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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-02-04

The country should rigidly confine this
plan to Nebraska.
There is a great danger to the West
and to the nation in this Nebraska law
and its proposed application to various
other states, one at time, as quick
~ and expeditiously as possible. Con-
gress is apparently willing to legislate
Tor this state and that, senatorial and
congressional courtesy playing an i'm
portant part, and allow such local laws
to pass, where a general law applying
to the entire West would not be con-
sidered. The move is an insidous one
and is shrewd game on the part of
the big land men to get piecemeal
legislation which they realize they can
not secure as a whole. Land dealers
and spectators are warmly enthusi-
astic in their praise of the Nebraska
law. It will be more interesting to
note how the real prosperity Of the
state is affected in the next two or
three years, how many homes will be
built under the Kinkaid law, how much
the population of the section affected
will be increased and how much real
farming will be done.
GUY E. MITCHELL.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-02-04

West Indies had a champion in Las
Casas. The American negroes had
their Lovejoy, even as the Russian
peasants have their Gopon. This is
as it should be. Who more than the
priest should resent the oppression
which crushes the soul out of men ?
Without freedom there can be no moral
or spiritual health. That should ever
be the first concern of religion as in
deed it is Of true religion.
ToIstoi's Advice to the Car.
These outbursts of passion. so fear
full in their possibilities to the world,
are sad reminders Of what might be,
were we once to put our faith in that
gospel of love preached so long ago
by the great Nazarene. It is said not
to be practicable? Alas, what is prac-
ticable in this world but that? What
if the Czar instead of appealing to the
Cossocks, had appealed to Tolstoi!
What if he had sent Tolstoi to meet
the mob, instead Of those drawn
sabers! What il he had said:
''Tolstoi-you are right. I will take
your advice. will give the people lib
cry anu VIII UeeA, dS you say, Dy
putting in effect the teachings of Hen
ry George" -
If the czar would throw himself up
on the side of freedom, listen to the
counsels Of Tolstoi and brave the storm
that would arise within his palaces,
what spectacle that would be!
He would win such devotion as roy
atty never had and his name would
shine with more than mortal fame.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-02-04
FIND NEW PASSES
THROUGH ROCKIES

VANCOUVER, B. c., Feb. 1.-Sever-
al new passes through the Rocky
mountains in northern British Colum-
bia have been discovered by a party
Of Grand Trunk Pacific engineers who
have just returned from a years trip
through the north.
Yellowhead was formerly considered
to be the best of the passes through
the mountains and only four in all
were known to exist. Now several 9TH
ers have been discovered, including the
following: Smoke River. North Smoke
River, Porcupine, Two Red Deer pass
es, Wapiti and Pine River.
On the eastern side of the mountains
the grades are easy and in several
passes there is plenty of room for dou-
bic tracking. For seventy-five miles
on the western side the engineers say
the country is very wild.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-02-04
WEATHER WAS COLD
EAST OF ROCKIES

WASHINGTON. Feb. - The
weather bureaus summary of crop
conditions for month Of January, 1905
Is as follows: - .*
East of the Rockies the month was
colder than the average, with light
precipitation in most districts.
The reports indicate that winter
wheat was generally we'll protected
westward Of the Mississippi river and
also in portions of the Ohio valley and
middle Atlantic states. but over much
of the last named district there was
insufficient snow protection during the
severest weather and in portions Of
Illinois and Indiana It is feared that
the crop has suffered injury, large
areas being covered with ice. z.,455 B
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-02-04
ATTORNEY CONVICTED
OF MANSLAUGHTER

CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-Attorney Victor
r. O'shea on trial charged with shoot
ing and killing his wife Amy Hogen-
son. O'Shea was today convicted of
manslaughter.
The verdict which was rendered af-
ter ten hours del1beration carries im-
prisonment for one year to life, at the
discretion of the court. At a previous
trial the jury disagreed. After killing
his wife O'Shea attempted suicide, in
flicting wounds which confined him
to a hospital for almost year. O'Shea
and Amy Hogenson were secretly mar
ried and never lived together. O'Shea
alleged that, his. wife's parents were
seeking to bring about permanent
separation. insanity was the defense
offered.
Former United States Senator Allen,
of Nebraska, defended O'Shea in the
second trial. Mr.&:ANen has entered a
motion for third trial.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-02-04
DID NOT ATTACK
BRITISH CONSUL

ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 1.-The pre-
liminary official report Of the attack
made on the British consul general,
cain, at Warsaw, has put another COM
.plexion on the affair.". According to
the report which has already been COM
municated to Sir Charles Hardinge, the
British ambassador. the consuls were
In a crowd in the street while 1t was
being cleared. the pro consul receiving
cut on >the forehead, but whether
from a Cossack sabre or a club in the
hands OF one of the rioters, has not vet
been definitely established. The con.
suls were not attacked since the ac-
'tion OF the Cossacks was not directed
especially against them.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-02-04
TWO MEN TRY
TO KILL THEMSELVES

WHEELING, w. Va, Feb. Ito
night in the city hospital two men lie
at the point of death, as result, it il
believed. of attempted suicide. Ply
morning. Early this morning, two men
giving as their names T. L. Shirley,
of Hundred. w. Va. and B. S. Moag.
Of Pipesburg, W. Va, registered at
the Bellevue hotel and were assigned
a room. Tonight, suspicious being en-
tertained over their non-appearance.
the door of the room was forced and
the occupants were found all but dead
from asphyfxiatton, the gas jet having
been left open.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-02-04
SYMPATHIZES WITH
VICTIMS FAMILIES

ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. IAN off,
cial proclamation conveys the heart
felt sympathies Of the emperor, the
empress and the dowager empress to
the families of those killed in the street
fighting of January %. They have
placed $4,000 at: the disposal of the
goverpor-general for, the aid Of the
families Of the sufferers. An order by
tablishn1erts under the ministry ok
the imperial court: and the Tsarskoe
Selo, Peterhof, Catchina and Pavlovsk
under the Jurisdiction of Governor Cen
eral Trepof with view to uniformity
of measures for the preservation Of
order and social security.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-02-04
OPPONENTS OF PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
ACTIVELY OPPOSE ISSUE OF BONDS
TEXT OF OPPOSITION TO
4140;0OO ISSUE OF BONDS.

Opponents shift from pillar to
post I'm their desire to influence Du-
luth voters to vote against their
own interests, all for an ulterior
purpose.
DO the people of Duluth wish to
return to the days OF private own
ership3 Has the lessons Of the past
been forgotten-Story Of the struk-
gle renewed.
Some very good (:} citizens who
advised people to vote for the pur-
chase Of the old gas and water
plant for S2,1O6,00O, which was
three times It's value, now actively
oppose the small issue Of 914O,OOO Of
water and light bonds for extensions
to needy localities.
Explanation IL called for. Are
they sincere In their opposition
What IL their real fnotfve9 Labor
World lays bare the scheme.
Real reason In to make it appear
to the state legislature that people
are opposed to further bond issues,
and do not want further progress to
be made In municipal ownership.
Electric lighting contract w4ll
soon expire, and unless city has right
to float it's bonds it may he subject
ed to a hold up for street lighting.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-02-04
"Woodchuck is Chased from
the Wood Pile"-Real Rea-
son for Opposition Laid
Bare e-Desire is to Discour-
age Further Progress of
Public Ownership.

