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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-12

Interesting Conference Held At
Washington to Unite Clothing
Trades.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.-A confer
ence was held at the headquarters of
the American Federation of Labor on
Monday, between representatives Of
the garment trades.
John B. Lennon, E. J. Brais, and
Thomas Sweeney, representing the
tailors; T. A. Rickett and B. A. Lar
ger, representing the United Garment
Workers; A. Rosenberg, John A.
Dyche. and S. Polakoff, representing
the Ladies Garment Workers, and
Frank Morrison, representing the
American Federation of Labor. The
of making an endeavor to bring about
the amalgamation of the tailoring
trades into one organization. The fol-
lowing understanding and agreement
was reached: =.
AT a conference held in Washing
ton; D. c., Sept. 80, 1912, by the rep
resentatives of the United Garment
Workers Of America, the International
Ladies' Garment Workers union, and
the Journeymen Tailors union of
America to consider the best inter-
ests Of the tailoring trade, it was fl
nally decided that it is the opinion
of. the conference assembled that
amalgamation of the three organiza-
tions into one should finally, take
place, and that in order to develop
this idea to successful fruition we
believe that as soon as practicable
the headquarters of the three organi-
zations should be in, one city and
that there should be selected by each
Of: the organizations at interest three
months, or as often as either of the
organizations might call for a con-
ference, to develop and work out a
practical plan of amalgamation.
On motion, it was agreed that the
next conference be held at Roches-
ter, during the A.. F. of l.. conven-
tion at the call of President Richert.
President Rosenberg and Secretary
Brais.. It was further agreed that the
representatives. of each organization
should submit to the next conference
such plan or plans as they believed
would assist in finally bringing about
an amalgamation.". - s d = .f.|
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-12
LABOR GROUP LOSES
member OF CONGRESS.
Carl G. Anderson Was Trade
Union Member and Had Fine
Legislative Record.

WASHINGTON, Oct, 10.-The press
dispatches sof Oct 2 contain the sad
news that Carl c. Anderson of Fos-
toria. Ohio, was instantly killed when
an automobile in which he was riding
overturned near that city. 5s
Carl Anderson was a member Of the
house of representatives, having been.
elected to the Sixty-second congress.
and was a candidate for re-elec.a
ton in the coming November. He
was an earnest and consistent advo-s
cate of all labor measures, being a
prominent member of the labor group
in congress, having been affiliated
with the American Federation OF
Musicians TOR many years.
The death Of Carl Anderson ID q
distinct loss to the labor group, he
having always been active and ready
to do his full duty toward all meas
ures affecting the interests of labor
that came before the house Of repre-
He was in the vigor Of his
manhood. being not quite IS years
of age. " %5ss
The labor movement Of this country
in the sad death Of Carl Anderson.
has sustained q distinct loss.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-12
GRANITE.
+. CUTTERS GET ACTIVE
Tardy Union Finally Gets Under
the Wire and Is Now
On Top.

MILWAUKEE,, Oct. 10.-The gran
ite cutters in this city have been un-
organized for many years. They
have been drones in the union hive
of their trade society and their trade
conditions have been very poor.
After several efforts by organizers
Of the Granite Cutters association
they were recently organized with
the assistance of Organizer Frank
Weber, of that city.
Immediately upon being organized
their employers began to discharge
them, especially the officers, and a.
that was considered coercion and
against the state law, the employer,
found themselves up against a prac.
tical application of a. Wisconsin
state regulation. prohibiting employ.
ers from coercing' workmen from
joining the union of their trade.
Continued discharge of union men
brought ON a general strike and the
strikers are now being supported
from the defense fund Of the Granite
Workers association with strona
possibility of the strike being won In
a short time. Another local union
has also been formed at Red Gran
ite, Wis.
This is the first organization OF
granite cutters i'm that locality. Much
credit is given by the granite cutters
executive council to the organizers
who succeeded in rounding up the
non-union men Of that locality into q
militant trade union.,
Organizer Eichelberger of, the
American Federation of Labor, to.
gether with the business agent OF
the Philadelphia granite cutters, are
making good progress in interestins
the non-union granite cutters OF
Reading and Kutztown, Pa, and vi
cinity, in the Granite Cutters asso-
citation. r..
This section of the country has
been non-union for over H. years, and
as the wage rate is over 81 a day
below par and the working hours
long. 1t is expected that results will
soon be shown by an Organization of
granite cutters
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-12
OCEAN AUTOMOBILE Is
NEWEST INVENTION

