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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-06-08
News Gatherer
From Los Angeles.

The men We're charged with con-
spring to break the infamous ant
picketing ordinance which was
placed on the books at the insti-
CATION of the Merchants and Man
ufacturers' Association in hope of
breaking the strike of the several
Thousand brewery workers and the
metal trade unions of Los Angeles.
There have been over 400 arrests
under the ordinance and only four
convictions. Two score of workers
are awaiting trial now on the charge
of picketing. Many of these are
brewery workers who have won
their strike and gone back to work.
Prosecutions under the anti-picket
law continue and a small messenger
boy is awaiting trial on charge of
violating the ordinance.
At the recent Socialist city con-
vention resolutions were adopted
ccndemning the so-called Good Gov
.ernment administration for perse-
cution of workers under the infa-
nous law. The Socialists pledged
their moral and financial support to
the strikers and the prosecuted
workers.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-06-08
Shopmen Strike

Washington. June 3.-The strike
among the shopmen of the Pennsy1-
vania Railroad is spreading. Organ
izers have been endeavoring to or
ganize the men in Altoona ever since
the Pittsburg division went ont but
not until few days ago was any
progress made. Reports Just re-
ceived contain the information that
large mum Der of men in Altoona
have been taken into the union with
the alternative in view of a settle
ment with the company or general
strike of the shopmen at that place.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-06-08
Bakers Get Bc1rcr Hours.

Los Angeles bakers are winning
their battle for shorter hours On
May /, a demand was made for a
reduction of hours OF labor 4 nine
hour day WAS the stand taken by
the men and nearly every bakery
of Importance has signed the agree
ment. 4 strike is on in the shop
of the Meek Baking Company and
one other large establishment. So
cialistS of Los Angeles and vicinity
are exerting every effort to assist
the strikers, and their work among
the Srocers is hourly having good
effect in bringing the employers to
time
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-06-08

Charleston. w Va. June 3, 1911
Editor La Dor Argus:
] am not a Socialist. but Re-
publican who stanos for a more
progressive Republicanism. I am
also newspaper man who would
like to see the State and national
press break some OF the fetters
which bind it to customs hoar and
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-06-08
LABOR ARGUR, 3-MORRIS.
Carpenters Win their Strike.

Over thousand carpenters went
on strike in Los Angeles May /,
demanding 81. d day, the minimum
scale in the other cities on the Pa
cific coast. The strike has proven
successful and all except about $50
men have returned to work at the
increased schedule.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-06-08
Defense Wins First SkirmiSh

Clarence Darrow and Job Harri-
man. chief counsel for the defense
of the Mcnamara brothers. had lit
tie difficulty in winning their first
skirmish with the prosecution when
the hearing was given or the de-
fense's request for more time to
prepare plea.
District Attorney John D. Fred
ricks iterposed a number of objec-
tions to the request for more time
to plead but he made no impress
ions and the date for the pleading
was set for July >
At that time Darrow and Harri-
man will ask that the indictments S
all be quaShed. Strong representa-
tion will be made, and it is believed
Judge Bordwell will require several
days to go over the request. An
Investigation of the. makeup of the
grand jury that returned the in
dictmentS is one of the plans of
the defense. Some startling dis
closures are expected as to the affil-
iations. Sympathies and interests of
some of the jurors.
Clarence Darrow will go to In
danopolis and take up investigation
of the case at that end. Job Harri-
man will have full charge of the
case in Los Angeles.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-06-08
BERGER ON THE
MCNAMARA CASE
AND OTHER MATTERS OF IMPORTANCE

