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Struggle is on in ALI of the
Large Cities, Including New
York, Chicago, Philadelphia,
Cincinnati, Kansas City,
New Orleans, Omaha and
Pittsburg. i

New York, May 19.-The Parryites
are gloating over their apparent sue
cess in defeating labor legislation in
the last session of congress. Marshall
Gushing, the secretary of the National
Association of Manufacturers, with
headquarters in this city has just is
sued Il circular to it's members, which
is marked "Confdential," and which
tends to show that the manufacturers
intend to exert their political influence
In the coming national election.
The circular is as follows:
Dear Sirs You will be glad to
know, (and I ask you to read this
through that our Washington cam
paiGn before congress has closed with
Il record Of four straight victories; and
as three Of these involved beating re-
ports Of labor bills, SO called in many
different committees, it seems to- be
agreed by leaders in public affairs, as
we'll as by the various organiza tions
and among all our friends who have
personally helped us on the spot, that
no organization ever before even
thought Of undertaking so ambitious
a program.
The Compulsory Metric System Bill,
objected to buy poll of our members
by about to /, has been beaten in the
House Coinage committee so complete
ly that 1t has only one friend left,
Southard Of Ohio, Republican chairman,
who at last accounts was still writ
ing various correspondents that the
bill was mot compulsory" Gaines of
tennessee, Democrat, was most help
full among the opponents of the bill
Prides Itself ON Defeat of Anti juno
tiOn Bill.
The Gompers Mitchell Anti-Injunc-
tion bill, after a series of the most not
able hearings ever held in Washington,
Covering five days and producing
somewhere from forty to fifty witness
esq was stopped in the House Judiciary
committee. Consideration of the bill
was postponed till next session by a
vote Of 10 to in favor of postpone
ment-Jenkins of Wisconsin, Parker
Of New Jersey, Alexander Of New York,
Little6eld of Maine Thomas of Iowa,
Powers of, Massachusetts,, zxNeyin. .aof
e@hio5
lett of California. Republicans, T and
Brantly of Georgia, Democrat, in fav-
or of consideration at this session
DeArmond of Missouri, Smith of Ken
lucky, Clayton of Alabama, Henry OF
Texas and Little Of Kansas, Democrats
Warner of Illinois, Republican
thought to be a candidate for the Re.
publican nomination for Governor OF
Illinois, was out of town and did not
leave his proxy. Pearre, Of Maryland
Republican, was absent in hospital, but
similarly neglected to leave his proxy
Grosvenor, Of Ohio, was the only Re.
publican anywhere in public life who
raised his voice in behalf of this meas
Little, Of Arkansas, was most ac
tive on the Democratic side in pressing
it. Clayton, of Alabama, Judging By
numerous promises that he read t.
friends, and Smith. of Kentucky sup
posed to be ambitious to be United
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States senator, were not expected to
vote to report the bill.
How Eight Hour Bill Was Beaten.

vote to report the bill.
How Eight Hour Bill Was Beaten.
The House Labor committee, after
hearings usually held twice week,
and covering more than two months,
at which nearly seventy-five witnesses
we're produced by our association and
by cooperating bodies, voted to 8
to refer the Gompers national eight
hour bill to the department of COM
merce and labor. Those voting for
the reference were Bartholdt of Miss
ouri, Vreeland of New York, Foster
of Vermont, Connor of of Iowa, and
Spalding of North Dakota, Republicans,
(who were presently and Goebel of
Ohio, Republican, (who was unavoid-
ably absent, but left his proxy and
Maddox Of Georgia, Democrat. Card
ner, Of New Jersey, was present but
didnot vote, thing not always expec-
ted of a chairman, however. Mccall of
Massachusetts, Republican, was in the
city, but absented himself from the
committee meeting, as did also Gilbert
Of Kentucky, Democrat, who was also
in town. The three members Of the
committee in favor Of reportin gsth hill
New orlk ma FIug 1es lew lFefseY;
Democrats or Labor Democrats: Moth
ing was, expected of the last two, but
Caldwell and Gilbert undoubtedly led
Judge Maddox to suppose that they
would vote with him for reference.
| Senator Clapp Evades the Issue.
! The fight in the Senate Labor COM
mittee was hardest of all. No one but
the chairman, (McComas of Maryland
Republican, whether member of the
committee or not, wanted the bill to
be considered. When McComas saw
! that he could not report the bill fav-
orably without hearings, it became nee
essary to insist that hearings should
be held. These covered four or five
weeks and required at least thirty five
witnesses. The motion to postpone ac-
tion till next December was carried by
to 3; those voting in favor being
Penrose Of Pennsylvania, Dolliver OF
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FEDERATION Of LABOR
AGAINST SCHOOL BOARD
CHICAGO LABOR MEN SAY THAT
BOARD IS AFTER UNIONS.
ls Attempting to Destroy The cl,iea 90
Teachers Federation; and Will Re-
fuse Heneeforth to Listen to the
Voice of Organized Labor. Board
. Elects New President Bscause He
Is Pledged to Fight the Unions. i

