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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-07-30

The Supreme Court Of West Vir-
ginia has issued an injunction against
the United Mine Workers of America
forbidding them from organizing the
Mine Workers Of America forbiddine
them from organizing the mine work
ers of that state-Chicago RECORD
Herald.
How is that for capitalism goine
mad?
The Supreme Court of West Vir-
glnia is the tool Of the mine owners
just as the lower; courts are.
Davis, the Democratic vice presi-
Dental candidate, and his Republican
relative, Senator Stephen, B. Elkins
control the two old political machines
of. that state, and they use them tt
protect their. business interests.
They are the leading mine owners
and for years have fought every at
tempt to organize the workers, and
their heirlings have committed nearly
every crime In the calendar to keer
the mines non union and the laborers
in state of slavery worse than ex-
listed half century ago.
Having been made multi -millionaires
by the sweat and toll Of others these
two autocrats have nothing to fear.
They are masters Of all they survey
The law-making and law-interpret-
ing bodies Of West Virginia are COM
pletely under their domination, and
now they are ambitious to acquire
greater power nationally and they will
spend millions Ito win: =
How any gelf-respecting + working
mar can vote for such men is past
understanding. =-* yc.
Now that the miners are up against
a stone wall, what are they going to
do? = !: ~. :" s,Ss::..
If this question IS not to be settled
by the workers acting together po-
litically as q class, how will IT be?,
, Maybe Messrs: Mitchell. Gompers
and others will tell us. T..
s. s. Meanwhile watch other courts Gag
erly quote the 4 West Virginia j SUI
premes Courts decision as q perecedens
and good law! + z=,zsszs :
k These are exciting times. men! .> +
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In his address on "The Wage Prob
lem," before the convention of mechan-
ical engineers, at the Chicago Audi
toriuna, Mr.. Harrington Emerson. of
New York, propounded some new
ideas. las the state axes the mini
mum age and the minimum hours for
the employment Of children, it might
also, at least by example, fixe the
minimum living wages, below which no
one should accept employment, and
thus create a minimum standard" !"
said Mr.. Emerson. Supply and de-
mand, modified to some extent bv the
unichs, will determine the second
wage. and the third is a. matter to
be left wholly to the employer and
employe, even as are today doctors.
and lawyers fees.
THE wage Garner has four differ
ent things to sell, viz: His time and
liberty, his skill, profession or trade.
his intelligent cooperation and his
power to do harm. Output Is not
| among these, nor Is 1t, except in rare
ana generally distressing cases. like
sweatshop work, what he does or can
sell.
gence oft he state that when so much
Is done to correct nature, to dredge
harbors, build sea walls, impound wat
ers, regulate rivers, fight against dis
ease; absolutely no use is made OF
the great power Of the state to act as
a. fly-wheel for the neergy of produc-
ton.
Here, at least, is something in
which the interests of employers and
employees are one. When labor is
scarce and material high govern
nients, national, state and municipal,
should carefully abstain from under
taking great works Of creation or i'm
proven1ent; but when labor is plenti-
full and materials low in price, gov
ernments should carry out plans held
for just such conditions.
There are no other means at once
so powerful and economical to mini
mize the ups and downs of both labor
and capital. 1t is in the power. of
government to establish a minimum
wage (as we'll as minimum price for
great staples) at! whicf:s:it Is always
ready to, undertake great elementary,
works J, ef public !
some suc mai have
the stat take 8 =ftx
the minimum wage. ':5 @= sz,
':A living daily va die TO every
man who signs away hts liberty | to
another. whether hestands around
Eidly to glorify his Senaplpyerr or to
amuse himself" '. 55s1s98xsNS sN 4.
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Pleads for Solidarity,

