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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-09
COAL TRUST ATTEMPTS
TO RU|!NL0hE DEALER
His Yards Empty, a New Jer-
sey Dealer Alleges Trust K"
Wont Sell to Him.
Claim Trust Is in League With
His Competitors to Put Him
Out of Business.

New York, Sept. For some strange
reason, according to Phillip Richmond,
OF Passaic. N. j.. the Coal Trust is
'endeavorins to force him out OF bust
ness and ruin him financially. His
coal yard, for which he paid $4,000, is
barren Of fuel, and he alleges. he is
unable to buy coal at any price. al
though he has made cash offers to trust
agents. Seven other dealers in the
town, he declares. have had no dfffl
Guilty in getting all the coal they want
ed. He also alleges that rivals are in
league with the trust agents. -,
According to Mr.. Richmond the agents
Of the trust have been brazen in their
dealings with him.
I'VE have no coal for you at any
price, was their plain statement to
him, he says
Mr.. Richmond is also engaged in the
real estate and insurance business, with
an office at No. 1872 Second street, and
the $4,000 he invested in the coal yards,
which have been made practically
worthless because Of the attitude of
the trust, represented the savings Of
number of years. He bought the
yards, which are in Central avenue,
year and half ago from Wines
Brothers. He declares he has not been
able to buy a ton of coal since, and
that his property lies dead upon his
hands.
Whom do you refer to as the trusts
agents." he was asked
WILLIAMS & Peters, Of No. Broad
way, New York." he replied. "They
are in full charge OF the distribution
of coal in this region, and when they
say You can't have COAL you can't
have COAL
Mr.. Richmond said he was endeavor-
ing to get in communication with an
independent company Ad that if he
was successful he would fight the
trusts agents in Passaic, even If he
had to carry on his business at a sac
rifice.
Deliberate Plan to Ruin Me-"
There is deliberate plan to ruin
me- he asserted to a reporter last
night. Had I known the power Of
the trust I should never have engag-
ed in the coal business. endeavored
to join the combine, but was refused
membership.
II sought to buy coal and learned
I was boycotted. I tried dozen Diff
ferent sources and from each was re-
ferred to Williams & Peters. After
writing letters to that concern I went
to them personally and asked them
for ten carloads of coal for which I
offered to pay cash. They merely told
mo thew had M coa1 FIR ma and. would
have none. For more than year now
I tried to effect some compromise. but
1 could not - :. u. ~ III
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-09
Curious Statistics
on Street Railway
Workers and Their
- y Earnings u -

In most American cities the man
from the country has better chance
of securing work upon the street cars
than has the city man.
This fact has been ascertained after
careful inquiry by the: United States
Bureau Of Labor.
Those companies perferring city men
gave as reasons: "They know the city
BETTER" are better qualified to handle
city people," are "better able to deal
with the difficulties of the situation;
and, as a rule are better educated"
On the other hand, the overwhelm-
ing majority. Of companies perferring
countrymen as employers, assert that.
as a general thing, they lind the
country-bred men:
I'm better physical condition.
: More honest and willing to work"
More moral in their conduct"
: more rugged, more faithful, more
competent
USED to longer hours"
mot so easily Influenced by un-
worthy persons" and =
because they need the work.
:"In other words" the bureaus re-
port continues, "a minority of the COM
panfes prefer city men on account OF
their knowledge of the streets and their
greater intelligence; while a majority
prefer :.countrymen because Of their
working at lower wages and for long
er hours and on account of their greater
honesty" g.. *&
Many facts Of interest regarding this
large and constantly growing class of
employees were gathered by the Bureau
Of Labor. !.
/. In 1902 there were some 100000 men,
including officers and clerks, upon the
pay rolls of the street railways of this
country. No other country has as
many as one-fourth this number.
Excluding officials and clerks, the
number Of persons engaged in street
railway transportation in America in
1902 was 1854, <or almost one-eighth
the. number employed upon the 200, 900
miles 81 steam railroads. s+sss r 10
: s OF the total Of 14o,769 men employ
ed in that year, 1923, or per cont were
salaried officers and clerks. Motormen
and conductors numbered So,144, or-s0
per cent Of the whole; while road and
track men numbered 11,474, or s.s per
cent; and mechanics s.1s7. or 60 per
cent 2|sfys6s sss s$5s...*S
1 sThereswas $50 general OFFICERS, man
AYERS ana superi endents, with IN
average annual sala So Of 81, 81 u and
4.s21 clerks, with 81 averass annual
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SHE HAD A SNAKE
UP HER SLEEVE

