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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-01-13

The principal bill which is to be in
troduced by the Massachusetts child
labor committee this year will be the
night messenger measure to prohibit
the employment of minors in the night
messenger service This is the most
immoral form of employment for chill
dren which has yet been discovered.
The national child labor committee
has secured the passage of bill in
New York prohibiting the employment
of children in such service.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-01-13

prevent the transferral of strike break
ers from one country to another by
employers A general bond of sympa-
thy between the workers of our coun-
try and the workers of the old world
cannot help but be strengthened. The
cost of affiliation is not great CON
sidering the numerical strength of the
ederation-between five and six hun
bred dollars annually, or thirty cents
per thousand members.
Continued Next Week.)
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-01-13
CHILD LABOR LAWS.

Organized labor has always led the
fight for protection by law of the
child worker ana the nation wide senti-
ment that has been aroused over the
evils of child exploitation is directly
due to the ceaseless agitation of labor
Forty-four states now have child
legislation OF some form. In twenty
eight states the working age limit is
IA years; in ten, u years; in three
l6 years; in two, Is years, and in one
state Georgia., 10 years. President
Gompers urged that uniform state
legislation on child labor should be
urged with a maximum working day OF
eight hours.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-01-13
Noses Cost Them Their Jobs.

Two Western Union telegraph oper-
that the Los Angeles Times disaster
was caused by gas. They declared
that the odors all through the night on
which the explosion occurred were al
most unbearable. They were dis
now members of the Otis Ananias
club.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-01-13
FEDERAL LEGISLATION

The siXty-first congress passed some
legislation in which labor is peculiarly
interested, as follows:
An amendment to the employers
liability law and the creation of a COM
mission to enquire into the subject of
extending employers liability and the
establishment of compensation.
A law requiring common carriers to
of equipment, such as ladders, running
boards, grab irons, on cars of railroads.
A law recurring common carriers to
report to the Interstate Commerce
Commission all accidents of whatever
character, and the cause.
A law for the better enforcement of
the child labor law in the District of
Columbia.
The application of the eight hour law
to the construction of government
vessels by private contractors.
The creation of bureau of mining
for the investigation of the causes of
accidents in mines AMI their proven
tion, and the rescue of workmen when
accidents may occur.
With the most active of the
tools of the plunderbund in the
last congress left at home by an en-
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-01-13
REPORT OF E. p. MARSH EVERETT'S
DELEGATE TOA F. of L. CONVENTION

ragged people TO ponder on the pro
verbal ingratitude of republics and
replaced by men of more progressive
tendencies, much needed legislation for
the protection of the toilers should be
expected at the next regular session of
CONGRESS.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-01-13

frequently, proper shoes, blanket in
cold weather and two weeks vacation
annually. Thow away the whip
Good very good, as far as it goes.
But another hundred million copies
with horse" changed to man" would
greatly improve it.-Chicago Public.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-01-13
INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION.

The great need of thorough train
ing in industrial pursuits in the pub
lie schools is apparent and the A. F. of
L is carrying on a campaign of agita-
ton along the line of industrial educa-
ton in the public schools to the end
that the coming generations may grow
up with not only n technical but a
practical knowledge of the trades. The
boy who enters manhood with not only
a knowledge, book acquired, but a prac-
teal knowledge of some trade or occu-
patton, will not in all likelihood help
to swell the army of the unemployed
a present day problem made possible
in great measure because the boy of
yesterday never had his chance
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-01-13
A Square Deal For Men.

In Cincinnati there is in operation
a plan called the dow" plan for the
relief of dumb animals. On hun
bred million pages of paper for uni
versal distribution is printed the
following: "a Square Deal For the
Horse.-We believe every horse de-
serves three ample meals daily, water
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-01-13
ASIATIC EXCLUSION.

The A. f. of L. is actively supporting
the bill introduced by Representative
Hayes, of California, amending the
present immigration laws to make them
rigidly exclude all classes of Asiatic
labor from this country.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-01-13
THE THIRD DEGREE.

