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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-01-04

having an opinion to throw upon
the sky of publicity, and through
the lenses of impartiality, cannot
but see there hangs over this asso-
citation of so-called manufacturers
the blighting. veil of cowardly de-
ception. Yet two exchanges and
a commercial club in Duluth stand
as sponsors for this cowardly ag-
gregatiOn of deceivers. .
=. -: A Lively Hypocrite. '>
AS a mask to conceal it's identity
and character, it processes to be
specially friendly to organized la
bor, and desirous of maintaining
amfcab1e relations between employ
ers and employees; yet the evidence
is conclusive and incontrovertible
that no more fiendish conspirators
against labor ever infected the land
with their presence than the men
who are running the organization
J. w. Van Cleave, G. w. Post and
W. NJ. Parry To borrow a phrase
from one who knows whereof he
af1irms: The mind recoils from
contact with so insidious a set of
reptiles seeking to insert their pods-
pnous fangs in the body of noble
labor"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-01-04
FAITHFULLY OBSERVE
TRACE AGREEMENTS
Industrial Conflicts to be Avoided
Whenevr it is Possible
To Do SO.

The following is President Gompers'
authoritative deliverance on the SUBJ
ject Of trade agreements. Our readers,
Who heard Drew read his typewriter
speech at the Commercial club rooms,
Will observe that the advice is very
d1nerent from the rot that Drew under
took to palm off upon his audience as
being GomDers' sentiments.
BY President Gompers.
In our organized effort we. should
enoeavor to maintain industrial peace
py traoe agreements with employers.
These agreements, written or verbal.
should be faithfully kept. We should
use our best influences and Judgment
to avoid Industrial conflicts wherever
possible, and under any and all circum-
stances to resist to the uttermost every
attempt to reduce wages-samuel
Gompers
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-01-04
HERE IS 4: 5000: LESSON .
FOR PEOPLE or DULUTH
Rochester Now Realizes that VIC
tory is Sometimes More Cost
ly than Defeat.
City Listened to the Sophistries of
Van Cleave Hirelings to it's
Sorrow.

Several years ago Rochester, N.
Y. was one of the greatest clothing
centers in the United States. Most
o. the firms had agreements with
the U. G. w. of D., and harmony
reisned within the trade. In an
evil hour, however the Manufacture
ers, with no apparent cause what
ever, but instigated by the Parry
Van Cleave aggregation, whose tac-
tics are being so closely copied OH
this side of the line by the Cana
dian Manufacturers Association, de-
clared war on the Garment Work
ers' Union. 1t was imagined that
with the conceded action of the COM
bine, the issue would be short,
sharp and decisive. "Several years
have since elapsed, but the fight SO
thoughtl"ssly entered upon and so
un1ustifiah1, Is still on, and today;
instead cf Icing one of the greatest
clothing centers in the country.
Rochester is now in the sixth rate
class. This, however. is not the
worst part of the business. fos
every year sees more and more of
en0 SAoIAAAAS VI duo VI ltOCu6SLer go.
ing to other cities.
The clothing manufacturers claim
ed that they had won a decisive
victory, but they forgot to reckon
the cost. The organization they set
out so thoughtlessly to destroy was
never In bette rshape than today.
IT, has a larger membership than it
ever had before, and scores of Roch-
ester operatives are making union
clothes in outside cities to the det-
riment of the trade in Rochester.
1t sometimes pays to count the cost
before engaging in an industrial
struggle, especially where there is
no necessity for it. It is an Ill
wind, however, that blows nobody
good,s and the loss of the short
sighted Rochester clothiers is the
gain of the employers of union op-
eratives in other cities, who are
hu lding up their. trade at the ex-
pense Of, the combine that claimed
a victory g comes too dear and in this
case defeat apparently would have
paid better, and the end is not vet.
either.-Canadian Paper.
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LOCAL PLAsTERERS' ~
OPERATIVE UNION
Number 53 Under Jurisdiction of
International Association of
United States and Canada.
Affiliated Locally But Not Inter
nationally With the Structural
Building Trades Alliance.

