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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-04-08

Executive BoaEds soI Two Interna-
tional Unionsll Adjust Their
&.-. = = = sDiffelences. y. .~s.. ~.
Bricklay yers, MasO1s and Plasterers
Make Peace, With Opera
tive Plasterers. ~

INDIANAPOLIS April 6.-An
agreement has been reached between
the Bricklayers, Il Masons and Plas-
terers' international unions and the
Operative Plastefers International
association of America, at confer
ence of the executive boards OF the
two organizatfonSS held in Indiana
polls last month. and which at last
promises peace Between them.
The agreement go into effect
as soon as the Hnotices can be sent
out which Will be written in few
days, and will ssaliow the, Operative
plasterers to organize locals in many
towns over which jurisdiction has
been claimed blythe Bricklayers and
Masons. =. Sss.3ss Ssss = :. Z: .>:.
For about twenty years there have
been many juriadictional disputes be-
tween the two organizations, but un-
der the new agreement. this will all
be at an end; q situation which is
most gratifying tofall concerned.
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AMERICAN DELEGATES
TO STOCKHOLM ALLIANCE

Following are the delegates and al
ternates from the United States, an
nounced on the 22d, to the Interna-
tional Woman Suffrage Alliance con-
ventiOn, to be held in Stockholm,
July IL to II inclusive: ~ f.
I: ssDelegates-Anna Howard Shaw.
president National American Woman
Suffrage association, Pennsylvania;
Miss Mary D. Ely, Connecticut; Mrs.
Morrison Fuller, Missouri; Mrs. Alice
Parker Lesser, Massachusetts,; Miss
Frances Wills, California; Mrs. Julia
B. Rogers, Maryland; Mrs. Minerva
Butlin, Illinois; Miss Janet r. Rich
ards, District of Columbia; Mrs. Fred
erick Nathan, Mrs. Marcia Townsend
and Mrs. Charles Howard Winslow,
New York. .,, y i IS
sAlternates-Miss Lucy e. Anthony,
Pennsylvania; Miss Nettie Lovisa
White, District of~:t Columbia; Mrs.
Margaret Foley and Miss Florence
sLuscomb, Massachusetts,; Mrs Zell
Hart Deming, Wyoming; Mrs. William
/ Parsons, Mrs. Mary 3. Craigie, Miss
Cameron and Mrs. Robert Elder,
New York. 81. s5 u s3.t
Frederick Nathan and Robert Ell
der have been chosen fraternal de-
legates to represent the Men Voters
League Of New ork. and Mary a..
Hay Is the fraternal delegate from
the ational Fed deration OF Women's
Clubs.
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OPERATORS TAKING
REFERENDUM /: /! n VOTE
Illinois centrsl photographers OBJ
tanning Visw Of Members
Relative. sto Striking.
Want 25; Per Gent Raise in, Wages
and 80 Gents and hour
for Overtime.

CHICAGO,5 April, thousand
and four hundred telegraphers on
the Illinois Central Railroad are now
taking a strike referendum for the
rs per cent raise in wages and for
80 cents an hour for overtime. The
balloting ends on4April, z.
Officials Of the Order of Railroad
Telegraphers: stateSthat when the vote
has been taken from one end of the
system to the other the question will
be taken up again with the company.
The old scale: 4xpired February Is.
and the new seq Rlwas asked for, the
railroad conapapY refusing and want
ing to have. the question arbitrated.
The telegraphersf then sent the mat
ter UP for a strike vote. :,
When last Syehr the telegraphers
asked a raise IL snages the. company
and the telegraphers: both. asked Tor,
arbftration. 1he matter was left to
them. Thes7railroad pleaded a case
of poverty and showed their books
Since the; decision of tile arbitra-
'tion board the graft which was .un-
covered in the Illinois Central offices
of millions of dollars, has decided the
men that they can not trust the COM
panys own statement of finances and
that the millions lost through graft
should have gone to pay the working
men living wages.
The only thing they were able to
get through arbitration was q two
weeks vacation with pay, which
amounted to about 3 per cent in
crease.
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STAY AWAY FROM
.5. CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS
Is Request Sent Out BY Plasterers'
Union of the Flour
Care OF All Work in d .%1.~
. p: ~, Sight. r. 49,: g, ~

