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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-07-27
THE CITIZENS SACRED RIGHTS.

What looks like a very clear case
or the violation Of constitutional
rights, in which every honest citizen
IS Interested. has just taken place in
the alleged arrest, or more properly.
hidnaping, of certain labor leaders.
charged with completely in the blow
ing up or the building of the Los
Angeles Times some months ago.
lWhat the facts may have been in
the case of the Los Angeles Times
we do not know. If any laboring
men or any non-laboring men caused
the destruction of the Times build
ing by an explosion. INVOLVING the
death of numerous people. they de-
serve the punishment prescribed by
the law, and it is to the interest of
every good citizen that the punish
ment should be lawfully inflicted.
But it is of more and OF greater i'm
portance that, under pretense of
furnishing such an offnsc. there snail
not be committed even grIver crimes
against the rights of citizens.
In the present case certain labor
leaders We're arrested and taken to
Los Angeles. So far as can be learn
ed they We're arrested without war
my hSll III VI 49,
Chicago several days Without war
wants. and were taken to California
without due process of law.
An outrage of that SOFT. connired
in by public officials. carried out by
a gang or irresponsible detectives
abetted by the police o. the city OF
Chicago, is a crime far @reater even
than the murder of dozens of people.
Then the question a issue lsh I:
Are the men guilty or not guilty
1t isn't: Are the labo: unions or
employers right?
The question is: ."Sli III the guar
antitS of the Cons tuition and the
due process of law mean anything
in this 1and?"
The man who is williI: that these
men should be treated il this man
ner. because he disiikes laOoi
leaders. is giving his consent 10 inc
overriding of his own T:tht at some
not very distant day
1t must not be forgo,tNI that TINS
is not the first ease of a." sort Inc
repetition of these thir gives me
possible evidencC that hHue
rule of the Democra j party anu
the Republican party, W have ceH'
to be a free people. c7'sed 10 "ea
republic, and have become a tyranns'
National Prohibition.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-07-27
born ON A LUMBER PILE.

In 1855 a few men met in the
ain at the foot of Folsom street in
San Francisco and formed the Coast
Seamen's Union. The speakers
mounted a lumber pile. The mem
bership roll was signed in the rain.
The union was too poor to even hire
z hall.
Every 9Th of March the sailors go
to that spot and give three cheers
for the old gaurd. There are but
few of them left now. but the union
is one of the strongest and most
progressive Known. It publishes the
Coast Seamen's Journal. and has led
in many n fight for the upbuilding
of labor all along the Coast.
All honor to the union that raised
the workers on the vessels of the
Coast from slavery to reedom
from SIS a month to S45 and more.
No stronger example of the moral
force of organized labor is to be
found than in this organization. Its
men We're too poo to marry and
homes. They We're too cowed
and kicked down to stand IN for
their rights. Now they are home
citizens. leaders among men.
and their union is pointing the way
to- nGbler and higher sthings.-Port-
land COr.)+ Labor Press. :
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-07-27
MOntana'S Militia Law.

The law passed at the last session
OF the legislature providing for an III,
crease in the membership and e%ficien-
rS OF tn" NATIONAL guard OF Montana
VS. oppc"ei by the labor organZia-
fi"SHi o. I.la state, ana those
lions nave" l~nau%uratcd a movement
70 secure the abrOgation of the law
through the popular vote at the next
genera; election to be held Nov. >.
ISL. Tho law provides for severe
penalties II 4 labor organization dis
criminateS against the admission of n
nlan to membership in a union if he
is a of n militia
and a man who is 4 member of a I'M
ion is compelled under the law to
take up arms against that union in
case OF any strike
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-07-27
THE LABOR .MOKEMENT 777~
HERE AND ABROAD

the world. He sees in If =
that will not only improve biS i.
from day to day, but one ,ba,
destined eventually to put an ard =,
all exploitation of men bv mon,
wipe out poverty. misery, yica snt
all the untold social Sufferinss viii
to-day mar and blot human cir;i
cation. This consciousness insnira-
the European workers with sra,Sr
courage and enthusiasm for 49,
cause and battles OF labor ana
makes them invincible.
Within the last generation ~,
workers of Europe nave gained
great and lasting victories in al
nelds OF their ~endeavor. While Tho
Two n a half million organized
american workinGmen are SIM
knocking at the doors OF a hostlI,
Congress and hostile State lesIsIa.
lures year after'year, asking for
crumbs and getting stones. thnir
brethren have strong ron
resentation in the parliaments ana
municipal councils of every country
men OF thelr own class and move
ment. vo1c1ng e demands in I'M
tones and ~wringine con-
cession after concession from ,baIr
III governments nf
Europe have been forced to rocco.
nlze and at least partly to discharge
their obligations toward the mos+
useful class OF citizens. In tho
United States the sick, manned and
aged workingman, the victim and in.
valid OF the Industrial warfare. is
left to beg or to starve. without nitv
or mercy, like a useless CASTOR
piece of an inanimate machine. The
uncertainty of life. the dread OF the
marrow always hangs over their
heads like a dark and threatening
cloud. In many countries OF Europe
the sick and disabled worker re-
cefves regular wages from the pov-
ernment until he ecovers his
the aged worker recei veg n
in recognition of his past
services to the community, and in
every case in which a w~orkingman ia
injured or killed in the course of his
employment, he or his widow and
receive fixed indemnities.
winch enable them to live without
In Europe factory reform
factory reform, while in
America our scanty labor laws are
DelnS Systematically mutilated and
by our courts.
our workingmen have beer train
ed to such conservatism and narrow
ness. that they have become almost
The American Socialists realize
the shortcomings in the labor move
lnent and strive to remove them.
but they are powerless without the
p of the men in the labor
the majority of American
labor-unionists are still blind to
these shortcomings and are DO er-
less without the inspiration of the
philosophy, ideals and
only when a closer union will be
established between the two wings OF
American labor will
the movement as a whole become a
power as intelligent, aggressive and
as the movement in
already is.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-07-27

Alaska must want Socialism pretty
hadly- Local Deadwood. Alaska. has
just sent to the national headquarters
at chicago a bunc2 of gold dust worth
Slo' to help defray the expense of
Organizer Goehel. who has gone to
h frozen north to melt the icebercs
with some of his red hot speeches.
What DO yOu know about Bulgaria
eiecring sin Socialists to Parliament ?
VI course the government was trI-
nmphant. hut the right of suffrage
having been extended the opposition
Is growing, and for the first time the
Socialists will have a voice in the ma
tional legislative body.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-07-27

Silence of the Mail and Gazette in
fegard to the rotten meat furnished
at the Busy Bee proves
the infamy OF the capitalist press.
For a few dollars worth of advertis-
ing these sheets you'd ieopardiZe
the health n lives of hundreds.
What a noble thing prof. is,
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-07-27

Senator Watson's banqueut was at
tended by all classes. save the toilc-s
who made him rich. About all mi
Vate n GaluS seems to want is the
privilege of keeping Captain In
dustry in luxury.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-07-27

Senator IafOllette declares that
Senatorial courtesy is the citadel OF
of special p~riviledge." 1t is an evi!
III many ways. and the only way to
do way with it is to abolish the
Senate.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-07-27

n men and women are given
the opportunity to own their jobs,
the army of the unemployed will he
mustered out.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-07-27

''f' 'AS hh" u
take up arms against that union in
case of any strike rouble
-
the capitalist papers uphold the
kidnapping of the Mcnamara brothers
and declare them guilty of DYNAMIC
ing the Times building in Los Angeles
when they were more than two thous-
and miles away from the scene of the
crime at the time it was committed.
The coronation of King George and
Queen Mary was a brilliant affair. We
Wonder if his m~organatic wife was
present at the ceremonies. Charles
p. Taft, brother of President TAFT and
old J. Pierpont Morgan wore knee
breeches at the coronation. Fine rep
resentatives of American CITIZENSHIP
indeed.
John Hays Hammond. mmltimillion-
alre and wife. were appointed by
President Taft to represent our gov
eminent at the coronation. Mrs.
Hammond wore peacock feathers set
in precious jewels. and was gorgeous
~ bedecked in diamonds which cost
more than half n million. Who did
they represent,
The oath taken by King George
recognizes the divine right of kings
to rule over the people. hi dam
nable doctrine has been shot to u.eath
on a thousand battlefields. Yet Cardi-
nal Gibbons proclaimed the same doc
trine at his jubilee a few days ago,
and it was approved by President
Taft. EN-President Roosevelt. Chief
Justice White. and many other mis-
representatives of IL government
present on that occasion.
The American idea is, that gov
ernments are Instituted among men.
deriving their just powers from the
consent of the governed Cnot bv di-
vine right and that. whenever anv
form of government becomes destruc-
tive of those ends, it is the right OF
the people to alter or to abolish II.
and to institute a new government,
laying its foundation on such primer.
pies. and organizing it's powers in
such form. as to them shall seem
most likely to effect their safety and
happiness.
Fred H.. Merrick. eG<or Of Justice,
n Socialist paper published in Pitts
burg. has heen found guilty of libeling
n Judge in Pittsburg. He focused
Judge Brown of entering n political
for the influence that could
be eNerted in his behalf before cleo
ton. Comrade Merrick is no suueal-
or. He will take his medicine if NEG
Sary. TO advance the cause of the
working class. He is writing hottie,
articles than ever before. He is !,
wasp with 4 stinger at both ends and
the capitalist judges of Pittsburg are
in a Ouandary as to what they should
do with him. The subscriptions tc
Justice are increasing with such ra-
pidity as to cause the capitalist svs-
tenn of PittsburC TO tremb1e. Comrade
Nerrick did not saw things one-tentt
as harsh against Judge Brown as
Justice Harlan said of his associates
on the supreme bench in condemins
their decision in the Standard Oh
rase. Long live Nerrick and In.
cause he represents.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-07-27

z.Charleston'S new slogan should
have been c. NJ. c. 1t would then
have stood for Chiffon. NIcCorkle,
Chiffon and n most appropriate war
cry with which these plutcs could
continue to fleece the %populace.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-07-27

Woodrow Wilson is urging the law
Eers to reform the courts. This is
about as consistent as to suppose
that officials elected by trust inhu-
ence will bust the trusts" Wood
row is rapidly proving that it is not
impossible for n Professor to be a
fool.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-07-27

Representative (?) Davis, of the
hrst district. is circulating a speech
on the tariff. which he did not de-
liver. 1t is said to be very inter-
esting to his aged constituents, as
II recalls the days OF their youth
when they read the same
that he advances.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-07-27
SCATTERED SHOTS
(By O.. -. .AdkinsOn,)

When men and women are given
the opportunity to own their jobs,
the army of the unemployed will he
mustered out.
Senator I.afollette declares that
Senatorial courtesy is the citadel OF
of special ~priviledgc.' 1t is an evil
III many ways. and the only way to
do way with it is TO abolish the
Senate
Senator WatSon's banqueut was at
tended by all classes. save the toilcrs
who made him rich. About all p"i-
vate One Galus seems to want is the
privilege of keeping Captain In
=, dustry in luxury.
Silence of the Mail and Gazette in
regard to the rotten meat furnished
at the Busy Bee restaurant, proves
the infamy or the capitalist press.
For a few dollars worth OF advertis-
ing these sheets would je%opardize
the health and lives of hundreds.
What a noble thing profit is,
Charleston's new slogan should
have been c. NJ. G. 1t would then
have stood FOL Chiffon. NIcCorkle,
Chiffon and n most appropriate war
cry with which these plutcs could
continue to fleece the populace.
Woodrow Wilson is urging the law
Eers to reform the courts. This is
about as consistent as to suppose
that officials elected by trust infu-
tnce Will bust the trusts" Wood
row is rapidly proving that it is not
impossible for n Professor to be n
fool.
Representative 60 Davis, Of he
hrst district, is circulating a speech
on the tariff. which he did not de-
liver. 1t is said to be very inter-
esting to his aged constituents, as
1t recalls the days OF their youth
when they read the same arguments
that he advances.
Stuart F.. Reed contends that if
the people think. there is no hanger
OF a Socialist triumph. hi reverse
is the truth. When a majority of
the workers become thinkers, then
they will DIN the Socialist move
ment. because thinking leads TO in
TestigatiOn which will reveal the in
fanny OF capitalism and convince the
toiler that Socialism furnishes the
only remedy.
Ihe PEOPLE of this district have
had enough of Adam Li~ttlepage's
predecessor. and he is AT welcome to
all the encouragement he can get
ont of the fact Adam is Thoroughly
dlscredited. 1t will not he Il case
OF what Adam loses Joe Gains.
tfOhibitioniSt'S are sincere, hon
est FOLK. who are trying to do good,
put their renedy is as Impractical
as it is impossible. The life blood
or the liquor traffic is profit and un-
I'll the latter is abolished the former
VIII continue to flourish.
FROM the west there comes loud
protests against the infamous record
system operated by railroads against
employees. and under which hundreds
OF skilled railroaders are each yea,
'blacklisted and driven to va-rancy
or crime. When the railroad mer
n all other workers elect their
own men to office this in~fernalisr
Will he abolished.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-07-27

The capitalist papers uphold the
of the Mcnamara brothers
and declare them guilty Of DYNAMIC
ing the Times building in Los Angeles
when they were more than two thous-
and miles away from the scene of the
crime at the time it was committed.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-07-27

The people of this district have
had enough of Adam I-ittlepage's
predecessor. and he is AT welcome to
all the ENCOURAGEMENT he can get
out OF the fact Adam is thoroughly
d~lscredited. 1t will not he Il case
of what Adam loses Joe Gains.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-07-27

John Hays Hammond. mnltimi
alre and wife. we're appointed
President Taft to represent our
eminent at the coronation.
Hammond wore peacock feather
in precious jewels. and was gore
~ bedecked in diamonds which
more than half a million. VIII
they represent,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-07
R|MbACH
TO BUILD
FINE HOME

Jacob Rimbach, pioneer of Ham
mond and now retired capitalist. has
decided to spend his remaining years
in a brand new $4,000 residence.
ground for which is to be broken on
Sibley street next week.
The news that the aged couple have
decided to spend the winter of their
life in a most modern home comes as a
surprise to the many acquaintances of
the Rimbachs. Those who claim to
know the reason for the move say that
Jacob Rimbach has ordered the resi-
dence built in answer to his wife S
wish. They say she had the promise
of new home for sometime that tina.
~ was delayed because of other build
ing operations. Now that they have
been taken care of the residence is
next in order,
The new home is to be situated just
west of the present home, which is a
| frame building. AS soon as it is com
pleted the frame building is to be
moved of the grounds.
/ NJ A. Dickover has the contract fol
| the building. which is to cost in the
/ neighborhood of $4,000. The residence
is to be OF brick. two stories in heightf
and with Interior oak finish. It is Il
have nine rooms and be modernl,
equipped in every detail.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-07
MIKE YOU CERTAINLY
ARE A BAD ACTOR!
Prisoner Tries to Clean Out
the Whole Police De-
partment.

Mike Toohey, 1884 Garfield street,
was fined $25 and costs for assault
and battery in Judge Barnetts court
this morning
Toohey came into Reilley's saloon
yesterday afternoon with John Con-
ners and accused him of having made
them lose their jobs at the Standard
Steel Car works.
Toohey was very drunk. and he
wanted to fight Officer Kunz was
called and tried to subdue him and
during the fight Toohey kicked Kunz
on the chin.
The patrol was called and Toohey
was taken to the station, where he
wanted TO fight the whole police force,
including Chief Austgen and Captain
Hanlon.
Judge Barnett stated that he thought
$25 and costs would be sufficient to
learn him a lesson. He will be taken
to Crown Point today unless his fine is
paid. Toohey is 27 years old.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-07
SAL 0ONnEh WILL HAVE
TO PAY 5000 LICENSE
New Legislation Will Add
to City's Annual Income
Henceforth.

Hammond's city council Will In all
probability not attempt to tamper with
the saloon licenses despite the power
that has been vested in the city fa-
theirs to raise the licenses beyond 5000.
According to the regulative saloon
law just enacted in the Legislature, tho
city licenses in the future must be not
less than 5000 The council IL it sees
fit, may raise the license to $500, but
the action must be taken within thirty
days
1t will be remembered that one of
Mayor Becker's first bitches with the
council came about on the question
of regulating the number of saloons
in Hammond and raising the licenses
to $3.50. Before the new law went into
effect the licenses in Hammond were
| $3.50 Without any further act on the
part of the council they now become
! 5000.
The city councilholds a meeting this
| evening. but outside of adopting an or
| dinance giving the Postal Telegraph
| company the right to use conduits. nc
extraordinary business is to be tran
sacted.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-07

Indianapolis, Ind, March THE
closing session of the Indiana law
making body was marked BY not,
disorder and revelry, with some mem
bers singing Hail, Hail, The Gangs
All Here" others singing religious
selections from an old hymn book,
Others executed war dances, and
bombarded the speaker with waste
baskets and newspapers.
The House adjourned at 1902 a.
m with Speaker Veneman in the
chair and group of two dozen rep
resentatives gathered around the
desk. Representative Torton OF
Floyd County made the motion to ad-
journ sine die. In the Senate negro
janitor tried to make a speech.
RIOT BEGINS IN HOUSE.
Riot revelry and frivolity started in
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-07
BOARD TAKES
Up ROAD
QUESTION N
Commissioners Defer Action
on North and Calumet Tp.
Roads s-Letter From Chi
cago Lawyers Puts New
Construction on the Law.
Especial to THE TIMEsl

Crown Point, Ind, March Z. The
question now before the county COM
missioners and more particularly be-
fore the people of North, Calumet and
Hobart townships is, viii the bonds
on the proposed cross county highway
be salable if an asphalt filler or ma
chine mixed asphalt is used?"
This question is answered in two diff
ferent ways with equal emphasis by
those who favor stone road and those
who favor stone roads with asphalt
dressing.
on the decision of this question
hangs the momentous question of
building country roads that will last.
1t is a fight between two giant trusts,
each of which seek to control the sale
of road building materials in Lake
county.
Opinion Is Submitted.
The firm of Wood & Oakley submit
ted the following letter to the county
could not be legally built with asphalt
as binder:
March /, 1911.
/ Gentlemen:-Replyi to your in
quiry as to whether. under the
| law you can use such paving
CONTINUED on page nve.l
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-07
JUDGES 60
/ BEFORE THE
CO. BOARD
Judges of Cities in Calumet
Region Go Before Com
missioners Today to Urge
Establishment of a Bride
well at County Seat.

Armed with figures and statistics to
show that a workhouse is a necessity
In Lake county, the city judges of the
various Lake county cities went before
the county commissioners today to
urge the establishment of a bridewell.
The judges who went to Crown Point
were Fred Barnett of Hammond. Wal
ter Riley of East Chicago, judge for
East Chicago and Indiana Harbor, Ora
Wildermuth of Gary. and J. H. Fetter-
hoff of Whiting.
There are men now in the county
jail who went there practically volun-
tarily because they were too lazy to
work. There are many more there
who care not whether they are incar-
cerated or at large. The county jail
has no terror for the average habitual
drunkard, and so the county Jail in
stead of being a place of punishment
furnishes luxuries to many q FELLOW
that he could not obtain otherwise
There is one fellow at the county jai!
now who defied the Hammond police
CONTINUED on page 81
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-07
IN
GRAND JURY
NET TODAY

Eight more arrests were made in the
East Chicago grand jury cases yes
terday. Those who were arrested and
who came in this morning to give bond
are: Chief of Police Albert Lewis, Max
Friedman, John Sterling, Richard Ora
ham. Herman Fleagher. Nicholas Doe
che, Robert Alexander. and Warren
(Sunny) Sheetz.
Together with Mayor A. G. Scnliek-
er, City Clerk Walter Spencer and JUL
ius Friedman this makes eleven OF
the thirty indicted East Chicagoans
who have been arrested.
Giles Warner appeared and went or
the bond of a number of those who
were arrested. The arrests were made
by Deputy Sheriff George Blocki. and
most of those served with the papers
came in this morning and gave bond
AS arrest after arrest is made the
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-07
SPEED FlEAOS WILL
GET SADLY JARREO
County Seat to Initiate
Glencoe and Provide
Bumps for Speeders.
Especial to THE TIMEs.)

Crown Point. Ind, March 7.-The :
first steps to stop the fast driving of
automobile ard perhaps make Crown
Point second Glencoe with its famous
bumps" was taken last night when a
well signed petition signed by promi-
mont Crown Point citizens was present
ed to the town board. requesting the
board to construct bumpers on Court
street opposite the Root residence and
in other places where the speed devils
are wont to hit 1T up" The bumper
in question is the saving grace of the
man who has TO sit at home on the
front porch, but the particular enemy
of the fiend who likes to saunter along
at a pace of over thirty miles an hour,
The petition in question was laid on
the shelf for the future consideration
of the board of trustees.