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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-10-22
SUPREME COURT IS
D|LLYDALL Y|NG IN THE
BUCK boycott CASE

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 21.-
BY action of the supreme court Of
the United States postponement Of
the Buck Stove and Range company
boycott and contempt cases was or
dered to Jan. 16, 1911. This leaves
Frank Morrison, and John Mitchell
still lowering between steel cells and
liberty.
frankly state that there are two pos-
s1ble advantages in this delay. One
Is that the more judges on the bench
and there are now two vacancies
the greater the possibility of fav-
orable decision. The other factor,
made stronger by postponement, is
the wave of radical sentiment rapid
ly sweeping over the country, which
promises to land number of labor
and socialist candidates in the house
Of representatives And judges are
not above the effects of these things,
not even judges of the supreme court
Of the United States.
Bitterness against organized labor
exuded IN every word of protest made
by Danield Davenport, attorney for
the American Anti-Boycott associa-
ton. as he stood up to object to the
postponement of the case.
I'VE most earnestly oppose any
postponement," came the gruff, gut
teral words from the fat opponent Of
laoor' because we are ready to pro-
ceed, and because it will embarass
the president In the appointment Of
the two supreme court judges"
But the old men on the bench were
but too willing to postpone this red
hot-poker-of-a-case, so Davenport's
plea was unavailing.
TO see the United States supreme
court for the first time leaves an
impression similar to witnessing a.
great function presided over by the
pope In Rome, for this is the house
of-the-last-word in the United States
OF America. Stage dramatics mark the
opening Of the proceedings. Pages
march In and stand behind the great
leather-padded chairs; the clerk of
the court gives sharp rap and every
one rises to his feet as in. a cathe-
dral. Side doors open at both ends
OF the bench and in file all the
judges in their black robes-all but
the chief Justice, who makes his
dramatic entrance by a special door
set In the very center of all the
tapestry and marble columns which
form the background Of this pageant
ry. l....-
An old and feeble man, the chief
justice, SO old that clerk must al
ways stand behind him to, whisper
In his ear the words that his hating
faculties cannot CATCH ,s.,.. / =
And before this bar. crusted with
age and tradition dating back; to the
time when men gathered their crops
with sickles and knew not the sound
Of g steam whistle, stands the modern
problem ofs-organized labor waiting
q Decision. h ls \. &.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-10-22

: LOS ANGELES, Cal. Oct. 21.--
The practical collapse Of the charges
made against organized labor by Har-
rison Gray Otis, In connection with
the destruction of the Times plant,
have just been made known to the.
public by the withdrawal of nearly
three-quarters Of the reward for the
capture Of the alleged dynamiters Of
fered by the Merchant and Manu-
facturers' association, its secretary,
F.. J.. Zeehandelaar, announcing that
il had been decided to devote the
balance to "other purposes.
This action on the part Of the as
sociation followed like withdrawal
OF rewards posted by Mayor Alexan-
der. 49, Sr'&% ss::
The reasons behind this sudden
taking back of their loose coin by
the millionaire manufacturers Of this
city, appears, first, in the following
statement Of Andrew ]. Gallagher,
secretary Of the San Francisco Labor
Council and delegates to the Los AM
geles convention:
{ What is conclusive evidence Of the.
Innocence Of the labor unions in the
matter is that there were 35 union
men working in the press room and
the sterotyping room of the. news
paper. The fact that theye were there
was quite generally known and 1t was
planned to call them out on strike.''
But the technical proof now In the,
possession of the Los Angeles unions,
showing that dynamite did not destroy
the Times plant, is the collected state
ments Of many experts In the hand
ling Of the high explosives, who agree
that the conflagration, such as took
place In Los Angeles on Oct 1, could
not have followed an explosion of
dynamite. -, =: .:zz E -
used in the stoppage Of great fires
in cittes-as was the case in San
francisco. The recent forest fires in
the north were also combatted with
dynamite, whose action far from in.
citing flame, always smothers it. In.
proof of the actual conditions the.
testimony of Thomas p Smith, non.
union printer, who was working at
the time of the explosion as an '.ad''
compositor on the second floor Of the.
Times building, is cited as follows:
''F'lame followed the explosion inn:
mediately. When Z reached the side
walk the ole1front was ablaze, both
the old and Che new building. :
These facts having been presented
to d hastily convened meeting of the.
executive board of the Merchant and
Manufacturers association, the gem:
tlemen were forced to the conclusion
that their man hunt might only end
In catching the dynamiters that they
were far from anxious to see appre-'
hended, namely, the men that caused
no explosion, but left q sample OF
giant powder. underneath the window
of the house of the associations sec
retary, F. J. Zeehandelaar. From this
showing came the boards order In
structing their. secretary to withdraw
all of the reward but a small frac-=
ton, which would still prove their
loyalty to the cause of General Har-.
riSOn Gray Otis.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-10-22
Butchers Organizer Makes Stir
ring Address Before The Local
Trades Assembly and Urges
Union Conditions in Duluth
Shops.

