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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-03-02
WILL HEAR MITCHELL
SPEAK At SUPERIOR
Large Number of Duluth Work.
ingmen to Hear Great Mine
Worker Leader Soon.

Duluth union men are planning to
go to Superior on the evening of Mar.
II. to- hear John Mitchell. who will
speak at the Grand opera house at
that time.
Attempts we're made to have Mr..
Mitchell speak in Duluth on the day
following his speech in Superior, but
the plans fell through at the last nadn-
ute.
Mr.. Mitchell is one of the best
known labor speakers in the country
today and the Grand opera house will
undoubtedly be filled for his Superior
appearance.
1t was thought that Mr.. Mitchell
could be secured for a speaking en-
ga cement in Duluth and a COMMITTEES
from the Trades and Labor assembly
had the matter in charge, but the
time drew near for the Superior date
and the. time became too. short to
properly advertise the lecture
Mr.. Mitchell will surely have a mes
sage. for labOring men at the Head OF
the Lakes that Is really worth hear
fn The Duluth men may arrange to
have, special cars and attend the Supe-
rior meeting in body.
Duluth and Superior unionists have
not as great an opportunity to hear
the really great labor speakers as Of
ten as do the union men who are fort.
unate enough to live nearer the cen.
ter OF. population.
These cities are some what out, Of
the beaten tracks taken by prominent
men and when they do come, they us.
ually get the warmest sort of recep.
ton. :J>t ,..,......
Mr.. Mitchell has hundreds Of ad.
mirers at the Head of the Lakes and
Ethe Superior meeting will without a
doubt be a great success in every way
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-03-02
c0Nv|CTS F[0GGED IN
STEEL TRUST PLANTS
Strong Testimony Given Before
: Congressional Committee
by Magazine Writer

3. WASHINGTON, March 1.-The
convict labor. conditions that prevail
in the operation of subsidiary plants
Of the United States Steel company,
particularly in Alabama, were recent
Investigating committee.
Shelby M. Morrison of New York,
a magazine writer, testified that he
had made an exhaustive investiga-
ton of these conditions. Mr.. Harri-
son told Of the large number of state
and county convicts in the camps of
Ala bama, and Of minor offenses for
which some. of these men had been
convicted, and as a penalty made to
work in the mines.
He stated that the men who created
no other offense than walking ON the
right of way of railroads had been
arrested for misdemeanor, convicted
and ordered towork in the mines.
Mr.. Harrison said that the State
of Alabama derived an annual re-
Venue of about 100000 from con-
vict labor, leases, and that the war
dens in the labor camps. who fire.
4ueAtly 1loe TIE. COuVlClS, are EN-
ployes Of the steel company.
Mr.. Harrison also stated that he
once saw prisoner flogged with a
three-ply leather strap. Mr.. Stanley,
chairman Of the investigating COM
mittee, inquired particularly if the
men convicted Of misdemeanors were
walking on railroad right of way,
playing golf on Sunday and similar
offenses, were subject to flogging as
punishment in the camps, and Mr..
Harrison replied affirmatively
Mr.. Harrison said that the con-
vict laborers are forced to lie flat
on" their faces to be flogged, a strap
five, feet long usually being the in
strument Of torture, with fifteen
lashes the usual punishment.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-03-02
ADOPT WHITE LIST: TO-.
SUPPLANT BLACK LIST
Consumers League Of Washington
Use Novel Means to Wipe
Out Sweat Shops

WASHINGTON. March 1.-As a
part. Of its campaign TO- better The
working conditions of women and
children in Washington, as we'll as the
women and children employed in
factories, in stores, and in their
homes throughout the country, the
Consumers League Of the District Of
Columbia has just held an, exhibit in
the parish hall of Epiphany church
The desire of thcConsumers
League is to do away with sweat
shop and tenement laborer, not only to
aid the workers oy compelling manu-
facturers to have their work done IL,
sanitary factories at living wages, but
also to safeguard the consumers
from the danger Of disease.
Babies whicn are c!other in tac
finely made caps and dresses, made
in sweatshops, are in danger of be-
ing affectedwith consumption and
other diseases. The consumers
League has adopted a label to be
placed on goods manufactured un-
der sanitary conditions at fair wages,
and sixty-five factories have aadopted
this label, after satisfying the league
that the conditions under which the
employees are employed were proper
The establishment of minimum
wage boarding and the enactment OF
laws curtailing the hours of labor
for women and children are on the
program.
Especial INTEREST," n this city is be-
ing taken in the welfare of women
and girls employed in retail stores
and soon white list of stores will
be published, which will designate
the Washington stores that pay their
employees fair wages and concede fair
working hours
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-03-02
WANTS UNCLE SAM TO
BUILD BATTLE SHIPS
Trades Assembly Petitions Con-
gress to Have Government
Do Its Own Naval Work.

