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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-06-11
GUN-BEARING sCABs a.
DAILY TERRORIZE THE
WEST END RESIDENTS

A man giving the name of Earl
Mems and describing himself as a
sailor was arrested by Officer; Set
terquist near the ore docks in the
west end this week on the charge of
carrying concealed weapons A Colt
gun was found on the fellow when
searched at headquarters. -
z This is one of many arrests made
In this vicinity this season for the
same cause and in every case the
man arrested has been a "scab" in
the employ. of the Lake Carriers as
scciation. ~
1t is a Well established fact that
ninety per cent of the 'riff-raff which
the lake trusts shipping masters are
picking up on the lower lakes to take
the places of union seamen on their
boats, goes armed whenever in port.
AS most of them also go drunk when
ever they can get the rotgut to get
picked with, the com bination is GER
tainly an interesting one-interest-
Ing enough to make the average law
abiding citizen want to walk on the
other side of the street when meet
ing any of this~kind of cattle. :
~, The latter part of last season a
schoolboy returning from school was
Wantonly shot by, one of these thugs
and several other shooting scrapes,
In WHICH they have figured, are: on
record.I * .. 7 ,-aI
Chief >Troyer and the local police
are to be congratulated on the able
manner In which they are meeting
and disposing Of this plague of the
shipping trusts black brood. : -. !. 3 3
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SAY RAILROAD VIOLATED
GOVERNMENT LABOR LAWS

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, June TO-
Alleging twenty-five violations of fed
eral labor laws, Charles w. Miller,
Uunited States District attorney, has
filed complaint asking Judgment for
$1,000 against the Chicago, Indian
apolis and Louisville Railway COM
pany. -
In his complaint Miller alleges that
In twenty specified instances tele-
graph operators were required to
work more than nine hours out Of
twenty-four, and that these viola
tions were at South Hammond, Rens-
selaer and Monon .!4
Miller's complaint also alleges that
an engineman and fireman be-
tween Monon and indianapolis were
required to work more tina sixteen
consecutive hours '' -
A Judgment of $500 is asked for
each offense -<.,t..@ *$! 5*$!
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CHARGEILL, OPERATORS :a5 :a5
I !. CAUSED COAL STRIKE
sfrs4. TO HOLD UP CONSUMERS


s3f PEORIA, ILL.,, June 10.-For the
purpose Of Waging a war to the death
against what they term, the biennial
gouge'' Of the Illinois coal operators,
representatives OF scores Of big coal
consumers : and manufacturers
throughout Illinois are attentive to
preliminary plans to combine and
sign agreements to use nothing but
Indiana. Ohio and West Virginia coal
for. the coming two years. = ( .,shtt @sht
Acting on the assumption that 1t
is purely the operators who forced
the present strike and are continuing
it this combination of capital is be-
ing formed. West Virginia coal can
be handled to central Illinois, and
delivered to manufacturers cheaper
now than local Illinois coal operators
association mines are willing to- have
it dug and hauled thirty or forty
miles,. - = - -
Within the past ten days Illinois
coal has been held as high as 81 per
ton. At the same time Indiana coal
could be secured on contract for ST.:
It costs something like 1920 per ton
to put West Virginia coal down in
Peoria. ~ y y -. ,
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TAFT ADMINISTRATION
BEHIND ATTEMPT TO
CHOKE LABOR PRESS?

