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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-12-03
THIRTEEN CENTS DAILY
ALLOWANCE HITCHCOCK
MAKES RAILWAY CLERKS

=. WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec IA
Disbursement on the basis of 6 cents
for each meal and cents for each
nights lodging has been made by
post master General Hitchcock to the
clerks in the railway mail service. :.
."How's that for economy" ex-
claimed a railway mail clerk, whose
position would be worth less than 6
his name. -
$ '''out Of the $25o,ooo appropriated
in the current post office bill for the
travelling expenses: Of railway mail
|. clerks, - continued the angered man.
that ethe price Of my dinner ~ -. q
He held up a<.nickel and a penny
as the most effective method he could
devise of showing his unlimited con7
tempt for Hitchcock and all his. ways.
When this matter of. appropriation
for travelling expenses of railway
clerks was debated on the floor of the
house and in the committee. rooms,
during the last session of congress,
the clerks modestly asked for a daily
allowance Of. one dollar, upon which
to eat and sleep. This amount was
Economically" cut down by Cannon's
lieutenants to so cents. But Hitch
cock, having never forgiven these
same clerks for making demands not
first approved by himself, cuts the
daily allowance to 1s. cents. -,
It is now charged that over $780,
900 of this appropriation has been
used up in clerks hire to figure
out these and Z cent expenditures.
By this method 1t is thought that
Hithcock Is planning to show con-
gress at the coming session that
any such plan entails too much ex-
pense, and thereby secure the defeat
of the measure. ,.-.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-12-03
PAPER SPRINGS "A
VI! WILD AND WOOLLY REPORT

DENVER, Colo. Dec. 2.-The Colo
RADIO Industrial Review, of this city
publishes q wild and woolly yarn that
N. Fl. Kellogg, commissioner Of the
National Pub blishers association, is re-
Scruiting 500 strikebreakers in Chica-
ygo, who will first move on Dallas,
Tex. and then smash all the print
ing unions around Butte, m Mont.
The Publisherss. assoc ociation through
Kellogg, has agraemelts with the
various internal tionalsss and the con-
StrAct includes prac ically every news
paper IN the Unite 4 States.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-12-03
WHO IS DIAZ?

President Porfirio Diaz, whom the
Mexican revolutionists are trying to
overthrow, is eighty years old, having
been born in 1880 at Oaxaca of an
Indian. He was educated for, r,', the
church, -.
,, In: 1s46 he enlisted in the war
against the United tSates: Later he
Joined in the revolt against Santa
Ana. ~.
In 1857 he secured the surrender
Of the City Of Mexico from Maxim
ilian. .s.:>,. -
Since 1876 he has had complete
control of the Mexican government,
being first appointed provisional pres
ident in 1876, being elected for three
years in 1877. securing the election of
Gonzales in 1880 as his: successor, and
being himself continuously re-elected
as president since 1884. ..r. r.. ,,%s<. $
He has practically turned the re-
public into a despotic government,
with himself as dictator. u a. $s.. !
At all of his elections he has so
controlled the election machinery SO
that even If votes were cast for his
opponent he never allowed them to
be counted. $94 VI <e ~ " :
Mexicans say that as result the
only way to soust him is by revolution.
: In addition, by .conniving at sys-
tenn Of peonage. Diaz has practically
reduced the great mass of Mexican
working people to a state of slavery.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-12-03
Street CA|MPA|GN.'0F
WORKERS PAPER nets
$4,000 FOR STRIKERS.