The meeting of the Trades Assenb-
ly last Friday evening was very quiet
and little important business was
transacted.
The assembly delegates received a
communication from the naval yard
employees at Brooklyn urging the Du-
luth unions to petition their member
of Congress to vote for the building
of one battleship in each government
navy yard, and by day labor.
The communication brought out
some interesting discussion. Some of
the delegates believed that the as
sembly ought to petition Congress
protesting against the building of any
more ships of war of any type. They
believed that labor ought to take a
decided position against every semb-
lance of war.
However, the motion to endorse the
request of the Brooklyn naval yard
employees prevailed and the secre-
tary of the assembly was directed to
forward the petition to Congressman
Miller.
A committee was appointed to look
into the matter of union barber shops,
which it is claimed are in some in
stances kept open very late at night.
This is against the rule and COM
mittee will investigate the matter. 1t
is said that some of the BARRIERS claim
that their employers give them the
option of working until late at night
or losing their jobs. AS positions are
not the most plentiful at this time OF
the year, some of the BARRIERS have
worked the late hours The propriet>
ers will be called upon by commit
tee and urged to keep their shop
open only certain number Of hours
each day.
A communication vas received from
the Chicago union of the International
Brick Tile and Terra Gotta Workers
alliance in which it was stated that
the burlington Paving Brick company
of Galesburg, I'LL, is still unfair.
A communication of Prentice Chase
of New Haven, Conn.,, called the at
tention of the assembly to. new
book, written by himself and entitled,
Labor, Law and Justice
A communication from Sen. Moses
Clapp announced that he was In favor
CT a bill wanted passed by the Duluth
Trades and Labor assembly.
Clarence B. Miller, congressman,
from this district, stated in COM
munication to the Trades assembly.
that he is very much in favor Of II. r.
j 6970 and s. 1162.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-03-02
BRITISH COAL STRIKE
APPEARS INEVITABLE

WASHINGTON, March 1.--Within
a few days it will be known Whether
or not the 100000. miners in Great
Britain will enforce their demands by
general strike.
Sir Edward Grey, the foreign 'secre-
tary, has described the impending
strike as the greatest national ca
tastrophe in, our history" The
miners are endeavoring to learn
whether foreign mine workers will
assist them. ,....
A meeting of the executive COM
mittee Of the International Miners
Federation has been held in London
. to discuss this phase of the situation.
There is also a sympathetic feeling
in the Transport Workers Federation.
From present Indications, taking
into consideration the attitude of the
coal operators, the strike is proctic-
ally Inevitable.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-03-02
HALL ASKS CONGRESS
TO STOP OPPRESSION
President of State Federation of
Labor. Sends Timely Wire to
Congressman Nye.

: Thirty thousand organized work
ers Of Minnesota demand that con-
gress bring pressure to bear upon the
municipal and state authorities, of
Lawrence, Mass, compelling reason
able and just methods instead of
mob violence and murderous attacks
upon its citizens"
This was the telegram sent to Con-
gressman Nye of Minneapolis on
Tuesday by E. G. Hall, president OF
the !; Minnesota State Federation of
Labor, in protest against the awful
condition of affairs in Lawrence and
for which the militia and civil au-
thorities are responsible.
Mr.. Hall sent the telegram after
comforting with leading men of labor
in st. Paul and Minneapolis. Tele-
grams, letters and protests are pour
ing into congress from every point
in the United States, and it is ex-
pected that congress will lose no time
in investigating the charges preferred
by organized labor.
| The militia and peace officers at
Lawrence are carrying things there
with high hand. This week the
climax came when the children of the
/ starving textile workers were being
taken to the depot to be shipped to
cities where they We're to be given
shelter and food. The sheriff stopped
the children. and arrested men, wom-
en- and children who were escorting
them to the depot.
This procedure on the part Of the
peace officers Of Lawrence is with
out parallel in American labor
troubles.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-03-02
OMITTED STATES TO
PROBE BIG STRIKE
Militia Stops Children From Be-
ing Shipped to Places Where
Food Awaits Them,
SOLDIERS AND POLICE
ENFORCE STRANGE ORDER
Men, Women and Children Ar
rested Charged With Inciting
Riot Mothers Beaten