Especially strong were the presidents
word of condemnation of the police
brutality in many cities. The third
degree was denounced as the acme of
brutality and state and central bodies
urged to express themselves against
this evil.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-01-13
EMPLOYERS LIABILITY.

compensation measures are matters of
particularly vital concern to the craft
we represent and we ought to study
closely all proposed legislation on this
subject. Let me quote verbatim from
President Gompers on this subject:
"All legislation on identical subjects
should be uniform among the states,
and, pending the time when that de
sirable end can be reached, it is essen
tial that legislation dealing with the
important subject of employers liza
biity should he uniform among the
states, not only uniform in technique,
but uniformly good-effective legisla-
ton that will forever abolish the an
law defense known as Fellow servant
rule, 'contributory negligence and
assumption of risk as well as the
waving of rights.
"The modern use of steam power,
electricity, compressed air and eXplo-
sives often under the control of men
who fail to understand their nature,
ana whose routine duties make them so
accustomed to danger that they fail to
realize it, has made it utterly impos-
sble to protect society against the
weakest of all human agencies, viz:
the failure or forgetfulness of the hui
man factor.
"The stubborn resistance of corpora
tiOns, common carriers, mine owners,
and other employers to the most mod
crate laws for the protection of human
beings from injury, and their general
reluctance to provide protection through
their own volition, ought to convince
reasonable and fair minded legislators
that true justice demands an eXpan-
sion of the law, with more human in
depreciation of it on the part of the
Judges, instead of there being, as the
court reports in so many of the states
now so amply record, a studied effort
to restrict the law and apply new eX-
ceptions to it, to prevent the allowance
of damages for the injured and killed
workmen in industry.
Seemingly the American public has
! lust awakened to the fact that of all
civilized countries of the world, Turkey
and the United States are the only two
left that still cling to the old common
law docrine of liability with respect
| to industrial accidents. This awaken
ing will force upon the workers of the
United States some kind of workmens
compensation legislation, and unless la
Dor takes an active part in the move
ment its interests in regard to this
will not be properly safeguarded.
Industry must bear the financial
burden of accidents to the human be-
ing, exactly as it does now in case OF
accidents to machinery or other prop
erty.
"The organized workers are thoro-
ughly aroused on this subject, and in
several states, notably New York, Min
nesota, Ohio, New Jersey. Washington
and Illinois, commissions have recently
been appointed to deal with it as an
all-important life-conserving measure
Life conserving is the true title, be
cause if it becomes too expensive to
MAIN and kill employees in industry
more and better safety devices and
measures will be speedily adopted to
prevent the massacres rather than cure
the patients or pay money for injuries.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-01-13
LADIES' GARMENT WORKERS
STRIKE.

The first Of last July saw $4,000
men, women and children in New York
City, mostly engaged in the cloakmak
ing industry and largely unorganized,
on strike against intolerable working
conditions. Local organizers of the A.
f. of J.. were FASTENED to New York to
assist John B. Lennon in carrying on
the strike. On September I'd the strike
ended in a victory for the garment
workers. The following terms were
accepted by both sides:
Each member of the manufacturers
is to maintain union shop, a union
shop being understood to refer to a
shop where union standards Us to work
ing conditions, hours of labor, and rates
of wages prevail, and where, when hir-
ing help, union men are preferred
They secured the following working
conditions; Electric power free; no
work at home; discipline of any manu-
facturer proved guilty of discrimination
among his employees; six days work a
week and a cash weekly payday; all
sub-contracting within shops abolished;
nine hours work day, five days a
week and five hours the sixth day;
the price of piece work agreed upon by
a committee of employees and their en-
ployers; double pay for overtime.
Twenty thousand shirt waist work
ers were also out during the year in
New York City. At the time that
strike was called there was little or no
organization of shirtwaist workers
For twenty-three weeks those unor-
ganized girls and women fought. No
one but themselves will ever know the
history of their sufferings, of their self
privations, of what it meant to them
But they won, and today the shirt
waist workers of New York City are
thoroughly organized and are a branch
of the International Ladies Garment
Workers Union of America, with
signed agreements with the bulk of
the $50 shops of New York City.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-01-13

"Dr. Jacob Smith, Specialist, Blood
and Skin, TOggery Bldg, 1861
Hewitt"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-01-13
THE CONSUMERS LEAGUE.

