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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-14

William V. Lewis. master, Of Osiris
Lodge No. 26, in a recent circular re-
views the work Of the year now closing
with a net gain of fourteen to the mem
bership Of the lodge and an increase of
S179 in the balance in the treasury. He
adds Neither has the lodge been un-
mindful of the needy brother or the widow
and the orphan. All appeals from them
have been promptly met The officers
are commended for faithful attenda nee
and their intelligent and admirable rendi-
ton of the work. At the meeting next
after Wednesday. November IS. namely.
December .. the annual election and in
Stallation of officers will be held.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-14

There will be a visitation by the Grand
Encampment, 1. o. o. F.. with Grand
Patriarch W. c. Hamburg. to Management
Encampment. No. 4. Friday evening,
November 20. and by the Grand Lodge
Of Odd Fellows. f. Fl. Easterling, grand
master to Excelsior Lodge. No. II, /. y.
o. F., Monday evening. November 16, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-14

Rathbone Temple. No. 1, Pythia
Sisters, gave a social Friday evening a
the Pythian Temple. which afforde
unique and laughable entertainment 10
all present. The head liner Of an excel
lent program was S. Percy Oliver. a mem
Der of Harmony Lodge, No. p. and ais
of Rathbone Temple. knights of Pythias
Refreshments were served at the con
clusion of the program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-14

Librarian Armat Stoddart has finally
succeeded in getting order out of chaos
and announces that the library will be
in condition to supply the needs of its
patrons beginning Tuesday. November II
The books have been carefully arranged
and placed in their cases. and are free
to read to master Masons and their fam
lilies who apply at the library on the sec
ond floor of the new temple between the
hours Of am. and closing time at night
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-10-31
UNION tAB02's WORST =
ENEMY IN CONGRESS
Not Speaker Cannon or Congress.
man Littlefield Though They
Were Bad Enough.
But James S. Sherman, the Pres.
ent Republican Nominee for
Vice-President,

The Labor World has complete
record of the labor doings in congress
of James Schoolcraft Sherman, the
Republican nominee for vice president
of the United States. -.,s -.
- Worse Than Van, cieave.
His tactics upon all measures tend
ing to the betterment OF the conditions
of organized labor were contemplate
In the extreme. He would insist upon
80 many loop hole ,amendments to
labor bills as to render them Of no
effect, and the representatives OF labor
preferred to see the bills defeated
rather than passed in such objection
able forms. + u. ."s. |
Van C1eave has at least enough
manhood to be open and above board
In p his opposition. Sherman was q
sly sauve, enemy who did hts work In
an underhanded way. and by hypo-
critical method. OF the two men we
would rather be at the mercy Of Van
Cleave. 49, %f r. > sSs3S
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-10-31
TRANSACTION FOR THE
VOTERS TO CONSIDER
Forty Million Actually swindled
Out Of the Pockets of Ameri-
can People. "

1t now seems to be fully established
that when the United States paid
$4O,000,000 for the French company's
interest in the Panama canal, it paid
syndicate that sum which syndicate
turned over to the real holders of the
French claim something like So, 500, 900.
leaving neat little profit of some
thing like $36,000,000 for ]. P. Morgan,
Charles P. Taft and their associates.
1t is the exploitation of this sort Of
financing, which, If presisted in, will
utterly bankrupt and ruin this coun-
try. This is one of the colossal OUT
RACES which the taxpayers of the
United States have called upon to suf-
fer. If there were no other reason
for the defeat of William H. Taft for
the presidency. this one, standing
alone, Is enough to overwhelmingly
defeat him; but this reason is only
one of many and the American people
are fully advised Of them all. Does
any man believe that this forty mil
lion dollar swindle would have been
attempted could have succeeded had
William Jennings Bryan been presi-
dent Of the United States.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-10-31
AZ 4 Member Of the Majority His
vindiotice Opposition TO All
Liquidation Favorable to the
Toilels Rendered It Extremely
Difficult for Labor to Obtain
Any Remedial Legislation. =. =.