NEW YORK, Oct. 1o.-A ship do
ing duty upon the high seas and de-
rtvinge its motive. power exclusively
from oil is on exhibition at the HAM
burg-American line, pier. She; II is
called the ocean automobile" The
ships name is Christian x. !, s.,s s !
This vessel is propelled by com
pressed air and crude oil, highly ex-
panded, hitting a piston. .5i
The ship Is $40 feet in dength and
,b3 feet beam, and can carry I, 400
tons, and has 9 capacity OF j, 900 tons
of oil, and can thus travel for 100
days ithout touc hing anywhere Ia, re-. re-
plenish.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-12
WARREN S '0F|fER"
NOT ACCEPTABLE
Stripped Of All It's verbiage It
Means Unconditional Sur
render by Men.
VIOLATED ITS SPIRIT r.
.. AT FIRST OPPORTUNITY
Stood on Technicality and Re-
fused to Meet Group Of
Striking Employees.

Mr. Warren is attempting to lead
the people of this city to believe that
when. he made his Offer through
the public press to the striking street
railway employees that he was really
receding from the position he had
first taken at the outbreak Of the
strike.
When one reads Mr.. Warren's
"offer" carefully he will find for him
self that 1t is the most meaningless
proposition ever presented by an en-
ployer of labor to settle a strike
Stripped of all its verbiage the 'offer"
simply means this: "Some of the
men may come back into the en-
ployment of the company as indivi-
duals provided they crawl into my
office upon their bellies
The Duluth papers seem to believe
that Mr.. Warren has consented to
take back the nine men who were
discharged on the day before the
strike. However, the Superior Tele-
gram called Mr.. Warren up and
asked whether or not this construc-
ton could be put upon his "offer"
and he replied that the nine men
were not considered in the offer at
ALL"
f. = Men Appoint Committee.
When the "offer'' of Mr.. Warren
was read at the meeting of the strik-
Ing street car men they voted to ap-
point a. committee to see him and
ascertain just what he meant by it.
The next. morning the chairman Of
the committee, William Morris, in the
employ Of the company for eight
years, called Mr.. Warren by telephone
and said that several Of the men
would like to see him and talk the
matter over with him. Mr.. War
rem retorted that he would see any
OF the men as individuals, but that
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-12
UNCLE SANS FL|ERS
DEMAND MORE MONEY
Army Officials Refuse to Act AS
Aviators Until Salaries
Are Raised.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1O.-As a re-
suit of the numerous fatalities which
have occurred among the aviators
during the recent past the war de-
partment is having difficulty in OBJ
tanning available officers for service
in the aviation school,.
Officers who engage in army aero
nautics have had their life and acci-
dent insurance policies Cancelled by
the companies, and are given no
higher rank or increased pay for the
daily risk Of their. lives. Because of
this army officers generallyrar up-
willing to assume the extra risk, not
only for themselves, but for those de-
pendent upon them.
Their compensation is the same as
an officer Of the line, who is not
forced to assume any risk of their
lives in time of peace. In Europe
army officers who engage in aviation
are given a higher grade and their
pay is increased from 100 to 800 per
cent. Should one of the army Off
GERS now in the aero corps be killed
his family would receive but few
dollars under the present pension
law.
The family of a lieutenant killed
In operating an army flying machine
would receive a pension of but SIS
month for the widow and 81 piece
for the children. For this reason
married officers would not consider
the detail and it has been ordered
| that no married officer be selected.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-12
never ASKED WARREN
TO RECOGNIZE UNION
''Closed Shop Bugaboo Sprung
as a subterfuge to Appeal to
Business Prejudice.