Wage increase, beginning May 1, is
demanded by the Plasterers' union Of
Minneapolis, and notices to that ef-
feet were served on the contractors
some months ago. j. =
The present wage is IS for day of
eight hours, and beginning May day
the plasterers expect $3.50 for an
eight-hour day and a Saturday half
holiday. The Saturday half holiday
feature has been enjoyed by the plas-
terers for some years. ..,.
A national representative of the
Plasterers' union will arrive next
month and look over the situation. II
necessity demands, the National
Union of Operative Plasterers will
back the local financially, but as
there is a large local treasury and ap.
proximately 80 per cent of the Min
neapolis plasterers are members OF
the local union, it is not expected
that outside assistance will" be re-
quired. ~
Plasterers throughout the country
are requested to keep away from Min
neapolis this spring, as the local mem.
bers are amply able to take care of
all the work in sight. if
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Covenant to No More Employ
Strikebreakers in Big Iron
Works.
REGARDED AS DECISIVE
VICTORY FOR UNIONISM
Sensible Employers Weary of War
Waged on American
Workers.

LOS ANGELES, April 6.-(Special
to Labor World.)-The Boiler
Makers union of this city have won
ers firm that was formerly non
union. The contract has been signed
on a basis of eight hours work and
the union scale of wages.
The agreement was made a few
days ago between w. H. Wilson. su-
perintendent of erection for the Cam
den Iron Works, Of Camden. N. j.,
and J. OLeary, international dis
trict organizer of the Boilmakers,
Iron Shipbuilders and Helpers of
America.
The Camden Iron Works has the
contract for the erection on Center
street, between Ducommun and Com
mercial streets. of the largest gas
tank west of New York. The tank
WILL. when completed, hold 100000
cubis feet of gas, and will cost
$35O,000.
Wilson had a controversy with the
union as to hours and pay. The union
demanded an eight-hOur day and the
union scale of wages; the company
held out for g. nine-hour day and
a lower scale.
1t took about a week for the men
and the employer to come to terms,
and the dispute was settled on the
basis of the union day and scale, with
a clause in the agreement by which
the Camden Iron Works is not to
employ any men who have been en-
gagged in Los Angeles as strike
breakers.
Wilson, when seen, said the facts
as given above were true. but that
he did not care to discuss the mat
ter. "r., : :-.-,,'. s:-
: He said the la Dor troubles in Los
Angeles were not the fight of the
Camden Iron. Works and i that he
wanted to@conplete the contract in
the time allowed him by the gas COM
pany. ~
Mr.. Wilson also refused to discuss
how the nefarious manufacturers
association regarded the action of his
company. Los Angeles is getting
weary of the iniquitous warfare
waged upon trades unionism and
American workers.
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Wholesale Slaughter Of One Hun.
dred and Fifty Defence
=! less Girls. .+: ..;r
CROWDED AT THEIR WORK
LIKE STOCK IN CATTLE CAR
Death By Fire Came to Them
With No Possible Means
: Of Escape. { ~ =:
(By Herbert H. Morley,)

(By Herbert H. Morley,)
The pens Of even the most expert
paragraphers Of the country have fal-
len far short in the effort to depict
the awful horror of the holocaust
which a few days ago almost instant
ly blotted out the lives of hundred
and fifty of New York's honest toilers.
most of them girls. And well they
might, for a catastrophe so horrible
in all it's narrowing details has sell
dom shocked the nerves of those OF
us who still have left some measure OF
human sympathy. =.
No Means of Escape.
Crowded at their work like stock
in a cattle car. no possible means OF
escape provided. with no voice as to
the conditions surrounding their la
Dor, but compelled to submit to such
as their employers saw fit to impose,
these unfortunate creatures were Of
fered up as another sacrifice upon the
already bloody altar of the god OF
modern greed.
There is probably not single news
paper reader in the country who has
not read the story of this disaster
down to the last detail-not one who
does not know that seven hundred
girls were huddled together at their
work in back-rubbing proximity, be-
tween them and certain death by fire
but one flimsy fire-escape, down
which their passage would have con-
sumed at least three hours even had
the most precise order prevailed.
Caught like rats in a trap, confronted
by barred exits and inswinging doors
instinct prompted \ veritable hail OF
humanity to meet death on the cruel
flagstones q hundred feet below, while
others TO- a total Of one hundred and
fifty met death in the flames. =
-. :. And appa alting as was this calamity.
1T is likely TO be repeated, any, in.
stant, for the~ chief .of. New Y erks
fire department saysvthere are thou
sands of people; mostly girls employ
ed under Identical conditions in the
great factory and office buildings OF
that city,. And New York is but. a
sample of conditions almost every.
where twenty-five girls: having been
killed under similar circumstances in
Newark, N. j., but a few weeks ago
Violations of Law.
According to modern commercial
methods it may be all very we'll to
strain every point in the interest OF
cheap production, that goods with
the life-blood of the toiler in its warp
and woof may be sold at bargain
prices; and graft of politics may sane
tion the winking at violations of the
law in the refusal to properly safe
guard the lives of employees, even
though wholesale murder result But
it may as will be understood now that
the lives Of the workers of this land
are just as sacred and even more
valuable than are those of the milk
and-water-blooded wealth-consumers,
and that they must be protected or
there will be- serious trouble for some
one.
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SACRIFICE A LAW : :
Of THE UNIVERSE
Something or Somebody Must Pay
r.. the Price of All
:- Progress.
One Must Offer Himself for the
Realization of Highest
Ideals. =

