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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-06-17
Convicts Are Being Extensively
Used AS Strike Breakers in n
...s. Labor War. ~ -.. =
RIFF RAFT or PRISONS
=. AssAULTING THE WOMEN
In Cases. of Arrest the Accused
Is Placarded AS Being q
Union Labor Thug
(By National socialistic Press.) }

O~OA>~A@A~~AO
,+ LOS ANGELES, al, June 15.-It
convicts are being extensively used
as strike breakers in the labor war
now in progress in Los Angeles. The
police admit this but say they are
powerless in the matter. The slay-
ing of Patrolman Arthur B. Crusey
and wounding of Deputy Sheriff So
loman by P. H. Kelley, alias John
Crossley discloses the fact that many
desperate convicts have been brought
into the city to work as strike
breakers.
A large number of terrible as.
saults on women have been reported
the riff raft of northern prisons.
Kelley was paroled from San
Quentin penitentiary last December
and inside Of three days he was
working in the Industrial Rolling
Mills of Los Angeles several months.
Steel trust agents are said to have
been at the prison door awainting his
release. Crossley or Kelley shot the
officers while they were attempting
to- arrest him for the theft of a bi-
cycle.
One Los Angeles concern Is said to
have 20 or more former convicts and
others are known to have a large
number of them. Two strike breakers
are now. on trial under burglary
charges. Both have prison records.
In cases of arrest for any crime
the newspapers usually play the Grim
inal as "union labor thug" It
was the omission to play Crossley as
such that caused the Investigation
that disclosed the large, numbers OF
convicts in the strike-breAking bust
ness in Los. Angeles. - w.. -, =. =.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-06-17
.FAV0RS government
!: CONTROL Of TRUSTS
Steel Trust Magnate Testifes That.
New Methods Must Be
. -. II: Employed. .. \. 4.
Says Corporations Have No Right
to Disregard the Public 4
Interests. Il A.

WASHINGTON. June 15..Judge
e. II Gary. chairman Of. the execu-
tive committee of the United States
corporation, stated to the Stanley In
vestigating committee Of the house
that: he considered 1T very important
that the people should be protected
against great aggresations Of capi-
tai II believe We Must come to ems
forced publicity and government con-
troll" he said. 81 know that IS q
very extreme view, and that the rail
roads objected to t for q long time.
But wether the mere stand point OF
making the N nostt money is concerned
ur not. believe its e the necessary
thing and It seems 70: me that cor
5porations have no right to disregard
these public question and thes public
interests. ss2s
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-06-17
CASES ALI, DISMISSED
AGAINST UNION MEN

LOS ANGELES. CAL, June 15.-
For weeks the Manufacturers asso-
citation of Los Angeles has attempted
to convict a number of union men
of conspiracy" on account Of their
activity in edeavoring to induce men
to cease work where strikes were
ir progress. A hung" jury was had
in one case that went to trial, and
other cases pending have been con-
tinued from time to time until re-
Gently all of the cases against the
union men were dismissed.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-06-17
sPAINARDs TOO TRYING
THE LOCK OUT GAME

MADRID, June 310.-The 1ntetrna-
tional Secretariat, with headquarters
at Berlin, has received an urgent ap-
peal Of the Spanish federation OF
trade unions on behalf Of the $500
locked out workers OF the building
trades at Madrid. The lockout Is the
result Of strike Of bricklayers who
demanded renewal Of tkeir agree
ment. The total number affected Is
$500. Just like America. the organ
izcd employers. aided by the govern
ment, are endeavoring to crush the
unions. 81 S5 ii 81 3.5l 81 FL (, B. s.,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-06-17
BILL POSTERS INSTALL
= THEIR NEW OFFICERS

At q meeting Of the Bill Posters
Union, Local No. IS, held at Kala-
mazoo: hail.. on Wednesday evening
of this week, the following officers
were elected: e. =;ss*ss#f ffgs.s.5 :: a
President, c.. E. Gullins. Vice Presi-
dent, s.. Michaud. Secretary, A. J..
Longstreet. Treasurer, L. Sullivan.
sergeant-at-arms, CT. Coburn. eBusi-
ness Represented, J. Sullivan.
The officers named were installed
by John D. Chubbuck. organizer for
the State Federation Of Labor.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-06-17
FLORIDA METAL TRADES
GET WAGES INCREASED