When was Mr.. Warren ever asked
by any one to recognize the carmen's
union? e n
The men have..=never demanded
more than thu right to meet among
themselves, and discuss their own af-
fairs without interference from COM
pany officials.
In institutions such as on railroads
where the seniority rule prevails
trade unioni4s have never insisted
upon the union shop, They build
up a. series sbf besseats that invari-
ably attract all employees sufficiently
old in the sSrXice to be eligible for
membership an the union. ...<s
They are also reinforced by a Gus
tom recognized everywhere by rail-
road officials that when any COM
mittee appears before the manage
ment who can show it represents
more than so per cent of the en-
ployes, the members of that COM
m1ttee are recognized az the duly ac-
credited representatives Of all the
employees.
The CLOSED shop" bugaboo is simp-
ly subterfuge resorted to by oppon-
ents OF labor to prey upon the preju-
dices Of local business men and bring
them into line In opposition to the
striking street railway employees.
Representatives of the men have
time after time assured the public
that they did not seek recognition of
the union or the so-called "closed
shop
The only kind Of a closed shop that
we know anything about Is that which
Mr.. Warren insists upon when he de-
MES his employees the right to meet
and form union. His company is
closed to the employment Of union
men. His is a closed shop.
Let no citizen of Duluth be further
deluded. The union shop or the
closed shop is not an issue in this
conflict. It Is merely a question Of
simple Industrial freedom that was
promised to all workmen by the Com
mercial club in the 'Open Shop" fight
Of 1907. :"'! .. .... ~
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-12
Street RAILWAY
DON 7 WANT jews
Young Hebrew Hired by Com.
pany Agent In Minneapolis
Refused Employment.
HE SHOWS CONTRACT ;;
|. THEY THEN PUT UP JOB"
Company Willing to Do Anything
for Strike Breakers, But Lit
tie for Men.

How to earn a thousand dollars
a month"
This is the title of an advertisement
appearing in st. Paul paper calling
for young men. The advertisement
reads as follows:
Regular positions If work
suits both parties. Able-bodied,
Intelligent, young men, between
21 and 40 years Of age-not
necessarily having any special ex-
perience-who are willing to do
light out-of-door work should
apply"
The agency advertising for these
young men is located at 315 Tem\le
Court building, Minneapolis, a build
ing owned by the Lowry estate. Hen
ry Morris came all the way from Chi
cago to Minneapolis to answer to the
advertisement. He entered the agency
in the Temple building and ap-
preached Mr.. B. T. Jager, who is in
charge. Morris asserts he asked
Jager a number Of times if there was
strike on at the point where he was
to be sent. but was told the strike
was 'over."
Was u Jew and They Got Him.
He arrived in Duluth with about
three dollars in his pocket. When
met at the office by Mr.. Moore, Of
the street railway company, Morris
said that Moore asked him what his
nationality was and Morris told him
he was a Jew.
Moore told him he could not use
him and that Morris had better hand
over the contract which he received
from Jager. Morris refused and was
sent out as a student, made trial
trip with an old conductor who told
him to ring up about one out OF every
four fares. This Morris did.
Then when he came back to the
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-12

Striking Street Railway Employees
Unanimously Vote Not to
Return to Work.
MEN MUST BE ASSURED
THEY WILL BE PROTECTED
Bond Holders Worried About
Strike Fear Franchise May
>. Become Worthless. I

When the committee appointed by
the striking street railway employees
reported to the meeting that Mr..
Warren refused to meet with them
q secret ballot was taken and each
man was given an opportunity to say
whether or not he would return to
the service Of the company under
the conditions proposed by Mr.. War
rem. No, man knew how the other
man voted; and when the ballot was
counted there was not a single vote
In favor of returning to work.
One man who had never spoken In
meeting before said: IF we go
back to work as Mr.. Warren asks US
to do, we will merely be used as tools
to help him reorganize the service.
In a short time each Of US will be dis
missed and new men who shall have
been broken In will take our places.
Then it will be cold and jobs will be.
scarce. To accept such a vacillating
"offer" now will only pro1ong the
agony. -..' 's-= yls-SsEs.f
Where Company Suffers.
The striking street railway men
know more about present labor COM
ditions with the street railway COM
pany than the public does. Any
number of men are brought to the
city each day without knowledge that
the strike exists here. OF course
they are out of money, and they are
compelled to work for a few days to
earn sufficient money to get out of
town. The strikers declare that there
is such a constant change among the
present employees that Mr.. Warren
will never be able to properly reor-s
ganize the service and restore 1t to
q normal condition. -.s>~ss s.. 5s5iz5s 5ss55.iiz5s
In addition they have it figured out
that it is costing money to run the
railroad during the strike and the
profits of the system are being eaten
up. On the other hand the action
taken by the council in threatening
to declare null and void the franchise
unless sober, careful and prudent men
are employed Is worrying the bond
holders. Indeed, 1t is said that the J.
company is now attempting to sell n
considerable amount of bonds and II
cannot do so. Bond Buyers fear that
the company may lose its franchise or
at least it's validity may be questioned.
In the final analysis the company IL
between the devil and the deep
blue sea-" Its only hope is to settle
the strike.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-12
JONES FORECASTS :
SOCIALISTS VOTE
Duluth Man Analyses Local Po-
itical Situation and Feels
Most Confident,
PREDICTS 5000 VOTES
WILL BE CAST IN DULUTH
Interesting Review of Public
Ownership Party's Growth
And Development.
BY RICHARD JONES.

