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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-01-16

Pittsburg, Pa, Jan'y. 14.-Five thou
sand men employed in the Carnegie
steel mills at Homestead have inform
ed Superintendent Hunt that if their
wages are reduced as announced they
will promptly declare strike Last
Monday they took steps to form a un-
ion, and after this has been accom-
plished general strike will result un-
less the company decides not to cut
wages.
The rollers and heaters, the highest
paid men in the big mills, have been
getting 1915 per hundred tons. The
company cut this to s1.75. The men
in their schedule are willing to accept
$500
The Carnegie Steel Company is
now dealing with men who own
homes, who have been prosperous
since 1899 and who can order a strike
of four or five months without dis
tress.
These facts worry the company Off
cials more than the project Of fighting
the Arnalgamated Association. The
latter will throw it's efforts in behalf OF
the Homestead millmen because II
means similar reduction to the union
Workmen.
The executive committee Of the
Amalgamated Association of Steel
Workers have ordered 5000 men en-
ployed In two Of the Steel Trusts fac
tories to go out on strike.
This action was taken because the
men declared they would no longer
work at reduced wages, while the
Trusts profits remained unaffected
The men who were ordered out were
employed in the plants Of the Canons-
burg Sheet & Tin Company and the
Glassport Hoop Mills, of the Pittsburg
Steel Company.
There is a generally expressed opin
ion there that this is the beginning O.
a strike that will reach the proper.
tions attained by the steel strike o.
1902. Steel officials profess to believe
however, that there is no danger Of
the strike spreading.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-01-16
FIRE Department TO
WAR ON UNION LABOR

Chicago, Jan. 14.-The Chicago fire
department will compel union labor
employees of the fire department to
withdraw from unions or retire from
the clty's service. The fire chief will
commence war against the organiza-
tions next week. Sufficient time will
be given the firenen to- withdraw from
the unions in compliance with the rules
of the organization, but if any employe
has not Withdrawn by Jan. IS. charges
Will be preferred against him for vio-
latiOn of orders.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-01-16

union men as lawbreakers and GRIM
| inals.
Charges of cruelty and violation of
civil rights against the militia could be
! heard on every side.
To the citizens Of other states who
know naught Of what it means to be
dominated by the military arm a sum-
| mary statement of the accusations
against the militia will prove a revela-
| ton.
| offenses.
| Before the Cripple Creek District
was proclaimed to be under martial
| law the military authorities who were
| supposed to be merely policing the
district and acting in conjunction with
the civil authorities of Teller county,
arrested men on pretexts without war
| rants.
in the dead Of night.
| They arrested schoolboys. for taunt-
ing strike breakerssss.zz : ssssssssEgs.sss:
! They confined prisoners IN the bull
pen'' in Camp Goldfield, and without
| preferring charges kept them under ar
rest for days. ~ -
1ney 1naIlreaIeQ the prisoners, threw
| them to the ground and poked their
|sbayonets against their helpless bodies.
The refused to release their prison
ers until habeas corpus proceedings
were begun.
They took possession of Judge
Seeds court-intimidated the Judge
by their presence and trained gait
ling gun on the courthouse to show the
supremacy Of the military law.
Though Judge Seeds ordered the re-
lease of the prisoners the military au-
thorities rearrested them as soon as
they slipped outside Of the courthouse.
They took these prisoners and kept
them in the "bull pen'' in Camp Gold
| field.
The military authorities forestalled
a decision of the Supreme Court of CO.
dorado by turning the prisoners over
to the county authorities few days
| prior to the time set for the hearing OF I.
the cases on writ Of habeas corpus.
|. In a letter which Mr.. ]. C. Cole, Dep
uty District Attorney, wrote to the
Governor, condoning the acts of the
| military authorities, he gave the chief
| executive his opinion as follows:
Il will state to Your Excellency that
| it is the desire Of this office, and ess
| pecially myself, to enforce the law
| wherever I find it is being violated
/ The militia, in defying> legal process,
such as warrants and capiases, in the
hands of the proper officers.#is an un-
called for obstruction and violation OF
the laws Of our state BE: %5zz
From the press I I'm nderstand that.
Tits your desire and purpose in send s
Ling the. state guard here to assist the
L ssciVtIs authorltiessIn IN enforcing the. Law,
isbut theIr act ion Ind M faat.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-01-16
STATEMENT By j. c. COLE,
Deputy District Attorney.

