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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1911-07-29

Oklahoma has seventy-seVen Col
ored knights Of Pythias Lodges, with
a membership Of $500.
Mrs. James White, Of 4314 Forest
Vile Ave, returned to the city Fri
day after a pleasant two weeks in
Denver. Colorado.
DR.. Lucy Brown the first Colored
woman physician, died recently in
Charlotte, N. c. She had a large
practice and was well thought Of.
Miss z. B. Slaughter. 1874 Dearborn
street. is spending a few days vsca-
ton at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. E.
H. Morris. near Benton Harbor, Mich.
George w. Holt, 1904 State street,
last week visited Mt. Clemens, Mich.
where he enjoyed the hot baths. He
arrived home the first part Of this
week, much benefited IN health.
Mr.. Noah D. Thompson, who will
return to his labors at Tuskegee this
coming week spent Sunday evening
at the home OF Mr. and Mrs. Julius T.
Taylor. .tf-
Rev. and Mrs. T. A. Clark and the
other members Of their family have
removed from 5000 Forest Ave. to
6552 Champhin Ave where they will
be pleased to meet their fr1nds.
Mrs. s. A. T. Watkins, 1882 Calu-
met Ave-, spent the past week as the
guest OF Major and Mrs. F. A. Deni-
son, at their summer home near
Benton Harbor, Mich.
Mrs. James Wheeler, Of 461 Z. 33nd
St, entertained at high noon break
fast on Sunday last. DR.. and Mrs. d.
H. Anderson and Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
liam Cannon, Of Evanston
Mr.. and Mrs Joe Warner 522S
Dearborn St, left Tuesday evening
FOR the West Michigan Resort. near
Benton Harbor, Mich, they win re
turn home the latter part Of next
week.
DR.. P. E Robinson of Greensboro,
N. c., having finished the required
course at Northwestern University. |
Dental Department, leaves the cty |
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1911-07-29

d.. J. ]. France, Of Portsmouth, Va,
sondusssd n interesting rOund table.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1911-07-29

JULIUS ,. TAYLOR. Editor and Pub.
fisher.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1911-07-29
Modern Slam.

Modern Slang.
did be fall for It?'
"Yes: he didn't tumble" - Boston
TRANSCRIPT.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1911-07-29
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.

PHONE DRExEL 4sso
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1911-07-29

"The Mayor of NewtOWn." Mr.. TOlli-
yer is the guest Of his cousins, Mr.. and
Mrs. R. W. Thompson, 1904 s street
northwest.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-03-31
StarkWeather.

The village election passed off very
quietly last Tuesday, only fourteen
voters attending the election The
present officers were reelected with
the exception of assessor. e. G..
Sprague was the assessor last year,
but he having remove to Montana,
Fred Magnus was elected to the place.
The following are the officers for the
ensuing year: -.
Trustees--Dan Farley. A. J. Nc
Laughlin and A. o. Sather. 81"
Treasurer-T. e. Morgan.
Assessor-Fred Magnus.
Clerk-Homer Resler. .~t
Justice Of the peace-A. r. Hidden.
Marshall. c. Reid, - e.:
r4 crary. ,.-..,.
The village election passed off quiet
ly Tuesday without, any contests ex.
cept for marshal. The result of the
election was as follows:
For trustee first ward-M. A. Miller;
for trustee, J second ward Chas.
Wright; for justice third ward-H. A.
Nicholson; for clerk-H. j. Johnson;
for treasurer-O. G. sagmoen; for as
sessor-S. J.. Dean; for marshal-s. j.
Dean; for justice. H. Fulkerson.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-03-31
CONDUCTOR 5opoNoR sools75

ond ayooi,43r, - ..g3$, e
!, ~ - : : h: -" $50 $50. "
80 nahh q : great 8 5olr " ~
having III !. l I, gain, too a soloist of
rare artistic excellence and charm.
Had III Mrs i.Roifbwell not re1,nnu, y,
!, =. N, oro+;o - -, - !, J., :. ], V. \
= !. :, .,,.,.,, -. - I
ny W snouio % vylns WIN the other
music lu' lowing cities OF: the world to So
cure her charming presence for one
OF two concerts in every season : and al II
IT is therefore to be regretted that
she is not to be heard q. the spring
festival concerts: & :. ,ss 2,,:' !. !: 4
I The women who have undertaken
to help the association by selling tick
cts cts fo s' the spring festival OF March
~ y and 30 are sansuine OF success be
cause q 9 q they expect the public to realize
the "a situation and to rise to, 1t. Let
every man man, i woman and an child In st
P e. who loves must. music talk Symphony
orchestra early and late. It should
aIHn ha ;rAnocNohaFQH that. tho ay,nnnSu
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-03-31
ELECTIONS 1 { ! / i Il.
, .N,rI *
/. +. THE /: VILLAGES
CONTESTS IN SEVERAL PLACES
III IN RAMSEY COUNTY EsPEcl-
5t,ALLY in CHURcHs FERRY.

