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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-06-29
|hD|CT. LUMBER KINGS
CHARGED WITH PEONACE
Federal Grand Jury Makes i
Warm for Exploiters of Labor
In Virginia.
Lumber Companies Import Italian
y Workmen and Make Them
Work Out Fares.

RICHMOND, Va, June 27.-The
grand jury in the United States court
for the southern district Of Virginia
has returned indictments for peonage
against the William e. Ritter Lumber
company, Of Maben, Wyoming county.
and two superintendent and three
guards of the company. The charge Is
conspiracy, the penalty for which Is q
fine of from $1,000 to $4,000 and i'm
prisonment for not more than two
years. Other peonage indictments are
expected
The matter was first brought to the
attention Of the state officials by Sec
retary Of State Root. who was In COR
respondence with Governor Dawson
on the subject last winter. The matter
was taken before the department OF
state by the Italian minister at Wash
ington. Governor Dawson had an in
vestigation made and presented a spe-
cial report to the state legislature on
this subject, but that body took no
cognizance Of 1t. It is alleged that
foreign laborers are brought into the
state and worked in the lumber
camps, under guard, until their trans
portation has been paid to the COM
pany.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-06-29
Attorney. Ably Flags the States
Witness and Successfully Dis
credits His Startling Testimony
For Prosecution.
Haywood Had Nothing To Do
With Miners Organization Dur
ing Coeur d'Alenes Troubles.
Moyer Was Obsure Then.
Claims That State Has Totally
Failed to Fasten Upon Prison.
er. the Murder Of Former Gov
ernor Stuenenburg.

owners, but 1t has prospered. Before
the Western Federation Of Miners
came into existence the miners had to
work from IL to IA hours a day. When
they wanted food they had to buy 1t
at the company stores. When they
were injured they were taken to the
county hospitals, where there was lit
tie difficulty in getting a statement
clearing the company from all dam
age.
Conditions Greatly Changed.
''The conditions are vastly different
today. The Butte union alone has paid
out more than $1,00o,o0o to the widows
and orphans Of its memberships dur
ing the time this alleged criminal con-
spiracy existed
Mr.. Darrow went at some length to
show the trouble and opposition the
union has had since It's inception. In
some communities he declared the
president of the organization, when he
went to visit the miners, was refused
both food and lodging by the mining
companies.
ARRESTS have come thick. and fast, ~
the attorney continued. ."Some Of the
charges were purely imaginary and in
80 cases out Of 100 the men have not
even been given the grace Of a trial
AS soon as the Western Federation OF
Miners was born the mine owners
went about to destroy it, and as the
chief means Of destruction they hired
the Pinkerton detective agency, with
one MCFARLAND at it's head.
1--WE will show you that this agency
has been busy sleuthing, following
working and lying to get these men
We will show that they have hired
detectives and placed them in posi-
tions Of responsibility as secretaries
and presidents Of local unions; that
these hired men constantly advised the
miners to strike and !; that when q
strike was on they counseled violence
dynamite and, murder. They did it al
Teiluride; they did Il Ut Grlpple lCreei
aid &c many 6t1teTss blaes
" We will show that; the Pif1kertor
detective agency has been a chief fac
tor in this case from the very begin
ming. They have organized themselves
into band to spread calumny against
the Western Federation Of Miners. We
will show that in one case. where a
cage fell, because Of defective machin-
cry, and two men were killed, it was
laid to the Western Federation of
Miners.
"The burning Of the Moscow univer-
sity was laid to the leader Of the
Western Federation Of Miners. Every
illegitimate child born west Of the
Mississippi has been wrapped in Its
sWaddling clothes, hurried to Denve,
and laid on the doorstep of the West
ern Federation Of Miners"
Mr.. Darrow turned his attention to
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-06-29
SCHWAB'S LAST LAMENT
ON LABOR AND TRUSTS
Gives Utterance to Some Peculiar
Thoughts on Labor and
Wages.
Holds That No Living Man viii
Dare Bid on Future
Contracts.