to the physical facts which enter into
the labor, problem.
Pleads for Solidarity.
If '*the average wage-earner has
made UP his mind that he must remain
a wage -earner," we have a new type
of solidarity, new at least to this scoun-
try. No other man amongst us has
made up his mind to accept his con-
dftion. The majority Of men are ac-
cepting the conditions of their daily
work, but it is not an enforced accept
ance. This Is true of the great body
of people engaged In farming in mer-
camille pursuits, and in most Of the
underpaid professional employments
In the social order one or two things
must be present to Great solidarity
pride or a grievance. An: aristocracy
Of birth is welded together by pride.
1t perpetuates itself through the in
creasing pride ct each new genera
tion. An aristocracy is an inheritance
not of wealth, for some families" are
very poor; but of an assured state of
mind. An aristoerat does not have
to make up his mind, it has been
made up for him. An aristrocracy is
a piutocracy.. A plutocracy is at any
given time merely an aggregation Of
wealth. People are struggling to get
into it and are continually falling out
Of 1t. There Is no mental repose In a
plutoeracy. It is a restless, struggling
disintegrating mass. It has no inher-
ent solidarity.
Trade Unions Have Done Much.
It is of course entirely obvious that
greater freedom Of mind on the. part
of the wage-earner may be expected to
follow the betterment Of his condition.
This betterment OF condition is the one
and final object OF the trade union. I
doubt If one-half of that which. the
trade unicn has gained for the wage
Garner could have been gained in any
other way. I doubt If .one-quarter of
the gain would have been reached in
any other way. Trade unionism is the
business method Of effecting the bet
terment Of the wage-earner under the
highly organized conditions of the
modern industrial world.
But trade unionism at its best must
do it's work within two clear limita-
tions.. In the first place, every ad-
vance which 1t tries t6 make in behalf
Of the wage-earner as such finds
natural limit. At a given point, now
here. now there it is seen TO react
upon itself, or to be turned back. Or
ganizatioa meets opposing organiza-
tion. P ublic interest becomes involv-
ed. Moral issues aresraised: The CO.
operating,'sympathy Of men which can
always be. counted upon. In any fair
appeal to it, turns at once into rebuke
and restraint if 1t is abused The
wage Garner in a democracy viii never
be allowed, to get far beyond the aver
age man through any exclusive 7advan-
tages which he may attempt through
organization. : s. <se <=. .:s ~ ILL., =: 1 i
III Satisfaction in Ones Work. i: !:
IS mention another source: Of free=
dom and bread 9TH + and power to the
age-earmer--a3so source which is COM
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SOLDIERS READY TO
OUEL.L STRIKERS

SIOUX CITY, July 27.-sherifr Jack
son this afternoon ordered the captains
of the two local militia companies to
hold their commands in readiness for
service on strike duty and the guards
men Immediately assembled at the ar
mory, where they remain tonight. No
further call has come from the sheriff,
however, as there has been no dis
turbances. Manager Watson, of the
Cudahy Packing company, says his
plant killed more hogs and cattle to-
day than usual. .,
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TERRA HAUTE, Ind, July, 2S-Eu-
nomination of Parker and Davis by the
National Democratic convention in the
Terra Haute Gazette says:
Organized la Dor has no more uncom-
promising enemy than Henry G. Davis,
the person whom the Democratic party
has chosen to be the tail piece Of the
national ticket.
1T might be a good idea to say here.
too, that Mr. Parker, the head Of the
ticket, is merely the personal candidate
of John D. Rockefeller. He was also
one Of the judges who decided that the
eight hour law for labor in New York
was unconstitutional. He is the can
dldate of the Standard Oil company.
The authority for the statement is
Thomas w. Lawson, the Boston mil
llonalre, who charges that Boss Nc
tarren OF Brooklyn, who brought out
parker, and managed his campaign, is
on the pay roll of the Standard Oil
company as their political manipulation
a salary of $4,000 a year."
(When question by a representative
OF the Associated Press at Brooklyn,
Carren refused to make any reply to the
above statement)
Judge Parger,' continued Mr. Debs,
lis now the candidate of the Demo-
cratic party which is SO furiously op-
posed to trust rule.
AS to the vice presidential candidate
of the party, who is supposed to rep
resent thee ommon people Of the coun-
try on the ticket, Henry G: Davis is
estimated to be worth $50, 600, 900 and he
mas achieved fame In the labor world
by charging union labor with being a
criminal conspiracy and treating union
men as enemies to society, who should
be caked or killed.
He does not permit his employees to
belong to labor union. For reference
the United Mine Workers will serve.
Davis owns big part Of the state of
West Virginia, including it's railroads
and mines.
In the summer of 1897, during the
Mine Workers strike, the national Of
ficers asked me to go into West Vir-
gina to organize the miners and get
them to join the strike, as West Vir-
glnia was flooding the market with
'scab' coal. I was so successful in my
efforts that Judge Jackson issued his
notorious Injunction against me, WITCH
In effect enjoined me from even leaving
my boarding house.
Henry Davis, the Democratic nomi-
nee for vice president, was mainly in
strumental in having this and other
later injunctions issued by Judge Jack
son, whose name has become the syn
ony1n for Judicial tyranny among work.
ingmen.
"1'avis Is the very incarnation Of the
old-time slare driver who flourished in
the Dominion.
Here is another point. The Demo-
cratic nl"Ea2er Of the St. Louis con-
vent!on placed 1000 reserved seats at
the disposal of the Business Mems
league, an organization hostile to or
ganizad labor. But not a seat was ten
dereI to labor, organized or otherwise
Six weeks ago William j. Bryan
publicly stated that no self-respecting
Democrat could support Judge Parker,
the tool of the trusts and the money
power. Mr.. Bryan is now supporting
him and in SO doing is proclaiming him.
self a political degenerate."
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ALL PAPER MAKERS
MAY BE CALLED OUT

