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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-08-13
SAWMILL WORKERS
ELECT OFFICERS.

The referendum voting for officers of
the International Brotherhood of
Woodsmen & Sawmill Workers was
brought to close the first of the month
and the election committee, which sat
in Everett, has completed its can
vas of the vote. The following men
were found to be elected to the respec
tive offices, all from the state of Mon
tana: President, Alex livingstone,
Lathrop; Vice President, Michael
Powers, Hamilton; Second Vice Presi-
dent, j. W. Faulkner, Hamilton; Third
Vice President, F. p. Smith, Hamilton;
Secretary Treasurer, w. A, Walker, La
throp. None of the Everett nominees
were elected, though Carl Ericsson, the
local candidate for Bird vice president,
was defeated by the small margin of
27 votes. The annual convention OF
the International viii be held in Ever
EFT September !, and delegates will be
present from several western states.
Ernest G. Pape, the retiring Secretary
of the International left for Montana
Saturday where he expects to do some
union work but will return to Everett
for the annual convention.
\ mass meeting for sawmill workers
is to be held in the Labor Temple next
Monday evening which will be address
ed hv Mr.. Osborn. the blind Socialist,
speaker of national reputation. He
will speak on the benefits of organiza-
tion to workingmen. All those who
heard Mr. Osborn last Saturday even
ing on the corner of Wetmore and He
of Prohibition" can vouch for his abil-
ties as a public speaker
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-08-13
CELEBRATE
AT LANGLEY
Plans Mature for Labor
Celebration on WILDLY
Island.

The Trades Council has decided to
celebrate Labor Day in befittimg style
and will Join with the people OF Langley
in making the day one long to be re-
membered. The local unions had been
undecided as to how Labor Day should
be spent, up to about week ago when
the Olympic Club of Langley extended
cordial invitation to the Everett I'M
ions to come over and spend the day
with them. \ committee was at once
appointed to investigate the matter and
they became quite enthused with the
efforts of the island people to pull off
rousng celebration and reported fav-
orably to the Council. 1t will be a Joint
celebration and there will be things do
ing. \ long list of sports is being pre-
pared. which will include Indian canoe
lacng. a baseball game between the
Sylvana and Langley clubs. foot races
and various contests of skill. Purses
W Ill De dNdIucu lOG tdtu contest. All
old fashioned clam bake will be one of
the big features. In the evening a ball
will be given, local orchestra furnish
ing the music.
Wm. Blackman, former State Labor
Commissioner, and known by reputation
to every citizen of the state. will deliver
the principal address of the day.
Langley is an ideal place for picnic
dinners and many families will take
their lunch with them in real old picnic
style There will be ample boat service
with boats leaving the City dock every
hour.
We hayn't told half the good things to
lie ON tap that day and we are not go
ing to tell any more in this issue. be
cause we shall have something to say
about Labor Day every week from now
On until the time comes. Everybody is
going Get in line.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-08-13

skilled workmcn. But preference is
to be given to the foreigners.
The so-callcd mucbraker has pointed
to Schoenville and to the other sore and
fostering spots in the Pittsburg district
Pittsburg with natural pride rebeled
against exaggerated criticism.
But if it had thousand tongues each
should repeat from the house tops the
words of this advertisement so that cv
cry American in the country might know
that he, his flag. his children and the
parents who gave him birth have been
brazenlv insulted by this insolent Trust.
In Washington there sits a congress,
the representatives of the American
people. In the White House there is a
man. William H. Taft, in whom Amcri-
cans have placed there trust and con
! fidencc.
! If these statesmen have ears let them
hear the insulting words the Steel
Trust splits into the face of the Ameri-
can workingman.
Let those men. in whose hands the
people have placed the destiny OF their
fair land, know that this pulling infaut
they coddle and nourish, is a hydra
headed monster spewing words of inso,
lence upon Americans and the brain and
Drawn of the republic
And if these men in Washington do
not believe their ears. let them use their
eyes. Let them look at the sore spots,
the Poverty Rows where there should
J be settlements of men and their families
! living like decent Americans. Or let
them focus their ewes upon the red flag
Haunted in the faces of American work
! mgmen when they are told that Syiians,
Poles and Roumanians are preferred in
the mills of the Trust.
Ii there is shat much vaunted spirit
in the breasts of the republics sons it
will rebel against the Trust which places
the American beneath the most ignorant
foreigner who comes to Americas
shores.
"All men are created equal
Let it be so. Give the foreigner his
opportunity. But God pity the country
if preference is to be given the ignorant
foreigner lifted from oppression in which
he and his forefathers dwelt and enticed
to the land of promise" to be reduced
to greater poverty than Europe has ever
known.
America for Americans.
The Steel Trust seems to be for neith
Pittsburg Leader,
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-08-13
NJ. +. HAY, Governor,
Olympia, Washington.

