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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-20
MINERS OF MIDDLE WEST
VIEW LIFE FROM BETTER
ANGLE THAN MEN OF PA.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 19.-Bitum-
inous coal miners of the middle west
live under better conditions than the
men engaged in the same industry in
Pennsylvania. and the Improvement is
attributed to the influence of organ
lied labor, according to the national
immigration commission, in, report
made public today. The conclusions
of the commission are based upon
$4,000 specific cases in Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois. :
The observations Of the agents Of
the commission lead to the conclu-
sion that about half of the miners
own their own homes Owing to the
prevalence of trolley cars many OF
them live in adjacent towns and ride
to their work. Company stores are
not common. The .eight-hour system
prevails. and the union has been
measure bly,, successful in preventing
new arrivals from driving out the
old miners. The average wage-earn-
ing capacity is $2.49 per day, which
Is AZ cents more than is paid in Penn
sylvania. A marked increase in wages
has been made in recent years.
A greater degree of interest in pub
lie affairs IS shown. In a large num-
Der of cases investigated, 63 per cent
of foreigners either had taken or pre-
pared to take out naturalization pa
pers. :.
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HAVE FITTING PROGRAM. :. +.
FOR DAY We CELEBRATE
FRUSTRATE PLAN TO FLOOD
CINCY WITH CHEAP LABOR

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Aug. 19.-Or-
ganized labor of Cincinnati is actively
engaged in campaign to Illustrate
an attempt on the part of the busi-
ness interests Of the CITY to import
hordes of workers in an attempt to
flood the local labor market. 49,.
A special committee has been ap-
pointed to take care of the matter
by the Central Labor council.
This committee is already sending
out circulars to warn those who
may be misled by the recent publica-
ton of an article claiming that 5000
more people could be used here in
one industry alone.
The circular says that lin that
particular industry there are many
shops not running on full time and
which cannot use the employees al
ready on the payrolls thereof"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-20
{ 4G0.llVE. on RICE SAID
81. CHESTY' Ed TO CARMEN
NEW SHOEWORKERS' UNION 4:
Z = SHOWS MARVELLOUS GROWTH

Il -sslEIA'X'ERHILL, Mass, Aug. ia
chief topic: of wonderment among
the. shoe workers Of New England
is the rapid growth of the new M
ternational organization Of the trade,
the United Shoe Workers OF Amer
lea. Formed at Lynn last September
at "a soecia. convention composed Of
delegates representing IA local unions
with tIg.700 members, there are now
50 local. unions with $500 members
throughout the country affiliated with
the new organization. # : Il
~ These locals are situated in most
of the principal shoe towns of Mas
sachuset:s, including Lynn, Brockton,
salem,,t Beverly, Marlboro, .Danvers
and Chelsea, and extending as far
west as Chicago and st. Louis. In
the latter city there are already five
local unions with 1900 members,
while in Chicago there are 600 mem
bers in a single union.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-20
soLONs KICK ON TORN 81
SHIRTS; YELL COMBINE

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.-The gov
ernment Is considering evidence bear
ing on the existence OF a laundry
trust at the national capital. The
papers in the case are under consi-.5
deration by United States District At.
torney Wilson. but no final conclusion
has been reached. so tar as he VIM
admit. ..s.l
It Is asserted that some OF the
leading concerns in this city are.
operating In restraint of trade. The
contemplation OF action against the
laundries recalls the speech made In
congress several years ago BY Rep
sresentative ]. Hampton Moore OF
Philadelphia, who complained OF the
ravages OF the Washington laundries
on shirt bosoms and other linen.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-20
Anarchistic Head Of Columbus
Trolley Company Would Ruin
Buckeye City to Crush Union
ism Among His Employees.

