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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-09-14
0'NE|LL FORMS UNION
OF COAL DOCK WORKERS
Vice. President Of international
Longshoremen Is Doing
Good Work. i
: -
Expects to Launch a Union Of
Greater Membership, That on
Ore Docks. 8.

Duluth is to have another long
shoremen's union. which will equal IL.
not exceed In membership the popular
union of ore dock workers. Organizer
O'Neill has the new Organization In
charge, and while the weather Of last
Monday evening was very much
against a meeting, yet a most en-.
couraging session was held. The new
organization is to be known as the
Coal Dock Workers Of Duluth, and
will have membership of at least
1000 by the close Of this season Of
navigation.
Monday evenings meeting was held
at the Kalamazoo block, and on Sun
day afternoon another meeting will.
be held in the West End. President
Hunt and Secretary Peters Of the
Trades Assembly and Secretary Com
ers of the Ore Dock workers aided
Mr.. O'Neill in the organization work,
and at the next meeting there will be
Swedish and Polish speakers present
to address the meeting. ss. S#Zss: 81:
Officers Of the Superior union of
Coal Dock workers; will be present.
and it is expected that most lively
session will be held. Duluth coal dock
workers are taking to the new organ
ization with favor, and at this writing
everything Indicates that a promising
union Is under way.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-09-14
Divine Right" Baer, with His
Characteristic Disregard for
any Other Persons Rights,
Calls Suit Again Him. Imper-
tinent and Scandalous."
Declares that he Was Coerced by
Late Senator Hanna Into Buy
ing Peace With the Striking
Miners in 1900 to Save the Re-
publican Presidential Ticket.
Some Really Interesting Inside
History Of a. Combination Of
Politics, Trade Unionism and
the Coal Trust is Brought to
Light in Government Suit.

whether the suits instituted by the
Federal government against the
anthracite coal trust will destroy the
existance Of the octopus or not, some
good will come out of the publicity
given to the methods and manners Of
the great trust in hearing now be-
ing conducted in Philadelphia
Charges were filed against the
Reading company. the Philadelphia
and Reading railway and the Phila-
delphia and Reading Coal and Iron
company for the violation of the anti
trust law.
The answers of the three concerns,
OF which George F. Baer is president,
characterize the governments charges
az 'impertinent and scandalous," and
declare that the defendants were
coerced by the late Senator Marcus A.
Hanna into buying their peace with
the striking miners in 1900 in order
to save the Republican presidential
ticket.
1T Is learned on excellent authority
that the extraordinary "coloring" in
jected into the legal phraselogy of the
documents was dictated by Divine
Right" Bear himself. The attorneys
who drew up the paper protested
against characterizing the govern
ment's allegation as 'scandalous and
tmpertinent," but President Baer in
sisted and in they went.
All Say the Same.
All the companies make the same
answer to the governments charges
that they entered into an unlawful
combination to control the production,
transportation and sale of coal. The
answer: takes up the strike Of 1900
and says that substantially all the
eWorkmen: t il essss nt4aFacitesa sars4funa
sabandoned their work. under 2 I. the
force. and effect of violence, turbu-
lence and fntihnidation;~ and the. en-
ployes and workmen of this defendant
and others in the same neighborhood
were induced or compelled by like
violence, turbulence and: intimidation
to abandon their employment.
Shortly afterward it was reported
in substance to the officers of this de-
fendant and other mining companies,
by one Marcus A. Hanna, chairman OF
the Republican national committee, In
the then pending political campaign
for the election Of candidates for
president. and vice president Of the
United States that If settled by an
advance in wages of the workmen in
and about the mines in the entire
anthracite region, the strike would ex-
tend to the states of OHIO, Indiana and
Illinois, and that the election of Mr..
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-09-14
DEMANDS OF STRIKING TELEGRAPHERS ARE NOT
49,. UNJUST AND COMPANIES SHOULD ARB1TRArE

enable calling
o
Increased
Revenue
Fo
ingman For Demanding Better Pay
IS
TAKE
DIFFERENCES
TO
the of
n
Employees
al There Were
o
o
land
ByK
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-09-14
GOV. JOHNSON Says he
=: DID NOT STOP INQUIRY
Holds It Up to the Bureau OF
Labor to Complete Range
Investigation.
Labor Commissioner Williams on
the Other Hand Says He
Was Pulled Off,