women employed in the shoe factories
.in Minnesota found that there was q
move on foot to turn the state prison
into a boot and shoe factory. The
fact is that the boot and shoe factory
had been established in the prison be-
fore 1894, so when the State FEEDER
alton of Labor met in convention here
at St. Cloud in the fall OF 1894 the
members of the convention were well
posted on all matters that came before
the convention. So the convention ap-
pointed a committee of five members
as a'legislative committee to look aft
er the interests of organized labor.
This committee was composed of one
member from Duluth, one from Min
neapolis, one from st. Paul and two
from st. Cloud. The welfare OF or
ganized labor was threatened by con-
vict labor at the reforrnatorY and for
that reason st. Cloud was given two
owners of the shoe factories in this
state, particularly IN the Twin Cities,
were alive to the danger that was
threatening their business interests,
and organized labor got together with
them and worked for their common
interest. -
So when the legislative session Of
1895 was opened we had a bill intro
duced in the house by Mr.. e. ].
Schurmier, Of st. Paul The bill was
drawn up after the Massachusetts,
law, which is on the state account and
the piece price plan. The bill was re-
ferrexf Ito the COMMITTEES on rriaon
labor. Then the battle began. The
fight was hot from the start. The
prison board Of managers and the Of
hcers Of the state prison on one side,
and organized labor and the boot and
shoe manufacturers on the other side.
Representative jacobson Fought the !:
Bai .Fraon, the start. 80 -
He was. onerof hhe champions of, the.
state prison people: He. would not,
talk to any COMMITTEES from organized
labor at any time He had no use for
union men, and he would not even
give them a. hearing: or: listen to them.
The Schurmeier.% bill, in which labor
was interested had/a very rough time
| Of 1t from the time it was introduced
until it was passed. When it did pass,
it's own father would not have known
it, only by the title of the bill, as it
was amended almost to death, and it
was put in such shape that it was al
most worthless to union labor. Then
it was passed with only one vote
against it in the house. Jacobson got
on the band wagon and voted for the
=: Continued ON Pa&o 4. -
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-10-31
TAFT THE CHAMPION
Of WAGE CUTTERS
Overruled Precedents While on
the Bench to Favor Low
Wages.
New Link in His Record Almost
AS Bad as the Injunc-
ton.

CHICAGO, ILL.,. October.-Special.-
Although Judge Taft has denied that
he ever said a dollar a day was
enough for aworking man, the fact
has just been discovered by q repre-
sentative OF the Democratic national
committee who examined, his judicial
decisions and injunction DEGREES, that
he Is on record in decision from the
bench, not only as recommending but
actnually ordering a reduction in the
wages Of railway employees practically
to one dollar a day. He actually did
order a cut of 10 per cent in the
wages of~employes receiving over 1.10
day. Thus, by Judge iTaft'st de
c1sion, a. man receiving $1.11 a day
would be reduced practically to 81 a
day q The decision was rendered by
Judge Taft In the case of Thomas vs..
Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pa
eific railway, circuit court, Southern
district OF Ohio, w. D., April 30, 1894,
and is to be found in Fed. Rep, ".
g.: p. $50. The action was one where
In the employees Of the road had ap-
Piled to the court to have jrescinded an
order of the receiver making q 10 per
cent reduction in their wages. His
decision was made without giving the
employees ian opportunity to have their
day in court and show yhy their
wages should not be cut He held
] that 1s the mere 80 days notice of re-
duction given by the receiver was suf--
ficient. They DE now" he said, in
his decision, to be put In the attitude
OF. either accepting or rejecting the
proposition by the receiver who en-
ployed them at the reduced wages. II
they are not content with the wages,
they are not compelled to accept them,
and may retire from his employment.
'They have no standing Ia tt,is court,
to5 call for IN adjudication C any
rights" .SS :5,.1.
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Of the Legislature during the construc-
tive days of labor l6gislation in Min
nesota !: Surely Mr.. McAuley's. tesH-
mony Of facts is more authentic than
the political statements made by men
who were not upon the scene at the
time. /
Mr.. McAuley iss4still active in the
labor movement, and is an honored
and respected citizen Of the city of
St. Cloud. He writes as follows on
Mr. Jacobson's attitude towards labor
legislation: :. *~:::~ s., :" !,
Union Mans Testimony.
st. Cloud, Minny Oct. is, 1908.
Being asked by 4 anumber of people
to make statement as to what
know about they attitude: Of J. r.
Jacobson, nowscandidate for: Governor
on the Republican ticket, towards or:
ganized labor: In MINI nesota, permit
me-, to say that Ar. jacobson was
] when In the state legaata ture.
It was In 1896 .ltafst Jacobson: showed
his dislike fore organized labor: Now,
I want to tell the union men and all
interested the circumstances that lead
up to the legislati asked for by or
ganized labor in 1895.
In the fall of 1894 the State FEEDER
alton of Labor convention met at ST..
Cloud. This convention had inform
alton that the American Cordage
trust of*(New Jersey was after the
twfne plant established in: the state
prison at saltwater. The secretary of
the State Federation of Labor. read a
letter to the convention to the effect
that the American Cordage trust was
going to knock out the binding twine
plant at the Minnesota state prison. I
believe that it was not considered a
success up to this time. The men and
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-10-31
DEADLY FUMES FROM
MEXICO'S OIL WELL FIRE J
KILL SCORE OF MEN