(Bv National Socialist Press


ever stop official kidnapping in the
United States. Socialist Representa-
tive Berger has introduced a bill
in the House providing drastic pun
ishmcnt to any person denying an
alleged fugitive from justice all his
rights.
This bill was introduced follow
ing the decision of the Rules Com
mittce TO submit to Congress all the
testimony relating to the Mcnamara
Kidnapping for the purpose of fur
thering legislation against Irregular
arrests and extraditions. The COM
mittcc has ordered that all the evil
dencc be printed as an official House
document SsIETSEp
The members of the Rules Com
mttcc. without a dissenting voice.
declared that Representative Ber-
ger. Attorney Rappaport and Pres
idcnt Ryan of the Structural IRON
workers union had proved their
case: that special Investigation
would probably add nothing of val
No to the testimony already pre-
sent"d and that t:e presentation to
Congress would give the Judiciary
committee reasons for passing anti
kiinapping LEGISLATION.
Since Congress can not pass an
ex post facto law which would bring
about the return of Mcnamara to
Indiana. the next hest thing is to
make kidnappinr impossible In the
future.
Bcrccr's bill provides that no nor-
son arrested as a fugitive of ius-
ticc shall be delivered to the agent
of The demanding State or Terri
torv until such person shall have
been first taken before a court of
record in such State or Tcrritory
and shall have been given annie
opportunity to notify friends. and
to obtain counsel. and to test the
suNicicncy of the extradition pro-
cecdings by habeas corpus or by
other proceedings.'
ANY Judge. policeman. detective,
or private person, who violates this
provision Is to be fined not more
than $1,000, or imprisoned for not
more than ten wears.
Another important feature of
Bcrc"r'S bill is that it provides for
the return of the prisoner to the
Jurisdiction from which he was ta-
ken in case the alleged fugitive
,.,, ,,. , 80, ;, -.
rights before eXtradition
II this last provision were on the
statute books today, Mcnamara
could be returned TO Indiana
This bill also defines the term
fugitive to mean a person actually
withju the State when the alleged
Grim" was committed. In the Nc
Namara case no one seriously con-
'"nds that the labor leader was in
California at the time of the Times
building explosion.
Th" Socialist ConEresSm anti
kidnapping bill was referred to the
Committee on Judiciary This is
'h" committee which will receive
from the Rules Committee copy
Of all the testimony recently taken
on 'hc Mcnamara case.
~ usual the capitalist press has
printed false reports regarding the
outcome of the original Berger res
Investigation. While it is true that
me committee declined to order a
special iuvestisation. it lis also a
fa~r that the committee held two
long hearings which we're broad
enough to be tcrm.d an investiga-
no0
All .ho evidence that Rerrer and
n" unions ronrosont,.i,.es could
hoy bavc boo, ,,.,,.,.;, o., ,-
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-06-08
THE TRUTH AND
JOHN ELLINGTON

Old Under the caption of The
Truth and John Ellington the ac-
companying poem by L. H. Robbins,
was published in the Newark, On.
ID Evening News of December 80,
1909. For reasons that are obvious.
the poem was not widely copied.
Golfers Weekly resurrected it a few.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-06-08
Victory for the Workers

Job Hartman won victory for
the workers Monday morning when
the cases against 2S striking strnct-
nral iron workers We're dismissed in
Judge Chambers department of the
city court.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-06-08
Otis Still Forces His Wage
Slaves to Work in
Death Trap.
LABOR ARGUS. 2-MORRIS
(By National Socialist Press.


