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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-03-05
Says Steel Trust 5 Plant
/ Is Cory Slaughter House

.Pittsburg, March The Rev. Faith
. er AT. Toner, pastor OF ST, 'Mary's
Roman Catholic church, this city, has
issued ; a startling statement regard
ing conditions of former workingmen
of the Pressed Steel Car company's
plant. where almost 10000 are now on
q strike Father Toner has been at
McKee.s Rocks for nineteen years.
He scharacterizes& the plant. as "a
slaughter house; and "a thousand times
worse ~, v ~. - ...-.
Men are prosecuted, robbed and
killed;,',,' he said, and their wives are
abused in a manner. worse than death
all to obtain or retain positions that
barely keep. starvation from the door.
1.-THE. place is a pit>6f infamy where
men are sdriven lower than the de-
graduation of slaves and compelled to
sacrifices their wives or their daughters
to the villainouss foremen and little
bosses to%be allowed to work. I was
allowed to enter the plant at my will
a few years ago, but saw too much
Of the, malicious crime perpetrate
daily and the gates were closed on
me. 1t is too horrible to discuss. r.,
1T is a disgrace to civilized coun-
try. a: man is given less consideration
than a dog, and, dead bodies are sim
ply knocked aside, while men ara
literally driven to their death. The
grating or stealing: by the bosses and
other higher officials is not parallel I'd
to my knowledge. -,
/ ' Fob a few years after the plant
| was opened members of the plant Wis
tied me, had meals at my house and
| we were: on the most friendly terms
But men were being killed daily. Their
bodies simply disappeared, and when
| ] began to make some comment I was
denied admission to the grounds.
l. Il know of several instances when
| men have been killed like dogs. Their
fellow workmen halted to send ths
| body home, but the foreman merely
rolled 1t to one side and ordered the
| men to go on with their work, often
trampling over the body for an entire
day before it was taken away. The
| company keeps the men so cowed
down that they have no spirit and
recognize fewer rights than a slave
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-03-05
TELL YOUR SECRETS
TO CENSUS QU|zzER,
He MUSTN'T TAT1LE

= Washington, D. c., March 4.-Let-
tiers. from the census supervisors to
the United States census bureau show
the erroneous apprehension of con-
siderable element of the population
that their answers to the enumerators
questions in the next census, begin
ming April IS, this year, will cause
Increased taxation, legal entangle-
ments or injurious consequences to
their persons and property.
~1p order to quiet such unfounded
fears. which would, unless removed,
materially affect the accuracy of sthe
! census, the bureau has prepared an
official statement relative to the de-
( cennial census, its origin, purpose,
and uses.
This statement should furnish COM
plete assurance to- those concerned
that information given the enumer-
ators is held by the census bureau in
| the strictest confidence with refer
ence to the identity of the informants
as required by. the policy. of the bu-
reau and commanded by the law of
the United States.
The statement issued by the bu-
requires a census of the population
to- be taken every ten years in order
to reapportion state representation
in the national house of representa-
tives It is the means also to as
certain the increase in the popula-
ton, agriculture, industries, and re-
sources Of the nation since the last
census
It is emphatically declared, by the
statement, that the information
sought from the people of the United
States is used solely for general
statistical purposes. It will neither
be published nor used in any other
way to disclose facts regarding any
individual or enterprise. The census
1t goes on to say, is not, never has,
been, and can not be employed to
obtain information that can be used
in any way in the assessment of
property for purposes of taxation or
the collection of taxes either ma
tional, state or local; or for deporta-
ton proceedings, exeradition meas
ures, army or navy CONSUMPTION, in
ternal-revenue Investigations, fompul-
sorry school attendance, child labor
law prosecutions, Quarantine regula-
tons, or in. any way to affect the
life. liberty. or property Of any per-
son. 80 .~&
: It points out that replies to the
enumerators are and must be held
by the census bureau in strict and
absolute confidence All the bureau
officials. supervisors, supervisors
clerks, enumerators, and interpreters.
before entering upon their duties.
are obliged to take solemn oath
not to disclose any information they
may obtain except to the census bu-
reau, and "a violation Of the United
States law dn regard to this oath
means a $1,000 fine or imprisonment
for two years, or both in the dis
erection Of the court #:..E & +
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-03-05
HE LABOR ~ RI,D'l.I.

