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szs' The following is the communication
received from the Los Angeles Gen.
ttral Labor Council: -.
1 Los Angeles. Cal. June 4, 1910.
To All Sister Central Labor Bodies.
= Greeting: "r..: -,
This communication is to inform
YOU Of the fact that all products OF
the manufacturers Of the City Of Los
Angeles and vicinity employing mem
bers OF the crafts composing the
Metal Trades Council, viz: Molders.
#Machinists. Machinists': HELPERS.
Sheet Metal Workers, Pattern Makers.
EBlacksmiths l. and Helpers, Boiler
Makers, Brass Workers., Of the above
named city are unfair, and all, men,
5bers Of the above crafts are now out
on strike. d, Il, ..sI; -
" , All union men are hereby requested
not to handle any machinery, engin ca
or building material manufactured or
Fabricated in Los Angeles. T., T. 3
4+% Please notify all affiliated labor or
$1anizations and instruct all members
TO stay away from Los Angeles until
this trouble is settled. t. .s* 5s-5
Thanking you in advance for any
faVor> you may see fit to render US,
and with b3st wishes, we are, Nh. s5 =.,
(. yours, 4As : sz.s #! .s.
,:.s ss CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL. IS
Nv. BUTLER, Secretary-Trea
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STRIKE OF TRA|NMEN
ON SOUTHERN ROADS
HAS BEEN :AVERTED

WASHINGTON, D.. c., July g.
The conductors and brakemen on the
Southern Railway, the Atlantic Coast
Line and the Seaboard Air Line and
the subsidiary railroads sof these COM
pantes, thirteen in all, will not go on
a strike.
An agreement to this effect was
reached between the officials of the
roads and the men this week. The
men demanded an increase in wages
The railroads, while not meeting the
demands in full, made concessions
granting a substantial increase.
The officials of the roads and the
trainmen were brought to an agree
ment through the efforts of Martin
w. Knapp, chairman of the inter-
state commerce. commission, and
Chas. Neill, commissioner of labor,
the mediation board under the Erd-
man act. The controversy; was one
the most curious ever brought be-
fore: the mediation board for settle
ment. On two or three occasions
within the past week negotiations
were at breaking point, and a gen.
eral strike in the southwestern Sec
tion of the country was imminent.
The men had already voted to strike
In the event that their demands were
not complied with.
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N. Y. CARPENTERS SEEK ~
COMPENSATION AMEND. i:
MENT TO STATE LAW

= NEW YORK, July s.-The New
York state council Of the Brother.
hood of Carpenters and, Joiners :lias
drafted an amendment to the state
constitution, to be presented to tho
legislature of the next session. pro-
.viding for compulsory compensation
for carpenters injured at their work.
The amendment provides that one.
sixth of the annual taxation for the
compensation fund shall be, levied on
the workmen; three -sixths On the
employers and two-sixthss on the
state. ~ +,
1t is proposed to ask all candidates
for the legislature how they stand
toward such a measure before cleo
ton. The Brotherhood Carpen-
ters Is one of the largest organiza-
tions in the American Federation . 81
Labor. There are about 1s, 900 IN this
city alone. Il. 3
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Storm of Objection Sweeps Pa
cific Coast AS Criticism Of La
Dor Commissioner ''1nspired''
Report - Opening Wedge for
Cheap Labor to Swamp Country

