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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-11-04
MEETING OF CHILD
LABOR COMMITTEE.
Annual Gathering Will Be Held,
At Duluth on November
+: Ninth.
MISS DINWIDDIE TO BE
ON HAND WITH EXHIBIT
r. ! sg' = E# p - ",5
Conference Of Charities and Cor
rections Will Follow Child
Labor Committee Meetings.

THE Factory will be the subject
Of an address to be, given before the
members of the Minnesota Child La
Dor committee by State Labor COM
missioner w. F. Houk. ss..'s
The commission will meet in the
vacant store building at 26 Fourth
avenue west on the afternoon of Nov.
8. The meeting will be held in con-
State Conference of Charities and
Corrections. The public is not only
invited but urged to attend the ses-
sion. ...5 = J., !
The meetings of the State Confer
ence of Charities and Corrections
will begin at the high school audi
torium on the evening Of Nov. 9. This
conference will last four days. Near
ly all of the meetings which will fol-
low the opener will be held at the
Commercial; club.
The Minnesota Child Labor Com
mittee is branch of the National
organization of the same name.
e. W.. Bohannon, principal of the
local normal school will act a. chair
man Of the meeting. A number Of
prominent speakers have been se-s
cured and the 1911 conference in this
city will be, perhaps, the most sue
cessful gathering Of the kind yet held.
Henry r. Burt of Minneapolis. at
the head of the Pillsbury Settlement
house,, will read a paper on "Child
Labor on the Street" Mrs. C. G. Hig-
bee of St. Paul, e. T.. Lies OF Minne-
apolis, w. r. Houck, state labor COM
missioner, DR.. Mary Mccoy and =. n.
Morgan. q local attorney. will read
papers. ~ ...>.ss S.. &
Al interesting feature, 81 the nnset-
ing will be the exhibit to be shown
by Miss Elizabeth. Dinwiddie, a sis
ter Of Courtenay Dinwoodie, secre-
tary Of the Associated Charities. The
exhibit will consist Of pictures and
examples of the awful results of
child labor.
Miss Dinwiddie is in the employ Of
the national committee. She is being
sent all over the country with the
exhibit that people may begin a fight
for better and more. uniform legis-
lation in regard to child labor. -
AT the present time the laws of
the different states are radically dif-
ferent. At present Miss Dinwiddie
is showing her exhibit at Milwaukee,
Wis, and from all accounts, her talks
and examples are 1yaRsng a wonderful
impression. - -
The meetings and the exhibit are
open to the public. The exhibit will
be kept open during the entire four
days Of the Charities and Corrections
convention that every one may have
an opportunity of seeing it.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-11-04
STOP GREAT
SUGAR TRUST FIRST:
It Is Robbing the People More
Greedily Than Any Other.
Time for Halt.

/ For years and years the Sugar
trust is known to have stolen from
the government. BY means of false
weights and tricky springs to cheat
the scales, and by bribery Of govern
ment officers, this rapacious trust d.
verted into its own Golfers millions
Of dollars that should have gone to
the government In revenue. The trust
was caught redhanded; in its thievery
yet nobody went to jail. !, %st5..
The government finally put a stop
to the revenue stealing; the doctored
springs were removed and the cor
rupt collectors were discharged. This
forced the trust to adopt new meth
DDS In order to maintain Its inflated
dividends, 50 recently it sent out a
wall about q short crop and now
sugar prices are almost as high as
they were during the Civil war The
5sugar trust 81 determined 70 have
9 rs Il ii
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-11-04
SOCIALIST VOTE IN
Los ANGELES HEAVY
Job Harmon, Working Class
Candidate for Mayor Cleans
His Opponents.
Indications Point to Socialist VIC
tory at Election to Be Held
Next Month.