Some years ago Charles M. Schwab,
who is recognized as a splendid speci-
men Of the modern Pittsburg Million
afro, became notorious because Of a
spectacular tour through Europe in
his red devil" and reports Of heavy
gambling transactions at Monte Carlo
After his return he was relieved of
the presidency Of the steel trust. Now
he has stalked forth in a TRADE re-
garding present labor and business
conditions on the Pacific coast The
Albany (Ga.) Herald holds the view
that the opinions of this particular
captain of industry will receive lit
tie sympathy from fair minded people,
and declares further:
: The laboring men of the country
will receive "Cholly" Schwab's latest
lament with a Spontaneous shout of
derision. Mr.. Scnwab asserts in an
interview given out at San Francisco
that labor conditions on the Pacific
slope have become so demoralyzed that
no reputable firm Of shipbuilders dares
undertake the construction Of a trust.
"all manufacturing must stop, as no
living man will dare bid on future con-
tracts, with labor organizations con-
stantly raising wages and shortening
hours" Mr.. Schwab, as the represent
tative Of organized and predatory cap
ttal, will receive scant announcement
in his bid for sympathy. If organized
labor had in the past received, and
received now, as generous a share of
the profits resulting from the Joint
productiveness Of capital and labor as
Mr.. Schwab and those with whom he
stands have. received. his lament
might be in better taste and more en-
titled to thoughtful consideration. !.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-06-29
NAPOLEON Or FINANCE
new PHASE ANARCHIST
, "
Difference in Principle Between
the Two Mere Jugglery With
Words.
Objects of Trades Unions Uplift.
ing and Enobling Of Trusts
Degrading.

The manufacturer insists upon set
ting the price on the labor he buys
and the goods he sells.
That is called "business.''
The workingman asks the privilege
Of having voice in setting the price
Of his commodity, labor. and wants to
be protected against the rapacity Of
trusts and combinations.
That is called "anarchy.'
Manufacturers combine to raise the
price by limiting the supply of goods
manufa ctured.
That is called high finance"
Workingmen organize unions to pre-
vent injustice and to elevate the
standing Of labor.
That is called interfering with
free and independent labor
A trust is formed to buy up small
and independent factories and close
them down for the purpose Of con-
trolling the supply.
That is called "business enterprise" {"
Labor unions seek to control the ap-
prentice system, to. the end that labor
be not reduced to a starvation basis.
That is called preventing the youth
OF the land from learning useful
trades."-
A fnancier steals a million entrust-
ed to his care.
He is hailed as a Napoleon Of
finance"
A workingman steals loaf of bread
for his hungry babies and is sent to
Jail for six months.
That is called Justice
A band Of rich men combine to pre-
vent, changes In administration that
might tnjure their schemes.
They are called conservatives"
A band of thoughtful men with no
axes to grind to bring about needed
reforms. .r:-,.
They are called dangerous agita-
tors" -. .-.-...,- p.
A Rockerbilt social function costs
$4,000 and 100000 worth of dia-
monds are on display. ~
That is called an "evidence of PROS
perity." r
Ten thousand idle workingmen ap-
ply for helpS ~. ~~. = =. So
that is called an evidence OF shift
lessncss.' .~.., -s. ~..
Clearly we are in need Of q COM
mission to reconcile the difference in
our line>of defnitions.-T The Common
er.y.>s = :i'' :ts,:E' - W - y, Z 49, =E
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'ORCHARD'S STORY IS
FALSE" SAYS HIS WIFE
Mrs. Orchard No. 2 Would Be
Valuable Witness For
Defense.
Saws Orchard Was Home Morning
After Vindicator Shaft Was
Destroyed.