electric light plan. If much opposi-
tion is shown at the polls next Tues
day against the issue Of water and light
bonds, those opposed to the progress
Of municipal ownership will appear be-
fore the Legislature with the claim that
the people Of Duluth are not In favor
of further bond issues of any discrip-
tion
Public Ownership Hanging in Balance.
What will be the affect of this? In
a short time the contract for street
lighting with the Duluth General
Electric company will expire. The
present contract was made when the
city had the right to build its own
plant. For this reason and no other
the Electric Light company made an
exceptional by low price for street
lighting. There is now some question
whether or not the city has still the
right to issue it's ELECTRIC lighting
bonds. The least question about their
validity would render them unmarked
able.
If the city has no alternative but to
make a contract for street lighting
with a private company, and with no
session of the Legislature for two years
to obtain relief, is there not danger
in subjecting the city to hold up for
street lighting? 1t is true that the Du-
luth General Electric company agrees
to renew it's present contract for ten
years, but a long time contract Is op-
posed by many people. In the event
that the people will not stand for long,
er than five year contract, what then
will be the attitude of the company?
Even if the city does not wish to go
into the electric lighting business
it ought to have the right to do so. 1t
needs that right in order that 1t may
secure the very best terms in maxi
ing a contract. It wants that right,
if for no other use than a lever to pre-
vent extortion.
Woodchuck is ChasFed Out.
Now we think we have chased the
'twoodchuck from the wood pile" 1t
is the only valid reason why there is
opposition to the proposed $4,000
bond issue. The arguments that are
presented in the daily press bear out
this assertion. DO they attack the
bond issue because the extensions are
Do they auesttQn
SIsesfaef .fhax 4l1ss interest III ne NV
bonds win be paid by the new cohsuns-:
ers Of water, and who by the way, are
unanimously in favor of the issue?
No. Has there been one reasonable ar
gument advanced why the issue should
not carry? No. What then is their
tactics? To critise and condemn the
management of the Water and Light
Department when that is not an issue
and has no bearing upon the issue.
This and this alone is the burden of
their argument. What cant and hypo-
cracy Can the people be misled by
such flinsy reasoning, or will they
''block the little game" and give their
1eceivers a fitting rebuke at the polls?
This is a critical time for municipal
ownership, and it's friends are caution
ed to be vigilant as they never were
before.
Vote "Yes!" on the bond issue next
Tuesday, and strike another effective
blow for municipal ownership.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-02-04

port the water company's proposition.
Labor men, business men, professional
men and men in every walk of life
were either purchased or Quieted, and
the election was carried, only to be
contested in the courts and referred
back to the people. Three times was
the battle fought, and in the end the
people triunphed, but the corporation
died game. 1t was a veritable reign
Of graft.
Corruption Lessened by City Owner
ship.
With this our municipal system was
installed. Corruption in our local at
fairs was lessened, and a score Of be-
nefits followed
After reviewing the struggles of the
past, is there any one who desires t.
return to private ownership? Under
today's current 1t looks as II there
were few people leftin the city whose
purpose is to destroy public owner
ship, and return to private graft. We
do not wish to impugn the motives Of
some very good men who honestly op-
pose the proposed issue of bonds, but
it does seem strange that some of the
people who advised us to vote to bond
the city for the purpose of purchasing
the old gas and water plant for $2,1o6.-
600, are now against proposition to
bond the city for $4,000 to extend
oul: own system, othat more people
sssFsa.sz IS s sgs1ls ;E| go,
may be Increased. this too, IL spite
CT the fact that it VIII not cost one Of
them an additional dollar In either
water rates or taxes Shame on this
kind Of opposition. 1t: is absolutely
without reasonable grounds.
Scheme Of Opposition Laid Bare.
In due time the real movers of the
opposition will be made known.
We guess their purpose now. Down
deep in their hearts they are indifferent
about the outcome Of the proposed
bond issue. It Is a sentiment in op-
position to other bond issues that
they are attempting to create.
Eisten to our version of it.
An attempt is to be made by the
friends Of municipal ownership to Sc
cure the enactment Of law during
this session of the Legislature granting
cities Of over $4,000 Inhabitants the
right to issue bonds for the purpose
Of acquiring or building their own
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-02-04
RUSSIAN MASSACRE IS
DISCUSSED IN PULPIT
Rev. Herbert S. Bigelow Takes
Economic Side Of St. Pc
tersburg Slaughter.
mot by Might, Nor by Power
But by Spirit" is the Great
World Rured.