{To the Editor:
! There was never a time prior to
}the calling of the National Guard
Unto the Cripple Creek district that
I the civil authorities were not am
@ply able to enforce the laws of the
Estate.
! Nor has there been any time
3since.
: Governor Peabody sent the Ma
tional Guard without consulting the
fciVil authorities and against their
iprotests.
! Governor Peabody's commission
fappointed to Investigate the condl-
! tions here prior to the order out
Of the militia arrived here at g.
to'clock in the evening and left the ,
= following morning at o'clock.
Their Investigation was supposed
ITO have been carried on in the in
@tervening seven hours of the night,
! and none of it's members made an
Iattempt to consult me.
! Since their arrival in the Cripple
: Creek district the militia has v1o-
! lated the rights guaranteed to citi-
J zens Of the United States by the
: constitutions Of the United States
I and the State of Colorado.
! I am glad and thankful to tho
llabor papers that they are investi-
! eating the conditions in the Grip
tple Creek district and give to the
public an unbiased account
J. c. COLE,
Deputy District Attorney.
! January 9, 1904.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-01-16
ACCEPTS REDUCTION.

P1ttsburg;;' Jan. 14.-The 5000 en-
ployes of the Edgar Thompson Steel
works Of Pittsburg. and eleven blast
furnaces of the Carnegie Steel COM
pany at Braddock have accepted the
reduction in wages offered them. There
was little objection to the scale except
in some of the smaller departments,
where day wages and salaries are paid.
The tonnage men in the. convert 1,
mills and bloom mil of4 tie rail plant
SreceiYe.t
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-01-16
A Wear Of Irreouiarities

New York, Jan. 14.-Bradstreet's in
its annual review of 1904, says that it
has been. year Of irregularities in the
commercial and industrial world. It
declares too swift a pace had been
struck up to middle Of the year, when
troubles began to pour in from labor
dissensions and business depression.
1t says that unsatisfactory conditions
certainly confront the opening of a
new year, but hopes that these will be
dispelled as the year wears on.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-01-16
CRIME To RAISE WAGES
HOLDS n. Y. GRAND JURY
FOUR UNION MEN INDICTED FOR
ADOPTING WAGE SCALE.
Strange Proceedings BY Rochester,
N. Y, Grand Jury. Indictment Says
That Defendants conspired to
Fraudulently Commit Acts Injurious
to Trade and Commerce. Ancestor
al Revived for Cause.

Rochester, N. Y, Jan'y. 14-Aston-
isling as it Will doubtless seem tc
most people grand jury here has in
dicted Francis J. McFarlin, VIM. Chal-
lice, Michael OBrien and T. M. Guerin
for conspiracy to raise wages. The
accused are members of the Carpen-
ters' Union Of Rochester. Their offense
was fixing a wage scale of not less
than 1925 day, (which price," says
the indictment, was far in excess of
the fair market value of days work
1t is set forth that the accused with
others unknown, elected officers and
delegates and proceed to carry out
their conspiracy.
Perhaps it will be interesting te
quote from the Indictment. Here is a
paragraph!
''On the first day of May in the,
year of our Lord. 1903, did unlaw-
fully, fraudulently, maliciously
and corruptly, conspire, combine,
confederate and agree together.
to and among themselves. and
with divers other persons whose
names are to his grand jury un-
known, to commit acts injurious
to trade and commerce and did
then and there commit acts in
furious to commerce in the man
ner following:
The indictment proceeds to show
that the accused also destroyed al
competition among themselves sc
that good money-making citizens OF
Rochester could no longer hire then
for song. The full text Of the lega
document would fill five columns Of the
Labor World, but this give a fair ides
Of it.
This is probably the first serious at.
tempt to prevent the rise of wages
by indicting unionists for conspiracy
since the infancy of labor organiza.
tion in America in the early part O.
the last century. It reads much like
a part of the legal history Of our an.
cestors in the days when the Connecti.
cut blue laws were thought necessar,
to regulate human conduct. The ides
is so entirely preposter0us that it car
result in. nothing but the extensiv,
advertisement Of the assininity. of. (
|IRoc hester grand Jury nd yet sitaha,
|sof the employing class in that sectiol
and makes it clear: enough what the,
would do if they could. It ought t,
show workingmen, too, the urgent
necessity of using their ballots right
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-01-16
METAL MECHANICS AND
MACHlNISTS TO AMALGAMATE

Indianapolis, Jan. 14.-Amalgamation
of the members of the Interna tional
Association of Allied Metal Mechanics
with those of the International Associ-
alton of Machinists is practically as
sured as a result of action taken at
teh convention Of the former organiza-
tion, when it was decided to put the
proposition of amalgamation to a refer
endum vote of both organizations,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-01-16
JOHN MCNAMARA TO
EDIT FIREMAN'S MAGAZINE

Columbus, O., Jan 14.-John F. Nc
Nance, of Columbus, o., chairman Of
the grand executive board of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen.
has been elected editor Of the Fire
mems Magazine.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-01-16
No Settlement Reached.