Nature grants no favors. Something
or somebody must pay the price. The
valleys are made rich through the
sacrifice of the mountains. Daily the
mountain pays tribute in rich soil
as it is washed down by the rain.
The death of the mineral is the life
of the vegetable. The death of the
vegetable is the life of the, animal.
The death of the animal is the life
of the spiritual. Our treasures of
coal mean that great forests have fall
len for the heating of our homes
and for the generation of steam. for
our factories To produce a. straw
: berry requires heat sufficient to run
an engine from New r ork to Phila-
delphia and return. The sun is burn
!. ing itself up to give heat and ligth
Ito the world. - ss*Az HS5s+ II , e. :.
Likewise, in human life there is
the payment Of the price In order
that; we may achieve our best. To
gain his vision of the hills of Paradise;
Milton lost his vision, Of earth's bean-
tfful scenes. Most of, the great books
Of the world were written not with
pen and ink but with the life blood
of their authors.
f, Not many centuries ago liberty Of
thought was unknown. The criticism
Of baron meant the confoscation of
the peasants land. The criticism of
the pope: meant the dungeon. The
criticism of the king meant death.
Today we think as we please, but
liberty Of thought and liberty of
speech have cost 1000 battles and
hundreds of thousands of lives.
Livingstone, the African explorer,
giving ten years of his, life and fin
ally dying in the heart of that dark
continent, did more to heal the open
sore of slavery than had been done
in thousand years.
To live the best kind of a life
one must be willing to give away ones
life. This may seem like paradox
but it is in harmony with the laws
of nature. The great Teacher once
said that he that saveth his life shall
lose it and he that loseth' his life
for the sake of mankind shall find
1t. Without vicarious suffering or
sacrifice there can be no physical or
social progress. The great movements
of the world have been inaugurated
by men, who have been willing to
sacrifice everything for them. In
a similar degree, progress will be
made in every mans. world by the
extent to which he is willing to offer
himself for the realization of his
highest ideals. - ' s2-ss',.s.1 i
REV. CHARLES sTELZLE.
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Because of system that kept a.
count of the number of bricks they
laid an hour, and paid bonuses for
the best service, fifty bricklayers
employed in the construction of the
Union Paper & Bag company's plant
at Hudson Falls, N. Y, are now on
strike. The system was the invention
of Supt. Frank B. Gilbert, who has
made study of scientific manage
ment of labor along the lines advo-
Gated by Lois D. Brandeis of Boston.
and has written a book called MO
tlon Study" that has to do with
bricklaying.
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Active preparations are now in pro-
gress by the miners union for the
strike of 1000 miners in Southern
Alberta and in Crows Nest pas dis
trict. which has been called for Fri
day. A strike will probably take
place on April 1 if the demands are
not granted by that time. The walk
out will be officially announced by
the officers of the Brotherhood. of
Carpenters and Joiners at the head
quarters in Indianapolis.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-04-08
CAN'T WHIP WORKING GIRLS
Society for Their Protection Is Be.
ing Formed i'm Japan

