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United labor bulletin., 1912-07-18
COUNCIL NAMES COMMITTEE.

With view to keeping posted and to
check up on all matters legislative di-
rectly affecting the laboring class, the
building Trades Council. at its last meet
ing, elected the following members to
serve as legislative committee:
C. G. Williamson, chairman; William
Meisenbach and ]. c. Bulger.
The council has taken exception to
some of the acts of the new administra-
ton One is the proposed revokal of the
ordinance compelling all city printing to
bear the union label, following the opin-
ion handed down by City Attorney Bry-
ant.
Another exception taken is the appoint
ment of J. C. Schuster as plumbing IN
spector. This, the members OF the
Plumbers union declare, is in direct vio-
lation of the state law. which specifies
that no man is eligible to office within
three months after he ceases to be ac-
lively engaged in business. The cnarge
is made that Schuster conducted place
of business to the very hour of his ap-
pointment.
United labor bulletin., 1912-07-18
JUDGE ARCHIBALD INDICTED.

The judiciary committee OF the house
of representatives, on July s, submitted
to the house its conclusions as the re-
suit of it's Investigations into the charges
filed against Judge Robert w. Archibald.
formerly district judge OF the United
States court for the middle district OF
Pennsylvania. and now a judge OF the
commerce court. The judiciary commit
tee is unanimous in its decision that tho
Judge has prostituted his ofiice for per-
sonal profit. and arraigns his conduct In
most denunciatory manner. The sew
eral offenses charged against the Judge
are sustained by the committee and set
forth in great Particularly According
to law the senate will now be called
upon to formally conduct the fmpeach-
ment proceedings. The legislative ma
chinery whereby judges may be recalled
by the people has been given decided
impetus by the revelations In the case
against Judge Archibald.
United labor bulletin., 1912-07-18
LABOR POLITICAL COMMITTEE.

A labor political committee has been
formed to take part in the state elections,
at the primaries and at the November
election. 1t is composed, principally, of
the United Mine Workers of America and
the Western Federation of Miners. At
its formation in the offices of the W. F.
of NJ, several representatives of local
unions in the city were present, and Will
take part in the political activities of
the committee.
1t is proposed to endorse the best men
for office on the tickets of the old po-
litical parties. and also to make vigor-
Gus campaign against those candidates
who are known to be against union labor.
The committee will WELD great influence
in the state.
United labor bulletin., 1912-07-18
KNOCKS OUT ele4r-HouR CLAUSE.

While the naval appropriation bill was
under consideration in the senate on
July Senator Perkins of California sub
mitted an amendment to strike out the
provision, -that the coal shall be mined
by labor that is employed at not exceed
ing eight hours per day." which was in
serted and passed by the house. This
refers to coal purchased by the govern
ment to operate its vessels. The senate
concurred in the amendment of Senator
Perkins and the provision was struck
out. 1t was asserted by Senators Per.
kins and Lodge that It would be impos-
sible for the navy department to get
"eight-hour" coal for considerable
length of time. Another objection was
that coal was mined and paid for by the
ton. The bill now goes to a conference
committee. Whether the opponents Of
the eight-hour clause can sustain their
position before the conference commit
tee is matter of conjecture. for un-
doubtedly Il is possible to procure i'm
mense quantities of coal that is mined
by laborers employed eight hours per
fav
United labor bulletin., 1912-07-18
SOCIALISTS NOMINATE.

The nomination of complete state
ticket, the adoption of n platform declar-
ing for the public ownership OF all pub
lie utilities and industries having social
character. and the decision to establish n
party newspaper to be printed in Den
yer, was decided at session OF the So.
cialist state convention in Normal hall.
The name of the new paper win be
the Colorado Organizer" and through Its
columns and the distribution OF Social
list literature and systematic pubic
meetings a vigorous campaign will be
made in behalf OF the Socialist ticket.
Nominations made must be submitted to
the voters OF the party by referendum.
The nominees were:
Charles A. Ahlstrom. Denver. COVER
nor; Mrs M. L. Prestige. Cripple Creek.
lieutenant governor; Genevicve Goold.
Canon City. secretary OF state: II. H.
Sweetland. Brush. auditor; A. Marians,
Trinidad. attorney general: Ida McMil
len. Grand Junction, superintendent or
public instruction.
United labor bulletin., 1912-07-18
DEFECTIVE RAILS CAUSE wREcr

Experts connected with the Interstate
Commerce Commission have for many
months been conducting an investiga-
ton for the purpose of securing data
relative to defective railroad rails. From
information gathered it is shown that
during November and December, 1911.
and January, 1912. there were 1850 acci-
dents attributable to rail failures, and
of this number $50 occurred as the re-
suit of defective rails. The defects in
the rails are due 10 the process of man
ufacture, and H. W. Belnap. chief in
spector of safety appliances of the Inter
state Commerce Commission. states that
present specifications and tests of rails,
in so far as the detection of longitudinal
seams is concerned, appear to be made
quate. 1t would seem to be time that
some definite action be taken toward
eliminating this source of danger and
securing structurally sound rails
United labor bulletin., 1912-07-18
PAPER MAKERS STRIKE.

