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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-29
HERCULES AT WASHINGTON

Lavelle & Grant, the Herculean
marvels at the Washington theater
this week, give a sensational ex-
hibition of hand balancing. Their
work is original and makes a great
hit with the audience.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-29
CHARGES DISCRIMINATION.

Henry H. Hogausen has filed a
complaint with the city clerks Of
flee, protesting against the assess
ment rolls for the sidewalking ano
curbing of Third avenue, declaring
that the board of public works has
shown unfair discrimination.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-29
BANQUET FOR ENGINEERS.

Members of the American Instf-
tuteL of Mining Engineers. who are
visiting Spokane for few days on
their way to the coast, will be
given a banquet at the Hall Of
Doges tonight. About 200 members
will be present.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-29

to Elonora Louise Newman, %.
Spokane.
Ernest Archer, %, Spokane, to
Ina May Pulford, 10, Spokane.
Gilbert Phils, 35, Spokane, to
Myrtle Mcpherson, 81, Spokane.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-29
{By United Press.)

10y OUTICO TTSSSsT
NORTH YAKIMA, Sept. pa
transfer deed on file shows the
North Coast road purchased from
the Northern Pacific a 170-foot
wide right of way through 20 acres
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-29

aIlowaeas terms of payment that
we are flooded with buyers, Bring
your checks and credits to us and
get the most for your money.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-29
WANTS LIQUOR LICENSE.

Gus Ruegg has petitioned the
city council TO grant him a whole
sale liquor license ut 204 Bernard
street.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-29

Extra variety of school and dress styles in
good samples of blncher and lace shoes. They
are mostly black, with quite a few tans, Sizes
are for little gents and boys Of all ages values
are $500, $3.50 and $780, in this sample sale
at, pair ..........,-... 81 .48, SLIGO, $1.S9
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-29
Girls Sample Shoes

Three special lots Of hobby
shoes, button and lace styles,
priced according TO size and
valuation. Here's a chance to get
your school children $500 to $500
shoes at. .$1.37, 81. 4S, SLIGO
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-11-06
SOLVE RENTAL PROBLEM =
WITH POPULAR HOUSES

The municipality Of Genoa, Italy,
Is constructing two immense buildings
each. to contain ~ apartments, term
ed popular houses" for the pur-
pose of providing suitable living
quarters for the workmen OF the city.
AS it Is an impossibility to expand
the building area Of Genoa, every
available site being already occupied.
there has been a constant increase or
rentals on all classes Of property. =
Il. The apartments in the new struc-
lures are to be from two to five
rooms each.s and the: purpose Is to
rent each room at $14 q year. The
present plans contemplate the con-,
struction of from 200 to 400 apart
ments. to contain approximately from
5000, to 1O.000s rooms. 31sr T-..zs
& Only .laborers or salarfed employ
es, with families whose annual
earnings do not exceed $500. or II
without families, 1900, are to be adj
mitted as tenants. Il .5sss1 .y. Il.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-11-06
MINEWORKERS MAKE BIG
GAIN IN MEMBERSHIP IN
YEAR ENDING SEPT, 1909

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Nov. 81
The United Mine Workers had a
membership of 246,e52 September !.
a gain of 51.654 during the fiscal
year, according to the, annual report
Of Secretary Edwin Perry, recently
made to Secretary Frank Morrison Of
the American Federation Of Labor.
The report covers the year from
September I, 1908, to; September 1.
1909, and appears in the current is
sue of the United Mine Workers
Journal. 1t shows that the number
of charters issued to, locals since Sep
tember 1, 1903, was 1853, and the
number of charters surrendered was
1877: T..
The number of strikes during the
year was between thirty and forty,
and two-thirds Of. all strikes were
won. The number Of persons in
vo]ved in the strikes ranged from
800 to 5000. 4
The cost Of strikes during the year
is shown to have been $472,1S9.09.
Six local and two general injunc-
tions were issued against members OF
the organization: during the year.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-11-06
BL||0QDl'N|D|||DOllARS.
Spent FREELY IN :.
LAKES. STRIKE !.
Over Two Millions Is Present
Property Loss on Nations
: Inland Waterway.
N1NETY-FIVE LIVES HAVE
> so FAR BEEN SACRIFICED
Loss Of Life and Boats Has Been
: Confined Altogether to the
~,. J Freight Traffic.

