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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-07-15
WAR BETWEEN TWO
. OF .LAb0R'S ENEMIES
Harrison Gray Otis and Edward
T. Earle Are New At Sword
Points. . i.. 3s=n= s :..:.1

LOS ANGELES, July IA war
has broken out In this city between
Harrison Gray Otis. proprietor OF,
the Times( and Edward T.. Earle,
owner Of the Evening Express, as the
chief combatants. A climax has been
reached in the announcement by
Earle that he will establish one
cent progressive morning newspaper.
to be called the Los Angeles Tribune,
and issued from the Evening Express
plant. Il Current report has 1t that
the Los Angeles Herald. the morning
paper competing s(?) with the Times
for a morning circu ulation, is cons
trolled by General Otis. 5i Is s3.i
Mr.. Earle has uddenly begun an
attack on the columns OF The Ex-
press upon Otis in relation to the
Herald, charging that the general
was the owner OF the Democratic
competitor and that he had perfected
q plan to destroy the paper because
OF Its progressive policy, and also for
the purpose Of turning the Associated
Press franchise over to another paper
and also turn the Herald over to an
other Individual for the purpose of
launching q new reac tionary paper To
compete with The Express In the
evening field. iHI 81 Earle, it Is as
serted. has enlga ged for the; Tribune
many able men, and sof fices of the
new Tribune have been opened and D
corps of ii en put out tOS spresaa B the
;campaiyn Tor reade or ds advertisefs
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-07-15
GENUINE REVIVAL. or
a.5 UNIONIsM IN NIANKATO
Painters and Decorators Local Reor.
ganize Under the Most Promis-
# si#. ing Conditions.
Carpenters Also Manifest An Unusual
Degree Of Interest in Welfare -
5 OF Craft. Sy.:

\. MANKATO. July IS Sd Special to
Labor Worldly President E. g. Hall.
Of the State Federation of Labor in
stalled \ the recently organized union
of Painters and Decorators, last even
ing in the Board Of Trade rooms. The
revival Of this local is the result Of
the recent convention Of the fedora
tion, and they start out enthusiastic
ally and assure the officers that they
are now in the field to stay. Since the
convention the carpenters have got to-
gether again and have already u re-
ceived their charter which farries
the number. 1891, and much interest
Is shown by them ia the welfare Of
the craft. Several other crafts are al
SO talking organization and it is, to
be hoped that q movement similar
to that Of a few years ago will re-
suit. Great interest is being taken
by the members Of the locals already
established and Trades and Labor
assembly is now being talked Of, and
is likely to be organized soon.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-07-15
UNION CIGAR men
Win SIGNAL VICTORY
Non Union Cigar Factory Forced
to Give Up All Union Labels
in It's Possession.
Court Decision Severely Con.
demns the Fraudulent Use
~, of Union Label.

DETROIT. July 31.-(special to
Labor World)-The Cigarmakers'
union won signal victory, by a re-
cent decision rendered by Judge Stein,
to which they refer as one establish
ing a precedent. #lS&
The Detroit Cigar company OF SO
East Congress street, Of which George
Mclean is manager, had been con-
ducting union shop until 1909.
Since then it has been a non-union
shop. Union labels, accumulated in
1909, were used on later goods, al
though the cigars were made by non
union Eulnll' labor, 1t is claimed. The local
union, brought the matter before
Judge Stein, who issued an order COM
pelltng the Detroit Cigar conn mpany to
soak - the union label Of boxes con
tanning from 10000 to 10000 cigars.
The case M was worked UP by David
fss. Jones, business agent Of the union.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-07-15
TRUST II. EMPLOYS ! ONl !
Foreign 6 born. | ! ! i LABOR.
s5. II s.1. --- ~ - 81 81 35 #s.
Men Unfamiliar With American
]. Moral and Living Stand
9 ards Given Precedence.
ENGLISH SPEAKING MEN i. 4.
.=s II GIVEN COLD SHOULDER
Unfortunate to Be An American
VI When Seeking Employ yment
i At Lackawanna Steel Go.

