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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-09
]. S. FAILED To- LAh0
UNION MEN FOR CANAL.
Have Now Appealed to Labor
Leaders to Aid Them in
Their Dilemma.
Union Labor Will Not Respond
Until Government Recog-
nizes Union Shop.

Washington, D. c., Sept. 7.-Unions
conected with the American Federation
of Labor in this city and throughout
the country, have issued circular.
made public by Pittsburg labor men,
that the United States is now seeking
union labor for the isthmian canal SER
vice.
The government. says the circular.
has found it impossible to obtain skill
ed labor for the isthmian canal with
out recognizing trades unions, the reg
ular employment method Of the civil
service system having failed to Sc
cure skilled mechanics.
Special government agents have been
sent out on experimental missions to
labor unions. Officers of trades unions
are asked to cooperate indirectly with
these agents, with a view to getting
mechanics.
Most of the men sought" says the
circular, belong to the building trades,
the best organized in the country,
which work almost entirely under clos
ed shop conditions, with an eight hour
day and high average of wages. The
closed shop is an 1mpossibility In gov
ernment departments, since President
Roosevelt decided in favor Of the open
shop in the government printing office.
The canal commission, therefore, ex-
hausted every means Of getting men
without recognizing the unions, which
it knew would insist upon an agree
ment providing that only union men
should be employed.
Examinations for the 1sthmian canal
service were advertised and readvertis-
ed all over the country, but at each
successive examination, while profess
sional and clerical men responded IN
numbers far exceeding the demand, the
organized mechanics stayed away. The
commissioners say that only a few
1oaters and worthless mechanics were
secured.
AT a conference between labor lead
ers and President Gompers, OF the
American Federation of Labor, it was
decided to memorialize the government
on the position or organized labor.
"The memorandum which Is to be
presented to President Roosevelt by
Mr.. Gompers endeavors to show that
the government would not be at loss
for mechanics If it recognized labor
bodies as labor supply agencies"
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TO FIGHT AGE LIMIT IS
PURPOSE Of. new UNION
Organization Formed to Re.
move the Ban on Age Limit
Fixed by Railroads.
It Will Also Assist Men Be-
yond the Natural Limit to
Find Good Employment.

Chicago, Sept. 7.-Ap organization
known as the Anti-Age Limit League
has been organized in Chicago to
fight the. age limit Of Is years used
against fworkingmen. 1t will endeavor
to, prevent age being a ban, irrespective
Of other qualifications. It has opened
headquarters at the Palmer house and
welcomes to membership all working
persons interested in abolishing the ban,
The league, in a circular issued by
John F. Downey, president, and Ben
jamin Giroux, secretary treasurer, an
nounces the following objects:
First-To remove the ban on wage
earners by the cruel and unnatural age
limit.
second-To assist men past the pro-
scrihed limit to procure employment.
Third-To emphasize mans inherent
right to be first considered as the wage
Garner OF the family.
Fourth-To place before the national
government, the persistent ostracism Of
the veterans Of the Civil and Spanish
wars, in that they aree reflsed the pur-
suit OF their inalienable right to labor
In all the departments of our national
government. in accordance with their
mental and physical equipment, ire
spective of age. a X .,>1> =, T.. =
The prejudice against employment Of
men beyond As years Of age in CONNER
cial life is declared to have been given
birth by the rule placing, that limit
on the age at which a. citizen may
volunteer for service In the army or
navy. =. g.. s.;t. BE-
: It is planned to ask congress to act
in nome manner to relieve, and restore
the rights of older citisens.
In closing the circular says: ''Of
all the distractions to q mans right
to earn q living the ban placed upon
labor by the 45 year ase limit IL the
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-09
Ethics OF christianity +. II Il,
r. Reflected In UniOnisn1.