! From other dispatches it Is learned
that hundreds Of the. employees Of the
steel mills at McKee's Rocks, the ma
jority of whom are Hungarians, "
Slavs. earn less than 81 agday, some
less than 81. Out of these wages they
pay their rent back to- their employ
ers, and the price of.eYery mouthfu!
Of, food they and their family eat
! comes out Of their. envelopes 81
There are some: 10000 women and
dependent upon these 5000 workers.
Any decent American farmer would
, furnish better quarters for. his hogs
than those in which live these victims
of the highly protected steel trust.
What wonder, then, that the United
States Steel corporation is able to
make a profit of $12.s4 on an invest
ment OF every Spills! B
The interior Of a company house Is
more hideods than the exterior. There
Is bare floor, one or two chairs, a
soap box or two for company, and
cheap iron cots bought at the COM
pany's store. The tired workers sleep
on straw, and on hot nights the bed
rooms are sickening from the heat and
the smell Bathrooms, sinks and pip
ings are unknown in these houses. The
majority Of the women carry the wa
ter they use from the river. All are
miseralbly clothed. The children run
naked until they attain an age which
makes 1t necessary to provide them
with clothes. Ordinarily neither WON.
en- nor children wear shoes or stock
ings. The average man has only over.
al1s, shirt and rough shoes.
| The Pressed Steel Car. Works al
McKee's Rocks Is a branch of the stee
trust. The steel trust is one of the
most highly protected industries in the
United States 1t has made hundreds
of millions of dollars in profits
through having monopoly on Amer.
/ lean markets and being able to ex.
tort unreasonably high prices.
The tariff bill which was recently
/ signed by the President perpetuates
the UNANIMOUSLY high rates on the stee
trusts products, even though Andrew
Carnegie himself testified they were
unnecessary. !.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-03-05

summons upon you. exclusive of the
day Of said service; and If you fail
to answer the said complaint within
the time aforesaid, the plaintiff In this
relief demanded in the 9 complaint here-A
in.l q. <3ssT5$ RI it 81
.t tt}s$ s.ss w iasess ANDREW NELSON,
~ 4 Attorney for Plaintiff,
313-314 First National Bank Building.
Residence 80 East. Fifth ST., Duluth,
Il Mimi. s5& n s=Tzss, =. III &. 4s'l 81 &>s
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-03-05
PETER POWER SAYS:

Unions throughout the country are
responding quite liberally,sto the call
Of the iron and. steel workers for
financial assistance to carry on the
contest against the VI United States
Steel corporation, and agents are at
work in the mill district endeavor-
ing to organize the on-unionf en-
ployes Of the combine. {
#N On the other hand, the steel trust
is pointing with satisfaction to the
fact that its tin plate output in Penn
Sssylvania during the past year war
$50 % 90 900 tons, breaking ali records
in that state. But nothing 40 said
about Ohio and Indians records,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-03-05

STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
st. .Louis--as. District Court, Elev-
enth judicial District S.:as, IS I@
Uno Lindstrom, Plaintiff. III
James T., Hale, O. p. Kinney. G. NJ.
Hill Lumber Company, Munro iron
E. Gridley, also all other persons
unknown Claiming any right, title,
estate, interest. or. lien IN the real
estate estate described in the complaint
{ The state q minnesota to the above
You, and aaehs 81 You, are hereby,
enmns,n ana Required t. answer the
entitled action, which complaint has
6f ~ hia ed. IN me oft!cs Of The clerk
Ct Duluth. County Of st. Louis. and
COPY OF your answer: to the said cons
plant on the spbsor tber at his ofice,3
R Is,,s,s, s1s.si1 3 Ft 81 National Bank
.aids Count y8ef st Iouis. i, Within TWEEN
81 as q days II ftsrE the service of this
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-03-05

The first general board Of adjust
ment and arbitration Of the Brother
mood OF Railway Station Employees fol
the Maine Central Railroad system
has been organized at Portland, Me.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-27