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 2s-Deadly
fumes from Mexico's great oil we'll
fire, 50 miles from Mexico. have killed
more than q score Of workmen during
the past few days and caused thous-
ands OF dollars damage to ranches and
other neighboring interests, according
to Captain Michael Henrichsen Of the
steamship City Of Mexico, which
reached New Orleans last night. Amer
lean mine owners. after spending more
than q million dollars, finally succeed
ed in extinguishing the blaze, but even
greater terrors than before prevailed.
When the fire was stopped the gases
burst forth. Laborers, tnhaling a bit
Of the stuff, dropped in their tracks
dead. tHrstt ;.>.-Etf F#
Owners OF the well have appealed ia
the Mexican government and several
companies Of soldiers have been sen,
to the scene. -; s.&@ 55:.. ss ,s
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-10-31
TO UNION MEN.
s4. +. I'M ------ - y, Z. "
, jacobson pr0tested against
you In the Minnesota legisla-

:, jacobson protested against
You In the Minnesota legisla-
tule. 5. !. : ,sSSs:ss,ss:S.s sSsssS Il X -, =, ls&=.
~ Now is your ss ,oplporr q p ttlnity to
protest against him at the bal
lot box. - - . NE (. :.s..s e ss.z.
jacobson during his legislative
career was SO hostile to organ.
ized labor that he refused to
give q commit from the or
ganization a.hesx1ng. .>.z d; i; !.
Members OF lnized Labor
can now turn q l1eaf ear to his
call for votes just sas he did to
them when they 9sked for moth
but what was Justly their due. :
j. As q member of the Mime:
sofa Legislature he had no &use
whatever for union men, and
refused to. recognize their claims
to anything. When he could
not utterly defeaf their measure
he would patch on such amend
mentssas would render the meas
ture- worthless TO Union. Labor.
johnson has always been in
!: full sympathy with the organ
iZed labor movement. He has
definitely declared himself on
our issues, and merits che sup
port Of every rnion labor man
TN Minnesota, Let us see to it
that he gets It. - :
Now Is YOUR ODDortunity to
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-10-31

The Republican State Central com.
m1ttee, driven to desperation BY the
terrific indictment lodged against
their candidate for Governor, j. F..
Jacobson, when his record on labor
legislation was exposed, has at
tempted to justify the course OF their
candidate as a member of the legisla-
ture by the publication of a circular,
apologizing for his attitude on certain
labor measures. ..
A review of the circular indicates
that its compilers not only adroitly
evade the main points in question,
but they display gross ignorance of
the history of labor legislation in Min
nesota, and the effort it required to
secure the. enactment of laws of bene-
f1t to labor. (,
> Challenge to jacobson.
Mr.. Jacobson's committee is at
tempting to make the workingman be-
lieve tnat he was their one friend in
the legislature of Minnesota. Mr..
Jacobson is hereby challenged to
show one instance in his experience
as legislator where his voice was
raised in behalf of legislation for the
benefit of labor.
Organized labor knows him we'll. It
Ill becomes his labor (?) friends of
recent arrival in the movement to
attempt making workingme believe
that the man who was their constant
enemy is now their friend. The good
legislation affecting labor in Mime
sofa was not handed out on silver
platters, and neither is it due TO any
friendliness on the part Of Mr..
Jacobson.
His Persistent Enmity. =
| It required a vast amount of siren
uous labor, and the expenditure of
thousands of dollars of labor's hard
| earned money to secure these laws,
and most Of them were wrested from
The legislature in the face 81 8sthe
opposition. Of Mi. Jacobson ...c~
Record Is Against Him., es.> :,
1t is not the purpose Of this article
to answer the claims of the Jacob
son adherents by engaging in mere
generalities. We have the goods, and
they are a part of the records of the
Minnesota labor movement We have
also the testimony of tried and true
men in the cause of labor, who faced
Mr.. Jacobson's erratic ire when his
enmity to labor legislation was more
fresh in the minds of Minnesota work
fingmen.
There was J. F. McAuley of the St
Cloud Granite Cutters union, a mem
her of the Republican party, who
served as chairman of the Legislative
committee of the Minnesota State
Federation of Labor for three sessions
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-10-31

