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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-12-24
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VICTORY N CHICAGO:
Twenty five depentlent Cloth
ing: Firms. signAgree-
l. ment With Unions.
Big Unions Take Up Movement
to Aid in Cause to Fight
Tuberculosis.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Dec: "a "a: -Twenty-five
independent special order clothing
firms signed IAN agreement yesterday
with the Garment. Workers, union to
pay the union~ scaleIHtp their 5000 en-
ployes. All the conditions in force the
last year will be observed by the en-
ployers until Januafy i, 1906, and they
will use the union label on their pro-
ducts. -
The unions" gaining, the agreement
have 10000 ether members on strike in
forty-three concerns in the National
Wholesale Clothing Manu1acturera~ as
sociation. /,
BY the advice Of President .Gompers
temporary peace has been established
between the. International Union of
Building Employers. and the Elevator
and Starters union. The former had
intended to organize a new union of
elevator employees last night. On the
advice of President Gompers, Presi-
dent F4eldstackz c9lled off the, meeting
until the former could send a, repre-
sentative to Chicago. -.
Chicago Typographical Union No. 1e,
which has been conducting a school for
registered apprentices for the last year,
has introduced new feature. Prizes
for the best Job turned out by. the ap-
prentices will be paid. Proofs. Of the
jobs >sust be submitted by January /.
The union, according to Organizer
John D.. Harding, desires that every
apprentice shall be a finished work.
man on the expiration Of his term of
apprenticeship. :: - ....
Union cigar makers, garment work.
e:rs and jan1tors have begun a crusade
to reduce the mortality in their ranks
from consumption. The two former or
ganizations have agreed to aid the Wis.
iting: Nurses's association in removing
as much as;:$possible the causes that
lead to the disease. and the janitors
will take up the subject at their next
meeting.
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TITLED women ENTER
. RANKS Of SOCIALISTS
Beautiful Countess of Warwick
Addresses Meeting of the
Unemployed.
Believes In State Ownership Of
Utilities and Organize
ton of Labor.

London, Dec. 22.-The beautiful
Countess of Warwick has become an
avowed Socialist and has been elected
to membership in the Social Demo- :.
cratic Fedora tion
Last night the Countess addressed
meeting of the unemployed at Strait
ford. She was introduced as Our
Comrade" and the crowd cheered. The
Countess said she appeared at the re- !!
quests of her Socialist friends and
that the country is passing through !
strange times. Chaos reigns in Essex /
and Wells, and in the remainder of
England. 1t is terrible that large num-
bers Of men and women should starye
because they cannot find work.
Il am not afraid because those who
point out the present social evils are
called rebels. 1t is time that something
be done to remedy the evils.
Believes in Collective Ownership.
Workingmen must understand the
necessity of organization and OF back-a
ing their leaders. I agree with the
chairman's resolution that, under capi-
talsim, the lack of employment is a.
permanent condition with large masses
OF the working classes.
This can only be remedied by the
collective ownership of all means of
production, distribution and exchange
and the institution of cooperate
commonwealth"
The Countess radical declaration was
uproarlously applauded, and crowd
OF Workingmen dragged. her carriage
to the hotel. The Countess is a siren
! uous advocate of the principle that the
state ought to support those children
whose parents cannot.
History Repeats Itself.
History is merely repeating itself in
| the revival Of the socialism among the
ladies Of the aristocracy. An ultra
socialistic experiment was tried few
years ago, whose whole household,
from the Earl and Countess down to
the kitchen maids, took their meals
! together. After a week the servants
petitioned to restore the old order Of
things.
= The Countess of Aberdeen, LADY,:
Frances aBEalfour, the Countess of. Jer-
iIn.b atreeb.ee.x
d q 6lilu,
radiea but. not aosa ~
IaS the lOi1lItpas 5nf sfIar1,I;I e NJ
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sTATEssIA'lk q TRIAL.

{ 9 7J1eNEEEHlEIISN11N7CII.1 MOI Dec. .zU.
: he case of 1 State Senat or. Frank
Harris, charged with bribery while
.he: was 1nemb ber2 Of the legislature,
was called |. II the circuit court here
today Sen atorH HaTriy was indicted
in: p. Apri1 81 50 soon. after q Ohm "a,
Lee, thsn@#l #lieutenant-kovernor con
.fessed that he had eee1ved and dis
stributed hood an Kelly,
the sking powds lobbylst.
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Wonderful Statement from the
Laird Of Skibo" on the
!, Treatment Of aged Employees
in the Larger Corporations
Of the Nation.
Declares Conference Between
Capital and Labor is Only
Safe Road to Peace-Bel-
mont is President Of Civic
Federation.

NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-Andrew Car
negies speech at the fourth annual
meeting the the National Civic Fed
GRAFTON, held last night in the Park
one present. The ironmaster, in dis
cussing differences between great man
ufacturing concerns and their employees
declared it his belief that the supplant-
ing Of the old employees by new men
was a direct setback to the interests
Of the concern so affected. He pointed
out the necessity of taking back the
old men even if the idleness caused by
the differences should continue: for
months.
Mr. Carnegie became i'll just before
the banquet, and his address was read
by Samuel aompers, president of the
American Federation Of Labor.
Mr.. Carnegie said:
II have been furnished with an ad-
mirable text-"1ndustrial Peace" This
is the day of peaceful arbitration treat
les among nations to promote Inter
national peace q beneficent change,
even though, these agreements reserve
TWO KINDS OIL disputes Tor the arb1tra-
ment Of war in the last resort.
'"The farmer and his bands cooperate
peacefully and their relations are sat-
isfactory,. as we safely infer from the
absence Of quarrel between them. In
domestic service all is peace; perhaps
in this department the relations of en-
ployer and employed are most satis-
factory Of all.
*These facts, therefore, lead us to the
cause of much OF the tension and strife
found in the manufacturing and me
chanfcal departments. It rests just
here-the former bring in the personal
equation and into the. latter nowadays
:.thAt: sc4reelys :eptsrs. Itfls these person;
ationa, tl1ek noWledxe, the virtues
aRlRleye E.Ia 3. E,RlSxsal lIsXsa| '|,l
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.=.WAsH1NGToN,s IS. q IS s.s'
John Persh1ng. 9Th 8 cavalry, has 4
been selected byZ 4 the war depar rtments s
sas military at ttache at Toxic, Japan, 8
to. succeed Lieut. Col... Wood, n hose 81
term. .of# forei Sn 8 duty sxpirsd
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S. PEACE nv q PARAGUAY.z

]: r. WASHINGTON. Dec a i: cable
gram has been ece1 we'd 9 t the state
consul u .sA scunsi Ion, ]. Paragu stat.
q that the reXol ION been sue
seessfuls and that psaee 5has besn pro
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,p6ihts IN Seotr ~ ersy, by which har !
moniouss agreements are possible; and,
if"1 may refer to my own experience,
from such, conferences, over contro-
verted points, followed better UNDER
standing and harmonious agreement
in the conduct Of a. great public SER
vice corporation.
1T is pleasure. to believe that or
ganized labor is learning more and
more the lesson that its share of re-
sponsibility for a contract is equal to
that of capital. The dignity Of labor
equals the dignity Of capital, where
labor adheres as strictly as capital
must adhere, to the obligations of a
trade agreement. [ would emphasize to
the leaders of organized labor the
prime Importance, the absolute neces-
sity of fidelity to contracts. When
they nave made a collective bargain
it should be impressed upon all work.
~ers whom they represent that the in
dividual honor Of every man is pledged
to abide by the terms and spirit Of that
contract,
= when employers feel assured that
the making of a conract with organ
lied labor is as reliable as any of the
transactions in the business world to
which they are accustomed-as I am
glad to: learn is becoming more and
more the case-then the trade agree
ment will carry it's own recommended
tion, as an effective solution of the la
bor problem"
Belmont 10 President.
The federation elected August Bel
mont president for the next year, to
succeed the late Senator Marcus A..
Hanna. Samuel Gompers was re-elect-
ed first: vice president and Oscar
straus second. Mr.: Belmont's place on
the Craftsmanship Of the. ways and
means committee was given to Henry
Phipps, and Charles A. Moore was sub
stituted for Cornelius N. Bliss upon
the committee.
H. II, Vreeland, the New York trac-
tion man, was elected chairman of the
Welfare Department, and Francis L..
Robbins and John Mitchell head joint
" the committee of agreements. Ralph
NJ. #Easley III the new chairman. of the
executive council and Samuel Donnel-
-ay; SSSANtaA y.,@.., / -
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EXPELLED FROM BOARD.