Christianity Is science far reach
Ing enough to extend to the uttermost
parts Of the earth and broad enough
IN the principles to afford room In its
plan Of salvation for all mankind. The
ethics Of Christianity are so compre-
henstve as to aply themselves to every
phrase and every incident Of human
lie. They involve so many branches Of
thought as to make 1t impossible ever
to exhaust the profitable discussion, of
them.
But, broad, comprehensive, exhaus-
tive and far reaching as the science
and ethics of Christianity are, the
whole may be conscisely and correctly
summed up In the statement that the
purpose is to lead mankind to better
and happier lives here and hereafter,
through development of the higher in
stincts and the better sides Of human
nature.
The labor movement is not a cam
pa1gn against law and order, led on by
ag1tators and enemies of peace, 9
some would represent it to be. On the
contrary, 1t is the tangible evidence Of
the desire for better things on part Of
the masses who, in accord with divine
ed1ct, bring the sweat Of labor to their
brows In order that they may eat
bread. 1t is the overflow or safety
valve for the ever present, irresistible
longing for greater liberties and better
conditions Of life. It Is reflective Of
the same spirit which led the children
OF Israel to refuse to make bricks with
cut straw, which buoyed them up in
their pilgrimage In search Of the prom
1sed land. which brought the pilgrim
Fathers to the newly founded west,
which has performed so important, q
part In the development of the new
world, which is behind the march Of
civilization, and without which pro-
eress would be impossible.
Like all great movements Of reforms
it has had it's authors, it's disciples its
aposties' Its Missionaries and its mar
tyrs. Its aim is to make mankind bet
ter, more comfortable and happier
here'and this of necessity, leads them
nearer to a probable happy hereafter.
Inc work OF the church will not be
zone until the millennium shall have
rdawned; and until that day the labor
movement will be found pressing on
side by side on hand in hand with: it.
People talk glibly about solving the
labor problem. The cause Of Chris
tianity will not have completely tri-
umphed so long as there are sinners
outside the fold ,s:snd the labor problem
VII net he solved. 50. long az hope #of
I better things spring up In the hearts
and. q! mikis tof men. shall steadily
anp sch the goals sFhich we seek.
sn1nessy they viii sreached
pslIIt die ien
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AMERICAN CITIZEN
CONDEMNED TO DEATH

CONsTANT1NOPLE Sept. 6.-The
criminal court at stamboul has con-
aemned to death the American CHR
tis Vartanian, a naturalized American
:itizen, for the murder of the Ammen-
ian merchant. Apik Undjkan, August
!6. who was shot by Vartanian In the
Salatea quarter of this city.
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est advocate Of trades unionism looks
with hope and confidence for the dawn
Ing Of an Industrial millennium when
all men shall know and have oppor-
tunity to enjoy a higher, nobler, better
life. .Scoffers and d--unbelievers scout
the possibility of either and call us,
who believe that these things will be,
visionaries.~ for @one, would rather
be a visionary, with hope in the fu-
ture and with some of the milk of
human kindness in my veins than. to-
be cold-blooded cynic, unable to
or encouragement in future prospects.
But let us not lose sight Of this fact.
The church cannot save sinners and
the labor union cannot give its full
benefits to the individual except
through the efforts Of the individual
sinner or workman. No sinner can de-
clare himself to be a part Of the
church and to be saved through vica-
rtous atonement. No workman can
hope to enjoy the benefits secured by
the labor movement unless he is WILL
Ing to work for them. And both may
depend upon it that the portions of
of permanent good which they re-
ceive. either spiritual or mental, will
be In direct ration to their personal
efforts.
! Christ came to earth with a message
OF peace on earth, good will of man,
and in appreciation of his efforts the
populace crucified him. The message