ISu4. i MA: J: &c.,
Old township boards prevail in near
" all the townships while many vii
lagos find satisfactory results in old
boards. The results In the village
election In the various villages in
Ramsey county created considerable
interest last week, the contests in
many of the: villages, especially Chur-
chs Ferry showed many men of many
minds" Some of the villages re-elect-
ed the. entire old board while In near
" all the townships the same officers
remain in power. Following Is the
result In the several villages. 4 s e.
5s J,:: '::.ss;y@ ) churchss Ferry.
The village election called out about
half Of the voters Of the village, some
AZ exercising their rights as citizens.
The following ticket was elected:
Trnstees-C. T. Studness, H. R. MUIR
ray, ]. M. Thompson: clerk-Jos Han
son; treasurer Matt Engelhorn: as
SCISSOR Norman Nelson; marshal AL
bert Hausman; Justice Of the peace
James Nice ormfck. ,:7:2f sS $E 5,
-heldandc onu Theacssreuc XIV XIV aw
There was no tcauncus held and
conse puently noticket arranged ey-
IN a blank ticket as he: desired. / It
was &C ase Of many men Of many
minds as will be. seen by. the FOL.
lowing record Of the official vote: p
Eery voter being at liberty to iii
~ Penn 3.ss; tf s.. 500
AT the annual election Of town.
ship: officers the following officers
were chosen; III M. 81 Hermanson, as
clerk; NJ. 3.G. Strand, treasurer; sup
Iseryisors, u 55,JJ !. Il Mitchell, j. II. {Ges-
snerF and Fred Henke;s Ole Herman
son Constable; n road 4overseers; Matt
Tyson, II. n. Graham and O. Ander-
son; Albert Gessner, assessor. !. s: $
I; 3ss5 & Hampton 5 ~ 4 81 y
The township election was very
tame affair. The only excit ent was
witch carried M ], i, ., 81 - m
Following are the officers, elected: SUI
nervi sors !, ysa e 17SS n 49,.
clarkrT n Abe,r,-n. troo s,,ras, 4 s !,
Brandt 81 4 8. nj Il ae,sr
1uatice r. IA M II .sb,n,s5..l
roail noa q ers 81 q 81 IS,
MI, 3 |. m ma 4 ] 4 a. a ri
third districs I, s 3 81, Sat,
dist r,o,.sto 4 s'7'.'e Ss&
!, ss E5;sS3
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-03-31

=. c. M. Cupp, clerk of the district
court of Rolette county was in the
city on business the latter part Of the
week. =. -. s,"- = -t-..
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-03-31
GRAND FORKS LAWYER.

!: GRAND FORKS LAWYER.
y Fred s. Duggan, a Grand Forks at
torney was in the city this week ap-
pearing for the defendant In the Ness
personal injury case against the Ct.
Northern. u r !. r.. u j III T., :,
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-12-21
LITTLE SIBERIA, W. VA.

Editor Argus:
Since my communication short
time ago several from this country
have spoken of writing to you.
OF course l don't wan. to tell
things to get men fired" but some
funny" things are happening here.
On fellow who was driving {.
mule at one of the Republic mines
got mad wpen he found another
driver was getting five cents Il day
more than he was. A companion ask
ed him if he was doing as much work
as the other driver. He said he was
and his companion told iliri il would
be Socialism for every body to get
the same pay for the same work
and the driver swore that il he hau
known that was Socialism lie wound
have worked for a dollar Il day. He
didn't take the COB at that price 50
we suppose he did not mean what he
said.
Another man saw some OF the
Company men at Wake Forest tear
ing down the bills put up by the So
cialists and he said if il was such Il
bad thing for the Operators it must
be a good thing for the miners and
from this on he would be Socialist.
If che Operators continue "lireing"
the men because they are Socialists
they had AS well shut down for
have heard it said that its like kill
ing flies, for every fly that is killed
two comes to take its place.
Squire Crawford surely is expect
ing to make his stake. | am told
that some time ago he tried a for
eigner for some kind of an offense
and fined him ten dollars. When the
man took some money out of his
pocket to ray the fine he pulled ont 4
ten and a five dollar bill and the
Squire took both and refused to give
back the five. \ man who is well
known on Cabin Creek said ne was
in the Squire's Court 90 few days
ago to see some men tried and there
, wasn't n warrant. docke. book. o.,
; anything of the kind in sight. moth
i2~ bnt a niece ri blank paper and
pencil on a table.
It's pity the post masters feel
they have so much responsibility
resting upon them Perhaps If they
would mind their own business and
! quit Interfering v-ith the mail IL
would be better for them. 4 miner
was ir nr Office some days ago and n
heard the P. NJ say "a man never
, for he burned it" Better be careful
/ Mr. p. NJ. the Inspector may come
round" some day and he will git
,you if you don't watch out
MARGARET SKIES.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-12-21
LOWERING TANES
IN AuEWACkEE
(By Carl D. Thompson. }

