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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-27
''Scab' Is Good Name for a Scab

in the text Of his decision that NC
Pherson admitted he had been on the
Bowery in New York so many times
he could not count them and the
words .'Bowery tough were war
ranted by the evidence, being i1nprs-
sive while possibly inelegant, and the
county attorney did not exceed his
province when he used Them"
In his decision Judge Ensign has
the precedent of both eastern courts
in this country and those Of England
to sustain him, as the same question
has arisen there and has been dis
posed of in a similar way
The word .'scab" is a perfectly le.
gal and recognized term nowadays
and the man who objects to it's use
is nine chances out Of ten scab OR
willing to be.
Let those who don't like it's use
do nothing to deserve the term.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-27
TAG YOU'RE IT, ANDY.

Andrew Carnegie, speaking at
a banquet Of the Civic Federation,
said: "The more I get into touch
with union labor the more I get
to understand and respect it,
Come out of it, Andy. You
know we are getting tired Of be-
ing touched"
The iron and steel workers came
in touch" with your Pinkerton
thugs in 1892.
Old John Brislin, the inventor,
came in close |'touch" with you
and died a paqper.
It's toueh-and-go with any
one who touches your blood
stained money, Andy.
Corey, Schwab ct al know this
is very true.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-27
NoN-UNIONIsTS IMPEDE
EFFORTS OF FREEDMEN

The non-union men of this and
all other countries are to great ex-
tent responsible for the employ
ment of child labor, for the spread
of consumption, for low wages
and long hours in any branch of
labor, for the employment Of con-
victs in competition with free
labor-responsible for. all ugly
things from which labor suffers.
II there we're no non-union men
the unions would be able to bring
about all needed reforms and
make life for all what it should be.
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This is a peculiarly critical time
in the development Of trade union
ism in this country, says Prof. w.
q. Ripley Of Harvard. In the first
place, there has been economic
depression caused by the panic
Of two years ago, and the employ
ers have used the situation to
eliminate, wherever possible, tho
organized men. The trusts have
been tried by fire. Many: have
succumbed by reason Of weakness
or fraud or deceit in their organ
izations. But some Of the great
combinations have become i'm
pregnable. They are now trying
to destroy the trade unions, the
only organization capable of. cop
ing with them, and which must
cope with them if there is to be
evenhanded justice and right. s
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-27
FAIL URE TO COOPERATE
OFFENSE AGAINST RACE

The biggest blunder a wage
Garner can make is to fail to unite
with his comrades in a trades
union. 1t is blunder 50 great
that it amounts to crime-a
crime against himself, against his
family and against his race, and
especially against his class.
That his conduct is a crime OF
shameful enormity is plain from
the fact that he is putting himself
with a set who alone stand in the
way Of the uplift Of all working
men. For if all wage earners were
in the union there could be no
scabs and strike breakers, SO that
the employers would be forced to
meet the reasonable demands Of
their employees.
How a self-respecting wage
Garner. or an honest ]nin"led one
can content himself in slsvish in
action for his own welfare is be-
You'd human, acknowledgement man
can invent an excuse for him. This
applies to non-union men who live
surrounded by union influences,
and where the invitation to join
the union is constantly extended
to-; them. a., -. t.. ~. d. ..:.-
There may be others to whom
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-27

A decision Of special significance
to organized labor was handed down
in the Duluth courts this week.
During the trial Of jackson Nc
Pherson, recently, on the charge of
killing Otto Frey, shipmate on the
North Star, while the boat was tied
up to Duluth dock, County Attorney
John H. Norton, in addressing the
jury, applied the terms "scab" and
"bowery tough to MCPHERSON.
The latter's attorney based an APP
plication for new trial on the Ian
guage applied by the county attorney
to his client ana Judge Ensign, this
week, in refusing to grant a new trial
decided that the terms were fitting
and justified:
The plea that they unfairly in
fluenced the jury in its decision OF
a life term for the prisoner was not
given weight by the court who said
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-27
AND YET THE COMMAND
THOU SHALT NOT STEAL

