledge which may be necessary or proper TOT the skillful performance of his duties. and shall subject the applicant for en- ployment to a thorough examination re- specting his ability and capacity to see and distinguish colors, commonly called color blind examination, and respecting his sense of hearing. That Section S44S of the Code of Alabama be and is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Sec ton 349o. hO" oAAN DS whom.-The examination required In the preceding section must be made by the superintendent of the railroad or by the master of trains, or master mechanic of the railroad. and shall be reduced to writ ing on blanks provided for that purpose. If the applicant shall be found qualified in all respects for the position. the ap- proved application papers shall be filed in the office of the superintendent in this State. or if there be no such superin- tendent, then in the principal office of such railroad in this State. Such exami- nation papers when certified by the of- flee having custody of them. shall be evidence of their contents and of the fact of such examination without further proof.
 Sec. 2. That all laws general or special or parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed.
 Approved March 5. 1908.
 Of1cial. J. Ihos' nehn,
 Secretary of State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-19
AN ACT

No 13T.) (S. SS. To amend Section s5s2 of the Code of Ala
 bama.
 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Ala bama, That Section 3562 of the Code of Alabama be amended so as to read as follows: The trustees in each township shall annually on the first Monday in September or within seven days there after, call A meeting of the parents and guardians of the children of their town snip within the educational age. and at such meeting they ohall in consultation with such parents and guardians, and with a view to subserve their wishes, in- terests and convenience, transact the fol- lowing business: 1. They shall deter mine the number of schools which shall be established in their township for the current scholastic year and shall desig- nate the same by number. ?. They shall fix the location of each school the time of its opening, and the length of the session, which shall not be for less term than as provided by law. B. They shall. when they establish the schools fin their township. apportion to each school so establised, such an amount of the pub lie school revenue apportioned to the township for the current scholastic year as they may deem just and equitable and for the equal benefit of the children thereof of school age.
 Sec. {. They shall determine the number and what children shall be transferred from their districts to the school of other districts. and to what district transferred, during the scholastic year, and shall set apart such an amount of the money ap- portioned to their district to pay for such transferred children as they may deem just and equitable, ahd If 1t should be deemed impracticable to establish in any district a public school for the children of either race, on account of the want of a sufficient number of such race living within a reasonable distance, they shall determine whether any of such children can be transferred conveniently to a pub lie school in another district, and those thah can not be so transferred, and that have actually attended some school in this State for the time during which the public schools were kept open for the current scholastic year, shall be entitled
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-19
HOME LIFE IN JAPAN.

The American wife of Japanese resid- ing in Tokio writes as follows to The Con- gregatio~eNst: AL.
 "In mos. civilized countries today the wishes of the husband are the mainsprlne E of the wife's action, but In Japan t is the husbands action. Woman is a fool,
 said a Japanese gentleman once in my hearing and I proved myself no excep, ton to the generalization, for l nstensstu to him. But he continued, If she VII obey her husband people won't laugn at her. Japanese women are much oeIIer than European women. though. .rns me Western women, rule everything; they think they are great gods. Their nus hands are very unwise and cowardly 10 let them behave in such proud style, The European wife, instead of waiting on her husband. makes him get everything Tor herr" The whole was uttered In tone that implied Disgusting and preposter- onsr [ have quoted this statement be- cause it was one which might have been made by any score of husbands and fath- ers in Tokio. Now and then one finds
 man of far moro liberal opinions but we must take the average when we speak of nationality. The average mans opin- lon of woman is that she is greatly his inferior. On this cornerstone he rears the institution of the family. The little son,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-19

no common carrier shall be liable for damages to the consignee or consignor for refusing to receive. transport or deliver such trees. packages, or boxes. when not accompanied by the tag or certificate herein provided.
 Sec. A. Any person. firm or corpora ton receiving from any other firm or
 corporation any box. bundle or package of
 trees. shrubs or plants commonly known
 as nursery stock, which is not accom-
 panied by a certificate of guarantee, or
 official tag issued by the State Hortcul-
 turist to covers said stock, shall be
 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. and upon conviction shall be fined not less than ten nor more than one hundred dol lars. Sec. 15. It shall be the duty of the State Horticulturist to make a quarterly report of his work. and of the expenditures un- der this Act to the Board of Horticul- ture, and said Board shall report annual ly to the Governor of the State. Approved March 5. 1908.
 onicial: J. Thos. Hefiin. Secretary of State
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-19
AM ACT.

No. 1f1 GIT. go To appropriate the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars 02.50o0) out of the State Treasury to reimburse Hflliard James and Henry sprigss. citizens of
 Colbert County, for the destruction of property burned b ythe~State troops and others in the capture of Will
 Reynolds, the murdered of Charles Gossaway, sheriff of Colbert County. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legis- lature of Alabama, That the sum of twen- ty-five hundred dollars S2.500.0ol. be and the same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State Treasury to reim- purse HilIiard James and Henry Spriggs. citizens of Colbert County. for the de- struction of property burned by the State troops and others in the capture of VIII Reynolds, the murderer of Charles Goss- away, Sheriff of Colbert County.
 Sec. ?. That the state Auditor upon the approval of this act Is hereby authorized to draw a warrant on the State Treas urer for the sum of fifteen hundred dol lars, payable to Hilliard James, and . warrant on the State Treasurer for one thousand dollars. payable to Henry Henry upriggs as aforesaid.
 Approved March 5. 1908.
 official, J. Thos. Hefin.
 Secretary of State