TOKYO. April IA society for the
prevention of cruelty to working girls
is being formed. It demands:
First, that working girls must not
be employed longer than twelve hours
day.
Second, that they be allowed time
to eat their meals.
Third, that the bosses shall not be
allowed to impose fines or imprison-
ment.
Fourth, that the $4,000 girls be-
tween the ages of ten and fourteen
employed in factories shall not suf-
fer corporal punishment for mistakes
they make.
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-Four thousand union building
craftsmen have laid down their tools
IN Toledo. The men are on strike
Tor an advance IN wages ranging from
lo 10 ~ per cent per day and to en-
ploy none but union men. ~
Inc union officials have notified
the general contractors in Toledo, who
number about 20, several months ago
that an increase in wages would be
demanded on April l.. This was re-
1used on Thursday and the strike is
now in progress. .s.-s !
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-04-08

The shortest hours Of any union
workmen in New York city are those
of caisson workers. Three hours a
day, with thirty minutes off for lunch
con and wages ofE$5 day is the rule
for the men who work under an air
pressure of ''three atmospheres'
(about forty-five pounds.)' ,-,, .. =
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-04-08

, Eight thousand union miners are
on strike in the Alberta and the
I Eastern British Columbia coal fields
T A ~ coal col famine is likely to be the re-
suit as as only two mines remain in oper-
alton. s.s& S5s+4.# aSS IF g44.i ss3'sJs d.
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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-28

This Is the milkman's problem:
How can produce the greatest
amount Of milk and butter at the. least
expensef"
Chief Josephine, bred and owned
by the agricultural department Of the
University Of Missouri at Columbia,
has come nearer solving this problem
than any other COW on earth.
It costs n cents day to keep
Josephine and her daily production IL
worth more than 81.
Thus Josephine makes as much
each day as the average mechanic.
She makes more each year than
the average preacher. and almost as
much as the average college professor.
Chief Josephine is now q little over
| eight years old and is of the Holstein
breed, otherwise known as Tristan or
Holland.
OF course. Josephine's diet is care
fully and systematically looked after.
She IL fed alfalfa hay and corn silase
for coarse feed and for grain she il
given mixture Of corn, bran, linseed
meal and cottonseed meal. The amount
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-28

she requires Of each is carefully com.
puted from the chemical composition
Of the feeds.
During the warm summer months
Josephine consumed about 80 gallons
Of water daily.
Through the whole routine of her
daily life Josephine Is never forced to
do anything; above all, she is never
struck or excited.
Josephine Is no freak What she has
done can be repeated in any normal
milk-giving COW.
It IL fact that any cow can be de-.
veloped to give milk beyond what Is
today considered good average Il
10 largely because dairymen do not
know the latent possibilities of their
herds that the present average is 50
low.
All that IL required for a start Is A
COW that Is normal In every respect
From this point man is the chief
factor-man with q training such as
II impaired at the college Of agricul.
ture Of the University of Missouri,
and at other like colleges the country
over.
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Life on the Farm.

A contented and intelligent rural
population IL the true basis of per-
manent agriculture. There are several
conditions essential to the best coun.
try life. The success Of the farm as
business enterprise Is Of. prime I'm
portance. It must return an income
sufficient to insure all of the necesst
ties. most Of the convenfences and
some Of the Injuries Of life. The com.
munity life Of the agricultural popu.
lation must be such as will stimulate
mental activity to amply satisfy the
social aspirations OF the countryman
and his family.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-28
POTATOES, RYE
AND CLOVER
Experameuts Conducted by Rhode
Island Station Show Net
Returns Success Tn
GrovvinE Clover.

