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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-12-21

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laced In office positions in one day; sew
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Address Waterloo College OF Com
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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-09-17
FIN NGERs OF ENGLISH AND !.
:s*AMERICAN WALTERS ALL )
!. - 4. THUMBS; NEGROES IDEAL

LONDON" Sept: 16.--In an effort
Is drive. out the thousands sof for
elgners who hold all the best jobs in.
Eondon's hotels and cafes, the Brit
ish Walters, Cooks and Caryers' Kos
ciety has been formally launch he'd:
There are only a handful Of English,
men employed in London hotels and
cafes, the following being the rea--.
son assigned by NJ. :Gustave, manager
Of the Savoy Hotel: $. 4*,....,: &,
There is something about English
men and Americans that makes them
tad walters. They are unable to
give the, patrons the idea that It lis
q pleasure to serve them. They are
awkward = heavy footed and their fin
gers are all thumbs They know, as
a rule, only .their own language. The
continental waiter, especially the
Swies and Frenc hman, is more; deft;
He stimulates a desire to please and
/ II disappointed in the tip, his insults
are more subtle. Although he Is not
q linguist, my opinion Is that the Am.
erioan negro, If properly trained, is
the ideal walter"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-09-17
.IND|CI. ! ! MINERS TO ::
FORCE ABANDONMENT
). OF Big COAL. STRIKE

y GREENsBURG, Pa, Sept. 16.-
Indictments against about 400 strik-
mig coal miners have been returned
by a grand jury here. !. - p fe@Si r -,
I They were cahrged with "inciting to
riot. .e.t 5.-.,f, .s5 i. m 5
The, jury recommended al. the same
time that q new Workouse be erected
In order to relieve, the congestion on
the county Jail, which IS already
stuffed with, miners arrested on any
and every charge. 7 ~ = - i
Immediately after the grand jury
exported wholesale arrests began at
once. r; b r. - 5a.4 II s,5.3
Z According to the miners. the in
dictments are a part Of scheme OF
the wealthy coal operators in the
Irwin n-Greensburg; district / to: force
thef 10000 miners in the district to
abandon their strike. s7S,s ;5z1,ss- :.
A week ago suits against eighty
seven alleged strike, leaders and Off
cials of the. United Mine Workers
Of America were brought by the op-s
orators, who charged that the lead
ers were conspiring to prolong tho
strike. ss ~. = =i- 4 # :. sss&S = z
Since the. strike began in March
1000 miners with their families have
been eyicted from the coal compaa !.
les houses and are now living IN
tents on the hill sides while heavily
armed deputies are patroling the
mine properties, s51 NJ ss..s Ess Il. .$
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-09-17
DECLARES FRAUD BY
JEWELERS. IS COMMON

NEW YORK, Sept. 16.-Commis-
sioner Driscoll, of the bureau Of
weights and measures, is certainly do
the frauds in weights and measures
that are being perpetrated in this big
city.
In addition to bringing to justice
many dealers who have been swim
ding the public by false weights and
measures he has now invaded an
other field and he is exposing the
rascality of jewellers, who carry on
the dishonest practice of fraudulently
marking the amount of gold and sill
YER in their wares. To the credit Of
the jewelers. Board Of Trade, he is
backed by it's influence and money.
The extent to which dishonesty is
practiced in the jeWejry business is
almost incredible. In one case the
commissioner found that woman
held the written guarantee of jew
eler that bracelet she purchased
was IA karats fine. The United
States Assay Office found it to be a
trifle Under karats fine. A brace
let bought from another dealer With
l4-karat guarantee proved 10 De
something less than 10 karats.
In. general Commissioner Driscoll
found an almost total disregard of
honesty in marking gold and silver.
IN toilet articles, combs, brushes and
the like he found the sheapest kind Of
metal branded STERLING silver and
no silver in them. They were simply
polished with a nickel polish. Then
he found IA kt" and #"18 kt."
stamped on rings and bracelets which
had been subjected to merely the
cheapest kind of a gold dip. f
1t is most unfortunate for the pub
Tic that our laws are not more drastic
in dealing with this form Of dishon-
esty. =" .%ff + zi" ..,s:',r ~ y. :
In Great Britain the words "sterl-
ing silver and the karat mark are
regarded as sacredly as the seal OF
the government and for jeweler
there to mismark the jewelry would
mean the spending Of his natural life
inSon of its prisons. II. 5%. d ff53<
Owing to the leniency Of the laws
in this country and the nom enforce
ment Of those that do exist in nearly
all lines OF trade, dishonesty is prac-
ticed to q degree that puts the pub
lie at the mercy @of scoundrels. @55 III ;.5.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-09-17
PREDICT DIsAsTRo oUs: END
s 70 BRITISH LABOR FIGHT.

i NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Sept. 16.
= = a a. gigantic labor struggle was virtu-@
ally started here today when 1t was
announced that the. $4,000 boilermak-g
ers involved in the 5Shipbuilding Em-
ployers' Federation lockout had voted
against giving assurances to the fed
Grafton that the national agreement
OF 1900 will henceforth be rigidly ad-
hered TO- y 1E'+s.'s .~ sa5~~'1s
: The proposition was advanced by
the Boilernlakers' council and dawas
voted down by a big majority. ,ss.5 ss&,z +,
CONSERVATIVES labor leaders are pre-
dieting a disastrous termination. IT, Il
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-09-17
PROPOSE STATE: PAPER TO-
~: TELL 0REG0NIAN9 TRUTH

la bill-tu be voted on at the No
vemberq election-7to create.A board of
three Peoples Inspectors Of Govern
ment" and to establish n.;"Oregon
Official Gazette TO be edited BY the
published every two
months mailed free to every regis
tered voter and. the cost OF which
lis limited to 81, for each veter. SO,
ii the people approve the biH;5 they
will at least get the news of their
state, county and city governments
every two months. @:, - ri, :i[%;..s,.<@
!: The first three editors of the Gaz-
cite are to be appointed by the gov
the state grange to name three per-
sons, the state Federation Of Labor
to name three and the presidents sof
the; various - commercial 5sG bodies TO
meet and name three; and the gov
ernor must appoint one from each
set OF ;three$ In 1912 and thereafter
the inspectors are to be elected, by
q method OF proportional representa-
ton; so there is no probability that
there will be q star chamber board
to put up Jobs on the people "
+ These Inspectors and editors will
have power to Investigate any state
institution and any public office. or
officer, and at the demand Of one
member Of the board, an Investigation
must be made, expert accountan SER
vices being provided for. The bill
pi iovides for salaries and expenses
ana prohibits the board from asking
the FSlsgivlatures for any money. + IL
extra money il needed. !. the inspectors
are~t to- petition the people for an ap-
preparation, ana the petition goes on
the ballot with other initiative peti-
tions. The board will thus. be under
no obligations nave to s8 the people,
who have the power of recall. The
Gazette IS not TO publish advertise.
ments tz sis .sS5t .*S5 l55a Hss i
what is published in the
Gazette. !? 8 1t Will be the duty of the
inspe ectors IL have least one Of
their number present IT each session
of the senate and of Is 4 \ ifro,lse tQ
|ttsks note q Whist is done for the
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-09-17

of !, the people. They
must keep the: people: informed in
regard to the acts*of. their senator's
and representatives in congress; pub
4iish all .proclamations issued by the
governor and reports made by the
governor in regard to the various
departments OF the state government,
and all new laws and amendments
to- the constitution; publish all mat
t%rs now published and sent to ythe
voters by; the secretary Of .state=-all
measures referred to; the voters by
the legislature, referendum petitions
against acts OF the legislature. and
measures proposed to the voters by
initiative petition; reports of county
commits issfoners and mayors Of cities;
and reports Of progress in govern
ment in other states and in foreign
countries. 3S&G sss3 IT, III FL E5l }.%j*.
H The proposed oregon Official Ca
zette. will be; II, established, q very
|valua BILE assistant to,every newspaper
editor in the state IL he really wishes
to, give live news Of state and local
affairs to his readers: but for the
editor who deliberately suppresses
such news it will be very awkward
to have his readers get from Salem
Eext month good, live news that he
has not mentioned. It is provided iii
the bill that all the material In the
hands Of the inspectors and editors
si1all9ibe accessible to newspapers. 20
III tho papers don't get the news it
Will be their, own fault. / Sfs tt.s3 esS
The. only public obi jectiont to the e.
~ ~ 81 hna - iio,,tl. - 81. !.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-09-17
PRISON REFORM PLAN.
IS URGED BY UNIONS
Of SAN FRANCISCO

