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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-05-21
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Duluth Typos held the annual elec-
;tion; OF their local Wednesday, and.
named the following roster Of officers
for the ensuing term: Preside lent. John
"A. Barron; Vice president. Edwin An
derson; recording secretary, n N
Wilson; secretary treasurer. e.. e. &
Hughes; sergeant -at-arms. =. g. 81.
mons; delegates to the local Trades
! Assemb bly,, 8. Is. Med Donald; 5 w B..
Towne: w. II. Whitehall; delegate to-
the State Federation OF Labor Con-
vention; j. A. Barron. 81
The following vote was cast for
international officers: For president..
James q. lynch, 21;;tsWilliam Reilly.
For secretary-treasurer, =. w.
Hayes, 23 +. C. "a Allbrook. 80.
IN the matter of selecting u dele
gate to s represent the ocal Al tho
Ainneapolis convention In AugustI
Janes ta1rray received @ setssS
and sesharsss s KkiieI,e
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LAKE END. OF. STEEL TRUST
BEHIND SHIP SUBSIDY PLEA
Pittsburg Steamship Go, subFidi-
ary of Parent Combine, Ad-
mitted Leader in Attempt to
Get Government Gold to Spend
at Big Interests Will.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 20
In the investigation of the methods
of the Merchant Marine leagues
campaign for the ship-subsidy meas
ure, evidence has been produced be-
fore the house committee hearings,
which shows that the United States
Steel corporation Is practically re-
sponsible for the leagues existence
and the popular demand for gov
ernment gold to aid in a great ship
building scheme. e
1t was also shown that the tprinci-
pal agitators for ship subsidies were
a gang of union busters and scab
herders. = =, ~
Livingstone Is Implicated.
Among the witnesses summoned.
who acknowledged membership In
the league, were the president of the
Lake Carriers association, William
Livingstone. and it's attorney, Harvey
D. Goulder. In the course of their
testimony it was shown that the prin-
cipal and most important member of
the association is the *Pittsburg
Steamship company, one of the sub
sidiary corporations Of the United
States Steel corporation:
Step by step it was dragged from
the unwilling witnesses that a paper
called the American Flag had been
publicity for the desired subsidies
and that it's editorial work came
from a man by the name Of Maxwell,
formerly the private secretary of the
notorious D. M. Parry, of "union-
busting" fame.
Maxwells cross s-examination was so
damaging to himself that he at times
refused to answer questions and his
reasons for so doing may be gathered
by the following bit of testimony:
Head of "Pink' Agency.
'"You said that you were employed
by merchants information bu-
reau?"
1.-The Manufacturers Information
bureau; yes, sir: very short time.
It was in 1906
What is the purpose of that or
ganization?''
1T is an Industrial detective
agency"
WHO is it's PRESIDENT"
u. K. Turner
w nat IS the nature OF lLS DuSl-
ness?"
'As Mr.. Turner describes it, it is
an educational business. He puts
men in the factories where ne thinks
there is error. where error is claimed
to exist. For instance. if there il
stock being stolen or inefficiency be-
ing shown as to output, he puts men
in there for purposes Of correction
Does it not supply spies upon
labor organizations?"
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BLOCKING OF D0D|DS j:
. BILL DIRE DISASTER
TO TRADE JOURNALS

WASHINGTON, D. c.. May 20
Unless organized labor soon demon
strates its strength, the Taft admin
istration, will succeed in it's conspiracy
to- cripple the labor press by denying
nails carrying advertising that are
owned by labor organizations. ~
As fate would have it the man who
Is now the puppet for the admins.
tration in, its attack on the labor
press is congressman whose con-
stituency recently startled the nation
} by turning the city over to the worlxs
ing class Representative Stafford
who as member of the committee on
postoffices and postroads is mostly re-
sponsible for the blocking Of the
Dodds bill which champions the labor
press, represents Milwaukee.
Stafford's constituents stand for or
ganized labor. Stafford's masters in
congress support Taft. Stafford votes
and acts accordingly. %sffz&-
Stafford's immediate boss is Repre-
sentative Mann, of Illinois Mann,
as it is generally known, is one Of
the high priests of the administration.
Cannon's leading henchmen on the
floor are Payne. Mann, Dalzell and
Tawney. Stafford sits next to Mann
in the house. and openly shows he is
the puppet of the crafty Cannonite
from Illinois.
Following the introduction of the
administration postofice measure,
known as the Weeks bill, Represent
ative Dodds, Of Michigan. introduced
bill amending the administration
measure so that journals owned by
labor organizations would be per-
mitted to carry advertising. : Dodds'
bill was referred to the committee
| on postoffices and postroads March
g. 1910. It's there yet, thanks to
stafford's activity on the .sub-com-
mittee intrusted with the scare'' of
the labor measure.
The Importance of the Dodds bill
Is realized when it is taken into ac-
count that should the Weeks meas
ure alone be adopted by congress it
would practically destroy such jour
/! nails as those owned by the printers,
miners, steel workers. f1remen and
other labor Organiza tions. The Weeks
bill forbids the carrying of advertis-
Eins in periodicals published by. an
organizatio ton. for the: beneht ~ its
| mem bership. >~-:-~'
To deny the second-class mail priv
! .ilege to such journals would wipe
out with one blow the greater and
most influential part of the labor
press. To exclude advertising, in ac.
cordance with the proposed law
would mean bankruptcy.
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.GOMPE:RiS !: i IN VAN | OF
BATTLE AGAINST USE !
Of CAMPAIGN 'SLUSH'