/ COLUMBUS, O.. Aug. 19: The re-
fusal of the police of this city to
act as assistant strikebrea kers Is with
cut parallel in the annals of American
municipalities. Over half a hundred
blue coats are rejecting the public
sentiment against the Columbus Rail-
way and Light company to a point
where Mayor Marshall's orders to
the officers to man the cars have been
openly defied. The Chamber Of Com
.merce has become, hysterical over the
crisis and in, response to its demand
the troops have been recalled.
Three more women have been adj
ded to the list Of those injured by
the company's imported astrikebreak-
ers, Mrs. Catherine Kelly, shot in the
knee, her little daughter Helen, shot
through the right shoulder, and Mrs.
Charles Hart who, was struck by a.
bullet in her right thigh.
The explosions, which have been
continually occurring under the COM
pany's cars, are. claimed to be the
work of the strikebreakers, and union
men point to the wanton shooting in
dulged in by these thugs as corrob-.
orative evidence: of the charge.
The story widely circulated by the
company's publicity bureau to the eff
feet that Mayor Marshall had en-
couraged the organization of the car
mems union is fatty denied by Charles
Miller, the unions business manager.
The temper of "Chesty'' Ed. Stew
art, the company's manager, may be
judged from his words to the mem-
bers Of the strikers committee who
were advised to go back to their mates
and tell them to be prepared to Give
on rice" for the company would never
recognize the union. T..
In addition to the first batch of inn
ported strikebreakers, the company
has hired squad of Pinkertons who
ere patrolling the street car tracks
and arresting citizens who express
their opinions of the municipal
anarchy stirred up by the strike
breakers ~. .,4. = -
Although the state board Of arbi-
tration decided that the union men
had been Disseminated against, Man
ager Stewart practically kicked the
decision out of his Office and an
nounced that Organizer Fay Of the
Garments union must leave town, that
the men would not be allowed to
wear their union buttons, and that
the company would fight all recogni-
tion of the union to the last ditch
From such czar-like tactics the pres-
ent turmoil has arisen and the publfc's
sympathy has been won for the
strikers. % -
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G0MPERS DEN0UNCES
INJUNCTION GRANTED
!: AGAINST :EkGRAVERS

WASHINGTON D. c.. Aug. 19.-
Declaring that were he one of the
union men enjoined by Judge Hitch
cock of Boston he would refuse to
comply with the provisions of the.
president of the American Federation
or Labor, denounced the injunction
just issued against the Boston Photo
Engravers union, forbidding it to
continue with strike and prohibiting
the payments Of strike benefits.
This injunction issued by Judge
Hitchcock Of Boston," said Mr.. Com
pers, "is an invasion of personal
rights and liberties guaranteed by the
constitution Of the United States and
of the state of Massachusetts, The
injunction is repugnant to every con-
cept of justice, right, and equity. 1t
assumes that there is some form of
property right which the employers
have in workmen and that therefore
this property right may be regulated
and enjoined by Injunction. =
If 1 were one of the parties en-
Joined, I should test. it to- its limit
and decline to. comply with its pro-
- These squestjon .sof IS HUMAN
rights as against 4 he atteEn rtss by In
junction or other process, to establish
property rights in man, must be con-
tested wherever the question arises
and men must be willing if necessary
to take their stand, make the issue,
and bear the consequences, no matter
what they may be-
Boston and Wa shington labor lead
ers regard this latest injunction as
the most severe court order ever
issued against labor union, setting
a precedent which threatens the life
of labor organizations in this country.
The injunction has been issued to
the firm OF, Folsom &, Sunergran and
is directed against the officers and
members of Photo Engravers' union
No. 3 Of Boston.
Judge Hitchcock declares that a
strike to be legal must be based upon
some complaint of the employees
themselves regarding the, terms and
conditions Of. their own employment,
and that a strike instituted by a gen.
eral body of men where there is no
trouble with respect to individual en-
ployes, called merely for the pur-
pose of compelling employers to sign
an agreement with a labor union
against their will! is illegal" The
union by order of the court has been
enjoined from paying strike benefits.
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GOMPERS REPLIES. TO :
VERBAL ASSAULT. OF
CAPITAL WITH FACTS