Sir; Without giving any notice to
the people OF the state the Legislature,
ending in March, 1909, took from the
people the cherished privilege of nomi-
mating their Judges of the Supreme
Court. Who, among the elective of
ficers within the state, could have been
elected in 1908, had he announced to his
constituents that he would help to de
prive the people of any portion of the
Direct Primary Who will dare de
fend such action in the next campaign!
You signed the bill. perhaps without
close scrutiny, but it is opposed to our
CRepubHcan) form of government. Ev.
cry good citizen demands its repeal.
Very truly yours,
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-08-13
EVERETT TRADES COUNCIL

which each member will be required to
attend at least one meeting OF the local
a month.
Sawmill Workers:-Will hold an open
mass meeting in Labor Temple next
Monday night to be addressed by Mr..
Osborne. the blind orator. All mill
workers are urged to attend.
The Council took up and discussed the
matter OF accepting the invitation of the
Langley Olympic club to help them eel
ebrate Labor Day. II being the unani-
nous opinion of the locals that the invi-
tation should be accepted it was so
voted by the Council
The secretary was ordered to notify
Mr.. Blackman Of Spokane, former State
Labor Commissioner, that the unions OF
Everett would be glad to have him
make the address of the day. A com
mittee was appointed to procure a banc
for the occasion and another committee
was appointed to attend TO the adyer-
tising These committees were ap
pointed to work in conjunction with the
general committee consisting Of Dele.
gates Campbell, Bailff and Tillman.
The following standing committees of
the Trades Council We're appointed by
the chair Organization and Visiting
Unions Baillie Adams and Markham.
Strikes and Boycotts-Bailiff. Gold
thorpe and Tillman.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-08-13

SHOULD ACT
Nomination of judiciary
Must BE Restored to
the People.

The legislature of the state of Wash
ington, prior to its first adjournment,
grossly insulted the entire electorate
by removing the nomination of supreme
court justices from the provisions of the
primary election law. Under the law
as it now stands, nominations for these
high judicial positions will be made by
party convention. Imagine a conyen-
ton called for the sole purpose of nom
mating supreme court justices and you
can easily figure out whether the "peo-
pie or the interests would control
and dominate those conventions. This
is the first step in the iniquitous cam
paigu planned to repeal the whole pri-
mary law or to render it impotent to
accomplish that for which it was
brought into being. Are the people of
this great state going to sit idly by and
allow handful of scheming politicians
and representatives of corporate inter
ests to boldly thwart the will OF the
people? 1t is time to act. Below are
copies of two communications. Every
member of organized labor in this com
munity is earnestly requested to mail
a copy OF these letters with your name
and address attached to the governor OF
this state and to the senator and rep
resentatives from your district. Ii you
believe in representative government
and also believe that the judiciary
should be removed finally and forever
from the influence of partisan politics,
act at once
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-08-13
COOLEY HAS
BRAINSTORM
Special Agent of Manu-
facturers Does Some
Funny Stunts.