CHICAGO, May, l9.-Charges that
the Board Of Education was endeavor-
ing to destroy the Chicago Teachers
forth to listen to the voice Of organized
labor were made Sunday before the
Federation Of Labor by Miss Margaret
Haley. y -@,s<.,-e
In discussing the: report of COM
m1ttee that submittedra plan Of cam,
paign proposed. for securing legisla-
tion providing that members Of the
board shall be elected by the people
she warned the delegates to the Fed
Grafton Of Labor to watch the present
Board Of Education. cs.zs% J. seS.
&WilI. Fight Unions.sa: 81:
1T is now authoritativ announced.
that the unions must J. not interiors
with the schools" said Miss Haley: @gt3:
'The new president of the board
was chosen because he would fight the.
unions. Every move made by &: the.
unions in the interest OF the sch0 0olssor
of the schools In the interests OF the
unions will be bitterly fought" Ne
=: Election Of Board. ..=.:.I.| :=.z|zi5== RI
The federation then 81 indorsed the
committees report, which declared.
for three provisions IN the proposed
law governing the election Of mem
:bers Of the board of popular election.
as follows: !: S S.:
l., Nominations to be By petition
only ;, ,z:% s.= .ss=.: 3 z.
2. The election shall be at large. #s=
+ 3. There shall. be- 2 special election.
held for the. purpose Of: electtng 3 z.
Board fof Educati ION. s. SO
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Names of Senators and Con-
gressmen Who Voted for
Immediate Action is Pub
lished Broadcast for Politi-
cal Purposes-Labor Should
Be Aroused.

welfare of the people and insure DOM
estic tranquility. Justice must be met
ed out to all irapartially,. or it is not
justice. Equality sof opportunity must
be guaranteed to all, or.it is not equal
ity. Liberty must be enjoyed by all
or the term becomes a mockery
No sane person will argue that the
weak have been protected against the
strong in recent years. Opportunities
have become monopolized, injustices
have been heaped upon the mass Of the
people, and to preserve some semblance
of liberty the workers have been forced
to organize in self defense.
Yet. although the laborers are the
vast majority their very government is
being used against them. Palliative
laws to safeguard life and limb are
declared unconstitutional, their petit
tions from relief from the tyrannica1
injunction and for an eight-hour law
are ruthlessly trampled under foot, and
the present executive of the nation is
among the first to strike at the very
foundation of trade unionism by enforc-
ing the vicious open shop policy in
governmental institution. In one state
shop, in another the boycott is out
laWed to accomplish the same purpose,
and in still others attempts are being
made, through the Interpretation Of
Misrepresentation Of laws, to confiscate
the treasures Of trade unions and make
them helpless.
Labor Question Ia Political.
We repeat: This is political as
we'll as an industrial question, and the
laws may be changed or administered
to promote the welfare Of this nation
or workers rather than an insignificant
privileged clas that has exploited the
wealth produced by the many. =
We, therefore, call upon the work.
ingmen who expect to vote at the
coming national election to demand
Of their parties that they take an un-
equivocable position in their platforms
upon the questions of:
(D The eight-hour day. :: a"
e.. The Injunction system. j : ...z35s sz
The open shop policy sss.sss
S
lnlulct uni ions and HEIR lenibzfs sfors
laHeged damages sustained because OF
strikes, boycotts, etc. -:
These are vital issues to millions OF
1aboring people, and any attempt to ig-
more or belittle them by substituting
glittering generalities and cheap. sophis-
tries should be resented at the ballot
box by every self-respecting working
man.
| The time has come when We want to-
know; where we are at"
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PARRY|TES Ct0AT OVER FACT THAT J. =:
THEY INDUCED CONGRESS TO POST. Il
P0NE ACTION ON LABOR LEGISLATION
What the Open Shop
Means to Society