NEW YORK, Dec. 2o.-The expulsion
Of John W. Ritchie from the New York
stock exchange was announced on the
exchange today. Mr.. Ritchie= was ex-
PEELED by the board of governors on
the ground that sh> had bsep guilty g
ir*egiiin-l ira ding. .-.| M ~ no
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az M
s:si B 1adarfsh aria1
quite; as often from tt19 einployers
1iorance 81 the fine qualities Of Ills
employees Big from ignorance OF the
Workmen of the good qualities Of their
employers.
Should Not Hire New Men.
AS far as the largest manufactures
and mines are concerned think the
great corpora tions engaged in a dispute
with its men makes a mistake. If it
adopts a policy, Or even considers 1t,
of running the works with new men.
First, the best workmen are not idle,
and to employ the only class that can
be obtained is to lay the foundation of
serious future trouble. 1t does not
pay to lose body of excellent work.
men and sober, respectable men; nor
to employ the class Of tworkmen whose
services can be obtained to fill their
places.
"If, in case Of a strike, the employer
promptly informed his men that they
need have no apprehension about their
jobs, that he would not have any but
his own men and knew that he could
not get such men as they, and there
fore would wait for them until their
unfortunate differences were settled all
would soon be we'll. think employers
should make this invariable rule-nev
er. to employ new men in case Of g.
strike, but to wait patiently for the
old men.
Must Avoid New Men.
In special branches this policy Is
impossible, such as in street and other
railways, and wherever the daily wants
Of the public are concerned. No doubt
new men in extreme cases must be
employed, but it is a sad necessity to
be avoided whenever possible. In these
cases public sentiment plays a potent
part and hastens a settlement.
It were idle to expect that differences
between buyer and seller of labor will
not arise, for these characteristize ev-
cry kind Of exchange. 1T Is naught,
saith the buyer. It is wholesome that
capital should be made to pay we'll for
labor and to pay very high for it when
profits are high, and it is inevitable
that wages Hill fall when profits fall,
SO that we must not expect neither be
alarmed at repeated demands and re-
peated reflections from both employers
diu SIAplOyeS ITOIn tlIue ~ t1ue. IneSe
are healthy signs: What the Civic fed
Grafton should. aim at is that strikes
or ockouts should be prevented.
Mission: Of Federation.: )
Gentlemen, the rnost cheering fea-
ture in the relations of capital and la
Dor is that there seems, a law at work
which rejects the extreme men of both
employer and emloyes and slowly
'evolves the reign Of, the fair minded
/ element which continually makes for
Industrial. peace. The mission of, our
federation. Is to bring these together
In friendly conference and prove TO
them that there are: always two sides
to all disputes and also many kindred
virtues and an earnest desire for .har-
| mony upon both sides; that there are
fair employers as there are fair. work
|smen,' and that it is q bad day for both
capital and :: labor when they fail to
settle: themselves peacefully any dis
spute that arises between them. III: n &c
r. y. ME-. Belmont Address.
z= other speakers were M I. ~ august .Bel-
mont, Mr.. GGomperss and = ohm mitchell,
who. disclssed ma tiers off intepest u
THE federati ss:sss.SS
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SEYA6TOPOL .iN1TJREn n