DENVER, Col, June 27.-If Mrs. Ida
Orchard, the self confessed multi
murderer and star witness against w.
D. Haywood, who is on trial at Boise
City for the murder Of Ex-Governor
Steunenberg, could be induced to be-
come witness for the defense and
repeat the same story she told a spe-
cial representative of The Denver Post
during an hours heart-to-heart talk,
Haywood would probably be ordered
discharged by Judge Wood without al
lowing the defense to put in testimony.
Orchard, in the terrible story of
crime and murder he told on the stand
under direct and examination,
repeatedly declared he was one Of the
principals in the blowing up of the In
! dependence depot, in which 13 non-
union miners were hurled into eter-
nifty, and also that he participated in
the blowing up Of the indicator shaft,
in which shift boss and a miner
were killed.
In his story about the Independence
explosion Orchard stated that he, John
Neville and the latter's young son.
Charles Neville, were already en- route
to Wyoming with team and wagon
and that on the night the depot was
blown up the party was camping some
eight or twelve miles from Indeper,-
dence. Orchard testified that after the
depot was blown up he rode back to
the wagon and then he and the New
lilies started on their trip to Wyoming.
| Mrs. Orchard, in her hours talk to
| Post representative, said that she
read the account of the blowing up of
| the Independence depot to her husband
in a. Cripple Creek paper the next
morning and that he commented on
the "horrible crime" If Orchard was
on his way overland to Wyoming the
| morning following the blow-up, his
| wife could not have read the account
| to him.
Mrs. Orchard declared she was not
mistaken in her dates.
In regard to the Vindicator explo-
| sion, Mrs. Orchard declared with some
show of resentment that Harry did
| not do that. Harry told me that job
| was done by man by the name of
| -, a former engineer at the
mine, who turned the trick because
! he had been discharged.
Whether or not Mrs. Orchard ever
made statements similar to these is
not known, but If she has and the
fact is known to the Western FEEDER
alton Of Miners it would explain why
Haywood's lawyers have been so arlx-
ious to have her 80 to Boise City and
testify. ,.~ -. sss. il IA. ss5.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-06-29
UNION PRINTERS MEET
With LABEL SUCCESS
Barnum & Bailey's Circus Agrees
to Use Union Label On All
Printing.
Pawnee Bills Wild West Show
Has Cancelled all Non Union
q. Orders.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, June 27.-
Score another victory for the printers
label. Louis e. Cook, general agent Of
the Barnum & Bailey circus, has sent
the following telegram ito Presiden
James M. Lynch, Of the International
Typographical Union:
"a am instructed by the Board Of
Directors Of The 1arnum e. Bailey
Company to say that future contracts
for printing will require that union
labels will be used, and we have no.
tilted tho Buffalo Courier Printing
Company. This we will confirm by
mail today. Please advise all your
correspondents accordingly"
For several months all the Typo
graphical Unions throughout the
country. and Buffalo Union, in par
ticrlar. have been requesting the Bar
mum & Bailey circus to withdraw it's
printing from the non-union Buffalo
Courier Printing CO.
The Barnum & Bailey Co. persist
emily refused to take any action which
"Ou1u Luc 6cVcI1IS VI lis 1c1d-
tions with the Courier Coz and the
Typographical Unions began a cam
paign against the circus with the
above result.
The Barnum & Bailey Co. is to be
congratulated on the sensible view OF
the matter which it has taken, and
the union printers are to be congratu-
lated on the success OF, their efforts to
convince the Barnum & Bailey Co.
that it could not expect the patronage
Of union workingmen so long as it
persisted in having it's printing done
In non-union houses.
Pawnee Bills Wild West has can
celled IS per cent. of their printing
with union houses, and they will
use all union show printing next sea-
son.
The Ringing Bros, the Call cir
cuses, Cole Bros World Toured
Shows, Sun Bros Shows, Hargreave's
Circus, Campbell Bros Shows and
using non-union printing and ou,
friends are requested to refrain from
patropizing them.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-06-29
ATTORNEY CLARENCE s. DARR0W BOLDLY DECLARES
Mine OWNERS ASSOCIATION PLANNED CONSPIRACY
TESTIMONY FOR THE DEFENSE
SHOWS ORCHARD TO BE LIAR,

cIarencs s. Darro~,> leading attor-
ney for the defense in the Haywood
murder trial In Idaho, In 4 brilliant
and witty speech, opens the case for
the defense and promises to Introduce
evidence which will completely dis
credit the testimony s'ven by Harry
Orchard.
Tho examination OF several wiz
nosses for Haywood has shown thus
= far that tho defense Is the victim Of
the greatest conspiracy Of the age on
the part Of the Mine Owners Associ-
alton Of the West TO destroy the In
fIuence OF organized labor III the rich
est mining belt In the world.
Orchard had been making threats
against tho life of Former Governor
stuenenburo for years, and witnesses
have testified that they heard him
make them. Meyer was unwlttIngly
the victim oforchard's confidence, and
through him was cast into the Bull
Pen, while the actual murderer was
PRINTED to 90 unmoIested.
Arch criminal was employed by a
Pihkerton as a detective to work In
the Miners Union.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-06-29
SANITY CITY BOOST
!, FOR DULUTH UN|0N|sT
Frank Fisher makes q Hit In Set
Ting Electrical Workers
Matters.
Tribute Paid to Duluth Man by
Minnesota Union Advocate
of st. Paul.

