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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-13
Street RAILWAY CT.
VIOLATED AGREEMENT !: :
MADE WITH employees


COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. l2.-Vain-
ly appealing to citizens to act as
special police, Director McCune re-
ported to Mayor Marshall that he
had succeeded in getting but five ad-
ditional men who are willing to swing
clubs in the street car strike district.
Sheriff A. H.: Sartain says that he
will compel citizens to act as deputies
If they refuse to volunteer.
Public opinion in this city ex-
pressed itself vigorously in a mass
meeting, held on the arrival of the
five regiments Of state troops, calling
upon the Columbus Railway and
Light company to come to an agree-
;nent with the union car men. The
demands Of Division 53s, of the Anal
gamated Association of Street and
Electric Railway Employees, are for
recognition of the union, rs cents an
hour for the first year and % cents
for the second year.
While Major General (Senator)
Dick, author of the notorious Dick
Military Law was in command in
this city of the militia, the state of
Ohio faced the following daily ex-
pense:
Maj. Gen. Dick gets s22.22 a day;
two brigadier generals, $16.67 each;
p colonels, Sill; 18 lieutenant coll
cnels, $9.72; 80 majors, $S.33;a hun
dred captains, $6.67; 80 first lieuten-
ants, $4.72, and 5000 .privates, 2
each; total of $7,642.34 a day.
To date the troops have seriously
injured one girl-Miss Bessie New
purgh, shot in the head by the ac-
Cidental discharge of a m1litiaman's s
rifle-arrested Miss Louise South
worth for addressing strikebreaker
as "scab," and Jailed many persons
on the charge of "loitering."
Colonel Voilruth of the 8th regi-
r:ent. has denied the story that he
had commanded his troops on Mon
day night to fire into the woods near
the West Goodale street bridge where
rioters were supposed to be hiding
This statement came from the adult
ant generals office, where it was re-
ported first that the order to fire had
been given and later that it had been
carried out.
The soldiers have reported that the
crew (strikebreakers) Of Sullivan
car, No. 532, placed distractions on
the car tracks. T. Mcqueen, assist
ant superintendent of the Columbus
| Light and Railway company has been
arrested for disorderly conduct. Sol
uiers sent out to the scene Of shooting
or Sullivan avenue report that the
firing was done entirely by the new
carmen tstrik kebreakers.) ... -,
-s4,Fhe%-- state board : Of arbitration.
findings made plain the fact that the
Columbus Light and Railway. com.
! pany had violated two compromise
agreements with its union men.
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SEATTLE UN|0N|STS
FORM LABOR PARTY

SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. 12.-Forty
unions having sent delegates to
conference for the censid Grafton of
political action. the unanimous deci-
sion. is to"1aunch labor party in this
city whose candidates will be"card
men,"
The platform of demands give
prominent place to the initiative, re-
terendum and recall, exclusion Of
asiatic labor, income tax, extension of
public domain to include mines, quar-
ries, Oil wells, forests and water pow.
er, not more than eight hours labor
a day for females nor to employ them
under sixteen years of age, and the
separation Of the United States bur-
eau of labor from the present depart
nlent of commerce and labor
The financial committee has agreed
upon the levying of a scent per cap
ita tax per month to furnish funds
for the campaign.
In the preamble to the platform
the farmer. small merchant and pro
Queer are invited to take part in the
campaign and support the labor party
iii the following terse lines:
The small farmer who is today ex-
plotted by large capital, more indi-
rectly but not less effectively than is
the wage worker, and the small man.
Nfacturer and trader who are engaged
in a desperate struggle for econ-
omic independence in the face of the
ell conquerng power of centralized
capital, need look for no redress from
the old political parties
Last spring the political effort Of
members Of organized labor in Sc
attic was more of an individual one
han the expression Of the whole
body Of the workers. and the work
ingmen did not take kindly to the
move This fall 1t is supported by
the unions, and effective results are
confidently expected.
The citizens of Seattle have been
so long boss-ridden and ring-robbed
that a political revolt headed by or
ganized labor seems to be possible Of
accomplishment at this time.
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GERMAN SHIPBUILDERS
THREATEN TO STRIKE

