The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-06-25
DUNN FOR GOVERNOR
IS SLOGAN OF LABOR
OPPONENTS OF UNloNIsM LINE
UP FOR COLLINS.

With Sob" Dunn. knudsen, tho
Opponent Of tho Freight Handlers
Union is Working for Collins. Min.
neapolis flour Mills, Which are De.
eidedIy Non union Are Doing Like.
wise. Tom lowry also.
The compa1gn for the Republican
nomination for governor will close in
this county on Tuesday next. Every
thing indicates that St. Louis county
will give MIR. Dunn a, solid, delegation.
While there appears to be some Collins
strength in Duluth, 1t is not believed
to be sufficiently strong to carry the
county convention.
Among the Collins supporters is H.
B.Knudsen Of this scity. Mr.. Knudsen
has assured the Collins managers that
he will oe able to- deliver the Third
ward delegation at the county conven-
tion. Mr.. Knudsen is the man who
attempted to revolutionize conditions
on the docks last summer. It was he
who threw out the challenge to the
Freight Handlers union, and who went
to other cities to get men to load and
unload boats in. this port. It Is he who
alone was responsible for the arrest
Of so many OF the members Of the
freight handlers union for ,trespassing.
Duluth never had a more bitter op-
ponent of organized labor than this
same Knudsen. The most surprising
thing about him is that he should
have the audicity to enter politics in
ward so largely inhabited by the
class of men whose deadly enemy he
is. Mr.. Knudsen is not the only ovow-
ed opponent of union labor who Is sup
porting Judge Collins in this cam
paign., Indeed 1t seems that they are
all lined up solidly against Mr.. Dunn.
There ore the milling interests Of Min
neapolis who are contributing to Judge
Collins campaign. All Of these are
opposed to organized labor. Thomas
Lowry, the street railway magnate,
who will not permit a union man on
any of his street railways. Is a boost
er for Judge Collins. Every Parryite
in Minneapolis for some Interior pur-
pose, is out night and day talking for
Collins. This coupled with the fact
that Robert Dunn has been an honored
member of the Typographical union
for thirty years has some significance
at this time.
The members of organized labor in
the state are taking a firm stand for
Mr.. Dunn. Duluth union men are be-
coming aroused, and it is believed
that they will show themselves in
proper style on Monday evening at the
I,prI rIniarfes: Care shoul takenth hat
no 5rnistakez Is. tia eEsplorade ,inion
men elected Gov. Peabody and now
they regret it. The next governor of
Minnesota should be a man who can
be depended upon as a. true friend OF
labor. We sincerely believe that Rob-
ert Dunn is this man.
Commenting on the candidacy Of
Judge Collins, the Minnesota Union ADJ
vocate, the official organ Of the MINI
nesota State Federation Of Labor says:
Judge Collins, now that he is a.
candidate for governor, Is exceedingly
anxious to have the working people
believe that he has always been their
friend, and that he has never given
the railroads the best Of it In his de-
cisions while on the supreme court
bench. But the weakness Of Judge
Collins for desiring the friendship OF
the Dig corporations is too we'll known
for his eleventh hour conversion to
avail him.
without desiring to impute any COR
rupt or dishonorable motive it is a
fact that he is an aristocrat by in
stinct, and his, mind Is SO constituted
that he is unconsciously giased in fa-
vor of the great and wealthy an
against the poor and lowly.
THAT this is true is shown by two
decisions handed down by the supreme
court of the state during the past
year. The first case was that OF
Scott, a freight conductor on the
Eastern Minnesota railroad, who was
accidentally killed owing to the step
of the caboose on his train being
broken. When Scott came to board
the caboose there was no step there,
and he fell under the wheels and was
killed.
Judge Collins decided this case
against the widow Of the dead conduc-
tor and in favor Of the railroad cons
pany. 49, :. - :.
=. '"Thes second case was that: Of La
Duo. against the Northern Pacific
Railroad~company, which was decided
by Judge Lovely on June 3, 1904. In
luAS ScSC LIZ H4S W4o o. RW4ISAAAoAA
who attempted to step upon the foot
board of "a locomotives; the footboard
was defective and broken, and LIE Due
fell and was: 'ktlled, Judge boyeIy de-
| cided in favor: Of the widow. of the
| dead switchman and against the ra1l-
| road company. - >. :: ~
"Ihese decisions meant bread and
butter to the wives and families of the
men who were killed. The facts OF
these cases are recited IN the reports
Of tho decisions fled In the office sof
the clerk Of the supreme court and I'm
the Northwestern Law Reporter, and
can be verified by any one ,.s.z4 @s:$ss. 2SE=
statement of Facts Scott was*a
freight conductor In. the employ Of the
the Eastern Railroad company, operat-
ing a train between West Superior and
Hughson station; some twenty five
miles from West Superior. On the
10th day: of May, 1902, he discovered:
| that the steps upon the car then in use
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