Los Angeles, Cal, June-''A
death trap as bad as the old TIMES
building" is the verdict OF the fire
inspectors who Investigated the
auxiliary, where the machinery is
IN operation for publishing Los An
Seles Times.
Ninety men working in the COM
posing room, crowded into close
quarters, the gas and fumes from
the metal pots making the atmos-
phere almost unbearable; windows
heavily barred and two of the three
doors locked and blocked, the loss
OF life in case of another gas cx-
plosion, would amount to nearly
every person confined in the old
fire trap" This S the utterance of
Il man who inspected the old ram
shackle building where II. c. Otis
Is sweating his employees in San Fer
nando street.
Another TIMES shop where apor-
tlon of the mechanical work is done,
at Broadway. near First street, Fire
Chief Eley found only one exit, $50
feet from the street. Bars were
across the only window. Gas pipes
were exposed and tables and stock
prevented easy access to the only
ordered cut away and the doors in
the san Fernando street rookery
ordered unlocked. The owner of
the TIMES was censured by the
fire cheif for conducting death traps
Otis also secretly owns the Los
Angeles HERALD. The ownership
has been denied thousand times
but that has been a part of the hy-
pocricy that has been practiced on
the public. The Herald is run as a
emocratic-Good Government news
paper; the Times is Republican re-
dictionary. No matter, then. who
has been elected to Office, Otis has
virtually owned ana operated the
city and county government The
value of this was demonstrated by
his ability after the gas explosion
had destroyed the Times. to select
a coroner's jury. grand jury and
the municipal investigating commit
tee.
The Herald plant is another Otis
death trap and has been long so
recognized by the men employed
there. The composing room is with
in few feet of the Broadway plant
of the Times
This is the sort of places MAIN
IdlHcu DH lHe man VINO Is eScrtlnE E
every effort to convince the public
that Union labor men blew up his
plant with dynamite. Armed thugs
surround the Times plant and every
pretense is maintained to bolstar
up the theory that labor unions are
dangerous institutions.
Witnesses by the score are being
unearthed by the defense. and no
matter how strong the frameup. or
the character of the confessions
there will be little difficulty in show
ing that dynamite was not used in
the destruction of the Times. Near
ly all the evidence showing the
presence of dangerous amount OF
gas nthe building just previous to
the explosion was carefully kept
from the ''investigating' committee
and from the public.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-06-08
Eight Hour Iaw RpSt,ItS

Thousands of toiling men and wo-
men are enjoying the benefits of
the reduced time of labor under the
eieht-hours-for-wo law which
went into effect May 30. Only la
bor-haters and merciless exploiters
of women are obiccting. Southern
California Hotel Mems Association
has a fund. filched from the women
under a wage reduction, to fight the
bill.
n. G. Otis. publisher of the Times
has ischarged eight women en-
'ployeS. They were among the he
roines" of the fire, and had been
promised life time employment for
their fidelity. The foreman of the
department where they were employ
ed. arranged ii satisfactory schedule
for the women under the law but
Otis rejected it declaring they could
not earn their salaries unless they
worked II hours. He ordered their
immediate discharge.
F. Ira Bender. a. b. Maple and
Bert II. Connors have been indicted
on charge of conspiring to dyna-
mite the Hall of Records in Los
Angeles. last September. Bender is
an official of the Blacksmith's union
and is known to be innocent of the
charge. The other two men were
little known in Los Angeles, but
both had drawn strike benefits from
the iron workers. The bail was
placed at $25.00O. a preposterous
figure for the offense charged The
reports that Connors made a con-
fession duplicating others was re-
futed by Connors himself who de-
clares all statements to that effect
were false. J. ManSell Parks, who
was arrested as an accomplice. turn
ed out to be a stool-piEeon for Sam
Browne. the dissrlct attorneys
chief detective. Burns and the local
police are furious at the springing
of the flimsy Connors caSe-which
seems to be desperate effort on
the part of the district attorneys
office to justify the expenditure of
the county's money for gum-shoe
work.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-06-08

We are advancing slowly At pres
fent there are only few idiots who
say we have no classes in America.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-06-08

'oML aord NO daaNIINoo
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Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1911-10-26
St. Onge Man Has Valuable Calf

Deadwood, Oct. 25.-In or
der to settle law suit over the
possession of a calf, between FREQ
Rose and James McNeill, two st.
Onge farmers, Justice Ackerman
subpoenaed the calf into court
to determine the brand. The trial
had dragged for twelve hours,
far into the night, when the JUS
tice decided that the calf's pres
ence was necessary to end the
trouble.
AS soon as he had issued the
subpoena the litigants got to-
gether and settled by giving the
calf to McNeill. The ten dollar
calf cost over 500 before it's
ownership was settled.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1911-10-26
Explosive Mosquitoes

