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United labor bulletin., 1912-06-13
.EICHT.HOUR BILL
UP TO PRESIDENT
Has Passed Both Houses of Con.
gress--Senatorsssv For
and Against.

Labor's eight-hour bill passed the
house OF representatives unanimously on
December "a. 1911. The bill then went
10 the senate and on Friday, May 81,
1912, Il passed with several amendments.
The vote upon the bill in the senate was
yeas As. nays IL; not voting, SO. The
following is the vote: For the bill: As
hurst. Bacon, Borah. Bourne Bristow.
Brown, Bryan, Catron. Chamberlain,
Chiffon. Clapp. Clark of Wyo.. Clarke of
Ark, Culberson. CulIom, Curtis. Fletch-
er. Gronna. Hitchcock. Johnson of Me.
Jones, Kern. Lodge, Mclean, Martin of
Virginia, Pomerene. Rayner. Reed. Shfve-
ly, Simmons. Smith OF Ga. Smith of
Mich Smoot, Stone. Sutherland. Till
man. Townsend. Williams and Works.
Against the bill; Bradley. Dillingham;.
du Pont. Gallinger, Hepburn. Oliver,
Page. Percy, Root. Sanders and Wet
more. On Wednesday. June 5. 1912.
Chairman Wilson of the house labor
committee called up the amended bill
and the house concurred in the senate
amendments. Two OF the amendments
added by the senate are important, one
providing that the law shall not apply
in the Panama canal zone until January
l. 1915. This amendment was for the
purpose of leaving matters In status quo
in the Panama canal zone until the wa
other amendment changes the date for
the law to go into effect to January i,
1919 The bill now goes to the presi-
dent for his approval. This law applies
to government work and to contractors
of government work. but does not apply
to supplies usually purchased in the
open market. whether manufactured 10
conform to particular specifications OF
not Congress first adopted law con
dnv
ers. workmen and mechanics employed
on behalf of the government of the Unit
ed States on June %. 1865. By an act
approved May "a 1SSS, the eight-hour
law was extended to letter carriers. The
next change in the law became operat
i've on August /. 1892. when the eight
hour law was strengthened by specinc
provisions requiring the government not
to permit any laborer or mechanic 10
work more than eight hours In any one
calendar day except in cases OF extraor-
dinarv emergency II is well to state
here ms a matter Of information that
from June 25, 1865. until March 81, 19o6,
the enforcement of the provisions OF tne
eight.hour law by the government ONO
ials was extremely lax but upon the lat
ter date the executive council OF the
American Federation OF LABOR registereu
N most vigorous protest against the Nio
lation OF this law. That protest W e'N' eo
siderable extent had the effect OF secur.
ing closer observance OF the law py
the officials in charge of the government.
works. The law just passed mater'any
extends the scope and operation OF the
eight.hour law, and will be OF inesun'
able benefit to not only workmen EN-.
ployed directly by the government ou'
will affect many institutions that 40 Soa %
tract work for the government. 0ne
material addition to the law provides
that armor plate shall be manufactured
under the eight-hour law
United labor bulletin., 1912-06-13
SUPPORT ASKED FOR
UNION COAL COMPANIES
Appeal Issued by United Mine
Workers, State Federation
and Trades Assembly.