WASHINGTON, D. c., June 10
Although the subcommittee of the
house committee on post roads has
reported the Dodds bill favorably, the
whole committee is now, without rea-
son or explanation, holding up this
measure which, If made a law, would
grant second-class mail privileges to
journals owned by labor unions and
other organizations that carry adver-
tising.
1t is believed that the antagonistic
administration, working through Rep
Eesentative Stafford, of Wisconsin, Is
responsible for the attempt to put the
Dodds bill in cold storage. It will be
remembered that Stafford played sim
liar tactics while the bill was in the
hands Of the subcommittee.
Legislative representatives Of labor
organizations. who are waging an ag-
gressive campaign for the passage of
the Dodds bill call upon those inter-
ested in securing protection for: the
labor press to use all possible influ-
ence on members Of congress-, repre-
senting. their districts, so that the
Dodds measure may be written In the
statutes in the United States -
That the post office department IL
most eager to cripple the labor press,
even when the question 4 WhetheF
Journals published by Organizations
for the benefit. Of. their membership
may be carried as second-class mat
ter is pending before congress. has
been shown by . the action of the
-, ,%I
Union Leader.
The Union Leader. owned by the
Toledo Central Labor Union, has
been notified by the post office de-
partment that the papers, plan Of
allowing unions to subscribe in a.
body and take the money out of the
treasury ''is contrary to a decision Of
the department., and is therefore IL
legal"
The Toledo unionists are now de-
vising ways and means to save their
paper from this death dealing ruling.
and are also doing their utmost to
help in getting favorable action on
the bill introduced by Representative
Dodds Of Michigan.
There Is no dubt that the admin
i'tA cIioA - OPpoSeu 10 giving mali
privileges to journals owned by CEN
trail labor bodies, international unions
and fraternal organizations. Proof of
this charge lies in the fact that the
administration post office bill, intro
duced by Representative Weeks, of
Massachusetts,, specifically prohibits
such journals from carrying any ad-
vertising. ~.
The administration post office
measure, on the other hand, has not
a single word in all Of its 294 pages
which would in any way stop the
post office department from paying
the railroads nine cents a pound for
hauling mail matter, while express
companies get similar matter hauled
for one and a half cents a pound.
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STRIKE LOSS TOUCHES I. I.
h HEARTS OF OPERATORS;
FILE PITEOUS APPEAL

= CHICAGO, June 10.-Extra; ex-
spenses amounting / TO- $17,000,000 a
year suffered by the members Of the
Illinois Manufacturers = Association
resulted in a meeting of the associa-
ton this week in the interest Of econ
omy.F ...,$l-. : .f
: The meeting was called by John
M. Glenn, secretary of the State Man
ufacturers' Association, and was pre-
ceded by conference with coal deal
sers for the purpose of preparing reso-
lutions to be submitted to the meeting
at the hotel The coal men told
Glenn that 100000 tons of coal
are mined in Illinois every year and
of this quantity 100000 are con-
sumed by Illinois manufacturers. As
a result of the strike> both manufac-
turers and railroads are importing
their coal from other states at a.
greater cost ~ ~, :.
The speaker blamed the strike to
John w. Walker, president of the
Illinois Mine Workers. They ap-
pealed to the manufacturers to con-
serve their coal supplies until set
tlement is reached.
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Administration, Fortified by
Made to- Order Decision, Pre-
pares to Force T Tyrannical Rul-
ing Upon Uncle Sans Boys in.
/ Grey. ", 5~s.5 81 :f

WASHINGTON. D. c., June To-
That the postofficef department has
determined to make the letter car
riers of the United States pay $780,.
900 towards the upkeep Of the gov-.
ernment has come to light in an order
prepared: by Postmaster General
Hitchcock instructing postmasterss
that carriers may be kept in service
over eight hours in any given day
without claim for overtime pay. That
forty-eight hours week still remains:
the legal limit of work does not pross
| tect the carriers from the club Of
payless- overtime with which the de-
partment menaces them. # - p =
Chairman Weeks of the post roads
committee prepared the way for this
move Of Hitchcock's, as can be seen
oy the following statements made IN
the house during the discussion OF.
the post office bill.
Asked by Austin of Tennessee.
whether the bill carried sufficient
appropriation SO that clerks would
not be compelled to work over eight
hours time. Finley, member of the
post roads committee, said:
Frankly, Mr.. Chairman, it does
not" >...s.- -: II. -
What reason is .there,'' continued
Austin, 'that the committee did not
provide for that?''s + r.
The condition of the treasury -
came the stereotyped excuse
But although the post office de-
partment was preparing :he bomb for
the carriers, it did not touch the fuse
until it could fortify itself with a
court decision. This, fiat has just been
given. J:
The decision of the court of claims
was in the suit brought by one Van
Doren, a.. Washington carrier, to re-
cover pay for overtime, the case COM
ing to the attention of that tribunal
May 13, 1909. A proviso- in the ap-
preparation act of June, 2, 1900, stip-5
ulated that while carriers were to
be kept on duty as nearly as prac-
tfcable only eight hours a day, this
time might be exceeded provided
1t was as not In excess Of six times eight
hours in the week. The court of
claims holds in its decision that this
clause in the act %of 1900 was per-
Inanenl IN Its application and did not
go out of force with the end Of the
time to which the. .Appro opriatfon ap-
piled, - .# @1.S. - 221 FL =
z AS the number Of letter carriers
at free delivery offices is over 10000
and this order. of Hitchcock's threat
ems not only the carriers but, indi-
rectly, all other: postoffice employees,
1t follows that the union postal clerks.
will put up the fight of their lives
against its enforcement. .5.Ez.S.
Letter carriers assert that the bur-
den Of this saving will fall upon
the public anl The carriers jointly.
The work of substitutes will be cur
tailed and the regular carrier forced
to do double duty. In this manner
will half-a-million dollars be COM
Wandered" for the uses OF the ad-
ministration. -. q
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BETHLEHEM FIGURES
SUPPRESSED after "
SCHWAB SAW PRES'T