= Things have come to a pretty pass,
when the most illeterate Southern
European is given precedence over an
American in the latters own country.
The Buffalo Republic, published at
Buffalo. N. Y, in its last issue con-
tains the facsimile Of q letter writ
ten by Fred F. Graham, secretary
of the Lackawanna Steel company in
reply to a letter asking for employ
ment for two men. The letter prac-
tically states in so many words. that
If the two men are foreigners, they
can get employment at once, but If
not, they are courteously requested to
call. @.... + y. 6tJ@ - r. :.
Those who have watched the course
of the big steel companies of the
country realize that it has been the
policy pursued in the. past to exclude
English speaking employees as far as
it has been possible. The idea, no
doubt, upon which the company bases
its. activities, Is that 1t Is more ad-
vantageous to the company to en-
ploy men who are unfamiliar with
the moral and living standards of
this country. = '~5s553s,. ~ 70. Il. --.....'
It is also to be noted that these
companies have made a succefful eff
fort in employing foreigners of diff
ferent natfonalitiee, I'm order that
there may not be free-speaking in
tercourse between them. The letter
above referred to confirms without
Question the policy which has been
adopted. r .t 4 r.. Es @.>>,%: =, -
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-07-15
SECOND REPORT FILED :
BY PRESIDENT |'.|'[| /: ! | HALL
Certain Alleged M Grievances
Against the State Fair Board
Are Being Considered.
If Boards Unfair Treatment of
Labor Was Unintentional a
Speedy Adjustment Possible.

The secretary-treasurer's office is in
receipt of President Halls second re-
port, embracing the work done on
behalf of the cause, to and including
the Sth day OF thespraFent month.
Brother Hall is daiiS systematizing
the work Of the federation and broad
ening the scope Of its. activities for
the advancement Of unionisn, among
the members of all trades and crafts.
The work accomp plished by him dur
ing the: past week has been. largely
sreconstructive.. and J atn1ed at planning
syzte Mn 1ersl tttiens'
and union principl may IN 3 the fu-
ture be given more effective recog-
feeling prevails among the organiza-
tions of building trades in the Twin
Cities. that the State Fair board is
unfair towards organized labor,
though possibly unintentionally.
That there is considerable ground
for complaint cannot be gain-sayed;
and Brother Hall in conjunction with
certain labor executive officers of the
Twin Cities, is endeavoring to effect
some satisfactory adjustment of the
difficulty to the end that there shall
be no occasion for grivances in the
future.
1nasmuch as negotiations are now
in progress, and the status of affairs
undetermined, it would serve no good
purpose to publish the names of the
aggrieved locals, as hopes are enter
tanned by those having the matter in
charge, that an adjustment of all
grievances will soon be had in a man
ner satisfactory to all concerned.
Brother Halls report covers number
of other questions, one Of which is
particularly gratifying, namely, the
organizing of women workers in the
city Of Minneapolis. He states that
the enthusiasm shown by these women
wage earners, is an earnest of the
splendid support that Is sure to be
forth coming from them in the near
future. ...%...,<s55J5tsl i, ..... !
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-07-15
STRAW VOTE FOR I !.
]. SCHOOL DIRECTORS
Canvas By Labor World Reporter
Elects Two Business Men and !.
(: One Lawyer. >':s.i
Public Sentiment Preponderates
Strongly in Favor Of the
Men Named. s..>

A Labor World reporter took a
straw vote Of several hundred Of
flee and business men, to ascertain
wich three Of the ten candidates
for school directors were the choice
of the voters. ..E'> z 5.-. ,r:sA:.
The result shows an overwhelm-
ing preponderance in favor Of, w. E..
Magner, A. II. Krieger and G. w. c..
Ross. i. -. ~1*>S
With all due respect to the other
nine candidates the Judgment Of the
STRAW voters" If made conclusive
at today's school election, would not
occasion any regret, as the three men
named are well qualified to discharge
every duty incumbent upon members
Of the Board Of Education. q.
Mr.. Magner has already demon-
strated his ability to serve the peo-
pie we'll, for he Is now president
Of the board. Mr.. Krieger is a pro-
gressfve and public spirited citizen, as
well as a successful business man;
Mr.. Ross is universally regarded as
an upright competent and scholarly
limb Of the law and would make
g. valuable acquisition to the MEM
bership. Of the. board. js ss1 .s.sl s.9e*,
All of the i ten candidates are
good men from a moral stand point,
but with malice toward none and
charity for ALL" 1t is safe tO assert
that goodness is not the only quail
fication required for usefulnesa and
efficiency Of the Board OF Educa-
ton. There are other qualifications
equally as sindispensabl BILE. ii On review
ing the list Of candidates the convic-
ton forces itself upon our mind that
the school district would not fare
very badly If the entire ten con-
stituted the Board Of Education. It
speaks well for our people to have
SO many available candidates for
such important positions. s$$sff
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-07-15
HA 4YOLIDAY GIVEN & g
e STORE EMPLOYEES
Duluth G "IStores and Butcher
Shops y r. &e Every Thurs
,~. q. %,sTNoon.
Only Exception Rule May. Be
Few Disgrp ABy Sell
fishny a

