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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-07-07
UNION LABOR IN CHICAGO.

Never before in the history of or
ganixed labor in Chicago have so many
unions secured an advance in wages
without a strike as this year, and at
no time tn recent years has the open
ing of June seen such peace in the
labor world as it is today.
Arbitration and. Cancellation have
been the methods by which this con-
dition has been brought about. and the
unions and the employers concede that
1t Is better to meet together in con-
ference. and discuss their grievances
with one another first than to start a
fight and then to talk it over OTTER
wards.
Nearly every union in, the city has
asked for and received som advance
In wages. or some improvements In
conditions, and It Is safe to say that
the pending difficulties of the street
railway men, both surface and ele-
waited, the truck. drivers. molders and
painters. will be speedily adjusted,
and so far as can be. seen there Is
nothing to indicate that there will be
any strikes this year similar to those
Chicago has had yearly for the last
five or six years.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
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1t is said that in some parts of our
land civilization does not progress as
rapidly as in others. From all &C.
counts 1t looks as If the state of
Georgia is going backward. Certainly
some of the laws of that state indicate
that the members Of the state legisla-
ture and the people who elect them
are of an ancient order Of Intelligence.
For another year it will be legal for
the factory owners to work little girls
all under nine years Of age, all night
in the mills Of that state. 1t is no
eight hour day that these little chill
dren, enjoy. they must work eleven
hours from seven O'Clock in the
evening until six the next morning.
The benenctent mill owners explain.
however, that 1t is only during the
rush season that the little tottlers are
forced to work this way. lis it pos
silhe, that an American people, living
in that state and knowing these con-
ditions. can sit idly by. and take no
action? Is It possible that there are
people who, knowing the; facts. still
claim to see no reason why men
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-07-07
FOES OF UNIONIsM.
Methods of Industrial Workers-Or-
ganlzed Labor.

Methods of Industrial Workers-0r-
Eanized Labor.
The general executive board of the
United Cloth Hat and Cap Makers I'm
ion of North America has issued an
other circular attacking the methods
used by the Industrial Workers of the
World, the new Industrial union. The
circular is Endorsed by the American
Federation Of Labor and 'is being sent
out from the headquarters of the lat
ter organization in Washington.
Several instances are cited in the
circular where the Industrial Workers
of the World have initiated men i'm
ported by the Cap Manufacturers asso-
citation in the effort to establish the
open shop, and the industrialists are
working hand in hand with the en-
ployers to wreck the regular organiza-
ton of capmakers.
One instance is cited Of a lockout
In Detroit where the Industrial Work.
ers induced a firm to break its agree
ment with the regular union and to
expel from the plant with the assist
ance of the police all the union
workers.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-07-07
JOIN THE UNION OF YOUR TRADE

SOIN ! tie ONION VI HOOH HAOe.
1t Is no valid excuse for a non-union-
list to say that he will not join the
union because there are Objectionable
persons in 1t. There are Objectionable
persons In every walk of life--in our
churches schools and factories-in our
legislatures and houses OF congress.
If Objectionable persons and immoral
persons are In these various walks of
life it is the duty of every good citizen
to make their efforts nil, and this can
be done by associating with and join
ing In with those connected with these
institutions to elevate and purify But
the unions and union men are not one
thoGsandth part as bad as they are
painted, as could be readily ascer-
tanned by direct contact and utilization
with them. The non-unionist worker
is misled by the subsidized press and
the capitalist into this erroneous way
OF thinking, or, rather, letting some
one else do the thinking for him. Join
us and see what mane1r of men we
are, and then judge for yourself. We
will show you the way to help yourself
and to help your fellows and to make
this world better and truer and more
worthy Of living in.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-07-07
Wants Good Printing.