WASHINGTON, D. c.. June 10
Orders have been issued to the state
document room clerks to stop all
public distribution of the report of
the strike at the Bethlehem Steel
works prepared under the direction
Of Charles P. Neill, comm issioner OF
labor. s ... .+.. s..
The report is known as senate doc
ument. No. 521, and in the printing
alone must have cost at least $4,000.
How many additional thousands it
cost the government to collect the
information contained in this most
sensational exposure of Charles M.
Schwab's methods is not known. Just
how he did it, how the coming .of
gold from a. fusion of government
contracts and cheap labor finally re-
suited in q great strike, the shooting
down of unarmed workmen by the
constabulary,# and the. starving of
men, women and children until hun
ger forced them back to work.. is
outlined in this senate document now
forbidden to the public. sa 81 "a
{. The responsibility for the suppress
sion Of this report is shouldered from
one official to another, but it is
known that as: soon as schwab re-.
received the advance. sheets III his of:
flee In IS Betllehem he left on he first
train for WashinEtpnas T. had s. storiny
interview with, the PRESIDENT went
from there :, to Commissioner INeill's
office and let loose a flood Of invect-
i've, saw a Pennsylvania senator who
is elected by 'the interests for just
such emergencies, and. finally went
home assured that the report would
be Withdrawn from public view as
fast as possible. r. ::
T. That Schwab's policy is to terror
izes. his employees is shown by the
treatment of those who have gone
back to work Machinists that were
earning 1920 for twelve hours work
have been cut five cents an hour. The
men are never put back in their old
shops but are changed. around so
. that they will not be in close asso-
citation with their old mates
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WIS Land IUBbER'. |
'cREN|OF GOODYEAR. ] !
: CAUSE Q|F|': Wreck!

: CHICAGO, June lO.-The steam
er Frank H. Goodyear which sank in
Lake Huron. MaY423, causing loss
of 18s lives was not! manned with a
proper crew, of experienced seamen
as Is. alleged by the owners yof the
ship. { 1t is even doubted by many If
the steamer had spn board even one
competent sailor, aside from the
licensed officers. & .&< ~ g -& 49,
An Investigation now being con-
ducted2 shows that some Of the crew
could mot even speak the English
language. and that others wepe men
or boys Of little or no experience as
sailors. VIM. H. Schlueter, a watch
man or lookoutnan on the ill-fated
vessel, :was.a hotel porter. The Good
year. was his first ship, and he had
not been on board: over three weeks.
Yet:he wae employed as an able sea-
man. .:t5 / j.. -.
Frank spolar, 19 years DID,. was
another Of the crew who had. never
sailed before, and the same, is true
of Frank Mollick. Mollick cannot
speak the English. language, neither
could 4Vanderslaw* Klubozenski, an
other Of the. crew who had had little
If any. experience 5on board ship. .,
John L.. Papp, 20 years of age, who
occupied the, responsible position Of
wheelsman on the Goodyear, had
sailed less than six. months and could
not ia that short time have gained
the skill necessary, to properly and
safely steer a steamer like the Good
year, certainly not in a dangerous
emergency. # -:
Efforts to trace others of the crew
will be continued until all the facts
are gathered and the dangerous con-
ditions in which the Goodyear left
port have been fully exposed.
Others Of the Lake Carriers asso-
ciation ships. now operating with
strike-.breakers as crews are In a sim
liar condition. They are dangerous
to navigation. ..17 '..r.,.
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NEGLECT OF UNIONISTS
LOSES THEIR CHAMPION