BERLIN, Aug. ia general
strike of all the shipbuilders in Ger
many Is threatened as the result Of
the inauguration Of strikes in the
shipyards at Bremen and Hamburg.
A meeting Of representatives of
employees of every shipbuilding firm
in Germany will be held here at
which the question of general strike
will be decided. 49,.
If it is called one of the greatest
industries in Germany will be tenn
porarily paralyzed. The strikers de-
mand higher pay and certain changes
in conditions under which they work
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NEW oRPHEUM STARTS WELL

The New Orpheum theater which
was this week taken over by the
lessees from the owner, G., C. Hart
ley, will start off right as a union
play house. .. - { 7"
The orchestra will consists of fiji
teen union musicians who will be Sc
lected from among the best talent the
city affords. Back, of the curtain
union conditions will also prevail,
the management, as men Of expert
ence in the show world, realizing
that when you want the best skilled
labor It pays to get men with the
Union. card in their pockets. #.5. #
Starting out under such favorable
=.a'luspices ~ the New Orpheum cannot
fail to prove popular with the thea
.ter-goers Of Duluth from the outset.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. {, 12.-Acord-
to the accident bulletin of the inter-
state commerce commission issued
this week the number Of persons
killed and injured by the railroad
companies of the United States dur
ing the months of January February
and March, 1910, was 1,10O killed and
21,232 injured. h. ~, u, r..
It shows an increase of 466 killed
and 500 injured as compared with
the same period ofssa year ago. These
figures deal only with employees on
duty and passengers. The statistics
here given present. the record of
standard railways, II for convenience
called steam railways in distinction
from electric railways. There were
nineteen killed onsselectric railways
an'd $50 injured. iS =: rs.
The total. number1uf casualties in
this quarter is swelIed by two great
disasters, one an avalanche in the
state of Washington and derailment
IN Iowa, both in hemonth Of March.
In these two disasters 141 persons
were killed and 50 injured. In other
respects the present record shows no
remarkable differences as, compared
with the corresponding quarter one
ear ago, bearing dn mind the fact
that that quarter represents. :ime
when there was still an abnormally
low volume of ira fife on many roads.
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A. F. OF /, |NAUGURATES
CAMPAIGN OF EXPOSURE
THIS LEGISLATOR WON'T
KOW-TOW TO BIG BILL

IRONTON, Ohio, Aug.
c'aring his disgust because it was
nee essary ''tO bow and scrape to
all the powers, up to the presi-
dent" to obtain the slightest
concession at Washington. Rep
resentative A. II. Johnson has
declared his intention to quit
congress.
my duties to my constituents"
he said, "entAilcd almost the loss
of my principles, for to get even
the slightest legislative or ap-
pOintive concessions at Washing
ton it was necessary to bow and
scrape to all the powers up to
the president. 1 am thoroughly
disguised with the whole busi-
ness and am of the opinion that
any other man would be if he
went through it,
johnson has served ono term
and was recently nominated for a
second. but has asked the tenth
district congressional committee
to put up Robert SWitzer, of Gal
lipoJis. OH the ticket in his stead.
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JAIL LABOR EDITOR
IN ARIZONA FIGHT

TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 12.-F'. H.
Blighton, editor of the Labor party 8
official paper, Voice of the People,
has been the victim of an assault by
his political enemies whom the police
was Jailed, released under $1,000
bonds, and then declared not guilty by
the judge. His trial was attended by
The entire force of union machinists
working in the Southern Pacific shops
1T this place. who left their work,
and marched to the court room in a.
body without stopping to take off
their overalls. The acquitted editor
was carried from the court room on
the mems shoulders.
The contract for printing Blighton's
paper has been abrogated by a local
newspaper office whose stock is said
to be owned in greater part by Post
master General Hitchcock.
That the Republican national ad-
ministration is to take a most active
part in the campaign for Arizona's $
constitution, is more than matter Of
mere humor, as friends of Postmaster
General Hitchcock are openly assert
ing that he will soon arrive in Tue
SON and make known his. candidacy
for the senatorship.
Republicans in Washington have
had@this political plan under consid-
Grafton and it was decided just before
Hitchcock left for Europe that upon
his return he should take personal
charge of the Arizona campaign and
accept a candidacy for the senator
ship. The sudden and unexpected ad-
>ent Of a political labor group, that
threatens to make another Oklahoma
out of Arizona, cut short the post
master generals trip abroad, reports
having reached him that international
labor organizations were preparing
to back the fight for labor statutes
in the new constitution with funds
from their treasures.
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SAY B. g. O. VIOLATED
FEDERAL OVERTIME LAW