Parry, the pin-head of the Manu-
facturers Association, publicly howls
against the Typographical Union, but
his own catalogue is being printed in
an e1ght-hour and closed shop union
office. in indianapolis. Parry knows
where to get that superior Sort. of
printing-so do the general public.
Labor End the Ballot.
Labor men, vote right and stick to
your union!
Labor men will require the protect
ing care Of their trades unions after
they have cast their ballots Just as
much as before.
Elect clean cut, straight out trades
unionists to congress and the state
legislatures wherever you can, and
never waver in your union1sm.
Defeat 1abor's known enemies even
If you have to elect those who are not
straight labor men. If we cannot use
the "other man" as a staff to lean
upon for contemporary purposes he
may be just good enough as a stick
to beat. the enemy.-American FEEDER
ationist
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time IN the British Parliament, and
will become u law.
+, Let no workin gnan, 4 IL he values
his standing among intelligent mem
bers OF his class, even again resort to
the old, worn -out hypocrttical scheme
OF boosting any "laboriflg mans
friend for public office: The thing
has been overdone; the bunco game
has been worked for years without re-
suit for our side. < IN the future men
from labor's ranks, who stand for
labor measures only, must be support
ed in the same manner that the work
ers Of Great Britain and continental
Europe and Australia stand by their
own class. We despise an Industrial:
scab. and the time Is rapidly approach
Ing when the worker who plays into
the hands Of the capitalists politically
Will occupy the same plane. ~5st..
Organized labor and its principles
are right! There is no Compromise!
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-07-07
BRITONs SCORE AGAIN.

Score another trump for the British
Labor party, and still another.
We have already shown how the
Labor party's bill to protect union
funds from being grabbed by employ
ers during strikes for alleged dam
ages has been substituted for the gov
eminent measure and has passed its
second reading.
Now comes the news that the House
OF Lords has completely reversed It.
self In the damage suit game. It will
be recalled that the Lords, the highest
court in Great Britain, handed down
a decision in which the railway en-
jployes were mulcted out of $l25,O0O
and costs in the celebrated Taft Vale
case. No sooner had that order been
entered on the records when the mine
operators began two suits for damages
asgregating more than $1,0oC.000 be-
cause of ~,strtkes.-s-one- o.. tsaeaacaseSs-
that of the Denahy & Cadeby Mining
co. versus the South Yorkshire Miners.
union, has gone through all the courts.
Including damages, more than 100000
was at stake. The company wanted
the miners to pay over 100000 as
balm for it's wounds received in the
strike as we'll as $4,000 for court
costs. :.
The elimination OF the legal battle
Is astonishing when the House Of
Lords precedent in the Taft Vale case
is remembered. The Lords ingeniousiy
announced that the members of the
union are the only ones who can sue
the organization, and not a; third
party.
OF course, the lords knew full we'll
that the Labor party is camping on
their trail, and that the abolition of
their House is q demand that has be-
come very popular among the workers.
Therefore, the shrewd old lords. don't
mind a little thing like eating crow
If it will only result in perpetuating
themselves for while longer. =:
Another important = announcement
is that Keir Hardies bill to prevent
the importation of blecllegs .(scabsl
during strikes. has been read a third
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-07-07
LABOR IN POLITICS.

Plans for organization on a, large
scale are under way In several large
cities, notably Philadelphia and Chica>
go. The different national and inter-
national unions are aending their best
organizers. and the American Fedora
ton Of Labor II doing the same.
Apart from the desire to increase
the memberships Of the *trAdAs unions.
is 1t the intention TO organise the peo-
Pile on Independent political lines. AZ
recommended BY the executive council
Of the American Federation Of Labor.
Between now and next fall II Is ex-
pectsd that there Will DO fully 1000
organizers ii the held. "a, f3s5 ~ S
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the state and the disinterested public
ara loft tn care and nroteat ~, =, =

the state and the disinterested public
are LETT to care and protest. ~ =.
Perhaps the present attitude Of tenn
pered humanity, which still allows
children of 13 to work at might and
keeps boys and girls of 8 from 10 to
ii hours at the spindles for wages
ranging at from 10 to 20 cents. will
seem as incomprehensible 100 years
hence as that past feeding of work
house brats' to the factories does to
us. But the new measure of what is
humane cannot become established I'm.
less we know clearly what Is happen.
ing and how and where the children
are at work. Knowing, we must care.
Ruskin said: Luxury at present can
not be enjoyed by the ignorant. The
cruelest man living could not sit at his
feast unless he sat blindfolded"
Picture an army of 100000 childen,
all under Is, and then realize that that
army tramps, day after day, not to
school and playground, but to the fac
tories, fields, mines and workshops Of
the United States One million seven
hundred thousand was the number of
child laborers estimated when the cen:
sus Of 1900 was taken. Only the God
of fallen sparrows knows what it is
by this time. In the 20 years proceed.
ing 1900 the number Of boys In the
manufacturing pursuits-boys between
10 and l5-had increased 100 per cent
But only so per cent increase had
been added to the population. Today,
In spite Of all the child-labor agitation
of the last few years, 1t is estimated
that 10000 children under 1G are at
work In Pennsylvania alone, and that
the Southern mills are said to employ
10000 children not yet IL.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-07-07
PUBLICITY.