LAWRENCE, March 1.-Fifty
policemen under command: of Mar.
shall Sullivan. and two companies Of
militia, interfered, today with the at
tempt of the strike committee to
send fifty children from the city to
outside towns where they would be
cared for. Eight women, five men
and ten children were arrested, and
rushed to the police station, charged
with melting riots.
With charges Of various nature,
from assaulting an officer to OBJ
structing the sidewalk, lodged against
them, seventy-five men, women and
children, were dragged into police
court this afternoon. Because of the
realization that the temper of the
strikers had been strained by this
latest attempt to force them to
abandon the strike, a large force of
police and militia was thrown around
the courthouse.
Whole Nation Stirred
Today's action of the police has
stirred the entire nation and hundreds,
ofmessages denouncing it are: being
received from every section of the
United States. Not alone the strikers
but the better class of citizens are
denouncing the high handed attitude
adopted by MarshalSullivan and in
sist that he violated the state and
federal constitution. When it was
pointed out to him that the children
who were taken to the station today
| to send them to Providence, and
Philadelphia to be properly cared for,
! not only had the consent of their
| parents who accompanied them to
! the station but that each individual
, child had pinned to his or her coat
card signed by either parent or
! guardian, saying they had such con-
sent, Sullivan replied: "They are not
going to ship these children out of
/ this city, and curtly refused any
I other explanation. II $ 4 s=7
Children Taken From Mothers -
The children who were dragged
| from the arms Of their mothers dur
ing this mornings riot when both
/ police and soldiers Unfortunately
dubbed men. and women and man
| handled many a woman in such a
| way that their outer garments were
| Continued Oh Page 8.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-03-02
!. ..,A!SWELl FOR TEDDY;
- :;e'ek At EBERAART
Appointn > Anoka Man to
Manage h. >osevelt Campaign
Significant
IS SHREWD POLITICIAN;
TRAINED BY WILCUTTS
Marked for Defeat by Smith Ma
chine He Turns Tables and
Beats them Badly

ST. PAUL, March 1.-Presidentia
politics are taking the center of the
state.' The national Roosevelt or
ganizdtion. Chicago, has put l. A.
Caswell, clerk Of the Supreme Court,
in charging of the Roosevelt state
organizat ton until the Roosevelt fol-
lowers in Minnesota have perfected a
state organization, after which the or
ganization will select it's own head.
1t is proboble, however, that Mr..
Caswell will be continued in this posi-
tion. He is regarded as one of the
shrewdest politicians in the state and
can be counted on to make a showing
for his favorite. Mr. Caswell is q
born insurgent and has cultivated his
natural proposition in that direction.
Beat Machine to 1t.
1t will be remembered that when
Mr.. Pidgeon was clerk Of the Su-
preme Court, he resigned in order
that Mr.. Caswell might be appointed
to the vacancy, giving him the inside
track for the nomination before the
succeeding republican convention.
This arrangement did notplease State
Chairman Ed. Smith or the rest Of
! War was Immediately declared on
! MIR. Caswell and George Dix of Ram
sey County was brought out against
him. .Caswell made the fight Of his
life to secure the nomination and
landed in the convention with both
feet, but he has not forgotten the
animus which opposed his candidacy
and has been bitter against the state
organization from that time.
Likes to Fight Smith
| 1t is prOboble that he takes more
satisfaction is opposing Smith and
Eberhart in this fight than he does in
working for Roosevelt and it will not
be at all surprising if he did cut
| in and secured the position Of nation
al committeeman as against Smith in
| this fight.
Caswell first broke into prominence
! in the memorable siver campaign OF
1895. He. was the chief lieutenant OF
Lee. sWilcutts of Duluth III the
Tow.ne-M Morris contests for Congress
and he ably managed the campaigns
in the southern portion Of the Eighth
district. How he adjusts himself tC
his old time tutor in this campaign
is beyond understanding. In an,
| event he seems to be his own master
now and his career as a real boss
Will be observed with interest.
Shouting for Roosevelt.
Just at present all the shouting
is for Roosevelt. In fact, the noisy
ones are all either with Roosevelt Of
with La Toilette. But this does MOI
mean that MIR. Taft's friends have
laid down or that they do not expec
to get q good1y share of the state
delegation to Chicago. But they ar,
not working with brass bands.
Lieutenants are called into st
Paul from the country districts one
at time, are given their instruction.
and sent home to work for Taft. L
will take a strong fight to beat Presi
dent Taft in Minnesota, in spite o
the very evident popularity amonl
the people of the ex-president.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-03-02
FEDERAL COMMISSION
TO PROBE PASS ABUSES