A plan which has< been found
highly satisfactory in eastern cities
has been put in vogue in Duluth this
week.
1t is to give all employees of gro
cery stores and butcher shops half
holiday every Thursday afternoon.
It is expected that there will be
some few violations, but public senti-
ment will probably have its effect
and the scheme will no doubt have
the desired effect, resulting in the
giving of a half holiday to the en-
ployes of all retail grocery stores
once a week. The WHOLESALERS have
already adopted the scheme as we'll
as the retail meat dealers, and there
is no apparent reason why it should
rot work out successfully with the
grOcers. .&&:-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-07-15
SAFE CRACKING BY
DETECTIVE BURNS
Practice Was Resorted to During
the Notorious San Francisco
Bribing Cases
The Burglar Detective Now Said
to Be in Hiding in Some
Part of England.
BY National Socialist Press.


LOS ANGELES, Cal, July 13.-
That Burns methods in breaking
open John ]. McNamara's safe in
Indianapolis is not all new is shown
by reference to the files of news
papers showing where the Burns men
In San Francisco cracked the safe
of Pat Calhoun a little over two years
ago. - ,..z...a- M ~, 49,.
When John J. McNamara's safe
was cracked, according to Kappa
ports statement. valuable papers and
$422 were stolen tnerefrom and the
Burns thugs have made no pretense
Of accounting for it. NJ; !, .5@,.= I; = 4.
At the time the San Francisco safe
cracking took place. Los Angeles
Times was in the pay Of Calhoun,
the notorious railroad president and
accused briber. Otis paper was Bit
ter against Burns and it daily ex-
coriated at e the. detective for his me-
thods. %48 535.'i. i. Il .Sa s4:54 i. Al HIM ,5
In an editorial of March so, 1909
the Times said: "Bill Burns will
probably find out before he goes
/ much Fl further that he. is Just as amen
able to the i. Ia aw--just as amenable
as any, safe cracker. z z Is: III @ 9s 8E$
y That was long before Burns did
his kidnapping act for which he IS
now under ind dicsm ent III Indianap polis.
Burns is IN hiding III England. sg @*
Police Detective James Hosick Of
Los Angeles who Is under Indictment
In indianapolis with Burns on the
same felony charge has not returned
to- his haunts around Los Angeles ana
there d Is , parent attempt 10 ap-
|prehend
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-07-15
men MAKING STRIKE
:. PAY THEM DIVIDENDS. DIV ! /
.F, fr ~a:. - 51ITI17 I-17T--- -s,, = .-e,~l \
Portland Oregon Journey Men
Plumbers Have Improved on
Former Strike Methods,
STRIKERS HAVE STARTED
T A COOPERATIVE CONCERN
New Organization Getting All the
Work That the Men Can
Handle At Good Prices.

PORTLAND, Ore, July 13.-(spe-
cial to Labor World)-There is a.
better way of running strike than
the starve- and struggle scheme. and
some journeymen plumbers found it.
A few weeks ago the boss plum
bers, backed by the coast-wide En-
ployers' Alliance, started things with
the Portland plumbers. The same
Tacoma, and it looked easy, for it's
pretty hard to get up any public SYM
pathy for a plumber.
What the Men Did.
But the Portland plumbers didn't
get mad and hire hall and shout
and beat up few dozen strike
breakers. They got together, $50 of
them, organized plumbing corpora
ton, went out after the work of the
bosses, cut the prices down 80 per
cent and made money by striking.
A.. $6-a-day plumber can't keep fat
on S. a-week strike benefit; but
$50 of them, putting up SO each, can
buy a shop. get supplies by the car
load and all the work in sight.
It is no helter-skelter, haphazard
society, thrown together ,for week
to scare the bosses.
The Northwest Plumbing and Heat
ing company of Portland Is incor-
porated for $4,000, owns two shops,
has 200 men at work, and when the
Portland bosses decide they have had
enough the association will move to
Tacoma or Seattle, and the good old
motto, Competition is the life of
trade" will get rubbed into the bosses
until they are good.
Methods of Operation.
Instead of loafing: or talking the
Portland plumbers fought a. com bine
with another combine ana got the
business. .. + ..,
And when the plumbing situation
in the Northwest is settled to the
satisfaction of the union men this
same cooperative concern will go in
to the next fight. There's already
being a start made toward helping
out the structural iron workers.
Also, by the time this concern gets
through with Tacoma and Seattle, it
will have enough money to go into
any sort of business it sees fit, and
if any union wants help the corpora
ton will be on the job.
The officers of the corporation
each draws 81 a year salary, 6 per
cent is invested in the corporation.
and only union men can belong.
There are no organization or lobbying
expenses.
This organization, backed by some
big progressive leaders in Oregon,
who are keeping way in the back
ground, is the first definite fighting
force that seems likely to be able
to cope with the coast-wide EN-
ployers' association.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-07-15
AMERICAN DEL ECtATE
TO EUROPEAN CONVENTION
James Duncan, Elected Delegate BY
American Federation Of Labor
!: !: to International Secretariat. sssa|