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 2.-Job Har-
r1man, Socialist and working class
candidate for Mayor of Los Angeles,
led his capitalistic opponents a merry
heat at the primary election held here
Tuesday. He leads the Los ANGELES
Times candidate by $500 votes. The
nght was distinctly class fight, and
labor wins. Other Socialist candi-
dates nominated are:
City attorney, Edward w. Tuttle.
law partner of Job Hartman.
City auditor, George w. Downing.
bookkeeper.
City assessor, A. NJ. Salyer, a piano
manufacturer and Socialist and labor
leader for many years.
Councilmen, Cyrus F. Grow, struct-
ural iron worker; Alexander Kane,
a lumber bucker:" A. ]. Mooney.
mill worker and secretary of his
union; Fred Knerr, a waiter, secre-
tary of his union; Fred c.. Wheeler,
president of the carpenters union;
G. w. Whitley, (negro) union man
and secretary of Afro-American
league; Daniel Reagan. iron moulder,
on strike recently driving laundry
wagon; T. w. Williams, former
miner, lecturer, writer and organizer,
and Frank E. Wolfe, newspaper man,
formerly telegrapher who has car
ried union card 25 years and a
Socialist card IL years. l..
Board OF education, Sallie E. Bow
man, Mary E. Garbutt. May Cady
Williams, Edward Adams Cantreall,
state organizer; w. Scott Lewis. as
sistant state secretary; Clarence Heily.
lawyer, and DR.. l.. Paul Zahn.
Mayor Lewis j. Duncan of Butte.
Mont, and J. Stitt Wilson mayor of
Berkeley, CAL, are in Los Angeles
campaigning with the Socialists.
Meetings of several thousands, crowd
half a dozen auditoriums every night.
sss5 high as $4,000 attending meetings
indoor and out many nights The
campaign will go down in history as
the most remarkable in the history
Of the Socialist movement in America.
Labor is united and victory seems
inevitable. .5 Il. 3535s 352s I.l N n 3ssf
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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-11-04
Statement OF BURNS
FALSE, SAYS G0MPERs
Man Hunter Declared That Mil
/. lion of Dollars Had Been
Raised by Labor.
Gompers Declares That Charge Of.
81 Detective Is Not Based
on the Facts.

WASHINGTON, Nov. .2.--s'Burns'
statement that the American Fedora
tion of Labor has collected $1,00O,O00s
for the defense of the McNamaras
Is purely his own invention, whether
from malice to prevent the collection
Of funds for an adequate defense for
the McNamara brothers, or whether
1t is the mental disease with which
he has become afflicted. the people
themselves must determine" said
President Gompers, in answer to- De-
tective Burns declaration before the.
students at Columbia university.
The assertions made by Burns are
not in accord with the facts. 1t must
be remembered that In this contest
for fair and impartial trial, the
defense is compelled to meet a
solidif1ed and bitter combination OF
employers organizations that have
vast sums of money upon which to
draw, to convict the men charged
with destroying the Los Angeles
Times plant.
This assault by the employers ass
sociations, as indicated by the first
published statements given out In the
press. is not directed except in-s
cidentally, at the men charged with
4le crime, but Is aimed against the J
organizations OF labor. s.ss fsfs
The expense. already incurred In
collecting evidence, the employment
Of able counsel. and generally build
ing up the defense. has been very
large. There Is no process by which
the total amount necessary to defray
the legitimate expenses can be de-
termined. Up to this point It has
been difficult to provide the amount
considered necessary by the attor s..
sneys having the case In charge. S
= There Is pressing need for more.
funds and the organizations Of labor
are being constantly urged to do
their utmost in SUPPLYING the muni IS
5tions whereby the defense may be
able to present Its case and bring To-
light IN the facts connected tlaer.
witt.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-11-04
COST OF LIVING:
! MORE Than WAGES
&AAoring Men Complain That
w They Cannot Live on
T ~ 81 " Day.
Asl I3NANSWERABLE
QUESTIONS OF AGENT
Martin Cole, State Labor Agent,
Admits Number Of Jobs, But
Deplores Small Wages.

