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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-02-09
No Rabid Legislation Will Be
Expected, as Labor Men
Are Among the Most Con-
servative and Broad Gaug-
ed in the City-Will All
Stand for Good Government

ton was a splendid tribute to his
council is doing more to promote
the welfare of this city than he.
He is honest, upright and true to
hts convictions. This is why he is
admired by all.
Nick Mueller pulled through in
the second with good margin to
his good. His opponent, Mr.. Hunt,
takes his defeat gracefully and
looms up out of defeat stronger
than on election day, That is the
difference between being a good and
a whining loser.
Tessman and Waugh.
Alderman Tessman won out hand
somely in the third and was the
recipient of many congratulations
His opponent, James A. Waugh, put
up a clean fight, but as he was
termed a "lid"' candidate-and we
think wrongly so-it rather handi-
capped him in a ward where the
issue was settled several years ago
in the contest between Mannheim
and Cromwell.
Alex Kennedy, member of the
dock and ship carpenters union,
won out over Chas. Hoar in the
Sixth ward. Mr.. Kennedy is q
clean man, and has many well
wishers throughout the city. We
have known them both since we
we're A.. BARN., Z. ). and we can nay
only the kindest words for each.
Nose .Filiatraqlt, the winner Ii
the seventh, was once a prominent
member of the, local trades as.
sembly, and his opponent is we'll
known as an old time union boiler
maker. The cid" was the real is.
sue in this ward, which is the home
of Messrs. Merritt and Wheeler
No other issue entered the con.
test
Ben Getchell ran against time In
the eighth ward, and we'll did he
deserve such high compliment
His record in the council is one Of
which any man might be proud.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-02-09
CHICAGO F|REMEN VOTE
FOR PLATOON SYSTEM
Overwhelmingly Majority of
Blaze Fighters Express Wish
to Live Human.
Reformation in Discipline Of
Windy City Fire Depart
ment at Hand.

Chicago, Feb. 7.-Chicago Firemen
have decided, through a secret ballot,
they desire the platoon system to be
established throughout the city. The
vote was 774 to 229.
President George B.. Hargan opened
the meeting in the Masonic Temple
with a statement of the object Of the
meeting. after which the following
resolution was read by John O'Neill
of the board Of trustees and the arbi-
tration board of the Firemen's Asso-
ciation:
Resolved, that the outcome Of this
ballot shall decide our future action
regarding the two-platoon system"
count was then taken Of the num-
Der of letters returned. Out of q to-
tai of 1889 letters sent out, 1,012 were
returned, Of which 1908 were voted
and nine were blank or in such a con-
d1tion that they were not counted.
The result was overwhelmingly in
favor of the platoon system, there be-
ing TIA for, to 229 against.
Outsiders Witness tho Count.
Representatives were present from
all the daily papers. The Tribune had
It's representative there but no op1ec.
t1ons were heard from his corner Of
the house although there is no doubt
the officials Of the Tribune are real
angry to think that any one should
have the nerve to take a referendum
vote without their consent and with
out letting them do the counting in
their private offices.
There woro fhroo i,,5~e1
clerks counted the votes. Two of the
judges were members of the fire de-
partment; one belonging to the unio2
and the other to the yellow faction.
The other Judge was ex-State Senator
Dawson. The clerks were M. e. Eld.
ridge, publisher of "The Public Serv-
1ce," M. B. Haver of the Chicago Daily
Socialist, and one. fireman.
Chief Buckley Selects One Judqe.
Ch1ef Buckley was present as the
agent of Chief Horan. He was re-
quested to act as one Of the judges,
but refused, and upon request Of
President Hargan, selected Fireman
Porter to act in his stead. # ~ .sa5s. 4se:s
After the count b had been finished
smother M resoiutI Ion I was. read BY MI.
o'Neill, as follows: zy>.
Whereas, The, vote taken on the
two platoon question, opened in Room
61S, Masonic Temple. on January 8,
is a fair expression of the true senti-
ment of the members of the Fire De-
partrnent: be it. .,
Resolved, That the adoption Of the
platoon system is tho dor,inap+ i,s,,o
in the fire department"
Comments on the Ballots.
There was considerable comment
on some Of the ballots. One voter
said:
Twenty three with the platoon sys-
tenn"
The most suggestive comment and
the one having the most meaning,
was, my wife and family have been
praying for it night and day."
Another fireman voting ''yes" said.
'Fireman's wife,
This shows that the true sentiment
Of the men who think anything Of
their families 1s favorable to the pla-
toon system as they wish opportunity
to get acquainted with the family and
live like human beings and not. like
animals in the Zoo Gagged from one
years end to the other.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-02-09
THIS Is FOR THE KNOCKERS.