Cincinnati, O., Feb. 2.-Herbert S.
Bigelow, pastor of the Vine St. Congre-
gational church, Cincinnati speaking
of the civil strife in Russia, said:
Revolution gives dramatic emphasis
to commonplace truths. Many and inn
pressive are the lessons to be learned
anew from the St. Petersburg mas
sacre.
Thought Rules the World.
We learn that the mind is the seat
of slavery. It is not the brutal Cos
sacks who have held the Russian peo-
pie in subsection. Ignorance and in
ertia are the enslavers Of mankind.
Let the people lose faith in their ac-
customed rulers; let them once desire
liberty, let them awake to realiza-
ton of their rights and their priva-
tions, and the beginning of the end is
at hand. 1T is not by night, nor by
power, but by my spirit" Thought
rules the world. The soul is master.
The solitary cry for liberty may be
silenced. Siberia may swallow few.
But when the great Russian people
want freedom they will have it..
Marriage Of Liberty and Religion.
It is significant that the priesthood
should have furnished the leader for
this Russian uprising. The church is
often charged with infidelity to human
ity. AS Zangwill says, it tends to be-
come the tomb of the soul Of the fut-
ure. But it is gratifying to recall in
stances to the contrary, when liberty
has been welded to religion and men
have raised within the church the ban
ner of the free. The slaves of. the
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-02-04
FIFTEEN ARE HURT
IN COLLISION

FORT WORTH, Tex. Feb.1.-Twen-
ty persons were injured. two seriously,
in q collision between 9 freight train
on the St. Louis & San Francisco road
and street car at the stock yards
crossing in the northern limits of this
city today. About IS persons were in
the car coming to work. The air was
thick with fog and the stock cars in
front of Frisco engine, according to
the motorman, so obscured the head
light that he did not see the train ap-
preaching. A freight car struck the
rear Of the car, throwing 1t fifty feet,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-02-04
INJUNCTION. BILL
IS DEAD As CAESAR
Measure Aiming to Limit Ar:
bitrary Powers Of Courts
Is Slaughtered.

WASHINGTON Feb. 1.-The house
COMMITTEES on judiciary today voted to
postpone indefinitely the further con-
use Of injunctions and restraining or
ders in labor disputes.
The action was taken by practically
a party vote in the committee. A mo-
tion to reconsider the vote and lay that
action on. the table, which the parlia-
ssmentaEy InethQd. pf ma king - imposs-
stoFe 6f II
Islderation fn ths future afso Was
agreed to. :&.'.: :. ,ssss':< @'s<
!. Many hearings were held on this
measure during the last session.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-02-04
GOVERNMENT IS
RUNNING BEHIND

WASHINGTON. Feb 1.-The month
ly comparative statement of the gov
ernment receipts and expenditures
shows that for the month of January
1905, the. receipts were $43,410,2S5 and
expenditures $49,628,299, leaving a de-
f1cit for the month of $6,21S,O14. The
deficit for January, 1904, was Sc, 7S4, 1872.
For the seven months of the fiscal
year expenditures exceed the receipts
by about $2S,5s7 900. For the cores
ponding period lest year there was a
surplus of $1,641, $780,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-02-04
PRESIDENT PALMA ~:
SELECTS HIS PARTY

HAVANA, Feb. president Palma
this evening formally declared his al
legiance to the moderate party to q
committee of prominent members
Of the party which called at the palace.
This act means President Palma's
candidacy for assecond term and his
probable reelection -"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-02-04
CARRIAGE DRIVERS
ARE ON STRIKE

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 1-Members
OF the Cab and Carriage Drivers local
union struck tonight for higher and
uniform rate Of wages The men had
been receiving from 50 to SO a week.
and they now ask for uniform wage
of $12. Officers of the union say that
400 members are on strike and that an
additional 100 drivers will Join the
ranks of the strikers tomorrow. There
are about 900 regularly employed cab
men in the city.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-02-04
Do Not Give Valid, Reason
Why Bond Issue Should be
Defeated d-Devote Most of
Their Time to Criticism of
Management of Water and
Light Department.