1T is true enough that there is
lots of work in Duluth" says Mar
tni Cole, in charge of the local state
free employment bureau, "but what
is a man to do when the wages Of
fered are less than enough for him
TO live decently on?''
The sort Of work I have to ped
die out is not permanent. man
may spend quite little in getting
to the destination where work is
promised. 1t may be that they only
keep him a week. He is then out his
railroad fare both going and COM
ing. He has had work for a week
but he comes home with only a few
cents above expenses"
II don't wonder that men are ev-
cry day refusing to take the jobs Of
fered in and out of town, saying that
they are just as we'll iuie as they are
with them"
The van companies, the coal com.
panies, contractors, wood yard pro-
prietors and those who have onV
short jobs like raking up the lawn or
washing windows, think they are
paying big wages when they pay from
81 to $3.50 per day.
Mr.. Cole says that many men come
to him after holding down a 50 a day
job and ask: "What am I to do ?''
Il can't live on Tiny family Is
starving. I must pay car fare. My
children need decent clothes that
they may attend the schools. Winter
is coming on. The rent is due. I
need clothing with which to with
stand the cold and earn the measley
amount I receive. We need grocer
les. The lighting company has
threatened" to shut off our light II
the bill ts not paid. We need coal.
have no credit" -
Every day questions like these are
put to Mr.. Cole He does not con-
troll the wages, but he says that many
times he feels like digging down in
to his own pockets.
Mr.. Cole says that labor condi-
tions are fluctuating but just now
there is plenty of certain kinds of
work. The demand for railroad
work, tie cutters, advance crews for
the woods and other lines of work
is opening up in good shape.
Where the men go into camp and
are given their board the wages are
small. Where board is not offered
they are larger. but not sufficient on
which to support a family.
The fact remains that the cost of
living is still greater than the earning
capacity of the average common la
| borer.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-11-04
MINERS ARE CHEATED;
STRIKE FOR REDRESS
Unorganized Miners of Southern
Colorado Rebel Against
ST. Coal Weighing.
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Companies Pay Them Only for
Coal Which Cannot Go
Through Large Screen.

DENVER, Nov. IA large num-
Der Of miners in the Southern Col-
orado coal fields have gone on
strike. A remarkable feature Of the
situation Is the fact that the miners
on strike are unorganized and the
agitation IL. up to this point, being
carried on by non-unio me.
The chief complait Of the miners
Is over the conditions surrounding
the screening of coal. They assert
that under the present system the
companies can, and do, cheat them,
and they want redress. 3s
Companies in the southern field
compel the men to screen the coal
In the mines, but only pay for the
lump coal. s5 5s
It Is also charged by the men that
the companies unscrupulously fix the
screen 90 that only half the coal, IL
saved to the men, the other half fall-
ing through the screens. and goes to
the company as clear profit, the Dig
ser getting nothing for 1t. 5y.5. q II
II Is stated that the coal miners
have sought for rome time to induce
the company to concede changes ii
the screening methods. but have been
turned down at all OF the confer-
ences. The unorganized men III this
section struck over the same griey--
ance in 100 :.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-11-04
Attempts to Use United States
Courts to Get Indiana Evi-
dence Out West.
DEFENSE SEES WEAKNESS
IN PRosECUTIoN's MOVE
Public Mind Greatly Impressed
So by Apparent Prejudice Of
Judge =Bordwell. s