From Tarrytown, N. Y, comes
a pleasant tale of mosquitoes that
get on gasoline jags and then ex-
plode, to the terror of the inhab-
Itants of Tarrytown, and one
James Brady is mentioned as
having been badly burned by a
fire in his mattress started by
mosquito with it's tank full Of
gasoline, which came too near
while MIR. Brady was filling his
pipe, and exploded. This is about
che meanest thing the mosquito
nas done yet. When We had
thought we had discovered u
sure way to get rid of mosqui-
toes by using literally the pro-
duet of the Standard Oil COM
pany, 1t appears that the mos
quitoes are trying to become i'm
mune by absorbing gasoline into
their systems. This is going to
make it more difficult to abate
che mosquito pest, and in a way
It is blow at the presidential as
pirations of the Hon. Woodrow
Wilson, who has been taunted
with the fact that while Presi-
dent Taft has rid the Isthmus of
i'anama of mosquitoes, Governor
Wilson has not yet proven his
ability to do the same thing for
New Jersey.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1911-10-26
Monday Meeting in Pierre

Pierre, Oct. 23.-An interest
ed crowd of several hundred gath
cred at the auditorium in this ci-
ty at IL o'clock this morning to
hear talks ON irrigation by men
who have taken up the work
practically and made a success
of it, as we'll as others who are
working out the problem of secur
ing water by gathering it in stor-
age reservoirs and other means
Of retaining it for use when
needed. The party this afternoon
visited the irrigated tracts near
Fort Pierre ITO observe the prac-
tical workings Of handling water.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1911-10-26

this respect, at least. He be-
lieves in the road work being
done in a thorough, efficient and
practical manner
Any officer, from highest to
lowest, that has performed all
the functions of his office with
fidelity and discretion, is fairly
entitled to an expression of the
appreciation and appreciation
Of the public. An examination
Of the road work done in Brady
township this year is sufficient
evidence of the fidelity and abil-
ity OF Mr.. Bennett. But all the
praise must not be given to him.
The alacrity with which the
farmers responded to his call,
and the good, solid, hard days
work they have done ON the road
evidences the public spirit and
enterprise of our people.
This is as it should be. There
is no surer or better way of
Judging of the progressive spirit
OF community than by the way
their roads are made and kept.
The people of Brady township
are making and will make very
nice, good roads leading towards
Philip, and we hope and trust
the people Of the city and of the
township of Philip will meet them
at the base line and continue the
good road down the draw to the
citadel of the town.
"A. l.. Potter.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1911-10-26
Pay for Beadle Statue

Pierre, Oct. 25.-At a meeting
Of the Beadle Statue commission,
the work of III. Daniel Webster
was accepted and paid for. The
principal matter of discussion on
the part of the commission was
the disposal of the surplus funds,
amounting to nearly $4,000.
Claims have been made upon
this fund for the placing of the
.oherrard and Mellette tablets in
the state building for a replica
of the Beadle statue at Madison
normal and for the erection of a
memorial building on the state
fair grounds. After discussion
and consideration of all these
plans, no action was taken, the
whole matter being handed back
to the state association for any
action that body might desire to
take without any recommendation
on thee part of the commission.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1911-10-26
EDITOR SENN LOSES SUIT
Deadwood Jury Declines to Give
Him Verdict for Damares

Deadwood, Oct. 25.-In the
circuit court here the case of E.
l.. Sem, publisher of the Dead
wood Telegram and a syndicate
of newspapers west of the Mis-
souri,, against Pat l.. Carr, a local
saloonkeeper, suit for 5000
damages, growing out of an al
legged assault by Carr upon Sem
as the result of articles published
IN Sem s paper at the time of
the moral crusade, which institut-
ed and which resulted in the
cleaning out of gambling and
dance halls in Deadwood, was
concluded.
The jury returning a verdict
III favor of the defendant Carr,
on all the issues involved.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1911-10-26
Woman Draws First Prize

Winner No. | in the Rosebud
land lottery is Mary j. Kendall,
626 st. Joseph street, Rapid City
This prize is valued at $4,000
Other winners are as follows
No " t'raLl; -. Dowles of
Gregory.
No. 3, William Do:i.Hr.,r of
Mccain, Mo.
No. 4, Sol. d. johnson cf Kel-
lerville, Ill.
No. 5, Charles G.. Ordeze, of
Rapid City.
Other names include the fol-
lowing:
No. 10, Fred A. Dudach of Fair
fax; No. II, Harry F. Chamber
lain of Clifton; No. IL, Emma
Auerswold of Harrick; No. 13, j.
Holm of Colome; No. II, Michael
j. McGarr of Piedmont; No. Is
Albert Nauman of Warrensburg,
Ill.,; No. l9, Frank Bleha of Gam
Valley; No. 20, Will Bett Arm
strong of Ottumwa, Ia; No. 81,
Frank Hakel of Tyndall; No %,
Nick A. Farrell of Metamora,
Ill.,; No. "a, Frank S. Richardson
of Sioux Falls; No. rs, Harry f.
Atwood of Villisca, Ia.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1911-10-26
MORE IRRIGATION PERMITS
State Engineer Office Allows
Appropriation of Water