"A steel cage on wheels, cum
ningly wrought by a skilled
craftsman and safeguarded by
locks Of the most complicated de-
sign, for the mornings ride OF
Vinson Mclean, Americas $780,
100000 baby, is the latest and
most startling novelty which two
fond parents at Bar Harbor have
adopted to protect their boy from
kidnapers and detectives, pri-
vate watchmen, 80 house servants,
and so outside retainers are also
enlisted in protecting this child
marvel from kidnapping" That is
one of the news items with which
the history Of this week begins.
The news Of the week before
was enlived with gay accounts of
a bull pup passenger riding from
ocean to ocean in a special Pull
man car to save him the discom-
fort and indignity Of travelling in
the baggage car, a car whose
maker gets for years of hard
work less than the cost Of that
bull pups travelling expenses on
that one luxurious journey.
Mixed with these news stories
Of prosperity were news stories of
a different kind. There was the
man who, gone crazy it may be
from loss of his job and with har-
rowing fears Of starvation-at any
rate indignant unto death from a
sense Of injustice, real enough no
doubt though wrongly directed
tried to murder mayor There
were young girls synchronized to
the motions of tireless machinery
wearing out their lives at the
murderous rate of II hours a day.
There were suicides caused by
poverty and fear Of poverty; and
crimes caused by poverty and fear
Of poverty-emphasized, perhaps
by a plausible feeling that legality
crimes are no worse in morals than
the legality privileges that breed
hundred million dollar babies and
Pullman car pups.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-27

Judging from the wall Of
anguish that rises from the ranks
of the New York cloak manufac-
turers, the great strike of the
cloak makers in that city appears
to be practically won.
Some Of the biggest manufac-
turers have made public announce
ment Of the fact that this season s
trade is virtually lost to them.
One house that usually employs
three thousand "hands' has now
only two employees, and these have
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i ! = I =
the gospel Of unionism has never
been preached, The union men
themselves are responsible for
their failure to join the union. It
is our duty to so preach the
trades union gospel to the heather
that there shall be none to whom
the good news has, not been car
ried, and to keep at it faithfully,
earnestly, persistent.ly, until there
shall not be an honest man in all
the land left to advocate the cause
Of industrial slavery.
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The la*e j. W. Van Cleave Of
St. Louis left an estate Of nearly
a million. Half Of this represent
ed stock in the Buck Stove &
Range Co., and the rest stock in a
big instalment house with several
stores in the central west. This
latter doubtless got many dollar
out Of the very organized labor
that was boycotting the Buck
concern. And it is curious to note
that the instalment house was
shrewd enough not to handle
Buck stoves!
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-27
IT'S NO DISGRACE But

"The long smooth zzz-pp Of the
tire gliding over the highway is
true music to the trained ear of
the motorist, says a high-sound.
ing chug- buggy advertisement in
a recent number of popular
magazine.
But what about the poor SON
of-a-gun who has to hoof It and
content himself with the jjj-qq
Of his new $1.98 marked down
from $500 boots on the pave
ment, made commonplace by the
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-27
PoTsHoTs INTO THE
POLITICAL FLOCK

The Republican papers Of Aitkin
county are stirring up a tempest in a
teapot over the candidacy Of Nc
Knight for the Republican congress
sional nomination and making all
kinds Of dire charges over the a1,inua
back Of It. 4S
The Aitken 1ndspe ndent, in hu-
morous vein. treats Of the matter, 10
follows: 55ss. n.
Our esteemed contenhp orAry, the
& sAitkin Age. sees IA the candidacy
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-27

the people who are behind this
movement would seek to better
the condition Of the working girls
by patronizing goods manufac-
tured in fair establishments, the
necessity Of erecting homes would
be obyiated. AZ 5@ >t
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-27

The committee on sports for the
Labor Day celebration is getting
up fine program, and will have
some elegant prizes to offer. Get
ready to take part in the. games
and show 'em that you are just
as young as ever, and twice as
spry.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-27

hurrying tread Of plebeia1 feet
Or Of the unfortunate cuss who
has to jump fifty feet high at a
crossing when he hears the mel
low B fiat ppp-ddd-qqq Of some
pinhead new-rich driving his
devil-wagon at fifty per with the
cop looking the other way?
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-27
CHILD LABOR STATUTES
BENEFIT TO MILLIONS