I'VE teach our children to say their
Iprayers, we teach them to be patriot
&c citizens, and we even instruct them
as to their political faiths as they
grow up, but few fathers teach their
'children to become good unionists.
We should start unionism early in
the morning and continue 1t every
day." declared Rudolph Modest, gen.
eral organizer of the American FEEDER
alton OF Labor and of the Amalga-
mated Meat Cutters and Butchers
,workmen, speaking at the meeting of
'the Duluth Trades assem- bly, last Fri
day evening.
Mr.. Modest declared one of the
fiercest fights in the history Of or
ganized labor is now on between the
union butchers and meat wol kers
and the meat trust. Butchers who
are not organized, he said, are aow
working under the same conditions
as other trades a quarter of a. CEN
tury ago and work from 13 to IA
hours day. Only small part Of
the butchers of the country are now
organized but the benefit to them has
already been great and the organi-
~1e~SAOAA 10 AopiuAy S5dA4AAA6. IL Wy dA
appeal to the meat consuming pub
.11c, they could get all of the latter
friendly to organized labor to insist
on union cards in their shops, tho
movement would be greatly assisted
and the butchers organizations
strengthened.
THE wife Of any man is the finan-
cial secretary of his household" said
Mr.. Modest, and he continued. "Sta-
tistics show that IS per cent of all
money paid in wages goes for the
necessities of food and clothing, and
probably the women have the spend
ing of the most of it.
Union labor should be a much
more important factor in the indus
trial and commercial circles of this
country said he, but not even the
union men buy meat killed under
union conditions and by union
butchers. The beef trust exploits Ia
Dor in the extreme and all classes
OF labor are, or should be, interested
In the outcome. The trust now
controls the points where cattle are
raised, controls the railroads over
which they are shipped, and the
steamship lines which take the meat
out of the country. Not only that,
but the heef trust absolutely controls
the distribution Of the meat and If it
should decree that the entire coun-
try should eat no meat, or that 10
cents more a pound should be paid,
there would be absolutely no rem
edy.'
Mr.. Modest said only 1900 of the
1000 men engaged in the meat and
packing industry at Chicago received
union wages and these were skilled
men the packers had to have
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-10-22

wave of encouragement that has
greeted the party managers has in
creased beyond the expectations of
the most optimistic and success for
the party's nominees Is presaged by
the interest the working classes are
taking in the contest. *< IT.: ~ +.
On Wednesday night two weil-at-
tended meetings were held, one at
Rowley's hall on West First street
and the other at the new French
hall on Third street in the West End.
Good crowds greeted the speakers at
both meetings and loud applause met
the points made by the various speak
ers. >, r.t5
>Thos. J. McKeon, attorney for
judge Of probate, Walter Dacey, can
didate for county attorney, e. A.
Lindgren, candidate for county treas
urer and Charles Jesmore, candidate
for sheriff were among those who
spoke at both meetings. At Rowley's
hall James Walsh presided and in
troduced the speakers. r.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-10-22
STRIKE Of PENNSY
men AGAIN imminent

PITTSBURG, Pa, Oct Ala feel
ing of unrest has come over many Of
the 5000 employees of the Pennsyla-
Vania railroad on the Pitttsburg divis-
Ion, which extends from Pittsburg to
Altoona.
The under officials of the road who
come in direct contact with the men
are accused of not trying to carry
out provisions of the agreement en-
tered into recently between the en-
ployes and the road, and an appeal
Is being made to the highest au-
thorities Of the railroad for immed-
late redress. If it is not forthcoming
there will come the strike which so
long threatened and which was so
narrowly averted few months ago.
Recently there was a special and
secret meeting of the different griev-
ance committees of the employees of
the Pennsylvania in Pittsburg. About
two score of specific grievances were
taken up by the different committees
and thrashed out completely, and
most of them were later sent direct
to General Manager Myers of the road
at Philadelphia. Members of the diff
ferent unions seen after the meeting
declared their confidence in Presi-
dent McCrea and in the general man.
ager, but declare that the interpre-
tition of the agreements when left
to the under officials is against the
men.
1t was also stated that previous to
this about fifty violations of former
agreements have been sent direct to
the Philadelphia headquarters and yet
nothing has been heard of them.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-10-22
Peoples Nominee Will Speak to
Head Of Lakes Residents on
Issues of State Campaign
Part of Itinerary Reaches Range
Towns.