CHICAGO, Dec. 2.-The striking
garment workers have been given
over $1,000 as the net receipts from
one days street sales Of special
edition Of the Chicago Daily Socialist.
the story of the strike and the long
continued brulalities of the: Chicago
police, who spared neither women nor
girls in their assaults, was all. set
forth in this special edition which
$50 women garment workers sold
on the streets of Chicago.
With badges pinned across their
breasts reading "Garment Strikers
Benefit the women, were divided in
togroups of 35, headed by captain
and given a section of the city to
cover with their papers. That the
sympathy Of the ~populace was with
the strikers was proved by the enorm-
Gus sales made Throughout the loop
district.
At the headquarters of the Chicago
Federation of Labor there was much
comment on the wonderful power ex-
ercised by a daily labor paper in times
of strike. Mrs. Raymond Robbins,
president Of the Women's Trade Union
League, told of the selling of the
special Call edition, in the New York
garment workers strike.- She said:
This Is the second time in the
history of the garment workers
struggles for a union that a labor
paper sold on the streets by the wo-
men, has practically won the strike.
In New York, the girls sold over
$500 worth of special edition of
the Call, and moreover gave such
publicity to their cause that the en-
ployers recognized the union and
signed up."
The Chicago Daily News and The
Tribune did not print a line upon this
wonderful showing made by the girl
"newsies'' and the other papers barely
mentioned the fact that the striking
garment workers were selling papers
upon the streets.
Aside from the financial assistance
of such labor paper sales, union men
point out that this seems to be the
one method of obtaining publicity
for strikers that the courts dare not
touch. Judges seem to be aware that
the suppression of newspaper sales
upon the street, even of labor papers,
would be crowding public opinion a
little too far -
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-12-03
COMPANIES
!: BREAK PLEDGE ONLY
: Thirteen DAYS old
NEW YORK, Dec. 2.-The pledge

NEW YORK, Dec. 2.-The pledge
made by the express companies to
their striking drivers and helpers on
November '12, which resulted in the
ending of the express strike, has al
ready been broken, and talk of an
other general strike of express driv-
ers and ;helpers is renewed. :
When the: express drivers called off
their strike on November - they did
so after Mayor Gaynor, President
Henry r. Towne, Of. the Merchants
Association, and Mayor Whitpen, of
Jersey City. declared positively to
them that the companies would per-
NIT them to wear the union button.
The men looked upon this permission
to wear the button of ther organiza-
tion as an unofficial recognition of
the union-a partial victory, there
fore-and voted to return to work
and leave the question of hours and
wages to be settled on December /.
This week the American Express
company ordered more than 200 of
its drivers employed at the Lee ave-
nue. and Dock street depot, Brooklyn,
to take off their buttons and bring
them into the office. The men did as
ordered, but Immediately after depos-
iting their union buttons at the office
Of the company they began to talk
strike, since with the surrender of
the buttons they surrendered the
meager fruits of their three weeks
struggle.
simultaneously with this announce
ment word reached the officers of the
International Brotherhood of Team
sters that the same company, the
American Express, has begun a series
of petty prosecutions and browbeat-
ing of its drivers and helpers in it's
main depot in Manhattan, at Madison
avenue and Forty-seventh street: =:
At this depot q number of drivers
have been laid off on various pretexts.
and altogether the drivers are being
made to feel that they are likely to
lose their jobs at any. time and that
the company can hire and fire" its
men as it pleases.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-12-03
POPULATION OF COUNTRY j
INCREASES 20 PER CENT

WASHINGTON Dec. 2.-Prelimin-
ary estimates based upon the an
lnouncement Of the 1910 population
of the sixteen states and two territor-
les give continental United States, In
Guiding Alaska, a population Of about
s1,s51,3ss, million more than the
experts OF the census office expected.
"A bulletin issued by the census office
says It is very prob obable that the per-
centage Of increase for the country
as q whole Will be greater than that
for the separate states. e.
The sixteen states and two territor-
les now annpunceds show an aaveraEe
increase of ~ . per cent q 8s nj
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U. s.MAIIS WEIR al UTTED :.
BY DEADHEAD POLITICAL /
MATTER DURING CAMPAIGN