The workingmen throughout the
state Of Minnesota have been very
much interested In the investigation Of
the employment Of nonresident thugs
as deputy sheriffs in st. Louis county
during the miners strike by the state
administration.
: While Labor, ,-Gommissioner.syvin Hams
'was in Duluth he told the Editor q
the Labor World number Of his
political friends and several members
Of organized labor that his purpose
had been to make thorough and
searching investigation. but that when
he had completed his work in st. Paul,
he was told by Governor Johnson that
he need go no further into the matter.
This came as a thunder clap into
the ranks of organized labor, and at a
meeting of the Federation Council held
in St. Paul on the Sunday preceding
Labor Day the matter was thorough
ly threashed out. Resolutions were
adopted by the Council instructing
the officers to make careful inquiry.
Secretary-Treasurer McEwen visit
ed Governor johnson. He related to
the Governor that 1t had been re-
ported to the Federation that he had
pulled Mr.. Williams off," and that
nothing was being done in the matter.
This, the governor very strongly re-
sented. He informed the secretary
treasurer Of the Federation that he
had requested the Labor Commissioners
to make a most thorough investiga-
tion: that no counter instructions had
since been given. and that it was up
to the Bureau Of Labor to complete
it's work.
It is not our purpose to place either
Governor Johnson or Labor Commits
sioner Williams in a false light. We
simply acted in the matter in an Of
ficial capacity. We deem it our duty
to inform the workingmen Of Duluth
and Saint Louis county of the situa-
t1on as We found 1t. 1t now resolves
itself into a question Of veracity be-
tween the Labor Commissioner and the
Governor. We promise our readers
that we shall not rest until the truth
is known.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-09-14
FARMERS AND LABOR
MEN GET TOGETHER
Fraternal Delegates From Organ
lied Labor to Convention
of Farmers.
Union Labor is Requested to Send
Speaker to Chisago County
Fair.

The Minnesota State Federation Of
Labor will send fraternal delegates to
the state convention Of the American
Society Of Equity which will be held
at the old state capitol building at
st. Paul on September 23rd, and Gath.
At the st. Cloud convention Of the
Federation held in June a number OF
Of the Equity society were
received as fraternal delegates, and
the exchange to- be made is in ac-
cordance with the alliance perfected al
that meeting. President Howley and
Secretary McEwen will be
the delegates. The latter will de-
liver the address for the labor organ.
ization.
The secretary-t treasurer has also re-
ce1ved an invitation from secretary
johnson Of the Chisago county agri-
cultural society to- deliver an address
to the farmers on Equity day, Fri.
day, September Goth. He has accepted
On the days preceding Senator
Clapp, Congressman Bede and Stevens
will address the farmers on political
questions Of the labor and equity
movements.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-09-14
OPERATORS STAND PAT and AGREE
TO OH0LD OUT Until BATTLE IS WON
STRIKE OF OPERATORS
is NOT PRIVATE AFFAIR,

The strike Of tho telegraph op-
orators for better conditions in
pay and in hours is not a private
affair between employers and
employed. 1t is an affair that
concerns the entire people. 1t
inconveniences all Of the citizens.
It interferes with business mon.
It emphasizes tho danger Of put
ting great national monopolies,
upon which the people depend,
entirely out Of the peoples con-
troll.
The telegraph companies are
capitalized for enormous sums.
This great capitalization repre-.
sents concessions granted by tho
people. It represents the right to
mako q great fortune because of
tho numbers Of the people and
their necessities.
These franchises and this riaht
are capitalized at enormous sums.
Tho value is not behind them,
except ~ that value 10 represent
cd in tho franchises enjoyed by
permission given by the people.
Surely tho people whose con-
sent makes possible tho great
value Of the telegraph companies
are entitled to some consideration
in the management Of the COM
panies, in a strike Of working
mon as we'll as in other matters.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-09-14
STATE TRADE UNION
VETERANS IN DULUTH
Former President M. E. Neary
and John Rogan Pay Us
Pleasant Call.
Visit Points of Interest, and Are
Greatly Taken up With
With the City.