JACKSONVILLE. Fya., June Is
The machinists and other metal
trades in Jacksonville, Florida, are
waging a contest to secure an ad-t
vance in wages and nine hour day
in all contract shops. The informa-z
ton has just been received that the
largest shop in the city has accepted
to the demands of the strikers and
Agned its first union agreement. The
advance is from 28 to SO cents per
hour as a minimum rate. - - #.I {
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-06-17
PERTINENT ARGUMENT
FOR THE WAGE EARNER
There Is No Loss So Great as the
@s sss Loss TO Labor Of : Day's 4.
n .7 Work. s
Nature Alloted the Workman I
Certain Number Of Days
. and No More.

gressman John q. McHenry OF Penn
sylvania delivered speech in the
house a few days ago on the farmers
free list, one portion of which Is full
Of interest and deftly put:
We have drifted away from our
original moorings, and listening to the
seductive plea Of the dollar we have
the interests OF the man.
The wage-earner, from the stand
point OF production, Is in the same
class as the farmer. but, unlike the
farmer, he has not the help Of the
soil. the sun and rain, nor has the
additional capital. He is dependent
alone upon his own physical and
mental energies which God has given
him. He can do. certain number Of
days work in his life and no more.
There Is no loss 50 great as the
loss to labor Of a days work. It is
the capital account Of the workman.
He cannot replace it. Nobody can.
Nature has allotted him a given num-
Der Of days. He cannot sell them
twice. He cannot issue new stock
and increase his capital like the
manufacturer and corporation.
In times Of prosperity, protection
gives him the little end of the In
creased profit. In times of depres-
sion he must bear the big end Of the
loss, for he must bear a double loss
the loss Of his earnings and the loss
OF portion OF his capital in every
idle day. which he cannot replace. %
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-06-17
CEMENT WORKERS HAVE
SECURED GOOD CONTRACT
Have Just Executed q Two Year
Agreement With Portland ,Ce- !: 4.
n sgi8. S nlent Company. i

The cement makers of Trident,
Mont, have just executed a .tWo-year
agreement with the Three Forks Port
land Cement company, whereby an in
crease OF wages has been secured and
also the practical elimination of the
japanese employed at the plant. The
agreement also provides the rental to
be paid for the dwelling houses owned
by the conpany and occupied by tho
Forkmen. The officials I Of the! state
sFederati tion sof Labor were inst run1en-
til - the sattsfactory sett 3ssIss
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-06-17

Organizer Chubback the State
Federation of I5Gbor Is & :..5
( '$ f. aas:..5 y u Producing Rel1ialts. ! u

!. Local number III \ 81 the Interna-
tional Brotherhood of Teamsters, held
an open meeting at Kalamazoo hall
on Tuesday evening Of this week, at
which !. IS new members were en-
rolled, and the prospect1 are good for
Is more at the next meeting to be
held June 20. y.s. !.
~. Mr.. John D.. Chubbslck, organizer
for the State Federation Of Labor, is
showing the results ~ good. honest
persistent work on behalf Of the cause
Of trades unionisn1, ssss ".
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-06-17

ENEMIES PROCURED AGED
WOMAN FOR COMPLAINANT
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Was the Real Party Bshind
the edings.

N ALTOONA, Pa, June 14.-(Spec-
ial to Labor World Arrangement
had been completed here for mass
meeting to be held in one of the pub
lie amusement parks on Sunday, June
4. The meeting was arranged for
the purpose Of listening to prominent
speakers in the labor movement, and
the employers in the shops Of the
Pennsylvania Railroad company had
been invited to attend. The railroad
company has many ranifications and
upon the information reaching the
company that meeting was to be
held in the amusement park they
procured an old lady who was part
owner in the park to sue out an In
junction against the lesssees of the
park prohibiting the lessees from per
mitting the meeting to be held, stating
in the injunction that the park was
only to be used for moral amuse-
ment. *ss. - gsE E
Hypocrisy OF the Action.
1t was apparently expected that
the Injunction would be violated and
the meeting held. It was decided
however, to change the meeting place
to piece Of ground on the side of
a hill, the property being owned
by those who were sympathetic to-
ward the labor Organizations. An at
tempt was their made to bring pres
sure to bear against those who owned
the latter piece Of property to Also
forbid the meeting, but their pleas
we're unavailing. The meeting was
held on Sunday per schedule and
there were present some 5000 In the
audience. Secretary Morrison, Ray
mond Robbins and Frank Mulholland
were the speakers -
tin
81 That night there had been another
meeting scheduled to take place near
one Of the hotels in Altoona and just
prior to calling the. meeting to or
der, the mayor telephoned to Secre-
tary Morrison stating that the minis-
ters of the city had protested against
labor meeting being held on Sunday.
Mr.. Morrison replied that labor SER.
mons would be preached and that
nothing would be said that could give
offense to any of the ministers in
the city, and upon this statement the
mayor. withdrew his objections and
the meeting was held.
An Amusing Incident.
It is rather an amusing incident
that an Injunction should be issued
against the holding Of q public meet
ing in an amusement park-a place
where meetings of this character are
usually held, and demonstrates the
lengths to: which employers Of labor
will go in endeavoring to Illustrate
any movement looking toward the or
eanization of men who work for wages
Present indications are to the effect
that the strike of the men on the
Pennsylvania Railway system is be-
coming more and more effective %
time goes on. = ~ g
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-06-17
ILLEGALLY USING THE .
CARMEN I. WORKERS LABEL