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16.-The
Commonwealth club and the San
Francisco Labor council have agreed
to join statewide agitation for the
establishment of reformatory to
which will be sent all the first Of
tenders that would otherwise be SEN
fenced to terms in the states peni-
tentiaries. ...T
Believing that it is cheaper to re-
form a man who has just commenced
his criminal career rather than to
send him to school of crime" al
the penitentiaries are acknowledged
to be, the next state legislature will
be asked to make sufficient appro-
priation for a model reformatory
where the inmates can be taught
trades by which they support them
selves after serving their time.
The plans under consideration by
the committee embrace many of the
ideas recently proposed in New; Zeal
and such as ito indeterminate SEN
tence,' work on the land, segrega-
| tion of the hardened criminals spe-
clal institutions for sexual perverts,
and separate reformatories for women
and youths with system of rewards
for good conduct which open the way
to fresh start In life ~: /
Union men interested in this hu-
manitarian work will see to it that
no prison-made goods are to be sold
to the public from this proposed re-
formatory, but that the institution
serves only as training ground for
first offenders who can learn a trade
and utilize their acquired knowledge
after obtaining their freedom -.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-09-17
THERE'S NO BLUE RIBBON
:: ADJOINING THESE CIGARS

CHICAGO, Sept. ia starving
mother: and three little ones fighting
to- live on 81 a week, for which the
mother and her 12-year-old daughter
shaved thirteen hours day in Julius
Greenbergs' cigar factory, were found
BY Deputy Helen Todd of Factory In
spector Davies office, and prosecu-
tion under the 10-hour law is being
made: The mother was Mrs. Adarina
Bazarow, 1913 Penn street. Her three
children, Baby Sam" Meyer and
Dora, are aged respectively IL months
g.. years and IL years. 81 %. d.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-09-17
.tNSLAVED BY SUGAR
TRUST, RUSSIANS ASK.
]: A AID o. Of UNCLE SAM

~. NEW YORK, Sept. 16.-Traveling
across the Pacific ocean and the
American continent, Anatoly Vassil-
Jeff has arrived in this city from the
Hawaiian Islands seeking aid to get
1000 of his Russian countrymen out
of the clutches of the, suga rtrust and
into the United States
1000 of his 4countrymen, of his Russ
ian countrymen out of the clutches
of the sugar trust and into the United
States. i s"s% 2:s-@@,~t y >. MT: III
I, when the agents of the sugar
trust came to my people to get them
to go to Hawaii" recounted Vassi-
left, they promised that the men
should receive $40 a1month for a
work-day OF, ten hours Good homes,
light and fuel and an acre Of ground
for each family to turn into garden.
schools for our children and free
medical attendance were some of the
promises made to lure us on q
"All these promises were broken.
The pay was so cents day, most
of which went to the company's
store. Hundreds Of sick children on
the plantations got not the least at
tention from doctor. ,.y.v> =: {;
SsS"'1f q man attempted to leave the
plantations charges of vagrancy were
placed against him and he went to
jail like a slaYe. r 80 sE&J 2. 4,
"On one occasion continued the
Russian, .in defiance Of the company,
a number Of my people did leave
the plantations and camped in come
open fields; refusing; to work under
the Sslave-like conditions. The aid
of the authorities was evoked by the
company and they were told to move;
They 1did So Then they were told
tc move again. Refusing to be
bounded In this fashion the Russ
sians. ian remai with 4 the censeqlex1cs
that a time was seized upon. When
the men and women Of the camp
were away looking for work, to. burn
the tents. Il ~, .=s ~ ~ y, u
vassflieff, himself, was imprisoned
in Honolulu because he had been
prominent lin taking ithe part Of his
people. His, release was brough,
about by representation of the facts
being made to the secretary OF com
merce and; labor. - .g.s.
I
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-09-17
HARM0N'S ATTITUDE
MAY BRING GENERAL =.
STRIKE. IN COLUMBUS

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 16.-At
a recent mass meeting of representa-
tives of local labor organizations q
committee of ten was instructed to
settle the street car strike if possible,
and in the event of failure to call q
sympathetic strike of all the unions.
This article has repeatedly been
urged by individual unions but action
has been postponed in the belief that
a settlement could be brought about
by gubernatorial Intervention. Gov
Harmon has so plainly shown himself
of recent days on the side of the cal
company that this hope has been
abandoned. -
Mayor Marshall, through an informal
letter, has called on Governor Harmon
to summon the general assembly; IN
special session to enact a compulsory
arbitration law and one aimed to pre-
vent over-capitalization of y corpora
tions. In part his letter. reads: -~"]
respectfully request that the genera
assembly of Ohio be called into spe
cial session to enact laws relating tc
public service corporations.
"1.-Providing for compulsory ar
bitration and protection of the public
in the event of strikes and lock.outs
"2.-Defining distinctly the relation
between such corporations and thei
employees and the obligations Of on'
to the other. .-~..~- - :. r.,
"3.-Preventing over-capitalization.
IF the Columbus Railway & Ligh
company has had no obligations OK
cept that relating to the true valu'
{ in money of the property it operates
that is, had it not been obliged to pa!
dividends on .watered stock, no doub
q Teasonablef increase pf wages Nhonlt
have been made on demhtd
p1oyes.. y - - 4..s.' .3,sz. = - :
"Then there would have been NJ
strike, no violence, no interference
! with street car service and no, dis
grace of the city. H.. ~.
"The problem is so difficult tha
the general assembly ought to hav
nothing else before it when it come
! to consider it." 49,.
Governor Harmon, by letter, dc
clined to call the assembly, and scores
| the mayor because of his request.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-09-17
ENGINEERS OF n. w. LINES
C0NVENINq IN ST. PAUL TO
DISCUSS WAGE SCHEDULE