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. July s.
A storm of union protest against the
report of Labor Commissioner Mack
enzie is sweeping the Pacific coas.
and the San Francisco Labor council
has called citizens mass meeting
III the Building Trades auditorium to
take action upon the matter.
In this report now on file in Wash
ington, Mackenzie states that Asiatlc
labor is necessary for the develop.
ment of the Pacific coast. It Is be-
lieved here that the labor commits
sioner speaks as directed by his su-
periors in Washington and that his
report will form the basis of future
diplomatic action favorable to the
Japanese.
The Pacific Mail Steamship COM
pany. practically owned and control
led by the Southern Pacific railroad
has much at stake in this city be-
tween the cheap labor of the Orient
and the better paid workers Of the
United States, for not only~6o the ves-
sells of this corporation employ Asia
tics at half the price usually given
American sailors, but with the bars
OSI"CCu IAc EdI east anu our western
shores thrown down the Pacific Mail
would reap a golden harvest in trans
porting coolies to the Occident.
The political power Of the South
ern Pacific. as represented in con-
gress by Senator Flint, Representa-
tives Smith of Bakersfield; McKinlay
of Santa Rosa, McLachlan of Los
Angeles and Humphrey of Seattle, is
always seeking means to undermine
the national policy of Asiatic exclu-
sion. The position taken by this
giant railroad corporation is that the
entire Pacific coast, from Alaska tc
Cape Horn. must finally depend upon
Asia for cheap labor power, and that
American capital is hampered by ,ex-
clusion laws in it's development of the
west coast.
immigration Commissioner North has
also drawn unfavorable comment up
on himself in relation to his opening
the doors to Hindu labor. 1t is stated
that North allows Hindus to enter the
United States without sufficient ex.
animation and in other ways assists
cheap and undesirable labor to com.
pete with workers who maintain ar
American standard of living.
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CHICAGO MUSICIANS. #
PURCHASE CLUBHOUSE

CHICAGO, July s-The old Chron-
:icle building at 164-166 Washington
street. in this city, has been bought
by the Chicago Federation OF Music
ians. Nominally, the purchaser is
the Chicago Musicians' club, which
Is an auxiliary organization within
the Musicians Union. The price paid
is $4,000 and the union took over
the ground leasehold at an annual
rent Of $4,000. S.
The musicians at once began prep-
arations for giving q a..grand opening,'
and 'house warming within a week
or two. when the union plans, to take
possession !, = -.
Among the tentative plans Tor the
opening celebration is parade Of the
members headed by q band Of 200
musicians in uniform. President
Joseph Weber and Secretary Owen
Miller Of the American Federation Of
Musicians and number of Chicago
labor leaders will speak at the ded-
ltcatiOn. #t Y 4 81 jail Il :. 81 'ss {es.
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COUNCIL OF BUCKEYE !:
CAPITAL ENACTS: LAW !
IN Garments FAVOR

COLUMBUS, O., July S.-Union
motormen and conductors of this city
have just won a notable victory by
the passage of an ordinance in the
city council which practically bars
all future invasions of strikebreakers
imported by street car companies
The ordinance states that neither
motormen or conductors shall be al
lowed to operate cars without ten
days previous experience in the city
of Columbus. ~
This city law will make it impos-
sible for an army of professional
strikebreakers and thugs to terrorize
Columbus after the fashion of the
late bloody struggle in Philadelphia.
Union men point out that those
corporate bodies who make war on
organized labor are helpless Of they
cannot import their "Hessians," as 1t
is impossible to hire enough local
scabs in great crisis to fight their
mates and neighbors.
This is not the first friendly act of
the municipal authorities for during
the recent street car strike in Column
bus Mayor Marshall refused to place
police on the cars to assist the COM
panys strikebreakers.
This peaceful legislative prepara-
ton for war;" commented an inter-
national officer of the Amalgamated
Association of Street and Electric
Railway Employees, lis the sure road
to peace, and in seeing to. it that leg
islation for the workers benefit is
placed on the statute books we are
only following the example 81 those
corporations who have in the.past
secretly framed up scheme after
scheme, passed them through the
willing hands of their elected tools
to be made into laws and then sprung
them on an unsuspecting community.
/ I'm this manner the police have
been given powers unwarranteda a;by
the constitution and under. the guise
of enforcing the vagrancy laws, and
other flexible police powers work
ingmen have been driven like sheep
to the slaughter"
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.IhTERhECINt FIGHT !.
OF PRESSh|EM DIES
At ! COLUMBUS meet