From the Philadelphia Record.
She was slender and Of medium
height, with auburn hair. and pretty
face. Innocence was pictured in her
every feature, and she was gowned be-
comingly. Exception perhaps might
have been taken to a black coat as
being rather heavy for these swelter-.
ing summer days. A middle-aged, port
" woman was sitting In the seat behind
the girl, who did not appear to be
more than Fl years old. The portly
woman, it was Observed. was cycling
the other suspiciously and finally, with
q. scream, arose and made a wild cash
for the front Of the car.
: "She," said the woman, pointing to
the girl, has snakes with her. saw
one putting its head out the sleeve of
her coat and 1t looked straight at me.
It's an outrage to allow a woman who
carries snakes to ride on car" -
"Tu see," replied the conductor.
'.Well, you had better see at once,
said the woman, now thoroughly ex-i
cited: that snake was ready to - spring qpr g
Tie conductor walked down the car
and nave a sly look at the cause Of tho
wont ms outburst, but could see moth
Ing wrong and, not presuming to speak.
to the girl about snakes, returned to
the older woman. The conductor had
only walked q few feet when several
men saw the head Of the snake emerg-
ing from the girls coat sleeve. 1t was
q GOOD sized snake, too. They laughed
and commented on her strange COM
nanion. When the conductor reached
the portly woman she was flushed in
the face and bordering on Mysteries.
He looked at her anr concluded that
She had been having few drinks and
believed, that she had seen 4 snake. 80
ct hope" he said I'm an undertone,
!"she doesn't see any more snakes un-
til: she leaves this car" Es5g,ssE5
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like, rise from the ashes Of presumed
destruction.
From the standpoint Of self interest
it is advisable that every citizen should
consider the question seriously and re-
fuse to allow prejudice or sympathy to
control him In drawing Deductions. The
welfare OF the manual toiler means the
welfare Of society.
Whatever will conduce to his per-
manent and peaceful prosperity guaran..
tees corresponding security to people
in other walks of life.
The labor problem is as much the
concern of the merchant, philosopher,
or teacher as it is of the man with the
hoe. None can afford to ignore it.
The fight against trade unions is be-
lated. To have been successful it shoulda
have been started when the printing
press was invented and before the pub
lie schools were Instituted.
The ultimate freedom Of the whole
human race was made inevitable just
as soon as printing began, because the
wisdom and knowledge cleaned from ex-
perience was. preserved for future gen.
erations and is now accessible to all.
The labor movement as expressed
through trade union organization stands
for the emancipation Of the race and
is preparing the time when men shall
be born without pain, live without sor-
row, and die without regret. =,
We shall profit by every error and
every measure of unjust repression
levied against us. In the words Of the
prophet, I'VE shall yet build houses
and dwell therein. we shall plant vine-5
yards and eat the fruit thereof :
The true status of the laborer H.
rising before us like the sun in the
east We see the coming Of a new day
in which every breath of human life
shall be a breath of Joy, in which no
woman shall wear gorgeous rainent
woven from the rags and with the tears
of her sisters toll; no man shall be
surfeited In wealth by the coinage Of
the crystallized sweat Of his brother.
All men and women Of all lands shall
be free men and women. Then shaln
we be brothers indeed;l then shall the
golden rule Sc the rule 81 the humanity:
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-09
WARDEN RESIGNS TO -. :.
GO TO OKLAHOMA