ST. PAUL, Sept. 16.-The wage
schedules of engineers on the North.
western lines and the Northern Pa.
cific line will soon be regulated for
the rush" season about to begin
handling the fall harvest. Sj
A committee Of seventeen from the
Association of Northern Pacific and
Great Northern engineers has been
in session for some time at the Foley
hotel on Jackson street. -.z~ .ae~. ,.>-
T. The committee will probably be II
session all this week and maybe long
er. When the session: is over a re
port will be drawn up. ..- ~e,
The increased cost of living is be
ing taken into consideration, and \
: Is understood that this will have {
strong bearing on the demands o
the committee.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-09-17

DO the people get reliable news 0f
their own government from the daily
and weekly papers? No, they don't.
Every newspaper man knows that,
and every man who tries to keep
track of public. affairs Il knows it..
There are two reasons for this con-
dltion. First, most Of the big daily
papers,: we'll able to pay for reliable
news, are under partial or complete
control of the Interests, or Special
Privilege, which don't want the peo-
ple to have information. Second, the
smaller daily and weekly papers can
not afford to pay for news. There
Is. q third reason: The press asso.
Citations are; not always reliable, and
/ the: most powerful of these, the AS
sociated Press, is controlled by Spe-
cial Privilege. Thus. the news, which
is 50 Inn portant to the people, is ,pois-
cned.s .-:::s :. :; - :, - "Effl-@
Every general reader, every man
who: wishes to keep himself informed
in regard to public affairs, must
read a. half dozen monthly maga-
zines and weekly papers Of: country
wide: circulation IN order to get reli-
able news Of government In the
Ballinger investigation. how much
reliable information have readers
been. able to get from the daily pap
ers? 81 <:'.., g. . ..i {....1
Now the readers of the Chicago
Public know that. they set from it
news of government that does not
appear IN the daily papers; and from
La Follettc's Weekly a Washington
city: read er can get more ae1able+
information in regard to the. doings
OF sress than, he can from any
dailysspaper published in Washing
ton. sssq 4z5.* Il. I aa%s& 5$i3gSs -iss
e It is, true T:ofs every state that: tho
voters do not get the news of their
own state, county or city govern
merts;s the4.most important newsssis
frequently distorted ors suppressed d:esHi
4asSiA4 II an antidote for the poison lad-
*m,ainistered min to- he voters BY. the pap
3ersss that 5ta ke money FOR giving new
and then. fail to give II. the Peoples
Power League of Oregon has Initiated
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-09-17
AYPDBI I C|lA|R6||'
0f'.Pf|)nld|| Il. / AGAINST
PfllAS'f coal ] | |. BOSSES B D