!. 1t shall be the special object of
y the National Consumers league
:. to secure adequate investigation
{ of the conditions under which
(. goods are made in order to en-
{ able purchasers to distinguish in
!. favor of goods made in the well
: ordered factory The majority
:. of employers are virtually help
Z less to maintain high standard
! as to hours, wages and working
I conditions under the stress of
I competition unless sustained by
Z the cooperation of consumers.
/ Therefore the National ConSum-
Z ers' league also purposes to edu
!: cate public opinion and to en-
( deavor so to direct its force as
/ to promote better conditions
: among the workers, while secur-
I ing to the consumer exemption
( from the dangers attending I'M
( wholesome conditions. The Ma :
!. tional Consumers league fur
( Their recognizes and declares the :
!. following:
{ That the interests Of the com :
:. munity demand that all workers
Z shall receive fair living wages
i ana that goods shall be produced ,
T under sanitary conditions.
+ That the responsibility for .
9 some of the worst evils from :
\ which producers suffer rests .
& with the consumers who seek
+ the cheapest markets regardless .
Z how oheapness t. brought about.
I That it is therefore the duty .
: Of consumers TO find out under
I what conditions the articles they
Z purchase are produced and dis
+ tributed and insist that these
I conditions shall be wholesome
I and consistent with Il respecta- .
+ BILE existence on the part of the
I workers. .
1. fgs -. l. L - =.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-01-13
LABOR DAY.

The more general observance of Labor
Day was urged. The following is a
pertinent paragraphs:
"Befote any central labor body decides
upon giving up the now generally ac-
cepted feature, including the parade,
meetings and addresses, let its dele
gates discuss what would happen if
these observances should be abandoned
for single year in all the cities of
the country. Opponents would declare
that the labor movement had collapsed !;
non unionists would no longer on La
boris own day be made to feel the re-
proach of their absence from among
the defenders of their rights, the press
would remain silent where it is now a
helpful vehicle for the cause of union
ism, and much Of the opportunity and
occasion for our propaganda of union
ism would be lost"
INTERNATIONAL SECRETARIAT
During the year the A. F. of L. has
formally affiliated with the Interna
tional Secretariat. Much good should
come of this affiliation. Methods of
systematizing international contribu
ions for defense of unions in industrial
onflict is already the subject of cor
Steps will be taken to
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-07
BAD BLOOD.

Is the cause Of nine tenths OF tho Ills
which the human body is afflicted.
The symptoms of which range from
the dreaded contagious blood poison
to the minutest eruption on the skin.
They include rheumatism. catarrh.
scrofula. eczema, erysipelas. pimples.
boils. ulcers, running sores. inflamed
eyes, and enlarged glands. down to
sick headache and a muddy or sallow
complexion. The prescription OF DR..
Simpson. (the noted blood Specialist
of Richmond. lnd) known as DR.. A. b.
Simpsons Vegetable Compour !. IL the
most powerful Alternative. or blood pur-
ifier, ever known. Its reputation was
firmly established few years ago, by
curing apparently hopeless cases, was
certified by county and city officials,
and widely noted by the press: since
which thousands have been relieved
by its use.
Good blood invariably means vigor-
GUS health. and appetite. good diges.
ton, strength, and clear. healthful
complexion. This is assured to all
who try this remedy: its remedial ef-
fects are apparent with the first few
doses.
DR.. Simpsons Vegetable Compound
is purely vegetable. and is harmless
as it is effective. 1t is put up in con.
venient form at one dollar per bottle
and is sold at all drug stores.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-07
NEW COAL COMPANY
INCORPORATED