.s.. 7. .9,1TOKIO;;1Dec. 91TO observations taken
at 3' Port e Arthur today, showed 81 the
Russian , bat t ttleship seYastopol to- 30.
listing ten degrees ~ Ia a. result. 81 the.
stn rts:f; 1PaneS tprpe doSs1 ttlcks. 5sSs
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allfi tw wefvs are Rep,lb
This commission upon being threaten
ed by the opposition Of. the machine,
takes such action as seems to please
their spokesman. Has this the color of
politics, or is it merely accidental?
I'm other words, can draw no other
conclusion from the action of your
commission than that, while the things
I advocate meet with your approval
and would be a good thing for the city
II that board could be appointed by
some one else yet the commission, or
the machine, fears to take the chances
on the individuals that I might ap-
point. This is AN unjust reflection on
my honesty of purpose.
your commission, nor any other
body Of men, has a right in the face of
my record. to make any such reflection.
W lille. elected as a Democrat, yet my
action in dealing with matters that
concern the public has been as free
from partisanship as that Of any mayor
that has ever occupied the chair. The
men I have appointed to the boards
have been carefully chosen for their
character and standing in the co1nmu-
nifty. The men 1 have appointed to
places have. been men that even the
opposition has endorsed. The men l
have left in place have been left be-
cause of their honest service to the
city; and yet the charter commission
fears to trust me in naming this COM
h1isshfon, and at the behest of the. ma
chine, postpones the beneficial work
ings Of the department and the saving
to the city that might result therefrom
for one year. This postponement, in my
opinion, will cost the city from SIS, 900
to $4,000, and the persistent injection
of politics. into the discussion will en-
danger the passage Of the measure, and
cost the city 500, 1000.
THAT I should want to do some-
thing that would benefit the city while
1 am mayor, is a pardonable ambition.
This matter has been open for the ma
chine for the last four years. They
have not pushed it in any respect; and
when they again come into power, there
will still be something left, for them to
do. ,
Speaking for myself, I stand in no
such dread Of the machine. It has been
possible to beat the machine; and if I
e"AA4 AAoI SeNAy 3AA0 lAhCl1CO tuSEE are
many patriotic Republican citizens who
do not wear the collar Of the machine.
7 have no hesitancy in entering this
contest with the openly declared oppo-
sition Of the machine; and perhaps it
is well for the public to know just
where the opposition will be, and for
just what reasons.
My remarks may not be: of q honey
ed or persuasive nature. I have said
\ what, I mean and believe, as plainly as
possible, and il it has been with, some
feeling, it is because feel keenly the
injustice Of your action'
The; charter commission will hold an
other meeting next Friday: evening and
It is possible that the amendment in
question will be again taken up at
that time, and revised =: so that the
change shall take effect this cominea
year, instead Of in March, 1906. :.
.hbVst-ref Geld 81 maerTurm hshian d
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Among other things Mr.. Belmont

= Among other things Mr.. Belmont
:saiq:l'
II: address you with diffidence from
the standpoint of an employer.
"One idea has impressed me more
than all others-the unequa]ed value Of
American citizenship. In no other
country, I venture to say, would it be
possible. to bring together in an unre-
strained atmosphere of equality such a
company as we find here assembled.
Here are the representatives of scholar
ship and SCIENCE. capital and labor, en-
terprise and thrift.
Our national life, our national char
acter, our national wealth, our national
progress stand as structure upon
what we represent. This company ty-
pifies the great democratic idea of CO.
operation between citizens Of all walks
Of life, that in the end the betterment
Of all society may be attained.
statesmen of all nations unceasing-
ly labor to maintain peace-peace with
honor. To that end the Civic federation
/; labors in the Industrial world.
f * Conferences ArsI Practical
.tI dad to test the effica cy
1 f1lclencysof lace =to. face confer
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Machine Politicians Lure Com
mission Into Trap and In
duce Honorable >Non-parti-
san Body to Comply With
Their Selfish Purpose. r:
Anticipated Board of Public
Works Ought to be Abolish
:. ed and Newer System I'm
r mediately Adopted but Com
mission Defers Enforcement.

not childish enough to believe that it il
good policy for me from a political
standpoint alone, to advocate while I
am yet in the saddle Establishment Of
the strongest political arm of the ad-
ninistration-
The statement is made that the Re-
publican machine is opposed to this.
They are better politicians than I am.
OF course they would oppose it; they
will oppose it now and they would
oppose 1t year from now; and they
opposed the original charter because
of this provision and defeated it.. They
were In power, four years preceding
my election, and they opposed any such
proposition and would have defeated it,
While perhaps openly supporting it be-
cause Of the popular demand for it,
they would secretly knife it to death.
Their machine would lose it's most
powerful lever in controlling munich
pal affairs, if this particular depart
ment were placed in the hands Of a
non-partisan board.
The reasons for their opposition are
that under the present system every
man in the employ of the board OF pub
AAt wins CdA NC lOI ecu 10 u0fOle luuCH
of his time immediately preceding each
election. while drawing pay from the
city, to active political work, in order
to prove that he is entitled to his posi-
t1on; while under non-partisan board
the only thing that would be required
Of him would be to render honest SER
vice to the city. This is the, very point
am fighting. It Is not because ques-
tion the honesty of the present board
or of the last boards. 1t is the system
and the opportunity for machine work
II had not thought until taking my
seat to indfte this: letter to you, to lool
up: the politics Of. the Charter commits
sion:E took it for granted that :;thei,
action ctsi|oqnj would not he colored by.spar.
i 1tiszls q q q
Islaa
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rad bllt s B q d6 znotssg
d. the Countess .of warwick. ! & ]
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POLICE LOCKED HIM UP.
Ran Who Came for Medicine for His
Sick Daughter.