For IL years the Rhode Island ex-
pertinent station has been making ex-
periments having a. their basis ro-
tation Of potatoes. rye and clover. The
rotation consists Of winter rye the
|nrst. clover or clover and grass the
second. and potatoes the third year.
On an average for the whole period
II II years plat No. II received per
acre "a pounds OF potash, 9.16 pounds
|of ph0sphoric acid. 37.2 pounds Of nj
|trogen and $50 pounds Of lime: plat
No. II, bS-9 pounds Of potash, o.
pounds Of phosphorfc acid. 26.9 pounds
[of nitrogen and 232 pounds OF lime.
and plat No. Is. GIT pounds of potash.
87.2 pounds Of phosphoric acid. 27.1
pounds II nitrogen and 232 pounds Of
lime each year
Previous work showed that the pro-
portion Of merchantable tubers in the
potato crop IS greatly increased by
lining. even Sometimes In cases where
the total Weld remains the same. The
results obtained 30 far indicate that
after the three year rotation is we'll
started, further lining once In six
years at very moderate rates will be
sufficient.
The general Improvement Of the soil
was found to have far less beneficial
effects upon the rye crop than upon
potatoes and clover. With the Inn
provement In the soil It was neces-
sary to omit nitrn0cno1a fnn-drasainra
for rye, with the result that the yields
lot straw were somewhat lessened and
those Of grain increased. The exper-
iment also taught that It is advisable
to SOW grass seed with the clover, as
grass usually more readily survives I'M
dor extreme winter and excessive dry
summer conditions. No success was
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secured In trying to grow clover with.
out nrst applying lime or wood ashes
to the land.
As calculated by the station, the
net returns per acre during the first
six years were $279.4O. and during the
secong six-pear period. $37146 or
$92O6 In favor Of the last two rota.
TOMS.
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was upon her in an instant, however,
hard fingers digging into her shout
ders. you little fool"
mol" she cried. "No, no, no! Let
me 60, you-you brute!-
Abruptly he thought better of his
methods and released her, merely put
ing himself between her and the door
way.
Don't be little FOOL" he coun-
seled. 'You kick up that row and
you'll have us both pinched inside of
the next five minutes"
Defiance was on her tongues tip,
but the truth In his words gave her
pause. Paipitating with the shock,
every outraged instinct a-quiver, she
subdued herself and fell hack, eying
him fixedly.
They're here" he podded thought
fully. you wouldn't have stood for
that If they weren't And since they
are, can find them without your as
sistance. Sit down. l shan't touch
you again."
She had scant choice other than
to obey. Desperate as she was, her
strength had been severely overtaxed,
and she might not presume upon it
too greatly. Fascinated with terror,
she let herself down into an easy
chair.
Anisty thought for a moment, then
went over to the desk and sat himself
before it.
Keys" he commented, rapidly In
ventorying what he saw. How'd you
get hold of them p
"They are Mr.. Maitland's. He must
have forgotten them
The burglar chuckled grimly. sCo.
medicines multiply. 1t is odd That
harp, O'Hagan, was coming in with q
can of beer while was picking the
lock, and caught me. He wanted to
know If I'd missed my train for Green
fields, and gave him my word OF hon
or l had. Moreover, I'd mislaid my
keys and had been ringing for him fol
the past ten minutes. He swallowed
every word of it. BY the way. here's
glove of yours. You certainly man
aged to leave enough clews about to
insure your being nabbed even by 9
New York detective"
He faced about, tossing her the
glove, and with it 30 keen and pene
trating . glance that her heart sanl
for fear that he had guessed her se
| cret. But as he continued she re
i
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-28
Success With Farming.

When family with 100 acres pro
duces what it needs and can exchange
some products for taxes, repairs, edu'
cation. etc., and can also maintain tne
land in productive state, 1t thus
solves q problem that will benent ~
ture generations. Not only should I'D
success be announced, but the metnoo
hy which it succeeded should be pup
ll1hed for the benefit Of others.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-28

Fresh lime, unslaked, weighs about
80 pounds per bushel. and will absorb
about ~ pounds Of water from the air,
forming hydrate Of lime. 1t also alb
serbs carbonic acid from the air and
is gradually converted into carbon
ate OF lime. One bushel of stone lime
will make about three bushels when
slaked. Air-slaked lime is always 70
ferred to When it is recommended for
land. Sixty bushels of slaked lime Is
good dressing for one acre.
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self to lose your head Just all on &C
with good-looking millionaire. You
don't suppose for an instant that
there's anything in 1t for yours. do
you? You're nothing to Maitland
just an incident; next time he meets.
the baby-stare for yours. You can
thank your lucky stars he happened ia
have q reputation to sustain as vii.
lage cut-up. a gay. sad dog, always out
for good time and hang the expense!
Otherwise he'd have handed you yours
without moments hesitation. I'm
not doing this up In tin-foiI and tying
violet ribbon with tassels on it. but
I'm handing 1t straight to you: some
thing you don't want to forget. You
just sink your hooks in the fact that
you're nothing to Maitland and that
he's nothing to you. and never will be.
and You won't lose auything-except
illusions
She remained quiescent for little,
hands twitching in her lap. torn by
conflicting emotions--fear of and aver
sion for the man, amusement. chill
horror bred of the knowledge that he
was voicfng the truth about her, the
truth, at least, as he saw 1t. and and
as Maitland would see it.
t1llusions?v she echoed. family. and
raised her eyes to his with a pitiful
attempt at smile. ''Oh. but must
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