Into this city of ours came last week
one Frank }. Cooley, representatives.
beg Mr.. Cooley's PARDON special rep
resentative-of the Association of Man
ufacturers. Being here and finding
time hanging heavy on his hands Mr..
Cooley left off his favorte pursuit of
hating labor unions for a time sufficient
to make a public display and laughing
stock of himself.
Some disgruntled representative of
the Simonds Saw Company was proba-
bly, at the bottom of the outburst, but
no matter who is its father the astound
ing idea was suddenly born in Cooley's
mind that the vicious, terribly anar-
chistc and wholly bad Shingle Weav-
ers Union was on the point of starting
a general strike on all plants which
used Simonds saws. And straightway
Mr., Cooley broke into print all over the
front pages of the Sound newspapers
with statements to this effect. Then,
Just to help the good work along, he
telegraphed to the head of the saw COM
pany all about the nefarious plot he had
discovered and caused that worthy but
irascibe citizen to explode in threats of
injunction suits and legal proceedings
The somewhat ludicurous anti-climax
to all this fuss and furore was the pub
fishing of statements from the heads of
the Shingle Weavers' Unions on the
Sound to the effect that so far as they
knew, no sympathetic strike had been
planned that they weren't particularly
interested in the horrid plot and that
they thought Cooley was a pipe dream
er, anyhow.
sympathetic strike, if called, would not
have been justified, or that the use of
Simonds saws is anything but a blow
aimed at unionism, but it does 90 to show
how far Cooley and Others of the man
ufacturers henchmen are willing to 60
to discredit organized labor. Cooley
frankly admits that one of the purpos-
es of the association which he repre-
sents is to fight unions, and that he be-
Iieves all the moves they make in their
campaigns for advancement are pernic-
ious. And therefore he froths forth
such phrases as Entire industry tied up
by dispute originating in the East" and
"Incipient anarchy which should be
stopped by court Injunction
Naturally he gets space for these
alarmist stories, for they make good
yellow reading, and spoken by man in
his position, are legitimate news. But
what a fine human interest" story it
would make to explain fully and in de-
tail just what fool Cooley has made
of himself when the facts in the case
are fully understood,
Cooley makes the claim that only
per cent of the wage-earners are organ
lied, yet in the next breath admits that
only | per cent of the manufacturers
are organized. Which per cent do you
wish to have as your friends ?-Belling
ham Journal.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-08-13

The Council was called to order
Wednesday evening at p. m, President
Stambaugh presiding.
Bro. Chas. Ernst of the Cooks and
Walters and Joe Markell, of the Plumb
ers were obligated and seated.
Mr.. Baker of the Olympic Club of
Langley, was present and told of the
plans of the club for a celebration of
Labor Day, and invited the unions of
Everett to participate with them in
making the holiday success. Matter
was ordered taken up under the head OF
new business
Report by unions:-
Building Trades Council:-Approved
the new scale of the shinglers' union
VIII take action against the brieklayers
working on the Elks building.
BARRIERS . limitations.
Brewery Workers Contributed tc
the striking Hatters. Lost one of their
members by death. Reported the Ken
tucky Bar to be handling an unfair
brand of beer,
Carpenters: IL initiation.
Cooks and Walters Re instated 4
initiated 10, apphcationsls. win hol,
meetings every Monday night in the fu
ture.
Electricians a applications.
Shingle Weavers: initiation;
Passed a compulsory attendance law b.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-08-13
TYPOS IN CONVENTION.

The Typographical Union, one of the
oldest and strongest in the country, is
now in annual convention in St Joseph
Mo. The following figures will give some
Indication of the vast educational work
CARRYING on during the past year. There
were issued from President Lynch's de-
partment 7.S0G official communications
24,437 circulars and 3,799 packages of
printed matter relating to label adver-
tising and organization work. There is
whole sermon in these figures.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-08-13
THE PEOPLE
WILLGOYERN
New Organization Plans
to Gain Control of Gov.
ernment.