When the Minneapolis coppers
sweeped down upon Duluth Tuesday
afternoon they brought with them as
mascots, NJ. r. Neary. former president
Of the Minnesota State Federation of
Labor, now a member of the Flour
city Detective force and John" RoSan,
former business agent of the Mime
apolis Plumbers union, and still prom
.inent in state labor circles.
Both. Neary and Rogan are old
pals" of W, E. McEwen, editor Of the
Labor World, and they very naturally
were given a royal entertainment In
the city, A trip UP the river to Fond
du Lac, a ride around the boulevard
and visit to principle points Of inter-
est was on the bill. .,ey
Mr.. Neary was president Of the
Minnesota State Federation of Labor
for a number of years, and while there
have, been good executive officers OF
that organization since his time
none. have been. able to excel him In
ability 1t was indeed refreshing to
enjoy his companionsnip for a few
days. -
Mr.. Rogan. Is, now on the road for
a plumbing supply house, and it his
intention to make Duluth for the pur-
pose of introducing his goods in this
community. In, other days Rogan was
a member Of the. Federation Council
of the state labor body, and he en-
joys awide circle Of friends through
out the. state, and particularly in
Duluth. Sc s.5 93.s # fs 1865,
A message yesterday. cut their stay
short III Duluth, 40 ! pressing business
demand oall4d Mr. Rosan to his home
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-09-14
HAD TO SETTLE COAL STRIKE TO-
HfCTM'xINLEY and ROOSEVELT
"DIVINE RIGHT" COAL KING
MANlFESTS INSoLENT TRAIT

The anthracite coal trust now
being brought to justice in tho
Federal courts by attorneys for
tho government, defiantIy answ-
ers tho charges preferred against
Il by tho nations Representatives,
and brings up some ancient his.
tory to excuse it for it's existeee.
1t is learned on excellent auth.
ority that tho extraordinary "coI-
orine" injected into tho legal
phraseoiogy Of the documents
was dictated by "Divine Right"
Baer, who with characteristic in.
sotenee, demands that it be in
serted into tho trusts repIy in
spite Of the protests Of tho at
torneys.
Baer admits that the PhiIa-
delphia and Reading road con-
trolls tho stock in coal and iron
companies, and uses the argu-
nent advanced against the late
Senator Hanna as q subterfuge.
Charges preferred against the
trust by the Coal Miners union
are fully sustained in the admis.
sion made by President 6aer.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-09-14
Mckinley and Mr.. Roosevelt would be
thereby endangered" :,
Hanna Had Authority.

Mckinley and Mr.. Roosevelt would be
thereby endangered" >,
Hanna Had Authority.
The answer declares that Mr.. Hanna
represented to the officials of the COM
pany that he was authorized to settle
the strike through President Mitchell
of the miners union If the operators
would agree to give their workmen a
10 per cent increase in wages.
It is set forth that the company
mine and colliery workmen 10 per
cent, and that the other principal
mine owners who had been in con-
ference with Mr.. Hanna had agreed
to the same concession. 1t is stated
that as result of this advance in
wages 1t was found necessary to in
crease the price Of coal on all con-
tracts. :
The answer AYERS that. all confer.
ences between the operators and the
contra ctors which resulted therefrom
were wholly brought about, compell-
ed and forced upon this defendant by
the turbulence, violence and 'intimida-<
tion aforesaid, by the failure of the
government of the United States and
that Of the commonwealth of Penn
sylvania to enforce the laws to pro-
tect this defendant and its workmen
in the peaceful and lawful prosecutions.
|so In impoastasi~
:Eties Of the said Hams iii the sup.
posed exigencies Of the impending
presidential campaign, whereby this
defendant was obliged, most unwill-
ingly, to buy its peace andth peace
and protection Of its workmen. by the
said advance in wages. and that. the:
said conferences were in no way
whatsoever, in the least degree. in
duced by the motives. nor by the al
legged unlawful result, so indefinitely
alleged and set forth ~. the PLAINTIFFS
petition.
In reference to the charge that the
Reading company controls the other
two corporations. the answer OF the
Reading company admits that the
company holds a small interest In the
Philadelphia & Reading company and
the Philadelphia Reading Coal and
Iron company, but denies holding any
Central Railroad Of New Jersey stock
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-09-14