pers subsequent to Sept. "a, 1907,
which completely supported the gov
ernor in kts position at the time.
Governor Courageous.
Governor Johnson's fair and cour-
ageous attitude in the miners strike
was so well known to union labor that
the political committee OF the Duluth
labor organize lions unanimously en-
dorsed him in this campaign. If Gov
ernor Johnson's course during that
strike was good enough for the Du-
luth unions 1t ough to satisfy the
unions of other portions of the state,
who were further removed from the
scene Of that unpleasant conflict of
one year ago.
His Record as Senator,
The Jacobson supporters are mighty
hard up for campaign material when
they charge Governor Johnson and
Frank Day with running non union
printing Offices In the country towns
In which their papers are published.
Every union printer knows that the
union label is not used outside Of the
cities in which local typographical
unions are located.
employers Liability Law.
If Governor Johnson's record as a
state senator was bad we would have
known it long ago. The fact is that
he voted for every labor bill which
came before the senate while he was a
member and he voted against every
Dill against which labor was opposed.
Mr.. Jacobson took the opposite ground
on these measures. Johnson was a
friend of labor in the senate while
Jacobson was an enemy to labor in
the house.
Governor Johnson was the first and
only governor of Minnesota to recon-
mend the passage Of law providing
for the initiative and referendum,
These are the two paramount. de-
mands of organized labor in it's poll
t1cal campaign In Minnesota.
Labor's Loyal Friend.
In the enforcement Of the labor laws
OF Minnesota and particularly. with
reference to the child labor law Gov
ernor Johnson's administration has
taken stronger ground than any pre-
ceeding adn1fnistrat ton.
The. workinsmen. OF, Minnesota
|AAy W VIC SCddIA1etEI1-OI Cow
ernor johnson and support him be-
cause he has been their friend ami
the exponent of their principles. Re-
member the slogan of union labor
Elect Our Friends and Defeat Ou,
Enemies" Governor johnson is s
| proven friend. MIR. jacobson has op-
| posed our most important demands.
"A vote for Governor johnson is z
vote to encourage honesty and fear
lessness In public office. Labor doe.
not ask for the best Of it from any
public official. All it wants Is q
square deal.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-10-31
GOVERNOR JOHNSON Will, .. /.
CONTINUE AS EXECUTIVE
Republican Machine Aided by the Steel
Game to Defeat our Honored Governor But the Peo- u
pie Will Frustrate Their Designs Tuesday, =
Universally Conceded That Organized Labor Had
more Steadfast Friend at the Head of State Gov
ern1nent Than John A. Johnson

ST. PAUL, October 26.-There Is
paradoxical situation in Mime
sofa politics, such as never be-
Tore confronted the voters Of this
state. The Steel trust in Northern
Minnesota is marshalling it's forces
against Governor johnson because he
dared to stand for the square deal as
ch1ef executive of this state. Officers
OF this big trust are opposed to- Gov
ernor Johnson because he refused to
be their subtle tool on two specific oc-
castons. They are opposing him be-
cause he refused to turn over the
state militia to help them break the
strike Of the miners last year. They
also oppose him because through his
1nstrumentahty the assessed valu-
alton Of their properties in Northern
Minnesota has been raised $150,0O0,-
900. They have been doing their
work under cover until last week, and
now they are out in the open calling
every ally to their assistance. On the
other hand a handful Of men who en-
Joy whatever prominence they possess
to their positions in the labor move
ment, are attempting to besmirch the
splendid record Of our governor by
charges which are not true.
The Mesaba Strike.
Governor Johnson's position in the
miners strike entities him to the vote
of every working man In Minnesota.
Mr.. Jacobson's committee is curcu-
lattng throughout the state a report
that Governor Johnson permitted the
Steel corporation to hire non-citizens
to act as deputy sheriffs during the
strike.
The Machines DupIicity.
The Republican committee is very
careful to keep these circulars away
from Duluth and vicinity. They have
cunningly attempted to deceive the
voters by reproducing certain editor
halls which. appeared in labor papers
during the strike.
However, they only reproduce such
editorials as may be interpreted to
embarass the governor. The fact is
that the State Federation of Labor
authorized and instructed President
Howley and Secretary Treasurer w
p, McEwen at the meeting Of the fed
Grafton council, held in st. Paul, Sep
tember 1907 to make, a. thorough in
vestigatton Of the charge that non-
citizens were being employed as
guards in st. Louis county.
President HOwley and Secretary
Treasurer McEwen waited upon the
governor on or about September "a
1907, and they were shown letters and
data which completely exonerated
Governor Johnson from the charge OF
non-dnterference in this violation o1
the law. This Is a matter of offlcia
record in the State Federation Of
Labor. The Republican committee
does not quote editorials in the labor
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-10-31
LABOR UNIONS WORK
:>::QN NATIONS BEHALF.
In Arousing Public Interest for
IS the Suppression Of Great
White Plague.
Unions Conduct Active Compaign
Against tuberculosis in
New York.