The international headquarters Of
this organization are at st. Louis, Mo-
The local union was formed in 1884
and has without ostentation pursued
the even tenor Of it's way ever since.
The number of it's members varies
from 50 as minimum to 50 or so as
a maximum.
The membership Of this local always
maintained the most cordial relations
with their employers. The workers
were interestedly and perseveringly
bent on giving the employers the best
possible servicee, and the employers
reciprocated by paying a satisfactory
scale Of wages without murmur or
complaint.
Mr.. Samuel Mahan president Of the
local was a caller at the Labor World
office the other day. Mr.. Mahan has
been resident of Duluth for over a
quarter Of century. He is very much
opposed to war in any of it's forms,
and expressed his belief that no diff
Guilty or misunderstanding ever arose
between men. that could NOT be settled
and settled right if both parties to the
controversy were willing to be what
every honest man ought to be, reason
ably fair and just
with reference to the present lock-
OUT said Mr. Mahan, "although we
were without cause or justification un-
tremendously locked out, I find in my
heart nothing but friendship for my
former employers. I was with them
so long and they used me so we'll, that
wnen the embargo is lifted, as lifted
1t will be, I shall forget our exclusion
utterly, with the joy of reconciliation ~
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-01-04
OUR FEDERATION LAW
ENDEAv0RS To UNITE
BY Means of Organization all
Glasses of Wage-earners Under
One Head.
Basis It's Justification Therefor
Upon the Following Economic
Axioms.

That no particular trade can long
maintain wages above the common
level. y . 'F-ST'7N 10
That to maintain high wages all
trades and callings must be organized.
That lack Of organization among the
unskilied vitality affects the organized
skilled
That general organization of skilled
and unskilled can only be accomplished
by united action. Therefore, Feder-
alton.
Again
That no. one particular locality can
long maintain high wages above that
of others.
That this can best be done by the
maintenance of national and interna-
tional unions.
That any local union which refuses
to so affiliate is inconsistent, non
union, and should be 'let alone"
That each national or international
union must be protected in it's par
ticular field against rivals and seceders,
Therefore, Federation.
That the history Of the labor move
-ment demonstrates the necessity Of a
union Of individuals and, that logic
implies union Of unions-Feder-
alton.
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.G001 MEMS FROM !. =. !.
: ! n 'Ils1IlI m llty
Every Mill to Be in Full Operation
i Immediately After the New =
Year. -
Of 10000 Men Idle for Several
Weeks all will Have Return
ed to Work,

From our Special Correspondent:
BY January 6 most of the mills
In McKeesport, Glassport, Duquesne
and UP the Monongahela valley as
far as Monessen and down to Pitts
burg will be in operation, and more
than 10000 men who have been
idle for several weeks will have re-
turned to work. -, ..ss~&
1t is also asserted that every mill
in the Pittsburg district will be in
full operation soon after the new
year. Officials of the following
MILLS have .atd their plants will re-
sumo in fall Immediately after the
firs: of the new year, and that the
1907 standard of wages will be
maintained .... - Il. y
National Tube Works and it's con-
ST: tuents in McKeesport, employing
10000 men; 'Duquesne Steel Works,
5000 men; Braddock Mills, 5000
men; Homestead Mills, 1000 men;
Monesscn aud Charleroi; Mills, 1000
men; C1adrtOn Mills, 1000 men:
Donora Mills, 1000 men; Woods
Mills, 1000 men; McKeesport Tin
plate; Co., 800 men; Glassport Glass
Works, 800 men; Firth Stirling Pro-
jectile Works, 500 men; Pittsburg
Steel Foundry, Glassport, 325 men;
C,lassport Coke Works, $50 men,
and Severn Bros Works, Glasspot,
leo men. -..- - s. s: n
The 2swenson Granite Works Of
Concord, N. H., which have been
shut down for the past several
weeks, resumed operations this week
with the full complement Of $50
men. 4 zg S.
The St. Joseph Lead Co.. and the
Doe Run Lead Co. at Bonneterre,
Mo-, which have been working on
half-time during the past 80 days,
will resume We1k at full time on
January l. Ten thousand men are
affected. ~. 5S555 ss% ,4#
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Notwithstanding the great secrecy
that is observed to conceal from
the American. public the names of
individuals affiliated with that un-
American organization calling itself
the National Association of Manu-
facturers, t has been definitely as
certained that it's ruling spirits are
the meanest class of mammon ,wor-
shippers, and that the majority of it's
members know little or nothing
about the tree inwardness Of the
organization.
Methods of Procedure.
The ruling spirits conceal their
diabolical plotting from the ma
jority by doing their nefarious work
in the name of some local organiza-
tion.> Where it's work is known,
the association has the unenviable
record of being the greatest menace
to Industrial peace, and commercial
PROSPERITY. that ever cursed any
community in our day. There is
not single instance on record
where any city or community was
benefited in any way or manner
by it's operations. Ruin and disas-
ter to business and commercial pros
|perity follow in it's trail.
Its Work Elsewhere.
In every city, industrial or COM
mercial center, where it's emissaries
| were permitted to gain a tooth old,
and by falsehood and sophdstry, sow
the seeds of dissension between cap
ital and labor, employers and en-
ployes, the legitimate business and
commercial interests of the place
paid dearly therefor. The mayor of
San Francisco adopted heroic meas
ures to put a stop to it's machin-
ations. The manufacturers OF
Cleveland, as soon as they had
their eyes opened to its wicked
work washed their hands clean
from it, and seeded from it in q
body.
An Impartial Oponion.
An eminent and impartial author
speaking of this organization re-
Gently said: "As one of the people
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MuRDER0us RECORD
Of UNION snlsH[R's lI| | ||!|'|'
Corporations That Wage Most Re.
lentless War of determination
Against Labor.
Maintain Conditions of Employ.
ment That Kill Human Beings
By Wholesale.