In what promises to be the best
attended and most enthusiastic rally
of the campaign, the next governor of
Minnes0fa, James Gray of Minneap-
oils, will be heard at the Duluth Ar
mory on Friday evening. Oct. %.
With him will come Fred w. john
son, brother Of Minnesotas best re-
spected and most lamented governor,
John A. Johnson, who is devoting
his time and best efforts that the
mantle Of his greatly beloved relative
may fall upon the shoulders of the
sturdy and fearless Scotchman from
the Mill City.
The Duluth rally is one Of a. series
that will take place during a tour
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-10-22
SERFS IN ALABAMA
SEEK THEIR FREEDOM

WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 21.-
Alonzo Bailey, a negro comes from
the state of Alabama with an appeal
to the supreme court of the United
States which promises to unveil
most complete system of modern slav-
cry under the guise of the con
tract labor" laws of Alabama.
Far from being an exceptional case
in his district, Bai1ey's people, now
serving their white taslkmasters. make
up the large majority of the farm
labor in the state of Alabama And
the supreme court of the state OF
Alabama holds that this Involuntary
servitude is legal, being a proper ex-
ercise of the police powers of the
state. -
The department Of justice claims
that this treatment of negro farm
hands is peonage, and a decision up
on the matter by the supreme court
Of the United States will not only
affect Alabama, but many other
southern states as well.
A determined defense Of its laws
will be made by the state of Ala
bama under the guidance of Attorney
General CARRIER, whose line Of argu-
ment Will no doubt be that in con-
tracts Of service entered into by
laborer with intent to defraud. where
money was advanced and the con-
tract broken without just cause, and
the money not refunded, the laborer
is guilty Of m1sdemeanor and can
sbe sentenced to hard labor. ....s5s !. szs
Upon the governments side 1t viii
be contended that the law was not
framed to prevent fraud, but to i'm
pose Involuntary servitude upon the
negro. -.tEtt fE
The Alabama law does not draw
the color line. and, according to the
strict letter, applies as well to the
white man as to the black. This
makes the supreme courts coming
decision the more momentous be-
cause the Same system Of peonagre.
IS once established, can be made as
applicable to the needs Of cheap Ia
5bor BUYERS IN the north as III the
south. S48 asE
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-10-22
HEARST LABELED LABOR'S
ENEMY BY MACHINISTS

NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-The follow
ng resolution, signed by w. F
Cassile, president, and George A
Tracey, secretary, has been passe
oy Metropolis lodge, No. 1, Brother
aood of Machinists: .
Whereas, all employees of the
Homestake Mining company, who
refused to give up their union,
the Western Federation of Min
ers, have been locked out for the
past eight months; and
Whereas, the Hearst publica-
tions have been silent in regard
to this lockout presumably be-
cause the Hearst estate is one of
the largest holders of stock in the
Homestake company, showing
not only the hypochisy of Hearst's
claim to be "the friend of labor"
but that he is really an enemy
of labor; and ..as*s ..
Whereas; we recognize the fact
that Hearst's papers would have
to go out Of business if it was
not for the patronage of labor;
and
Whereas, we believe that those
who give aid to the enemies of
labor are little better than scabs
in effect,}.therefore, be it -
Resolved, by the members Of
Metropolis lodge, No. 1, Brother
p, hood: of$ssMechanics. That we
pledge ourselves not to patronize
!. !. % or. read laay of tne Hearst publ
cations and call upon all lodges Of
the Brotherhood of Machinists
to do the same; be it further
Resolved, That copies Of this
resolution be sent to the West
ern Federation OF Miners and the
labor press.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-10-22
PAY OF CHICAGO CARMEN
GOES UP BY AGREEMENT

CHICAGO, Oct. 21.-In conformity
with an agreement made a year ago,
the 10000 street car men of this
city will receive next pay one cent
more an hour, the maximum being
29 cents This makes an increase of
from 40 to 70 per cent, for the car
men since 1902. Next year 80 cents an
hour will be the maximum rate for
motormen and conductors.
In 1902 the car men were paid II
and Fl cents an hour. Those receiving
the lower rate at that time are now
paid 20 cents, an increase of - cents
an hour, or a little more than 20
per cent.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-10-22
NEW WORKERS DAILY
BORN IN WISCONSIN

A copy of the Daily Tribune of
Appleton, Wis, dated Oct. II, has
just come to hand. 1t is a seven
column. four-page paper, published
daily except Sunday. At the mast
head 1t flies this flag: 1.-The workers
newspaper"
The Daily Tribune is published at
970 College avenue, Appleton, Wis
1t Is the fourth labor daily news
paper in America. The others are the
chicago Daily Socialist, The New
YORK Call and the Black Hills Daily
Register Of Lead, South Dakota.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-10-22
LABOR HOME FAST BEING
ERECTED IN MILWAUKEE

