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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-08-27
PUBLIC ASKED 10 AID
STRIKING BUTCHERS.
"a -ss-e--e77- ----'sjSs 81 :SS:EE
Plan Decided Upon BY Chica4
go Federation Of Labor at
Sundays Meeting. T.
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American Federation Of Labor
!. Is Also Called Upon
to Give Aid :1>.'H = T.

Chicago, Aug. 25.--At, the regular
meeting Of the Chicago. Fedora tionsof
Labor, which was held Sunday after
noon, 1t was decided to ask the general
pubic for aid for the men now out on
strike in the stock yards .es.. ,z.=z,. u
The secretary of the fedora ton was
also instructed to request President;
Gompers. of the American Federation
of Labor, to call a special meeting of
the executive council. OF that body for
the purpose of devising ways and
means of sustaining: the strikers. ;ssssss:. IS
The resolution passed yesterday COM!
mences by giving review OF the con-
dit1ons. at the yards as viewed from
the standpoint of the strikers, It as
serts that the wages Of the laborers ii
the packing houses were IS cents an
hour, but the employment was to H-*
regular, that their total weekly; earn
1ngs did not amount to more than 81.
= 1t is then declared that the packers
attempted to lower the wagesEtof the
laborers and the skilled workn1en be-.
Hevings that this would be followed by
a. reduction IN their own rate 81 pay
decided to. 80 out on strike IN sui ioport
OF the unskilled men. +. 81 IS! 3.ssI=5s==
I The attitude OF the. packers 1.In- re-
fusings to confer with the *men isl crit i
=icized, and the resolution closes with
the statement that Sc the strikers faiI
the c conn ,rn Sc suffer the
wrong that yill have been perpetrated
upon them. and appeals to- the. public
for. finacial support
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-08-27
TWENTY STATES
HAVE EIGHT HOUR LAW
United States Government AL
so stipulates For Work
Under Eight Hour Law.
Interesting Statistics Recently
Compiled by U. s.
Labor Bureau.

Washington, D. c., August 25-
Statistics recently compiled by the
Federal Bureau Of labor show that
twenty-seven states and territories
besides the United States, have an g.
hour day law. There are six states
where eight hours are prescribed as
the limit for days work unless spec
H1ed to the contrary. These are Con-
necticut, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri
New York and Pennsylvania. Nevada
and the United States specify the g.
hour day upon irrigation works and
New York for laborers upon the res
ervoir.
In Wisconsin the 8-hour day is pre-
scribed In manufacturing and me-
chanical establishments unless other
wise agreed upon. The laws Of Mis-
souri,, New Mexico and Tennessee
specify eight hours to be a days work
for laborers on road work. Eight
hours are legal days work In mines
and smelters in the following states:
Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Montana
Nevada. Utah and Wyoming.
The following have prescribed eight
hours as the maximum days labor
upon public works: California, Colo
RADIO, District of Columbia, Hawaii
Idaho, Kansas, Maryland (Balti-
more), Minnesota, Nevada, Ohio
Pennsylvania, Porto Rico, Utah, Wash
ington, West Virginia and Wyoming.
The United States provides for an g.
hour day upon government work.
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Cleaners 1n Ri Exchan 81
Resent Order tto urnish Zz
Their Own. # ::
Leave Floors Unaept Be-
cause Owners Would Not
Furnish Beds.

Chicago, August 25th.-Because the
agents Of the building would not fur
| nish them free beds janitors of tho
Railway Exchange Building went on
strike yesterday.
There are about seventy five jan
itors employed in the big building and
since they began work, few months
ago, they have been compelled to sleep
! wherever they could in the structure.
When the building was opened the
| agents told the janitors they must work
| from until II o'clock p. m. and from
until a. M, and that between IL
| p. m. and a. m. they must sleep in
the building, furnishing their own beds
complete, space for the same being
provided in the basement and in the
| halls.
| Recently tenants have been COM
planning to the agents of the building
that lounges and easy chairs in their
private offices were being occupied
during the nights.
| Mr.. Fisher, agent for the building,
started an investigation and, it is said,
discovering that the night janitors
were using the lounges in the offices
of the tenants for beds, Informed them
that they must cease using the offices
Of the building for. sleeping apartments
and furnish their own beds and sleep
| in the halls.
This order the janitors resented and
insisted that the agent of the building
furnish the beds. Mr.. Fisher refused,
whereupon Wednesday night all the
| janitors went on strike.
Yesterday morning the tenants Of the
/ building found their waste paper bas-
kets full and half an inch Of dust on
! their desks. ::
| Both sides are obdurate and the
trouble may involve employees Of other
| buildings.
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Mr.. TEL IER' s NAllRA TIVE Il
.=.:= The STRUGGLE IN col ORADO
Story Of Great Strike q II
81 = !. Related by Teller:

- u s1eller5 Erefutes n the, claim
thlat :S S. lnvvlessnesaS S=s5 == oecurrede e:aa.
5ellhar9ed ~ the naine::o oyvvners. The.
{ governors allesatioa that ttinssur-.
!. ) yesctlon vi : on was a every way.
! icflion deemed necessary as i
! basas for INC order of: troops. *z>'
5Sz.: z.:stssovernor Peab0 b0dy waas: 4 party
]: to the eeeasPirac:y, to aid the milne
4 Eoyvner's q q tod carry out their; nefari-5s
ne1non-union miner who ,charE-.
ed That Re was assaulted by nm
. lon lists 1t was afterwards proven
!. VAS; ;l,eaten by :his wife, and the
evidence In a. mag gistrAte's court
/ sbears.0ut this statement. Z: :s>z>: zzj-
55sz:s In nTellur1de, from the callins
1 Of the atrike--nnd7fo for some time:
5SspreviOus-tos to i the arrival of the
s s ='ttroQpa,sst q ne camp enjoyed = period
! Of #qufet never before; known. y: ::
SSss1s Ifnes owners are arbitrary and
:@.dictatorta {, . CON ftion not uuncon1-
!. . mos ~ me- who have come sud-
denly Il iEp,OssessionsSS II :Sof wealth.
8 They pays,3 4 s. aftention to the
: sr1ghts OF man, s4s be1ievings these
fights nhefes solely IN the rights
q o1 propert OPP y.ss yS.s.s,.s. ),
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-08-27
JEROME THREATENS
BR|BERS Of UNION men
New York District Attorney
Warns Employers Who
Pay Graft Money.
Tells Them That He Considers
Them Guilty as Men
They Bribed. J

New York, Aug. 25.-"You people are
no better than the employees. You are
just as guilty In bribing labor leaders
as they are in taking the bribes.
Don't tell me that you are actuated by
altruistic motives in Drosecuting5 Vein
seimer eight months after this bribing
Of Essig. Bah! Wait till September
and I'll make it hot for you''
In an angry voice that rang through
the Criminal Court Building corridors
yesterday, District Attorney Jerome
made this declaration to J. f. john
son, Jr., of Johnson, Kahn & Company,
members of the Building Trades AS
sociation. He was referring to the
Building Trades Employers Associa-
tion and not Mr.. Johnson individually.
September Is the date for the
Brine bill to take effect, making the
bribe giver equally guilty with the
bribe taker, and depriving him Of the
defense that he may take refuge be-
hind now that he is the victim Of ex-
tortation.
Johnson, Kahn & Company are own
ers and builders of the Chatsworth
apartment house at Riverside drive and
Seventy second street A plumbing
strike was called on this building and
Essig, a subcontractor, declared he
paid $2,700 to Philip Weinseiner,
president of the Building Trades AL
lance, to have the strike called. This
resulted in Weinseimer's indictment by
the grand jury.
johnson met the District Attorney as
Jerome was leaving the grand jury
room yesterday. The contractor was
angry.
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Operators Break Faith
With Unions