q. WASHINGTON 8E July 81 / s. 5. James
Duncan, delegate to. the Internal tional
Secretariat, will sail on the steamship
Carmania at 10 q. m. on July 12. Mr.
Duncan has mapped out quite an itin-
erary IN order to come IN personal
contact with the Representatives i OF
organized labor OF Europe His ems
tensive knowledge OF the organized
labor movement Of this countr will
und dly prove Of estimable VAL
ue to the delegates to the convention
OF wlich Ii he has been chosen as the
American representa- tive. M
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-07-15
Senate and House Advocates See
Chance to Place An Open
ing Wedge.
BOTH SIDES OF CONGRESS
PREPARING FOR THE FRAY
Eleven Parcels Post Measures
Now Pending Before the
Lower House..

" l.. ", July
(Secial to Labor World).-The hear
lngs before the house committee on
postoffices and arguments for and
against the parcels post have brought
near the long promised legislative
battle over the proposition, and both
sides of congress are preparing for
the. fray.
The question has long been agitated
and has now reached the point where
it's advocates believe they see an op-
portunity for the entering wedge
which will inaugurate the system in
this country as it is established in
most Of the countries of the world.
Bourne to Investigate.
Senator Bourne, progressive Re-
publican and chairman of the sem
ate committee on postoffices and
postroads, has introduced a resolu-
ton directing his committee to deter
mine the steps necessary to amend
the postal laws so as to permit es-
tablishment of the parcels post. No
bill has been offered in the senate
looking to the Inauguration of the
system, but it is the intention of
the senator from Oregon to draft
such measures, following the inquiry
which his committee will make, if
thorize it.
Eleven Bills Pending.
While the subject of parcels post
legislation is not included as a part
of the rogramme of legislation of
the house for this session, there have
been introduced in the house since
the session began eleven measures
providing for the blishment of
the system, All of these bills are
designed to have the parcels post
established by degrees, to have It
started and tried out on rural routes.
Only one of the eleven bills provides
for a general parcels post, with a
limit of eleven pounds to the pack
age, the same as provided by all save
one Of the countries with which the
United States has a postal conven-
tion.
Profits of Express Companies.
A glance at the profits made by
the express companies shows the rea-
son why such legislation is so bit
terly opposed by them. In 1909 the
gross receipts of the American Ex-
press company were $31,909,721. Its
net earnings from the express busi-
ness were $1,S09,254, upon a capt.
talization of $1,716,0O4 the capital in
vested in the company of 1866 per
cent.
During that same year the net pro-
fits of the Wells-Fargo Express COM
pany were 7O.7 er cent. Net earnings
Of the Adams Express company, the
Southern Express companies were
correspondingly large.
In 1909 the various railroads of
the country received from these four
big express companies sums for carry
Ing express as follows:
From the Adams Express company,
$14.945,S96.56.
From the American Express COM
pany, $14,621O72.16.
From the Wells-Farge Express
company $11,416,109.60.
From the United States Express
company, $7,S82.9O6.9s.
Parcels post legislation has been
recommended oy President Taft in
one of his messages to congress. and
has several times been recommended
by the postmaster general in his
annual reports.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-07-15

Bartlesyille. ok he car penters
.of this city recently succeeded in ne
lEotiating a new q scale hereby the
men receive an increase Ia 4 vag ofs|
s40 cent? 1sIss,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-07-15

:E'e Better s. talk yourself up than run
other people down. 5..
$33 Do the things YOU q on + have to do
nov. and save trouble later. 5st3sss
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-07-15
SUMS CoNTRIBUT 10 .5
tS THE DEF Sc: FUND
Mcnamara Defense Len Ne Of Duluth
+ Makes Report Of Reipts and
" il, Disbursements. ,$f,, p
Cigarmakers and Trat Assembly
the Largest IndividuSt Contribu-
!. y / i. tors Thus ESr ss5ss \. .* e.,, e a