WASHINGTON, March LIN an
swer to, the demands from the con-
tinued complaints of violations of the
law from every city in the Union
the Interstate Commerce Commission
has. issued an. executive order for a.
rigid investigation into the alleged
abuse Of passes, franks, and free
services by the railroads of the coun-
try.
The taking of testimony and de-
positions will commence shortly in
every state in the Union. It is
stated it will take many months to
complete the gathering of evidence
and that the final report Of the COM
mission may not be arrived at before
next year
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-03-02
HEARINGS OF M0ONtfi<s
APPEAR TO Be FARCE
Queeerest Sort Of Testimony Per.
mitted to Prove Identity of
Duluth Man.
DEFENDANT MUST SUFFER
COST OF LENGTHY TRIAL,
Will Probably Be Taken to In
dianapolis-No Chance to
Hold Trial at Home.

1t is very probable that at the fin
al hearing in the series in which the
government has sought to prove the
identity of Fred J. Mooney, the Du-
luth man will be railroaded through,
and eventually sent to Indianapolis
for trial in connection with the dy-
Mantle plots of that place.
Never was there a greater farce
than the hearings which have been
going on during the present week
While the government has been al
lowed by Comm issioner Pressnell to
submit any and all kinds of flimsy
evidence, all the objections Of the at
torneys for the defense have been
tossed aside with absolutely no heed
paid to the soundness or logic of their
arguments.
The hearings might just as we'll
have been decided before they were
held as after, so far as the accused
man is concerned.
Hard to Get Square Deal
The Labor World is not now dwell
ing upon the probable guilt or in
nocence. Of Mr.. Money. 1t does say
however. that he did not get fair
snake IL the hearings. Inc rulnS
has not been made as yet, but from
the stand as taken by Commissioner
Pressnell. Mr.. Mooney will undoubt-
edly be. sent to indianapolis unless
the later moves to be made by his at
tOrneys are successful.
Two hearings have been held thus
far this week and at both of them the
Commissioner has allowed the gov.
ernment to introduce the shakes
sort Of hearsay, and he gave the ar
gument and objections of Mooney!
attorneys no heed whatever. Mr.
Mooney is represented by E. J. Ken
ny, NJ. S. Bright and w. E. Cull1in.
E. J. Brennan, a special agent from
Indianapolis, who claims to have beer
working with the district attorney:
office at that place, gathering ,evi
dence on the dynamiting cases, wa
the star witness for the government
in the recent hearings.
He stated that he did not know Mr.
Mooney, had never to his knowledg'
seen him and was not in any wa,
qualified to identify him in the reg
ular way
All he knew was that by certain
Continued on Page 8.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-03-02

If these replies are taken as a fair
expression of sentiment of the demo-
Gratis Of the state, Svery. district in the
state. is against presidential primary
with tho exception of the second,
whose committeeman favor it. two to
one.
Judge Matthews is Out.
Informltion from the seventh dis
trict is to the effect that the friends
of Judge M. E. Matthews of Marshall
are urging him as one of the dele
gates from that district. Judge Mat
~thews is one Of the old war horses
of the party and it is very probable
that If he expresses a desire to go
to Baltimore in June that the privi-
lege will be accorded him.
He has grown gray in the service
of democracy and it would be a
graceful thing on the part of the
democrats Of the seventh to honor
him on this occasion.
Usual Fight in Hennepin.
The one place in the state where
there is apparently a fight for ma
tional delegates as between candi-
dates is in Minneapolis. There the
issue is drawn between. Wilson and
Clark. The Wilson people have or
ganized a strong club and are en-
thusiastic in their support of the
New Jersey Governor. The Folk
people, headed by the redoubtable
Billy Williams, will make a fight for
the man from Missouri.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-03-02
TRADE UNIONS CLAIM,
AFFIRMED BY GOVT
Shocking Conditions of Chile
Workers in Southern Cotton
Industry Exposed.