- COLUMBUS, O., July 8-The
stwenty-second annual convention of
the International Printing Pressmen
and Assistants Union, recently held
In this city at the A. L. U. Temple
made q record Tor hot contests and
decisive action which had for it's
storm center the point at issue be-
tween the web and the flatbed press
men. =;E.. Ia =. -. !
81 So important was the question of
1nter-jurisdiction sbetween the men
who work in the newspapers offices
(web pressmen) and those who work
In job offices eflatbed pressmen),
that the convention ran two days
over the: five-day limit in it's efforts
to come to an agreement. - r.
hi: It was the office of the Chicago
Inter Ocean that furnished test case
of the differences between the two
branches Of the trade. A iflatbed
pressKnen had been given the position
OF foreman in the web press depart
ment over the objection of the web
pressmen, and the jurisdictiona1 COM
test thus brought to- an acute stage
was carried to the floor Of the Col
umbus convention which decided that
hereafter, before flatbed pressmen
can work In newspaper press rooms
they must present their cards for ac-
ceptance to the newspapAr pressmen..
Il An additional victory for the web
pressnmen m was gained by "a decision;
which placed the cost Of tbis contest
upon the treasury Hof the Interna-
tl0lfa - .e =. ~ Iss:sss ~
s Delegate Dopley Of washington.
among: the first acts Of the.convention
successfully carried q motion to ap-
point a committee to- investigate the
| last referendum vote in the election
Of national officers, but the conven-
tional finally decided, by the close
vote of 103sto 1O1, that no new elec-
ton should be held. A. &ssi*: E
The proposition for the. establish
ment Of a trade school for pressnen
carried and the plans tor q @tuber-
culosis patients home was upheld.
President GeorEe Berry, who is a
flatbed pressman. and lvas chosen as
the head Of the International with
out opposition by the last referendum
vote, had need Of all his ability Is q
presiding officer to bring the assemb-
lage to a final: agreement. Heated dig
agreements at one time even threat
ened the existence Of the consump-
stives' home. e. ~ s 20 /
The present officers of the inter-
national are George Berry, OF San
francisco, president; p. j. Dobbs, Of
New York, first vice president; M. J..
Flannery, of Chicago, second vice
president; A. B. Kreiter. y. Of New
York, third. vice president, and C. B.
Crowley Of Holyoke, Mass, secretary
and treasurer. a&E..-" <1f :.
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TRADES ASSEMBLY | |!S!|E .
ENDORSES. CLERKS
CLOSING MOVEMENT:

The regular meeting of the Trades
Assembly was held in Kala nazoo
hall Friday night, June "a.
Meeting was called to order at 8
o'clock, President Phillips presiding.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved as corrected.
Delegates reported condition,~ = Of
trades as follows: Butchers, Horse
sh1ers, Longshoremen, Steam Engi-
Blacksmiths, Cigarmakers, Machinists,
Painters, Tailors; Typographical, fair.
Communications were read as fol-
lows from Laundry Workers Interna-
tional Union: on motion it was
turned over to organizing committee;
from Central Labor Council Los An
geles, CAL, was ordered given to La
Dor for publications; from Stove
and Steel Range Workers Internation-
al Union of Piqua, Ohio, was ordered
filed; from Central Labor Union, Dis
trict of Columbia. was filed: and re-
quest complied with; from, Knuto
Nelson, u. S. senator. was read and
left on the table; from Frank Morri-
son, secretary A: F.: of L., Informing
the assembly Of being in arrears for
PER Capita tax. on motion the s::cre-
tary vas instructed TO send bill hack
for correction.
/ s On good and welfare OF the assem-
bly, G. E: Uncapher was rendered a
vote of thanks by this body for his
faithful work In the assembly
Several members spoke on. the
Saturday early closing suggested by
the clerks. On motion the matter
be left in the hands Of the executive
board of this body. Meeting ad-
1ourhed at 10 o'clock.
= At close Of meeting the executive
board went into session and endorsed
the. Clerks request. A committee OF
eight, was appointed as suggested by
the: delegates. The committee which
:fs' as follows: Jas. Walsh, W.. Thomp-
son, Jos. Miller, H.; Perrault, R. 8.
.McGregor, Mrs. Dempsey, e. Rickart,
met last Tuesday night. -
r. s., McGREGOR, :.
Secretary.
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CANDIDATES MUST 60 /.
!. ON RECORD AT OKLA.