The Labor World is always pleased
when a Duluth unionist receives rec
ognition away from home. We are
often too prone to recognize the true
worth Of man at home. In Duluth
we have hundred good men who
would make good in any position
within the gife of organized labor.
Our esteemed friend and co-worker
Frank Fisher Of the Electrical Work.
ers' Union was in the Twin Cities last
week on business in the interest of
the electrical workers district council,
and he received the following tribute
from the Minnesota Union Advocate,
the official organ Of the Minnesota
State Federation Of Labor:
Mr.. Frank Fisher. of Duluth, one Of
the prominent delegates to the ST..
Cloud convention last week. and who
has long been known as oe Of the
active ad efficient workers in the
cause Of union labor, enlivened and
cheered his friends in the Twin Cities
by his genial presence several days
last and this week. Mr.. Fisher is
president Of District Council No. Z,
Of the International Brotherhood Of
Electrical Workers, and organizer of
this craft for the second district,
which includes Minnesota, Wisconsin
and the Dakotas. His good work in
behalf of the particular branch of or
ganized labor which he represents is
always effective, wise and most help
full, as he is prudent and judicial and
never acts in haste. Furthermore, his
interest in the general cause enlists
his activity and his capacity in behalf
| of any department Of it where he can
! be of service. His visit to St. Paul
and Minneapolis was in connection
! with demand on the part Of the
electrical workers of the two cities for
an increase Of wages, and he gave
them good counsel and valuable as
| sistance. Their demand has largely
| been conceded by the contractors, and
there can be little doubt, if any, that
| they will be conceded in full at an
| early date
Mr. Fisher is one of those genial
! social sunbeams who both warm and
brighten everything they touch, and
! his visit here was thoroughly enjoyed.
| His work in the St. Cloud convention
was s4energeticsand judicious. and, what
much to his cradit always son stlhss
right side. =, r. '"' !" p - s<i5s 8 II
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-06-29
TRADE UN|0h|sTs
Win NOBLE VICTORY
Elected An Entire Union Ticket
Fort Worth City,
Texas.
Referendum and Municipal Ow
nership Of Public Utilities
the Issue.

Organized labor won g. signal VIC
tory at Fort Worth, Texas. by elect
Ing a ticket from top to bottom which
had been selected by trade unionists
cooperating with other interests in
the city. A union printer and the
president Of the central labor body
were among those. chosen. Every
other successful candidate realizes he
owes his election 70 organized labor.
is proven friend of the movement
and the charter this set OF officials is
to administer is said to be 8 model Of
It's kind. This charter was adopted at
an election held a. month previous to
the regular city election, and. but for
organized labor would have been de-
feated.
1t embraces the referendum and re-
call, municipal ownership of all public
utilities whenever the city is ready to
engage in such business (the city al
ready owning its water works and
electric light plant), and no franchise
can be granted except by a referen-
dunn vote, and all must pay per cent
OF gross receipts into the city treas
ury. In addition to this, the city has
power to regulate rates and the man
ner Of conducting all public utilities.
The new charter also provides for q
plumbing inspector, city electrician,
building inspector and many other re-
form measures. 1t insures that all
city printing will bear the union label.
all employees wiz be union men. and
the charter is SO arranged that there
will be no chance whatever for q
CRATER to be: elected and remain In
office. The people Of Fort Worth say
It Is the best city charter in the Unit
ed States. and organised labor drafted
It ana elected the oflicer4
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Lays at Their Foot Stool Respons-
ibiity For Violence and Dis
order During Industrial War in
Colorado.
Holds That They Planned the Ar
rest Of Haywood TO Get Him
and His Associates Out Of the
Way in West.
Says Orchard Is Nothing But a
Cheap Soldier Of Fortune Who
Was Ever at the Beck and Call
of Operators.