r WASHINGTON, d. c., May 30
In support Of the publicity bill, re-
quirtng both before and after cleo
tions, published reports of all mon
eys received and expended in con-
gressional campaigns, Samuel Com
pers, president of the American Fed,
Grafton OF Labor, has addressed an
open letter to Representative Conry
In which the bitter experiences Of or
ganized labor in combating the slush
funds Of the corporations Is graph
ically described. 4 "a, :.... +.
4, During the campaigns Of 1905 and
1905" says Mr.. sGompers, when la
boring men attempted to remedy the
conditions concerning which we had
been complaining, it was found that
whenever a more determined effort
was made in one district of a state
than in another, in that particular
district in which labor was making an
honest open campaign the corpora
ttons poured into such district tre
mendous secret campaign funds in
order to defeat the very purpose for
which labor was engaged. .,,.@
When labor engaged in those
campaigns It solicited from the mem
bership of the organizations for the
campaign fund, and one Of the first
things was a declaration that no man
who had received a nomination or
whose election labor advocated would
be permitted to contribute one soli-
tary penny toward the campaign
fund. After the campaign were over
4 Avoo 1i~N ~ S~1 =
and expenditures of the American
Federation of Labor political cam
paign were issued. These. reports
gave true account of all moneys
received and expended for those cam
paigns.''
Without daring to openly oppose
the principle of the. bill, which has
already passed the house, the mil
lionaire members of the senate are
preparing to so amend the measure
when 1t appears before them that It's
main purpose, to force a public ac-
counting of campaign funds before
election. shall be nullifed. =
When Mr.. Havemeyer, the head Of
appearance before q, senate commit
tee, he testified that he was In the
habit 9of contributing to campaign
funds. And when he was asked to
which party he contributed, He .re-
Piled That depends on circum-
stances ''To which, party do you
contribute in: Massachusetts?' ITO
the Republican party ITO which
party do you contribute In New
York; ITO the Democratic party" -"
To which party do you contribute IN
New Jersey?" well, that%is a doubt
full state, and I will have to consult
the books as to that
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find PRICES AND WAGES LOW IN BRITAIN
Special Correspondence by W. E. Nc