1uoIe 6It 1.IOO,OOO Cu1lu 1dUOi-
ers in the United States.
That is a huge army of children
to be working in the vitiated at
mosphere of mines, mills, factories
and stores, instead Of storing up
knowledge in the schools and
growing into healthy men and
women through play in the open
air.
Child labor is an unmitigated
curse to the working class Of this
and every other country. It not
only robs the children of thcir
childhood, but it spells greater
misery and degradation to all who
toll.
There are now a large number
Of occupations in which a child
can do almost as much in a iay as
a man. And the. child is en-
ployed in preference to the man
because he can be secured for con-
siderably less money.
Now, where children are en-
ployed most freely, there the
wages of adults are lowest.
Cause and effect are quite clear.
Children are not put out to work
because wages are low, but wages
are low because children are al
lowed to work.
See the difference?
If in a community where child
labor laws are rigidly enforced
those laws would suddenly be re-
Taxed or repealed and a largo
number of children induced to
enter the workshop Of Mammon
at tender age, then the labor
market would be flooded with
cheap labor, many grown-ups
would lose their jobs and wages
would sink to a lower level.
Conversely, where children are
withdrawn from employment, the
adults, freed from their competi.
ton, can command higher wages.
In fact, the income of the average
family will slightly increase, not.
outstanding the loss Of the chill
dren's earnings.
The workers, therefore, should
never oppose the prohibition Of
child labor or the enactment of
compulsory school laws. It is
not they, but the employers, who
lose.
The employers must pay high
err wages to the parents when
their children no longer help exc
out the family existence. The
parents will have more work.
too, because the jobs are not
taken by boys and girls.
Employers oppose child labor
legislation because it will reduce
their profits. Working people
should seek it because it will raise
their wages and give their child
a fair start in life.
| Get readu for a hor Dax1 All
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to be protected by four de-
tectives. Another large house,
with $250,000 worth Of orders On
its books for the present season,
is absolutely idle. The loss to the
manufacturers is running into
many millions Of dollars.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-27

Get ready for Labor Day. And
60 after some of the prizes that
will be offered.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-27

In France the telephone girls
says, 81 listen II this country
they are not quite 50 frank about
it.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-27

Il am a Union Man, with wrench,
With hammer, pick or mallet"-
He struck for freedom, at the bench,
And slavery. at the ballot.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-27
that they are deserving Of it.

Governor Eberhart and all the gen.
erals, colonies and majors of his brill
liant staff we're the guests of the Zen
boarded the Gopher for a. short pleas
ure trip to Isle Royale. And later
accounts say that the pleasure of it
was real short-thanks to choppy sea
and weak stomachs.
The. Indian scandal is growing
apace. As if there were not enough
of cupidity, rascal1ty and iniquity
disclosed by the Investigations at Ok
lahol11a, it is now the Chippewas that
are clamoring for a hearing and for
tardy justice against sea of covetous
cormorants and a. tardy and derelict
parent government. The Indian de-
partment and the standing committees
On Indian affairs in both house, and
senate certainly appear in need of a
good shaking up and substantial re-
noVation. The whole business ap-
pears to be in most unsavory shape.
The Princeton Union, Bob Dunns
lively newspaper, expresses itself on
the congressional situation as follows:
-"Alex. G. Mcknight has filed for
the Republican nomination for con-
gress in the Eighth district. Like
Mr.. Miller Mr.. Mcknight is a resident
of Duluth. AS between the two the
Union has no choice
This declaration is certainly nom
committal enough and will give scant
comfort to either of the contestants
named. The phrase las between the
two" is interesting in that it may inn
ply lack of enthusiasm for the can
didacy of either of these gentlemen.
City Clerk H. w. Cheadle will file
for the Democratic convention for
state senator, from the fifty-first dis
trict. AS Cheadle is both capable and
popular, George r. Laybourn, the
present incumbent, will have the, fight
of his life on his hands in seeking
reelection. ,,-.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-27

The smaller your union all the
more reason why you should
march beneath it's banner on
Labor Day.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-27

"The injury Of one is the con-
Germ Of all!' Get together on
Labor Day.
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II love my country, az my life:
The land OF untold richest
He then went home and asked his
wife ~
70 patch his cotton breeches.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-27

Those Canucks are queer peo~
pie. Last week q magistrate in
Sarnia fined the Grand Trunk
railroad 800 for importing
strikebreakers, in"violation of the
immigration laws.
The company needed these
"heroes' during the late unpleas-
antness with its trainmen and
conductors, which resulted in said
company being soundly licked. ,
Would this fine have hap:
pened' under the stars and
stripes?
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-27

Messrs. Jeffries and Johnsing
made almost enough money out Of
it to get into the United States
senate.
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- ', - =
OF A. G.. Mcknight of Duluth, for the
Republican nomination for congress
In opposition to Clarence g. Miller, q
deep and dark Democratic conspiracy
to- in:ure C!arence's chances, and to
make the Republican voters think
that there is really opposition to
Clarence In his own party And the
Axe Is going to make Mr.. Mcknight
TESS up, too. and thus nip this nefari-
Gus scheme in the bud. Say, Brother
HOLSTER. aren't the Democrats re
sponslble for Carl E.. Taylor also?
Taylor is a Republican candidate for
congress too. You know, and the plot
seems to be to divide the opposition
to Clarence between Mcknight and
Taylor, and thus ci:1ch the nominal
ton for Clarence, and Clarcnce is
really the fellow the Democrats and
Judge Jacques are after.''
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-23
JoNEsRoRo, ILL.
Aug. 81. 1910.

Aug. q, 1910.
Petitions for nominations for the
various county offices in Union
county We're filed as follows;
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, George Hug
gins, James D. R. Brown; county
Judge, Monroe c, Crawford, David ".
Karraker; county clerk, Chas Kim.
mel; assessor and treasurer, Thos.
Try, John Northern. Arthur Simmer
IMAM and George Berringer
Republican Sheriff, Hendra Brown
county clerk, Riley NJ Damron.
J. G. Lewis of Alto Pass, was trans
acting business in Jonesboro and An
ia the first part of the week.
U, II. Slack, rural mail carrier,
who has been very sick for quite a
while is slowly improving and his
many friends hope for his speedy re-
Icovery,
Mrs. w. A. Kelly, who became sick
while i~ Mound City attending the
teachers institute. is now much bet
tier and expects to be fully recovered
soon.
The Union county teachers insti-
tute win convene in Jonesboro Sept,
80 Supt W. O. Brown has secured
able instructors and expects to make
this the best institute ever held in
Union county.
The Farmers Educational and Co
operative Union of America held a
three days session in Anna this week
1t was one of the most successful
meetings eyeN held by the associa
ton. At conclusion of the meeting
the following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: President, O. H.
Evans, Tamaroa vice president,
Frank Brown. Anna; secretary-treas-
urer, e. B. Hunter, Murphysboro;
conductor W. H. Whitenburg, Vienna
chaplain J. F. lille, Buncomb door
keeper, S. H. Yates, Willard.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-23

Burke, Faudfee. Ferguson, Greaney,
Kelly, Koehier, Mcdaniel. Magner
Neff, Scullin. Walsh and Williams
IL. Ney- None.
ordinance committee anu the eity's
special attorney be requested to make
report of the Road District Ordi-
nance at a special meeting TO be held
on the 22nd day of August. 1910, at
500 o'clock p, m The motion was
adopted.
The pump and water supply com
mittee reported recommending that
the bid of r. ~. Marable for painting
pumping house, breechings and
stacks at both pumping stations for
the sum Of $4,000 be accepted and
he awarded the contract.
Alderman Wagner moved the re-
port be received and recommends
tions concurred in and the mayor and
city clerk enter into contract. The
motion was adopted by the following
vote: Aye-Burke. Faudree, Fergus
on, Greaney. Kelly. Koehler, Nc
lei. Wagner, Neff, Scullin, Walsh and
Williams--12 Ney--None.
Miscellaneous Business.
Alderman Magner stated that the
mayor had requested him to an
"a
he had suspended police con-
stable, NJ. j. Kennedy, but, upon
investigation. had found that Mr..
Kennedy had left the city ignorant OF
the fact that he should have remain
led to appear agains, certain parties
ARRESTED by him, having already
made arrangements to leave the city,
he had arranged with another officer
to appear against the prisoners.
Alderman Magner moved the chief
be instructed to put Mr. Kennedy on
duty again In the morning. The mo.
ton was adopted unanimously.
Petitions.
Building petitions were read as fol
lows:
M. II. Owrey, to raise and repair
residence on lots ~ and fS, block 81
city, 215 Fourteenth street.
Willie Elliott, to erect two rooms
l2x12 in addition to her house on lot
lG, block So, first addition, Elgh-
teenth street.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-23
MOUND CITY.