MILWAUKEE, Oct. 21.-rhe new
home of the trade unions and the
soc1al-Democratic party being erected
by the Peoples Realty company, a
cooperative concern, is rapidly 60
Ing up. All the cement work on the
brick and wood work is now under
way. When completed the building
will be 4 lasting monument to the CO.
operative energy Of the labor move
ment Of Milwaukee, : :sFs tzs ID ,g..s
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-10-22
OHIO NOMINATEs LEWIs:

BRIDGEPORT, Ohio, Oct. 21 80
Practically every Ohio local of the
United Mine Workers has nominated
Tom l. Lewis for reelection as presi-
dent OF the organization, according
to reports received at his home here
tonight. Il s 81. s. s ,s ss
The Pennsylvania locals, except In
the Pittsburg district. are for Lewis.
as are the locals in Kentucky. and
Vest Vtrstnia. His principal oppbsi-
itiosa comes from Illinois and Iowa
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-10-22
SHOOTS STRIKING MOULDER

Albany, Oct. 21.-The moulders
who have been on strike at Sweet &
Doy]e's foundry At Green Island We'd
nesday got into a fight with Frank
+. Sheldon. special deputy sheriff.
Sheldon shot Edward Mayo, of Ian
slngourgh, ono of the strikers He
died shortly afterward. Sheldon is
employed by the Federal Spiral
Works at Green Island. which has
also had labor difficulties. He saidsha
shot Mayo TO protect himself .5.35'
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-10-22

The garment workers Of Texas ask
the !. ne iegMtsla M ature to pass law requir-
ING all prison made garments intend
& 5ed Tor general rket labeled q be,s
Ing n,ade by convict labor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-05
MEN WANTED. Salaries $500 to Start and Pro- motion to $500.

During the coming year the United States government will have places for several thousand men in the railway mail service and other departments. In- asmuch as the average salary of these employees Is $500 per year 1t is strange that more young men do not try for the positions.
 An examination to obtain competent men needed immediately for government positions will be held soon at Birming- ham. Any man between IS and 5s who writes to the Commercial Correspondence Schools 1437 Schools building, Rochester, N. Y, will be told how he can pass the examination and secure one of these high salaried, life positions. The principal of these schools has passed four civil serv- ice examinations himself and can, there forey tell applicants just what they must know in order to be sure of success. We advise young men to write to these old established. reliable schools for in formation. No fee is charged for the examination, <. ...... s-at-lQt-eoq
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-05
Notice of Special Election

Notice Is hereby given by me, as Mayor of the city of Birmingham, as provided by law, that an election will be held in the city of Birmingham on the 11th day of April, 1910 provided in an ordi- nance adopted by the City Council of Birmingham on March 2, 1910. and ap- proved March 8, 1910, entitled ordinance No. 277," calling an election to be held in the city of Birmingham for the pur pose of submitting to the qualified voters of said city for their determination by ballot whether or not they will author ize the City Council of Birmingham to issue bonds of said city to the amount of s400,000 for the purpose of paying off the indebtedness of said city incurred by reason of the annexation of additional territory on January l. 19lO and for other floating indebtedness. The purpose for which the said election is to be held is to submit to the qualified voters of the said city of Birmingham for their de- termination by ballot whether or not they will authorize the City Council of Bir- mingham to issue bonds of said city to the amount of S400.000 for the purpose of paying off the indebtedness of said city incurred by reason of the annexation of additional territory on January l. 1910, and for other floating indebtedness.
 The rate of interest which the said b0nds are 10 pear IS Q per cent per dn- mum. the said interest payable semi annually, the time for which said bonds are to run will be thirty (SO) years. The election will be held in the city of Bir- mingham and the voting places age as follows:
 First Ward-City hall.
 Second Ward-1726 Fourth avenue.
 Third Ward-19o0 Tenth avenue.
 Fourth Ward-Twenty-f fourth street and Tenth avenue, north, Samuels store.
 Fifth Ward-County courthouse.
 Sixth Ward-Kinney's grocery store, Avenue F and Twenty-seventh street.
 Seventh Ward-Southeast corner Twenty second street and Avenue E, Tuck's store. Eighth Ward-Southside fire depart ment, Avenue D and Nineteenth street. Ninth Ward-Northwest corner Avenue F and Twelfth street, Harrington's store. Tenth Ward-City hall Avondale.
 Eleventh Ward-Lunsford's brickyard, F Forty-seventh street and Tenth avenue. Twelfth Ward-City hall. Woodlawn.
 Thirteenth Ward-City hall, North Bir- mngham.
 Fourteenth ward-Old city hall, Pratt City.
 Fifteenth Ward-City hall, West End.
 Sixteenth Ward-City hall, Ensey.
 FRANK P. O'BRIEN,
 Mayor of the City of Birmingham. Age-Herald, March 5, 12, 19.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-05
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