Realizing that the union men of Den
yer are not giving the proper support to
the companies that are employing union
miners and shipping Undermined coal to
Denver and other towns in the state. the
different labor central bodies have issued
the following appeal to organized labor
and the working people in general:
Denver is being flooded at the present
time with non-union coal. which is pro
duced by the scum of the earth, and
criminals from every state in the Union,
under conditions that are a disgrace and
discredit to the fair name of Colorado
and every ton of non-union-mined coal
you buy you are helping to support and
encourage those who so bitterly oppose
our cause, and who have tried, by the i'm
portation of strikebreakers, to reduce
these substantial mining towns to the
red shanty camps which are common in
in the non-union fields.
trip through the beautiful Boulder
valley will show you that these towns
which our people built, are the model
mining towns of the West. and the citi-
zens are permanent and substantial tax
payers of Boulder and Weld counties,
and with the union-mined coal produced
by the Sunnyside, Strathmore and other
independent companies in the northern
field, these mines are now in position to
furnlSn an unnmlteQ supply O1 Iair coal.
BY our recent victory (having signed
two-year agreement with the American
Fuel company. who own and operate
eight of the best Ignite mines in the
state) we have re-established the joint
agreement between the miners and the
operators.
The men who have fought so hard for
their principles. and so nobly stood for
their union at a sacrifice which will not
be known, save to themselves. We ask
you for your moral support and cooper
alton. and we request that you insist
upon your dealer handling only union
coal Put him on record If you will
call up Main 1928 you will be informed
as to where you can be absolutely sure
of getting it.
E. L. DOYLE.
Sec.-Treas. U. NJ. W. A.
JOHN r. LAWSON,
lntl Board Member U. NJ. w. A.
THOS. H. WILLIAMS.
Dist Pres U. NJ. W. A.
THOS. SCOTT.
Vice-Pres. U. NJ. w. A.
Endorsed by the State Federation Of
Labor:
JOHN McLENNAN. Pres.
W. T. HICKEY. Sec.
Indorsed by the Denver Trades and
Labor Assembly:
J. A. CoNKLE. Pres.
j. F. BEDFORD. Sec.
United labor bulletin., 1912-06-13
COMMENT ON TIMELY TOPICS

home and no one to call friend she slept on the
banks of the Thames, and her experience is related
by her own pen In this language
Things grew for Two nights 1
slept the Embankment, the refuge of the outcast
saw real misery-but worse than mine Am
l my brothers keeperl' The who painted that
picture had the Savior in his heart.
Let draw little picture for you of the
Embankment at night. Dusk begins to fall on Lon
don Into the park begin to drift the unfortunates
Here shuffes who has long lost all hope. He
sinks upon bench and duly rests his head on his
hands, Soon he sleeps-if that miserable stupor
can be called sleep. Here comes a man with fierce
eyes and grim mouth he is still fighting that thing
called London. And after awhile he too, sleeps
hand. She carries baby. His face is filed with
fear-fear of that fierce unclean beast call civ
ilzation, which gives him no chance even to fight
for his mate and his whelp The woman, too, has
fear in her face. mothers fear. The baby walls
its hunger and she tries to feed it; tries feed it.
she who has perhaps not tasted food herself that
day girl hardly eighteen creeps fearfully in In
her face is another fear. l call her to me and we
talk. She tells that she has from the prov
inces, that she has lost her place and is without
friends money. She fears-the streets and the
wolfike men who stare at her and follow her. She
falls asleep at last in my And still they shuttle
and slink in. The arc lights glare through our
closed eyelids. The cold fog comes up from the
river and enshrouds The rain drenches u.s.
Misery. misery, miseryl'
United labor bulletin., 1912-06-13
cIcARmAkeRs WILL ELECT.

The Cigarmakers' union has made the
following nominations for the semi-an-
nual election in that organization which
occurs Saturday afternoon Of this week:
For President-Chas. Hornburg. Harry
Rosuck.
For vice-President-John Uhlik.
For Secretary ryTreasurer zone to
ElecD-J. A. Christman. ]. w. Sanford.
For Recording Secretary-Geo. NJ. Ed
wards.
For Sergeant-at-Arms-Jul Krause.
For Trustees (Three to Elect)-E.
Bretschneider, ]. f. Falkenhan, Otto
Jurgens.
For Auditors 1.-TWO to Elect-E.
Bretschneider, Herman Busch. S. J. But
Ter, j. D. Chern. C. T. Clymer. Julius
Krause. d. c. Leader. ]. B. Rather. Robt
Stern. A. n. Tinker.
For Grievance Committee (Three to
Elect)-J. A. Christman. c. t. Clymer.
Chas. Hornburg, E. S. Lynn, b. Myr
Harry Rosuck-
For Delegate to Baltimore Convention,
Sept. 18th zone to ElecD-Mrs- H
Brandon. f. NJ. Gross, Chas. Hornburg,
b. Myr. Harry Rosuck. A. n. Tinker
United labor bulletin., 1912-06-13

of Federations. an amalgamation of nine
shop crafts employed by Western rail.
roads.
Labor leaders are figuring on the most
radical move ever attempted by organ.
lied workers. James w. Kline, presi.
dent of the Federated Shopmen. is the
guiding spirit in the movement Under
his direction canvass of the freight
handlers, stevedores. switchmen and
teamsters has been made and the scouts
reported that the majority OF the work.
ers in these organizations would vote to
favor a general strike.
The referendum Of the shopmen on
the question of spreading the present
strike against the Hartman lines. in
which $4,000 men are out. to all the
Western railroads, strongly favored the
United labor bulletin., 1912-06-13
POLICEMAN SHOOTS PREssMEN.