After several conference held be-
tween the representatives of the Inter
national Brotherhood of Paper Makers
and the management of number of pa
per mills in Kalamazoo, Mich, in which
the paper makers sought to secure the
eieht-hour day, lie manufacturers re-
fused to concede and strike is in prog
ress. The mills Affected are the Kala-
fnazoo Paper company, Bryant Paper
company. King Paper company and the
Monarch Paper company. About 500 men
are directly affected. but it means the
closing down of The mills, involving
some $500 employees. A large number of
paper mills have been operating under
the eight hour day for long time. and
within the past few months large num-
ber of mills in the East have changed to
the three-tour or eight-hour work day
AS competitive proposition 1t is diff
cult to see why the Kalamazoo mills
cannot also go to the eight-hour day.
The contest will be vigorously prose
cuted by the paper makers.
United labor bulletin., 1912-07-18
UNION INSPECTOR
FIRED BY MAYOR
Applies to Labor Commissioner for
Assistance in Getting Salary
Nom Union Man Gets Place.

Since the city council has put through
some very good legislation, and things
have begun to take on a business front
IN the office of Commissioner of Supplies
Annear and he has promised to have the
Ia el placed on all city printing, The
United Labor Bulletin thought that the
E,any appointments of non-union men in
trade positions could be partially over
looked; but we must remark on the dis
charge of Assistant Plumber Inspector
Berger, a member OF the Plumbers
union, by Mayor Arnold.
The Bulletin detests a newspaper that
finds fault with every act of a public
classed as such; but on the contrary
We intend to give credit where credit is
due. Young Berger. one OF the brightest
members of the Plumbers union, made
application for the place OF assistant
plumbing inspector. He had presented
to the mayor many recommendations.
and the papers announced that Mr..
Berger had been given the place. He
presented himself at the City Hall and
Chief Inspector Schuster put him to
work. After working for some time, he
was told by the chief that the mayor
desired to see him. He presented him.
self at the office of the chief executive.
and. he says. the mayor told him that he
would have to fill his place. He asked
he came with the best recommendations
of any applicant for the job, but, he says,
the mayor told him that he would have
to have the o. X of Alderman Moore
of the Fifteenth ward. the man who
voted against the ordinance to raise the
wages of the 1aborers on city work. 1t
was impossible for Berger to get this
recommendation. and Alderman Moore.
it is believed. was merely used as stall
for the people who desired to get rid of
the only union man in the department.
Mayor Arnold before he dismissed him.
asked him if he was a union man: and
he showed the mayor a card fully paid
then he got it, but he did not get any
money. he says, for the time he spent
working for the city. He has applied 70
the labor commissioner to collect the
money. 1t is dollars to doughnuts that
Brake takes down some money for
Berger on the next pay day.
Chief Plumbing Inspector Schuster
was formerly a non-union contractor pre-
vious to the election. His place was
contested by the Plumbers union, and
it is argued that when a member of the
Plumbers union got an appointment
Schuster would not stand for it, and the
crowbarred mayor acceded to his de-
mands that Berger be dismissed.
A man by the name of Summers, who
is but a helper at the trade and non
union man at that. was appointed by
the mayor to fill the place of the union
man. George Angerman. a non-union
man. is the other employe in the depart
ment.
Would you call this department non
partisan?
United labor bulletin., 1912-07-18
EVANS ORGANIZES HELPERS.

William Evans. business agent and
secretary OF Machinists' union No. Al
has organized the Machinists Helpers as
n part OF the International Association
of Machinists In Denver. He has sue
ceeded in bringing into tho organization
12s OF the helpers In this city. and in a
short time will have all OF them within
the fold Of the organization.
Che International union has taken
jurisdiction over the helpers. and has
given them charter from that organiza.
ton. This was accomplished through
agreement with the A. +. OF L.. which
formerly chartered the helpers. The
move is along Industrial union lines
Arhe Denver local is fully organized,
niid in few days It is expected that the
charter will arrive. The members have
already been given their books of mem
bcrsbip
United labor bulletin., 1912-07-18
ANOTHER NoN.pARr1sAN APPOINTMENT.