= The Labor World sissSin receipt Of
a communication from the secretary
treasurer Of the McNaanara Defense
league, giving the receipts and dis
bursements Of the leagus as follows:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-05
The Salt In the Sea.

no Salt In the Sea.
 The PythaRoreans held that the sea was salt by reason of the tears shed by Kronos, father of Zeus. According to the old Hebraic tradition, the ocean was originally a great body of fresh water, but which was made salt by the abundant tears of the fallen angels f0ne sect of Buddhists believe that Lots wife-that is to say. the pillar of .Salt" which was once the wife of the phnmble gentleman named above-lies ~atrthe bottom of the ocean fin certain narrow strait and that once each year the waters of all oceans flow through that narrow channel. The Ta.nud1c ewr1teFs-say that itswas never salt unti! Moses weptrrepentance after breakin. the tables of stone.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-05
sNictzy1e ckitprta1.-

London thnpkeeppra slang is Gih iect In itself ant one that Is alw&yS changing. What. then, IS d "ufcSua". ttorian?" We know not the word ta day: but, looking recently thrnu=s some eld ia@. 44s"s AafinG abert hundred ,ts..e. nark. "s,- ruzzied Je Gnd f atp..esi lo al =.",: 'aith IT describe tia3u,IT n ins >aeriefr court. Oa further ~s-Yrrh |, r.sf.f.',l 't,' 10 be Il piece ot fur&p1f.. s.,;4aee slang for , cn:tler Ii oij,a=e=.z',
 The evidence ,h' >,A1 tnt a---s p!eta tiff kelFl -s't n; vi" rn.:. 7'3t >r'.,'' n whit;t tp htSH,u~rh ..s,t5.lsfslfe5e. ooisone.i srt,l,,> 'lt' -....,t ,,t \ js1. -. thurs spear IrG .3 .:.'f..,ue n.,,s.tl~,- i.s If tue first .'!3r "c1,n ny Ti}F-l''> ai:e 'lis company i'll t wagon! ! hf dt tendant. wtiDan, tad artun.iJ bought and paid fo" some of ;0ef.s :arities. bur she died aiter hayin@ rt.:8 Dissioned the euha.tning Of an cra!s outang to add to her collection. and for this her executors refused to pay Counsel for the defense poured con tempt on the mummy of the oranE outang and called it stuffed mor. key"
 But the "nicknackitorian" won his case. His profession was more taking
 than his name Guardian
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-05
SAVES TWO LIVES.

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-05
SOLVES 4 DEEP MYSTERY.

"I want to thank you from the bot tom of my heart" wrote c. B. Rader, of Lewisburg, W. Va, for the wond- erful double benefit I got from Electric Bitters, in curing me of both a severe case of stomach trouble and of rheumatism, from which I had been an almost helpless sufferer for ten years. It suited my case as though made just for me- For dyspepsia. indigestion, jaundice and to rid the system of kidney poisons that cause rheumatism, Electric Bittere has no equal. Try them. Every bottle is guaranteed to satisfy. Only soc at All Druggists.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-05
fMTtIrs A. z
 tVNO tgt S4 L. L.
some interference Wireless Operator,
 Cannot Overcome.

Some Interference Wireless OperStorc
 Cannot Overcome.
 Few are the steamer passengers wEo fail to visit the wireless office apoard ship 10 watch the operation of the in- struments and to question the oper- ator. Needless to say, the technical understanding of the well meaning visitors is a variable quantity. The operator must listen to wondering ex. clamations, original suggestions for the improvement of the service. dis' courses on the relations between wire less telegraphy and spirituaism and other doubtful topics with uniform courtesy. At times. however. t,ia strain Is too great. It was a lady pas Benger with an eye for details who came to the wireless room and looked wonderingly in.
 "Oh, here's the wireless! May come in? Isn't 1t wonderful to think Of sending those those waves-yol call them waves. don't you? How ia cina ting to work at this! Are tho jars filled with water%'' "Ihose are condenser jars, mada quite empty"
 Really? I don't believe coui, ever understand it. That coil of win looks like a hirdcage."
 That is the fnductance helix"
 "What are those things over your ears?'
 'The receiving telephones"
 'Then you have telephone connec- l don too. One can hardly keep up with the times these days. What does that coil do?'
 That is the receiving tuner and ,n reference preventer." Wonderful. Does i. keep out all in. l terference?'
 Not all." replied the operator wea- nly. Some kinds of interference can't be tuned out we just have to stand lt."-Youth's Companion.