OF peace and good will has, however,
echoed down the halls Of the centur-
les and I am optimistic enough to be-
lieve that despite the seething caldrons
OF industrial and international strife
which are now observed in some
places, there Is, in proportion to the
population, more Of the spirit In the
hearts Of men today than ever before
= The desirability Of peace in any
walk. or condition of life needs no dis
cussion; but peace, in order to be last
Ing and In order to be. q blessing, must
be established In right ways and on
right and just lines / would hail with
glad acclaim Industrial peace. so In
augurated;; but want no Industrial
peace Witch canot be had without
dishonor = s. st: .5' s To- -s ST
AAe0S 1AAA0 taUW U'W..sd q OLYeAs IeAeIence 10 tne
PRINCIPLES laid down by Christ in his
most mprehensiye command to men,
This command that man shall do to
others as he would that they should
DO to him embraces All the ethics Of
Christi antty .ali contains all. the di-
rections ecessary Tor q beautiful
e Christi n life. does =Iot mean that
We shall .ss,rrend 4. .o,Ir eonvict ctions and.
beliefs ] e Or thatss laaN 9iys way
e .in.aai ]. e t,,inss e IS .tha
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svAAt&ss
say, which are reflected Ia, the labor
movement. And SO I shall call atten-
ton to some few Of the many incidents
In the life and teachings Of the man
Christ which seem to apply most aptly
and opportunely to the practical life of
man in the twentieth century.
Before going further and to avoid
possible misapprehension or misun-
derstanding, it is proper fop me to say
which I suppose should be ashamed
to admit-that I am not member of
any church and that do not profess
to be Christian. I, however, believe
in Christianity.
Christ came on earth as messen-
ger Of God to all mankind. He did not
go into the temple and from there pro-
claim his mission, but he went about
among the poor and lowly, the masses
of the people, teaching and preaching
OF better things for them. He an
nounced one of the eteranl ethics of
Christianity when he made them bear
one another's burdens. And that is
one Of the ethics of Christianity which
is deeply involved in the labor move
know it in this age is combined ef-
fort on the part of the many to rid
each other of some Of the burdens
which are borne in their indiidual ca
pacities, and to make life better,
brighter, happier for all. It seeks to
secure for the Industrious man COM
pensation~ for his services, and hours
of labor, which will afford comfort
for himself and family an opportunity
to devlop and cultivate a taste for
higher Life physically morally and
spiritually. II Christianity means any,
thing, it means that all men are Gods
children, and whether it be right or
wrong to view it in that light, 1t is
God preached to hungry man or to
the man whose days know nothing
but a ceaseless grind Of labor for a
bare existence and whose nights know
nothing but the sleep Of physical ex-
haustion will fall in barren SOIL.
Christ chose disciples and bade them
go out into the world and preach the
gospel to every creature =, What was
the gospel which he directed them to
preach? Was 1t an eye for an eye and
a tooth for a tooth? Was it gospel
of fear illustrated with vivid word pic
trres of the imaginary heat and tor
ture in store for all those who did not
accept it,? Was it composed Of theo-
logical discussion? No. It was the
simple gospel of love. Love Of the
Father for the Son. Love of the Son,
for mankind and the beautiful COM
mandment that ye, we, love one an
other. - n
What commandment y could more,
aptly At the present condition Of in
dustry and society? Deceit, desertion
Of trust, scandal and crime, are rife
and are found in higher places az well
as in the lowly places. The man who,
holding q position Of. trust, either,
public or. private, takes advantage Of
the opportunity to rob those who have
placed confld dence In him.. has no love
for his neighbor. or for society.
: The Christian looks forward with
hope and confidence for the coming of
the millennium. when all men shall
know Christ and serve him. The EARN!
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-09