.53 WAsHINToN, !, June / : COM
munication from Lancaster. Pa II is
stated that one Of the cloth hing firms
OF i that city has just been detected
In the illegal use OF the Garment
Workers label. From some source
they have secured the Garment
Workers, label, B and when lothing
bearing the label has been demanded.
the firm has had the label sewed IN.
Suit has been brought against the
firm
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-06-17
'NAMARA. Defense.
LEAGUE IS ACTIVE
Plans in Progress for q Big Dem
onstration on Thursday,
July 6. .
All Workers Organized and Un-
organized Will be Invited to
Participate.

The Duluth Mcnamara Defense
league are acting upon the principle
that no one is to be considered guilty
until found SO by a jury of his peirs.
Until then every man has a right to
be considered an innocent man ana
entitled to the protection of our laws.
The following synopsis of the az
ton Of the league at its last meeting
is furnished by Secretary Towne.
Summary of Proceedings.
+ The Mcnamara Defense league
voted in favor parade to be hel,1
just before tie mass meeting at the
armory on the evening of July 6. De-
tails will be arranged at the aext
meeting of the league which will be
held Thursday evening June Is at
Kalamazoo hall. All workers organ
lied and unorganized are invited to
participate. .5..' = : IL =.
The Cigar Makers, Butchers Brick
layers, Printers, and the Trades as
sembly have voted in favor of the
demonstration. ",
: The three local Socialist organiza-
tons are reported as being in favor
Of demonstration as also are the
Industrial Workers.
The following gentlemen have. ex-
pressed their willingness to be speak
%ers at the mass meeting, at the
armory on. the evening. of July 6,
w. F.. McEwen. Thomas j.. Lewis,
NJ Kaplan, L. r. Harris. % =.
Donations to the defense fund be-
linb raised by the league have from:
$jF,dlnter $jFdlnters, ........ .....:.. .......$ 5
Trades Assembly. -. .s.... ~ $50
B js +@ w. r. TOWNE, .
# at,J ~. =. Secry.,s
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-06-17
ENGLISH MUNICIPALITIES 81
RAISE EMPoYEs WAGES

0 LONDON, June 10.--In Newcastle
on Tyne, Gateshead, South Shields,
Stockton, Middlesboro,
York, Hull, and q number Of other
English towns and cities, have adj
vanced the wages Of their employees,
end in. number Of oinstances, re-
duced the hours Of labor without
any reduction in the former price
paid. Over six thousand men have
been benefited to the extent of over
$780, 900 g. year. s5S .s5S. E35.s
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-06-17
ILLINOIS LABOR HAS
HAD GOOD SUCCESS
State Federation Succeeded in Sc.
curing the Passage Of much
s Reform Legislation. .