Gloversville,, N. Y, Jan. 14.-No set
telment has been reached between the
glove manufacturers and the striking
table-cutters. protracted struggle is
predicted. Unless some conclusion is
reached early next month other glove
workers will probably be called out,
thus tying up the industry in that vi
cinity. - :. -: - -
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-01-16
SIX THOUSAND MEN
DEPEND ON 800 FOR WORK

Chicago, Jan. 14.-There are about
5000 men in the Illinois Steel Compa-
ny's plant in Chicago who depend up
on 300 skilled men in the rail, plate
and converting departments. Their
wages range from Sc to $50 day, the
latter figure being for the men who tell
when the blast Of the furnaces is ready
for pouring. There are at least 1000
helpers in these departments who work
for less than 81 a day.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-01-16
ASK CONGRESS TO.
PENSION OLD LABoRERS

Memphis, Jan. 1.-THE Tennessee
State Labor convention at Knoxville,
recently passed a resolution asking
congress to pass law granting a pen
sion of. $12s a month to every working
man who shall have reached the age
g: fsixty years and !. have earned less
than 900 year. The law he
deled alol6 seW
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-01-16
CREATES: NEW PRECEDENT.

Chicago. jan. ! 144.-=---Judge1 Holden
created asprece dent ii Chicago BY fin
*ing: 81 aborz union as 81 a corpora lion this
being IFS said .st first act1onAofs s.its
kind ever takeIl.b court M The. his
JnIts1
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-01-16

The mine" owners believed martial
law would grind Under it's heel the
miners in Cripple Creek, and martial
law was declared .s4trre1ne power
by the Governor more THAN a month
ago.
But in spite of martial law the
Western Federation of Miners is keep
ing up it's unequal fight, and just as
the mine owners felt they dealt the
Federation its deathbloW the spirit of
and Governor Peabody this week plac-
ed the ban Of martial law on San Mi
guel County.
Press Is Pleased.
With a press which is dominated by
men who have accumulated fortunes
opposing them and only one organ on
ther side, the miners have stuck brave-
ly by their organization.
Despite military oppression they
have dared to oppose the mine owners
plan to crush their organization out of
existence.
Already the strike has cost the State
of Colorado $6,o0O,000. The output OF
gold from the state this year shows a
oONi case VI TO,7GO,OVV, WHICH LIZ SClO1
of the Mint Roberts in his annual
statement from Washington lays di-
rectly to the strike.
1000 Were Involved.
One of he largest mine owners was
unbiased enough to acknowledge that
miners had some rights which employ
ers must recognize, and before other
members of the association could stop
him James Burns, the owner Of the
Portland, signed the Federation agree
ment.
AS a result his mine is working full
time with a force of almost six hum
dition to this there are few smaller
properties in which union men are en-
ployed- -althogether probably 500 men.
Four thousand men or more are out
Of work and stand idly by while mines
operated by members Of the Mine
Owners Association are manned by
nonunion miners-strike breakers i'm
ported to the district from other camps
where they had shown their efficiency
in that capacity.
Charges Against Governor.
0OFclloI cdDOOy Selll lTOOpS llIO
the Cripple Creek district in spite OF
the protests of citizens and peace Of
ficers, including sheriff, district attor-
ney, county commissioners, Justices of
the peace and city officials, who as
sured the Governor they were fully
able to preserve the peace.
Declared martial law while all the
courts were in opposition and business
progressed undisturbed by strikers.
Ordered the suspension OF the writ
of habeas corpus on December 5, 1903
in the case of Victor Paul, one of the
miners under arrest.
Refused to withdraw the troops de-
spite the numerous protests of repres-
entative citizens and officers Of the
law.
Permitted mine owners o use the
militia officers like puppets, ready to
carry out all t1leir:Whims.z
/ A representative of the Sunday Chi
cago American, who visited the district
found that q month"; reign Of the mill
.tary auth thority had scowed the striking
miners into silence.
feet ~. silitar-y Ruis. 81. 81
hes1 III MI I'D tie MI, IPiisfn,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-01-16
TROUBLES IN STORE
FOUR THE STEEL TRUST
THREATENED STRIKE OF THOU.
SANDS OF STEEL MILL
EMPLOYEES.