Despite the fact that 1T has been
clearly proven that the living
rates are higher at present than
ever before, the employers have
forced wages down In some Of the
leading industries, and are now
making an effort to enforce the
open shop deal in order that it
may disrupt organized labor and
beat wages still lower. Stripped
of all hypOcritica1 phrases the
open shop means a closed shop to
members of organized labor; 1T
means determination in favor Of
such workers who lack the moral
stamina to resist oppression; it
means the dragging of more
children into the shops and fac
tories to take the place of fathers
and brothers Mt lower wages and
longer hours; it means an increase
of crime, poverty, drunkenness
and insanity. 1t means degene-
ration, chaos and the ultimate de-
structiOn OF sOur civilization. This
is a grave problem, one In which
alA humanity is affected.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-05-14
HOW ANDREW CARNEGIE
SECURED HIS MILLIONS
GETS MORE IN: ONE DAY THAN
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IN A
YEAR.
Carnegie Got Five Times Too Much
for His Steel Plants. lrelands Alb
sentee Landlords are Cheap Com
pared With Carnegie. Gigantic
Trusts Are tho Main Cause Of Pow
erty. Some Historical References.

One Of the Labor World readers has
taken the trouble to send us the fol-
lowing interesting extract from Flem
ing's ".Deprayed Finance"
It tellsE how Mr.: Carnegie gets the
money that he spends $50 freely. It
tells, how he got five times as much
for his steel business as it was worth.
1t tells how he and the other trust
magnates compel the public to pay
dividends on hundreds Of millions of
bogus capital.
Read it, and you will get as much
information on the trust question as
though you had read dozen books:
ANDREW Cargenie has obtained a
goodly heritage BY only one trust;
and for him it is only natural to ad-
vocate them. He has acquired for
ever an income for himself, his ad-
ministrators and executors Of nearly
sit, 900, 900 a year by being "a party to
bleeding the. steel industry Of this
country. ;: ,~. = .~~.
"This is. more than four times the
income of the King. Of England and all
the royal family, and whatever yicis-
situdes may come to, the King OF. Eng
land to make his income *precarious
lthat Of Andrew. Carnegie cannot be
endangered: So long as the United
States has a steel industry. !, : - :::5. Ii
There were sundry. doubtful con-
tingencies, such as the. exhaustion Of
1.-The iron ore Of this country: and the
resulting collapse Of this /. country's
steel industry. Andrew Carnegie did
not, forget these. He arranged that
the cont should secure to him and
Ibis future shelrssand lay aside 50. much
money every year. as e red demption
fund, 50. that he could acquire the :prin-
cipal In. gold dollars Or English gold
sovereigns,. Ia q certain number q
yea years, before the steel ind dustry Is q
lthing of the past. Or: in any other
Eevent:
earn nsajs Got + " Tirnss Il
s.s= uoh for sstssl Plants
he excessive zarnount 90
SIdreW Carnegie for onl 80 zsper#cent5o
the carneSi ON I'l Iplant,
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will be seen when we make comparison
Of value .'sr~ > e'.r