by .CdTl -. luOupSOH)
The splendid work of the Socialist
administration in Milwaukee is bear
ing fruit. In spite of the increased d
efficiency on the part of every de-
partment of the city government. and
in spite of the raising of the wages
of the common laborers throughout
the city from s1.75 to $500 per day
the establishing of the union scale
and trades union conditions. the ad-
ministration has actually kept the eN-
penditures of the city within the us
ual limits.
The total expenditures for the city
this year have been only slightly
higher in the aggregate than last
year. and the county expenditures
which are also under socialist con-
troll have been somewhat reduced.
and the state taxes are little less
than last year.
So that the actual tax rate in Mil
waukee this year is cents in tn e
$1,000 less than last year.
And all this after a desperate and
widespread effort on the part Of the
capitalistic press in the United States
to make it appear that the socialists $
have plunged the city into wild anG
impractical schemes that have in
volved such enormous expenditures
that the taxes have tremendously in :
creased.
The tax rate has actually reduced.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-12-21
BY Josephine Con ger-Kaneko.

hS 1oSepHlHs Noi
We lost the election in Los An
geleS. But don't let's waste any time
sreculating as to why we lost. 1t
may have been the Mcnamara con-
fession. 1t may have been the ell
franchisement of the women. it may
have been number of things. But
rest assured, there was ONE thing
responsible and that above and be-
yond all others: THERE WE'RE
NOT ENOUGH SOCIALISTS IN LOS
ANGELES TO ELECT HARTMAN
That is the reason We lost the cleo
ticn.
And that is u cause that can be
rem edied. will be remidied in time.
1t can be remedied If We dc the
right thing. dhc intelligent thing.
W hat we need in Los Angeles, what
We need everywhere. is more eGu-
cation. The peoples minds must
be revolu tionized before their votes
can count for anything We need
more and better literature And We
need constructive literature. And
We need workers to distribute it.
We need fewer leaders @Chewing the
rag" over fine POINTS" and great
er solidity among the rank and fi1e.
We need rank and file that reads.
thinks and acts. Whatever we may
gain. if it does not come from the
heart and brain of the masses is
superficial and means little in the
real count of things.
We have jLst had a great object
less-n in the Labor and Socialist
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-12-21
(By H. W. Houston. !

BY H. w. houston
The Mcnamara case. with its start
/ ling revelations and dramatic Incl
dents, has thrown the world into a
fever of excitement and aroused the
bitterest of feeling and the worst OF
passions. The confession, coming
! with the suddenness of a thunder
bolt, has brought dismay to organ
lied labor. They seem stunned by
this, the worst blow they have ever
received in the Industrial history of
America Feeling that union labor
has been discredited by the system
attic campaign of violence carried on
by the Mcnamara boys. union Off
cials. doubtless voicing the concen-
sus OF opinion OF the rank and file
are demanding that the severest of
penalties be imposed upon them. Lin
coin Steffens, nafvely attempted to
settle the fierce industrial war of
that section by an application OF the
Golden Rule concludes that the
forces back of tDistrict Attorney
Fredericks want tblood. not peace"
Thus, feeling has been strung to the
highest pitch, and at times the she'd
ding of blood has been imminent
At such times there is needed most
of all calm survey of the situation.
This condition has not arisen in a
moment, but on the contrary is the
climax of long line of causes reach
ing far back into the last two de-
cades. 1t is long story. but in bold
outline it is about as follows: In the
iron and steel business the workers
have confronted their employers as
sellers of human labor The employ
~
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-12-21
who produce nothing. get everything,
the honest man is made to sutrer
because OF the dishonesty of others.