Special Correspondence by w. E. Nc
Even:
BRUSSELS, Belgium, May o.
Two weeks have. passed since my last
letter, when I wrote from Middles-
brough, England i had expected to
find time, to send before this few
Impressions of, factory and home life
in England and Scotland, but until
our arrival here we have not stopped
more than one night in each city we
visited; and very frequently our trav-
cling has been done after dark, the
days being taken up. in investigating
the operation of the Workingmen' s
Compensation act in the various in
dustries.
I visited the homes of many work
ing people in England and Scotland,
and found the home life much diff
ferent to that of Minnesota. The
old English fireplace is still used in
every home. There is prejudice in
Britain against changing any of the
old customs, and when an English
workingman is asked why the Ameri-
can stove is not used he will invari-
ably inform his questioner that, He
would not have the cold and gloomy
thing about his house for anything"
|*t%, While the fireplace may add cheer
to the room, could not help but no.
tice the awful waste of fuel in its
use. Most English and Scottish work
ingmen have four meals a. day.
In England the eight-hour day is
observed in many industrial centers,
but a goodly number still work longer
hours. In Scotland the work is scat
/ tered over a. period of twelve hours,
but the actual working time is ap-
proximately 81 hours each week.
:: Black Tea a Steady Diet.
III: Black tea and biscuits are con-
tries. The English workingman, who
begins his daily toll at eight O'Clock
| in the morning. has a breakfast usu-
ally zof ,, tea, biscuits: and bacon, a
noon: hour lunch of tea and biscuits,
alive o'clock tea, and hearty whole
some dinner at eight o'clock. This is
particularly true Iof the northeastern
portion Of England. 8. .'..+:st.1. Ss..ss I,
The: Scottish Workingman5 : begins
((!fiiS work at six O'Clock In the MORN
ling, after having an early cup of
tea :. At mine, O'Clock he has break
fast. returning to work at ten. :! AT
one O'Clock he has lunch and quits
for the day at Ave, o'clock in the
afternoon. On Saturday he. quits at
one o'clock. ID This working time is
only true, however, of the. organized
trades, = N !. b 4 .&.za. &J. 5I< Il. ,s,-,
In factories where women are en-
ployed much longer working time
prevails. For instance, In the great
dye works at" Perth, the greatest in
the world, where 900 women are
employed, the girls begin work at six
O'clock In the morning, and leave at
six in the evening, with two hours
rest during the day. "a.
Lumber Is Bygone Commodity.
$.S The: one --story cottages in England
and Scotland are built of stone and
ESbrick. with tile floors and tile roofs.
r It were not for the warm hearted
hosp tally of the people, 4 am sure
the cold stone cottages would have
BIZ little cheer Is them, except for the
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STRIKE NOT SANCTIONED
BY OFFICIALS. MINERS
REFUSED NEEDED RELIEF

NANTY Pa, May 20.-In or
der to prevent an attempt of the
Nanty-Glo Mining company from re-
ducing the standard of the mine cars
from 5000 to 1900 lbs, the miners
here are out on strike. They have
been out since March I, and are men,
bers of the United Mine Workers.
Because they struck in OPPOSITION to
the district president they have been
refused aid
When the men loaded the cars so
that there was no overweight the
company shut down one side of the
mine, throwing the men idle, with
the intention, apparently, of intimi-
dating the rest of the men, and caus-
Ing them to load their cars to suit
the management
President Gilday, of the district,
called a meeting here after holding
a conference with the management
Of the mine. He said the men were
right in their stand, but urged them
to return to work, as it was a poor
time to strike.
The rank and file, however, thought
otherwise, as, they claimed, if they
accepted the reduction demanded OF
them and had continued working, a
precedent would have been estab-
lished by the mutual consent Of the
men and the management, which
would be a great deal harder to de-
feat later on.
The following is part Of a report
sent out by committee representing
the local union:
There has been no relief sent in
here by the district executive board
Our local has used all the funds at
Its disposal for the relief of those on
strike
Some of our people are in abso-
lutte want. without credit and no
means of supplying their necessities,
hence we appeal to you, our broth
ers, for, assistance, 50 that we NAV
supply their wants and be enabled to
continue this struggle to a successful
conclusion .#. 3&.5
ALL donations should be sent to
Ed M. Hill, Nanty-Glo. Pa. The aues
tion involved is an important one.s It
the Nanty-Glo miners lose other
miners will sooner 81 later be com com
PEELED to submit to the same condi-
tons. #5#ag,
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TRY CONTRACTORS FOR
BREAKING 8-HoUR Law