II one may Judge the future by the
past the indications point to a sur
prisingly big vote for the Socialists
in Duluth and st. Louis county next
month.
Although the statements advanced
in this article are intended to apply
i. particularly to the territory men
toned, we at the head of the lakes
yield to none In our confidence in
the ability Of the national and state
tickets to do their share in rolling
up big. Intelligent Socialist vote.
Lest 1t be said that the author of
this article is carried away by his
own zeal and confidence, 1 shall aim
to support my contentious with fig
ures and facts.
For three weeks prior to the pri-
mar1es in Duluth last December tho
Socialist organization carried on an
exceedingly aggressive literature cam
paign. We rolled up 313 votes on
that day, which was far and away
the biggest primary vote ever polled
by the Socialists in this city, This
Is given double significance when it
IS remembered that we had no con-
tests within the party. It repre-
sented solid orthodox vote.
Our candidate for mayor received
1851 votes at the general election in
February, while the combined vote
OF the eight aldermanic candidates
totalled $500 for the city of Duluth.
Big Increase in Few Months.
remember this was less than eight
months ago. Primary day last
month Duluth gave David Morgan.
Socialist candidate. for governor, 438
Votes. The vote of other candidates
on the ticket was about the same as
that OF Mr.. Morgan. and when there
happened to be any variance at all
1t never in any case amounted to
more than three or four votes.
What do these figures mean?
Keep in mind that we made prac-
tically no ~ante-primary campaign
last month.
In nutshell, we Socialists in Du-
luth have increased our primary
vote to the tune of more than 120 in
period of less than eight months,
Let us do a little more figuring.
Tak1ng 313 as the primary vote and
z'ooo as the general election vote for
last February-we split the differ
ence between the mayoralty vote and
the combined aldermanic vote as a
basis to figure on-one can see at q
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-12
RHODE ISLAND UNIONS T..
ENTER POLITICAL GAME

: PROVIDENCE, r. l., Oct. 10
'Th State federation has appointed a
nonpartisan political committee, and
that committee is forming a state
wide movement to look after the In
terests Of organized labor, according
to the plan as laid down by the a.
F.. Of L. ss&-4. ~. ~ j .t..@.-e. Il. 2 T., Sal%
Little interest has been taken in
the past along these lines. and the
result is that little labor legislation
has been enacted In this city. s#
The workmen's compensation law
secured at the last session OF the
legislature went into effect on the
first day ofs October.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-12
SAY TUBERCULOSIS
. :. IS SOCIAL DISEASE
Expert Declares It Can. Not Be
Eradicated Until We Have
Social Justice.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 10.-"Tuber-
culosis is social disease in the final
analysis. 1t cannot be eradicated
unless We have social justics.' -
DR.. S. Adolphus Knopf, of New
York, thus summed up the fight
against the white plague in a paper
entitled "Some Newer Problems in
the Anti Tuberculosis Warfare in the
United: States before a recent ses-
sion in. the American Public Health
association. -. = 49, 3"
The doctor, dealt largely with the
tuberculosis problem as associated
with the child labor question:. He
said that to separate the two prob
lens is impossible; that the. one is
dependent to a very large extent on
the other, and that until child labor
conditions are rectified the warfare
against tuberculosis must go on un-
der a great handicap.
Child labor predisposes to tuber-
culosis. This does not apply exclu-
sively to child labor in the factory.
In many cases child labor in the
home is as bad as in the factory ,and
the danger from tuberculosis is one
Of the most dangerous forms, par
ticulariy as regards the child. Sew
enty per cent of the deaths among
children are from bovine tubercu-
losis, which recent experiences have
proven conclusively is easily COM
municated from butter and other
dairy products.
The open air schools are invalu-
able in fighting this disease, but the
plan should be applied to high
schools and colleges.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-12
TELEGRAPHERS MAKE
MANY AGREEMENTS