During the month just closing two
accidents about 100 miles apart, on
the same river. fully 500 souls were
launched into eternity in a twinkling
of an eye by the lawlessness of mine
authorities There can he no doubt of
this, the order Of Inspector Louttit to
Superintendent Morris Of the Naoma
mine proves one case anu the fact
that the mines at Monongah, w. Va,
were operated without two openings,
contrary to the laws Of West Virginia,
proves the other. In neither mine were
the laws governing ventilation obeyed.
On, the contrary, the: plainest and most
se1f-evident necessities to secure
proper ventilation were ignored. It
proves nothing to say that the mines
were finely equipped with machinery,
etc. An elaborate and gorgeous palace
Is unsafe to live in when it has an
open sewer in it's cellar.
8 Widows and Orphans.
In Monongah, West Virginia, alone,
there are by actual count, left as the
result OF one of the catastrophies $50
Widows and 1000 children, without any
means Of support.
The innocent public are called upon
to succor the dependents Of the unfor-
tunate victims in every instance. and
especially is this so In the Monongah
disaster. The public does not partici-
pate in the profits of this greatest of
bituminous coal combinations. The
Consolidation Coal company, the parent
corporation of the Fairmont, Somerset
combine, operates etensive mines in
three states, under the fostering care
OF the Baltimore and Ohiox Railroad
company; all of these corporate COM
binations have waged relentless war
OF determination against individual
coal operators and labor organizations
since the early forties. ...
[:.. The Nations Duty.
i It Is high time some radical steps
were taken to safeguard life in the
more dangerous occupations. II the
mine owners mad spent half the time
and money at Monongah, w. Va. in
making reasonably safe conditions that
they have spent in fighting the labor
unions thatSSwer trying to give the
miner dogs chance, this nation would
not be. byword as 1t is. Extract the
last dollar from the business, never
mind the human heart! u S
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-01-04
JOHN MITCHELL ONLY
GENTLEMAN PRESENT.

President Roosevelt is said to have
remarked THAT when he first met John
Mitchell he thought he must be >'like
a prize-package with the best Of him
on top But he added, '"l|he farther
have gone down into him, the better
he proves to be- Referring to the
strained scene in the White House
when he brought the belligerents be-
fore him, the president with character
istic frankness roundly declared that
the operators were intolerable and he
himself was out Of temper, but that
John Mitchell was the only gentleman
In the room: Graham Taylor In De-
eember Charities and Tho Commons.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-01-04
LICENSED UIGlIN''sS
t1Gl lllIBh \ N.
From An Undertaking That Was
.Arduous and Discouraging
+. Enough at It's Inception.
There Has Evolved a Strong and
Prosperous Organization Of
Loyal Trades Unionists.