Articles of incorporation of the
Monarch Coal company which is soon
to establish offices in this city were
filed today with the secretary of state
at Indianapolis. The incorporators
and directors of the company are H.
L. Monarch, of this city, formerly with
the Vandalia Coal company. C. S. Heet,
secretary and treasurer Of Hackman,
Klehfoth and company, and Frederick
Hackman, president of Hackman,
Hackman president of Hickman, Kleh-
Hackman, president of Hackman, Kle-
10th and company. The capital stock
is $4,000.
The company is organized as SELL
ing agency to market the output of a
coal mine in Kentucky. The location
of offices has not been determined
upon. g.
Articles of incorporation of the Co
shen Cemetery Association of Wayne
county were also filed with the secre-
tary of state today. The directors are
William H. Cook, Charles H. Addle-
man and Charles w. Minor.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-07
LOSES LEAGUE TEAM
Richmond Fated from a Base
Ball Standpoint.

Richmond, from a baseball point of
view, appears to be fated to remain
in the ranks of the independents, al
though it is probably the only city of
its size in the United States which
does not boast Of a league team.
Il is not because Richmond is re-
garded as a poor baseball town, not
capable of supporting a league team,
as the Ohio State league, one of the
strongest and fastest minor leagues
in the country has twice this season
offered Richmond a franchise, but be-
cause local promoters have been I'M
able to secure the lease on Athletic
Park. and purchase the stands at what
they regard a reasonable figure.
The Newark team of the Ohio State
league is hunting a new home. and
the owners of the club desired to
place the team in Richmond, but the
deal has fallen through.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-07
BEAR IN KITCHEN
Farmers Wife Beat 1t with a
BrOOmstick.

Kingston, June IA black noun
tame bear had an adventure in the
of De Wittville a few
days ago that will make it remember
a broomstick The occurrence shows
how fierce and when attacked what
terrible fighters Catskill mountain
bears are.
Mrs Stalls Meisner, the wife of far
mer, left several pans of milk on the
kitchen table while she went on an
errand to the upper part of the houes.
She hard tin pan fall and hurried
down stairs and found a good sized
mountain bear tapping up milk from
the kitchen floor. She had no weapon,
and as the bear stopped tapping he
milk and looked up at her as she en-
tered she expected the brute to at
tack her, but after surveying it went
on tapping up milk.
Looking around for a weapon. she
to belabor the bear over the head. Mr..
Bear stopped his meal of milk and
looked surprised turned tail and made
for the door. The plucky woman fol-
lowed it and kept belaboring it with
the stick until it went over the fence
and ran down to road. When Mrs.
Meisner was asked why her husband
did not follow the bear tracks and
kill it, she answered briefly:
Bear meat is not good this time of
the year"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-07
JUDGE GARY AGAIN
BEFORE COMMITTEE
He Tells of the Purchase of
a Great Tract of Penn
sylvania Coal Land.
(National News Association

Washington, June AFTER declin-
ing to discuss the published reports
that the department of Justice had
decided to prosecute criminally the Of
ficers of the steel trust. Judge Gary,
chairman of the United States Steel
Corporation again took the stand be-
fore the hounse investigating COM
mittee. In the cross examination of
the steel magnate, the committee was
not quite satisfied with Grays expla-
nation last Friday that absorption of
the Tennessee company was necessary
to avert a ruinous panic. The pre-
iiminary line of questioning today in
Dictated the committee wants a more
detailed explanation of how the mer-
ger averted panic, since it was testi-
fled that no cash changed hands, but
the securities of the steel corpora
ton were merely exchanged for bonds
of the Tennessee Coal and Iron com.
pany. Chairman Stanley called Gary's
attention to the published report that
the United States Steel Corporation
had acquired, only few days ago, a
II 900 acre tract of coal and coke land
in the Pittsburg district. 1T is true"
said Gary. We have decided to buy
from the Pittsburg Coal company and
Monongahela company, 1900 acres of
coke and coal land. We need this
land and on the recommendation OF
our local agents in the Pittsburg field.
We have decided on purchasing
Gary did not agree with Stanleys in
ference that his corporation was OBJ
tanning a monopoly on coal lands in
that section. Stanley said he had
been informed by United States sem
ator that the Steel Trust was attempt
ing to gain control of the Pittsburg
Coal company and Monongahela Coal
company. Judge Gary heatedly denied
this and demanded the name OF the
senator.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-07
NEW YORK ENVIOUS
OF THE WINDY CITY