The belief entertained by great
number OF unionists that the trade
union should be secret organization
Is, IN view Of the nature Of its work
and objects, well nigh absurd, saws an
exchange.
The trade union that cannot bear
the searchlight Of publicity cannot
io"s endure as an organization sue
cessfully operating in promoting the
welfare OF the working people,
Ihere Is no business in come c,,or
with trade union that is purely m.
ian business, which should he r.n+
secret, not for Interior purnoses ~
for the very best Of purposes, "a ~
success of the highest commercial nro.
jects and most noble objects ofttiu. 30
depends on the secrecy OF preliminary
planning and work.
However. to a large extent n. -.
erations OF unions are in the interast.
of the public; they are Of a public ,.
ture and must claim the conndenc.
Of the"public.
Secret organizations often oririna+.
ing In the best of motives as ofter
degenerate into purely selfish ma.
chimes operating to procure the self,sh
aims of 9 comparative few at the ex.
pense of the many.
That which claims public confidence
sympathy, and support must in turn
deserve it. &#&=; 55gs5. t. X -, -
Public opinion IL steadily being ed,
acated tlss 70 the real work and objects q,
labor Dor unions and they are more firml,
'nfrsnc cis IN the Kood Eraces sof pub
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ADMIT UNlONlSM'S ACCOMPLISH.
MENTS

Have you ever noticed that even the
bitterest opponents of organized labor
when engaged in their attacks on
trades-unions, invariably make the ad-
mission that no doubt unions have &C.
complished a great deal of good for
the wage-earner?
Have you ever stopped to consider
the significance of that unwilling ad-
mission, coming, as it does, from an
opponent and an enemy?
In fact, it is one of the highest trib.
utes that could be paid to organized
labor. When the union-wreckers them.
selves are forced to concede that or.
ganization has been direct benefit
to the workers, they do so through no
personal love of the union, but be-
cause they know the great public has
come to understand that trades-union.
ism is one OF the great civilizing forces
In existence and even in assailing It
they must hypocritically attack from
under cover.
A cause of which even it's enemies
must concede so much has no need Ia
apologize for its existence. If it has
been of benefit to the working class 1t
Is fulfilling the mission for which I,
was called into being, and as long as
1t continues to secure improved condi
tons for the producers and protect
their Interests and makes them better
men and women, it will stand like .
rock against the assaults of It's Oh
ponents.
Inc battle Is half won ir the start
whenever our foes cannot gainsay tina,
trades-unionism has improved the
conditions under which the workers
labor
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-07-07
Is ADAMS A TOOLf

On February ~, Prosecuting Attor-
ney Van Duyn of Canyon county, filed
a complaint In the probate court
charging Steve Adams with the muir
der Of Ex-Governor Steunenberg. A
warrant for his arrest was at once is
sued by Judge Church In the hands
Of Van Duyn. About the 25th of Feb
ruary Adams was taken to the peni-
Tertiary at Boise, where he still re-
mains, voluntary ipmate Of that in
stitution. The warrant for his arrest
has not been returned to the, probate
court; he has never been taken before
Judge Church or any other commit
ting magistrate; he was not taken to
Caldwell when. the grand jury was
impaneled to exercise his right OF
challenge; the grand jury failed to in:
diet, him; he declined the services of
the attorneys for the federation when
rendered: and, although his detention
is illegal and he could be released
within ~forty-eight hours. but he
en- Whitney. Several weeks ago his
wife and children arrived In Boise;
they were the guests OF Mr.. Heubner.
chief clerk OF the pen, who resides on
Fort street. Every other day Mrs
Adams and the youngest child were
taken to the pen In Warden Whitney
private carriage. about \ O'clock in
the afternoon and returned to Mr..
Heubner's home between : and z in
the evening. In other words. she was
permitted to be with her husband hve
or SIX hours day three days In
the week and during her visits she
was not watched by the guards. When
Mrs. Adams reached Boise she had
neither monAy nor clothes. but With
/ Ia twenty-foar honrs after her arrival
hsrefshe 80 ven supp with money
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-07-07

public bensfActor in other Il ways. It
advocates pIayeronnds. parks. recrea-
taon places whore the child, the toilsr
ana the poor can enjoy . breathing
spell sway from the close. stuny ten q
ment, crowded stra4t. buzz Of machin-
cry and saualld CHARTERS. It seeks to
c1vAise and elevate. not brutify and
lower the standards Of the great mass
OF the peop,A n, ~, ,...~-@
Labor orxan.sa tions ass:s. t'teir sick
members BY paying sick BENEFITS.
ranging from IS to SIS, per week, for
periods covering from ave to twenty
Or more weeks of a year, and 1t is nos
= rare proceeding Tor labor unions to
assist the sick ana cedy~ who are not
members All ma ,ner of deserving
charitable enterprises =. number their
well-wishers and gen erous contributors
among the labor unions. In sick and
death benellts alone the amounts paid
out by the labor unions aggregate a
vast sum yearly.
The efforts of labor unions are not
confined alone to Increasing wages and
shortening the workday. but reach out
IN diverse directions in an endeavor to
educate and elevate the individual,
protect his life. limbs and health, and
make his home happier. They pro-
mote the highest type of citizenship
and the public health and well-being
1t 1.-THE Of the charity which or
sanized labor expends for and feelA
for the great mass OF the people was
extended to organized labor it would
be heard OF a. a public benefactor,
never public menace, and its great.
ness ana worth, not its weaknesses
and excesscs, be In the mouths Of its
critics,
These features are, however, care
fully overlooked, and its weakn esses,
which Invariably operate more inturi-
ously against itself than against its
opponents, given undue consideration.
Shoe Workers. Journal.
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Tic opinion today than ever before.
This In spite Of the strenuous efforts
Of our oppone en- to to divorce public con-
fidence from the union movement.
The most persistent opposition the
union movement encounters comes from
secret organizations whose operations
do not merit nor : receive public
confidence. They care nothing for
the public and are working in the sell
Ash interest OF few. Their methods
which will not bear the searchlight
Of publicity, must necessarily be secret
and they exist In defiance Of public
opinion. or because Of indifference. but
not with its conaent. =
No labor union Injuries its cause or
defeats the interests Of It's members
by taking the public into its confidence.
Public progress has gone hand In
hand with union progress.
When unions fall under bad influ-
ences and are guilty Of wrong prac-
tice. public condemnation, becomes
their greatest benefactor and saves
them from self =
Labor unions cannot successfully
maintain the public be damned" po-
sition of secret organizations.
They never have In their best inter-
ests they do not want to, and It is
profoundly hoped they never will.
The labor movement is growing,
growing moro rapidly than the increas-
ing membership indicates, for there
are thousands upon thousands of work.
ers who are interesting themselves in
unionism, who a few years ago hardly
gave 1t a passing thought. There are
thousands upon thousands Of workers
throughout the country who have be-
come interested in unionism through
the public method OF education adopt
ed by the unions. and they only await
what they consider favorable oppor-
tunity to join the union of their trade.
In every direction publicity has ac-
complished more for unionism than Sc
crecy.
The conventions of the American
Federation Of Labor, representing
nearly three millions OF organized
workers, In the various trades and
callings, are conducted with the doors
wide open to the public.
1t is a significant fact that employ
ers anti-union organizations are Sc
crct.--EXchange
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GOVERNOR C1Us1MINs UNION MAN.