The county commissioners, through
Poor Commissioner Hale. will care for
Millie Manning, a sick girl whose home
is in Auburn township.
Millie Manning's father is poor and
owns no property. His daughter has
been seriously sick for long time. The
physicians despaired of her life. She
was brought to Topeka to be cared for
and is now some better and may re-
cover. The farmers living in Auburn
township have cared for her, furnished
the necessary funds and now have ask
ed the commissioners to help by paying
her board while. under a doctors care
in Topeka.
Mr. Manning was compelled some
weeks ago to come to town for medicine
for his daughter. He drove an old
horse, the only one he had. The police
arrested him for cruelty to animals.
They locked him up and kept him all
night and the sick girl was left without
the medicine. The sick girl and her
father lived in Auburn township, the
home of Chief of Police Stahl.
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ON BLACK LIST.
Lawson Says Rockefellers Have Mark
ed Roosevelt for Defeat.

New York, Oct. 22.-Thomas w.
Lawson, in his last story on 'Frenzied
Finance" in Everybody's magazine,
declares Theodore Roosevelt is on the
oil trust forced the nomination of
Judge Parker and that millions of dol
lars will be spent a few days before
election to buy up sufficient states to
defeat the Republican candidate. Re-
ferring to the presidential campaign,
Mr.. Lawson declares he will vote for
Theodore Roosevelt because of his
fearlessness and honesty, and adds:
Mr.. Rogers called me to New York
in connection with other business. 1
found him in terribly excited mood.
What do you think that fellow
Roosevelt has done now? Young John
Rockefeller telegraphed him to give an
audience to Archibald on the trust
matter. Roosevelt saw he had US and
played some of his dirty politics. He
sent for the manager of the Associa-
ted Press and had him to agree to pub
lish the telegram in the west keepin g
it out OF the east, and to publish it as
having been sent by Mr.. Rockefeller
instead of that unthinking boy, and,
pers; it's everywhere how he kicked
STANDARD Oil' out of the White HOUSE.
That is his last insult to US and we will
defeat him at any cost
In short order the venture was al
covered to its finality and there has
never been a slip of a cog or the I'M
gearing of a wheel that was not fore
seen and provided for. To try to balz
a part of his game, L posted Bryan in
advance of the ST. Louis convention,
and we all know how he upset their
plans in the committee, but we also
know it took only the pressure of one
finger on one button at No. 26 Broad
way. and the gold telegram episode to
put things back into the smooth run
ming groove.
From that time on Mr.. Rogers able
brain was working day and night, first
to get John Hay to run against Roose-
welt; next Root, then Uncle Mark
Hanna: but owing to one of those COM
piicated entanglements that old Dame
Fate now and then reels out, he was
compelled to fall back on more LAM
gerous and expensive plans. He laid
out on his campaign table the most
available Democrats and it did not
take him long to make his selection of
a man who would. If president of the
United States, allow those WIN put him
there to run the Shop When his Sc
lection was made he called in his faith
Jul hired man, Senator Pat McCarren
of Brooklyn. and gave his orders, the
same kind of orders as he gives for the
purchase of an oil well, or the knock
ing in the head of a business rival
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FOUR MONTHS CHASE.
Ended With Battle Between Suspects
and Officers at st. Louis.

st. Louis, Mo-, Oct. 22.-The condi-
ton of Detective James N1cClusky and
William Morris, alias Blair, one of the
suspected train robbers, is critical to-
day.
McClusky was shot in the abdomen
and Morris was wounded four times,
twice in vital organs, during the fight
between five detectives and three men
suspected of being train robbers in
which Detectives Shea and Dwyer, were
killed and Alfred Rose, one of the sus-
poets, received wounds from which he
died instantly.
It developed today that the battle was
the elimination of q chase that has
lasted four months. The detectives had
information that led them to believe
that the suspects We're implicated in the
robbery of an Illinois Central train at
Centralia, ILL.,, in addition to other
crimes committed previous to and since
the hold up.
Harry Vaughn, the only suspect who
escaped the hail of bullets and who was
severely injured by the detectives when
he attempted to aid his companions af-
ter having been placed under arrest, is
held at the Four Courts. Five patrol
men have been detailed to guard Nor
ris at the hospital.