I AND s 8 q govern 4 our acts by what
our consciencess tell IN II right. just
and fair: that we shall do by them as
We would believe TT to be fair and
right that they should do by us il
our conditions: and positions were re-
versed. =SS-s-F55:: - .. SS.,.zs&*% 49,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-09
Duluth. MINI.
GROVER BUYS TWO FARMS.

SANDWICH, N. H., Sept. 6.-Former
President Cleveland. ,who,, with his
family has spent the last two summers
in this village, has purchased two
farms in the adjacent town Of Tam
worth. with the idea, it is understood
Of making the estate his permanent
summer home. =, 80, III, !:
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-09
CLEARLY
Defined BY FOSTER
What Are the Limitations Of
Trades Unionism? What
Form Will It Assume?
What 8 the Essence, the Vital
Quality Of the Labor Move
ment Itself?

Frank K. Foster Of Boston. promin-
ent member of the typographical union
w1th with calmness and clearness ably
defends trade unionism He says:
In these precious times of in1unctions.
and such like Parryistic manifestations
OF an ugly antagonism toward organtx-
ed labor, the average trade uniontst
may be pardoned If he indulges in q
ot OF speculation as to just where 1t
Is all going to end. #
What are the limitations Of trade
unionism? What form is it ultimately
gong to assume Is it to bend or break
oerore the athemas Of the Citizens Al
nance, or will it sturdily continue to bid
oehance to its open foes and internal
1nil- wish? Must it change It's methods
and recede from the position? What.
ABOVE all, is the essence, the vital
quality, Of trade unionism itself?
Dennttions are at once the despair
and the delight Of political economists:
Inc despair because no one is obliged
10 accept another's definition: the de-
neht, because from your own defini-:
tion OF variable qualities you can erect
your own argument. It was DeQuincy.
thlnk, who pointed out that political
economy could never become a science
because it had no fixed qualities.
Generlcally, trade unionism is the
union of the workers in trade for the
purpose Of bettering their conditions.
Specifically, there is a wide distinction
~DetWeen that trade unionism which
declares for the sympathetic strike,
political action and the collective
ownership Of the tools and instruments
OF production, and the trade union
ism that walks on the earth, deals with
practical questions, and uses rational
and well-tested methods. z
: -Platforms are important-somet
H1ghfalating declarations make a nice
sound, but in practical sense 10 per
cent advance in wages counts for more.
than thousand denunciatory resolu-
tions as to the tyranny of the capital
ist.' =. zsz9zz
We OF the labor movement are sorely
apt to lack sense Of proportion. We
magnify trifles and minimize verities.
When the walking Is bad, we fancystes
can fiy.s We wear down, In our ssIroovess
SO deeply that hard Tor us .to even
Ineep oyerth sedse Dffs sfhes
81 es.s stns X 81 = - .l - = 1l zk
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to vote for his boss Or HIS employer.
But the alrion frees the workman from
dictation and, at the same time, teach
es him: the great lesson Of obedience to
laws and constitutions fromed by him
self and officers elected by himself
This is what I understand by Ameri-
can democracy. . :
Notwithstanding the many reports of
violence on the part of unions, my OBJ
servation of particular unions show
that they have reduced the total
amount Of violence. fractional fights,
race conflicts, brutal deeds of unorga-
nized workmen, are reported only in
the local papers, but the deeds Of the
are reported by the associated press.
The unions took them In. not because
they were brutal, but because the en-
ployer had hired them. Nevertheless,
the duty of the union is to make them
peaceable, for the organization must be
held responsible for the acts Of it's men,
bers in the furtherance Of it's aims.
Only it should be born in mind that no
other institution has done so much as
the trade unions to educate our mixed
population, just emerging from centu-
ries Of deopotism, in the ideals and
peaceable methods of American cit
izenship.
Impatience for quick and big results
is the greatest danger that threatens
unions. Men have suffered long and
distrusted each other seem to think
that the magic word union makes
them all at once invincible. This is
natural but often disastrous. The gains
made by some of the unions in hours,
wages, and liberty are truly surpris-
ing, but they are not safe standard
for others. More important than
quick gains is the permanent strength
of the union, and this depends on high
dues and benefits, and good reserved
fund. Some older unions have learned
this through bitter experience. II
great Britain this is especially true.
The English cotton spinners. after a
disastrous defeat In 1892, have, within
IL years, built up a. fund Of $4,000. 600
for $4,000 members. At the present
time, when business is slack, it is wis
dom for all unions to learn by their ex-
ample, and not wait for their experri-
enco ~
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does.
The glory Of trade unionism, more
over, is that it does things. Herein 1t
differs from most other reform schools.
To be sure, progress seems slow, meas
ured In days and months, but when we
get the longer lOok-off over a period of
years, results are obvious. Coercion has
never been able to smash unionism. It
is unlike that 1T will ever succeed in so.
doing. And to speak quiet frankly,
coercive methods are double edged
when used by trade unionists them
selves. II we do possess the wisdom to
build on foundations Of conviction, it
were better to- camp out until we gain
it. s.
Two giant elemental forces contend
with one another throughout the uni
verse. They affect the planets in their
spheres, and the drops of water in the
ocean. They shape the polity Of ma
tions and trade unions. One of these
forces tends to centralize, the other to
decentralize power. Civilization repre-
sents the decentralizing principle. Men
have achieved religious and political
freedom in direct degrees as the unite
has developed its sovereignty. The
free unit through voluntary associa-
tion with its fellows gains in strength
without sacrifice Of Initiative. -
The American Federation was found
ed upon decentralized, or autonomous,
lines. It was, in a sense, protest
against the tendency of the labor move
ment to revert to primitive of the labor
automatic, types. Each craft is
sovereign unit. Departure from this
sovereignty constitutes a menace. It's
executive has acted wisely In moving
with, conservatism when conventions
have lost sight of its early conception
of the functions of a federated body.
What matter II the unthinking clamor
for the iron hand? A departure from
it's historic policy OF reliance. on the
sober second thought Of it's component
parts to do justice, would work almost
irreparable evil. The question. Of juris-
diction, it il true, IL the fly In the
ointment. Here. as elsewhere, saliva
ton must be worked out by those who
need it, Meanwhile, the pressure Of the
general opinion steadily works the res
toring OF the normal balance. $
The trade union movement has be-
come organic. The American, Fedora
ton Of Labor represents q tribunal OF
judgement supreme. saving that the
right to appeal to the people 81 always
reserved. Those In search Of shorts
cuts to the millennium will always
cavil at beaten roads, but their short,
cuts have hitherto ran up Z tree pr.
into. swamp. @ s35 e: .5s%.ssE s. s
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WORDS OF V|sODMFROh|
PROF COMMONS.
Far Reaching Effect Of Unions
Upon Immigrants - Help
=. Americanize Them.
Impotence for Quick Results is
Greatest Danger That
Confronts Unions.