This is one of the union organiza-
tions whose membership wrestled with
obstacles akin to the trials and tribu-
lations of plane, traverse, middle lati-
tude, mercator, current, slobular, and
polar sailings, before they landed in
safety in the tranquil harbor of organ
lied labor, and found protection from
the storms and disasters, of the turbu-
lent "open shop" sea Of injustice.
But, though their struggles were
prolonged enough, their triumpns were
correspondingly glorious Inadequate
wages, hours .unreasonably exhaustive,
Fand conditions destitute of the most
ordinary amenities Of life are now su-
perseded by, a living wage scale, rea-
ssonable working hours, and conditions
of employment in keeping with the
progress Of twentieth century civiliza-
tion. @ g s.sssSe..s- ~
That sturdy unionist pioneer, Jimmy
Walsh, participated actively in the sue
cesses and reverses Of the early trials
Of the Tu6men's Protection association
at the Head Of the Lakes, and not
w1thstanding his innate n1odesty, he
was compelled to admit to- Labor
World reporter that local No. / of his
craft, is today, one Of the most sue
cessful and prosperous union organi-
cations In the northwest $>s,s~
This union held Its annual election
Of officers on the evening Of December
~. The following were invested by
the membership with the insignia Of
authority for the ensuing year: Presi-
dent, w. E. Hoey; vice president, Fred
Benson; recording secretary, Albert
Jones; financial secretary, r. F. Bur-.
rows; treasurer, James Walsh.
Delegates to grand lodge convention
to be held at Detroit. Mich, Jan. 20,
1908, Martin Cole and r. r. Burrows.
Delegates to Trades Assembly, Jas.
Walsh, Martin Cole and r. II Bur
rows. f.s d s.sz.Ss s. III
8 This union holds Its regular meetings
on the second and fourth Wednesdays
Of each month al s12 West First street.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-01-04
UNION SHOP ADVANCES MATERIAL
PROSPERITY OF EVERY COMMUNITY
every Himself the Devil Take the Hndmost' Is
the Philosophy Of Barbarismthe Harbnger Of Want and
Repudiated by Advanced Thinkers the World Over.
specous Plea That the Called open Shop oppor
tunty and Freedom Wick edy False Dametrically
Opposed to the Constitution the Real Estate Exchange

We should always distinguish be-
tween the fundamental truth or
principle and the methods by which
men, either individually or in com
bination, undertake to give such
principle expression regulating
the affairs of human society. q
Union shop Idea Sound.
That the union-shop-or closed
shop If the reader prefers that
term-ds absolutely sound in prin-
ciple, we think cannot be- success
fully gainsayed; but it would be a
strange phenomenon indeed, II the
application of the principle did not
now and then, have the ear marks
of human frailty. NO human or
ganizetbon is perfect in it's methods
of giving expression to it's organic
law.
Unversality of the Idea.
The universally of the principle
involved in the union-shop idea
clearly establishes it's right to be
recognized as a fundamental truth.
It is a corollary from the well
known adage, tSelf preservation is
the first law of nature BY reason
of our familiarity with this old say
ing the truth which it postulates
sometimes eludes us, but this
doesn't. destroy it. -
Appreciation of the Principle.
Even our sweet American homes
are but another form of giving ex-
preston to the principle involved
in the 'union-shop idea. The mem.
bers of the family circle are a unit
on maintaining. the integrity Of the
home; and It's sacred precincts they
will protect with their alives II nee
essary, against the assaults of an
enemy. They wouldn't be true to
the dearest and best instincts of ou1
nature If they did otherwise.
Union-Shop Will Stay.
Now, if true unionism implies
such a measurable degree of ex.
clusiveness as we find in the union
shop and in the homes of our land
neither the acknowledgement of Its
friends, nor the assaults of it's enc.
mics shall ever. prevail against It
why? Because it is altogether
righteous, being in accord with the
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laws under which we live, move,
and have our being. :
Under the Providence. of God,
A COMMUNITY OF INTEREST will
produce the union shop principle
with Its equitable restrictions in
every department of human en-
deavor, whether it be Industrial, po-
litical, commercial =. or religious.
There: is no more doubt about this
than there is of human existence A
just and orderly administration Of
affairs, whether in the mechanical
trades :or any other line of: effort,
demands the union-shiop as pro-
lection ito honest and skilled labor.
Examples of Union Shop.
Let us say in the most respectful
manner possible, that the doctors,
lawyers. dentists, artists, ministers,
wholesalers and retailers, etc. all
have the union shop; and last but
not least, the Duluth: Real Estate
F0change. very properly no
doubt, has written cpnstitutaon Tor
| TIE government OF its members, that
is more "Unionshop" In it's provi-
sions than the constitution and by
laws of the Structural Trade AL
lance. Among the purposes of the
Exchange as expressed in its con-
| stitution is "to secure uniformity in
charges" (Article 11). It prescribes
certain fees as condition of mem
beAyhip (Article ..III.) ~ It prescrihes
a huutMum and maximum scale of
changes for labor and services in
valuihg property, effecting sales
procuring loans, looking after re-
Epairs, q collecting rents, etc. etc,
Articles x to XIV )|'* We are not
finding any fault with these things
on the contrary we approve of such
wholesome regulations. But, we
cannot for the life Of us under:
stand, why the members of the Real
Estate Exchange should assume tt
have. monopoly Of the t'Unton
Shop" or closed shop" idea. If II
Is a good thing and we believe II
is, surely the members of the Elk.
change ought to be generous enough
to let their fellow citizens of the
|Structural Alliance enjoy, it in
tpeace.r 1sf =: -, ......+t !. - -:
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-01-04
YOUNG MAKES RULING
HOE ON INSURANCE. Law