The United Mine Workers Journal
SAYS $4,000 men are out in Pennsyl-
yania and 1900 in Ohio because the
operators attempted to break con-
tracts (and these ducks talk about
unions breaking contractD. At New
port, O., the men had to. take two
reductions, aggregating Is per cent,
since April (the Indianapolis agree
1nent Of 51z per cent cut no figure1.
A thousand men are out in BicknelE
Ind, because the; greedy coal barons
want to break the eight-hour day.
There are 5000 men out in Alabama
and 10000 in Southern Illinois, all to
resist reductions and lengthening
hour Of labor. It looks like a nation
al suspension. But what's an agree
nent among friends?
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!: preserve md force htas
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whirHh Hthesll 4lisxe SSYyest.-sS
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|tEeHcaln out q nee
iessary because of a reign OF terror in
the mining camps to which troops
were sent. The Western Federation
of Miners is charged with planning
and encouraging murder, train wreck
ing and all forms of violence, and 1t
is represented that in several coun-
ties it's orders were so we'll obeyed
that life and property were no longer
safe. To these charges the governor
has given official approval in his proc
1amation declaring three counties in
a state of "insurrection," as we'll as In
his several interviews and published
defenses. To be sure, insurrection is
something more than the lawless and
criminal conduct charged against the
communities in question being
equivalent to rebellion-but alleged
lawlessness and not revolution is the
condition asserted as an excuse for
the governors course.
There was no Lawlessness.
In justice to the state, it should be
known that in truth no such 1awless-
ness existed in any of the counties
which were placed under military con-
troll. The "insurrection'' was in every
case fiction deemed necessary as a
basis for the order for troops.
But two definite charges Of violence
in the Cripple Creek district have beer
made; one of an attack upon Justice
Hawkins, Of Altman, which is alleged
to have been to punish him for a de-
cjsion unfavorable to a union miner
The other case Is that of one Stewart
who is alleged to have been beaten by
tina: she administered the beating in q
family broil, and Stewart confessed ar
much to a police magistrate who Is
authority for this statement.
After arrival Of the troops, an ex.
pioslon in the Vindicator mine resulted
in the death of the superintendent an6
a shift boss. This was at once charged
to the union. But no evidence was
produced, and the coroner's jury re-
ported that it was unable to determine
the cause or to fix the blame. AS the
mine was under military guard, posi-
tive evidence Of outside Interference is
necessary to show that the explosion
was more than an accident,
Mine Owners Wreck Union.
1t Is declared, too, that the unions at
tempted to wreck a train loaded with
soldiers and non union men. But or
the trial Of the alleged wreckers II
clearly appeared that the loosening Of
the rail was the work of detectives OF
the Mine Owners association, whe
employed worthless character to tes.
tify to facts discriminating the president
of one of the unions. Not only was
the accused acquitted, but the eases
against his alleged accomplices were
all dismissed, while the principal wit
ness for the prosecution, this tool Of
the detectives, was held for perjury
committed at the trial.
In Telluride, from the calling Of thu
strickland for some time previous
to the arrival Of the troops, the, camI
enjoyed a period of quiet never before
known. -" =? : :S>$, II 1&,- ! ::szst*. ! =.
zss: But more than q year before. tn;
troops We're placed In control, Manag.
%er. Collins, OF one of the principal mines
was killed by a sEot fred b through y
:,WlndoW# Of his reside dence. This act wa.
to- the. unions, though ther.
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80 rs 1slCt,3 NlAS1IsGs sGssAR#ENSENHSlHl.-sf
Ing that this tie Rrpo.e of
calling out the troops ir11severy in
stance. That purpose has been re-
peatedly expressed not only by the
members of the Mine Owners Associ-
alton, but by Sherman Bell and the
other officers of the National Guard
1t is a suggestive fact that the mine
owners with all the power Of military
government in their hands for nine
months, have not convicted a single
member Of the miners union OF an
offense against either life or property
And this is not due to any miscar-
riage Of justice. On the trial. in which
it had been proclaimed that the evil
dence of guilt was abundant and
damning, the prosecution utterly broke
down, in some cases producing no evi-
dence at all.
The decision of the supreme Court by
which Governor Peabody seeks to justi-
fy his course, is only to the effect that
IN the suppression of an insurrection
the executive may arrest and detain in
surgents for time without being
ansWerable to the courts. While this
decision has been severely criticised.
and the fact that it cites no precedents
has been noted, 1t does not afford any
support to the deportation Of citizens,
nor to their arrest and detention with
out at least charge of wrong-doing.
Governors Lame Plea.
The governor and his friends have
asserted, and make much of the as
sertion, that the strike was the arbi-
trary act Of the executive committee of
the Western Federation of Miners. A
like charge has been made as to the
strike Of the United Mine Workers. In
neither case is there any foundation for
such statement.
In Cripple Creek, by vote of the
unions the question was referred to the
district committee. That committee
recommended the executive committee
| to order the strike.
In Telluride, the strike originated in
a demand by the mill men for an eight
hour day, and was ordered by a vote
of the men.
In the coal fields, the miners insisted
that the executive committee order a
strike, the condition being, as they
claimed, lntolerable.
The peculiar bitterness shown by the
! mine owners toward the miners union
is due, probably, to two causes:
First, an arbitrary, dictatorial spirit.
not uncommon in men who have come
suddenly into possession of wealth, and.
with no. previous training in the posi-
ton of employers OF labor. These are
the conditions surrounding the mine
owners, asa. rule. They have passed
quickly from poverty to affluence, and
now regard the world as theirs. They
have. given no study to the rights Of
man, and have, but one idea on that
subject, to-wit: that those rights inhere
solely in the owners Of property. :,
Main Cause OF the Trouble.
Second, in ordinary industrial COM
munities employers understand that a
uniform wage scale tends to uniformity 7
in prices; that Il all Ia the same line. Of
production pay the same wages, any
advance IN wages will be compensated
by an advance ii the selling price Of
the product. Iii the mi ming of precious
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-08-27
NEW YORK EMPLOYERS
CHARGED WITH CRIME
Building Trades Alliance At
tempt to Bring Action for
Blacklisting.
Employers Try to Restrain
Trade by Entering Into
an Agreement.

