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UNION DIRECTORY rs OUT: 5 81
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union has been working for several
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UN|0N|ST Mother OF
FOUR WANTS TO Be
SENT TO. CONGRESS

KANSAS CITY, Kan, July Ca
Mrs. Kate Richards O'Hare has an
nounced her candidacy for congress
on the Socialist ticket from the Sec
ODD congressional district Of Kansas.
Since 1901 Mrs. O'Hare has been a
canpaigner, travelling over the coun-
try with her husband on lecture tours
and organizing campaigns.
Mrs. O'Hare stands a fair chance
of getting a large vote, as she is very
popular and well known in the ter
ritory. She has travelled through
every eastern city of any size with
her husband. For six months she
worked in factory in New York In
order 70 gain first-hand knowledge.
Mrs. D'Hare is a unionist and will
doubtless find support from union
labor. She apprentioed at one time as
machinist in her fathers factory in
Kansas City and gained admission to
the local union. The officials of the
International Association: OF Machin-
ISIS decided that a woman could be-
come "urion man."
Mrs. O'Hare is the mother of four
children and admits that her politics
pared to her home. II agreed to run
for congress to advertise Socialism II
the voters will became Socialists / will
: become a candidate FIR nothing diff
terent than what the average wom-
ans life should be. But now I am
running for congress-"
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MILWAUKEE, soCIALIsTs
NAME PROMINENT LABOR
OFFICIAL FOR SHERIFF

M1LWAUKEE,.t WITS, July a.
Frank J. Weber, prominent labor Of
ficial, viii be the. Socialist nominee
for sheriff in the, fail election.
Members of political parties other
than the :Social-Democrats declare
that a quiet campaign is now goins
on to create sentiment in Weber's
favor. He is now business agent of
the Milwaukee Federated Trades
Council and the State Federation of
Labor. -.
He has been in the labor movement
about thirty years and is general
organizer of the American Federation
Of Labor and one OF the founders of
the Longshoreman's Union.
The 'Social-Democrats, declare that
there is just as much. room for i'm
provement in the administration of
county affairs. including the sheriff,s
o'11ce, as there is in city affairs. and
they vii! make lively Campaign to
gam control of the county election o.
1lces which they do nnt now hold -
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Patriotic Workers at Golden Gate
Draw 3 Per Gent Funds From
Banks to Bny Bonds in Munich
pal Railway. ..r y

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. July 22.-
To back municipal ownership with
many thousands Of dollars, now stor-
ed IN private banks paying but per
cent interest, the trades unions Of
this city will re-invest their funds in
bonds ot the city owned, Geary street
railroad which is paying, 4 II per cent
interest S:, :. ii, 4. @-...as 4 Il. 81.
This decision of the unions has been
arrived at Immediately following the
California supreme courts action de-
claring that the course OF the city's
officials in the matter has been regu-
lar and that no question IS left to
the city's.. right to construct COM
plete or purchase a municipal street
railway system. .'-; -. z
That light is slowly breaking upon
the judicial vision of these courts
near to a political stronghold Of labor
Is made plain in the following re-
naarkable excerpt from the decision
written by Judge Angellotti: y. 4
r I'VE do not understand that it IS
seriously claimed that the state may
not invest, its municipalities with pow
or to acquire and operate any such
necessary public utility as IS generally
opened and operated in a city by
what is. ordinarily known as a public
service corporation. The existence
and proper conduct of such utilities
in cities clearly constitute public af-
fairs, one relating very closely to the
we'll being, safety, health. advantage
and convenience of all the tnha abitants
thereof, and are within the legitimate
function Of the government.
The municipalizing of the Geary
|. street railroad came as a logical af-
termafhsto San Francisro's STREET car
strik e.s> g. The trades unions possess
ing political power and being deter
mined to prepare forsWar in time of
peace, now hold this most potent big
stick of "a municipally-owned street
car system over the, head Of the pri-
vately- owned street railway compan-
les that not long4sag filled the city
with imported scabs, thugs and gun
men. These private companies will
now think twice before commencing
civil war In San Francisco, for the
Geary street line is to be extended In
active comp titionI throughout the en-
tire city. e ~
: b when. capitalists threaten to with
draw their money from public enter
prises controlled by workingmen, :,
pointsdly commented 9 member Of the
San Francisco Labor Council, 1t will
be found that labor can organize capi-
tai on Its own account for public
welfare %e-'z .:.2.'. - 4.
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Refusal of Canadian Roads Head
To Accede to the Demands of
Workers Brings Paralysis to
Freight and Passenger Business.