'wAUKESTlA, Wis, Sept "a. r.
Warden. chairman Of the Democratic
state committee resigned that office to-,
day because Of his removal to Oklaho-
ma. Secretary Lewis. has, called a
meeting of the committee for Sept. "A,
when successor to Mr.! Warden viii
be chosen. =$fS< = ~ s ~ Es E. S:z
BEREsFoRD ELSEWHERE. IT,, vi
MALTA, Sept. lord Charles
Mediterranean fleet. has created a SEN
sation IN tho fleet BY ordering the
prosecution Of an engineer commander
for allowing the bearings Of machinery
of his vessel.:to become hot. 5. This is
a now offenses I'm naval court martial,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-09
STRIKE-BREAKERS'
UNION IS FORMED

Chicago, Sept. 7.-Believing that their
services will soon be in demand again,
owing to the printers strike. special
deputy sheriffs and policemen have or
ganized strike-breakers' union.
A scale of wages of not less than IS
day and Sc, If it can be secured,
was fixed.
Detective agencies and others, who
collect IS and 81 day for each man
from employers and then pay guards
but $3.50 a day ':for standing up to be
shot at" were denounced.
Charles e. Turk, a discharged po-
liceman, was elected president.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-09

'N0AAAAsSA NA0A 0AAo AAAO0S 4oA 0VNNOD0 0AA
a higher civilization 10 made In coun-
tries where the highest wages are
paid. And the gratifying fact stands
out in bold relief that the countries
where the greatest progress has been
made along the foregoing lines are the
countries where the trade union move
ment is best developed and strongest.
It may be q rough way of stating it,
but I am inclined to the belief that the
better side Of mankind IL developed
through the stomach. The better fed,
the ambition, and consequently the
greater the results in material ad-
vancement. In low wage paying Chi
ma and kindred countries civilization
is at the lowest ebb. while the highest
standard Of recognized civilization is
In the countries where wages are the
highest made such by the trades union
movement. This being a plain, simple
economic fact, it seems to me that all
honestly inclined men and women, re-
gardless of what their ideas of econO-
mic and political conditions may be,
should do all in their power to build
up, strengthen and perfect the trades
unions. II 1t were not for trades UNI
ions this country would be hundred
years behind the times in so far as the
conditions Of the workers is concerned
Trades unions first increased wages,
shortened the hours of labor, improved
the condition Of the workers and made
this country industrial and CONNER
cially great. They stimulated thought,
developers the mind and taught the
workers the power Of united action
and collective bargaining. They are
responsible for all that is good in the
condition Of the workers today. AS a
matter Of fact trades unions, however,
are now in their infancy, and, while
they have done more good for labor
than all other agencies combined, they
have Just commenced, but when they
problem that the trades unions can
not seccessively handle.
Every time a woman does something
to encourage the use Of union labels
she Is working directly in her own in
terests. Every time she does anything
to strengthen the trades union move-
ment she strengthens and fortifies her
own position for better social and eco
nomic surroundings. woman spends,
I should Judge, four-fifths Of the fami-
ly income, hence Is In position to do
more good for the uplifting Of the
workers and the upbuilding of the
trades union movement than even the
men themselves by simply insisting
that whatever she buys should bear
the union label. If she neglects to do
this she is working directly against
her own best interests and the best
interests of mankind and society at
large. .!.,' -:
High wages and Short hours make
better conditions, for all concerned. I
assert that in countries where wages
are high and tho hours OF labor short
est art, science, education. literature,
general conditions and civilization.
have reached the highest tebb and just
as confidently assert that In countries
where wages are least land hours of la
Dor longest these conditions are Just
the reverse.
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salary Of $6oe. The average annual
earning Of these 7,12S men was $1,044.
The 1854 other employees, including
motormen. constructors, mechanics,
trackmen, power-house men, etc., earn
ed in 1902 the sum Of $50, TO, 44s, or an
average of slightly over $500 man.
Of the entire number of conductors,
almost 81 per cent earned from 81 to
1924 a day; while 81 per. cent of the
motormen earned that much. -
Wages Of 92.S per cent of the con-
ductors ranged between $3.50 and $2.4s;
while s2.1 per cent Of the motormen
We're in the same salry class.
Road and track men received lower
pay, and the engineers higher; while
the firemen, mechanics and other
classes no uniform level was maintain
ed. -.ls*,t &.: %
Dividing the wages of all classes into
three groups of men receiving under
$3.50, from $3.50 to $2:49, and $3.50 OF
over, it IN found that S.3 per cent re-
ceived less than $3.50; S5.1 per cent
from $1.5o to $2.4s, and only 6.e per cent
received $3.50 or over.
e For the conductors 6.3 per cent earn
ed below $50, 97.s per cent from $3.50
to $249, while per cent earned $3.50
or over. ~ =
: A somewhat larger proportion,
amounting to 1.6 per cent, earned
$3.50 or over among the motormen;
while2.1 per cent OF. the road and track
men and 3 per cent OF the f1remen were
in this class. The majority Of the en-
gineers earned this figure or over, most
of them being employed at from: 81
to A.24 a day. 1919 i. =. 49, y.
Comparing these figures. with wages
earned during the horse-car days.. the
report states that of the 912 drivers
employed by the Philadelphia horse-car
lines in 1885 3 earned less than 81 q
day, 50 earned between; :$1.e0 and $1.70,
444 between $40 and $3.50. IS between
$3.50 and $3.50 and $50, between 81 and
$40. The average pay was $1.85, or
IL cents an hour. In Pittsburg the pay
was somewhat smaller, or lis cents an
hour. '...1- r--. h.: ~ ..y-
Few women, other than office clerks,
are employed by street railway COM
panies for employment. especially az
motornen or conductors, have had no
previous experience In. the business.
The fatiguing nature OF. the work in
which street railway employees are en-
gagged. the report continues, has led to
a selection among the numerous appli-
cants for positions Of men who are
physically and mentally capable offcop-
ing with the difficulties. The, work II
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Effect of j rade Unionism Upon ~
The Home Lie Of All Wofkingmen.
BY George w. Pefkins.