will be seen when we, make comparisons
Of value ''s'. :; '~.~-
According to the. United States
Census of 1900, the entire capital in
vested in 1899 was $500, ,530,4s4, and
|some of this was fictitious. and charg-
ed as actual money. The entire steel
output of that. year was 1904 1904, ,s1s.
1t was produced Iii ifnlss6g 6g e. -esta lishments,
with 227,6S7 workers.
I'm that year double the weight or
quantity of steel was delivered for a
dollar, because prices were less than
one-half, and, therefore, double the
capital was required IL 1899 to produce
a dollars wot9ssnxtEel The total
capital required nployed to pro-
duce a dollars worthSo steel in 1899
was 7Sk cents. ~-
"But in comparison with the guam
tity OF steel delivered for a dollar In
1902 this amount ought: to be cut in
two, and the capitaF1to produce a. dol
lars worth of steel. in 1902 should be
only 81 cents. szsaszss|s=s s*s|.s-.a<.,~.
I'm 1902 the: :steels=Irust delivered
| steel products =. at doubled prices,
amounting TO $56o,0o0,0oo. Therefore,
the actual capital, OF the Steel Trust
ought to be only: r.$207 100000, based
upon the real and fictitious capital ex-
listing in this country's= steel industry
in. 1899..
I'm view Of this being the proper
amount Of capital for the Steel Trust,
the payment to Andrew Carnegie ought
not to have exceeded $60,O00,o0. Then
the American people would have been
better off by paying for their own
libraries, and ina better frame Of
mine for using: them *,>..*'
ireIand'sS Abssr,tss { Landlords Are
Cheap ,Compsrad With Carnegie
Andrew =.Carnegie's correspondence
shows that he knew that the makers
Of the Steel Trust were not handling
their own money Or their own prop
erty, and that . with their feeble steel
plants, loaded With mortgage. bonds
and bogus capital; they were In Queer
street, and never would get out, unless
the Carnegie con1pe tition# could be
obtained double the money. for which
ne was an anxious seller IN the prev
ious April. i, 3. s E.
IN this. ma mann. 1 4 8 lshatural that
millionaires like mush-
rooms, ;1.collat l1y# with: masnatet
most costly than any known emperor
and that at the sanes time the millions
OF people who work / are 80 bled by
] the mill ltonairinjg and emperorizina
that their struggie e tp live and theil
desperation oft S want Increasing
every year
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What Workingmen Should Do
in Politics-How Political
Parties Should be Urged to
. Take Up Political Demands
Of Labor Personal Damage
Suits:

Iowa, and Burnham of New Hampshire,
Republicans, and Gibson Of Montana,
Democrat who though unavoidably
out of town. left his proxy. Voting
against postponement were McComas
of Maryland, Republican, and Daniel,
of Virginia and Newlands Of Nevada,
Democrats. Clapp, of Minnesota, Re-
publican, and Stone, of Missouri, Demo-
crat, though in Washington when the
vote was taken, absented themselves
from the committee. However, it is
likely that McComas, eager to reverse
the action of the committee meeting,
sought in vain to poll these two
against postponement.:
How Law Makers Voted.
Last year the Anti-Injunction bill
was favorab1y reported tb the House
practically without opposition The
eight hour bill had been favorably re-
ported in several congresses, as we'll
as last year, partly with the votes of
Gardner and Bartholdt, Republicans,
and Caldwell and Gilbert, Democrats.
This year Bartholdt voted with refer
ence, Caldwell voted for report and
made two votes ineffective. In the
Senate labor committee McComas and
Daniel voted, as last year, to report the
eight hour bill. OF the new members
of the committee Newlands voted to
report and Stone: stayed away. Burn
ham and Gibson voted as last year
unavoidab1y kept away last year, but
against reporting. Dolliver, who was
was with us, and Penrose who voted
Toe IN <1oS~
postponement. Clapp last year voted to
report and this year stayed away. So
here we gained two votes and made
two ineffective. y.
Parryites Thanks Their Friends.
only ask in closing, the privilege
in saying that too great thanks can
not be given to our friends, or other
associations as well as ours, who an.
peared as witnesses, to our hundreds
of friends who wrote convincing let.
ters for our splendid Organization
(Which, they have thus helped so ma.
terially to perfectly and, none the lass
[tes hose5sh ,lndr u aot lends ,inaYariol,,
iSats
nv to help simply xbeeause their senators
and representatives were all right and
We're known to be all right, or simply
because their senators and representa-
tives were not immediately concerned
| as members Of the committees. These
latter, hawever,. little it was required
to call upon them this time are likely
to become absolutely necessary to ou,
success in any subsequent campaign;
but again is only another illustration
of the beauty and the success Of an or
ganization which not only gets togethe,
and sticks together, but also knows
what is it's objective and how to delive,
battle.
Thanking you heartily for yor assist
ance and hoping that you will cal
upon us for any SERVICE.
Yours most cordially,
MARSHALL CUSHING,
Secretary
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ness and insanity among those who
produce the worlds wealth: it means
degeneration, chaos and the ultimatun
destruction of our civilization.
This is grave problem; one in which
all humanity is affected.
There is no neutral ground!
individuals and associations of in
dlvlduals must take a stand on one side
or the other-they are requored to sup
port organized labor in it's struggle to
exist or join ,organized capital in it's
campaign Of destruction:
Men and associations cannot consist
emily take sides in the industrial battle
and then straddle the issue socially and
politically.
Their interests and sympathies are
either. with or for labor: and with or
for capital, because Me are, in the final
analysis, almost wholly laborers and
capitalists.
In our social life every thoughtful
person, knows that if union. men and
women are compelled to accept. a: lower
/ standard Of living the no1l-uni ion work
IIsersays.l beteEsed thes aa.ne
|:degrees worse, the ,lnorgan-
tied toilers should lose no time in join
ing the unions and exerting every effort
to resist the encroachment of capitalism
and to maintain the conditions that
have been won only: after years of
hard fighting. : -: -. s.+s -. - =+=*
ODportunitiea hive. BECOME M0nouOI-
=: lied.
This is a. special question. Govern
n1ents are Instituted to promote the
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the late secretar TREASURER. &c. Bal
horn, general presto Is loo king after t1,r=
the duttessof the otfice. Arrang gem1eean1ts men
for the elect ton of g successor viii =be.
made. shortly BY he genera. executive
board. and nominat ions will be made 81! 81
local unions and election viii rs
itunp :, g pt1s1s1s1s 1IAqs
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every instanc where there Is % clear
cut issue between the sGitizens.=A Alliance
and rganized BOZ, the rking
pa Aop e only B stand shoul der ia
should asa they'd lid 'Wh len they marched
upon Fer,lna This lesons Mill#beso M
yealcuah Ynlue. tlhe eadVsrttserTs |of
q dIoussy s. sctor:y.
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Remarkable Lesson for Labor.
How Employers Intend to
Work Their Political Influ-
ence Upon Legislators and
the Defeat of Their Ene-
miles,.