MONTREAL, July PA strike Of
conductors and trainmen of the Grand
Trunk railroad began at $3.50 Tues
day night, which tied up the entire
system from Portland, Me-, to Chi
cago. .. ~.
Three Thousand and five trainmen
and conductors on the Grand Trunk,
and $50 and the Vermont Central, a
subsidiary line, are affected directly
by the strike. In addition, 5000 men
engaged in shop work are temporarily
laid off. :
The Grand Trunk railway teleg-
raphers did not strike with the train
men and conductors as had been
promised. 49,. =
The strike was declared automat-
{ ally following the decision of Presi-
dent Hayes of the Grand Trunk not
to accede to the demands of the men.
Trains which began their runs before
$3.50 were run through to their divi-
sion terminals. The strikers claim
that the entire system will be finally
tied up.
Shops Are Closed Down.
Dispatches from London, Stratford
and Sarnia say that the shops there
have been closed down and that no
attempt is being made to send out
freight trains. though the passenger
trains ale running an hour or two
late.
From Toronto the word was that,
following the order from this city,
every trainman, conductor and yard
man there quit on the tick Of $3.50.
The Grand Trunk system has "a
total mileage of 4,7O5. The mileage
Of the Central Vermont, a controlled
| road, is 536. The Grand Trunk
chiefly is owned by English share
holders, and the most Of the directors
live in London.
Inc conap pany i; now engaged in the
cor struction of great transcon.
tinental line. known as the Grand
! Trunk Pacific, extending from Mono
ten. n. B., to the Pacific coast.
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BETTER HOMES MAkt I
!. . BETTER WORKINeMEN
i ssss - ~ssessesNe Sss sAe

CHICAGO, ILL.,, July 22.-Professor
George Burrnan Foster, OF the Uni
versity of Chicago, in the course OF q
recent sermon at the Third Unitarian
Caurch, in this city, made plea Tor
better surroundings for the labo.ing
man. He said: --- '+..5%.
ION every hand: you hear the de-
n'and for social reform, and regularly
you, hear the reply: First make the
Individual better. II men were better,
braver, more industrious, these CON
dittoEs would soon be-, better But
the question remains: How are we to
get this new and better man? What
can be done about 1t? 49,:
Let. the wage be such that the
laborcr can have q home Of light
and Joy and sunshine in decent To-
cali:y. Let the :laboring mems wom-
en not have to 60 to factory and days
work outside. but have time and
strength to he women. mothers, wives
and make cheerful homes. In this
way we can help them to achieve q
better life.
Above all, we may help the la
borer to assume q different attitude
| In his work. So long as his work IL
for the sake of the wages. just so long
! Is he a wage slave, and we cannot
expect slave to love his slavery o,
! to have Joy in his work. Then, too
i while labor organizations must bs
preserved and protected, they must
! add a, new function, that Of lending
Joy and nobility and skill to labor.
Thus do men become new men. II
Is true that good men can grow In the
worst snrrQundings But that Is aodsq
business: Our business is to make
the surroundfng as healthy as pos:
sible. IT. does little good to talk tt
! men about God and yet leave then
in their wretched lot. How can these
men believe in" Gods wisdom anl
goodness in a world of rnammontsm
heartlessness and cruel struggle TO,
! exiStence?. - - 1S~::'Hn': : 4 3: p. :
In these United States, We ); claim
to have the most living Ghristianit,
In the world, and yet five or Six men
most Of; them Jealous church mem
bers, kings in the kingd ON 6f mann
mon, control the. entire. materia
wealth OF the country.
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G. HI|EGRA||PHlE:Rs / | r. R |
WIN SIGNAL VICTORY
At MEDIATOR HANDS