New York. June Envy of Chica-
go causes New York to be ever ready
to show it's jealousy in it's treatment
and discussion of the western metrop-
oils, Mrs. Heaton Owsley declared on
her return from a trip abroad May
or Harrison's sister and her daughter
Miss Harrison Owsley, were passen-
gers on the steamship Nieuw Amster-
dam, having spent several months
travelling ing over Europe.
Among the experiences of her trip,
she told of having seen the funeral pa
genat in Paris of NJ. Berteaux, the
French minister of war, who was kill
ed by an aeroplane while in atten.
dance at meet. She also told of her
citation on hearing of her brothers ell
ection to the Chicago mayorality when
her ship was entering the bay of Gil
bralter.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-07
CHARITY MEETING
OPENS AT BOSTON
(National News Association)

Boston. Mass. June THE thirty
eighth annual meeting of the National
Conference OF Charities and Correc-
ton. which began a weeks sessions
in Boston today. has brought together
nearly two thousand men and women
who have made study of the best
means of caring for or reforming the
the hungry. educating the ignorant and
reforming the transgressor.
Prominent among those scheduled
to address the conference are Gov
ernor Foss OF Massachusetts, DR..
Charles w. Eliot Of Harvard. Sherman
c. Kingsley of the Chicago bureau of
charities. Miss Mary f. Richmond. of
the Russell Sage Foundation. Rev.
Washington GLADDEN. of Columbus. O.,
DR.. George W. Goler of Rochester. ia
cob A. Riis. the New York sociologist
and author, and Mrs. Florence Kelley.
secretary of the National Consumers
League.
In connection with the conference
meetings will be held during the week
by the National conference on Truant.
Backward, Dependent and Deliauent
Children, the National Conference of
st. Vincent de Paul. the American Red
Cross, the Association of Poor Law
Officials. the National Probation OF
ficers' Association and the National
Jewish Association for Social Work
ers.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-07
FIND 2 BOTTLES OF
RUM, $50 YEARS OLD

New York. June Two large bot.
ties Of Hessian rum, $50 years old, are
among the latest finds of historical
experts eycavating in the ruins OF old
Fort Washington, on the Hudson riv-
er just above Riverside drive.
The excavations are on the site OF
the Hessian barracks. in what was
for long time known as Death
gulch." from the large company Of
Hessians who fell in the rout OF Wash
ington's army from the heights.
The rum bottles were found IL feet
underground. An old map shows that
tavern stood short distance away
from the barracks. on a spot now oc-
cupied by 100000 apartment
house.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-07
MAYORS DOG WAS
FIRST IMPOUNDED

Millville. \. j.. June while Thar
AGA Carroll of West Millville was col
large bulldog seized one of his hands
and tore the flesh in a frightful man.
ner. He hurried TO the Physicians
hospital, where Mayor Waldo F. Saw
yer, who is physician. cauterized the
wounds. The mayor Immediately is
sued a proclamation that all dogs in
the borough be muzzled or chained
and dog catchers soon rounded up
twenty-one CANNES. The first dog
caught was blooded bird pointer be-
longing to Mayor Ware, who paid the
fee and redeemed his dog.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-07
CHICAGO POLICE
HUNT FIRE BUGS
(National News Association


Chicago, June THE police today
started a search for several men whose
names were revealed in the confess
sion of Leopold Dreyfus few minutes
before Dreyfus committed suicide be-
cause he had hired gang of men to
burn his clothing factory SO he could
collect insurance.
The men are alleged to be members
of "firebug" trust, which is 'respon-
sible for the destruction of a score of
buildings in Chicago. Dreyfus confess
ed that he had paid $4,000 to the gang
to set fire to his store. The confess.
ion came after he had been arrested.
Lazard Dreyfus. brother of the
suicide, is under arrest, awaiting for
the arrival Of his mother and brother
from Louisville, Kentucky, when bail
will be arranged.