Cleveland, Ohio May 19-Max
Hayes, in his weekly summary of con-
ditions sums up the situation as fol-
lows:
Six thousand carriage and wagon
workers are on strike in New York
against the open shop.
-Four thousand boot and shoe workers
are on strike in Chicago against the
open shop.
Nearly 10000 machinists and allied
workers are on strike along the Santa
re railway system against the open
shop.
Five thousand men in the building
trades in Philadelphia are on strike
against the open shop
Three thousand boilermakers are on
strike in a dozen Eastern cities against
the open shop scheme, proposed by the
organized employers.
The New York bosses
combine has inaugurated it's campaign
for the open shop. Thousands Of car
penters; masons and bricklayers in the
following towns are affected: FIRE.
donia Jamestown and Olean, N. y;
Erie, Warren, Titusville, Franklin, Du-
bois, Ridgeway, Cory and Oil City,
Pa.
| In every. large city in the country
strikes and lockouts are in progress
because Of the open shop agitation. In
Cincinnati, St.. Louis. New Orleans
Kansas City, Omaha, Pittsburg, Ro-
chester, in al the principal Pacific coast
cities, and in scores of smaller places
the battle is raging and every trade is
affected.
Despite the fact that it has been
| clearly proven that the living rates are
higher at present than ever before
that rents and prices Of meats, potatoes
flour, bread and other necessities have
been arbitrarily : advanced en-
ployers have forced wages down In
some Of the leading industries and are
now making a desperate effort to en-
force the. open shop scheme in, orde,
that 1t may: disrupt: organized labo,
land beat wages STILL lower. @ Esss:,. i,
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Union. Lalkd

stripped OF. the hypocritical phrases
the open shop means a closed shop to
members Of organized labor; IT means
discrimination in favor of such work.
ers who lack the moral stamina to- re-
sist oppression; 1T means the dragging
Of more women and children into the
shops and. factories to take the places
of fathers and brothers at lower wages
and longer hours; it means the increase
of poverty, misery, crime, drunken