Here Is the list that should be
printed in letters of red on the front
page Of every paper in the land:
On the great lakes this season,
$4,000, 900 in property and -95 lives
have been lost.
The number of total losses in
wrecks was 1872, representing $1,O49,-
900. The collisions were "a with =
loss of $82S, 900; there were SO strand
ings; loss by gales was $e05, 900; BY
fire 41O6, 900; by other causes $780,
OOO.a ST. y. .>., r. ~-.'
! With the dangerous fall storms
yet to come, 1t is almost certain these
figures will be; greatly increased be-
fore the last boat berths for the win
ter u $.s .s.s .<=... i -, .@.s
Il Almost without exception the loss
es, both life and monetary, have been
Seonffnedsto the freight steamers. The
greatest loss Of life occurred on, July
IL, when the steamer John B. Cowln
was rammed in Lake Superior by. the
steamer Isaac M. !. Scott, Fourteen
Of the crew I OF the Cowle were
drowned. ''@'
On April 80, the. steamer Adel1a
Shores went dOwn-71n a gale on Lake
Superior and twelve men lost their
lives. -. y. s
On April 80, three steamers and a
barge representing an investment Of
$425,O00 went down in gale on Lake
Superior, twenty lives being lost.
Tabulated greatest loss of life oc-
Cured in these cases: -,.--
April 8, tug Floss sunk in gale on
Lake Erie, z drowned; April 20,
steamer Eber Ward, sunk in gale. 5
drowned; April 80. barge George
Nester, sunk. in gale, z drowned;
April 80, steamer Adella Shores
sunk in gale, ~12i drowned; May 16,
steamer James H. Hoyt, boiler ex-
.plodeI, 3 killed; May 4, tug Prince
ton sunk in collision, drowned;
July 12,~ steamer John b. Cowle,
sunk in collision IA drowned; Oc-
tober IL, steamer George Stone,
struck on PIT. Pelee, 10 drowned. l.
Five Of the deaths were Of union
seamen killed during strike riots.
Figures for 1908 for about the
same period were: Lives lost, II;
total losses, $1,832,950. =
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-11-06
CARNEGIE COMPANY
WILL RE-EMPL0Y
UNION LABOR. . ..
Rumor From Reliable Source Says
Big Steel Company Is Tired =:
Of Fight. :
ORGANIZED LABOR Is
TO BE RECOGNIZED
Report Is Cheering News to
Thousands of Workers of
Western Pennsylvania.

WASHINGTON, Pa, Nov. 5-About
the best piece of news that has come
to the working class of Western
Pennsylvania for a long while past is
as follows:
The Carnegie Steel company may
In the near future again employ or
ganized labor and thenceforward rec
ognize it,. That public pressure Is be-
ing brought to. bear on the company
to bring this about, there seems to
be no doubt.
The present social condition of the
working class of Homestead is de-
,plorable, and the merchants Of the
borough are loud In their complaints
that while the Carnegie company Is
undoubtedly enjoying a return of
prosperity, their employees are womb
ering when they will participate. In
this otherwise gratifying Industrial
Transformation. So the company Is
awakening to, this fact, as also to the
equally important one that the mer-
chants are "grumbling' to say the
least. :.
One of Homestead's most promi-
nent lawyers, who was once and
probably is still in the professional
employ of the Carnegie company Is
the source of news. For obvious rea-
sons. he withh0lds his name from
publication, but is emphatic in his
assertions
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-11-06
- =. DULUTH SUPERIOR alEgRDAY NoVEdsER q 1909
SAM IS EnIPLoYES 4
PROTEST. AGAINST BIG
:..j OUTSIDE CONTRACT.

i. ALBANY, & Nov. -. Employees Of
the sWatervliet Arsenal are worried
ever report that the government
has let a. 81, 100000 contract to Rpri-
waite concerns, while allowing the ar.
senAl to- remain lie. Chill ID sx4.,s.
They have sent q protest to General
Robert Shaw Oliver, acting secretary
OF war, asking him to- see that. the
government works here are not over
looked ~ . 5 s% . Il
! 5 The men call attention to the TACT
that yvaterviiet 4 Arsenal - q model
plant, and state its working force is
the result sof the selection for twenty
years Of the most painstaking and
efficient officers Z And It must be OBJ
svtoiis that any impairment OF this
force must be aaserious loss to the de-
partment an time Of emergency. They
say the arsenal can turn out not only
better work but cheaper work than q
private concern. !. ~. =
The men end their, protest with this
plea: I'm view !. Of these :, facts 1t
would seem almost incredible that q
contract for: forty: guns should be
given to a private concern while the
United States gun plant, involving
millions OF dollars, should be allowed
to :deteriorate, its working force scat
tered and its hard-earned prestige
lost for want of orders to maintain til
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-11-06
.G0h|PERS PLEADS. FOR
:. SWEDISH STRIKERS
Asks American Workingmen to
Give All Financial Help Possible
to Striking Comrades Across the
Water. - -:
The strike in Sweden is still on