* OKLAHOMA CITY. July S.-Can-
didates for office in Oklahoma must
get right with the State Federation
Of Labor before they can expect the
votes. Of many organized working
men, The state federation has pre-
rtously gone on record in favor of the
full .enfranchisement t.of women, and
ts bitterly opposed to any tampering
with the present constitution SO far
as it affects labor and grants undue
privileges to the special interests.
From federation headquarters this
week an open letter has been ad-
dressed to the various candidates for
governor, and like letter win follow
in flew days to other state candi-
Gates as we'll as district and county
county candidates. The letter is as
Follows: ~
\ I, g The Oklahoma State Federation of
Labof would like to know your posi-
ton ON the following public questions
which are of vital interest to the
great: mass of the citizenship of Ok
lahoma: - -
*$ss( Answer either yes or no on all
questions.) -,
%f'I. Do you. favor. the full enfran-
chtsement Of women?f
80. Do you favor a. 1o-hour. law
for women and girls OF lawful age !:
| l. %%%'"'3. Would you cooperate with the
people of this state in initiating a pc
tition whereby the state could con-
struct, operate and maintain a ,sys-
tenn Of electric lines for passenger
and freight traffic. provided the for
+ eign transportation, companies Of, this
state refuse to become amenable to
the laws of Oklahoma?
-. Would you oppose any effort
to amend the constitution of the state
Of Oklahoma extending to the rail-
road, transportation and transmission
companies any privileges not now
contained in the present state con-
stitution?"
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Make Chambers Third Member.

WASHINGTON, July 8.-William
L. Chambers, formerly member Of
the Spanish treaty claims commission,
has been elected by the government
mediators, Chairman Knapp, Of the
interstate commerce commission, and
Labor Commissioner Neill, as the
third arbitrator in the pending con-
troversy between the Missouri Pacif1s
Railway company and the Order Of
Railroad Telegraphers.. ~, se - IL
The other arbitrators are A. w.
Sullivan, general manager of the Mic
souri,; Pacific, for the company, and
Frank j. Ryan, of the board of rail-
road commissioners of Kansas, for
the telegraphers. The board Of ar
bitration: held it's first meeting at the
federal building, in st. Louis, Wednes-
day afternoon, July 6. |~.z h 'zS89$s z4$S 's$s
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Is Gist Of Report on Cost of Liv-
ing Made By Senatorial Com
mittee-Prove By Array of Fig.
ures Facts Workers Long Since
Were Willing to. Admit. K

WASHINGTON, July S.-Repub-
licans and Democrats do not agree
as to the causes for the great in:
creases in the cost of living between
1900 and 1910.
The majority report of the special
senate committee which has been in
vestigating these questions has been
submitted' to the senate by Senator
Lodge. chairman of the committee.
The report. made by Senator Lodge
was an exhaustive one, compiled
from testimony given by forty one
witnesses, reports received from con-
suls and from foreign governments.
It contains large number of tables,
the range of prices over the last de-
cade. s@t&$>.~. /vsssr.
/ The majority of the committee
found that Of the many causes con-
tributing to the advance in prices, the
following were most marked: s.Es=
Increased cost Of production OF
farm products, by, reason of higher
LAND values and higher wages. z.<%
|; Increased demand for farm pro-
ducts and food. ;n ,ais!s .@s%@. .@s.t@. = =
|, Shifting OF population from food
products to food consuming occupa-
tons and localities. " zt .s$z ! e@ ta. - :,
Immigration to food consuming 10:
calities. TF .,zs* IN S.E ,s=ii5s. s;=ii5s
/ Reduced fertility of land, resulting
in lower average pro duction or in in
creased expenditures for fertilization.
Increased banking facilities In agri-
cultural II localities which enabled
farmers to hold their crops and mar
ket them to the best advantage.
f. Reduced supply convenient es. to
transportation facilities OF such COM
modities as timber s5.l 3a. .sgss
81 Cold storage plants, which result In
preventing extreme 4t1uctuat of
prices Of certain com odities with the
seasons, but by nabling the whole
salers to buy and sell sc to the best
posi- s bic 1 .ald,viantage. / tend to advance
prices. AZ
Increased cost sof distribution
ndustrial com binaticn .s S,3#s.
55o oIrsani'za tions sof oducers or Aot
dealers. Z ssS
sss Advertisia {.
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JUDGE, ENDORsED~BY ~~
UNION LABOR, ENJOINS
STRIKING CHAUFFEURs