Washington, Dec. 2:-A s.. strong
protest against the abuse of the
franking privilege shy congressman in
sending out tons sof campaign mat
ter has been lodged at the white
house by Representative Campbell
Rep. Kan.) The Kansan wants the
president to call attention to. the mat
ter in his. Forthcoming message
Tons Of franked matter were
loaded. on the postoffice department
during the last campaign,''' Campbell
said. Congress neveEstlntended when
it. granted the franksSssthat members
should send mail matteF free to points
outside of their, own districts. But
nowadays the abuseshas grown and
tons of matter are Shipped all over
the country. !, .f r. -,
= II happen to knoM that in the last
campaign three carIpat1s Of matter Of
a. campaign nature s1ere received in
one city in. my distIAt and it was all
under the frank of#a we'll known
Democrat In all, Think; nearly one
hundred tonssnof franked campaign
material was shlppfd into my dis
trlct.' - ,e:tsAsi: 81 -:
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-12-03
GOTHAM MERCUR|ES
=: ::::::HAVE FORMED UNION

NEW YORK, Dec. 2.-The mesesn-
ger boys of this city who went on
strike week ago for better pay and
better treatment from the telegraph
companies have gotten together
and have formed a union to be
known as the International Messen-
gers Association of America. ,,
The meeting at which y: the union
was formed was held under the sanc-
t1cn of the Central Federated union
o. this city who will help the youth
full members along the road to a
sturdy unionism: :
The union started off with a list of
five hundred members and it is be-
heved that the 1000 boys on strike
will all join.' :. ....!s. -.. ,2r /
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LABOR. CRUSHERS ..0F.
Los ANGELES ADOPT
lNQU|S|T|0h TACTICS

: LOS ANGELES, CAL, Dec. 2.-The
voters of Los Angeles county, at the
recent campaign were called upon to
select a district attorney: The incum-
bent was J. D. Fredericks, q South
ern Pacific push politician, who had
played ''safe and sane" hand when
it came to doing anything other than
.1aiding illegal liquor joints. He was
a candidate for. reelection. :. n ..t p,
Just before the election a, special
grand jury was called to investigate
the wrecking of the Los Angeles
Oct. /. The Merchants and Manu-
facturers' association had already ac-
cused the labor leaders of being res
ponsible for the destruction Of the
building: by dynamite. * #,,ss5s}.#ss 1s
Just before election Earl Rogers.
attorney for the M: & M, was ap
pointed a special prosecutor by Fred
ericks.' 1t made no difference to
Fredericks that Rogers represented
the interests that wanted labor in
dicted for the Times disaster Rogers
got the job and examined witnesses
before the grand. jury. y: l.~$.= Z
Then Rogers, representing labor
haters, showed his gratitude to j. D..
Fredericks, district attorney. He did
politics for .Fredericks, and Freder-
icks was elected.
Just before the election labor
unions paraded in Los Angeles. The
banners they carried were censored
by the police and those that did not
meet the approval Of the police were
not allowed to be carried.
Carried Socialist Banner
E.. Tatum was in the parade car
rying Socialist banner. The sign
read: ~
i mo More Strikes"
mo More Wars -
"No More Panics.''
"Vote for Socialism," -
That was all. But E. Tatum,
workingman and Socialist, was grab
bed by the shoulder and thrown from
the line. Then Capt. Chas. G. Lehn-
hausen cursed him and told him to
take his sign and himself out of the
city or be arrested.
Here's another:
J. Peterson was parading the
streets of Los Angeles in an auto
carrying signs asking those who read
to vote for the Socialists candidate
for governor. J.. Peterson, was ar
rested. He was booked at the po-
lice station like a. common criminal.
T.. And:4- = IL z
The city attorneys office refused
to prosecute him because he had
violated no lay, and the police knew
ss.5 9*& e s..t.E >5sI s.z#tss,,S #tsss,,S i
4: Chief galloway q ;the Los Angeles
police department. !ts. j fis;uire sshead,
But Chief Galloway takes his or
ders from the city administration,
and the city administration is guided
largely by the NJ. & NJ. through Earl
Rogers, its attorney, who drew up
an anti-picketing. ordinance. in, or
der to block uniona men in their fight
for just wages and hours.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-12-03
CAN NADIAN BANK CLERKS
a, ORGANIZE INTO UNION