Adam at $3.50 per day, board and lodg-
ing and clothing free, and had he taken
no holidays, and let us assume Bible
chronology is correct. or let us say
5000 years have elapsed since then. he
would now have only $10,000,0O0 to
place in the savings bank this Christ
mas day. And $3.50 per day seems
about the best pay Los Angeles skilled
horers receive.
Again. if Andy employed 5000 men in
his steel works and had these 5000 men
received SO. 33 l-3 per day it would have
taken them just 100 years of 300 work
ing days each to earn for Carnegie his
$500 600 900, which it has been said he
received for his steel works.
And I remember when that arch
hypocrite, Carnegie, was not SO much
in favor of peace as now that he has
his $500, 600 00o. Don't you remember
the Carnegie strikes? Don't you re-
member how he hired the state militia
and constabulary to shoot the strikers
who thought the were entitled to some
of this $500, 00O 600? Carnegie, the nhil-
anthropst. Carnegie. the monster.
Yet society is responsible for the crea-
ton of this monster. But / think the
jingle of the guinea helps the hurt
which honor feels
GEORGE W. HAINES.
Los Angeles, Cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-27
MINDS ELEVATION IN LIFE

Editor Herald: | would remind
spectator of shakespeare lines
There is more in heaven and earth
than our philosophy dreamed Of" and
There is a divinity that shapes our
ends, rough hcW them as we WILL" and
to tell him that it needs more than
common sense to delve into the mys-
teries of spirit, as spiritual things
must be spiritually discerned." The
human mind must be elevated, as il
We're, above the natural plane in order
to reflect and reason about the ma
terial things beneath or exterior to
itself, which is the same thing. Now
Ego, l, self OF soul must have shape
or be in the form of man, and eX-
terror organs must serve as instru-
ments as also all inner organs and
VisCera. Take ne eye can it see of
itself? No: it is merely the telescope
instrument or window of the soul,
adapted to the natural atmosphere
The soul of blind man is every whit
whole, though he lacks the use of the
material eyes, and children born Of
blind people can see as well as others
Now since the soul is ethereal. that is,
lives in a higher or more interior at
mosphere, it is spiritual and receives
life from the source of all life. 1t is
not subject to the natural laws of the
material universe and therefore i'm
mortal. {. +.
Los Angeles, Cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-27
TIME. SOUL AND ETERNITY

Editor Heald That some people
know more than others goes without
saving, but if J. G., who claims to
know so much more than Edison about
immortal and indestructible souls that
survive the dissolution of this physical
body and retain a conscious existence
in eternity, will kindly present the evil
dence of that fact, he will confer an
obligation on all members OF the hu-
man race; and, at the same time, if
he will inform us what the substance
is of which souls are made, he will con-
fer an additional favor. And, as the
gentleman AYERS that he possesses
knowledge that reaches endless time,
will be tell us something of the past
eternity, d beginningless period of time,
and when his soul came into existence
and what it has been doing since, or
during this eternity if it has always
existed.
Beliefs are not wanted, for it is easy
to believe most anything with the cred
ulous natures that most people pos
sess. What is desired is facts and
knowledge. Where did the gentle
man find the same which Edison has
looked for in vain, and some others
who hold his views and why has his
natural modesty, or any other reason,
kept him from giving his knowledge
to scientific men who seek in vain for
an affirmative answer to Jobs conun-
drum? Present your evidence, j. c.,
or admit you have nothing but a be-
lief in the matter.
CLAIMING SEVERANCE.
Los Angeles, Cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-27
SAYS SHE'S SEEN SOUL

Editor Herald: l saw in your Valu-
able Letter Box some friend wants to
be enlightened on immortality. Seek
and ,sou shall finC and it shall be given
unto you.'
Soul $ a speck of light born into us,
not coming from our earthly parents.
This speck of light comes from above
when love is supreme and love be-
tween us will go on forever after we
La our mortal clay away. This speck
of light is the living soul, which can
never perish. Coming from the fOun-
tain of love. this light if not nOurished
will perish and lose its brilliance. If
this speck of light goes out then shall
we be in dar ness until kindled again
from the fountain of love. | have my
self been a witness to this soul light
and know of what | speak. | have
seen it and spoken to it. I was sitting
in my own room not thinking of any
thing when I saw point of light,
Thinking it strange l said, if it is
one of nv dear ones, will this light
come to me? And behold, it got to a
flame as large as my finger and came
to me where I was sitting about ten
feet away. 1t touched my dress ana
was gone.
Will anyone tell me what this living
light was? This living light is the
spirit man. Our material body is the
covering. At death we throw it off
and then come forth our seal selves.
We can make ourself brilliant in be
ing good and doing good SO MI Ed
son was and even will be identity him
self, not knowing it. j. Il.
Los Angeles, Cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-27
HUNT DOWN THE DYNAMITERS