In opening tho recent convention Of
the Woman's International Union La
bel league at Chicago, George w. Per-
kins. president Of the Cigarmakers' In
ternational union. said in part:
Trades unions have done more to i'm
prove the home life and social and ma
terial well being Of women than any
other agency or insti ion. AS the
husband or fathers days work is
shortened the wife's labors are corre-
spondtngly reduced and brought into
shorter compass. Statistics printed by
the Cigarmakers' international union
disclose the fact that for the first ten
years since 1888, or two years after.
the adoption Of the eight hour work.
day for that trade, the average length
Of the lives of the wives and mothers
Of the members had Increased eight
years. The same authority shows that
the average length Of the lives of the
members Of the union since 1883 has
increased fifteen years ten months and
twenty-five days and that the per-
centage of those who died from con-
sumption has been reduced from 81
per cent, to "a per! cent is possible, by
the good results Of trade union activity.
Women are benefited more, If that
trade unions than the men, hence
should do their part in building up and
fostering the trade union movement.
A certain well known writer now In
the employ Of the United States gov
eminent recently brought out the in
teresting fact that the number of mar
riages fell off greatly during the Pc
RODS of industrial and compercial
stagnation, and that the number Of
wife assertions was greater during
such periods than during times of in
dustrial activity. This all proves that
the more the men earn the greater the
number Of marriages. It must be
dull mind, indeed, which cannot un-
derstand that the more the men re-
ceive in wages the more they will have
to spend upon the family in making
life worth living, the home more cheer
full. The more cheerful and attractive
the home the more time the man will
spend in it and away from the saloon
and other places where he should not
be.
The only way for man and woman to
get better wages is through the trades
union system of organization. Trades
unionists who receive fair wages are,
enabled to furnish better homes. Bet
ter homes make better women. Better
women make the whole world better.
The unionist can afford to and does
send his children to school longer.
Well educated children make better
citizens. The world has been made
better by the trades union movement.
1T is the duty of every woman to do all
that she can to assist the workers to
organized, whether they be male or fe-
male. Every woman who works in any
gainful occupation should be a men,
Der Of the union Of her craft. In do
ing soss she = is first helping herself
morally, materially and intellectually;
second, doing her share to make the,
world better in every way and life
more attractive and the better worth
living.
After all is said the fact still re-
mains and is indisputable that greater
material progress in the direction of
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OWNER
TO VIEW WRECK

ASHLAND, wis, sept. 6.James
McBrier. owner Of the wrecked steamer
Sevona. arrived in Ashland this morn
inK from Erie, Penn. and loft on the
steamer Skater for the scene Of the
wreck. Two insurance underwriters
Of Duluth were also at the wreck today.
having chartered the tug Crosby. Enc
gineer Phillipi will join the owner Of
the Seyona at Bayfield,. s3I
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INCREASES CAPITAL.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. "a certif-
lcate has been filed here with the
county clerk by the Western Pacific
railroad, to the effect that 1t has in
creased its capital stock from $50.000,-
0c0 to $75,000,O00 to be divided in $50,
900 shares at 800 share. The GER
tificate states that this il necessary
for the purpose of the corporation.
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ness method of collective bargaining
can even a measure of freedom be re-
: stored or maintained.
Slowly has the path been blazed.
{ Many have died on the way; thousands
have been coerced, inundated, and
blacklisted. Slowly have been won the
advances in the standard of wages and
| life which have contributed to better
food, better clothes, more and better
education for the children, more care
and comfort and less worry and anx-
+; iety for the mothers.
! Shall this be lost for the sake Of
trying to maintain an obsolete system
of so-called individual rights which the
world has outgrown. and the unrestrain-
ed exercise of which would pauperize
the nation and injure the prospective
of the advancing civilization of the
world?
! Shall this be lost OF step forward
be lacking because an industrial free
booter, whether he be a Parry or an
irresponsible minority of workingmen,
are willing to be cajoled as President
Eliots heroes or hired as professional
strike-breakers, Or because such refuse
to contribute either energy, time, or
money to secure what thousands of
| others have run the gauntlet of perse-
cution and Misrepresentation to gain
1t is not the purpose Of trade union
lists to use harsh terms. They realize
| that these changed Industrial condi-
tione are not the fault Of any individu-
al, for the labor problems is with us.
We are all a part Of 1t, any as patriotic
citizens we must intelligently solve it.
Kill it we scan not; it is deathless;
it VIII consume our life, ana Phoenix-
Cañon City record., 1905-07-06
Observation Cars
Proving Popular

Any attempt to describe the beauties
of the grand canon of the Arkansas
would be futile as its portrayal is i'm
possible in the veroiage of our English
tongue. To do it justice would exhaust
the stock Of adjectiyes and exclama-
tions with which our tongue is SO
generously provided. Some things
awaken our awe and admiration, but
are indescribable, so it is with the
Royal Gorge. We behold its granduer
but are unable to adequately express
the feelings which its furrowed walls
inspire within US.
Although one may have passed
through its narrow defile q hundred
times before he sees something new to
marvel at each trip. Its geology con-
jures up the Mosaic vision of the cre-
alton when the fiat of the Almighty
went forth that dry land should appear
above the surface of the great deep. II
the stupendous chasm in the mountains
through which winds the Arkansas
river has been worn away by the
erosive effects of flowing water then
the Royal Gorge is one of the most
ancient landmarks on earth. 1t had
passed many millenniums of its exist
ence before the Pyramids were built
or the foundations laid for the Tower
of Babel, which was designed to reach
to heaven.
Hardly less surprising than the in
fluence of the water on the granite Of
the mountain is the marvellous color
ing of the rocks which rivals the pig
ments of the artists studio There are
shades and tints which no landscape
painter has been able to reproduce and
which must remain unique until the
alchemy of nature places them with
in the reach of man
During the current summer thou
sands of people will get a glimpse of
the Royal Gorge through the enter
prise of the D. & R. G. Railroad COM
pany that would otherwise be deprived
of seeing one Of natures masterpieces.
Those who are permitted to look upon
the walls Of massive rock which rise to
dizzy heighths above the river are
privileged indeed and may cherish the
incident as one of the most interesting
that falls to the lot of the traveller.
The Royal Gorge is entitled to be
classed as one Of the great scenic show
places Of the country, unrivalled in its
beauty except by Niagara Falla.
Yosemite Valley, Yellowstore Park
and the Grand Canon of the Colorado,