The strike in Sweden is still on: p.
Do not be misled by reports In the
daily press to the contrary. H.
: The strikers across the water are
more than holding their own in spite
OF all that the employers organiza-
ton, backed up by the Swedish gov
ernment,v can do to make their cause
a losing one. A.
Each day TIL ere goes to them from
America assurances Of the support Of
the workmen of this country-assur-
ances not only verbal but substantial.
Astevidence of the interest the
strike is creating among labor lead
>ers on this side, one sof the first acts
OF President Samuel Gompers of the
American a Federation Of Labor, on
hlsf lall fretilrn from Europe, was to, Issue
me q. q i ofaowing ppeal to all organized
labor; s in Sthe fJnitsd.. states on bel half
of the Swedish strikers ~ " 1. 5,s, # 2s:S
Pleads for Swedish Wornnen..z en- i, !.
washington, D. c. Oct. rs, 1908,
To all organized labor: : -t.:.., =,
From time, to: time you have read
Of the great struggle in which the
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-11-06
Pressed Steel Concern of Schoen-
vile Has Learned Lesson From
Disastrous Riots and Is Glad to
Secure Competent Workmen
From Union Lists.

PITTSBURG, Pa, Nov. "a re-
markable outcome of the Schoenville
riots has been that the Pressed Steel
Car company has abandoned it's pol
icy of smashing labor unions Of iron
workers by importation of ignorant
and anarchistic foreigners and has
formally announced that it will sup
port the United Car Workers Of
America. A local of this union has
been organized in the works of the
steel plant. c.. A. Wise is president,
]. R. A. Carr vice president, John E.
Carr secretary. L. S. Snyder business
agent. Thomas Morrison treasurer
and David Takog interpreter.
Sought Conservative Leaders.
These officers were chosen because
of their conservatism, and the COM
pany is prepared to support them in
their effort to bring order out OF
chaos and to re-establish tolerable
conditions in the works.
The thing which finally moved the
company to abandon it's avowed pol
icy of union smashing at any cost
was the fact that it found it's ignor-
ant, expressly imported foreigners
with languages and dialects only
trained interpreters could understand
were the plant tools of American anc
other communists and agitators
whose greatest satisfaction is derived
when they create riots and cause
bloodshed.
Preferred Sane Labor Union.
The company found it had the op
ton of dealing with such persons ant
with the ultra -socialistic organization
called Workers of the World or will
a sane American labor union, and l
found that safety of property AM
assurance of freedom from physica
violence lay with the American labo
union.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-11-06
union u! On! 0 OFFICIAL OF
!. ERIE .F:0ULLY SLAIN
Manley Keene, Business Agent Of
I" Carpenters Union Is Waylaid
and Killed by Unknown Assas~
sin on Lonely Road: ~

ERIE, Pa, Nov. 5.-A gloom has
fallen over the trades unionists Of
this city at the untimely death last
week Of Man1ey Keene, business agent
of Local No. 2S4, Carpenters and
Joiners:
Mr.. Keene was murdered In West
Lake road about half a mile west Of
Waldameer park, between and 10
o'clock Friday night Of last week.
His body, slashed in seven places
with a sharp instrument, was found
lying beside a footpath on the north
side Of the road, between the home
steads of his brother-ip-law. Albert
and his sister-in-law, Mrs. Anna
Kelso, by Ira O. Wilkinson. a farmer,
Saturday morning. - -.
The! apparent absence Of motive
renders the crime one Of the most
battling IN the: history Of. the county.
So n Known the pom With
Which the murderous.. assault was
cornm1tted has not been found; AT
the inquest nothing developed to
throw any light on the mystery and
no arrests have so far been made.
Man1ey W.. Keene was carpenter
and well-known in Erie. He came
TO- the city from his birthplace in
Flint, Mich, when. but a boy and
lived in Erie most of his life His
wife and three children survive him.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-11-06
TYPO ASKS $4,000
/. DAMAGES FOR /. LIBEL

CHICAGO Nov. 5.-suit for ;2B,-
0oG damages against the w. B. Con
key company was begun in the supe-
r1or court by, Edward E. Bessette, q
member of the Chicago Typograph-
jcal union.
Bessette alleges that. the concern
Hbeled him in a circular published re-
Gently at Hammond, Ind, warning
striking bookbind ders that if they in
terfered with the operation of TIL.
defendant company's plant they might
expect to receive the punishment
meted out to Bessette, who was fined
and sent to prison.,
According to Attorney John i.
Sonsteby, Bessette was fined on a.
contempt citation eight years ago be-
fore Judge Baker in the United
States district court at Indianapolis.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-11-06
ADVOCATE CANDIDACY or
uLoTzBAOH FOR GOVERNOR