THE dynamite outrage at the Llewellyn Iron
! works calls for immediate and effective ac-
ton. 1t is the duty OF the police powers to
find and arrest the men responsible for it. Talk
of clews and promises is not enough. They must
get the men and the evidence to convict them.
1t is the duty OF every citizen to give all the
aid he can. This dynamiting following SO closely
the blowing up OF the Times building, with its
appalling loss of life indicates that failure to catch
and punish those offenders has caused the crime
to be repeated, but this time without loss of life.
1t is the duty Of every union man to give his
full aid in running down the perpetrators of this
act. The heaviest blow the explosion inflicted
was to the cause of union labor because OF the
strike on at that plant Such tactics are not the
tactics of unionsm, and we believe the unions
will Immediately denounce the dynamters but
aid in their power to deliver the guilty men to the
vengeance of the law. We urge all the unions to
take stand that will demonstrate to the rest of
the world that they repudiate such action.
AledQy tlltIG are ldl &c leWdl Us OllSISu lOl the
of the Times disaster These re-
wards should apply to both crimes. Add more
to them if they not enough. Justice and the
fair name of the city OF Los Angeles demand ac-
ton and results.
1t has been many day since a vigilance COM
mittcc has been called on to uphold the majesty
of the law in California, and we are not advocat-
ing the formation of such committee now. BUT
IF THE POLICE ARE NOT ABLE TO STOP
THIS FIENDISH WORK OF THE DYNA-
MITERS, THE CITIZENS MUST TAKE a
HAND.
FORBEARANCE LONG AGO CEASED
TO BE A VIRTUE. THE PERPETRATOR
OR PERPETRATORS OF THIS DAMNABLE
PLOT AND OUTRAGE MUST BE BROUGHT
TO JUSTICE, AND LEST THE TEMPER OF
THE PEOPLE BE TRIED TOO LONG. WE
SAY TO THE POLICE: HUNT DOWN
THESE MEN" To the unions because they
will be under a cloud until the guilty wretches are
found, we say: FIND THESE MEN AND DE-
LIVER THEM INTO THE HANDS OF THE
LAW"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-27
SCHEDULE BY SCHEDULE
REVISION - SPELLS
COMMON SENSE

The most valuable Christmas present
which the people of the United States
a..d the business interests coilp''ie"
could eive this year. is schedule py
schedule tariff revision 0t the SUBJECT
needs approach) which spels ous'i'oS'
confidence and liability.
politics" is the bane of the coun-
| try .ad politics as well as too much OF
even good politics Politics and '"al
intang quantity, party regularity
have blocked the ways upon "hich
the ship of state was moving grandly
forworC into calm waters, often and
| historically.
liability in business means rest ana
progress industrally forward and not
| backward) for the people, as wen as
business and any other condition IN
cites unrest and disturbance.
President Taft's most important
warning to the country of the need
at this time of that stability which
tariff revision by schedules prom
| ises, should be read deeply by every
citizen. Senator Lodge has stated II;
tariff stability is the best gift the
people Ind business interests can re-
ceive."
", sc interests identical in this
instance. If business unrest and dis
turbance, non employment of labor, and
depreciation are wanted, it is upon
this question of the moment, that these
conditions are to be determined The
question is up to congress-which has
often been the disturbing economic fac
tor as well as OF prosperity and busi-
ness equilibrium-by wrong or right
action.
No tariff bill was ever yet revised
because it was all wrong, but only that
it needed revision-in part, and just
why a sane and sensible country should
stand for destruction of the whole
house in order to repair and disinfect
one or more of its rooms, perhaps tho
political "a tator can best explain
When repairs to a tariff bill can be
safely and quietly effected without dis
turbancc to the whole business struc-
ture of the country it would seem to
be the only method to be adopted.
LINCOLN G. CUMMINGS.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-27
SUNDAY AND THE SABBATH