When you find man working for
the success Of your union, always
make 1t point to abuse and villify
his character. Get all the other mem
bers you possibly can" to assist YOU.
Tell everybody you know that he
is looking for the best Of It," that
he is "out for the stuff"
If you find him present at every
meeting making his report from the
Central body, or the Building Trades
Council, always vote against his rec
concentrations.
Criticise his work and put him down
as "fakir." @
No matter how much he neglects his
wife and family at night attending
to your business and working for your
interest," when he presents bis bill for
car fare and expenses, get all your
friends to support your motion to "lay
the bill on the table," 81.
If by persuasion and argument he
secures the city work on public build
ings for union labor, tell all your
friends he is a politician and will sell
you out to the gang" -
II he spends six or eight Sundays
preparing scale of wages for your
union, and he presents written re-
port that you couldn't write, and his
report is adopted, get all your friends
to "holler" that he is a tool OF the
bosses.
II he favors meeting the employers
in conciliatory spirit and by his in-s
telligence and common sense "a thing.
you never had) converts them to his
way Of thinking, put him down as an
'old woman and "scab."
If you cannot defeat him in any
other way ,and he happens to work in
the same shop with you, rump him if
you can, tell the foreman or the boss
that he Is killing time. that he cannot
hold his end up with you, and Is no
mechanic, and no matter how his fam
lily may suffer, have him discharged.
Then 80 home, and IL you have chill
dren Of your own, look in their inno-
cent faces and ask the good God to
forgive you for your dirty work.
Stone Cutters Journal.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-02-09
TRADE UNION GROWTH
AMAZING IN ENGLAND
Social Democratic Unions in Europe
Have Made Great PROGRESS,

Social Democratic Unions in Europe
Have Made Great Progress.
The British government has COLA
borated an interesting report on trade
union growth in Europe. It appears
that in countries of progressive indus
trial development trade unionism
makes steady. and in some cases, rap
Id growth. Particularly is this the
case with France and Germany. Dur
ing the years 1899 to 1904 the Social
Democratic unions Of Germany nearly
doubled their membership, and they
now include more than two-thirds Of
the organized workers of the >coun-
tries; the christian" unions have
made almost equal relative progress,
and the Hirsch-Duncker unions
though of less Importance numerically
continue to hold their own. In France.
too, there has been rapid growth both
In unions and In their membership.
Austria shows a gain for from 189 .00o
in 1904 to $4,000 in 1905.
The largest unions in GERMANY aro
those In the building trades, which
number quarter Of all the members
of the Social Democratic group of nm
AOAAoS eAAAN ~ 40 uOlACSdDle that IT Ia
these trades which have succeeded
most in concluding collective wages
agreements In recent years. The
metal trades come next with a MEM
bership nearly equal to that of the
building trades. In France the build
Ing trades have the largest number NJ
unions, but by far the largest unions
are those of the transport trades
while the unions in the metal. min.
ing and textile trades are next in
point of membership. In Austria the
metal trades take the lead and the
building and transport trades come
next. Italy is an exception, for there
just one-haf OF the organized work.
ers are connected with agriculture.
the transport trades following with
one-seventh, and the metal workers
with one-tenth. The growth .>of un-
ionisn in Spain is also marked
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-02-09
PRINTERS ORDER BIG
STRIKE AID REDUCTION
International Officers of I. r,
U. Again Order Reduction
in Assessment.
Only 3 Per Cent of Moneys
Earned Will Be Required
to Wage Contest.