CHICAGO, Aug. 12.-Charges that
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad COM
pany has violated the federal law in
working it's employees more than six
teen hours in succession have been
made in a suit filed in the federal
court against the road by Assistant
District Attorney Harry Parkin, on
direction of District Attorney Sims.
The railroad may be fined $500 for
each of the three alleged offenses.
The government charges the line COM
PEELED conductors and trainmen to
work more than sixteen hours while
running between Garrett, Ind, and
Chicago. d..
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PRESS AGENT WORKS
GRATIS FOR SENATOR
!. NELSON ) At A. CAPITAL |

WASHINGTON, d. c., Aug. 12.-
Nearly all politicians have to part
with some of their hard-earned cash
right along In order to secure some
publicity, but Senator Nelson of the
northern Pacific and Minnesota, has
a press agent >in Washington who
won't take penny from him. ~
Every day hundreds of, circulars
regarding Nelson are mailed from,
mere to the citizens of Minnesota, but
the shrewd old statesman doesn't
even have to- pay for the postage.
The circular is made up Of eight.
pages of beautifully printed matter,
slving interesting sidelights of the
career OF this pillar Of the. admins.
tratlon. The author Of the circular,
evidently spent considerable time in
looking over the files Of the congress
lonal record and other reference
works, as the following record of the
minnesota senator, which he has com.
piled, shows: = = ,
IN 1902 Senator Nelson asked the
judiciary committee, of which he was
member, to adopt a little Joker
that~ he. guaranteed would kill the
then pending anti-injunction BILL or
course, the committee adopted hia
amendment.
Dill preventing child labor in the
District of Columbia was not enacted
into law by the 59th congress mainly
because of the strong opposition of
Senator Nelson.
ON April 9. 1908, the La Toilette
bill regarding hours of service on
railroads, was tabled by the senate.
Senator Nelson was author Of the
motion.
The senate, however could not
Keep up with the humane and ad-
ranced views of. the Minnesota sena-
Tor, when the latter offered an
amendment to the child labor bill. de-
creas1ng the age limit from fourteen
TO twelve years. But it did accept an
amendment he offered later, permit
ting the employment of children in
mercantile establishments. This by
a vote of 80 to 80.
!. A labor bill amending the Sherman
antitrust law was reported adversely
from the committee on judiciary: on
January rs, 1909, by Senator Nelson.
1t goes without saying that the bos-
cm friend of James J. Hill voted
against the Hughes amendment ex-
empting labor unions from federal
prosecution under .this act, when this
matter was forced to an issue Just
before the last congress adjourned.
Senator Nelson's treatment OF three
Legislative representatives of laborror-
'ganizations who had called at his Of.
flee for the purpose Of interesting
him In favor of bill for the fnvesti-
Cation of the subject of workmen's
compensation, is described in the fol-
lowing words:
His demeanor and language
throughout the conference were dis
courteous and ungentlemanly; and
grossly insulting; he attributing or
ganized labors motive in urging this
legislation as desire on their part
of creating a job for somebody
referring to labor's friends, both In
and out Of congress, as demagogues
and agitators."
At a late hour it was learned that
the press agent of Senator Nelson, Of
the Hill roads, is Albert A. Roe. ma
tional legislative representative, Of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Enginemen, and the Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen.
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Delegates to International Typo.
graphical Convention are Loyal
II Entertained at Minneapolis.
Important Legislation. Effected.