a telegram through the mail. He en-
tered complaint with the Railroad
Commission with the result that or
ders were issued to the companies that
the practice must stop in Louisiana.
The strikers consider this ruling Of
the commission strong lever in their
hands to whip the companies into line
because they had asserted that mes
sages. were being received and after
ward mailed to their destina ton.
Minneapolis Is Solid.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.-We made a.
great showing Labor Day. The fol-
lowing was sent by Supt. Swan to a
prospective scab: AT present we
have nearly full force in both cities,
but there are a few positions yet to be
filled. We will employ you perman-
emily. and will pay you double time
during the present trouble |. you will
report at once. Call on ne personally.
j.. Swan, Supt." He came and re-
ceived the following note: "This will
introduce Mr.. Blank OPERATOR May
be a good man in the woods uses a
mill. A. D. B., Asst. Supt.'' A post
script instructed the chief operator as
follows: Keep a close watch on this
man.. Cannot afford to lose him. We
lost two men yesterday. They went
out to eat and fell into hands of
strikers"
California In Line.
SACRAMENTO, Cal.-Many of the
boys have found employment in other
lines. You need have no apprehen-
sion about Sacramento. You will find
us true and Of the STICK variety.
The irrigation congress will meet here
next week, and both companies ordi-
narily required from five to six men
each besides their regular f;rce They
are crying piteously for first class
men but there are none in sight. The
only scab the w. U. has been able to
corral was elected from the hotel they
put him up at. Personal uncleanliness
Objectionable to guests and help.
Only One Deserter.
LOS ANGELES Cal-But one case
Of desertion out OF the 14O who went
out. The Labor unions are treating
us very literally. Both A. P. men
out. bad" Bill Kane is scabbing
here. Spread the news and let people
know his character. To show how
the w. u. Is tied up We tell you that
the heaviest message wire in this Of
Ace, West Oakland, was worked, all
day yesterday by Miss Tarleton, 81
years, and q district messenger clerk,
n. e. Krause. e -. - ~ =
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-09-14
Fred Brennan of Hibbing Steam
ShOvel Men Here.

Fred Brennan. the popular, secretary
and business agent Of the Steam
Shovel mems union, IN the Mesaba
Range, with headquarters at Hibbing.
came down to Duluth Tuesday for the
purpose of meeting his family, who
have been visiting mere for the past
two weeks. .-..:f -, !. -.
Mr.. Brennan tells some amusing
stories Of conditions on the Mesaba
range during the past two months,
and relates anecdotes on the; behaviour
of Sheriff Bates CORPS Of thugs and
desperatdoes who have ibeen masters
In the mining conim,lnitiss since the
fbssipninE Of theSytrike. Mr. Brennan
says that his rzaritation was not
affected BY the trouble.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-09-14
Old Time Railway Clerk Pays Us a
Visit.