Lawlessness, indulged in by the police
and trust news wagon drivers in Chicago
since the beginning of the pressmen's
strike, will probably cost the life of
Daniel Beman. 35 years old, and the per-
manent injury of Charles Bush, AZ years
old. Both men were shot during a
fight by Policeman Joseph De-
vaney of the Desplaines street station,
after they charged that the bluecoat was
Just as much scab as the non-union
drivers because of his vigilance in guard
ing the interests of the trust press
Beman is believed to be dying. The
bullet entered his abdomen and surgeons
at the hospital do not believe that he
will recover. A bullet entered Bush's
body just above the heart, but while his
condition is serious he has a fighting
chance for life. Had the leaden death
messenger struck his body a fraction
lower death would have been instantane-
GUS. the surgeons say.
United labor bulletin., 1912-06-13
NO. 4s DEATH LIST.

w. F. Boardman, 72 years old and a
lifelong member of the Typographical
union. died at his home, 2050 Emerson,
Thursday evening of last week
L. A. Bollenback. 40 years old, died at
the Union Printers Home. Colorado
Springs. last Wednesday. He entered
the Home from Denver union, of which
he was a member.
Word has been received in Denver
that arthur NJ. Nettle. former member
of No. 49. died recently in San Fran
cisco.
Glendour Medairy, so years old, and a
member of the International Typograph-
ical union. died Monday of last week at
1886 Clayton street. He was an active
member of the organization at the time
of his death
United labor bulletin., 1912-06-13
pRgssMENs CONVENTION.
Largest Convention Of the international
Organization Ever Held.

The largest convention of the Inter
national Printing Pressmen and Assist.
ants union ever held will open at Hale
Springs. Tenn, next week. Robert Mas
sey OF Printing Pressmen's union No. 40
and ID. Doyle of Web Pressmen's union
No. 22 left last week in order that they
could make several stops on the way,
while Delegates Brandenburg and Bush
of the Press Assistants left Denver to
day.
The convention is held at the Press.
mems Home. Hale Springs, and great in.
terest is taken on account of the
strikes OF pressmen in different places in
United labor bulletin., 1912-06-13
GET A SCORE CARD.

The Cigarmakers' union is giving out
a neat vest pocket booklet in the shape
of score card blank. 1t is issued at
the instance of the organization in ad-
vocacy of patronage of Denver-made
cigars When you go to a ball game at
the Broadway park take one of these
cards with you in which to preserve the
score and Interesting points of the game,
and Incidentally buy Denver-made cigars.
AT the park you will find the manage
ment boosting for Eastern-made non
union product word from every union
man that goes to the park will soon put
in Denver-made cigars Be a booster
United labor bulletin., 1912-06-13

the United States. Delegates Kane.
Thompson. Spooner. Bryan, Reynolds
unions of San Francisco have passed
through Denver en- route to the conven-
tion. and say that the pressmen on the
coast are enthused by the interest taken
in the organization
Home matters will also be taken up as
that institution is being prepared to re-
ceive patients from among the members
OF the organization.
United labor bulletin., 1912-06-13
PLEAD FOR CRIPPLED smployE.

The board of supervisors met tho
mayor Wednesday morning and aired
their grievances on the matter or patron
age. Among other things they registered
kick against the discharge OF Currier.
crippled elevator pilot at the city hall.
Currier. whose place was given TO a
negro. is an old Grand Army man and
has been In the position seventeen
years. Is this non-partisan REFORM
United labor bulletin., 1912-06-13
ADDRESS COUNCIL.

Vice-President Ayers of the Interna-
tioAh Association of Machinists ad-
dressed the last meeting OF the Denver
Metal Trades council. He presented to
the delegates q concise statement OF at
fairs surrounding the different crafts af-
hlIated with the trades department, and
predicted fuller growth of the organ
SJpn within the next year.
United labor bulletin., 1912-06-13
Comparative Charter statement.

washington.-Char issued by the
American Federation OF Labor from oc.
tober 1. 1910. to April 80. 1911. total 1856.
For corresponding period. October 1.
1911. to April 80. 1912. the number of
charters issued reach l72.
United labor bulletin., 1912-06-13
PLANNING GIGANTIC STRIKE.