34s CHICAGO, ILL.,, June 15.-A detailed
report has just been received of the
accomplishments of the Illinois State
Federation of Labor during the recent
session of the state legislature Among
the al prominent g mine measures secured are
the Workmen's compensation bill. en-
ployers' liability occupational disease,
Gay cay labor, Dor " 'Women,s ten hour, min-
lng Investigation and miners' sprotec-
tive bills. 48s' S5s
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-06-17

Scientific Means Must Be en-
ployed in the Solution Of
Industrial Questions.
Industry: Must Be Held Respon-
sible for the Physical Wei
fare Of Worknen. >

In the current issue aof LaFollette's:
Weekly is an article aby Thomas ].
Mahon, member Of the state legis-
lature who is advecaa4Hg an indus
trial commission TO ply scientific
means in solving the Industrial pro-
blem 5ss s.j.s!:s 5 ..s..: !. z, s7, -
"a ,*s The Rlan Pr0 osed. szf&s SIS
IS The plan proposed iSsidentical with
that OF the sintefst tatsS 00S.l eonl-
mission. It is argued that dfs;the above
commission, being clothed with power
and authority to require interstate
common carriers to fix reasonable
rates. and provide adequate facilities
for transportation, 1t is feasible and
necessary also that provisions be made
whereby health and life may. be pro-
tected without undue delay. A con-
servation commission, given adequate
scope of authority would be able to
meet. the ever recurring questions
coming as the result of our rapidly
changing economic conditions. .'If we
do not have better opportunities for
cur workers. the article goes on to
say, "safer conditions under which
they shall live, better educational
opportunities, land of the humane
note is not struck in our legislation,
then indeed our prosperity turns to
ashes. How best to secure that safety
Unemployment is the great problem
that is strictly up to u.s. - =
Defense Of the Plan. s.
In defense Of the commission idea
to regulate industry as it applies to
workmen, in contradistinction to la
Dor laws. the following sentence is
explanatory: They constitute (labor
laws) body of laws i'll adapted to
the wonderful and changing system
of industry under which we live. A
law which describe a piece Of ma
chinery in detail is hard to draft
and still harder to enforce, and aft
er the description has been: made as
thorough as human ingenuity can
make it, there still remains the fact
that, with the rapid growth of in
vention, tomorrow the description
may be obsolete and useless"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-06-17

Painters and cement workers of Sa-
cramento,. Cal, have obtained an in
crease of so cents per day without
strike. '.- ..-. =.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-06-17

## We would sf filnd more open doors ofl
cpportunity i our eyes open
wild et.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-17
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, March list. Patricks
day enthusiasts and other traders, too.
were inclined to take the selling side Of
the wheat market this morning because
Of seriously meant dispatches from Kan
sas that fall-sown fields Of that state
were showing a dark green color and
great vigor in a dozen counties which did
not get seed back last year. According to
a leading crop expert. not an acre Of
ground in Kansas from the Missouri
river to Newton had been abandoned,
despite recent assertions to the con-
trary. He asserted. moreover. that the
ground was full of moisture and that the
plant was showing good evidence Of deep
roots. Aside from these reports. the
crowd seemed inclined to bearishness on
account of the lightness Of outside trade.
The opening was Van lower to q higher
May started at 9OA to 9Oa4. a shade down
to like amount up, and gradually de-
clined to 9O3s.
Purchases Of a few large lots made corn
relatively firm. May opened y higher at
49H, but reacted to 49as.
Although business in oats was small. a
steady tone was manifest. May started
the same as last night at 31H, and rose
to 3lh.
Selling by discouraged longs depressed
provisions. First sales were unchanged to
&c of. with May options At $3.50 for pork
and 50 for lard. There was no quotation
on ribs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-17
The World of Finance and Trade.
Washington New York; London.
LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

The new ) per cent bonds Of the Nor
folk and Washington Steamboat Company
have not yet been listed on the local
stock exchange and so today when 1t
was proposed to trade in them objection
was made on that ground. One OF the
bonds, however, was sold as a private
transaction for 1O1, and that was bid fof
another, with the asking price at 1O1h.
Five shares Of the stock Of the Bank
Of Washington sold for I'll. and the bid
for ten shares or for a quotation lot was
30. and the asking price 2S5. There
was no further trading in the stock and
the only other business in the bank stock
list was the sale Of ten shares OF Ma
tional City Bank stock for 10.
In spite of the lack of trading in the
bank stocks. which, however, is by no
means unusual in a class Of securities
which are as closely held, there is a
good deal OF interest manifested in local
financial circles in the general banking
situation, and especially as it affects
current business. At the present time
there are three classes OF institutions
handling the banking capital Of the city.
national banks, trust companies and saw
ings banks.
A symptom of the interest displayed
in national banks at present is indicat-
ed, in part at least, in the current talk
which suggests at least that changes
are either being considered in the man
agement or in the scope OF the bust
ness Of some Of the banks, OF else 1t is
thought by observers that something
Of the sort ought to be done.
At meeting Of the board Of directors
Of the Washington Mechanics Savings
Bank Wednesday the stock was placed
on a dividend basis OF 4 per cent, to be
paid quarterly, the first installment
payable April, 1911.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-17
Women and Seals.
ON the Chicago Journal