That Milwaukee, whose officials
are Socialists. is the best governed
city in America. there is no longer
any DOUBT. The lies spread broad
cast by capitalist writer's have fallen
fat ard these carpers have been
compelled to turn their villifyInE
pens on other subjects. Some of
the largest cities in the country are
sending representatives to Milwan-
kee to investigate the modern meth
DDS of municipal government which
the comrades have devised and put
in successful operation. Even capi-
talist cursed Pittsburgh has become
interested and is seeking informa-
ton. What Mayor Sidel and his as
sociates have done in the Cream
City will be done in the numerous
Ohio cities which Were recently cap
tured by the Socialists The mis-
sion OF the Socialist party Is service.
not pIunder, and the betterment OF
the conditions of all rather than
pander to the interests of the few.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-12-21
JUSTICE ON THE MEN AND
RELIGION FORWARD MOVEMENT

The Men and Religion Forward
Movement is at last out and above
board. This is an insinuation back
cd up by the coin of that prince of
Christian gentlemen whose heart
bIeeds for the wrong of labor, ]. +.
Morgan. This fellow is back of this
common spy organization with the
millions that the workers are forced
TO give him every year and he only
gives this money because he knows
the church is one of the most power
ful forces in the world to keep the
working class believing ,all is we'll
with them when they are being rob-
bed of four-fifths of what they pro-
duce.
There Is one part of theology the
writer learned while he was very
yomng which he never forgot anu
that is that Stealing Is the taking
and keeping that which belong to
another J. P. Morgan gets and
keeps that which belongs to labor.
He is a thief and the irony of his
theiving is that he calls on the very
church that defines theft as above
to act as spy and informer for him
because a few of the church men
get some of the stolen loot.
There are million workers with
in the confines of Allegheny county,
every one Of them work for a living.
From the pay of each is taken four
hftbs of what he produces by the
capitalists who are. behind this vul-
tire class who write one thing IN
the papers and send other natter
in sealed envelope to instruct the
editor how to dish their foul mess
mp to make 1t paliatable for the de-
luded and robbed workers. We
print an extract from the Christian
Appeal to show how they work the
game
We detected what appeared to us
to be SINISTER PURPOSE in this
movement several weeks ago. and
since that time orr columns have
been shut to the promoters thereof.
All the literature sent to us has gone
into the waste basket. The first
thing that attracted our attention
and aroused our suspicious was the
EXTREME INCONSISTENCY be-
tween the PRIVATE matters under
sealed cover to the editor and the
published statements of the leaders
OF this movement. Following this,
other matters began to leak out,
and we could not reconcile these sew
cral things with sincere desire to
promote the interests of Christ's
Kingdom. But we could see how
this was perfectly consistent with
the pIrpose. business interest and
character of the men behind the
movement. 1t was clear to our mind
that the church was being used to
get the ear of the people and the
masses for the purpose which was
not creditable to the church and we
according shut the matter out Of
our columns"
Below is the application many in
nocent persons are using in the mills
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-12-21
WHY WE LOST THE ELEC-
TON IN LOS ANGELES

movements. We have had & great
city going wild after votes: votes
must be gained at all hazards.
whether the voters understood the
fIll meaning of Socialism or not
Even protest votes would do. We
were crazy to elect our mayor
But the masses didn't understand
Socialism, and we lost Los Angeles
must do now what every city should
do--consentrate her forces and wage
such campaign of education as
the city has never known before.
When the masses understand. there
will be no question as to how the
vote" Will go.
The Labor movement has given
US an object lesson in direct act
:on.' And it has failed misera bly,.
Those who believed they could carry
the labor movement to victory the
destructive methods employed by
capitalists. have found themselves
At last stripped ii all powers. help
less children in the hands OF the
enemy. And their impracticability
and their lack of faith in their own
methods have shown themselves
through their confession" at the
hon: when another wing Of the la
Dor movement was hoping to sweep
victory on the political tield.
Had these mer, who we1c willing
to risk the lives of others IN their
direct action" methods as ready tc
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-12-21