APPLETON. Wis, July 27.-President
Mackey Of the International Paper
Makers union, who has been conduct
ing the strike in the Fox river valley
during the last eight weeks, is said to
have intimated that unless the manu-
facturers make a concession before the
end of the present week. he will call
out every union paper maker in the
country to assist in carrying the union
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Many Strike Breakers Are
Being Secured, at . Higher
Wages Than Are Asked By
the Meat Cutters and Butch
er Workmen's Union.
Outside Parties Still Hope To
Be Able to Bring the Con-
tending Factors Together
Overtures for Peace Come
Indirectly to Union.

ther concessions to the strikers they
say a renewal OF peace negotiations
with the hope of securing better terms
would be useless.
Claim. 1t Is Void.
The labor leaders claim that when
the butchers went on the second strike
because of alleged discriminate py
the packers in retaining the old en-
p1oyes, the arbitration agreement Was
nullified and that it is necessary to
sign new agreement before a settle
ment can be reached.
After tonight's conference with. the
state board of arbitration, Arthur
Meeker. lmanager for Armour & Co.,
said the packers were still willing to
live up to the terms of the original
agreement, but that Initiative would
have to be taken by the strikers.
Must Act Soon.
Mr.. Meeker also intimated that the
sooner the strikers adopted this course
the better it would be for them
notwithstanding today's failure to
bring the contesting parties together
once more, another attempt, it was
said tonight, would be made tomorrow
to arrange a conference between the
packers and the strikers.
JAS. H. Walker, grain broker on the
Chicago board Of trade, is the man who
proposes to do what the state board of
arbitration failed to accomplish.
At least 1000 new employees were
taken into the yards today and put to
work. A conservative estimate 'of the
number of animals slaughtered today
by the different plants placed it, at
about one-half the amount disposed of
under normal conditions
SOME STRIKERS ON HALF PAY.
CONSERVATION was created among
the packers when it was learned that
the Union Stock Yards Company was
paying. the live stock handlers who
went on strike half pay while they
are QUITO keep them from seeking en-
ployrnent elsewhere. 80
The packers Immediately sent rep
resentatives to General Manager Leo
nard OF the Union. Stock Yards Com
:pany tuSlea if the llouncementsm wis
rlEA q =
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y -. /
/ =Sken1p,of5 San francisco.

81. 81. J. C.3 sken,p,, of San FRANCISCO, Cal,
third vice -preside OF the Brotherhood
Of Painters and Decor tors of America
has been apfo ted Sse secretary treas
urer q q. !. that orga11izat tion, to I'LL the
vacancy caused by the recent death OF
Micha arri 81 executive
board the nat ational bod has en- 8
Idorsed the appoi ntmen
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Labor Headquarters ia Cincinnati.

II Cincinnati labor unions are to- have
al general headquarters for all organ
izations in that city. Representa-
tives and business agents. Of large
number Of unions have formed an as
ISOLATION to be .knownaas the Amalga-
mated Board OF Labor, Union Repres-
entatives, and it's purpose IS to estab-
slish. ,hea dquarters and desk room for
the different business agents Of that
city, 20 5:e MI !: s=. e. s5
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ECONOMIST CHAMPIONS.
LAW FOR Minimum WAGE
AND WOULD PERMIT NO MAN TO
ACCEPT EMPLOYMENT FOR LESS.