OTTAWA, Dec. 2.-The Canadian
bank clerks are to organize a union
for the purpose of making the Canad-
ian bank managers sit up and take
notice. .4-" ..s
The association, called the Bank
Clerks Association Of Canada, is to
have permanent headquarters in
Toronto. The circular issued by the
organizer says that the association is
not organized with any hostile inten-
t1ons toward the banks, but the Mon
etary Times describes the enterprise
as bad methods for q good move
ment" 54-@ 5s J$Jz 81 /,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-12-03
ECONOMY OF GREAT NATION
IMPOSED ONLY Y ON IN|ENIALo
LOOK TO EIGHTEEN card
MEN" IN HOUSE TO CARRY
OUT FEDERATIoN's PLANS

.5fs st. Louis, Dec. 2.-The American
Federation OF Labor intends to wage
an aggressive campaign for legislation
to. benefit the working people at the
Forthcoming session Of congress:
1t Is estimated that Is men carry
ing union cards will be in the house
Of representatives. This group will
:be expected to voice the wishes Of
Iabor for legislative concessions the
AT. of l.. has been demanding, such
as restriction of the strikes, amend
ing injunctions during the Sherman
antitrust law to protect unions
against prosecution for striking .or
'boycotting,, enforcing the e1ght-hour
day on adj government contract work
and other measures.
All these union men, excepting
Victor Berger, the Milwaukee Social
list, were elected on the old party
tickets, and they are expected to la
Dor with their colleagues to bring
about Investigations of the methods
of the United States Steel corporation
and other understanding trusts.
II don't care anything about any
party name," said Cong-Elect Frank
Buchanan, structural iron-worker,
in discussing the prospective labor
group in congress. II. was elected as
a Democrat" he said, ,"but I believe
in nearly everything that the Social
lists do, and will cooperate with men
of all parties to batter down old, fos-
silized customs, and to set my people
free"
: Similar views were expressed by
lyn, and W. Is B. Wilson, s; the i pennsy1- nU1
vania miner, who all served as del
egates to the convention.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-12-03
n. Y. WOMEN'S LEAGUE HONORS
THE DELEG ATES FROM BRITAIN

New York, Dec: "A reception
was given by the !, Women's Trade
Union League last evening. to will
lam Brace, member or the British
parliament from the Independent La
Dor party, andHpresident of. the Brit
ish Miners Federation, and to Ben
Turner, president General Union OF
Weavers and Textile, Workers. On
their way home from St., Louis con-
vention to take the steamer here for
England. <. y, ~" q.
Brace. and Turner came to the
United States as fraternal delegates
from the British trade union congress
and returned Wednesday night.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-12-03
BRIDGETENDERs ALSO. GAMERS.

MILWAUKEE,, Dec. 2.-Theres are
In Milwaukee great many bridge
tenders employed by the city on the
numerous bridges that span the
rivers. Heretofore these men had been
on duty long, consecutive hours, with
short periods of rest ;: .+4-, -. E
The city administration, realizing
the need of improvement, has revised
their schedule Of hourc. Heretofore
they were on duty seventy-two conse-
,cutive hours with tweny-four. hours
off. Thus they We're compelled to
spend all the seventy1two hours in,
and q bout their little shacks on or
near the bridges. The new schedule
permits them twelve hours on. duty
and al q twelve hours of, thus permitting
them to so to their homes .5:. 5,iS63
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= ERIE SETS So NEW AGE LIMIT. ], ,