An attempt at gigantic strike which.
II consummated. will invove $4,000
union men and completely tie up all
Western railroads indefinitely. is the
present plan of officials of the Federation
United labor bulletin., 1912-06-13

general strike idea, according to reports
from St Louis headquarters.
1t is understood at Chicago that the
union leaders will take no action until
the meeting of the executive council of
the shopmen at St Louis on June 20.
United labor bulletin., 1912-06-13
MILWAUKEE, BEER.

The building trades Of Milwaukee are
out on strike against the brewers Of
that city because of the refusal OF the
brewers to concede n raise In wages.
United labor bulletin., 1912-06-13
Carpenters and Building Trades Depart
ment.

Carpenters and BuIIdIn9 Trades Depart
ment.
By the action of the United Brother
hood of Carpenters in reaffiliating with
the building trades department. all local
Building Trades Councils whose charters
were suspended or revoked on account
of noncompliance in unseating the local
organizations of the United Brotherhood
agreeable to Instructions by the building
trades department. will have their char
ters automatically restored by the re
affiliation of the United brotherhood
with the department The building
trades department is now recruited TO
United labor bulletin., 1912-06-13
EnoIneer. to Meet In Cleveland.

Harrisburg.-The international con-
vention of the brotherhood OF Locomo'
tive Engineers has selected Cleveland.
O.. as the place for the next convention
three years hence.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-02-15

Los Angeles, Cal, Feb. IS
An aeroplane wedding, the first
GIFTS kind to be held in the world,
took place at the Dominique
aviation 6eld5 near. Los Angeles,
recently, during the big aviation
meet. = -. H.. Sc 80
Miss Leona Cowan, vaudeville
actress, and Neal Cochran, both
residents of, Los Angeles, were
the principals. 80 : go. ' -.
Seated in Clifford Tnrpin's
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-02-15

Wright biplane, in front of the
grand stand, and dressed in an
aviation outfit made especially for
the occasion, Miss Cowan and
Cochran were spliced, the cere-
mony being performed by Rev:
Edward H. Emmett of the Los
Angeles Y. NJ. c. A.
. After the ceremony, the bride
was taken for. her honeymoon
trip through the air.
Immediately afterwards, Phil
Parmalee took the groom up.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-07-23
LOVE BECKONS PRETTY
HONOLULU GIRL To
FAR AWAY TASMANIA

Travelling a distance of 6000 miles
over the blue waters to Hobart, Tas-
mania, to wed the lover she met when
the British cruiser Challenger was here
last July, Miss Frances Cousens, the
charming daughter of Mrs. Kenneth
Cousens, sailed on the Zealandia Wed.
nesday evening. When on the latter
part of September she becomes the
bride of Lieutenant Prevor Eardley-
Wilmot of the British royal navy, there
will be observed the elimination to
one of the prettiest recent romances of
the Islands.
The Challenger was stationed here
for only two weeks last July and the
boat had the distinction of being the
first British ship to salute the Ameri.
can flag in an American port on the
Fourth of July. During that fortnight
Lieutenant Eardley-Wilmot~ met Miss
COusens.
Cupid also was out for recognition
at that time with tine result that the
meeting of these two young people re.
suited in love at first sight.
When the cruiser left here the lovers
were parted, but the young naval off
Ger had secured a promise from the
girl to become his bride.
The other day, unable to longer re-
main away from her lover, Miss Cous-
ems decided to make the long trip ia
Tasmania. She is making the trip
alone but with Captain j. d. s. Phil.
lips of the Zealandia as a chaperon
Her mother, who is principal of St
Elizabeth Is House, and the girl Is sister
will leave later in order to attend the
wedding.
About sixty young society people
were ut the boat to give Miss Cousens
a happy farewell on her long voyage.
With her mother she came TO Homo
lulu on a trip around the world from
her home in Cheshire, England, two
years ago.
Lieutenant Eardloy Wilmot, who is
about thirty years old, is one Of the
highest ranking naval officers Of bis
ago in the British navy. He has re-
ceiyod several medals and had Other
honOrs bestowed upon him for his val
liant conduct ms an officer. He is d
member Of one of the most distin
Puished families in Great Britain. Ills
father who recently retired from ue
tive service, was also IA high officer III
tho navy and was showored with many
donors during his active cureer
The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-07-23
ZapatistaS Use Dynamite to De-
stroy Federal Troops on
the March.
SET FIRE TO SHATTERED CARS
Pour Oil Over WreCkage and
Wounded and Apply
the Torch.