DETROIT, Mich, June 10.-ThE
Michigan Union Advocate, published
in this city for the past ten years,
las been obliged to suspend publica-
ton because of the poor support 1t
received from organized labor of
that district.
The advocate was aslive. and we'll
edited labor paper, thoroughly up to
date in every respect. 1t was fear
less, active and aggressive, yet it had
to succumb.
The labor unions here did not ap-
preciate their official organ, and It
is safe to presume that they will not
have another labor paper very soon
neither do they deserve one.
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Sl|['l9ERAN|b|ERS' S. OF ..
HlRED1HUE WRECK
LABOR ] ] } I PAPERS ] 1 ! PLANT

i" LEAP, 81 d.. June 1o.----A mob of
thugs, DOUBTLESS paid tools Of capi-
:ztaIist INTERESTS hostile to the policy
of the Bssatk Hills Daily Register In
standing outsfor the Interests Of, the;
working class lin this locality, broke
into the plant of the Register last
Friday morning about q O'clock and
damaged presses and linotype ma
chies; to the extent of $500. -
A sledgehan1mer was used and it
is the only clue left by the vandals.
- Insits haste the mob overlooked a
small cylinder press in a separate
room, so the paper will be issued as
usual. ...
No arrests have yet been made.
The Register is the official journal
Of District Miners Union No. 2, w.
F. M. 1t is also the official organ
of the Black Hills Trades assembly, ;,
and as such has stood squarely for
labor. - a =; - e.~
A vigorous effort will be made to
discover the persons who were guilty
of the outrageous actions in the Reg
lister plant. r. ..e
Miners and other workers in this
vicinity are incensed over the actions
of the mysterious mob, and their as
sistance will be had in routing out
the guilty persons:
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MEET To FORCE ACTION
ON | ABOR LEG|6L ALTON
IS THE MAYOR OF
THE WHOLE PEOPLE

The mayor OF Nilwaukee's
first instruction to city employees
reads: Work diligently, persist
emily and conscientiOusly."
The only other instruction the
mayor has issued was that to
the policeman detailed to guard
the entrance of his office.
The mayor said to the policeman:
"Officer, there isn't a man, wom-
all or child in Milwaukee who
may not come into this office to
see me. I want you to especially
encourage people who have not
the appearance. Of wealth.: This
is the office of the Milwaukee
people,"
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CHAMPION OF labor
GOES TO HIS REWARD

DEADWOOD, s. D., June 10. =:
Freeman Knowles, fighting editor
Of the Lantern" a labor weekly Of
this place, died here last Friday Of
pneumonia. Knowles was 81 years
old. = :. - : -
For the past ~ years Freeman
Knowles has been one Of the most
aggressive men in: the struggles Of
labor in this section of the country
He has been jailed several times for
his aggressive attitude and fearless
;utterances in defense of the. workers.
:: Several times he was sued for libel
because Of his utterances about GER
tain unscrupulQus. Capitalists. and
their lackeys. The last time he was
arrested the jury: was out ten. min
utes and acquitted him. That was
on March z this year. !ts :. .t.,s i =.
Knowles was one of the most PIC
turesque figures in this state. He
was a veteran Of the civil war! At
one time he held 9 seat in congress,
having been elected on the populist
ticket. Later he became q Socialist.
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C1GARMAKERs'~ UNION
MAKES FINE REPORT

Z CHICAGO, Ill. June .1o.-Officers
Of the Cigar Makers international
Union have just issued their annual
report, which, despite the increasing
expenditures during the Industrial de-
preston shows the organization to be
In flourishing condition. se. s
The membership increased over
1000 during 1909 and is now 51,477
Last year the cigarmakers paid $76,-.
1O7 to their members out of employ
ment and $23S,284 in death and dis
ability benefits. Members who were
compelled to strike drew total Of
$780, 900 and travelling members were
paid $41,5S9. The sick members re-
:ceived $1S6,9S3, and the total bene-
fits paid. out In 1909 amounted to
$672.184. The grand total bene-.
fits paid in thirty-two years and two
months aggregate nearly $4,000, 600.
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MUST KNOW W#AHEAD ;55 IS 3,#iEf. 3E
-. If GRANDMOTHER DIES

II. &. A prominent Duluth business
man has posted the following
!. printed notice on his desk for the
benefit Of l,is office force:
All requests for leave of abs.
sence II owing To Vi grandma thers'
funerals, lame back, l1onsenlean-
ing, moving, sore throat, head
ache, brainetorIIl,t cOuslns,. we'd
sstlings, general indispos ION, etc.,,
I: must be hande IN notslater than;
10 o'clock On stl1e! Inorning 81 the.
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STRIKE OF STAGE HANDS . 5.53s' :5 :
$:- I'd @s5ss. STOPPED pERF,O ANT-r

Z PARIS, une q Q. The first per-
formance here Of 1f'' f''Falstaff'' by the
Metropolitan Gpera company was
Threatened with failure, owing to a
strike of scene shifters. They stopped
work immediatelys after the begin
ming Of the peri fornance and refused
to resume until they were given an
advance in pay. Gatti-C Casazz was
forced to accede to their demands
after which the performances went on
without a hitch s5ss g al 81
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HAVE YOU SEEN THIS
z B0W-LEGGED PRINTER?