ST. LOUIS. Oct; T1o:--During the
year 1911 President Perham, Of the
Order OF Railroad Telegraphers, to-
gether7 with system: committees, sue
ceeded In. successfully negotiating 81
schedules, including increases IN wages
and betterment of conditions. = -
For the, first six months OF the year
1e12, II schedules have been secured
The comparison shows as: indicated.
that the telegraphers are more than
doubling the record made last year.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-10-12
SECTION MEN SUCCEED
ON MANY RAILROADS

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 10.-The Interna-
donal Brotherhood of Maintenance
of Way Employees has been success
tul in securing a substantial increase
on the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Day.
ton railway, as well as a good set Of
working rules.
A splendid increase in wages for
both foremen and section men on the
Carolina and North Western in Vir-
ginia has also been secured, the
schedule being for the employees of
the track department..
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Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-05-11

II It's an Escalon Cigar
IT'S HAVANA.
Bank Saloon.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-05-11
First Frog Farm.

The first frog farm in america was
a failure through peculiar incident.
Early in the last century. Audubon,
the great ornithologist went down
the Ohio river from Pennsylvania in a
little steamer of his own. stopping at
various points to obtain specimens
OF little-known birds.
While at lendcrsonville, Kentucky.
which he made his home for some
time, he built mill and proposed to
raise frogs on large scale. preparing
for that purpose a pond near the
river
The frogs multiplied wonderfully,
and on warm summer evenings it was
the practice of Audubon to sit under
a tree near the pond. listening to the
concert given by his stock. and cal
culating the amount OF money he
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-05-11
Rich Strike in Brunswick Canyon

During the past few days consid
erable excitement has been in the air
pwing to the fact that gold bearing
edge has been discovered at the head
If Brunswick Canyon. few miles
asst of this city. says the Carson Ap
cal The property is owned by NJ.
+skee. DIR. Gree. Geo. kitzmeyer and
associates They kept the affair rea
onably quiet for some time, but after
lattering assays were made and hall
/ dozen people had made paintings
he word leaked out and last Sunday
many were in the section. considerable
ground being located as conse.
luencc The values are found i'll tale
md quartz ledge with porphyry for
nation Some very high grade speci
mems have been taken out. while the
edge so far uncovered all pans free
md looks like the biggest thug so far
discovered in Inc district. Many
amples have been brought i'll and
II each instance they show gold by
banning. Assays run WELL being from
SIS to sos per ton, practically all gold.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-05-11
FENCES ORDERED
REMOVED BY
COURT

At Carson City Saturday United
states District Judge harrington rem
Tered "A decision in the suit brought
" the government against the Col
onda Cattle Company charging the
Illegal fencing OF federal lands. In
he courts opinion, no intention on
he part OF the Golconda company to
violate the statutes was shown. and
10 fines were imposed, but ii was held
hat certain of the company's fences.
while enclosing its own lands, did not
tdmit Of sufficient access to the pub
ic domain. and the defendant com
oany was given five days in which to
,nlargc the openings.
''The defendant company has the
light to fence its own lands, SAID
Judge Farrington but it must not
20 exercise this right as to prevent
public use of government lands.
Ind no evidence Of any intention TO
liolate the statute; but while the de |
cndant's have endeavored TO keep |
within the law. | am satisfied that
he openings are not sufficient to al
ord reasonable access to the land IL |
question Those to the south and |
vest are insufficient ! therefore find |
he enclosure to be unlawful and Ii |
must be abated The defendants are
siven five days to enlarge the open
ngs at Trojan and Rock Creek and
1t Willow Creek"
Congressman Kent. of California
is a member OF the Golconda Cattle
Company.