LOS ANGELES. Cal, Nov. a.
That the prosecution in the McNa.
mara case IL driven to extremities Is
shown by the fact that they are ex-
erting every effort to override the
state courts and get the affairs Of
John J. Mcnamara into the hands Of
federal officials. Ever since the de-
cision Of the higher courts of 1n-
diana that the McNamara exhibits
and evidence" should not be per-
mitted to leave the state. Prosecut-
ing attorney John B. EFredericks Of
Los Angeles has been casting about
for some way. to get possession OF
the Burns material that is in ln-
dianapolis. H:..t. l..-.. y 4; j.: lsst Fs,, :,
Burns to the Rescue.
1t is believed Burns has come to-
the rescue with a brilliant idea that
the United States courts is the prop
er place to make his appeal to get
the evidence into the hands Of the
Los Angeles authorities.
This is looked on by the defense
as q confession of weakness of the
prosecutions case. Nearly every day
new "identifiers'' are brought into
the court room to get look at j.
B. McNamara-. In every instance Jim
looks over his identifiers and tells
Hartman, Darrow or the other at
torneys whether he. has ever seen
the man before. This week an attempt
was made to get an Identification"
from a San Francisco launch owner
who was supposed to have trans
ported high explosives for James
Brice. The attempt failed utterly and
the prosecution was much chagrined.s
Veniro sA1laa ejullice -,
The lack Of progress made In So
curing Jnrs s,,la es1sip( prezz
judfce 81 most of the venire men has
made an impression upon the public.
mind that has brought sympathy to
the defense. The questions that are
asked prospective jurors indicate both
the line OF prosecution and probably
of the defense.
The defense has every reason to
believe that 1T can show that the
Los Angeles Times was not destroyed
by dynamite. If this is successful the
states case will fall to the ground
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-11-04
martin COLE WILL
SERVE AS DELEGATE
Local Man to Represent Long
shoremen at American Feder-
alton Convention.
Convention Will Open on Nov. Is
and Continue in Session
Ten Days.

Martin Cole, who is in charge Of
the local state free employment bu-
reau, will leave Duluth on Nov. 10,
for Atlanta, Ca, where he will serve
at the annual convention of the
American Federation of Labor as a.
delegate from the International Long
shoremen's union. Mr.. Cole will be
accompanied on the trip by his wife.
Mr.. Cole was elected a delegate
at the annual convention of the In
ternational Longshoremen which was
held at Toledo, Ohio, last July. He
Is one of three delegates who will
represent the Longshoremen. The
others are T. V. O'Counor of Buffa-
TO- N. Y, president of the Long
shoremen of that city and Tony
Macarello. president of the Dock
workers union of New York city.
The convention opens on Nov. 13
and will continue in session for two
weeks. There is a vast amount Of
business to be transacted and some
mighty important questions to come
before the degelates for debate.
At this time Of the year the c1i-;
mate of Atlanta is about as delight.
full as any known spot on the conti-
nent. The American Federation Of
Labor is to be congratulated on its
selection of the 1911 meeting place.
Besides, Atlanta is strong union
cit yand the unions of that city have
planned a fine program of entertain
ment for the visitors. 1T=5..,@s ID ID
It is quite an honor to attend this
convention as a delegate from an In
ternational union ad ever since Mr..
Coles election. he has been receiv-
Ing the congrat tuiatio ions OF his friends.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-11-04
Stirring Addresses Are Made by
Leading Citizens In Behalf
of Municipal Ownership.
LIVELY SESSION LASTS
UNTIL NEARLY MIDNIGHT
Duluth Edison Electric Company
Makes New Offer-1ssue Is
Crystalling.

In the terms of the street there
was "something doing at the meet
ing of the city council last Monday
night.
In another sense there was moth
ing dwoing," to quote once again, for
those who control the destinies of the
city further postponed action on the
lighting proposition after hearing
some stirring and enthusiastic speech
es by prominent citizens in favor of
going direct to- the people with the
proposition of whether or not Duluth
is going to own its own lighting plant.
1t seems quite beyond understand
ing that the matter should be kept
even this long out of the hands of the
people. AS a general rule American
citizens are pretty capable lot and
it seems improbable that they would
allow themselves to be led astray.
Meeting a Hot One.
The last meeting of the coupcil was
a hot one. Every one interested in the
matter both for and against was pres
ent and every one had sizzling argu-
ments which they were not in the
least loath to utter. In scorching
terms several prominent men of the
city made known their demands and
their private opinions on the matter.
The daily papers have covered the
ground pretty we'll, and the people
have been fairly we'll informed of the
speeches made by City Attorney Fes-
Ter, Attorneys Mitchell and Baldwin
for the Duluth-Edison Electric COM
pany and such men as A. G. Mcknight.
A. e. McManus, Watson S. Moore, E..
M. Morgan, W. p. McEWen> and 9TH
fefss Fs ~ *ss "a & ss & - -
p ~' '-+s'7Towne and s1anartaaSE; Z :,
w. E. Towne Of the special commit
tee from the local Trades and Labor
assembly in a hot and burning de-
nunciation of the failure of the coun-
Gil in it's seeming inability to get the
matter settled in the way that nine
tenths of the people wantsdt settled
denounced in caustic terms the drag.
along attitude of the city officials.
Mr.. ToWne made the distinction be-
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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-11-04
SPECIAL ELECTION Is. ONLY HONEST
WAY TO GET EXPR PRESSI0N OF PEOPLE