! q. BUFFALO, N. Y, June 10.
The police department is trying
to locate one Albert GethOcfer, q
non-anion. printer, who abscoild-.
cd with about $4,000 belonging
to the Order of Red Men.
q: The fugitive is IL years of age,
8 feet 10 or II inches in height,
weighs about 180 pounds, smooth
face, dark hair and complexion
and very bow-legged. e.. &
- Superintendent Michael j. Ra-
gan holds e bench warrant for
Gethoefcr on the charge of grand
larceny. !, t.--r. -
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LAKE CARRIERS FORCE
OVERTIME FROM sCABs

CHICAGO, June 10.-The payment
of 25 cents per hour overtime, which
was in force on Lake Carriers shins
during the union agreement, has
been discontinued by the shipowners.
But overtime work prevails Just the
same, the men now employed as
strikebreakers being required to work
at all hours without extra pay
/ One of the demands of the union.
is for overtime pay for all overtime
work, the object being to compel the
hours and thus permit the. crews to
secure the rest necessary to health
and the proper performance Of duty.
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COMPROMISE: AvERTS
STRIKE CARMEN

DETROIT, June 1o.-The threat
ened tie-up Of the Detroit United
Railway .companys lines has. been
definitely averted when: the COM
pany's motormen and conductors
voted to accept a compf1fnise offered
by the company.
Under the scale adopted, six
months men will be paid % cents;
twelve months men, 26 cents; en-
ployes in service for more than one
year, % cents. This is an advance
of cents an hour for the older en-
ployes.
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OF SANITY CITY *
SEEK WEEKLY HALF HOLIDAY

ST. PAUL, June 10.-The Plumb
ers' Union of st. Paul has declared
for Saturday half holiday all the
year around, and the members are
determined to get what they go after.
The proposition crystallized into su s.
,stantial form at the last meeting of
the union, when it was decided 10
confer with the master plumbers re-
garding the matter. II go
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ENGINEERS CHOSE HARRISBURG
+ DETROIT, Mich, June 10. Harris
burg, Pa, has been chosen by the
convention OF the Bro otherhood of Lo-
connective Engineers as the place for
the next convention. Chicago and
Cleveland also contested. 81: 81.
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EBUFFALO TAILORs7 orr.

\. BUFFALO, n. ". June 10.-De-
termined to obtain recognition Of un-
ion principles, g s per cent Increase
ir wages ana q reduction in working
I hours, g 1900 cutters and tailors went
on strike here this week There are
at present Il Buffalo 1000 of tho.
craft, and the strikers declare that
within q few days the strike will be.
sunanimo BUS. 4ss.3 til
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GOES 10 WoMEN,s LEAGUE.

NEW: YORK, June 1o.-Frances
Squire Potter, who resigned as sec
retary Of the National Woman: suf-
frage Association because that So
ciety is at present controlled, body
and soul, by its financial backer, Mrs.
o. H. P. Belmont, has secured the
position of general lecturer for the
National Womens Trade Union
League. t III 81. f ~ i .5gs .d..S'' a H.
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PRESS MACHINIsTs STRIKE.

PLAINFIELD, M, June 10
About 500 machfnists in the local
printing press shops went on a strike
this week as the result OF the refusal
Of the manufacturers to grant their
demands for higher wages. 49,
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structors.


structors.
September IL, Streator, ILL.,, Inter-
national Brick, Tile and Terra Gotta
Workers Alliance.
September 13, New York, N. r..
American Brotherhood of Cement
Workers.
September 10, Des Moines, Iowa,
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America.
September 10, Rochester, N. Y, Iu-
ternational Association of Bridge and
Structural Iron Workera.
September 21, st. Paul, Mimi,
Brotherhood of Railroad Freight
Handlers.
September 26, Columbus, Ohio, Oper-
ative Plasterers' International Associ-
alton of the United States ana Can
ada.
October 18, New York, N. Y. Unit
ed Textile Workers of America.
October 1S, Detroit, Mich. Interna-
tional Association of Car Workers.