. PITTsBURG, Pa, Sept: 1s.-As a.
result Of the facts gathered ny secre-
tary Fra nix Morrison, Of the American
Federation Of Labor, who IN company
with President Francs Re eha n, DIS
trict No. s., United Mine workers, vis-
tied a. scone% OF the striking miners
camps atsIrwin, Madison, sale5nville,
Greensburx and oher places, on Ia
Dor day, an: inYe Yettagafton OF alleged
peonage In the xtbskad es OF the coal
companies may sEshndertak by the
government. (: The foul. and ens1avtng
conditions unea rtf6d at Schoenville
last fall: it: is said ,sWill be duplicated
in the present stockades maintained
by the mine owners ::., s.s. u 1882 I
At the MadisonI camp, miners, their
wives and chill rem, live days on Der
ries and mushrooh picked from the
hillsfdes. :. At salemville, Secretary
Morrison was told sof the attempt Of
the coal com parties Representatives
to close up a Welt adjoining one OF
the camps, where the wives and; chill
ldren Of the striking miners had: been
going Tor drinking .water.:sThe pump
and well were. @wnedfsby the .congre-
cation OF. q Greek Catholic: priest and
time after time. with salternated; ca
jolery and threats, agents of the coal
barons sought TO- cut off this. water:
supply. l.: $5.S: s:.s r.
Nothing Nkes3 this strike, has ever
taken place in the coalfields, assert
old union rniners.as Unerganizedt and
speaking I'M any different languages,
| 10000 miners struck and = have re-
manned out for the past six months.
The Pennsylvania, railroad practically
controls the mining industry,<ia this
district and with*sthe assistance OF
such congressrnen ms Huff Of Green's
burg, slegislafes. an Easy road to riches
at the. expense Of the miners.
! The eviction Of the miners wives
from the, company houses was accom-
panied by the most brutal barbar-
isr1s. fizSt. IN: ::, =
THE fire was burning In my stove y
told q pale-faced woman with a. Grip
Piled child, s'nnd5 the deputiess pushed
In: the door, swept the cooking food
on to the: floor and took of the stove
lids, filling the honse with smoke" 3,
Il Another case Vas that Of q woman
at Rilton, who was about to be con,
fined. when the eyictors entered he,
house and com menced to throw he1
; furniture into the street Protesting
the woman was met with coarse re:
plies from the deputies, one Of them
using violence in HashinE her out ol
the house 10 that h4 aehild WAS. finall,
: born dead. wing bur 2
flew hours after the birth of her babe
II am confident that the miners ir
the Irwin field will --win," asserted
Frank Morrison, and what is more
the field:,:Wil never again become
non-union, despite: all the coal barons
in Westmoreland county, A.. :. ''.' p.
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OPEN NEGOTIATIONS FOR. =. *
e.. j. SETTLEMENT OF STRIKE

\ NEWCAsTLE-o ON TYNE England.
Sept. 16,-tsgot tig1ssssss betWeen offie
cia@ OIL he Ship Id Ing. EN- pfoyers.
Federation. and; the Boiler Makers: snn-
ion,. for settlement ,of the trouble
that has resulted in, the locking ont
of $4,000, employees, were commenced
today. It is understood that the boiler
makers are ready to give the fedora
ton guarantees that the agreement
Of 1900 will be strictly adhered. to in
the future, Those locked out will
probably: return to work before the
end of the week >.-.. =.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-09-17
n TT DULUTH SUPERIOR, SATURDAY; SEPTEMBER 1910


KANSAS CITY. Mo-. Sept. 16-The
Southwestern coal miners strike OF
five and q half months duration end
ed last Monday when the operators
and miners agreed upon the arbitra-
tion point regarding future contracts.
This point has been. the milling
block of all negotiations. All the
miners in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma
and Arkansas are affected. =!
They get an increase Of 5h per
cent In wages, and agree to continue
work for sixty days pending the max
ing of new agreement. ~: -
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SUICIDE MANIA HAS
GRIP on vATERLAhD.

= LONDON, Sept. 16.-Suicides In
many cases leave notes in which they
protest their sanity; nevertheless,
present day scoroners' juries are apt
to remain true to the time ,honored
formula, Suicide during temporary
insanity" That view is vindicated
by the Munich alienist Professor
Gaupp, who has completed from of
ffciaI statistics work on suicide and
its causes. s5.. s. 81
majority Of cases are DUE either to
pronounced insanity or to psychopath-}
ic degeneracy, all other causes being
relatively insignificant. The suicide
rate shows continued increase in all
civilized countries with thesexceptfon
OF Norway, whore the legal suppress
sion of the drink traffic is mainly
responsible for, the decrease. In Ger.
many the northern provinces and Sax
ony have the highest suicide rates.;
Posen the lowest. s. ~ ..5@fs ss=
Economic crises. business failure.s
higher cost of living and religious
mania all tend to send the suicide
rate, UP, while revolutions and wars
have the contrary effect. The Ger
manic races produce more suicides or:
attempts at self destruction than the
Latin, Slav and Celtic races. Protest.s
ant countries have i higher rate thap
Roman Catholic countries. and among
the jews suicide is rare
Men commit suicide oftener than;
women !; single persons more than.
married persons. The rate increases
with advancing age; only betweens'70
and so sc III lower than in the pre-
vious ten years. May and June are
the months during which the impulse
9tot suicide Eis strongest
M In Europe between go, 900 and TO-
900 persons end their lives volunt ar-j
sily. every year, according to official
returns, but this figure Professor.
Gaupp considers far below the actual
number OF suicides. b ssss85