TORONTO; Canada, July 22-Em-
powered by the Lemieux act the board
OF conciliators,. after two months in
vestigation, has awarded the Grand
Trunk Pacific teIegraphers, shorter
hours, more pay and improved class
ification Of merit and service, at the
same time unearthIng a state of petty
despotism that has been long prac-
ticed upon the men by the roads Of
ficfals. r., 3 r.
The award makes these remarkable
disclosures as to past conditions when
1t says that In the future telegraph
ers are not required to remove
snow from. the station, sift ashes,
scrub out the station or. carry mail
bags to the post Offices" !. ..%5
It further declares that If tele-.
Eraphers are to attend to the pumping
engines and wind dniills they are to get
$1o@a month extra ,ssbut only IS If they
are to look after the Windmills.
" Dismissal without enquiry into the
complaint is also Ito be done away
with, and free IMPORTATION must be
furnished rs opeEsasSris and their fa1r1-
lies when moving from one station to
another. Proper shelters must also
be erected when telegraphers are re-
! quired to work at places where the
road Is undergoing repairs, all OF
| which goes to show the past unbear-
able conditions imposed upon their
employees by this corporation.
The award gives an increase in
wages of from 25 to 35 per cent ac-
| cording to different grades. Agents
on the main lire are to get $50 per
month, and the reliefs are to receive
$66 and $55 respectively. Telegraph
ers and train dispatchers are to get
| during the first year, $751;; second
year, $1s6, and third year $14s. while
reliefs are to receive $11s and $1s1.
Although the Grand Trunk Pacific
refused to: agree or appoint one OF
| the conciliators they were not able to
| block the procedure of the act as the
| minister on labor thereupon appointed
Donald Ross, barrister, to act for the
company and the men selected w. J.
| r. Lee, barrister; the two thus chosen
| selecting Judge McGilbon to act as
the president o: the board. f~" -
The award, if accepted by the COM
pany, will remain in force until either
side gives notice of termination, which
must be Immediately preceding the
1st Of May. or the 1st Of November
of each year.
The conciliators draw attention to a
serious breach Of the Lemieux act by
the Grand Trunk Pacific. The act
provides that when conciliation is ap-
piled for, and until decision is given,
neither side shall make any change
in conditions. In defiance Of this law
the company ordered q. man by the
name of Ingles to either leave the
union or the company's service, and
1ngles, refusing to give up, his union
card was discharged. i; :,
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MASTER S DEGREE WON T.,
BY N. Y. LABOR LEADER

NEW YORK, July 22.-Charles
Oberwager, well known in labor" cir
cles in New York. and one o. the
Youngest leaders in the east, has won
rs degree of master OF laws at the
New York University. and VIII here
after devote his attention to the legal
phase Of labor questions. @S. 7
Mr. Oberwager has been tor sew
eral terms president of the Central
Federated Onion Of New York and
Vicinity. and has done much toward
the solution Of the child labor prob
lem IN this country. He has contrib
uted 1ibera1ly to the magazines On
labor questions. ~ q !%ss5 NJ }sl .Es $.f9
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Mrs. Hearst is owner of the Home
stake mine at Lead, S. D.. where the
union miners on strike are being ter
roriz=d Ivy band OF Imported gun
men" and where several midnight at
stacks have been made on the. pant
Of the miners paper, the Lead Regis
ter. r.~. s.,$~ Is sss,,5
Willie Hearst, in politics, says hc's
the workers friend. In, his attitude
as participant in the Lead lockout
and in erecting his new newspaper
building In San Francisco with non.
union labor. he bellies the professions
of friendship he makes. Union labor
has him spotted right. s..s,t =.
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LENNON RET1REs AND
I. BRAIs SUCCEEDS HIM

=
BL4ooMlINGTO e Mn M III July 3 2 -
After AtA1fte service of 1twent three years
as general secretary Of, the Journey
men Tailors, Uunton Of America, John
B. Lennon has retired from office
us Eugene Rrais, OF Cleveland, Ohio
succeeds him as secretary OF ths
Journeymen Tailors, Union.
s B. Mr., Lennon has also held the posi-
tion % treasurer Of American
Federation Of por for many years.
during which time he has handled
millions m OF do liars without the loss
Of Sa penny.
There IS no. likel: hood OF Mr.. LEM
non 4 being He'd 10 seeaser his connece
tion with hts of flee ia the American
deration of bnr, 50 longs Use ,liss
returnsd dslsga that body.
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EMINERs TAKE ISSUE In
i. OWN HANDS AND STRIKE