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race. The first of the program was
the jubilee part proper and in
Guided such familiar and typical
songs as zion Weep Allow"
Reign Massa Jesus" High Time"
Sinner, Get Ready" Rise and
Shine" "Get on Board" and Swing
Low" The emotional temperament
of the colored race is well eX-
pressed in the almost barbaric mu-
sic of those "camp meeting" songs
which delighted the hearts and
excited the souls of the race when
it saw in a future state some
thing vastly better than the slav-
cry conditions of the then pres
ent time. The second pant of the
program was more on the order
of a concert with solos, quartets
and a reading. The continued APP
plause and the bursts of laughter
indicated that the audience was
being amused and that the show
was worth while.
The League came out with $4l
in the treasury.
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try whom we represent, has been
sapping their confidence in the
Senate. This belief is one of the
great considerations underlying
the widespread demand for a
change in the method of choosing
Senators of the United States.
This belief is one of the great con-
siderations which is warping our
people away from their confidence
in the representative government
established by our fathers. II is
one of the things that is making
them distrust the possibility OF
pure and honest representative
government, and il is bringing
about long strides toward a change
in the system of our government.
Ii is carrying sections of our
country away from the old meth
DDS of the Constitution.
'If we would preserve the gov
eminent of our fathers, il we
would preserve the honor and in
tegrity of the Senate, il We would
do our full duty to our country
under our oath we are not at lib |
erty to reject the testimony in
the case, which shows this seat TO /
be filled here as the result of cor
ruption. As we have had fathers
who made sacrifices for our land,
as we have our children to whom
we hope to hand down a govern
ment of peace and justice and lib
erty, il rests with the Senate of
the United States. to do this duty
now, hard and unpleasant as IL
may be, to purge itself OF the re-
5ults Of this foul conspiracy
against the integrity and purity
Of our government
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PIKE.

PIKE.
The sociable of Bethany Sunday
school has been postponed to Fri
day evening, Feb 18th. The enter
tainment will be of varied ma
ture, the chief feature being a
play, entitled "a Tea Party" Civ
en- by twelve girls. Refreshments
and homemade candy will be on
sale.
Mr.. E. w. Smith was in town the
first part of the week for a few
days.
Mr.. L. M. Locke spent Sunday
with his family in Lebanon.
Mrs. H. E. Andrews is visiting
in Plymouth and Laconia.
DR.. Geo. Watson of Manchester
spent Sunday at Lake Tarlton.
Mr.. Charles Newell of Woods
vile was in town last week!
Among those who came to Pike
to attend the funeral of Mrs. VIM.
Spooner were Mr.. and Mrs. Hir-
am Sweet of Manchester, Mr.. Chas.
Preston and two sons of Laconia,
Misses Maude and Eva Tracy of
Winchester, Mass, and Mr.. VIM.
Wills of Boston.
DR.. Frank Smith of Lebanon was
the guest of Mr.. E. Bertram Pike
the latter part of the week.
Mrs. Harry Wheeler was in
Woodsville on Saturday.
Miss Rutledge went to Plymouth
Friday night.
There has been one case of scar
let fever in town recently, but the
quarantine was lifted Monday.
Mrs. E. B. Pike left for Boston
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Officers and Trustees
Trustees.

JOHN BALLET, ID. S. FUEroN,
F. E. KIMBALL, E. W. SMITH,
GEoReE COCHRAN, GEo. F. VINCE,
HENRY H.LfE.f -