Wage Garner Has Four Different
Things to SeIl-His Time and Lib
erty, His Skill, Profession or Trade,
His Intelligent Cooperation and
His Power. to do Harm-He Should
Always Receive a Living Wage at
Least.
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II5sySsSince the women were lothed wit the.
electoral Il franchise IT. IS complained nat
no ction can Be held IN. DenYer. vi thOul
l|tkeH ret turns being padded. ..sa
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:of wine but lie sci ION links sanythinE
alcoholic. With his brea eakfastt- break
fast-a cup Of coffee, with or without
milk, and a bite. of bread-it can be
called. !,
The whistle blows or the bell rings,
and the grind is on. There is delibera-
effects Of the toll of other days and
nights cling to him. He is not at his
best, and so the work suffers either in
quantity or quality. But when the
whistle blows at $3.50 Jean gets move
on him. He is going to- breakfast, and
drink of wine will in a measure re-
vive him. So once more he partakes of
coffee and bread, and he considers him.
self justified in slipping during the half
hours rest at the wine bottle, the wine
being from time to time poured in q
glass and mixed with a generous
amount Of water.
The Midday Siesta.
From to- 1880 Jean plods steadily
at his job-that is, steadily for a
Frenchman. He by no means breaks
his back hustling, His movements are
leisurely---I might even say dignified.
He works with a purpose, however. Ex-
perience tells him that doing something
makes the time pass quicker-the time
when the restaurants are ready and
he can eat.
So few moments after the noon
hour-11:30 to 12:30-Jean is found in a
restaurant near his work ordering beef
Or some other soup; 2 to 8 cents; meat,
to cents; a vegetable, perhaps beans
or maybes maccaroni, 2 to 3 cents;
cheese 2 to cents and bread, 2 cents.
He has also ordreded pint or quart
bottle Of wine, 5 to 10 cents, which is
consumed before the meal Is completed,
and which occupies every minute Of the
hour allowed. The cigarette or the
pipe aids digestion while: Jean is saun-
tering back to his job.
I have seen a laborer stop mixing
mortar to light his pipe. 1 have seen
the mason lay down his trEwel to start
his cigarette. I have seen a garbage
man rein in his team and almost stop
traffic in order to enjoy his smoke and
which the movements of the cart pre-
vented him starting. It was all French
very French.
Jean ans, His Wine Bottle. =
Jean finally gets back to work He
has now breakfasted and dined, and be-
gins to feel equal to his task: But the,
resting spells are not yet over, for
once more at 4 o'clock he drops his
tools and drinks a bottle Of wine at the
nearest saloon, to cents. I have seen
great building operations stopped for
Jean to enjoy this refresher, It's the
custom OF the country, to attempt to
change which has brought on many
a strike-even riots. This resting spell
at 4 o'clock. seems anecessity a TO Jean,
and he clings to It tenaciously. =.
But at s o'clock the whistle blows for
good, and Jean goes home. Not direct
y, however. He. must needs stop By.
the: way and take a glass of absinthe
2 to 4 cents; which. he calls an ..sapera-
.tive"-for an appetizer: for. his evening
meal. This ahsinthe- drinking .is. much
more demoralizing than the consuming u,Imr i
OF wine. In proportion as I il. Is cheap
It IS: Inc ebriating and brain destroying.
After a time the onesdrink atSnixht is
not suniciept he habit grows the
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-07-30
BY JUDsoN GRENELL.