NEW YORK, Oct. 2S.-Labor, unions
are in: the lime Light lately and not be-
cause of the presidential campaign.
Labor's connection with the cam
paign against tuberculosis in New
York state is exciting universal inter
est among all classes. At a recent
meeting of the State Federation of
Labor in Rochester Delegate NJ. J.
Sullivan introduced the following reso-
luton: * ys>;~ -
Resolved. To, endorse the campaign
conducted by the State Charities Aid
association and the state department
OF health for the prevention Of tub
erculosis and reconrmendinE TO all
central and local bodies that they CO.
operate and render; all possible assist
ance. :~4'Z ,,..'7 Z. II u .. s., 81 ~
= It is q a2significant fact that the next
convention is to be held in Troy, AL
'bany's sister city; and a city whose
death rate from, tuberculosis is a
source Of SO much conucern to It's
citizens that It has already equipped
a d1spensary, organized tuberculosis
classes and secured an appropriation
Tor hospital for advanced cases in
Rensselaer, county. II will be inter-
eshng to note the outcome OF, this con-
vention in Troy, and the influence sit
will have lon the other cities whose
delegates were at the Rochester meet
ing. 81 }sss U. b 81
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sTAFY8 RUNNING o. NATE
PuBLIo LAND CRATER

Wss in Conspiracy 70 sscurs valu-
able Timber Land at Fractional
Z q n s value.
NEW YORK. Oct 26 Taft's rum
ming mate, JaInes s.. Shernan, Is the
letest oandidate for me whiteWash
5bruilh II the aaandicap race Tor presi-
dent. isss ss
According to affidayits Of Edmund
Burkes of Los Angeles he was one OF
.as crew of olticians An q cons piracy
ftQ secure thousands OF acres of yalu-
able timber land IN New Mexico at i
fraction of its real value. With him
were esspciat ted + dttasler and
yespn. s,lad q the naane
OF tlies NsW l(.exico Lumber and Do
velopnaent conn
rs then stollaEs paid @
tlhe T4r1ieots s. = mo- NO.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-10-31
timely WARMING TO
ALL LOYAL WORKERS
Beware Of Sensational Attacks
Upon Those Who are Safe
guarding Your Interests.
Enemy's Scheme is to Confuse and
Distract Your Minds With
Lying Circulars.

Workers everywhere should be on
their guard against the insidious at
tempts which will be made to defeat
labor's campaign for it's rights. No
friends will be too vile to be placed
in circulation. Every scheme that
malice and trickery can devise will be
brought into play. We have been
warned, and we believe it to be true,
that the country will be flooded with
newspaper attacks and campaign lit
erature making false and sensational
attacks upon the officers of the
American Federation Of Labor and
those who have promised to safeguard
the interest Of labor. This will be
done to confuse and distract the minds
of the voters
AS far as possible the worst Of such
attacks Will be timed so that they
can not be successfully answered be-
fore the vote is taken. Every union,
every worker every friend of labor
should be on guard against attacks of
this sort Consider tho sources from
which they como. Remember tho OBJ
ject which they: aim to accomplish. e
Never before was labor 50 alert to
vote for its own rights and interest.
Never before were it's opponents so
desperately determined to divide and
disrupt the workers and defeat their
fort in this campaign
II the workers will but remember
that those who have been their tried
and true friends and advisers for
years are not likely to prove false to
them in their hour Of need. If the
workers will but stand together for
their own interests all such efforts
will prove fuitless. $<"sS:r -
This is a time that ties mems souls
Workers, be true to yourselves, and
do not allow yourselves to be fooled
and led astray even by those enemies
who falsely masquerading as friends
would drst disrupt your forces and
then reduce you to serfdou