MINNEAPOLIS, August 12.- A
universal label for all the printing
trades in the place 5of the diversified
arrangement now ins effect is one OF
the knotty problemsswhich the dele
gates of the International Typograph-
ical convention heraSare called upon
to solve in their deliberations this
week.
1t is predicted that one label, to
cover the whole printing trades, will
be the outcome. .-
Over three hundred delegates are
in attendance and the keys of the city
have been handed to- them to do as
they will. 81
President Lynch and his headquar-
tcrs STAFF with the other national Of
ticers was on the ground early and
got in much good work prior to the
opening Of the convention. Much OF
the entertainment of the visiting dele
gates was done the list two days of
last week as it was S4nt1cipated that
ths deliberations saf, the convention
asnd the various committee: meetings
would make many night sessions nee
essary.
All the various points of interest
around the Twin Cities have been
visited in turn by the typo guests
enc of the most enjoyable events be-
ing the trip to Lake Minnetonka
Wednesday evening which was par
ticipated in by the delegates en- nlasse
All the privileges of the resort were
extended gratis to the visitors whe
appreciated the good feeling which
prompted the entertainment. T.
The convention Wednesday ON the
recommendation Of the laws COM
m ittee upheld the priority law. as to
sub printers in opposition to the pro-
posed local option measure which
would give the local union the right
to control the sub list.
1t is expected that the deliberations
Of the convention will extend over
until late Saturday, so great is the
volume of business to be transacted
Duluth is represented at the con-
vention by James ]. Murray Of the
News Tribune chapel. Many Duluth
printers, not delegates, are interested
listeners to the convention proceed
ings'
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MOVING TRAINS CAUSE Of
LARGE SHARE Of DEATHS
Or RAILROADS. EMPl DYES

In an article on Accidents to Rail-
road Employees in New Jersey, 1883 I
to 1907" Frederick S. Crum. Phi. D.. 5
in, Bulletin No. 81, of the bureau Of
commerce and labor says that an in-s
.vestigation was undertaken for the
purpose Of securing information as to
accidents among railroad employees. 8
especially in those occupations fors.
which such information has hereto
fore been lacking. While excellent
data are available in the reports Of
the interstate commerce commission
for the larger groups of railroad EN-
ployes, such as enginemen, firemen,.
trackmen, shopmen, etc. data are. al,
most entirely lacking for such import /
ant groups as conductors, baggage.
men on trains, signal men, track pa
trolmen. ETC., and fatal accidents rates
based upon large groups composed Of
different elements are likely to be
misleading. This article furnishes i'm
formation as to accidents to: railway
employees in the smaller as well as the
larger branches of the service in New
Jersey. The figures were obtained by
detailed study of the accident re-<
turns of the railroads of New Jersey
printed in the annual reports of that
state, entitled Railroad and Canal Re-
ports for the years 1883 to 1907, and
these data We're supplemented by the
statistics Of injuries to railway ems.
ployes published In the annual reports
of the bureau Of statistics of labor
and industries of New, Jersey for the
period 1900 to 1908. The investigas
ton covers a total of 1866 accidents
for 1S,0002 of which the cause was
reported. -. y,-.. J.
Statements of the. number and
causes of fatal and nen-fatal accidents
and OF the nature and extent of nom
fatal injuries are given: in detail for
the various occupations. The occupa-E
tions are grouped under the general
heads of station men, trainmen, shop
! men, roundhouse men, yard employees,
maintenance-of-way employees, float
ing equipment employees, and miscel-s
laneous employees. ~ s- +.
The figures show that railroad EN-
ployes working on or about tracks. (
trains. engines or cars are exposed to-
a high accident liability Of the.
fatal accidents to employees other than.
station men, shopmen and trackmen
in New Jersey from 1888 to 1907.
sS.s per cent were caused by moving
trains, locomo olives, or cars, while 100
per cent Of the deaths Of station men.
5S.3 per cent Of the deaths Of shop
men, and s.5.6 per centEof the deaths
Of trackmen were due to this cause.
or the total railway accidents 9s. per
cent were due to the movement Of
trains, locomotives, or cars. The
! causes Of accidents as given in detail
| also show that a considerable pro-
| portion of the employees were injured
because of their own carelessness Or
! that Of their fellow workmen., r.
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THINK TRINITY WOULD
BOOST GATE RECEIPTS