MEXICO CITY, Mexico.-July 21.--
One of the most horrible tales of the
present instruction reached here yes
terday when the survivors of an attack
made by the zapatistas returned to the
city. The story they tell is inhuman in
its details,
When the train, in which there were
several hundred passengers, for the
most part federal troops bound for the
little town of Cuernavaca, had arrived
within few miles of that place 1t was
suddenly blown from the tracks by the
explosion of heavy charge of dyna
mite. The ground seemed to rise up,
and the cars were lifted from the rails
and "fell down in heaps
Sixty were killed by the explosion
and many were wounded, but that was
only the beginning of the attack. The
Zapatistas, hidden in a nearby culvert,
rose up when they saw that their
scheme had worked and began pouring
in upon the dead and wounded gall
ing rifle fire. This was kept up for
some time until, moved by the prayers
of priest who had escaped the shock
and the bullets, led their leader to or
der the firing stopped.
The rebels then proceeded to loot the
baggage and express cars attached to
the train, and piled the valuables on
the side of the track. They then broke
open a case of oil and poured the stuff
over the wreckage, filed with dead and
wounded as they were, At a word of
command they then set fire to tho
debris and, taking their loot with them,
rode off, leaving the mass burning
fercely.
The federal guard is eXterminated.
The American conductor is seriously
wounded and may die.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-07-23

Referee hayl9r called mo tgo zap
ialus together % teu nlnuieH NJ iurr
e'eleek ana tailed over ihe fnlpa shlch
The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-07-23
DEMOCRATIC SLOONS
LEAVE WASHINGTON
TO VISIT NOMINEE

SEAGIRT, New Jersey, July 21.-
For the first time in the history of the
nation, a majority of the house has left
Washington and lawmakin~ to take
care of themselves and gone to offer
congratulations to the nominee of their
party. Yet this is what happened yes
tcrday, when special train bearing
l16 Democratic members of the house
rolled into the depot here The solons
are come to offer Governor Wilson God
speed upon his road. There is a gem
eral feeling of confidence in the out
cone at the polls next fall among the
visitors which has communicated itself
to everybody connected with the head
quarters of the Bourbon candidate
here.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-07-23
oahu WINS HOT
POLO GAME ON
HISTORIC FIELD.
The Local Players Triumph by
Quarter Point at End Of
Z Extra Chukka.
SOCIETY TURNS OUT IN FORCE
Opening of Season Attracts Very
LARGE Crowd of the FASH
ionable Folk.
SOCIETY TURNS OUT IN FORCE
RESULT.
(From Sundays Advertiser0
By Valentine Lindsay Stevenson.

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The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-07-23
BEEF TRUST OISBANDS
FEARING PROPOSED
PROSECUTION OF us.

CHICAGO, July 2O.--A formal state
ment that the National Packing Com
pany has dissolved, and its total as
sets distributed among the stoekhold-
ers, was today presented to the United
States district attorney. The company
is tho "beef trust" that was unsuc-
cessfully prosecuted The government
has been preparing to move for new
trial, and II is said that this determine.
ton is largely responsible for the dis
solution Of the company,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-07-23
GENERAL GOMEZ HELD
ON A SERIOUS CHARGE

SAN ANTONIO, Tpsns, July 20.
General Cones, recently namel ns ihr
prov .sioual president Of thr Malrnn p
surrrrtIpuairl Nnn arrested here hsi
might hy l'niied states nnlfrfs, CHARGED
nn fnur separate r0unia with violation
nf enc neutrality iHwH ilr nhs 10
lfasrl boa tfn tlpNsand dnllha bond
The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-07-23
State DEPARTMENT
RESISTS ENGLAND
TO THE VERY LAST

WASHINGTON, July 2l.--It has
been learned here that the officials Of
the state department have decided to
resist to the very last the protest made
by Great Britain against the proposed
canal legislation. None of the officials
would make any statement regarding
the decision, save to admit that it had
been reached.