It might be interesting to know what
position the women Of the civilized world
would take with regard to tho proposed
treaty between our country and Great
Britain to put an end. for some years
at least, to the destruction Of seals In
the polar seas.
The beautiful. inoffensive animals have
been the occasion Of almost numberless
international difficulties Our govern
ment, as arbiter Of affairs in the seal
resorting sections, has endeavored to as
sert its authority Of preventing the whole
sale, barbarous destruction Of the seals.
Aside from a natural sympathy for the
pretty, harmless creatures, however, what
real occasion exists for all the fuss and
bother and international diplomatic deal
ings over the destruction OF the seals?
The only persons In all the wide. wide
world really interested are the women
who can afford to wear sealskins and the
men making 1t business to secure the
skins and prepare them for the market.
Why should the fancies Of few thou
sand, more or less, Of rich women and
the cupidity Of a comparatively few seal
catchers ana sealskn tanners and dyers
be allowed to have 80 great influence on
international affairs?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-17
COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, March 1.-THE cotton
market opened steady at an advance of
PAS points in response to steady Liver
pool cables and scattered buying. General
business, however, was restricted by con-
tinued uncertainty as to the showing Of the
census report Monday. and it looked as
II leading bulls were selling around 146p,
either for the purpose of reducing lines
or in opposition to an advance which
might bring increased shipments here
from the south. These offers checked
the upward movement around the open
ing figures, but the market held steady
and within a point or two of the best
during the early trading.
Trading continued quiet during the late
forenoon. but there was further support
rs well as covering by local shorts. and
prices ruled firm at a net advance of
about 4a7 points. Spot quiet; middling
upland, 1865, nominal.
Estimated receipts at the ports today
1900 bales. against Is. 532 last week and
1928 last year. For the week. 10000
bales, against %, 759 last week and 76, 74S
last year. Today's receipts at New Or
leans. 1897 bales. against 1878 last year.
and at Houston, 1885 bales. against $3.50
last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-17
Crime to Have q Rudy Complexion.

From tue London thropicIe.
In the days Of the Puritans the stocks
were not unknown as a penalty for look
ing too healthy. Ruddiness OF complex
ion was a crime when a gaunt visage was
regarded as an outward sign Of sanctity
DR.. Echard, writing in the early eight
zenith century, remarks: Then it was
they would scarcely let a round-faced
man go to heaven. If he had but a little
blood in his cheeks his condition was &C
counted dangerous. and l will assure you
a very honest man, OF sanguine complex
ion. if he CHANGED to come nigh an OFF,
cial zeaot's house. might be set in the
stocks only for looking fresh on a frosty
morning"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-17
Chicago Cattle Market.

CHICAGO, March observation-disclosures
estimated at 1000 head: market strong;
beeves. J.20a6.sJ; Texas steers, 4.40ao. IL:
western steers. 4.15a5.9o: stockers and
feeders. 4O0a5.s0: cows and heifers, go
a5.9O; calves. d. Casio
Hogs-Receipts estimated at 1900
head: market slow at yesterdays av
erage; light. 6.95a725 mixed. 6sOa1- Is;
heavy, 6.65a7.OJ: rough, 6.65a6SO: good
20 choice heavy. 6 sOa7.05: pigs 6I6Oa7 30;
bulk OF sales, 6.S5aI. 10.
Sheep-Receipts estimated at 10000
head: market strong, 5a1Oc higher: native.
3.OOa51J: western. 325a5.23: yearlings,
<I5a5.65; lambs, native, 5.OOa6JO; west
ern, 5.25a6.60.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-17
News Briefs.
DON, March II. 4 pm.

John Scott, colored. at Roanoke, Va.
several days ago sold a diamond ring
valued at 800 for Is cents. The boy
was driving a milk wagon aud found the
ring in the kitchen OF II. III. Halls home
on Church street. He was sent to jail
for sixty days.
Robert NJ. Marker was Wednesday held
for the May term Of court by Justice
Hartle at Hagerstown, Md, charged with
embezzling funds Of the National Biscuit
Company, by which he was employed. He
waived hearing.