WASHINGTON, D.. c., Aug. Ia
The president of the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor has made q cool and
pointed answer to the lurid and SEN
sational attack of this months num-
Der of the American Industries, a pa
per published in the interest of the
National Association of Manufacture
erS. =,
With it's leading article headed
"Gompers Foully Insults the Judi,
ciary," followed by pages of diatribe
in which the Bucks Stove manage
ment is called Benedict Arnold
Gompers the perpetrator of ''des-
picable lie," and finally asserting
that ''Never in the history of their
boycotting .excesses had Gompers and,
the A. F. of L. displayed such Grim
inal disregard of the law the, organ
of the National Association OF Manu-
facturers makes plain the intent to
reopen the legal warfare between la,
Dor and the manufacturers of the
United States. .~-5 ? -
To all this the little cigar maker,
sitting in the office of the American
Federation of Labor on the Fifth
floor of the Ouray building, makes the
following concise reply: =. g.. .,.s.
''The fact that I have insisted upon
my right to discuss any question
which according to my Judgment I
have the right to discuss, injunction
tor no Injunction. that Is not an in
suit to the judiciary; that Is, the af-
firmation and assertion Of the con-
stitutional guaranteed right to every,
citizen of the country. I propose to
do that. - - =
t"As for the Bucks Stove and Range
COMPANY continued President Com
pers, they insult the new manage
ment of that company simply because
it. comes to an agreement with Or
ganized labor for the purpose OF con-
ducting its business on harmonious
lines between the company and labor.
"All this abuse is not going to
change the attitude ST labor con-
cluded tMr. Gompers. we are in this
movement to protect the, rights and
Interests Of the. working people and
to help them In their common uplift.
Every thinking man understands that
iii our time Workmen acting as i'm
protecting their rights and interests
as against concentrated capital and
corporations that the only hope Tor
labor is In union. That work we are
trying to do: We are trying to ar
rive at better relations between and.
better understanding and agreement.;
with employers, whether individuel
employers or any Organization or cor,
roration or trust The abuse OF ~.
Rnprant rs and short GIFTED people such
az represented BY the Kirbys and
Posts is 1 not going to ruffle our tenn
per 81 interfere with our work. The.
agreemeIlt entered into Ii satisfactory
Eto the com and b Il q
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-20
CHICAGO !. W|l|||RkERS I.
. Enter POLITICAL ! !.
:. 'F|HDsN 4 BODY

CHICAGO. Aug. 8. Stirred from
center to circumference by the action
of the Chicago Federation Of Labor
in calling fora referendum vote of
the entire membership upon. the ques-
ton Of .ipdepend ent political action or
affiliation wtthi the Socialist party,
union men Of this city freely pro-
claim that their decision wilisnot only
vitality effect Sffhe future politics in
Chicago. butt Ssfarst inevitably.s; .; re-
model the political concepts Of the
entire Amerisfsh labor movement. j. {
Sixty days I4as been, given Ia which
to take the vffte and make tho return
to the; officers:sof TIE feder a1ion: as
question put I,, the 900 mIe11ihefs
as follows :,s.as:l = IN
shall orgaSized labor indorse and
cooperate Wa;h the. Socialist party j?
Shall organiezd la Dor form an in
dependent political party? Syss~5> 3: =. /
VIII you abide by the: majority
vote given on these questions?",
The committee .son political action
presented a platform which was, ord
cred printed and sent out with the
ballots, it being also agreed that the
Socialist party, platform Should be
likewise distributed.
Following are the proposed planks
of the platform framed by the COM
mittee: F -
Direct primary nominations =
Election of United States senators
by direct vote of the people,.
Old age. and disability pension laws.
Employers liability law.
Election by the people of the men,
bers of the Chicago board of educa-
ton. Z
Public ownership Of all public utili-
ties.
Prohibition If gambling in stocks
and necessariess sof#life.
All municipal, state and federal
work to be done direct instead Of by
contract i A .~-,.'> -:
Abolition of theSSfee system in pub
lie offices. 55@
Initiative, referendum, and recall.
Reform of the method of selecting
members of the grand jury.
The two hours Sof stirring debate,
which preceded this momentous ac-
ton Of the Chicago Federation of La
Dor served to make plain that an
overwhelming. ma jority was in favor
Of political aetioh independent of the
old parties, butf as to the, proposed
alliance With tbs Socialist: party there
was much dfy6f9ence' OF opinion - y:
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-20
WORKERS CELEBRATE
: REFUGEES RELEASE

