The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-08-31
Virginia: Oliver open Pit, Higgins.

Virginia: Oliver Open Pit, Higgins.
Saundry.
Mt. Iron: Open Pit, Hanna Mine.
Eveleth: Fayal. Spruce, Adams.
sparta: Genoa, Gilbert.
Biwabik: Duluth, Mckinley, Biwa-
blk.
Tower: Soudan.
Ely: Pioneer, Zenith, Savoy.
All tho Miners Answered tho Call.
on the 2oth Of July the enslaved
victims OF the mines, owned by the
United States Steel Trust, threw down
tnelr tools and declared that this d.
vldend- grabber must concede shorter
workday and a reasonable wage that
would enable the producers of wealth
TO support themselves and their fanlt-
lies with some degree Of comfort.
The moment that the news was
mashed along the wires that the slaves
OF the mines In the Mesabe and Ver-
million Ranges, had risen in opposi-
ton to the will Of a steel trust, there
came wall from the columns of the
capitalist Journals Of Minnesota
branding these rebels who had groaned
Tor years under the CALLING yoke Of
corporate tyranny as members Of an
organization that countenanced the
bomb, bullet and every weapon Of
violence, as a means to force the cap
talns Of industry to an absolute sur
render. The editorial Danas on sub
sld1zed journals boiled their ink and
tempered their pens to a white heat,
In order that their verbal blasts
might burn with an denunclation that
would meet the approval Of their own
ers-the trust despots. No epithet
was too v1llainous and no word was
100 slanderous- to hurl against the
western Federation Of Miners.
Fear tho Rcd Flag.
The capitalists scribblers to earn the
approval and benediction Of the exploit
ing combine, announced to the people
OF Minnesota that "Old Glory" with
It's sacred Stars and Stripes was to
be supp1anted by the red flag OF an
archy and that rivers would overflow
their banks with torrents Of human
blood. These poor, servile creatures.
who exhaust their Imagination for a.
measly salary, were lost for words to
paint picture Of the awful SLAUGHTER
mat was to take place in Minnesota,
because the membership Of the West
ern Federation Of Miners in that
state had dared to rise from, it's knees
and stand upon it's feet, to demand
that steel trust should treat it's en-
ployes as human beings.
10 ask for shorter workday and
an Increase Of wages was branded by
the capitalists sheets as "anarchv"
and to strike was a declaration Of
war, which must be met by the latesr
improved Springfield rifles OF a federal
army.
The Duluth News Tribune the lead
Ing official organ ,,of the Steel Trust.
mas loaned and .frothed with indig-
nation, and covered the front page Of
every issue with predictions and vio-
lence, In the hope that the hired
sleuths, thugs and spies OF the Steel
Trust might be able to furnish the
necessary turbulence to inflame public
opinion against the Western Feder-
alton of Miners.
Unionism There F Forever,
The News Tribune in it's Sunday is
sue Of July 21st vehemently declared
that there Is no room in Minnesota
Tor the Western Federation of Min
ers." We desire to inform the News
Tribune that the depotism of the steel
trust, has made It possible for the
western Federation of Miners to take
root IN the soil Of Minnesota, and we
further declare that the flag of this
organization will continue to float
within the borders Of that state, while
slave rebels against an oligarchy
that has repeated its blood stained
millions, through the brutal methods
OF soulless profit system.