: KEs-BARRE, Pa, July a.
Two tho;a.and mine workers Of the
Eri's Company at tn, No. S, 3 Z nd
II shafts at Pittston are on strike
here: They refused to wait any long,
err for their leaders to flipt with the
company. rs zlf @.s. |r.
+ q meeting was to have been held
the evening Of the. strike by the
PiMttston 1T locals to discuss the matter,
but the men at the three shafts
voiced their feeling by going on strike
in advance. F %5s sl II i +
They claim that there has been d
I cut Gu 5fn the price paid for syardage, that
the coal they mine il not properly
weighed and that thsy are docked
excessively.
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CENSUS CLERKS HUMBLY
BOW TO PIECEWORK YOKE
- IMPOSED BY UNCLE SAM

WASHINGTON. D. c., July 22.-
Piece work. the last word of the
sweatshop system, has been introduce
dreds of clerks are employed in tabu-
lating the work of the enumerators..
. These clerks came here from all
over the United States, having been
promised good pay and decent condi-
tions. Certainly Uncle Sam Is a fair
employer they thought, and full of
hope they made sacrifices to get here.
Their first disappointment came
when they were made human attach
ments to card-punching machines.
instead of the clerical work they had
expected, the clerks we're put In a
factory-like building filled with hun
dreds of newly-invented machines, the
operation Of which Is about as inter-
esting as P treadmi!l.
Determined to make the best of the
situation, the census clerks resigned
themselves to their unhappy fate, and
settled down in Washington's crowded d
and dilapidated boarding house sec
ton. Fifty dollars month wa. the
munificent reward for their mono
tonous work and the wiser clerks be-
gan saving money for railroad fare
home, while the improvident ones
became day by day more and moro
dependent on the card punching ma
chimes for their board bill.
But with Independence Day came
another blow to the unfortunate GEN.
sus clerks. An order abolishing the
$3.50 per and establishing the piece
work system was issued Uncle Sam
wants your last energies, said Direc-
tor Du-and to the clerks. and he will
pay Won so much hundred cards. If
you work very hard. you will make
money: If not. you won't.
AS IS usual wherever the abomin-
able oiecework system prevails, q
very few make more than through
the wage system; some manage to gel
about the same none, but the great
er number work under a great nerv-
Gus strain and get considerably less
This condition of affairs now exists
in the census office Of the most pros.
porous country on earth.
Unorganized and unprepared fol
such an attack on their means Of a
livelihood, the census clerks are like
stampeded sheep. Dissatisfied and
grumbling they bow their heads tc
the yo!k. but nary move do they
make against these intolerable con-
ditions. It's against the law to COM
plain, if Uncle Sam Is your employer
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FRISCO UNIONS BACK CIT
OWNED ROAD WITH CASH
SOME FAILED TO FLOAT
: y THROUGH FLOOD GATES

WASHINGTON, p. c., July: % 81
Nearly $4,000 Of the immigrants who
arrived. at United States ports during
the past fiscal year ended June SO
last were denied admissions. Reasons
assigned for returning them to the
countries they came from include
physical defect, and the probab bility
OF their becoming public charges.
:, The fiscal yesr 1910 was t'million
immigrants yea~,'' the first for sew
eral years. the total number. admitted
being 1,041,. .570;. 7s6,o94 came to New
York, 53,6l7,s to Boston; 37,641 to
Philadelphia, and 30,563 to sBalti-
more -. y -. g. = :. - : u
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PREDICT "A COMBINE OF +. 5
CLOTHING TRADE UNIONS

+ ST. LOUIS, July 22.---It is generally
believed that at the convention Of the
American Federation Of Labor to be
held here, a clothing trades depart
me1it win@be formed, consisting Of
the garment workers hatters, boot and
shoe workers, ladies' garment work
e'rs. glove makers, cap makers, tie
makers, etc.M. Y, 9s. H ss5 : !: ;#S4tg
i. II to these are added the. textile
workers laundry workers and other
similar crafts, q monster department
will be launched which ought to be
Of incalculable value to the organiza-
tions represented. '@ 5a Il g $5
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GRATEFUL MANUFACTURER
GIVES WORK ERs NICE SUM
FOR RAILRoADMEN's IS HOME