RICHMOND Va, Aug. 12.-Theo-
tlore Roosevelt, Booker T.. Washing
ton and Jack Johnson! - r
These are the attractions that the
promoters of the first negro state
fair ever held in the United States
hope to be able to offer to attract
the money to the gate. Giles B..
jackson, q local negro attorney, and
John C. Dancy, former register of
deeds of the District of Columbia,
left here today for New York to in
vite Roosevelt and Johnson, and "a
written invitation has been forwarded
to DR.. Washington. 2* [[:, iss...'.. s..
y Z The proposed fair will be held in
Richmond next fall. - r.. %r.
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LEATHER Is NOW IN
GRIP or POWDER TRUST,

u NEWBURG. NJ x, Aug. Il. The
Newburg Fabrikoid Works reputed to-
be the largest artificial leather plant
in the world, has been sold to the e. !.
=. Dupont de Nepnours Powder cons
pany OF Wilmingt lon. Del, Q concern
whose assets aggresate approximately.
37s, 900, 900. B 3.
1T is said that the price paid for.
the plant was ii the neigh borhoo bod OF
s$4OO, ,000.. d s
With the acquisition Of the New
burg industry the Dupont company
has now about 2 s plants throug ghout,
the country BY buying the Fabri-'
koid works the nowd Ter trust has
gained control of the artific icial heather
aindustrysof the country
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PoTsHoTs INTO the
POLITICAL FLOCK:

The Republican organs of the state,
among them the Duluth News Trib-
une, seem to be going into all kinds
of Mysteries now that it is among the
strongest of possibilities that John
Lind will bow to the wishes Of his
party and thousands of independent,
lawabiding citizens of the state OUT
side of his party. g..
Even as the defeated Austrian gen
erals acclaimed Napoleon .Bonaparte
no gentleman because he refused to
fight his battles along the antiquated
lines of established military policy, so
these would-be authorities on po1itic-
al ethics are pref pairing to censure
John Lind because, forsooth, against
his own. personal inclination,: he may
listen to the peoples call and bow to
their mandate y .,....,> ...
1t is so much out of the ordinary,
from their point Of view, to have the
office seek the man and to have the
man seek his own personal incl1na-
lions in patriotic service of the people
that they consider, or at least, affect
to consider, such course very ''naugh-
ty.' Hence their hostile attitude to-
ward Lind and the convention that
was brave and patriotic enough to
nominate him. "a #%:. :. [=zl*: s=zl*:5 "a 1 !
Oh, my! How good these Repub-
lican machine politicians and editors
stre getting to be! It is really quite
refreshing to see how solicttous. these
political mentors are for the feelings
and comfort Of the candidate they
would like to get aout: of the way.
=. The following endorsement Of
Judge. Jaaues' candidacy for con-
gress by the Democrats OF Itasca
county is 50 pertinently put that It
deserves reprod duction even at this
late day. Mr. Jaques IS evid dently
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MAINE SMELLS CRY
FOR SERVANT GIRLS

AUGUSTA, Me-, Aug. 12.-Ten thou
sand housewives in this state are los
ing sleep these days over the problem
of how to get servant girls. In spite
of the offers Of "good homes and
reasonable privileges the working
girls out here, just as the working
girls all over the country. prefer a
factory Job to housework. 80
's This unwillingness on the part Of
working girls to part with their even
ings and Sundays, which servant girl
generally has to forego, has cut in a
good dea! on the social life Of some
Of the local swe'!s and they have ap-
pealed to the state: bureau of indus
trial: and labor statistics to help them
out in, their: trouble The bureau is
sued statement which is, meant to
induce working girls to take, up house
work, even if it. involved giving up
their evenings and Sundays, so that
their mistresses might not forego their
social pleasures. }" The statement Of
the bureau reads: :" .;.E - ~. ~.
maine wants 10000 girls at once.
She needed as many as 10000 three
years ago, and conditions have not
improved. The wages paid are equal
to or. better than those paid in stores
and many offices. ,First-class girls
are offered So to: $6 a week and: all
reasonable privileges. A further ad-
vantage is that, there are no long
periods of non-employment. There Is
always a demand for her services.
s. The bureau Of Industrial and labor
statistics asked for information on
the subject. Circulars were sent to
every one Of the 521 cities. towns and
plantations. Definite figures were re-
turned by 113. one Of which was q
large city. These 113. cities and
towns reported conservative estimates
Of the mum ber OF permanent positions
available fol. girls willing, to work iaa
3,650. If that can be taken as. an
Indication Of the den1and throughout
/ the state. the other towns require al
Elsast s. 500 more 4 Iss ]1