There seems to be a disposition in
some quarters to shift the discussion
Of the proposed Issue of water and
light bonds to criticism of the man.
agement Of the Water and Light De-
partment. The Labor World has no
desire to enter into this phase of the
discussion at this time. There will
be plenty Of opportunities after the
election to advance ideas on the ques-
ton of How to manage a municipal
water and light system" 1t is an
easy matter for any one to stand in
the back ground and offer criticism
to the management of any municipal
institution, but it is much more diff
ficult to give suggestions for improve
ments. We do not pretend, nor does
the department claim, that the mum
icipal water and light plant has reach
ed a state Of perfection. This city
started in with new proposition some
years ago. Many defects were noted
from the very beginning, but gradual
ly they are being removed, and any one
who has watched the progress of our
water and light system must in all
candor admit that conditions are in
finitely much better than they were
during the days of the Gas and Water
company, with it's death dealing
typhoid upon the human body and it's
wholesale and manhood destroying
corruption in municipal politics.
Struggle Against Municipal Corruption.
Have. these days been forgotten? ?
Have those who watched patiently for
weeks by the bedside OF stricken
loved one, raving in a deadly fever as
result of drinking the poisonous
germ polluted water furnished by as
heartless and inhuman corporation as
ever existed, forgotten those hours Of
worry and extreme anxiety? And then
the funeral, with a half a score Of
others in a single cold and bleak day,
can this too be forgotten? Then the
public uprising; the threatened lynch
ing of Manager Craig Of the water
company; the surrounding Of the City
Hall, and the demand upon the cor
.poration-fettered public officials to
meet the situation by taking possess
sion Of the water plant; the overthrow
of the purchased, evasive and faint
promising political parties, all Of which
were united on q: single. candidate, and
Z
determines Henry Tr1elsofi aupoT
peoples platform to carry out their
expressed will. This should never be
forgotten.
The Reign Of Graft.
It was remarkable struggle, but
it was not yet finished.
Popular sentiment partially subsided
with the election Of a peoples Mayor.
The Gas and Water company took ad-
vantage of every opportunity. 1t at
tempted to unload its antiquated plant
upon the people at a fabulous price.
goodly number Of respectable {?
people, many Of them prominent busi-
ness men, sided with the corporation
and championed the purchase Of the
plant at three times its value. They
hadn't any scruples in those days about
the Issuance of water and light bonds
to the tune Of $2,106,00o. Money was
spent lavishly. Ward healers and pet
ty politicians were given more money
then they had ever seen before to sup
Arizona silver belt., 1905-03-16
Metal Prices Are Strong, lm- proved Foreign Demand.
 Large Exports
LARGER EARNINGS THIS YEAR
Copper Shares Offer Splendid in- vestment. An Active Market and higher Prices Predicted. Amai- gamated to Enlarge Its Scope

Copper is stronger. Lake is selling at l5l cents, and electrolytic at l5l centS per pound. There are few sell lers let in the market at these iig- ureS. however, and the feeling is stronger than ever that l6'cent cop per market may be witnessed in the very near future. Domestic consump ton is showing considerable increase ever that of year ago. The disposi- tiun of foreigners, which mentioned week ago, to refrain from making purchases at this level of prices is no longer apparent. Exports so far this month indicate that the March ship mentS will reach at least 10000 long tons.
 Foreign advices are very confident. China, India and other eastern ooun- tries are again considerable payers of ct pper. The war demand continues heavy. It is believed in the best in- formed circles, however, that when the war ends the expansion of busi- 
 ness in Europe and Asia will tend to increase the foreign consumption of copper more than the falling off of war demand can possibly reduce 1t.
 The purchase of three or four BoS' tol stock exchange seats by leading New York brokers is believed to fore cast coming activity in the copper share market. l have talked with several local interests relative to this matter and one and all of Jham agree that the move can have no other sig nidcance. Surely there is nothing else here, worth coming after, which cannot be traded iu just as well on the New York exchange. EdjrtS to get up trading interest in coppers in New York have never been more than normally successful. Anaconda al- ways got the cold shoulder in Nsw York, and, though Greene was quite active on the New York curb, it was found necessary to list it in Boston.
 There is reason for the belief that a plan ia being perfected to greatly in crease the scope of the Amalgamated Copper company. It is in every sense holding company, and the original scheme was to have it control the cop ' per producing industry of the United N States. The "holding" idea is stead 4 fly gaining ground, and it would seem X natural that the Amslgamated sphere # of influence should be extended by the purchase of majority or minority 4 interests tn other copper companies, h uSt as Pennsylvania, New York Cen. tral, Union Pacific and other railroad < cnmpanies are constantly adding to & their holdings of the securities of \ COmpeting lines.