BOISE. Idaho, June 27.-The fourth
day for the defense in the Haywood
murder trial closed today with the
fact firmly established that Harry Or
chard was the paid agent of the Mine
Owners association to murder and de-
stroy people who were in the way Of
the operators, and the deeds were laid
at the door Of the Western Federation
Of Miners. It was also conclusively
proven that Orchard had repeatedly
threatened to kill former Governor
Steuenenberg for driving him out Of
Idaho; that Orchard attempted to
wreck railroad trains at th= behest Of
detectives, and that the blowing up Of
the Independence depot was the work
of the mine owners.
Attorney Darrow's opening speech
for the defense was the crowning
event of the trial. A great crowd
gathered at the little court house to
hear the great apostle Of justice in
brilliant and witty speech combat
the evidence produced by the state.
The formalities of opening the ses-
sion at an end, Mr.. Darrow at once
took up his place directly in front of
the II solemn visaged men in the jury
box and began, in the slow. mellow
drawl characteristic of him. to state
the theory and plan Of the defense to
be offered for his client.
Mr.. Darrow reminded the jurors of
the instructions given them by the
court that they are to keep their minds
entirely open as to the guilt or inno-
cence Of the accused man until all the
evidence from both sides has been in
troduced.
State Covered Wide Ground.
*You have listened to the theory and
the evidence Of the state" Mr.. Dar-
row proceeded. "Mr. Hawley has COW
cred wide ground in his opening fo1
the state and we will have to meet
him step by step, The defendant here
AS eharged noninaIly with the murder
|sef : nenbsrs
There had to be some nominal charge
But the state has told. you the case
rests upon a giant conspiracy Of which
the defendant, among others, is a part
'"The states attorney has told you
the murder of Governor Steunenbere
was but an incident. They have told
you the Western Federation Of Miners
was an organization to commit muir
der to control politics, to hire lawyers
and other criminal things.
Part Of this Is true; part of it is
not true. It is true there is a labor
organization known as the Western
Federation of Miners. It is true the
Western Federation of Miners has
spent money for lawyers. 1t was un-
fortunate, but most people have to
employ lawyers at some time or an
other.
''This organization was really born
in 1892-1S93, right down in a. cell be-
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meath this court room. where Ed
Boyce, the first president, was a pris-
oner, and where now the three men,
charged with this murder, are await
ing the judgment Of this jury. To
start out with, they hired lawyers and
they hired the best they could"
"They hired Mr.. Hawley, now the
leading counsel for the state. Mr..
Hawley laid out the plan Of their or
ganization for them; he advised them;
he was the godfather Of the Western
Federation Of Miners and the men who
formed the organization thought that
1t was an innocent undertaking. Mr..
Hawley was their first attorney and
continued as their attorney for long
time. II there was anything criminal
in their appropriating money for a
lawyer the miners did not know it.
Not A Murderous Union.
"The Western Federation of Miners
is an Industrial not a murderous or
ganization. It has from time to time
taken a hand in politics. but we are
not going to hang every organization
which has done such 9 thing. If we
did, no corporation would be safe. The
Western Federation Of Miners did all
it could to pass the eight-hour law
in Colorado, Utah and Montana. II
tried : to elect friendly United States
senator's It tried to elect Mr.. Haw.
ley, but uni rtunately failed, IS.
81 Derrosvsu thai
there was no c,aiin that: the Western
Federation Of Miners was an organl-
zation Of angels. -"
angels do not work in the mines, y
declared the attorney. ''They are the
mine owners"
Mr.. Darrow went on at length to
outline the organization Of the West
ern Federation of Miners. He de-
clared 1t was nothing but beneficial
association, trying to uplift its class
1t was not until ten years after the
organization Of the union that either
Haywood Or Meyer took office in it.
I'VE are not here to apologize for
anything the Western Federation OF
Miners has done," declared. Mr.. Oar
row. 1T has been a fighting organiza-
ton from the first, and If it dies, 1t
will die fighting organization. II
has had a troublous career; it has been
opposed by every device Of the mine
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FOUR PERSONS MEET
DEATH BY DROWNING

BUTTE, Mont, June 26.-Advices from
throughout the state tell Of considerable
loss of life as the result of high water
and swollen streams.
Word from Great Falls tells Of the
drowning near Austa Of Mrs. ]. c. Fur
man, her two sons and Laura Williams
10 years old, in simms creek Only one
body, that of Mrs. F'urman, has been
recovered.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-06-29
SCRAPPY REPUBLICS
PREPARING FOR wAp

MEXICO CITY, June 26.-Minister
Delgado, representing the republic Of
San Salvador in Mexico, received a
cablagram tonight from President FIR
ueroa of that country, saying that the
republic Of Nicaragua was fitting out
q fleet of three gunboats on the Pa
cific side and that an attack was ex-
pected at any time.
The message added that Salvador
was fortifying its ports Ia anticipation
Of the attack. ssaS ..55 s.,Ssss('1 u !
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JAPANESE DESIRE EQUAL
FOOTING WITH EUROPEANS

LONDON. June l7.-The Daily Mails
Toxic correspondent says that appar-
emily .Japan and the United States
have agreed that the existing, treaty
should be replaced by a new treaty
in 1899, when the correspondents say
Japan will fight hard to place her sub
*jectss on an equal footing with Euro
peans. Until then no serious difficulty
% dreaded. 5a$ ss.s,
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LIGHTNING STRIKES POLE
NEAR PRESIDENTS OFFICE

OYSTER BAY, N. Y, June 26.-s
Lightning struck and shattered
presidential banner pole which stands.
less than 100 feet, from the executive.
office here this afternoon No ona.
was injured. The pole bore huge
banner for President Roosevelt when
he was elected president. s..