The following circular ought to
make excellent reading for those trade
unionists who have recently shown
that they are afraid of the cars:
Indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 2, 1907.
To the Membership:
Ladies' and Gentlemen-At the regu-
lar daily meeting Of the executive
council, after thorough canvass of
the eight-hour situation as it now ex-
lists, reached the conclusion that
another reduction in the assessment Is
possible.
Therefore,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-02-09

Municipal Ownership Issue
Will Be Brought Into Prom
inence During the Coming
Year.-New Members Are
Known to Have Strong Con-
victions in Favor of Reform
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-02-09
STRIKERS SHOT DOWN
BY MEXICAN SOLDIERS
Summary Military Executions
Take Place in View of
Starving Workmen.
Armed Men Shoot Strikers
Down in Cold lood-Great
Excitement Prevailed.

The following letter from the City Of
Mexico may be Of interest to readers
Of the Labor World: The strike in
the Orizaba district has been broken
at the cost of a large number of lives.
the price exacted as the governments
vengeance for the rioting which oc-
Cured. The action of the soldiers
sent to the scene Of the trouble was
ruthless and terrified the strikers. Be-
fore tho eyes Of their fellow strikers
many of theleaders In the strike were
executed.
The district Is in state of terror.
and rather than endapger their lives
1852 Of the 1888 strikers have re-
turned to work. No man dares ex-
press his discomfort, for it Is death to
do so.
With an eye to the spectacular, and
desiring to COW the strikers, the SOL
diers arranged the execution OF the
leaders in dramatic manner. Just
how many men were slain Is unknown.
Seven of the men, however, were kill
ed today in the sight Of hundreds Of
persons.
Shot After Surrender.
A pathetic feature Of the affair was
that the executions took place when
the worknen already had decided to
give up the strike. The pref ence Of
a large number Of soldiers and the
fact that severa! men previously had
been killed induced them TO yield.
Among the men shot this morning
were Rafel Moreno, vice-president
and Manuel Juarez, secretary, of th<.
workingmen's organization. The exc
cutions occurred at $50 a. H., when
the thousands Of half starved strikers
determined to turn back TO work.
Factory whistles were blowing and
throngs Of men were about to enter
the open doors when they saw a squad
of soldiers leading the condemned
men to the ruins Of the stores that
had been razed by the mob.
Placing the men on the piles Of
smoldering rubbish, the soldiers atep-
ped back. The volley that followed
closed this chapter of the strike.
The throngs of dazed workmen who
unwittingly witnessed the horrible
sight, waited for a moment until the
smoke cleared away and then entered
the mill. Later a workman came to
the door to resume work within, and
as he entered he shouted:
"Muerto." (death)
One Word; Executed.
Instantly he was fired on and killed
by a squad Of soldiers.
Great excitement prevailed last
night in Santa Risa, Rio Blanca and
Nogales, when word was given out
that all the houses in these three set
Elements would be searched for stolen
goods. AS a result of this order, dur
ing the early hours this morning. the
center Of the streets were filed with
velvets, laces, furniture, bottles, sew
ing machines, typewriters, clothing,
etc.
These articles were piled in heaps
and notwithstanding the absence OF
the guards, were not molested until
gathered by the authorities. BY this
means M. Garcin will recover a por-
tion Of his merchandise and thus re-
trieve in part his losses.
Many Of the factories are now work
ing though with rednced forcas
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-02-09
CITY COUNCIL NOW CONTAINS FO(R
MEMBERS From UNION LABOR RANKS

Union Labor's Position in Pol
itics Will Be Ably Present.
ed by Quartette of Champ
ions Who Will Attempt to
Care For Welfare of All
the People.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-02-09

Council International Typo-
y graphical Union.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-17