In national politics, party lines are
hopelessly broken down. Plunderbund
representatives and senator's of both
parties have alike repudiated pre-elec-
tion pledges. The contest is no longer
the Republican party and the Democrat
ic party. 1t is now between Human
Rights and f'Propety Rights" be-
tween the Man" and the Dollar" On
this issue there can be neither evasion
nor compromise.
In the North the Lincoln jefferson
league for majority rule will control the
Republican primaries; while in the
South with the same PLATFORM it will
control the Democratic primaries.
There is no occasion for a new party.
Blind partisanship is responsible for
most of our present misgovernment In
stead of creating a new party we must
(by means of Direct Legislation, Power
of Recall and a Non partisan ballot
get rid of all parties. The issue is
"The People" vs.. The Plunderbund; =
"The Development of the Man" VS.. The
Development of the Billionaire" The
less partisanship the better govern
ment
With the Majority Rule League or.
ganized in the several states, there will
be no legal or constitutional obstacle
to prevent the people from directly nom
mating, in 1912, a candidate for Presi-
dent. We can also pledge our candi-
date for President to nominate for the
first vacancy in the Supreme Court that
judicial candidate who received the
largest popular vote; for the second
vacancy, the one having the next high
est vote, and so on. Judicial candidates
can be endorsed at the biennial elections
when we can endorse Congressional can
didates Thus within a few years, by
means of the Lincon-Jefferson League
for Majority Rule the people will have
gained absolute and direct control of the
legislative, executive and judicial depart
ments of the national government and
we will have achieved Lincon's ideal of
"a government of the people
Personal rights must always be par
amount to property rights; for personal
rights are ultimate ends while property
rights are merely means to an end"
The above is small portion of the
deceration of the principles of the Lin
coln-Jefferson Majority Rule League
recently organized in this state. Nisi-
onary? Not a bit of it. 1t is nothing
more nor less than practical machine
politics with the machine in the hands
of the people. A body of earnest men
are back of this movement-men with
a fixed purpose to do the practical thing
politically to give the power of govern
ment to the many instead of the few.
Do you want to hear more about this
movement? Ii you do, come to the
netting of the Trades Council next We'd
nesday night and hear W. II. Kaufman
of Bellingham, explain as only he can
the aims and purposes of the Lincoln
jefferson Majority League Rule and
how he expects the people to whip the
machine politicians with their own
weapons.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-08-13

The political pot will soon begin to
simmer in municipal affairs Every
voter should HE himself to the city hall
and get his name on the registration
book so that he may take hand in the
scrimmage.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-08-13

President Taft has been forced to
apologize for the tariff bin just passed.
What kind of a crazy quilt have we got,
anyway
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-08-13

The legislature is proving to be
rather expensive luxury, but we are not
happy unless we have it.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-08-13

You We're a member of the legislature
that ended its session in March, 1909.
That body, without warning to the peo-
pie, deprived us of the right to nomi-
nate our Judges of the Supreme Court
write You this as protest at such
action. The voters in your district
want the Direct Primary extended to
every office in county and state, espec-
tally the judiciary. l hereby pledge to
work among my friends and I will
vote and urge my friends to vote
against your reelection unless that in
iquitous law is repealed at the next
August. 1909 session of the legislature,
or unless YOU 90 on record and vote tor
its repeal
This is no threat, it is simply my du-
tv as common citizen.
name ---------------- ---- -
-Nuui tsN -------- ---
The Forrest City times., 1909-11-05
PhiIatelY of Aviation.

One of the very few genuine "vari- eties" in stamps is announced It would be more correct to say it is a rare postmark. Rare it will be if in terested parties did not take advan- tage of the occurrence and have ad- dressed to themselves thousands of envelopes bearing the mark It seems that during the now historical avia- ton week at Rheims temporary postoff1ce was set up on the aviation ground and ali letters there posted bearing the ordinary French stamps were postmarked "Betheny-Ayiation." besides the various service marks. The marking stamp was hexagonal instead of round. These stamps will no doubt, be curiosties. Time will tell whether they will be sought after like the unnecessary Brunei provision als, which in the aggregate must have fetched just as high sum as the years revenue of the swamp in which they were issued.
The Forrest City times., 1909-11-05