NEW YORK, August 25-The Build
ing Trades Alliance through counsel
yesterday made an attack on the
Building Trades Employers associa-
ton by placing certain documentary
evidence before District Attorney Rand
for the purpose of ascertaining wheth-
er or not this evidence was sufficient
to bring the prosecution of certain en-
ployers:
The charges against the employers
are "blacklisting'' members of some of
the trades affiliated with the alliance.
and Of conspiracy to constrain trade
by entering into agreements with
unions whereby the masters .associa-
tion profits over outside contractors.
Considered in Detail.
The. mater was considered at length
yesterday at a conference In the dis
trict attorneys office. At this meeting
1t was reported that nothing would be
done by Mr. Jerome, as evidence of
Snfficient weight to- warrant action
had not ben produced by counsel for
the unions:
The unions, it Is believed, intend to
proceed against the employers on the
strength . Of the opinion. handed down
on Saturday last by City Magistrate
Ommen III the action brought by AS
sistant$ District Attorney Rand against
Donald Call, et= Fl, charging conspiracy
between *sthe. bosses and the unions in
the stone trade. The magis-
trate e;4held that any agreement entered
Into betWsen*th unions and the mas
:ters' ociation, Whereby the masters
association knew in advance OF putting
in bids just what bids would be: offered
and profit thereby, 4 was conspiracy.
]: ported Il that counsel for the
Building rad des Alliance yesterday
produced evidence to show that SINH
lar Observation-Disclosures that zof the stonecut-
:tersshaye ben. enter red into BY. at least
one other union hich. In favor Of
the aster ssocia tion= =of that trade
GIoss ateh5t IA. ept.
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.erH than the. hank cana ford to SIJaY.G
:C.s deposits rs check "a he bank and:
hereby hqutda tes his $4,000 Indebted
ness to the bank m = + -. -. s.. IS.
AT this stage Il is still the possessor
OF $4,000 but It, is 10000, stock doll
lars G. is the possessorz Of $500; and
q. from whom the copper mine was
purchased Is the possesor Of $4,000,
but the two latter: amounts make up
the 10000 real dollars, and the bank
remains where it was at the beginning
Of the transaction. The people; how
ever. are no wiser, but they know, be-
cause they have been most casually
educated to such knowledge by C's
agents, Wall street. and the press, that
their country Is tremendously prosper
ous-that~ Its real prosperity is evidenc-
ed added wealth in the form Of 700
new stock dollars. At the next stage
the financial trick accomplished by the
secret device is complete. B, the far
mer, who has contracted for new ma
chinery and other necessities and lux
uries, to be paid for next season at
tempts next season to turn his 10000
stock dollars in to real dollars, and C,
the Private Thing, knowing their real
value to be but $4,000, refuses to make
the exchange. but instead, by pro-
claiming their real value, compels B,
who must have real dollars to meet his
debts, to sell them for what c, the
Private Thing. is willing to pay
&C, the Private Thing is willing to
pay their worth, which he alone knows
is $3,300;he repurcnases them at that
price from B, that he may repeat the
operation at the return of the wave
of the country's prosperity.
Bank Merely instrument.
by the operation B, the farmer, has
lost as absolutely as though they had
been taken away from him by a gov
eSnment decree $500 of his own maxi
ing, and c., the Private Thing, has
made as absolutely as though the
government had allowed him to coin
them for his own benefit, 800 real
dollars and the bank, created, regu-
lated and controlled by law, and exist
ing because Of the peoples deposits Of
money, has been the instrument by
which c, the Private Thing, deprived
B, the farmer, Of his savings because
c, the Private Thing, is at one and
tNe sdAtS lille uuIllB the operation
have outlined, himself and the bank.
II believe standard Or was the
first to utilize this secret device for
circumventing the safeguards which
the law has erected. to protect the saw
ings Of the people, the first to- prac-
tically apprehend that q large proper
ton Of all the. moneys In circulation
which belong to the people or the gov
ernment. being in the custody OF: the
national and savings banks: and trust
and insurance: companies, it would only
be necessary for set Of men to OBJ
tain control Of sufficient Of the sprinct-
pal national and savings i banks and an
trust and insurance companies to con-
troll practically unlimited amounts of
such funds, and thus be absolutely able
to make dollars at will BY usinE the
moneys in these stitutions to acquire
properties, then to # consolid idate; 4 such
properties on an inflat ted basis, and
then to. sell hem to the. people lwh5ol,..
in FAC already owned 50 enn, because
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-08-27
Steel Corporation to
Reduce WAGES