Mayor Henry J. Arnold has made another
'non-partisan'' appointment from ''those best
qualified for the place" Boshl Gushl and also Rot
The appointments of Mayor Arnold incensed organ-
lied labor than those of any city administra-
ton for years but his latest has caused stencil
to fill the nostrils of every broad minded, clear
thinking union as well every real non-parti-
san citizen The discharge of Assistant Pluming In
spector Berger by the mayor has shown the sspart-
SAN aspect of the city administration instead of its
'non-p partisan" feeling. Mr.. Berger TO his
cellency with the highest recommendations of any
applicant. according to the mayor himself but
this availed nothing when partisan politics
played by the 'non-partisan mayor of all the peo-
pie. The discharge of Mr. Berger is insult to
every union man and woman in the city. When the
plumbing inspection department was represented by
two non-union men ont of three appointments made,
il seemed unbelievable that the mayor would let
United labor bulletin., 1912-07-18
BAKERS ELEcT oFFIcERs.

At the last meeting Of the Bakers
union that organization elected officers
for the ensuing term. as follows Presi
dent. Ernest Erickson: vice president
stephen wirtz; recording secretary
Harvey Wagner: financial secretary and
business agent. r. E. Lauderback; treas
urer. Douglas L. Miller.
Trustees-Henry Nahring. Leo Hun
miller and August Younger.
Delegates to Trades assembly-R. E
Lauderback. Gus. Otto and VIM. Brum
mond.
Label League delegates-R. E. Lauder
back. Gus. Otto and VIM. Brummond.
United labor bulletin., 1912-07-18

are employed in the printing OF cur
rency, has under consideration an amend
ment to its constitution covering this
question. The amendment, if adopted,
which it probably will be, will prohibit
the giving of any endorsement for politi-
cal preferment to anyone aspiring for
any office of importance in the bureau
of engraving and printing, or any posi-
ton of prominence under the supervision
of the treasury department, except upon
approval. by vote of the membership.
with a still further approval by the ex-
ecutive council of the American Fedora
ton OF Labor.
United labor bulletin., 1912-07-18
WILL DECIDE TOMORROW.

The arbitration committee of the
Trades assembly will meet tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock in the office OF
The United Labor Bulletin to consider
action against the Old Homestead bak-
cry IL it does not accede to the demands
of the Bakers union and sign up with
the Bakers. The committee has already
met the manager of the bakery, but little
satisfaction was obtained from him. 1t
is likely that the boycott will be placed
tomorrow and the committee will then
endeavor TO make ii effective.
United labor bulletin., 1912-07-18
STREET GAR MEN.

Detroit. Mleh--DivIsion No. 81. Anal
gamated Association OF Street and Eicc-
trio Railway Employees. at Mt. Carmel.
Pa. recently entered into an agreement
with the Shamokin and Mt. Carmel
Transit company by which wage In
crease OF 10 per cent. was obtained. pf.
vision No. s5 at Pittsburg secured 2
per cent. increase. $500 men being In
volved. the annual increase agfrnRafin9
$4,000. The street railway men OF HUI,
Ind. have formed local union.
United labor bulletin., 1912-07-18
LABOR coNpIrIoNs BAD.

Eureka. Cal.-Labor conditions in this
county (Humboldt are bad. due to lack
of organization. The building trades In
this city are fairly well organized. II
is reported that the woodsmen only re-
ceive $3.50 to s2-o0 per day OF ten hours,
Efforts are being continued By the Amer
lean Federation OF labor to organize the
migratory and unskilled labor in this
section OF the state
United labor bulletin., 1912-07-18
DON'T FORGET THIS PICNIC.

Sunday. at Tolland, the Sheet Metal
Workers union will give its annual pic
mic. The preparations for this outing are
extensive, and all who attend will be
assured that they will be taken away
from the hot streets of the city and de-
posted within a few hours at the little
city on the Moffat road, the most beauti-
full scenic trip in the world. The pic
mic will be an old-fashioned family af-
fair. A large crowd is expected on the
special trains when they leave Denver.
United labor bulletin., 1912-07-18
VESSELS BUILT IN JUNE.

According to a government report just
issued American shipbuilders completed
229 vessels of all descriptions during the
month of June Most of the craft were
OF the small wooden. steamer variety,
and the total gross tonnage for the en-
tire number was only 1885. Nine steel
steamers were turned out. the largest
being the Renoun OF 1854 gross tons,
built for the Standard Oil company. and
the Sol Due of 1.oS5 gross tons. built at
Seattle. WASH. for the Seattle construc-
ton company.
United labor bulletin., 1912-07-18
suspENpeR STRIKE SETTLED.