Caused BY Wage Reduction. Men Own
Their Homes and are Prepared for
Battle Of Five Months Duration.
Stops Being Taken to Organize a
Union Of Steel Workers In Historic
Old Homestead.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-01-16
STATEMENT By p. j. DEVAULT
Assessor Teller County, Colo.

Assessor Teller County, Colo,
To the Editor:
In my opinion the National Guard
in the Cripple Creek district has
! gone beyond the law in arreesting
! men on pretexts and against whom
they preferred no charges. 1t is
! evident from their actions that
their purpose here was to break
the strike, rather than maintain or
! der when disordera1:did id mot exist.
SsIgned pee q lEfne GoVsrfior
}Peabody wit draw the troops,
fbecause their presence here is not
and was not needed.
The fact that the militia has re-
leased prisoners rather than have
the court pass on their right to
hold them is a confession of guilt
on the part of the military author
tiles p. J. DEVAULT.
Assessor Teller County.
January 9, 1904.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-01-16
DEPORTATION FROM STATE
LATEST THREAT OF MILITARY
Governor Peabody the National Guard Colorado at the
Command of Men of Millions. Liberty, Freedom
Every Constitutional Right Destroyed by
Military Authorities.

Denver, Col, Jan. 14.-The injunc-
tion issued on Thursday night in
Judge Seeds Court in Cripple Creek
against the officers in command Of the
National Guard and number of mine
owners, by counsel for the miners. re-
straining the militia from molesting
members of the Western Federation
of Labor with regard to- the "vag' or
der, seems to have had the desired
effect in stopping the arbitrary ac-
tions of the soldiers in the district.
Colonel Verdeckberg, commanding
the troops, is between the devil and
the deep sea and is at a loss to know
what move next to take. While Off
GERS continue to talk la Bell, it is
not believed they Will ignore the writ
OF Judge Seeds.
Governor Peabody, it is reported,
has advised them to act carefully in
the matter.
Should the military authorities run
counter to he injunction the case will
then be taken to the Supreme Court
to test the Governors power in placing
the district under military rule and de-
porting miners, and it is known that
the administration is afraid Of the de-
cision of that tribunal.
The National Guard officers have
refused service of the writ, but have
made no move to disobey it. Several
mine owners have agreed to abide by
the order.
Attorney General Miller is of the
opinion that the military cannot evade
the injunction, and declares that SO
long as the military officials know
Of the existence Of such~writ they are
compelled by law to obey it, whether
or not service has been accepted.
A few minor arrests were made last
night, the charges being other than
vagrancy.
With a State National Guard doing
the bidding of Governor unfriendly
to organized labor and an association
Of multimillionaire mine owners who
have taken $100,0O0,000 in gold out of
the Cripple Creek District in the last
ten years on one side and mere hand
full of toiling miners on the other side
the strike which was called by the
| Western Federation of Miners August
10 last is no nearer settlement today.
Though the mine owners, the Gov
ternor and military authorities have
done eXeryth iin their power to.k,ll
fI1kez1l Eef&3las13 ~
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M 1aA11nas d
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-13
SaSSuLitch Captured
With 5000 Russians

who have been criticised for advancing
slowly. are now moving forward very
quickly They arc. especially skillful in
fianking movements.
There is little use for the Russians to
increase their forces, as the japanese
are receiving re-enforcemeats from
Yingkow-
KurokTs hanking march northward
continually threatens TO cut the Rus
sian communications. The initiative viii
thus continually remain in the hands
of the japanese, who viii always repeat
these tactics.
PARIS. Sept ia dispatch to the
Echo de Paris from St Petersburg
says that KurOpa txin has telegrapheG 10
the Gar that, notwithstanding the ter
rible weather, the japanese are advanc-
ing and have tablished camp four
teen miles from Mukden-
KurOpat1iu says he does not expect an
attack for a fortnight.
The minister of war has been advised
that two japanese divisions are ap-
preaching Mukden from the northwest.
and that two are marching upon the
Tie Pass from the eastward.
Russian Troops Seen.
TOKYO. Sept. 13.-Field Marshal Oya-
ma reports that a large body of Rus
sian cavalry appeared today az Hiutait-
zu. east of Yentai-
Bodies of Russian troops. with arti-
lery. are posted all along the railway
from Ncntai TO Mukden-
The Russians are merely keeping IN
touch with the japanese.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-13
MAINE PLURALITY
IN EXCESS OF 10000
Put 1t Above Normal Figures,
But Return of Gold Democrats to Their
Party Reduces 1t Below 1900.