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Aug. 49,
Freed, after fourteen months in the
Federal prison at Florence, Arizona,
the Mexican political refugees, Magon.
Rivera and Villarreal, have returned
to this city, where a monster public
reception was given them at the La
Dor Temple, the enthusiastic assem-
blage taking up collection of $500
with which to start a. newspaper in
the interests of Mexican independence.
Seated on the platform by the side
of Rivera was his devoted@wife and
two little children, who have fol-
lowed him from one prison to another
as he has been pursued, captured and
imprisoned, time after time, by the
Diaz, the dictator of Mexico. ri.
With grim determination, Magon,
the leader of the Junta, reiterated his
pledge of never ceasing in the work
Of giving to Mexico free speech, free
press, free ballot and the right of la
bor to freely organize. These con-
stitutional rights are now denied in
Mexico. e & Id = - 8.
"The only means Of correcting these
abuses is by armed revolution pro-
claimed Magon. I'VE have never done
so. We have preached armed revo-
luton by Mexicans in Mexico. This
is our privilege under the American
constitution. Political refugees from
other countries are doing the same
thing r = :. eg# 3
Although Wickersham, the attorney
general, threatened to have the Mexi-
cans arrested Immediately upon their
release, the United States attorney
here states that he has no knowledge
of any warrant for this purpose
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-20
PARIS PRINTERS ALLOW
-. =, CUBS ON LINOTYPES

PARIS, Aug. 1s:-The congress of
the French Typographical union, now
being held at Bordeaux, after long
consideration, has voted to allow ap-
prentices to, operate linotype ma
chimes. However, it was also decided
that apprentices must at least work
thirteen weeks in a printing shop.
before they can be permitted to OPP
crate a machine. While they are
working as apprentices it was decided
that they shall get the normal scale
Gr Wages 49,: ,.5-,a. - ~
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-20
URGE GENERAL STRIKE
FOR EUROPEAN sEAMEN

e. sLONDON,sAug: 1s.-The officers of
the Seamen and Firemen's union has
issued a circular to the members of
the organization urging that a gen
eral strike be called within a fort
night, the. exact date be fixed .imme-
diately after the adjournment of the
Copenhagen conference. The circu-
lar declares that the seamen are the
only slaves left in the world today
the only workmen that are liable to
imprisonment for quitting work.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-20
sC1oNs OF UPPER CLASS
BREAK STRIKES FOR FUN

!. NEW LONDON, Conn, Aug. 1s.-
Samuel M. Alien, son of District At
torney Allen, and Edward Almes, a
son of a prominent attorney of Mont
rose, Pa. who were among a gang
of strikbreakers brought to New Lon
don by the Central Vermont railroad,
have been. arrested on charges Of riot
ing. VI *. s ..Ss i !. . ss%ss = = f., T.
They engaged in strikebreaking for
the sake of adventure. 81. r..
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SHORT TIME POLICY DRIVES
MILLWORKERS FROM HOMES

PROVIDENCE, r. l., Aug. 10
Scores Of families have left Olney-
Vile, one of the largest woollen manu-
featuring centers of this country, be-
cause of a general shortime policy in
the large mills.
Many persons who remain are des-
titute, having used up their savings.
Some of the mill men believe that
there will be more work after Aug
ust Is, when the effect of the recent
openings in the goods market will
be known.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-20
WIN Continue hin Strike,

ss5ssPIT1TsBURG, Pa, Aug. 19.---From
the headquarters Of the Amalgamat-
ed Association of Iron and Steel
Workers: 1t has been announced that
those who for the past six months
have been stri king in the American
Sheet and Tin Plate company, or
Steel Corporation mills, had voted
not to declare the strike off, but to
continue it. s fts nj 81 T Z @ So. i, u
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CHILD SLAVERY DECREASES.

CHILD SLAVERY: DECREASES.
" WAslIIINGTON A & Aug. Is. The an
inpal report OF the operation Of the
child E labor law IN the District of
Columbia, shows that l Sc. business
houses have ceased TO employ child
ssslf he law. rtend q "a - q
g made a fos ts
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-20
SAY ID. & H. RY c0 WIN

SAY d. e III. RY. co. WIN.
ALBANY, Aug. 19.-The strike of
the trackmen on the Delaware and
Hudson railroad. which has been on
since July 2. was declared off this
week. The settlement is almost a
a victory for the company. as few
concessions were made.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-20
500 JACKET MAKERS STRIKE.