ST: PAUL Nov. -- Frank i, y.
|Glotzbach Of Faribault Is the latest
mentioned for governor, and his
friends declare his can didacy Is real.
He is g member OF the state senate.
Glotzback, however, is " not recog-
$nized BY the Frank a. Day. wing of
the party. having been violently op-
posed TO Day last winter during the
conside OF the tonnage tax bill
by the legislatiire
Glotxbach 81 Il 8 German and his
friends declare that voters OF his na-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-11-06
WILL ORGANIZE: new
YORK HAIR WORKERS

NEW YORK, Nov. 6.-The Human
Hair Workers Union of Greater New
York is making an attempt to organ
lie the trade with the object that
steps may be taken to improve con-
ditions and raise wages.
Barnet Gottlieb, organizer of the
union, says: -
1.-The conditions under which the
1900 men and women of our trade
work are far from favorable and the
wage is as low as 81 a week. There
is not a man who can get more than
$12 week and there is not woman
who can get more than $40. This is
the maximum, in the busy season.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-11-06
HARP00N IS MAKING
UNCLE SAM IS POSTAL
OFFICIALS SQu|RM
Magazine Edited by Ex-Postal
Clerk Is Waging Fierce Cam
paign to Obtain Better Condi-
tions in Railway Mail Service.

Uncle Sans postal clerks are wag-
ing stern and unrelenting warfare
against abuses in that department.
The list of complaints range from
foul water to fire-trap cars
A former postal clerk has started
a magazine in Denver called The
Harpoon, a Magazine That Hurts"
It is making good,' and under it's
lashings the government officials now
squir1n. In the last issue, attention
was called to the heavy fines inflicted
on two clerks for violating the fol-
lowing order the existence of which
is probably unknown to the general
American public:
Section 2-Notice. Office of Sec
ond Assistant Postmaster General,
Washington, D. c., August II, 1906:
It is deemed essential to the proper
administration of public business
that officers and employees of this Of
flee shall maintain respectful official
relations with railroad companies and
other carrying companies, as we'll as
with their superior officers.
Railway postal clerks must not
engage in controversies with or criti-
cisms of railroad officials involving
the administration of the postal SER
vice by furnishing information to the
newspapers or publicly discussing or
denOuncing the acts or OMISSIONS
OF such Officials. as affecting the pos-
tai service.
Clerks violating this instruction
will be subject to discipline and pos
sib1e removal from the service. All
information, criticism or complaint
which clerks or officials can give
from personal knowledge or obtain
from credible sources looking to the
betterment of the postal service and
the comfort and safety of their per-
sons while officially employed, should
be forwarded through their superior
officers in order that prompt inves-
tigation and proper action may be
taken.
wv. S. SCHALLENBERGE
Second Assistant Postmaster Gen..
eral."
Because prompt investigation and
proper action was not taken on COM
plants The Harpoon began it's pres
ent fight.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-11-06
Government Statistics Show That
Deadly Lung Germ Finds Pleas
ant Pastures in Unwholesome
= Surroundings = Of Non Union
Is Cigar Makers. ~. Z, ...s