: zs5l ST. PAUL. Jan. attorney Gem
:5eral Young has ruled that the MIN
@tesota law prohibiting the issuance
sof both participating and non -partici-
r,ating policies, by the same insurance
company applies only to Minnesota cor.
porations and is not applicable to OUT
side companies. 3s
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-01-04
AMERICAN FLAG TO T.
BE SOLD AT AUCTION

LONDON, Jan: IA collection Of
antiquities that belonged to the late
T. G.. Middlebrook will be auctioned
OF on Jan. 20 and 80. 1t includes an
American flag that was captured in
the engagement between the Shannon
and Chesapeake. The authenticity of
this flag is vouched for in written
history Of ownership since Midshtpman
Grundy captured the trophy.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-01-04
.sIb1PLICITY.

I do believe In simplicity. 1t is as
tonishing asS|well5 as sad how maav
trivial affairs even the wisest man
thinks he must attend to every day,
how singular an affair he thinks ne
must omit. When the mathematiciar,
would solve d difficult problem he first
frees the equation of all incumbrances
and reduces ITO Its simplest terms.
SO simplify thass pb1em OF life, distia-
gu1sh the necesary1 and the real.
Probe the earth TO see where your
main roots run. n . 90
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-01-04
A MANS NECKTIE.

Ever since a regiment Of Croatian
soldiers marched into Paris, three cerl-
turies- ago with their necks swathed
IN silk, and Louis XVI, delighted at
their appearance, decided to adopt the
fashion himself, the cravat in IT'S va
rious changing forms has played an
important part in the attire Of men.
And so reliable Is It supposed to be as
an Index to It's wearer's personal char
acteristics that Button, the French sa-
want. was once led to remark, THE
cravat makes the man. @s
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KILLED WHILE EATING
HIS NEW YEARS DINNER

: NILES. Mich, Jan. flames Nc
Quirk, aged 50. was shot through the
heart and killed today while seated
at his dining table eating his New
Years dinner. The shooting, which
was purely accidental, occurred In a
double house. Fred Schumacher aged
21. was handling a gun in the other
half of the house when it was. acci-
dentally discharged. the bullet passing e
through the wall and hitting McQuirk
In the back =
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LIE NN0
Again IN referring tto tie e6rly lebd1
movement he says: Every plat
3 OF the working mans political parties.
Of that time contained demand for
the formation Of q public school sys-,
tenn, and It.. is as certain as casual
relation ever can be-that to this early.
labor movement, more than to any
other one cause, We owe the great.
educational revival Of the thirties and;
our common school system Of today.
1t is to these early working class
rebels that. we owe to larger degree
than to any other cause not only our
public school system but abolition and
imprisonment for debt, the mechanics.
liens law, freedom Of association, uni-
versal suffrage, Improvement in prison
administration, direct election OF presf-
dental electors, and in fact nearly
everything of a democratic nature In
our social and political Institutions ~
You Of the unearned increment idea.
the speculator In real estate, upon what
grounds do you base your claim Of e.
right to dictate to labor? Is 1t not
upon the prosperity Of labor that you
depend Those deals you profit by are
each and all paid by the product of.
labor and In their last analysis are.
paid by those who toll
The above applies to bills OF each
and every kind and nature
Now, erring brothers we do not en-
terrain any i'll viii towards you as In
div1duals in this struggle. Far from
it. for the interests OF your class desiR-
Afe Won as hit a smoke }Y, gthe uhoofss
Of society under which we; now live
and which. we know as capitalism.
Labor and capital are now working out
unconsciously but perfectly the reali-
zation Of the cooperative common
wealth as the next order OF society.
A PLUMBER. S.
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VICTORIAN q MIriIsTER DIEs.

/. .. LIcAvENWORTH, Kas.. Jan. i.--Rey.
VIM. N Page, the oldest Presbyterian min
day aged ~ years. At the recent Los An
geles General assen,hly Of his church Rev.
g school mate of secrstary Of state Elihu
Root. " & II