B. e. Lollis. a former member of
Railway clerks union Of Minneapolis,
and we'll known to us as a delegate
at the Little Falls convention Of the
State Federation Of Labor, paid a short
visit to the editor of the Labor World
Tuesday.
Mr.. Lollis Is now engaged with the
Pittsburs Coal company, and is at the
Head of the Lakes on business in con-
nection with the company.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-09-14

Mr.. Union Man Notify your MIX
dealer that tho Bell Phone is Unfair.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-09-14

n BLACK SUITS SIS
At the .tFitWell" Clothing parlors ara
equal to the kind the tailors charge,
$50 for.
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The Fruchtl brick ward is now woik.
Ing crew of eight m II and is we'll urd
Ell way for the sea"ons run. This indus
try has fevelnped under MIR. Frucatl
from small cnncert 20 one witch is
important in the towns welfare. as
steady employment Of from eight %
tweIv. men is sive:i the Iii If part If
tss: year.
\ steam drying shed has been in.
stalled which holds 81. NW brick, and
from 9 to 2tInon brick per diem can be
made ready for the k,lu, while the to.
tai driving sheds are equipped to hold
$50. GOO brick Various devices are in
Ii t for expeditions ard careful handl.
ius Of the brick aud the powerful en-.
CINE which runs the compressor also
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-04-26

chnrns the clay as it is received from
the chute ut the top of the hi'l. Til"
kins are located { ,uvaa!entlv to the
dry sheds and Nortl.rn Plcltic
switch runs pal, a!icl to the t',rin'-r, SO
the Finished product may be lnichlY
loaded.
Last year the wards 'uf-rut was
a million and the supply was tx
hausted before the yard closed down.
This year their cnt.pAt vii b.. lily
half as much more, the capacity Of ii e
yard being 25,Wm per day. but the
quality of these brick oellg So super.
ior to the average brick throughout
this section. the demand will leave
the yard at the close Of the s.aso,. in
the same shape as before. empty.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-06-06
SOME PAGES FRON NY SCRAP BOOK

And the shaded nook and the running
brook,
Where the children went to swim?
Grass grows on the masters grave,
Ben Bolt;
The spring Of the brook is dry.
And Of all the boys who were school
mates then
There remains only you and |.
There is change in the things | loved,
Ben Bolt;
They have changed from the old to
the new
But | feel in the depths of my spirit
the truth
There never was change in you.
Twelve months, twenty, have passed,
Ben Bolt,
Since first we were friends-yet |
Thy friendship blessing, thy presence
truth,
Ben Bolt of the salt sea gale.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-06-06
HOHENLINDEN.
An impressive Poem Inspired by the
Defeat of the Austrians by the
French in December, 1900.

Thomas Campbell 1777-1844) is one
of those writer's who composed many
elaborate works, yet whose fame rests
wholly upon three or four short poems
which have become classic Among
these is "Hohenlinden," written i'm
mediately after the battle of that
name, fought on December 3. 1900.
between the French, under Moreau.
and the Archduke John, in command of
the Austrian army.
1t was one of the most hotly con-
tested battles of the NapOleOnic wars
and was decided by the valOr of Mar
shall Ney, the Austrians being routed
with loss of twenty thousand men.
The battle made a profound impress
ion in England, and inspired Campbell
to dash off these stirring lines, which
in the speed of their composition and
their martial spirit remind one of Ten
nysOn's Charge of the Light Brigade"
BY Thomas Campbell.
On Linden when the sun was low,
And dark as winter was the flow
Of Iser, rolling rapidly.
But Linden saw another sight,
When the drum beat, at dead of night
Commanding fires of death to light
The darkness of her scenery.
BY torch and trumpet fast arrayed,
Each hOrseman drew his blade,
And furious every charger neighed,
To join the dreadful revelry.
Then shook the hills with thunder
riven,
Then rushed the steed to battle driven
And louder than the bolts of heaven
Far flashed the red artillery.
But redder yet that light shall glow
On Linden's hills of stained snow,
And bloodier yet the torrent flow
Of Iser, rolling rapidly.
'Tis morn, but scarce yon level sun
Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun,
Where furious Frank and fiery Hun
Shout in their sulph'rous canopy.
The combat deepens. On, ye brave,
Who rush to glory or the grave!
Wave, Munich! all thy banners wave.
And charge with all thy chivalryl
Few, few shall part where many meet
The snow shall be their winding-sheet.
And every turf beneath their feet
Shall be soldiers sepulcher.