TRENTON, N. j., May 20.-The
/: violation of the eight-hour day on
government work is the charge on
which the Breakwater Company, a
New Jersey corporation, is being tried
before Judge Rellstab in the United
States district court. .s<st
The government charges that the
company worked men nine hours .
day during September and October
while engaged in building a jetty in.
the Delaware bay last year. The pen
atty for violating this law is fine Of
$1,000 for every day that the law was
violated. sss., Il - 5;;ssss 5s,s
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believes that while it may; result in
increasing the prices ion commodities,
that the same proportionate: increase
will not apply in the payment Of
wages. A very prominent trade un-
ionist In London gave 1t as his opin-
ion that the desire for. a protective
tariff on the part Of the British land
owners was simply subterfuge to
the present government is attempt
ing to force on all land owners.
Renters Pay the Taxes
When a .workingman rents "a house
in Britain he not only pays the rent,
but he also pays the, taxes on the
house. The land owners have no di-
rect responsibility In the matter of
paying taxes, except that an income
tax applies However, many idle
acres Of land, held as reserves in the
big land estates, escape taxation;
Railroad labor is very cheap In
both England and Scotland. "A loco
motive engineer Feceives but $1.6211
per day Trainmen, called guards,
and firemenS receive ridiculously low
wages. It costs just as much to ride
second class on a passenger train as
1t does to ride first class in America.
First class rates are almost twice as
much as second class rates The
method of handling baggage Is clumsy
and burdensome to the traveller. The
bag9agemen receive paltry salary
and depend upon tips for. a living
wage. The American system IS much
more satisfactory from every stand
point. IL ,,. r. tH.E 5
Construction work on buildings is
not rushed like it is IN America. This
is one OF the complaints in England,
and English employers try to place
the blame upon the workingmen, but
it was my observation that there was
a complete lack OF organization on
every, Job The methods Of building
which applied years ago are still In
vogue, and under these methods the
work must necessarily be slow. APP
parently useless scaffolding, which
long ago was discarded in America. is
still used from the outside Of the
largest buildings. s.., J. .z..sS. 81
Can't Rush British Worlmcn.
In spite OF this, however,sI am told
that in factories where machinery ii
used there has been q speeding up 81
machinery, but not to the degree that
applies Ia America. n After all, the
British workman Is undoubtedly JUS
titled in, making an effort to check
the movement which will require him
to move as fast al the machine he Il
called upon to operate. z 4.ss' 3ss
There Is much to- admire IN EnR.i
land in spite Of condi tions that diner
30 widely from the good things we
have IN America The beneiiciary
features #of the English trade unions,
seem far In advance OF those IN
America. The success Of British labor
III the political field Is winning for
# better cond itions than It enjoyed
previo iously. Il The parliament, which
90 long disregarded the pleadings Or
labor for economic Inn nproven1elit,n now
sits UP ana listeps every time labor
presents q azure. ut not tl1i1
situation also & arise II, America to
good advantage7ss 5s,s,
a.55 WI I. H. fcNVVEN.
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brilliant, light from the quaint fire.
/ places To me cottage life of Amer
lea is much more preferable, and
can now, fully realize the. necessity of
guarding our forests, so that the
Working-people of America shall
never be required to live in homes
wholly constructed of stone and clay.
| asked an English workman, en-
gagged at common, labor about steel
mill, ~what,zwas the going wage there
for his class of work. He Informed
me that for an eight-hour day he re-
ceived five shillings. which is approxi-
mately $1.25 in American money.
Yesterday T purchased the Paris. edi-
tion of the: New York Herald, and
read an account of the findings Of the
United States Bureau of Labor in it's
Investigations of: wage conditions
about South Bethlehem, Pa, in which
It. was stated that this class of labor
received a wage of 1211 cents an
hour for ten-hour day. The same
paper also said that Mr.. Schwab, the
president Of the South Bethlehem
company, had granted an increase of
10 cents per. day. From this it. can
:'be seen that the English workman In
/ this one case receives higher wage,
In dollars and cents, than the Amer
lean workingman in the: industry in
question. :.>e; -
English Clothes Are Cheaper.
The Englishman's dollar buys con-
siderab bly, more than the American
workman's dollar, because. of the low
prices prevailing A really good suit
of ready-made clothes may be pur-
chased from $500 to $1,000. Tailor
made suits which, cost in America
from $500 to $4,000 may be pur-
chased from $4,000 to $500. Other
things are ,proportionately cheap.
However, it is but fair to state; that
the general wage scale is, much lower
than that which prevails in Mime.
ssota. Bricklayers receive but ,31.25
per day. The wages Of machinists
range from $1,000 to $3.50 per week.
+ There Is. considera BILE. excitement in
the. British Isles just now over an
agitation in favor Of fastening q pro-
tective tarin upon the country: The
British trade unionist, as q ,ruse Is
opposed to any. kind OF tariff. He
! 49, s s - 5.x 3
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State to Establish Bureau Of Mines
Regarded as Means Of Checking
Fearful Death Toll Of Those
Who Work Beneath the Ground.
Signature Of President Only
Lacking.