1s Member Of the Des Moines Union
of Carpenters and Joinery.
Governor Albert 3. Gumnains Of the
great state OF zIowa@i Is a union car
penter and union men are greatly in
terested in seeing him reelected
Governor OF Iowa, s<@E<~s
AS an attorney A. B. Cumrnins, lis
always chosen to represent the unions
Of Des Moines, and for years he has
been the legal representative and adj
wiser of typographical Union No. 11s
of Des Moines. ,$ =
Before Mr.. T. Cumnins became :. a
great political leader and wise re-
former-even before he became a
lawyer-he was just a plain, ordinary
hammer and saw carpenter, and to
this day he keeps up his membership
In the Carpenters union, and in the
spring when he doesn't have redhot
political campaign on he practices at
his trade.
This does not mean that Mr.. Cum
Minis goes out and works by the day
for a contractor. His skill is devoted
to doing odd jobs about his home.
Frequently if some little trick must
be turned about the place Mr.: Cum
minis will take hammer and nails,
plane and saw and go out to do it,
rather than go to the trouble. Of send
ing for a regular workman. The gov
ernor is a good carpenter and does
not hesitate to lay the dignity of Of
fice aside occasionally to see If he can
still drive nail without hitting his
thumb.
If some unforeseen catastrophe
should suddenly reduce, Mr.. Cunmins
to Strengthened circumstances. should
rob him of his legal qualities, he could
still support himself and family-and
1t is safe to say he would be one of
the leaders in the Carpenters Union
II he ever did go back to his trade
However, the prospects are that A. b.
Cummtns will go to the United States
Senate from Iowa, for which position
he is especially well fitted.
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Some of the leading writer's in
France express the opinion that
revolution is bound to come in that
country as result Of. recent strikes.
1t is pointed out that the trade unions
have become decidedly hostile because
Of the combination of capitalists and
their declaration against organization
of labor. The tactics are modelled
somewhat after the plans of the open
shop in America. The unions are re-
ported as having a clear-cut program
mapped out that will be enforced when
the. revolution begins. The workers
will seize the industries and turn them
over to the state and operate them I'M
der it's control. Prominent government
officials are said to be encouraging
the movement ,@@.., ~ 49, :.
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left the Heubnef res1dence. wel1hlied
trunk was taken away in q peniten-
tisary wagon. All Of her expenses are
being paid, and by whom? The state
Of Idaho. the Pinkerton detective
agency. or the Mine Owners associa-
ton Idaho Unionist? p,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-07-07
CHILDREN LEADING UNHAPPY
81 LIVES,

The factory wants the child There
Is little to suggest the magic piper in
Its whistle, yet the summons brings
the children scurrying down the
broken stairs Of poverty and want, and
the factory doors close upon them by
tens of thousands, leaving their child.
hood outside. The factory wants the
child and will pay for him. The child
and often his parents. can see no
value in a birthright as balanced
axs,nss y little handful Of silver, onls
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-07-07
Ruttexack Company Unfair,

Buttexack Company Unfair.
The Butteriok company is still fight
ing the Typographical union, and none
OF the following publications or pat
terms should be in the home Of any
union man:
The Delineator.
The Designer.
New Idea Magazine.
And the following patterns: Banner.
Butte:ick. La Belle, New Idea. Martha
Dean, Standard, Home Dressmaker,
Metropolitan Fashions and Little
Folks.
Remember your husbands friends
when buying that pattern for your new
summer Dress
Our success in the fight against the
Butterick Company lies with the wom-
en- folks
So we ask you to help us.
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Mig stralss Sl TailsFs.

SIS telegram from New York city
says that twenty thousand tailers on
seral strike Tar npiforu NAges scale
apd . shortaf work dAy li44ting
has been called iander s the auspices
of tho Bretharhop IS ai,efs. IS hs
hpid ssataraAYsss erts from the
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The Chicago friends. of popular SOW
eighty have formed an Arena Club"
headed by the following: President, L.
E. Meacham; vice-Pres., Miss L. L.
Kilburn; Sec, Emil w. Ritter Treas,
J. P. Cadman. : Mr.. Meacham is one
OF the EexecutiYe Committee of the
Chicago Referendum League and Miss
Kilburn is President Of the Chicago
Teachers Federation. The club will
push the sovereignty idea.
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He who is narrow-minded when
dealing with his enemies will never be
broad-minded when dealing with his
friends.
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Every man thinks he Is the boss Of
his own home until his mother-in-law
arrives.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-07-07

If the black sheep of the family
were not so green the rest of the fam
lily would not feel so blue.