MIDDLETOWN, N. Il. Dec.
The Erie railroad has adopted new
rule whereby only young men will be
taken into It's employ hereafter. Up
to the present time there has been an
age limit for; those seeking employ
nlent with the Erie, being from 1e
TO SO . .i s.53i
# 4 Under the new rule only stalwart
young men between the ages ofA i6
and will be employed, that II
the department hen, carl n secure
enough help cen there Al %. n.
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GIVE $e25o TO STRIKE.

cent meeting Of the Cigar Makers
Union OF Boston It was voted to do
nate 500 to the locked out fellow.
craftsmen m Of Tampa, Fla, making
this Il unions ui1o donations to date Sc, $50,
The sum OF AS !, 900 was given at one.
Of the previous meeting ri I'll. M ssas
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-12-03

Printers in Calcutta, India, recently
went on strike in the government Of.
Ices and paralyzed the departments,
after which a lew old mossba cks and
d'gnitaries had to grant the demands
md remedy abuses Of long standing
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-12-03
UNFAIR NAIL ORDER HOUSE 81.
ss.5 ANNOUNCES BIG EARNINGS

!. CHICAGO, Dec. 2. The Sears, Roe
buck & Co.,elocal mail order house,
has just announced a $4,000. 900 divi-
zdend for the benefit of its stockhold-
ers. This firm is the largest Of It's
kind in the world. At present ita
Garment Workers are on strike, and
the treatment Of its z..ssweated' work
ers makes dividends easy s5s@@
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-12-03
LEWIs PREDICTS IRE-ELECTIoN:

LEWIS PREDICTS KRE-ELECTION.s
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. 2-
Thomas q lewis, president Of tho
United Mine Workers OF America, who
is cand didate to succeed himself.
predicts E that he will be reelected
this year by q ajority twice as large
AS that he received a year ago: Mr..
Lewis ssba based q this pre- dirtion on / re-.
ports that have been sent To- him
frolin all of the local unions lhrougll-s
ont the count sgsl5S
Cañon City record., 1910-11-24
Tuesday.

Miss Queenie Jamison and Miss
Liza Sibler went to Denver today to
be the guests of friends for a week
or ten days.
Miss Mary Wood, who is at Miss
Sartor's on Main street, is again at
her duties after a week confined to
her bed owing to tonsilitis.
Mr.. ]. Brennan and wife. of Grand
Valley, Colorado, are in Canon for a
few days visit
Mr.. R ]. Copeland. of Denver. gen.
eral sales agent for the c. F. and /.
has been in the city since Monday
and is investigating conditions in this
vicinity.
Mr. j. II. Johnson. of Loveland,
Colorado, is visiting friends in the
city today. Mr.. Johnson used TO be
deputy warden at the penitentiary
years ago. and has come back to re-
new old acquaintances.
r Dr. A. w Knott of Montrose. is
visiting DR.. Minerva Knott, in this
city. Mrs. A. W. Knott is expected
here tonight She. with her little
daughter. have been visiting relatives
at Hummer. Missouri.
William Levou was brought back
here from Denver by Sheriff Esser
Sunday night and locked up In the
county Jail on the charge of beating
a bill at Johnson's livery stable. Le-
YOU was until recently employed as
tailor at Frank McGillicuddy' S
tailoring rooms
Mr.. R H. Dissmore. of Hillside.
Colorado, is here today on business
and visiting friends. Mr.. Thos. d.
BaIman, also of Hillside. is in the
city today.
Cañon City record., 1910-11-24

Miss Belle KutzIeb has severed her
connection with the Criterion and is
now at her home.
Mrs. ]. H. Horney gave a very de-
lightful o'clock dinner party at her
home. 615 Harrison avenue, last Sat-
urday evening in homo rof Mr.. Hor-
ney's birthday anniversary Among
the guests were Rev. and Mrs. o. S.
Reed, Prof. ]. L. Haley, of Butler. In
diana, Mr.. and Mrs. E. C. Hiatt, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Emmerson, and Mr..
and Mrs. ]. D. Fridinger.
Mrs. Minnie C. Merriam. county
superintendent of schools, went to
Denver on Sunday for the purpose of
attending the annual meeting of the
Colorado State Teachers Association
in session here this week
Mr.. Harvey Moore, a representa-
tive of the C. D. Morey Mercantile
company. who has been visiting his
mother, Mrs. Katie Moore at her
home, zoos Main street over Sunday.
left this morning for his headquarters
in Denver.
Cañon City record., 1910-11-24