The United States Steel Corpora
ton has started in to smash the Amel-
gamated Association Of Iron and Steel
Workers in the Mahoning valley.
The open shop is to be inaugurated
and wages pounded down to the level
desired by the trust. It is not certain
that a strike will be called at once.
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Age Limit Fixed
For New Railroaders.

The Delaware & Hudson Railroad
CO. management has decided upon an
age limit for new employees, They
mustsb be between n and a6 years old:
The Older men have no right to live
according to those plutes. s
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TI1I EOR
! 4 HOLIDAY.
1sYe1 7ho Processes
' abor VIII I 7


lnd der the a2thorfEation of the Fed
serated Trades ana SIaborsAs Assembly ana!
the Hui dtng Tradaa Council, the only
sorganizat ions hers ich s. have. the
right 3or perm. aaet and speak in:
This city led labor, the! pre-
sparation, zcontrol and conduct 81 the
only 81 Labor Day
Monday septeln 4 ~ s. about
zDulut Will she zzenit thS Park: s, 3
q abund mt zansHsle legant. line of5 re-:
Itltaents ezaerYed Iced water
sylyil ilfSbs tainable Very point of=the
ground and sof can be obi ain
Sei at several ssta nd located about
the. grouad ulsiS lie finest; con :
Cert and lance. zbe furnished
81 he day 5 Franch Il friend
remark t1er;l al, dhrinlxln',
.spoortI n1ss:ansSd danqIn Srornp TOR the
child her and ganlee tor the athletic:
the yes'll be- coort tiIl the gu-urls an,
the urls, kin' goo-goo= eyes
diyil,s in it s:sif
severybpd that gpe have a foine
slttsotIne, and d@eYeryb that stays away
goes sanYW Whene . 4tss5 on Labor Day
VIII lIsbe oin, pinn aTe for the foolish
ness them rest 81. their
5loiYes, soS the gener- ,,lit.
uspubHc pul,lt the regard
andA Apreciat labor byat-
tsndfngs htA=eele labor's=fes-
tshould ont sar,y.fosinYite
~ nt 81 hapRy
duty ieirplea
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-08-27

lhe La borYSVNFo NForldz5 herewith prints
what We believe: :tosbe the clearest and
most concise presentation of tles Colo
#rado5: struggle that :Fhas yetHbeen pub
.ltshed.. Isl nteresting article. is:
from the pen sof El r.: James H.. Teller;,
a,s lawyer OF Pueblo, Col :,sand d "a brother
& Oft =l nited States senator: Teller and
was wa Rritten the Public, OF Chicago,
We offer: q conrrrnent The facts are:
:fairl 81 d5S IS t,onough presented
stl every aee,lsat q 81 i ainled The
fe1lsrsa paper nj Il become an historic
sdocurne reads asS follows: :s.ss
Feiler;, ari; tive.
lille neMspap persss g the
generall lys been quite thsir
comments lpon trouble ofNGsoios
sTad have aecep epted and sfyen