NEW YORK, March lG.-News has
been received in this city that theN
Grand Prix race, the great automobile
speed contest Of France, win he held
on July I'd. Tho Automobile Club OF
France has had no little tyouble in
arranging satisfactory date, as u
did in Determining the course, INC
I0eppe course, which was selected q
short time ago, runs through a large
number Of small historic Norman
towns in which all the traditions OF
the old tiInn market day are stiil re-
tainod. Nothing can Interfere with this
time honored custom and after care
ful tabulation OF all the market days
in the towns adjoining the course, u
was asccrtained that TUESDAY, July "a,
was the only day OF the week that no
public market was held, -ience the
decision,
Waiter Christie, tho only American
competitor, says that the date suits
him perfectly. He Is still working on
Ills car, but II IL practically finished,
and early In the spring a. serles Of
trial trips to test It's running gear In
every do .all will he held, probably on
Tong Island roads. Lonis Strantg, VINO
acted as Christie's mechanician last
ye.tr In tla Vanderbilt cup race. VIII
accompany Christie to Europe, and "
Ia more than probable that he may
drive the car in the big race.
III The picppa en,'rse Is about forty
=
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-17
.DANVILLE TEAM
in GOOD SHAPE,
James McKevitt, Manager, Says
That Everything Looks Bright
for the Baseball Season.

Sporting Editor Richmond Times-Dis-
patch:
Kind Sir,--I am writing to inform
you that we will have fourteen players
report here on the goth of March.
Our most trouble now Is in remodcling
the grounds We are grading IL to
J level and will be through about Mon
day. March 18th, Everything looks
bright over here for good season.
as every bodystis talking baseball and
waiting forth e..openfns, Will give you
q line on players who will report
on 10th:
M Observation-Disclosures, pitcher, Chicago,
Ill; Suppler, pitcher, Grand Rapids,
Mich; Doyle, second base, Greenfield,
o.: Totman, outGeld, Sharon Cen
tire, o., Reggy, shortstop, Cincinnati,
q; Mcdonald, pitcher, Newport. KY;
. oConnor, catcher, Cincinnati, o.; Rick
ards, pitcher, Albion. Mich; Henn, out
held. Cincinnati o.; Bowen, first
base Jekyl Island Brunswick, Ga.
Hcssler, third base, New York City;
Powell, outfeld, Charleston, W. Va.
\ Mare, catcher, Greenfield, o., Hicks
intield. Richmond, Va; Sterzer, pitcher
K Washington -, c,
The last named is the latest addi
ton to the team. and comes highly
recommended. He Is left handler, and
expect nc Viii prove a wonder | hops
the schedule adopted viii have us
open up In Richmond. If not Danyille
as would like to open up the battle
with -. old pal shaffer, Tell him W,
are Gaming over there loaded for him
The TreHon team, of the Trl-stat,
League, win be here on the 10Th I,
work, and they VIII be here ten DAVIS
we have some games arranged witt
them while they are here.
This will be all at present writing
Y Wishing luck and success to the vlr
ginia League. 1907
Yours, JAMES Af'ISI7vlTT
Manager Danville Baseball Club.
-A Danyllle. Va. March IL. 1907.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-17
F Fought at a Time When Might
Made Right and the Briton
Only Got a Draw.

Dear Gym Bagley,-You do not
seem to have q very exalted opinion
Of English fighters, but would like
to ask you a question. Did light
weight named Jim Carney ever como
over here from England. and did he
cXer fight Jack McAuliffe. the cham
pion? And who won the fight?
BOW BELLS.
This boy intends to be sarcastic. He
thinks he's got one on me, but I'm going
to beat him to 1t.
Yes. Bow, old pal. Jem Carney did
come here from England. and he did fight
Jack McAullffe, the champion. Not
jim" but "Jem'' Carney Let me set
He was christened James; that Is pre-
sumng ho was christened at ali; but.
as you ought to know. IL you ever saw
or heard Bow Bells, tho dlminutive OF
"Jaames' Is otlen "Jem," within the
sound Of those same bells.
Tho fight was a draw.
1t was fought at Revere beach, near
Boston. In 1857, I think. Skin gloves
We're used and London prlaerinE rules
governed. 1t lasted over four hours
a man named Stevenson---I can't recall
his first name now--was the referee
Nobby Clarke was Carncy's chief
handler and adviser. This Clarke
was n witty cockney, no bigger thar
a high hat but he was tough piece
of goods and could hght--almost as
well az Carney. Nobby whipped jim
Elliot afterward. and Jim coult
stretch to six feet with his hands IL
his pockets.
Jack Dempsey was behind McAulIr'
officially. and the New York buncf
packed itself in Jacks corner to SEE
TINT he was treated with the court
esy coming to champion
When we got to the hotel on tn,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-17