Prof John r. Comons, an old trade
unionist, when he worked at the prin-
ter's case, and now teacher of political
economy. in the Madison University.
gave the following brief wisdom and ad-
vice to organized labor:
when have sorrowed at the smash
ing of a union or deplored it's mistakes,
have stopped to ask myself: what
Is the material is has to work with and
the conditions it has to meet?" When
one stops to consider these things one is
filled with amusement and admiration
for what the unions, in spite of fall
ure and mistake. have actually done.
A union cannot choose it's members,
like corporation or a social club, nor
let in the "trusties'' on the ground
floor, like Amalgamated copper or
United States steel, but it must admit
at g. trade. The Anthracite coal strike
commission found some 10 nationali-
ties at work in the mines. and it is
reported by. the sociological department
of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company
that their employees come from 81 nat
ionalities and speak ~ Languages. No
other nation In the world has set up
a hard task like this for unionism. The
American nation has come to the aid
Of the employers with a protective tar
III against the products Of foreign cheap
labor, but It has left to the unions the
harder task of protecting the laborer
himself. and this must be done. not by
keeping the foreigner out. but by TAX
ing him into the union. No wonder
the unions are forced to stand for the
union shop. The union shop Is the
workman's protective tariff. II COM
pelled to give up he will be compelled
to go into politics and stop immigration.
The union is the greatest Of existing
forces in what is called Americaniza.
tton 1t breaks down the barriers Of
race, nationality, Language, and re-
ligion; teaches self-government ana
obedience to. elect leaders: sets up the
goal of an American standard Of liv-
ing. Neither theTchurc nor the
schools, nor politics. nor mp1oyers,9can
do this work. +
r The schools reach the child dren and
not the tminigr mt and their al ndlence
IS count teract Thens henne d j1 -,
,s9;' ,s5aasa S; aaaa4 F. sg i
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/: The Christian looks forward with
hope and coincidence for the coming Of
the millennium. when all men shall
know Christ and serve him. The aearn-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-02
Funeral ct the Late Mrs. Williams.

The funeral of the late Mrs. Hannah
+. Williams was held. Monday after
noon. Prayers were held at the late resi-
""nc' "f the deceased. on Myrtle street.
at o'clock, conducted by Bishop Cod
nan of the ijpisco opal diocese, and Rev.
] I'r. Samuel Cpiohn Of Germantown,
Pa. and were followed, at $50. by the
| funeral service. at -. Marks Episcopal
church. which was wvll Iilltd with those
who had come to pay their last respects
II the memory oi their friend.
The services were conducted by Bis
hop Goldman, Rev. DR.. Tpiohn, Re-.
Geo. F.. Dcgcn. the pastor and Rev. w.
+. Livingston. and We're very impress
sive. Selections We're rendered by the
church choir.
The Committal service was held at tn :,
grave. and music was rendered by a
double quartet from the choir The in.
t"rmcnt was made in the family lot. at
Forest Grove cemetery The bearers
were lion. 5. w. Lane. VIM. McDavid
w. scott Hill, John c. arnold, f. j. Z.
Little and Geo. w. Bnylton.
Out of rcSncct to the memory of the
deceased. an at the request of Mayor
HichbOrn. the bell on the Congregations
al churt h WAS toll"d during the service
90" stroke being for each year of her
life. ,.N1 A4Elzy Il
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-02

The following corporations have filed
their certificates of organization at
the office Of the Secretary Of State:
Estle and O'Brien Boiler Co. has been
,.,.e,,nized at Portland for the purpose of
,,,anufacturing and dealing in steam
tiles etc. with $4,000 capital stock
80 which s2I00 is paid in. The officers