Pierre, Oct. 25.-The state en-
gineer $ office has granted per-
NIT to George Sanders, chairman
of the Rapid Valley Irrigation
company, of Caputa, for the
right to appropriate siXty-five
second feet of the waters of Rap
id and Dry creeks. This project
contemplates the irrigation of
about $500 acres of land.
The department has issued a
permit to William Hickok, of Ka-
dOka, for the right to appropri-
ate 2.45 second feet of the wat
ers of White river for the irriga-
ton of IT'S acres of land. This
project is one of the first in that
part of the state and has been es-
tablished by the pumping of wa
ter from White river. 1t is being
watched by the residents of the
southwestern portion of Stanley
county, and if it can be shown to
be a success, it will be followed
by numerous other such plants
along White river.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1911-10-26
OUT OF THE GINGER JAR

Most rat holes will bear look
ing into.
Ism t the lover who braves the
storm rain-beau7
1t doesn' I require an axe to
cut an acquaintance.
Corn on the cob is more accept
able than corn on the foot.
There is no impropriety in us
ing a spring wagon in the fall.
Women are vain, but men are
much more so and with far less
reason.
1t isn't very long before the
good fellow is a poor fel-
iow."
Many man is in great fear
that he will get all that is com
ing to him.
We notice that most people wht
are consumed by curiosity still
survive.
If our mistakes teach us moth
ing it were hardly worth while
to make them.
Though we may never have
lOst any, most of us are looking
ior money all the same.
A hen will spend "A whole day
getting up an egg that a
hungry man can eat ilr minute.
Here is good question for
Iyceums to discuss this winer:
How much is enough?'' >"
When you buy balky horse
you may not pay for any harness
put you will be sure to get hal
ter.
The wise man does not let his
Wl1e near nm boast that he is a
good manager; she knows better.
Don t wait for success to come
IN your yard. Grab it by the
;ollar and yank it inside the gate
Stranger: "Can you direct me
20 a bank?' Villager: "Sorry,
sir; but IN not bank direc-
cor"
lie was an ambitious youth, the
simple life was not for him. He
was determined to 60 upon the
stage. His persistence won the
day. He now drives the stage
between Upham S Corners and
Newton Center.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1911-10-26
EFFICIENT ROAD WORK

1t is said after Gen. Taylor s
brilliant victories in the Mexican
war had given him world renown
his neighbors thought to play a
practical joe kon him by elect
ing him road overseer. They had
no thought or expectation that
he would accept the office or
direct the work. They reconked
without their host. He did direct
the work, and it is said the
roads were the most thoroughly
worked that year they ever had
been.
Our present very efficient road
overseer, D. w. Bennett, is much
like old Rough and Ready in
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1911-10-26
Nothing to Eat

The bachelor homesteader may
craftily play for sympathy by re-
iating stories of the miseries of
a lonely, but the Dupree claim
holder, Of whom the Leader tells
us, apparently doesn't spend his
time in framing up hard luck
stories. Although confronted
with unexpected company, he wai
able to set out substantial re-
freshments, which the Leader
speaks Of as follows: "The home
made light bread fresh from the
oven, the juicy roast of beef with
Drowned gravy, the home grown
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1911-10-26

Pierre, Oct. 25.-A moving pic
ture outfit held the field in the
Philip buffalo pasture for some
time this week, in which an old
time buffalo hunting scene was
run on the reels. A number of
Indians were secured to take q
part, some of them working with
bows and arrows. A number of
people were out to watch the
operations, which included the
killing of one Of the herd by the
old time hunters, to make the
pictures more realistic.