Copyright, 1904, by .Judson Grennell.)
PARIS, France, July 28.-F'rench
artisans, as well as the English ones,
are not a. unit in their hours of labor.
Some French workers begin their days
toll at daybreak, and continue 1t until
sundown. This, however, is not the
case with factory employees, where
from so to 66 hours a week is the rule.
The exception is a 12-hour day-72
hours a week.
1t is evident that no worker can do
his or her very best with so much time
given to toll. A French working class
crowd. with all its .vivacity, its emo
tional display, it's gaiety and seeming
abandonment of care, has a tired look.
When the wine floWs-and flow it does
in great streams in Paris, where any
where from 100000 to 250,000 gallons OF
more a day are consumed-there is hill
seen drunken person in France, nor
an indecent display Of affection between
the sexes. The only thing have seen
that in the United States would be call
ed indecent are the pictures Of nude
men and women in almost every con-
ceivable attitude, that cover the Win
uOWS OF stores on the DOuieVdIQS dS well
as those of the more humble merchants
on the back streets.
A Day With a French Wage-Worker.
Let me tell you how the average
French citizens lives, and you can then
see for yourself that his is not the ideal
life of a wealth producer. In England
I followed John Hand from daybreak
until sundown, though I have yet to
reduce my impressions in writing. In
France John Hand-a homely Saxon
cognomen-becomes Jean Main. Jean
opens his eyes in the morning about S
o'clock if he lives far from his work,
a little later if within easy walking dis
tance. If employed i'll a factory in
Paris he may not be compelled to ar
rive until o'clock, but the chances are
that he will begin his days work by
or $3.50.
On his way to work he stops at some
street stand and drinks q cup Of hot
coffee, 2 cents, meanwhile, munching a
piece of bread he has brought with him.
This is q quick meal; in fact. the only
one have seen partaken sof in france
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SHRlNkAGE.
"Hello, Uppercus. Are you still at lib
erty?' ~ Il: ) IN IN 4. =s:* *=s:=ss5
NO; that's what ! was a month ago.
I'm simply out of Job now" y. s.2 45:
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INDUSTRIAL EUROPE
:: As seen BY. 4. Yankee
JUDSEN GRENELL. SPENDS A DAY
WITH FRENCH ARTISAN.

His Work, His Food; His Amusements,
His Home and His Wage. Are All a
: ;sMatterof Comment-Eats and, Drink.
Much, Gets Poor Wages and Finds
Much Time for Amussment-Frene
Spends Nearly All Of Earnings on
Stomach.
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WEST VIRGINIA GOING
MAD WITH lNjuNCT|0NS
STATE SUPREME. COURT RE
STRAINS MINE WORKERS.

Union is Restrained from Organizing
the Mine Workers Of that State
State Under Complete Control of
Davis and EIkins, Who Are Lead
ing Mine Owners and are Fighting
Attempt to Organize Miners Unions.
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HAVE NO DESIRE
TO SETTLE STRIKE EXCEPT *
: ON THEIR OWN CONDITIONS
Points of Difference
In Strike of Butchers

WHAT STRIKERS DEMAND.
All strikers to be reinstated
within ten days.
If any men not reinstated I'm that
period, cases to be imme diately
submitted to arbitration.
All butchers and casing men to
be reinstated within forty-eight
hours after work resumes.
No discrimination In selecting
men NJ they go back to work.
No outside men to be employed
as long as there is a single strik-
er who wants to 20 back to work.
WHAT PACKERS DEMAND.
Men to be taken back within
fOFty-ffve days.
Men not relnstated in that per-
iod to have the right to appeal to
A ArDitrnttOn Board.
Right to select, ak they please,
tlae,*e sncn who shall go back to
work first.
All strikers, including butchers
and casing men. to be under the
forty. five day rule.
TO. keep Ms many of the atrike-
breakers as they please.
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DEBS GIVES OPINION
ON DEMOCRATIC. PARTY
SAYS THAT HENRY G. DAVIS Is
SWORN ENEMY OF LABOR.

Judge Parker is the Personal Friend
OF Roekefe'ler-AIso One Of. the
Judges Who Decided that the New
York Eight Hour Law Was Uncon-
st'tutional-Standard Oil Company
Will Furnish BIG Portion Of the
Democratic Fund.
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Continued ON page 4.
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Continued ed>on.~page g..
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to the physical facts which enter into
the labor, problem.
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Continues g. e 8 i ]
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ther concessions to the strikers they
say renewal OF peace negotiations
with the hope of securing better terms
would be useless.
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Continued 81 = s, &c
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,lltaneo " . son1s of the CHEST
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he cont Ion of the pa ckers. is that t
this agreement is still in force, al,d
as they are unwilling to offer any fur