convention to order Saturday morning and set forth briefly the aims and plans of the organization He said the condition:
 1. The sanitary district of Chicago has built the deep waterway, practi- cally to Joliet. nearly 40 miles, and $6o ,000 have been spent thus far on the work.
 2. The entire route of the lakes-to- the-guf deep waterway from Joliet to New Orleans, through the Des Plaines river, the Illinois river and the Mis- sissippi river, has been surveyed un- der direction of congress by United States engineers, who have officially reported to congress that the building of the deep waterway is feasible.
 g. The people of the state of Illi- nois have adopted a constitutional amendment providing for a bond is- sue of S20,000,000 the money to be spent in constructing the deep water way southward from Joliet.
 4 A bill introduced by United States Representative Richard Bartholdt of Missouri is now pending in congress, providing for the issuance by the United States government of bonds to the amount of $500 ,000, 900, the money to be spent in constructing this deep waterway from the lakes to the gulf and other meritorious projected river Improvements.
 5. It is intended to ask the Sixty first congress to pass bill providing definitely that the United States gov ernment undertake the construction of the deep waterway from the point where the Illinois work will end, to the Gulf of Mexico.
 In the afternoon, following the ad- dress of President Taft, Clifford Pin chot, head of the government forestry department, made an address on the l conservation of the nations natural resources.
 In the evening the delegates to the convention were entertained at stag smoker by the Progressive union of New Orleans. This evening all the delegates and the ladies accompany ing them were the guests of the Pro gressiye union at the New Orleans Opera house. where La Juive" was given by the French Opera Com paIy.
The Forrest City times., 1909-11-05
By LANDVOIGT & VADAKIN
.PEARY RECOGNIZED
i NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC sociE.
 " VOTES EXPLORER MEDAL.
A Thorough Investigation Will be
 Made to Establish Priority in Ha Reaching the Goal.

Washington on.-fCommander Robt. F. Peais has been voted a gold medal by the National Geographic Society. for. having reached the north pole.
 fhF Board of Managers Of the Soel- sty Unanimously accepted the report of ts suh-eommittee of scientists. whot te4amined the explorers records ad found them. to be eorroborative of his claim that he reached tho apex Of the earth.
 Tie society adopted a resolution thaEithe question whether ar not any other explorer reached the pole prior to 1909 shall he referred to a sub conihittee of experts. with authority to send for papers or make such journeys as may be necessary to in- speqt original records.
 Ot far reaching importance is tho action of the society In declaring it's intention to follow vigorously the question of priority in the discovery of the north pole. The scientists willlspare no expense that they may be convinced on this point. D. Cook was Jadyised of the society's action.
The Forrest City times., 1909-11-05
TROOPS OUT IN KENTUCKY.
One Man Killed at Polling Place in
 Breathitt County.

Jackson, Ky.-The arrival of one company Of militia from Lexington. and it's departure late in the evening for Crockettsville, the stronghold of former sheriff Ed Callahan, streets thronged with armed mountain men, groups of citizens discussing the tense political situation, and others gathered al the little railway sta ton, awaiting the arrival of other troops. were scenes which finger IS a prelude 10 a rather exciting elec- tion ill Breathitt county
 Circuit Judge J P Adam, the Re publican candidate for reelection, who made the request to Governor Wilson for troops 10 preserve order, issued a statemen in which he de clared he was acting upon the sug gestion Of many citizens who are identified wi5h both parties.
 A number of men heavily armed with Winchester rifles were located in the upper story of the Hargis building, isung threats of death against many citizens and officers or the law. and they had begun to ter rorize he town by shooting on the street and exhibiting their pistols and guns.
 The group of armed mountaineers, following the lead of former Sheriff Ed. Callahan of Breathitt County, left their intrenehment al Jackson shortly after the arrival of the sol. diers, and he armed guardsmen fol- lowed on double-quick marching or ders to Charlottesville. distance of four miles from the county seat, where the most trouble was expec ted
 But one fatality resulted At the Spring Fork precinct polling place Tilden Blanton shot and killed De mosihenes Noble, after Noble had crippled n!anton with a bullet
The Forrest City times., 1909-11-05
Spanish King Raps the French.

Paris, Franee-A special dispatch from Madrid to the Journal gives an interview with King Alphonso, who expresses himself bitterly on the Fer Ter demonstrations abroad He said he understood the masses, who were ever ready to take sides with what they considered right
 But" he continued. that intellee tual savants who do not dare to an nounce a discovery before 1t is yer flied hundred times by experiments should protest without inquiry against a judgment conformable with laws they are ignorant of and against a guaranteed honor of Spanish soldiers, l cannot understand. To listen to the Frenchmen, one would think we are sayages.