DETROIT, Mich,> July 22:-Mr.
Hamilton Carhart of this city, has
given 100000 Internationally to the
NATIONAL aRailroadmen's Home at
Highland Park, ILL.,, to pay for the
new building which will be dedicated
in q few weeks by Governor Deneen.
Mr.. Carhart, who is manufacturer
of overails, says the gift Is merely to
show his appreciation of the fact that
the railroad men have helped him
to become wealthy by using the gar
ments extensively which he has man
ufactured for many years. .s5,=. s t.-4,=s
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HAWAIIAN OFFICIALS GET
OFFICIALLY WHITEWASHEU

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 22.-
Secretary Of Commerce and Labor
Nagel has dismissed the charges of
negligence brought against the Uni
ted immigration officials IN Hawaii
by President Samuel Gompers. of the
American Federation Of Labor, as un-
warranted bv the facts in the case. yg
Gompers charged that conditions
similar to peonage existed and that
Russians were being imported under
false pretenses. - ~. = ~ ~
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For Co-Operattye GLASS Factories.

For Cooperative Glass Factories. :.
TOLEDO, O., July 22.--The Ameri-
can Flint Glass Workers Union, in
the recent convention here, consider
ed a proposition to erect glass factor
les and going into business on the CO..
operative system. The delegates are
greatly divided on the question. IA &:f s ]
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Los ANGELES STORM
Center OF COASTS
fierce LABOR FIGHT

LOS ANGELES, July 22.-This
city has become the storm center of
the labor struggle on the Pacific
Coast. The Merchants and Manu-
facturers' Association, melted by the
notorious Los Angeles Times, has de-
clared a war of determination upon
the local unions and in reply the en-
tire labor movement of California has
pledged its support to the battle
which will now be carried to the
polls under the banner Of the newly
formed Union Labor party.
Knowing that Los Angeles has
served as rallying point for multi
mlllionaires bent on secretly organ
lzing opposition to every attempt
made by labor tc improve its condi-
ton. the California States Building
Trades Council, at its last regular
meeting, instructed all its affiliated
unions to levy an assessment for the
benefit Of the Los Angeles strikers.
At this meeting Mayor Mccarthy of
San Francisco, recently injured in an
automobile accident, presided on
crutches.
The executive council of the
American Federation of Labor has
sent an appeal to every union in the
United States and Canada to help
the Los Angeles workers in their
struggle fer shorter workday.
To prepare for a possible struggle
OF many months, the Los Angeles un-
ions have rented a beautiful tract of
81 acres on the edge of the city,
within a five-cent street car service,
upon which tents will be Immediately
erected to accommodate one thous-
and strikers. Water, electricity and
every sanitary arrangement for the
health of the union men and their
families is now being put upon the
ground by the willing hands of many
mechanics, and it is proposed to with
draw the trade of this little city from
those unfriendly merchants who are
opposing the labor movement.
The Los Angeles Citizen. the local
union paper, makes this significan.
plea at the close of its last editorial:
Remember San Francisco! Re-
member Milwaukee,!
1.-The workers hold in their hands
the weapon against all kinds of Of
ficial injustice.
Los Angeles workers have gone
into training TO make the best use
of this weapon"
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UNJUsTLY FIRED THREE;
4 AND TWO THOUSAND QUIT

BROKLYN, N. Y, >Julv 22.-Re-
cause the officials of the Havemever
I7as a.d Elder Sugar Refinery, or as thew
are commonly known, the sugar trust.
unjustly discharged three refiners and
the shop delegate, who asked the night
superintendent to reinstate the three
men, all the sugar mixers and refin-
ers have gone on strike. The plant
is completely tied up, 1900 men hav-
ing struck in SYMPATHY.
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MEN DECIDE .f s5#s
TO STRIKE IN FRANCE

PARIS, July IA general strike
has been decided upon by the cen.
trail committee OF the National Rail
roads union. %..s ~. ~. .
The strike committee has been in
structed to rush arrangements and
give the signal for a general walk-out
as soon as possible. It was announced
that the railroad companies have re-
fused to consider further negotiations.
The members Of the union, who de-
mand an increase in wages and other
ameliorations, have alread voted to
strike. -.
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KIRBY WANTS NEW PARTY

: ): NEW YORK, July %. II ohn Kirby,
Jr.; president OF the National Associa-
ton Of Manufacturers, has sent out
q statement to; SO, 900 manufacturers
and, business men on political and IN
sdustrial conditions throughout the
United states. Kirby urges the form
alton Of asconservative q and union
hating political party F5 fSs .s|s X II &