Z. WASHINGTON, D. c.. May. 20.-A
death ton of over twenty thousand
of human lives, lives Of miners sac
rificed in the United States in the
last ten years has at last forced con-
gress to take the first tardy and hesi-
tating step towards !: checking the
senseless slaughter by esta blishing q
national bureau OF mines. The bill
now only lacks the presidents sigma
ture to become law.
Asked as to- the Immediate effect
which a bureau of mines would have
upon the everyday life of the miner.
Representative Wilson, former secre-
tary-treasurer Of the United Mine
Workers OF America, himself a prac-
tical coal miner, first drew attention
to the terrible loss Of life in the
American mines as compared with
abroad. He said:
Comparison Disastrous to u. s.
Where England has nearly 100000
men at work in the mines and suffer-
ed a death-loss in the years 1899 to
1908 of 10,319 miners, the. United
States, in the same length Of time.
working but $4,000, has had 19,775:
persons killed in mine disasters.
THE same comparisons hold true
|, with other countries, for Belgium
loses but a fraction over one out OF
every thousand persons employed in
the mines, while the United States
has a death rate of 3.46.
There are thirty coal-pro ducing
states in the union,'' continued the
miner "'and the bureau
of mines will attempt a solution OF
the new problems which have been
brought about by the Introduction of
machinery which, for instance. Gre
ates more dust and consequently
vastly: increases the danger of mine
explosions. Then there are the new
to whether silent current is a
dangerous factor or not, and endless
other problems that only national
bureau can solve. It was impossible
to expect that thirty separate states
would set up thirty separate bureaus
Of investigation or, that the matter
could be left to private corporations
whose great care is to protect their
dividends rather than human lives.
s.a =. Measure Only Half Loaf.
I'VE have not gotten all that we
desired, and no miner knows that
better than Representative Nichols
and myself, who have worked for this
I measure ever. since we were. elected
toetfe Goth congress. but It is solid
beginning and we shall go on max
ing It stronger e: %s... s If s.
). England, Germany and France
have bureaus OF mines and maintain
experiment stations where explosives
are tested and where safety lamps.
rescue appliances, and all other de-
vices for use In mines may be ex-
anined. Concurrently with the es-
tablishment of mining bureaus, mine
conditions began to show the im-
provennents. Safety lamps greatly SUI
perior to those previously in use were
manufactured as soon as the defects
Of the earlier forms were pointed out
at the. experiment stations, and the:
development of improved forms Of
rescue appliances, electrical firing de-
vices, and many other means Of Civ
ing increased safety to mine workers
have been inseparably connected with
the stimulus given by these bureaus.
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insists being called according the
claims will his right to be the Of Great Britain is going
This
said Prince john
.
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CARPENTERS WILL SEND ,tt
FIVE MEMBERS TO FARGO

The following have been chosen to
represent the Carpenters local at the
Fargo conventions: Z S. T: Skrove,
William Pearson, P. Marando, II.
Trudo and K. Miller. :. H.
( These five are among the most
energetic and enterprising members
of organized labor. in the city and
will ably represent their comrades at
the big spout-fest in the North Da-
kota metropolis - - 4 sr1F~
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ENTER BIG JUDGEMENTS
: AGAINST ST. PAUL. co.

CHICAGO, May 20.-Judgments ag-
gregating# $42,70O We're entered by
Judge Gibbons, in the Circuit court
today against the st. Paul Coal COM
pany. The judgme ents were In favor
of twenty-three widows Of victims of
the Cherry mine disaster. Settlements
had been made and the Judgments
We're entered on stipulations. 35E B.
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STANDARD OIL in LINE; 81 4 II.
- HANDS SOP TO employees

. OIL CITY, Pa, May 2o.--An ad-
vance in the wages OF the employees
Of the Standard Oil company and Its
affiliated companies, effective May .1,
was made known here Thursday when
$500 employees of the National Trans
1t shops found that their pay. /. en-
elopes contained from TO- II O. per
cent more wages than they expected.
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ENGINEERS DEDICATE HOME.

! CLEVELAND. Ohio, May "a. The
,fourteen-st granite and terra Gotta
office building erected by the Broth
erhood Of Locomotive Engineers 1t Il
;costaofs $1,25O,oo0, was dedicated last
Saturday In the presence Of several
engineers and their fam
lilies, most Of whom were delegates
to the annual convention Of the orr
ganization at Detroit, which was ad-
|journed In honor OF the occasion.
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NOW FOR A WHITEWAsH. !

- -Vwz4oI1I1V0IOIV,W0 1V.---<k1I
the express companies Of the country
are now on trial before the inter-
state commerce commission on the
charge that they have combination
to keep up rates and that the rates
are in many cases excessive and un-.
just. .5.:5 tsss# as #stg IS IS #ss s5F ~