and factories to further the nefar-
ious plans of the Morgans in their
blacklisting and spying work:
These people think they are work
ing in the interest of religion and
their zeal is taken advantage of by
this agency for. spying out and dis
charging men who are thinking for
themselves. Here is an extract from
the prospectus of the Robinson De-
tective Agency: They do not work
under the guise of religion but ex-
cept in the general statement of
their position we defy these people
to show the difference. I'VE have
a department for the handling of la
Dor troubles. either existing or con-
templated, and are prepared to fur
nish the employer information re-
SardinG the movements of his em-
ployees either in or out of working
hours. We are especially fitted to
forestall impending strikes by To-
eating and eliminating agitators. et
al, and furnish guards and men nee
essary to operate shops or mines in
case of trouble
That this from the pen OF that
lowest of the human family, the de-
tective, and yet We can see no differ
ence in the above and the below ap-
plication except that the detective Is
more honorable of the two in view
of the fact that he does not work
under the guise of the lowly Nazer-
enc. who had not where to lay his
head.
Man over IS. 80. ;. . Church.
d
proilmate Age =.
cupatlon.. If en-
ployed in the industries, what shop
or factory. Church
relationship;-Me 80. At
tendant. ....... If Non-attend-
ant why. Member OF what
Bible ,Class-Men's, Mixed None.
If a Church worker what service
does he perform -. -. If, he
is adapted to Men and Religion work
which committee (EfSle. Social,
Boys, Evangelism. MissionD Does
he contribute regularly to missions2
(Home, Foreign) What
form. if any, of community uplift
work does he do?.. If he
has son, or sens. state age. go.
Has he unQuestioned fitness Tor any
of the following: tTeacher, Boys
Leader. Gospel SpeakerD Is he
married? -. ......... Nationality,
.............. Is he member or
a Labor Union? LODGE.
Does he call himself a Socialist?
............ Insert below any in
formation not covered which would
be valuable. Note.
All the above IS set for the pur-
pose of hiding the three questions of
Labor Union. Lodge and the Social
list Party.
The church can not dodge the is
sue it is in the same business as was
, Judas Iscariont of old.--'Justice. "
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-12-21
POLITICAL ACTION THE ONLY
HOPE OF THE WORKING CLASS

i"open shop" This was a declaration
of war on the part of the employers,
Which. if successful. meant the vir-
tual annihiliation of the workers
union. The crushing of their union
meant Z return to the conditions OF
misery that prevailed before they or
ganized. The blow struck right at
the integrity of the workers home.
| He knew il meant less bread to eat,
| less clothes to wear, less joyful life
for the ones he loved. 1t meant the
degradation of him and his. In the
face fthe impending calamity he
fought with a determination born o!
desperation,
| In this industrial war both sides
have at times gone beyond the law.
The employers have bought legisla-
lures, corrupted courts, subsidized
the press and poisoned the public
mind against the workers. Splendid
illustrations OF the tactics used are TO
be found in the history of Colorado 5
labor troubles. The Pinkerton Labor
Spy" by Morris Friedman contains a
wealth of material showing the law
less methods of big Business.
~ iiSd W hoiis Will Tic olilhS
boycott, peaceful weapons, the work
ers have fought back desperately.
Occasionally. as in the series of dy-
namiting outrages revealed by the
Mcnamara confessions, individual
mem bers of the workers unions have
resorted to violence Strpidly and
blindly they no doubt hoped to stave
Off defeat. Thinking to terrorize their
opponents they resorted to the meth
DDS of the Russian nihilists.
In this industrial warfare the Nc
Namara boys were soldiers upon the
side of the workers. The press tells
us their father was sent to prison
and as children they were sent to a
House of Refu ge-not an ideal place
to rear model citizens. The bowling
Of the wolf of want was not an un-
familiar sound to their familiar ears.
Having been drafted by Fate into
the army of the toilers they were en-
gagged in fighting their battles. FL
nally, as their confessions show, they
took up the suicidal weapon of vio-
lence. They no doubt hoped to sue
ceed and win their fight Had they
understood the nature of their strug-
gle better they would have known
that they were on the road to de-
struction. They were blind to the
! causes that produce the very condi-
tions against which they We're fight
, ing. AS a result their lives are vir-
tually forfeited and their cause dis
credited. Their methods nave dealt
terrific blow to the cause they so
blindly sought to serve. Today their
fellows cry for their blood. and '&eir
name will he covered with infamy.
Surely an awful price to pay.
That type of craft unionists OF
which Gompers and Mitchell are
classic examples is not without
blame. These men have been blind
leaders of the blind. They have in
sisted always that the battles be-
| tween the contending armies of la Dor
and capital must be fought in the
deep ravines and narrow defiles of
the industrial world-a field most ac-
ceptible to the employers. Just over
| there, out in the open under the
broad sun of day lies the great polit-
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