Editor Herald: In regard to the
proper day for the worship of Jehovah,
the Hebrew God, there is no biblical
authority for such worship on sunday.
There is authority, however, in the
Roman Catholic church. While not be-
longing TO this church myself, I quote
the words of one of its priests on the
mattetr:
MY brethren look about you upon
the various Wrangling sects and de-
nominations Show me one that claims
or possesses the power to make laws
binding upon the conscience. There is
but one on the face of the earth-the
Catholic church-that has power to
make laws binding upon the conscience,
binding before God, binding under pain
of hell-fire. Take. for instance, the day
we elebrate-Sunday. What right have
the Protestant churches to observe that
day2 None whatever. You say 1T is
to obey the commandment, Remember
the Sabbath day. to keep ii holy But
Sunday is not the Sabbath, according
to the Bible and the record of time.
Every one knows that Sunday is the
first day in the Weeek, while Saturday
is the seventh day and the Sabbath.
the day consecrated as a day of rest.
1t is so recognized in all civilized ma
tions. I have repeatedly offered $1,000
to any one who will furnish any proof
from the Bible that Sunday is the day
we are bound to keep, and no one has
called for the money. 1t was the Holy
Catholic church that changed the day
of rest from Saturday to Sunday, the
first day of the week And it not only
compelled all to keep Sunday, but at
the council of Laodicea, A. D. 364, an
athematized those wo kept the Sabbath
and urged all persons to labor on the
seventh day under penalty Of anath-
ema. Which church does the whole
civilized world obey? PrOteStants call
us every horrible name they can think
of-antichrist,' the scarlet-colored
beast Babylon etc.-and at the same
time profess great reverence for the
Bible. and yet by their solemn act of
keeping Sunday they acknowledge the
power of the Catholic church. The
Bible says, Remember the Sabbath
day to keep it holy and that the sew
enth day is the sabbath; but the Cath
olic church says. NO, keep the first
day of the week and the whole world
bows in obedience
There were the words of Father En-
right before a large audience one sun
day night in an eastern city some time
ago, his subject being "The Power and
Authority of the Catholic Church"
1t has been stated repeatedly in the
Letter Box that Christianity does not
exist in the twentieth century; and
since the Sabbath is the seventh day,
which according to the Christian
Scriptures should be kept holy, the
majority of the Christian world has
broken that commandment and vio-
lated the Christian law by doing any
manner of work on Saturday; and wor-
Shipping on Sunday, a pagan day. the
Lord Jehovah, because the Roman
catholic church, and not the Bible. so
commanded. such majority has GER
tainlv sinned. In conclusion ask why
did this church change the day Of wor-
ship from Saturday to Sunday, from
the seventh day to the first?
LITERARY.
I ne AncelnS Cal
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-27
ANOTHER WORLDS RECORD BROKEN

I F nothing OF a sensational or even remarkable
nature is accomplished by the aviators during
the remaining days of the meet at Dominguez,
the exhibition will go down in history by virtue OF
the marvellous flight made yesterday by HoXsey,
who ascended distance of over 1900 feet This
alone will stamp the present meeting as a world
beaer and focus the attention of the civilized ma
tons on Los Angeles. We predict however. that
before the meeting closes this record will be
shattered. To the mind Of man there is something
almost beyond comprehension in the conquest OF
the air by human beings, and HoXseys brilliant
performance of yesterday first fills the spectator
with amazement, then with awe.
This flight is simply another demonstration
that man has conquered a realm hitherto conceded
to the feathercd tribe alone. We congratulate
Los Angeles and the able committee in charge Of
the meet, and we salute Hoxsey: Hail, king Of
the ART"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-27
MERRITT AND THE COUNCIL

Editor Herald It is strange indeed
to see the attitude and the stand the
city council is taking toward Mr.
Merritt and his proposed twenty-five
story building. after all our leading
business men, as we'll as the chamber
of commerce indorsed the project.
| sincerely hope and wish the ques-
ton of limitations regarding the height
of buildings will come to a vote be
fore the people Should this come to
pass 9S per cent of the vote would be
cast in favor Of tall buildings without
the slightest question of a doubt
Any and every city in the United
States would gladly welcome build
ing such as MI Merritt proposes to
build and there should be no reason
for T.os Angeles to stand back.
Let us have "a vote on this question
and the outcome of this vote will show
the minority. or small percentage OF
people who stand with the city council
in its decision.
CHARLES CASPARY.
Los Angeles, Cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-27
OUR AGE OF CONSENT'
LAWS
LAWS

Editor Herald: OF prostitution and
the causes leading thereto might it
not be we'll to look into our "age of
consent" laws bit? In some states
such age is so abominably low that we
simply play into the hands of the pro-
curer and the white SLAYER. The fol-
lowing is from press clipping in my
possessions:
we present herewith a revised list
of the several states and territories
complete, except Delaware and Utah,
with the present age of consent in
each. in cases of the crime of assault.
The figures are furnished in each in
stance by the secretary of state, in
reply to our inquiry, as follows: