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pal; Rev. John w. Powell, Endion
M. E. church; Rev. M. o. Stockland,
Grace M. E. church; Rey. 6 H. P.
Selinger, West Duluth Baptist. 4, .~ s...
At one time there was a sentiment
"a sparse one It is true among or
ganized labor that the Labor Day
parade should be dispensed with, but
this proposition met with determined
opposition at once from the great
majority OF the aligned workers. s
What would Labor Day be without
the parade ~ they asked. y
As well q Circus without the ele-
phant. 81, ssss # s@J }iG -l$s&. lsS&.
d : It Is interesting to note how the
various states have fallen In line IN
making Labor Day = legal holiday.
Thirty-seven states. the District 'of
Columbia and the territories. have set
aside the first Monday In September
as legal Labor day. .s5 4. lsi
# The states and the dates sof enact
ment follow S.ss
|f5=11 s. y Oregon, February Colo
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IMMIGRATION I !. SOLVES
GOVT PROBLEM / ON
Big PANAMA DITCH
WASHINGTON, ID G., July 29..

WASHINGTON. p. G.. July 20
The digging of the Panama canal has
reversed the condition regarding la
Dor which confronted the United
States at the outset of the big task.
No longer, according to the. reports
from the isthmus,4is it necessary to
send agents abroad to contract for
labor. Despite the great number Of
men needed for the work voluntary
immigration from Greece: Italy, Costa
Rica, Cuba, Columbia and Venezuela
now is sufficient TO- supply all de-
mand for the force @:s -z--.*. T. p.
The volume of Immigration in the
case Of the European 3laborers has
increased nearly 1000 per cent, and
in the case of the West Indians over
so per cent, as compared with, the
first six months ofs19O9.4 = ~
Nearly every vessel sailing from Il
foreign port brings an additional lot
Of laborers. and within the past few
months immigration among the
Greeks and Italians has been steadily
increasing AS near as can be esti-
mated about so percent of the steer
age passengers from Europe at the
present time are spaniards. while the
remaining so per cent is more or less
equally divided between Greeks and
Italians. 45+. T..
stowaways Barred.
Formerly the stowaway class con-
stituted quite a. factor in the
immigration movement, and there is
a case on record where g vessel ar
rived at Colon with 2s8 stowaways
on board, including a. number of
women. At that time 1aborers were
in demand on the canal works, and
under the agreement with the re-
public Of Panama respecting the i'm
migration of labor, the stowaways
were allowed to land without the
requisite amount Of cash, and a large
number Of them went to:work on the
canal. For some time past, however,
stowaways have been returned to the
countries from which they embarked,
which has discouraged the practice
to great extent, and caused steam
ship officials to be. more alert. Stow
aways have been especially numer-
Gus from the island Of, Barbados.
stealing on deck unseen, or going on
board on some fictitious errand and
hiding themselves as the opportunity
offered while the vessel lay at anchor
for cargo.
With the present ssurplusage of
European labor on the isthmus, the
commission has been compelled Ito
holCitto the Srllle nf ff1llner va "a f1rfes
IL the; labor ranks from sthe contract
men, whenever contract men: are
without work.
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rado, March 15;. New Jersey, April
8; New York, May s.; Massachusetts,.
May II. s...Gf,.:R. s.i*,. "A. .E
1ss9-Connecticut, March 20; Ne
braska, March 20; ID Pennsylvania,
April 25.. 4, .lx~,=. r.:... .ss#
1sso--1owa, 1890 April s; Ohio. April
1ss1---Maine. February, 10; Wash
ington, February.24; Montana, March
4: Kansas, March 4; Indiana, March
9; Tennessee, March II; New Hamp-
shire, March 81; Illinois. June II:
Georgia, October l6; South Carolina.
December 20. ..4s g t.s ~ v. i55S f35Ss
51s92---virginia, February s; Utah,
February a.: Louisiana, July Z; Ala
bama, December II. ,s d ts
ss es3----Te Texas, February IL; nsla-
ware. February s14; California. March
23; Minnesota, April s il q Fiprida,
April 2s;;#5S Rhode Island !, May as.
iisbaa is94 District of Colum bias and
Territories, June Isss'
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PLAN GREAT THINGS FOR LABOR DAY.

Plans of both the Duluth and su-
perior trades assemblies for the prop
er celebration Of Labor. Day at the
head of the lakes are progressing
finely. - -. -
Speakers are being secured and
other parts Of the days program are
filled siout So that nothing may be
wanting to have Labor Day, 1910 go
down in the annals of organized labor
az the most successful on, record.
1nthe planning Labor Sunday is
not being lost sight OF and the Labor
Sunday committee Of the Trades AS
'sembly already has assurance from
several clergymen ! Of the city that
they will use organized labor as their
keynote in addressing their congrega-
tons that day. .Sz 5z =
$# The following ministers have sig
nified their Intention Of preaching ON
Lab ]. q ubjects on /. Sunday, Sept. 4 !:
Or N. 81: Rice, First M. z. church;
Rev. V,H Ryan. ST. Paul's Episco-
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Agreement Between Bosses and
Workers Calls for Adjustment
, of all Labor Difficulties With
out Recourse to Strikes.

{ CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, July %
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the City of In
dustrial Peace, Without Strife or
Strikes" is the latest way of describ-
ing this enterprising little city as a
result of unique agreement just en-
tered into by the employers and work
ers in the building trades. ...Js
Just as this city was about to be
precfpitated in the worst industrial
war in it's history, an announcement
was made that not only has the threat
ened building trades strike been
averted but that the representative of
the Employers association and the
Building Trades Council have adopted
a Harmony plan," which it is claimed
will assure industrial peace now and
forever more" \ ~
The new agreement provides "in
all future disputes between members
of the building trades crafts as rep
resented by the Building Trades de-
partment of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, g. ~
the Employers association, there - ~
be no men taken from the work
der way by the business agents,
all matters in dispute shall be tt.h,
Up duu dUJu6tSu Wy JO1NC COlA"LIsS
from such department and association
In event of disagreement an arbitra-
tion board of disinterested parties
shall be called in, whose verdict shall
be final."' :
Both sides appear to be enthusias-
tic over the harmony plan,"' while
the public in general consider t. is
agreement the greatest advertisement
this little city could possibly get. The
Cedar Rapids Tribune says the city
has received over a million dollars
worth of advertising in the press Of
the country following announcements
Of the signing of the agreement.
W.fO. Sullivan, international organ
izer of the United Brotherhood Of
Carpenters and Joiners, took an . G
tive part in. the conference. for in.
dustrial peace. He, states to the press
that in all the years of his exps.ri.
ence in cities, large and small, he
had never before, met business pAS.
lie In which the representatives werss
ais much inclined to fairness in the
dealings with the accredited repfS
sentatives of organized labor than lie
found in. this. city. -
The harmony PLAN has been unan
imously indorsed by the Cedar: Rap
ids Federation Of Labor. liz
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Mine ACCIDENTS TO
Be CHIEF OBJECTIVE
OF new mine BUREAU

WASHINGTON. D. c., July o.
"The newly created bureau Of mines
will follow the spirit of the debates
in congress which emphasized the
desire to regard the mine accidents
Investigations as urgent and this will
be the feature of the work."
This assertion from Acting Director
Otis Smith Is of vital interest to the
men working underground as they
feared that the bureau would fall
into the hands Of the mine owners
junct to same great interest like that
Of the GugEenhefmzs..s. !: :: - = -
In all, $4,000 was appro priated
by congress for mine accident inves-
LEGATIONS. OF this sum under the
general plans approved by the secre-
tary of the interior, $4,000 is to be
spent on the rescue stations; $4,000
for housing nine stations: $4,000 for
equ1pping eight new stations and $10,-
900 for additional equipment for five
existing stations.
The allotment for the investigation
of explosives is $4,000; for electricity
in mining, $4,000; appliances for
preventing mine accidents; $4,000;
examination and codiffcation of min
ing laws, $4,000, and other techno-
logic Investigations, ore treatment.
ETC., $4,000. For the anayzing and
testing of the Goals, lgnites, ores, and
other mineral fuel substances be-
longing to or for the use of the Uni
ted States, 100000 was appropriated.
OF this amount $4,000 will be spent
In the chemical and physical investig-
alton, of fuels;. $4,000 in the inspec-
Of government fuel purchase; $22, 900
III fuel - efficiency Investigations:
$4,000 in Ignite and peat investiga.
tions and $4,000 in briquetting in
vestigations
The mine accident Investigations,
which have been transferred from the
geological survey to the bureau of
mines were first authorized in the
legislative appropriation act of May
2c, 1908, carrying for this purpose
an appropriation of $150,O00. This
was followed by a similar appropria-
tion carried in the act. for the sundry
civil expenses of the government for
1910.
A mine experiment station was es-
tablished in Pittsburg during 1908, at
which, since that time, Investigations
of explosives, coal gas, dust, electri-
city and other possible causes of mine
explosions have been continually un-
der way.
Practically all of the coal mines in
which mine explosions have occurred
during the last two years have been
examined, the gases, coke and dust
haye been analyzed at the laboratory
at Pittsburgh to determine the ex-
possibility Of various mixtures of gas
and air in the presence of shots of
different types of explosives.
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STOVE co.'s SURRENDER !.
WON'T AFFECTA.F. CASES.


dollars were spent In this fight by
both sides. AS 6aong as Van Cleave
lived it was impossible to come to an
understanding. He was as obstinate
as John Anthony, who represents the
capital side in John Galsworthy's
capital and labor drama, Strife" :"
His death brought an understanding
to the fighting forces.
Not that the death of Van Cleave
has resulted nthe withdrawal of the
Van Clcave interests. His son Lee
Van Cleave Is managing the business
now. The son says he did not go
back on his fathers principles, but he
1nt1mates that he is only a director
with one vote. He had to submit to
the majority vote. The majority
want dividends. These were not
forthcoming as a result Of the fight.
Persons in position to know declare
that car loads Of goods came back
as the result of the firms being
placed on the unfair list. So the d.
rectors had to step in line. Ex-Presi-
dent Eliot. of Harvard, would point
tc this as one more symptom of the
monopolistic tendencies of labor or
carnations, forgetting in the same
time that labor cannot protect itself
in any other way.
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SUSPECT SCHEME TO
TURN SEAT OF GOVT {
INTO REAL SCABf0WA

wAsH1NGTON, D. c., July %
Forced to the conclusion that the
Employers association of this city
is leading a systematic attack upon
organized labor. throughout the Dis
trict Of Columbia for the purpose of
making Washington the model open
shop of the United States,' eighty
presidents of local unions met in the
Typographical temple and pledged an
union defense and in addition : q
monthly assessment of 25 cents per
capita upon the $4,000 members of
organized labor in the district. =
Chairman Charles D. Seals asserts
that the committee has still other
plans of adding to this fighting fund,
which must be large because it is not
only the local Employers associa-
tom the unions have TO face but: the
secret power of the Taft adntnistra-
ton which IN Washington is actually
the city government. :.
I'VE are not blind to the motives
and persons behind this systematic
drive against organized labor in the
District of Columbia explained a
prominent member Of the Central
Labor union,. because the commun-
ity of interests which caused Roose-
welt to declare for the open shop in
the government printing office, Taft
to direct all his department heads
to commence a campaign of wage
cutting, which in the census depart
ment alone has driven the girls en-
ployed. to desperate straights, and
now this attack by the Employers
association backed by the nationa,
Association of Manufacturers compels
us to believe that the plan of>cam-
pa1gn against organized labor is to
make Washington the. model open
shop city of the United States.
See this four-column reading ad-
vertisement which has just appeared
In the Washington Times," continued
the union man. lit is headed Mob
Coddling by congressman and, after
v1c1ously attacking those congress
men who showed themselves friendly
to labor legislation during the last
session, asserts that the National
Trades and Workers association, or
ganized by the notorious, union-hatinx
Post, has rendered Roosevelt salary
of 100000 to become it's directing
head. 1t must be remembered that
Washington Is unlike any other city
In the United States, its citizens can
not vote. for: it's municipal officers
who are the adherents of the ad-
ministration, and therefore the poll
cies Of such men as Taft and his
friends in the National Association
Of Manufacturers can be directly
forced upon our local unions. These
things being SO it is plain that the
union men Of the District of Column
bia have a fight on their hands which
is of national Importance and Will
undoubtedly call for support from the
entire labor movement of the United
States" j.. -. - ,,.
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BLUE GRASS CROPS ARE
HARVESTED BY PRISONERS

LEXINGTON, KY, July 29.-Farm-
ers in Central Kentucky are looking
even into the jails for hands to han
die their crops. Yesterday fifteen
prisoners we're released from the
Scott county jail, their fines being
paid by farmers, who put them to
work, and today score were taken
from the Mercer county jail in a like,
manner and given work. +.
The wheat harvest, hay and oats
and the tobacco crop have given more
work than can be handled by the help
to be secured here.
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LACK OF DIVIDENDS
ENDED STOVE STRIKE

ST. LOUIS, July 29.-There Is JOY
In the labor ranks Of our city this
week. After a fight which lasted
four years the Bucks Stove & Range
company has been brought to terms.
In less than thirty days the shops
will be unionized. Where non-union
labor held forth organized labor will
te supreme. 80.
That the fight was one of the most
important and most formidable waged
by union labor against its foes goes
without saying. It, was practically
on account of this fight that the
local Citizens Industrial Alliance was
formed. The late J. w. Van Cleave,
head OF the concern became president
Of the alliance. * ...+. ~, .,,l \. IF 81;
5t Through the Organization he tried
in every possible manner to injure
labor organinations. Thousands u of
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CITY DADS CALLED
SKY PILOTS BLUFF

GREELY, Colo, July 29.-Be-
cause he delivered a sermon from his
pulpit denouncing the city officials
for not enforcing the law and ex-
pressing the fervid hope that he
could be chief of police for while,
Rev. ]. J. Lace, a Methodist minister,
mas had his bluff called
The city council has offered him a
Job as policeman, with a fine chance
to become chief of police.
In offering the job, the council
asks the preacher:
Can you distinguish between .
woman who is bad and one who is
just giddy?
Can you tell the difference be-
tween poker game and plain crib
bage?'"
Can you tell when a man Is
drunk enough to be sent to Jail, and
when he is only hilarious enough to
be sent home?
Can you distinguish between youna
couples, innocently spooning in the
park, and those who should be ar
rested?
will you walk your beat from I
IN the evening until in the morn.
IL g?'
II the minister qualities, the coun.
Gil makes this offer: After a yea,
II you have demonstrated your abilit,
TO detect criminals, catch bootleg.
GERS and keep your own skirts from
me muck, the council will come t
YOU with open arms and ask y0,1 n
take the job of city marshal. Fo,
years the council has been lookins
Tor man to fill that position who
has the personal reputation of a Jos
eph. the patience Of Job. the wis
dom of a Solomon, and the courae,
of a. lion.''
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9. r.. ..TELEaRAPHERs GET
- SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE

i TORONTO, Ont, July 29.-It is un-
derstood that the amicable agree
ment entered into before a board of
conciliation, between the Canadian
Pacific Telegraph company and their
commercial telegraphers. provides for
the abolition of the sliding scale and
fixes minimum wage, with sos Is
the highest rating in western Can
ada, and $S5 in the east. 81. M t q
All telegraphers receive at least IS
per month increase, = great many re.
ceive SO and some SIS per month in.
crease. tx '}$
The total aggregates over 10 per
cent increase on the payroll, or near.
" $4,000 per year. The new scale
is to take effect from July I, 1910.
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CH|CKENS:T TOO HIGH" !;
CAN'T GET PREACHERS

PERRY, Iowa, July 29.-Pulpits of
many Baptist churches in Iowa must
remain vacant because the recent
high cost Of living makes it impos-
s1ble for the congregations to pay the
salaries asked by the ministers for
the same reason. say the state Of
Ulcers Of the Baptist convention.
At the Central Baptist association,
"hlcf closed its sessions in Perry, it
was round that out of thirtyseven
churches in the central Iowa district
there were ten that were without a
pastor for that cause.
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STEEL TRUST POLICE
ARE RECRUITED FROM
EX-C0Nv|CT RANKS

NEW YORK, July 29.-That the
United States Steel corporation. COM
monty known as the steel trust, IS
the most powerful and aggressive
enemy of organized labor IN tnls
country was shown In the report OF
President T. V. O'Connor of the Inter-
national Longshoremen's association
to the eighteenth annual convention
OF this organization, just held in this
city.
"JTnion men, said President
O'Connor, cannot even obtain en-
ployment from the great steel trust.
Its docks at the present time are
nothing more than stockades. Its
police, among them can he found
many ex-convicts, have received Or
ders to the effect that whenever they
see two or more men holding co'i:er-
sations to disperse them.
The delegates endorsed President
O'Connors vigorous campaign against
the Lake Carriers association, the
offspring of the steel trust. and the
champion of the corporations anti
union methods on the great lakes.
was decided. to ally with other crafts
involved in the fight and to make a
common war for the supremacy Of
the principles of unionism
The report of Secretary Trea surer
Joyce showed that the Longshore-
mems union is growing despite it's
numerous and powerful enemies.
while only fourteen locals We're dis
banded. eighty-seven new one were
organized during the last year.
In order to make an effective
fight against the oppressive condi-
tions upheld by the International
Shippers Federation, it was decided
to cooperate with the Dock, Wharf
and Riverside Workers of Great
Britain and to form a mutual pro-
tective association. Efforts will b.
made to organize the colored and
Italian longshoremen in this country.
according to a resolution adopted by
the convention.
A resolution providing that the
imitation fee should be paid by new
members within a certain time aA.~~
they had entered. at the rate of 25
per cent of their wages, was referred
to referendum vote of the entire
membership. 1t was claimed that
the present methods of paying this
Zee prevents many workers, who have
not the ready cash, from joining the
organization.
Addresses on various topics of in
terest To organized wage workers
were made before the convention bv
President Gompers, Treasurer Lennon
and Organizer Frayne of the Ameri.
can Federation of Labor. AS an ex-
preston of the solidarity of labor
the convention donated $3.50 to the
striking cloak makers
The convention lasted one week
and was one of the most successful
IN the history of the organization.
over hundred delegates, repre-.
senting membership of 10000 at.
tended.
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ENGLISH R. R. MEN
GO BACK TO WORK

NEWCASTLE, England, July 90
The thousands of striking employees
Of the Northeastern railway have re-
turned to work following the settle
ment Of their grievances. - ~ - " /.
The mines, factories, mills, ship
yards and dock yards which were
compelled to shut down because Of
inability to secure freight cars are
gradually reopening, but owing to the
enormous congestion in business 1 1t
Will be several days before normal.
conditions prevail hi N si5# n .i5g.S l
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MAKE 6TRIkEL E66 CITY
Of CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA
"oNLY ONE JOHN d."
SAY HIS PARASITES

CLEVELAND, Ohio, July %
''This is John DIS place. Noon
day lunch, 10 cents, including
SOUP" 49,.
Because this sign appeared in
the window of John ID. Schnapp's
saloon, In the town where John
ID. Rockefeller lives In summer
time, mine host Schnapp must
answer to G charge of keeping
disorderly place. S:s.-
Frank j. Marmann, adnlfrcr OF
the oi. m:gnate, has signed the
affidavit, and Attorney Broderick
T. Beer. son of the late Circuit
Judge Thomas Beer, cf Bucyrus,
will prosecute the charge.
Mar1nann says he'll see wl1eth-
er John DIS name shall be flaunt-
ed shamelessly in front of q
liquor house.
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MILWAUKEE, GARMENT
WORKERS STAY OUT

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, July 29.-Sev-
enty garment workers employed by
Sidenberg & Hays, 351 East Water
street, who went on strike last week,
have had their demands refused and
will not return to work until they are
granted. -
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WILL ASK A RAISE.

= MAIDEN, Mass, July 29.-Em-
ployes of the Boston Rubber Shoe
campsny have decided to c,sk for a
10 per cent. increase in waNes. The
increase will be demanded for the
workers In every department of the
TWO factories of the company.
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BIG SIX MEMBER DEAD.

s$ NEW DIRK. . uly Henry n
& sMl[c.Mlanus. N. n mem Der OF TYpograp phicaI
Union. No. IS since "a 50. IS dead after
a short Illness was in his s0th
year nd was the oldest liyine unsra-s
ber Blk 81 Y,
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I STAGE EMPLOYEES ELECT.

!. WASHINGTON, AS HIN July 2s.--The In
ternational Alliance of Theatrical
Stage employees in convention has
elected the following officers: Presi-
dent, J. J. Barry, Boston; first vice
president. James Screws, Montgon1-.t
cry. Ala: second vice president, Ger
main QUINN Minneapolis; secretary
treasurer. Lac M. Hart. Chicago. :s
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AREN'T THEY THE GREEDY ONES

WILKES Pa, July a.
Section men and section foremen to
the number of 1900, employed along
the Delaware and Hudson Railroad,
between this city. and Carbondale, are
on strike. At present they are get
ting fifteen cents an hour and they
want 1711 cents.