Mrs. James Rogers, formerly Miss
Cora Peabody. arrived Wednesday
night for a brief stay with her par
ents, Gov and Mrs. James II. Peabody
at their home on River street. She
returned Thursday morning to Den
yer.
E. F. Jack was in charge of the
Boston store Tuesday during the
obsence of the greater part of the
force In Canon City attending the
Lines-Gatewood nuptials.-Citizen-
Mrs. Will Colman, OF Fr- Collins.
arrived yesterday for a short visit
with her parents here. Mrs. Colman
will be remembered here as Miss Lin
ME Rundell. Mr.. Colman is manager
and Is interested in The Ceylon Tea
Store In Fort Collins, which is a
branch of The Ceylon Tea Store OF
this city. Mrs. Colman will visit in
Canon about two weeks.
J. I. Leary, paroled convict from
Canon City. who is supposed to be
working in this city, was found yes
terday morning in a drunken sleep
near the Midland yards. He was TAX
en- TO the city jail and allowed to
sober up. Ohicials from the reniten-
tiary took Leary back last night.
Leary's parole was to last but week
longer and he would have been freed,
but under present circumstances he
will have to stay In the pen another
three months.-Colorado Springs Ca
zette.
Cañon City record., 1910-11-24

Mr. j. L. McKibben departed last
night for his ranch near Denver.
Mrs. L. A Hirst. OF AIamosa is
visiting in the city today.
Judge Morton S Bailey of the state
supreme court, who came down from
Denver last Friday afternoon to de-
liver an address at the Elks social
session" the following night, returned
to Denver on Monday. Judge Bailey
is a stock holder in the Diamond Fire
Brick company and has been looking
after matters in connection with the
company's affairs for a couple Of
days.
At recent meeting of the Colo
rado State Board of Horticulture. in
Denver, C. E. Parfet, of Golden, was
elected president of the organization
to succeed the late Thurston White
of this city. The second annual con-
vention of the state horticultural so
ciety will be held, at Rifle on the 18th
and 18th of December
The Misses Pauline and Gladys
Hughes, of Colorado Springs, spent
Saturday and Sunday with their cous-
in, Grant Dickinson. Grant had not
seen his relatives in many years and
he said 1t sure surprised him to
know that he had such beautiful
cousins. Miss Pauline is private sec
retary to the District Attorney at
Colorado Springs at present, but ex-
poets soon to accept a splendid po-
sition in Denver.
William LIE vau, who was brought
here from Denver last Sunday night
and lodged in Jail on the charge OF
attempting to evade the payment Of q
bill at Johnson's livery stable. was
this morning given a hearing in JUS
tice Logan's court. A plea Of guilty
was entered by the defendant and he
was fined twenty dollars and costs In
addition to fifteen days imprison-
ment in the county jail. Levau II
Swede and has a wife and family.
Mrs. Reynolds, who just returned
from Delta Monday morning on No. 6.
found it necessary to depart on No.
10 for Denver to represent the school
board here at the teachers conven-
ton being held in the capital city
this week
Mrs. Matt Lines and daughter Miss
Lulu. we're passengers for Denver
Monday morning. Miss Lines stated
that she had Just received a letter
from her sister. Mrs. Boyd Gatewood.
who had but recently arrived in Ros-
we'll, y. NJ, her home. In her letter
she stated that she likes New Mexioo
very much. and especially Roswell
Mrs. Lines intends to visit her young
er daughter some time after the np8
of the year-that is, IL she can stag
away that long.
Cañon City record., 1910-11-24
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