L. A. Pace of Holloway, KY, was
In the city on business Saturday.
Mrs Martha Curry and Mrs. N.
A. Mumford of Pulaski. were shop
ping here Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Litter of Mounds
left Saturday for Niagara Falls.
where they will spend few weekc.
Miss Ruth Sheerer returned home
this week from visit with Miss
Clyde Elsie in Cairo
Messrs. Floyd and Willie Britton of
Mounds, visited relatives here Satur-
da;.
Mrs. Warder Harms and little
daughter, Deloros, OF Mounds. were in
the city, the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
n. A. Devore OIL 4th st. Saturday.
Mrs. Wan Parker OF Valley Re-
cluse was shopping here Saturday.
Mrs. Jean Cation OF Mounds was
in the city Saturday on shopping
tour.
Misses Lena Stern and Acsa Mes
bit were Cairo shoppers Saturday
evenin
DR.. and Mrs. Hall Whitaker and
j. P Nesbit went to Pulaski Satur-
day, the two gentlemen, politically,
and Mrs. Whitaker to visit rela-
tiyes.
Mrs. Hugh Mason and Mrs Harry
Poor, also the little Misses Helen
Poor and Hazel Mason left Saturday
for visit with relatives in Dongola.
Mrs. G. F. Bostic of Mounds, passed
through the city Saturday en- route
to Paducah where she will visit rela-
tives
Misses May Deason and Lizzie
Grain of Carterville, VINO are the
guests of Miss Ida Johnson, spent Sat
urday with friend / Cairo.
Mrs. Fannie Schiller of Mounds
was the guest Of Mrs. l.. G. Perks
Saturday
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Reid returned
home Saturday from a two weeks
visit with relatives at Metropolis and
Paducah.
Misses Oma and Meta Sheerer were
among the Cairo visitors Saturday
Mr.. and Mrs. P. 0'Brien left this
week for Mt Vernon and Parker City
where they will spend week with
relatives. From there they will 90
TO st. Louis where they will spend a
month during which time Mrs o.
Brien will undergo operation.
n. Wesenbefg of Valley Recluse,
was in the city Saturday on business.
Andrew Cunningham Is on the sick
DIST this week.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-23
VALUABLE EQUIPMENT.
Attachments For Rendering Fire
Fighting Opporting Now Effec-
tive In Its Work.

T. A. Anderson, manufacturer oil
Ffremen's equipments, is in the city
from Kansas City Many of ms
articles were invented and patented
by himself. He was demonstrating
yesterday to the fremen in Station
No. 1 the advantages and utility Of
some of his inventions particularly
nozzle that will convert straight
stream to any desired spray. He
demonstrated nozzle that wouldn't
kick" with even hundred or mo g
pounds pressure at the water works
This nozzle can be placed on top of a
bottle and will throw steady
stream without moving in the least
from the bottle. He has patent
home coupler, no threads, but clutch
es. Mr.. Anderson will see Mayor
Parsons and members of the Police,
Jail and Fire committee about placing
OF some OF his attachments in the
stations. He came down this way TO
consult with the authorities at Mound
City and Mounds.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-23

G.. w. Buchanan, to remove the one
and one-half story frame house now
ON lot 81, block 70. first addition, to
lot 10, same block
Aldermn Faudree moved the petit
tons be referred to the building com
mittee and recess Of five minutes
taken to give the committee time to
consider and report The motion was
adopted unanimously.
After recess the building commit.
tee reported recommending that per-
mits be granted for the above men
toned petitions.
| Alderman Williams moved the re-
port be received ind permits granted
as recommended. The motion was
adopted by the following vote. Aye
Burke, Faudree, Ferguson, Greaney,
Kelly, Koehler. Mcdaniel, Wagner,
Nefi, Scullin. Walsh and williams
l.. Nay-None.
Alderman Walsh introduced an or
dinance entitled AN ordinance Re-
curing all Property Owners to Con-
meet their Property with Sewers,
which ordinnce was read at length
and. on motion Of Alderman Magner,
referred to the ordinance committee.
Resolutions and Motions.
Alderman Kelly introduced the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolved. That the city attorney
be and he Is hereby instructed to pre-
pare an ordinance for cement side
walk on south side of 26th street,
from Elm street to Sycamore street.
on motion of Alderman Kelly the
resolution was adopted
Alderman Kelly introduced the fol-
lowing resolution
Resolved That an ordinance be pre-
pared for cement sidewalk six feet
in width on both sides OF Poplar
street from goth to Saith and that the
engineer be instructed to advertise
for bids for the construction Of all
cement walks ordered and not yet
bnl..!
On motion of Alderman KoehIer
the resolution was adopted.
Alderman Magner moved to adj
'journ. The motion was adopted.
The council then adjourned,
RoBT. A. HATCHER.
City Clerk.