PORTLAND, Ne, Sept 81 is esti-
mated In. t..,A Republicans carried the
state at Yesterdays election by 5000
plurality
The returns are not yet all in. but
enough have been received to warrant
this statement. Three hundred and
hfty c.des and towns out OF go give
Cobb Republican,. for governor, 71,OS5,
and Davis CDemocraD, 1912.
In 1900 these cities and towns gave
Hin Republican, s.. 2.676, and Lord Demo
craD. % GS9 These figures show an ap-
parent net Republican loss OF about $500
votes, due TO some Of the old Cold Demo-
Gratis going back TO their party.
The present Republican Congressman
were reelected by pluraiities ranging
from 5000 to 5000.
In the Fourth district Llewellyn Pow
ers defeated William r. Pattangan of
MachiaE. by a plurality OF $500 re-
duction OF his plurality Of S,SOo two
years ago.
that the Democrats will have several
State senators, whereas they row have
only one. and that they Will make "A
slight gain over their present member
ship In the house.
In Cumberland county the Democrats,
on the prohibition issue. reelected the
present Democratic sheriff. William NJ
Pennell. by substantial vote.
In Kennebec county. Col r. W. PialSt-
ed, Democratic candidate for sheriff. was
defeated by Ham. Republican, by about
]. 100 plurality.
c. 4. Smith. Republican candidate foi
sheriff in Somerset county, Is apparently
elected by the narrow margin Of only :
votes.
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LONDON, Sept. IA report is cur
rent from a source not TO be traced that
official Russian dispatches have reached
London announcing that General Sassu-
itch. who commanded part of the Rus
sian rear guard south of the Hun River,
has been severely wounded and captur-
ed. with 5000 Of his 5000 troops.
There is no mention Of this in dis
patches from Tokyo or the messages
from correspondents in the East.
Kuroki's Position.
There are conflicting reports concern
ing the position Of Kuroki On one hand
It is stated he is threatening the com
municatiOns of the Russians who are
represented as appTehensIve Of his ac-
tivities, while on the other hand it is
rumOred that he himself has been cut of
from his communications with Feng.
waHE-Cheng by the unexpected march OF
General Iinievitch from Vladivostok.
Having Tientsin as its place OF origin.
the latter rumOr may be discounted
pending an explanation, but il is recall
ed that there has been more than one
report recently that General IInieVitch
was advancing TO take the Japanese in
the rear
Advancing Quickly.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept ia dis
patch from Telling TO the "Birzheveya
Viedomostf' says that the japanese
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TWO KILLED, MANY HURT
IN TRAIN COLLISION
Knight Templar Special and No. 5 Run
Together on Southen Pa
cific Railroad.

SALT LAKE. Utah. Sept I3.-The
castbc Ird Southern Pacific train No. 6.
carrying the Hugh Depayn Command
cry. Knights Templar. numbering sew
enty. Of Melrosc. Mass, and the Sutton
Commandery. of New Bedford. Mass.
colIidcd with westbound train No. g.
near Iaughton. five miles west OF here
last nizht.
Both trains were doubleheaders. and
running at "A high rate of speed. Two
persons were killed and a score in
jured The dead are;
Fireman Hicks. of Roddin. Cal
Unknown man. Coal-heaver.
The Injured are:
W. l.. Baker. OF Chicago, dining car
conductor. conclusion Of the brain. body
bruised. Tourist Agent Alexander, OF
Boston. in charge Of the Pullman car.
cut on head. prOstTated from shock,
George Plummer. OF Waltham. Mass,
injured internally; James Sanderbret. Of
Chicago. Pullman porter, spine injured
fatally. Alexander Hollis Reading.
Mass skull cut: William Scannage. Mel
rose. Mass. legs badly hurt: Engineer
Isord. bruises; John Chamberlain, Read
ing Mass, foot crushed.
Others injured are:
Albert A Kenar. Columbus. Mo
George Swaby, Meriheld. No: Samuei
Wing Denver. Col; Mrs. Il H. Hale.
Fullerton. Col; Mrs. NJ Goodman,
Ana. Cal; Mrs. John Swan. Galesburg
Ill: Mrs. Gold, Ogden, Utah; James
Hail. Falrvilie, Cal; r. r. Morgan,
Ridgeley, Pa.