LOS ANGELES. CAL, March 49,
James j. JeffriesS alfalfa patch is now
a large sized COW pasture, and the pro-
prietor is no longer horny-fisted son
Of toll, the man with hoe, but one
of Los Angeles progressive business
men. Pruning pumpkin vines rearing
squashes and driving the chickens to
water was no business for the king
OF the arena The outcome Is that
Jcffries has bought home within the
city limits and the alfalfa ranch has
been converted into dairy. Since the
big fellow became one OF those city
dudes" Jack O'Hrien has seen a great
deal OF him and the Quaker was sim
ply awed by his versatile ability. II
predict a brilliant future for jeff IN
the business world volunteered
O'Brien in recent interview, "and
1T Is my intention to write something
about him In my book.
"You writing book?"
"Yes, writing book" chuckled
lack
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-17


already on the ground. lie took jim
my Wakely over to corner and said
to him:
Jimmy. bet all you've got on this
fellow Carney. He's one lighting devil"
Wakely was already down for few
thousand on McAuliffe. and. outside OF
the money invested, Jack was his pal
and he would have given up his booze
Joint to see him win. So Smiths ad-
vice didn't hit him like joyful tldIngs.
In the Loyds of the sporting world,
Smith always rated high class, and
his opinion was as good as his rep
for strict and absolute integrity.
But IL Wakcly couldn't take the adj
vice. 1t was tip; and what came off
nfterward couldn't be helped under
the ethics which sometimes ruled the
game in those good old days when
might so often made right
Speaking OF 1t. many years after.
Wakely said:
II wouldn't do IT now for $50. o0o
but at that time we saw things DIFF
fercntly."
After an hours fighting. McAulifre
had n head on Carney so big that he
looked to have the ricketts,. The
Brlton's teeth were falling out. and
he could just see through slit In
one eye. And he came dancing to his
corner with the remark
"Bll'me me. It's nothink but n
bleedink waikover thought this un
| could fight
| Smith was right, all right. Carney
| was one sassy chunk of fighting ma :
! tcrial.
The ring was pitched on the green.
| with stakes driven in the turf, and tho
| New York bunch organized In McAu
| liffe's corner. Jack was going fast, and
1t was only his wonderful sparrlna
1 skill and HIS stout heart that kent him
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-17
LIVE TURF GOSSIP ON
NEW ORLEANS SEASON

three-ycar-old colts, Next Saturdays
Crescent City Derby at the Fair
Grounds win not produce anything of
class so that tho foregoing cstimate
OF the 1907 three-ycar-ola situation
about sizes up things correctly.
Within u few weeks now the long
winter racing grind win be Mt am end
Already many OF tho foremost stables
nave shipped East to Washington, -.
", %here racing opens up at Ben
nings, ~, G., on the a5th OF this month.
Messrs. Rprcw & o'Neill are the big
gest winners so far ms the earnings
q their horsen enter into the question.
they arc nearly to the $40 900 mark.
The three-year-old Gid proved a ready
breed winner early In the winter, while
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-17
A Negro Irishn,an

th ahM 1oEk' March 1o.--J. B, Tav,or
~ az i, eosofed runner of the IJn1vn,,s,t,,,
Of the the trac tsa has become membeyr
ssleetea at meeting last night M 8Ia mas
HR, nhart PROPOSED him and Lnws a.,
Wien ra asfonaed the application :
there was some discassIomm Ma aa 1 ~ ,,
a q fla Of his admission. If If w yns
ai,e tha, that he had been rejected " b t,s
aeeonot eIp hts IN this vicinity solely on
that Taylor had never ' made 40 o ie1rnau
tIom To- Join any club but the Irish :
hth, n ri sh The board OF directors OF
AZ ,L nt.sii- american were unanimous in
, uahihb lne ground that their club
Mnlch has done so much for the present
great athletic boom, was broad enomgl,
70 ignore ore the color line. and, as Tay'-
nhown throughout the athletic world
IL UNANIMOUSLY decided to admit him.