WASHINGTON, March 1.-As sor-
did and tragic tale of the poverty
Of Ia Dor as was ever told in a govern
ment publication, was unfolded to-
day in the report on the standard of
living among southern cotton mill
workers, made public by the bureau
Of labor. Government Investigators
selected twenty-one typical southern
cotton mill families and studied
their income and expenditures in de-
tail for 1908. In almost every case
these conditions were found:
The father and two or three of the
older children work in the mill, yet
the total income of the family bread
winners is often less than $1,000 a
year.
The account at the company store
running steadily above the family
income.
At the end of the year a debt,
which is met by an appeal to a loan
shark.
TO meet the added demand Of in
terest and principal, for the debtb
another child is sent to work, and so
on, "untill the trapped family has
sent all it's children into the nav of
the mill.''
Mill Demands Whole Family.
Then the reports records shocking
statistics Of disease and death de-
eliminating the stnuted, weakened
population.
in other industries" says the re-
port, the father may feel that he
can never hope for anything more
for himself, but he can at least plan
and struggle for a better life for his
children. Here the mill demands the
children as we'll as the fathers.
THE so-called normal family
father, wife and children dependent
upon him for supports, not found
among the twenty-one typical fami~
lies studied. Large families are the,
rule, the average Of those. studied
being S.5 members, including board
ers. The average number of wage
earners was 8.6.
Criminals Far Better. -.
Corn bread, biscuit, pork and cof-
fee form large part of the diet of
all families. Pork means fat pork,
salted, containing very little lean.
Nowhere is any expenditure noted
for alcoholic liquors. Over 81 per
cent Of all operatives live in COM
pany owned houses"
The report shows that the prison.
ers in the federal penitentiary at
Atlanta are better fed than the ma
oority Of cotton mill families. 49,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-03-02
DEMOCRATS T0>H0LD.
CONVENTION. IN MAY
Meeting of State Central Commit
tee Will Be Held Next Month.
To Fix Date
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
OPPOSED BY MAJORITY
Strange Haw Many Committee
men Refuse to Permit People
to Have First, Say

ST. PAUL, Minn., March 1.-Chair-
man D. D: DAILY says that he. will call
the Democratic State Central Com
mittee together about the middle Of
March for the purpose of selecting a
date for the holding of the Demo-
cratic State Convention and naming
the city in which it will be held. The
first democratic convention will prob
ably be held about the middle Of
May
This convention will select dele
gates and alternates to attend the
Baltimore convention on. June 6th to
put in nomination a democratic
presidential candidate. 1t will also
name a new democratic state central
committee, retiring the present or
ganization.
AGAINST Direct Primary
"A letter was recently sent out to
the members of the democratic state
central committee asking for express
siOns of opinion as to what time the
committee should be called together
and also requesting the committee
men to express their opinion as to
whether or not a state primary
should be held for the selection of
delegates and alternates to the ma
tional convention.
Fifty-one replies were received
from this letter, thirteen of which
favored presidential primary,
twenty-nine answered in the negative,
| and nine failed to give any express
sion of opinion.By congressional dis
tricts the expressions for or against
a presidential primary were as fol-
lows:
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-03-02
MINING DEPARTMENT OF
A., F. OF L. ORGANIZED

INDIANAPOLIS, March Ire
presentatives Of the Western Fedora
ton of MINERS and the United Mine
Workers recently met and perman-
emily organized the mining depart
ment, American Federation Of Labor.
Charles H. Meyer Of Denver, Colo,
president Of tho Western Federation
Of Miners, was elected chairman of
the new department. with Frank J.
Hayes and Edwin Perry of. the United
Mine Workers, vice-president i and
secretary respectively. 3s .s3s 4
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-03-02
GOVERNMENT TO INQUIRE
!. INTO HIGH LIVING COST

WASHINGTON, March t;s5:#S1.-Ths
high cost Of living is, being investl-
gated by the department Of Justice.
to- determine in what measure IT. IS
due TO trusts or other combinations,
Special agents have been instnucied
to observe all effects, Of comblna-
tions upon prices to the consumer
and to ascertain, SO far as possible,
who is making undue profits.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-03-02
CHI1lDRENs BUREAU. BILL

WAsH1NGTON, March 1.-The
Children's Bureau BILL which passed
thfp senate recently is now under
coifsid deration BY the house labor
COMMITTEES. ERE