Tuberculosis death rate among um-
ion cigar makers IL "a PER CENT.
Tuberculosis death rate among
non-union cigar makers Is OVER 81
PER CENT. # # 5 :s
. Uncle Sam Gays so and he ought to
know r 1856 *G:4f-55. 3 3 S.:
r II you are q smoker-a fastidiois
one, let us say for the emphasis OF
it-and you should go through some
non-union cigar factories YOU might
not want to smoke again that day or
maybe not that week. r.r- =. ; B. s,Sf 8
: You might see ten to twelve men
and wcmen working in a small base-
ment room, where any worker.
standing, can raise his or her hand
and touch the ceiling; where there
are, only two half-length windows.
and where the floor seems never to
have been swept. - ~ 3. :.:.s.4
+ In that room tobacco is dried,
stripped, stored, and made into ci-5
gars. The tobacco-ladened air would
nearly choke you: ~
Sonr Paste Germ Culture.
The paste that is used to fasten the
cigar together is smeared on boards
upon which are layers of the same
a result of many former days work.
Men and women paste up the mouth
end Of each cigar.
After you have visited such a fac
tory, you may be interested to know
that sfxty-one5 per cent of all the
deaths among cigar makers In our
country in 1905 were caused by tuber-
culosis. ....-. T.
A cigar made in an unyentilated
shop, by a man or woman who Is
suffering from consulnption-would
you like to smoke it? 49, = s1Eszs.5.1 &
Can the union do anything to make
these conditions better? Let me state
what the union has done: In 1888,
fifty lone per cent Of all the deaths
among union cigar makers were
caused by tuberculosis, that rate de-
creased gradually among union mem-.
bers until, in 1905, only twenty four
per cent Of their death rate was due
to consumption. ~. Il.
lxty-four per cent is the tuberculosis
death; rate. according TO, government
statistic 8. = S. . s
! Onion Demands CleanIiness. :ss- s.
| How has the union brought about
such a. remarkable Improvement for
its own members?F If you will go to
a union cigar factory you will un-
derstand. The union cigar makers
have clean hands. The rooms they
work in are. large and airy, The
floor and. walls and toilets are clean.
The union cigar makers work eight
| hours a day, and by so doing they
have many. hours Of sunlight outside
of the factory during the summer
| months. *s- ii. -:..*S5.Ts r : ! ssss
Such conditions as these are un-
doubtedly responsible for. the decreas
ing consumptive death rate among
the union men and women in the
cigar making trade. fz:s. a.5 .1s
So when you Z smoke, demand q
union label cigar and dodge death.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-11-06
Women Bear Witness That Labor Union Is
a Tower Of Strength for Female Workers

London store at a. salary OF. $3.50 a
week; r This was id. 1903, when. Lady
Dixie, one Of the founders OF the
Women's Trade, Union league, was
arousing so much enthusiat tm. through
her personal work. T.. 5.s. ~
II became acquainted with her.
and she appointed me secretary OF
the organization. At thatltime it had
a membership Of only 10000. At the
present time there are oyer. 200, 900
members. %.s... IL
TT is the union first, last and al
ways with me- r. Z: .:=:7 +
=. Miss Louise La Rue, becretary Of
the SahT Francisco WaitHsses' union,
contributed the following III, ii= (. J..
Waitress Task Was lad One. !
Until the union caml into exist
ence the life OF q aYwaitras was not a
pleasant life to lead. Long hours,
little pay and much; d this being
confiscated each week Ito pay for
broken dishes went fan to make the
waitress one oof the Host unhappy
working girls In the forld. 4;
When i was,.sih 1925 employed in.
a large ST. Louis RESTAURANT + worked
one day from y 1880 q. n. to 8 p. m.
The next day hi was ,ois duty from s
a. m. to z II. M, and hen from 15 p.
m. to 8 o'clock that nkht. On. Sum
day when 9th ers people kere at church
or, having d GOOD tirt IA the parks
I Was On duty thirteeI hours. II II.
4 But the union has Ehanged every
thing II has zee ured lEor the girls the
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-11-06
START UNION STORE =,
IN MICHIGAN TOWN

JACKSON, Mich, Nov. "a
union label store has been started
in that town. Twenty-Five
workers are back of the. venture
They have assessed themselves
SIS, and are subject to ST as
sessment weekly to pay expenses.
No dividends will be paid for five
years. A start will be made by
placing on sale popular maga-
zines, cigars, tobacco, candy and
mems furnishings. =
John Brown, an old time mems
ber of the Carpenters union, and
father Of Charley and Barney
Brown, printers, of this city, is
in charge. The Jackson union
lists are. enthusiastic at the out
look
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-11-06
LURE BRIDGE WORKERS
+ WITH FALSE PROMISES ..,.,
e. TO DIE IN SOUTHLAND

; NEW YORK, Nov. s. According
to stories told by travellers Just re-
turned from Costa Rica. number of
American bridge workers have been
lured to Central America to be ex-
plotted by the United Fruit company
and to die Of jungle fever, ~; ~
In an, interview, with George de
Montebruno, one Of the fugitives from
the bloodhounds' of Bloody, Diaz.
of Mexico, who Is in a hospital In Sig
urres after a flight that has taken
him through many countries. the fol-
lowing statement was made by the
refugee: r.l:.,
There is some iron bridge con
struction work being done near here
by the: United Fruit company for
which bridge workers from the Unit
ed States were secured" says de
Montebruno. ''They were lured from
the states by .munificent offers, but
after they had reached their destina-
tion they met with conditions entire
ly different.
= They are compelled to put up with
the conditions provided for them b,
the United Fruit company or starve
The place where they are kept /.
very insanitary, six Of them dying
last month of black water fever"