CHICAGO, July 8.-The taxicab
employers have fallen back on the old
weapon for crushing rebellious work
ers-the injunction. -.
Judge Thomas G.. Windes, one of
the judges indorsed by organized la
Dor at the last election, has issued a
sweeping injunction, which all but
forbids the striking chauffeurs to
breathe. 1t forbids picketing, forbids
the use Of moral suasion against tho
bosses and also indirectly strikes at
the bulwark Of the men-strike bene-
fits.
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Wholesale prices Of farm and food
products indicates, that the advance
In the United States in ten years had
been more rapid than in Great
Britain, Germany and many other
European countries, tut they had
simply approached more nearly the
world level of prices. ~ ~ '.,J js
:, A comparison OF, meat prices in
the United Kingdom and the United
States shows that bacon in 1900 was
1874 per cent higher in the United
Kingdom than In the United States
and that in 1909 isfwas 31.5 per cent
higher in the United Kingdom than in
the United States. About the sam.
ratio existed as compared to beef,
mutton. wheat and corn. fsH sH$s.#@.. +. #@.
Concerning retail prices the report
shows that in the United States in
thesspring Of. 1910 they were at the
highest point, reached for many years.
As compared with the spring Of 1900.
prices Tor bacon were more than 70
Per, cent higher, ham was 33 per. cent
higher, -four was about SO per cent
higher, butter about 45 per- cent
higher. sugar about ! 2 per cent higher
Sand eggs 100 per cent higher. Some
ASW dESACAcS,{ buCH dS COIe6H ana tea,
were about the same price u in 1900,
but practically no articles Of food
were lower than In 1900. <5..s.&
Wages have not advanced as rap
idly as have prices. says the report.
and practically all labor difficulties
which have been the subject OF
mediation In the United States during
the past two or three years have had
as their basis the advanced cost Of
living. &, Il s#
The tarin Is discussed at great
length and the conclusion was reached
by the mai OF the COMMITTEES
that y had been % mat terial factor
in causing the advance III prices dur
ing the pa st decad This conclusion
was based upon the. fact thet the
creates q atlvanee had been mad IN
commodities which are usually pro-
Sduced III sufficient qua titles to fur;
sntsh large sur to other conn-
tries. 4 here are few ignres availahle
AZ ndicate hadE been 4 the eject:
sef ths fecent fafilf vision.
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Increased money supply.
>Overcapitalization. ..:: :

Higher" standard of living. :
The foregoing findings were. gatf.
cred by measuring the prices Of 257
commodities included in the price fr-
dex number Of the bureau ofTlabor
Nine Years Included. tss
These commodities were grouped
ana the advances noted for. the DIFF
ferent groups; during the. period from,
1900 to 1909 inclusive. The general
.Wh holesale price: level in the United
states advanced during that period
l4.5.~t'% ) ~ S:5 s@' .: saI5.
The groups show advances as fol-
lows: . sg,.1Gisss= 1Gss5 = IS .5t & !.
Farm products, 3s.s; food, etc,
1871; lumber and building materials.
1875; miscellaneous commodities. lat:
clothes and clothing, 10; sg fuel and
lighting, So; house furnishing goods,
6:3 metals and Implements, 3.6, 4
decline was shown for drugs and
chemicals amounting to 20. per cent
1t is shown that the greatest ad-
.Vances have taken place In the prod
ucts OF the soil. .f2s q /.
ri The committee criticized he u.s..
of forests by saying that there had
been 9, large consumption without any
partic liar la attempt to replace /. the
timber z. .S # IA 81 4 q
Concerning the advance In the cos. cos.
Epsf3 s, food the report says: supply sjsot
government. available land Tor rem.
ISeral farming has been materially Re.
ISdnced and the ranges are being rapid.
lly. cut up into homes for settlers
The scagt of producing livestock has
materially Increased with the siisap-
pearance of TIL range Wl1ich ii neeces.
ssitatss prod ucing 4 tile on tame
pasture and hish pri iced land
stud aoff ~ table concSr NM