CHICAGO, Aug. 19.-The children's
jacket makers Of the West Side have
voted unanimously to declare a gem
eral strike In the trade ..gy.! Il 1ss. 1fs. f5s8
s1a&F Five hundred men and women were
affected BY the ord er, y and more will
be taken out of the shops soon.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-20
Ask Aid for State Workers

ASK AID Tor State Workers.
PEN Argyll, Pa, Aug 19.-An ap-
peal for financial aid has been issued
by the International Union of Slate
Workers to assist the men who are
out on strike against the Arvonia
Va, Slate company.
The men have been on strike for
four months
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-20
Kill Four in Strike Riot.

- KllI Four In Strike Riot.
BARI, Italy, Aug. 19.-Four per-
sons were killed and several others
wounded during a clash between
troops and participants in a general
strike, which had been organized in
protest against high house rents.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-20
Biggest Parade in History of Or
ganized Labor at Head of Lakes
Is Promised by Labor Day Com
mittee-McEwen for Speaker
Of Day.

OF LAY.
Are you with us on Monday, Sep
tember 5?
Sure you will be, as will most every
one in Duluth.
If not you'll miss one of the great
est Labor Day celebrations this old
town has ever seen-going back even
to the time when Sergeant Kenna
was herding COWS, barefoot, on Su-
perior street.
The committee on arrangements,
and they are the whole thing these
days. are making great promises for
the big day.
OF course their chief efforts have
been centered on a parade-such a
parade as has hitherto been unheard
of in Duluth.
Ten o'clock in the morning is the
hour set for the hosts of organized
labor to take up the line of march
and this is the order in which they
will be seen in the ranks of militant
labor, forming in order at 9 a. M;
Position of Unions in Line.
First division forms on First street
between Fourth and Fifth avenues
west.
Platoon of police.
La Brosse's band.
Speaker Of the day and mayor in
carriage.
Carriages containing city council.
Fire department.
Chief marshal Charles Turnquist.
Federated Trades assembly.
Wonen'c Union 1oa one
Garment workers.
Ladies' Label league.
Painters.
Longshoremen.
BARRIERS, No. g.
Horseshoers.
Cigarmakers.
Cement workers.
Plumbers
Boilermakers.
LeatherWorkers.
Retail clerks.
Iron moulders.
Sheet Metal workers.
Steam shovel and dredgemen.
Brewery worekrs.
Tailors.
Musicians.
Newspaper mailers.
Bakers.
"4&Sscofid dfVisionI orn1r -. o n - First
street between Third and Fourth ave-
nues west
Marine band.
Marshal, J. H. Powers.
Butchers.
Building laborers
West Duluth BARRIERS.
Telegraphers.
Stage employees.
Freight, handlers.
Ore dock handlers.
Steam engineers.
Licensed Tugmen's Protective as
sociation.
Machinists.
Switchmen.
Tile settlers and helpers
Typographical union.
Team drivers.
Steam filters. y
Printing pressmen.
Tug fremen and Hnemen
Blacksmiths.
Third division forms on First street
between Second and Third avenues
west.
Drum corps.
Marshal, E. A. Rickard.
Bricklayers.
Plasterers.
Stone masons.
Carpenters
Structural iron workers.
Carmen's union.
Lathers.
Electrical workers.
Floats.
The line of march is Second avenue
east and Superior street to Eighth
avenue west
Immediately following the conclu-
sion Of the. parade it is planned for
the labor hosts to gather at Kalama-
zoo hall before dispensing for lunch
At 1880 the itinerary of the day
Will be again taken up at the Fair
mont par kpavilion where the pro-
gram of addresses with William E.
McEwen, state labor commissioner as
headliner, will be begun.
In addition to the principal ad-
dress Of the day by Mr.. McEwen
there will be other addresses by
prominent labor workers and citizens
OF Duluth in sympathy with the labor
movement, but-and the committee
say it with emphasis-POLITICS IS
BARRED.
Following and interspersed' with
the speaking program will be the
Continued on Page Six.
INSURANCE AGENTS., ON
STRIKE, ARE DISMISSED
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