Aurora. Ill.-The strike of the en-
ployes of the suspender factory has been
to work. The contest has been of nine
weeks duration. and would have been
settled before but for the fact that the
management of the Arm refused to re
employ the president of the local union.
all other points at issue having been adj
justed. Finally It was agreed to SUBJ
NIT this question 20 board OF arbitra-
tion. and ms result of its award the
local president was reinstated. but re
signs from official position in the union.
United labor bulletin., 1912-07-18
STATE COUNCIL OF PAINTERS.

Worcester, Mass.-The Massachusetts
State Council of Painters will hold an
important meeting in this city on July
II. An effort will be made to secure IN
agreement with employers of the state.
or by law, requiring rope rails around
staging. and instituting other safety
measures. AS the new compensation law
is now operative it is likely that the en-
ployers Will prefer to cooperate in pro-
viding safety for workmen with more
alacrity than formerly.
United labor bulletin., 1912-07-18
COMMENT ON TIMELY TOPICS

the only union go in the department and hire
In his setad non-union who is not
journeyman plumber and he for inspectors job
where the highest skill should be demanded.
In many other departments non-union pre-
dominate.
There is only answer: Labor must get into
politics and stop this hypocrisy the part of Off
cials well the that cater to the labor
TO put such men in office.
United labor bulletin., 1912-07-18
CEMENT WORKERS.

San Francisco.-The American Broth
erhood OF Cement Workers reports the
recent organization OF local unions at
Haxelton. Pa. and Akron. O.. with a
good charter list.
United labor bulletin., 1912-07-18
o SAFEGUARD ENDORSEMENTS

washington--owing to the fact that
occasional application is made by politi-
cal aspirants to the organizations OF la
hor for endorsement. and from the fur
ther fact that In this city the political
cauldron Is ever simmering. the local
Plate Printers union. whose members
United labor bulletin., 1912-07-18
HAMILTON IN TOWN.

NJ. Grant Hamilton. organizer for the
American Federation of Labor. spent
few days in Denver the first part OF
the week with his family His many
friends were glad TO see him.
United labor bulletin., 1912-07-18
The officers of the new organization

are:
son. vice president; George Greenway,
recording secretary; Rex Koch. financial
secretary. and Patrick Coyle. treasurer.
The new organization meets every sec
ond and fourth Thursday at 500 Club
building.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1912-11-07
Art Exhibit Friday Evening.

The public is cordially invited
to an exhibition of paintings next
Friday evening from z to 10
o'clock, to be held in the college
reading room.
This exhibition, the work of
Miss Macarthur, of the Applied
Arts Department, has come from
Jackson, where it figured as the
'one man show" in the Art de-
partment of the State Fair.
About thirty-six pictures will
be exhibited, consisting of por-
traits, interiors and landscapes,
painted in this country and
abroad. Miss Macarthur is an
artist of exceptional talent and
unusual ability.
A portrait of Mrs. Annie Cole
man Peyton will be of interest to
her townspeople, This is not the
presentation portrait chosen by
the Federation Committee, but
a smaller picture of her.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1912-11-07
CITY COUNCIL ASKED
TO MAKE A DONATION
TO CONFEDERATE MONUMENT
Matter is Taken Under Advise
ment, and will Come up Later.
Meeting Tuesday Night
Exceedingly Short

The regular monthly meeting
of the city council Tuesday night
was exceedingly short, adjourn
ment having been taken at an
early hour in order that members
of the body might go to the Co
lumbus Theatre and hear the
election returns.
The most important matter to
come before the council was a
request from Stephen d. Lee
Chapter, United Daughters of
the Confederacy, for a donation
of 81, 600 to their monument fund.
Several members of the chapter
were present, and Gen. Z. I.
Sykes, who acted as spokesman
for the ladies, stated that the
sum of 81, 221. 45 still remains due
ont he monument recently erected
on the court house square. He
said that if the city would donate
81, 900 the Daughters would un-
dertake to raise the remainder,
and was assured by Mayor
Donnell that the matter would
receive due consideration.
Mr.. Warren M. Cox, manager
of the Independent Cottonseed
Oil and Fertilizer Works, was be-
fore the council, and presented
what he said he believed to be
good reasons why the assessment
on the plant should be reduced.
Action in the matter was post
poned.
AT eight O'Clock the council ad-
journed, but will meet again to-
night, when the donation of the
Confederate monument and the
requested reduction in the as
sessment of the Independent
Cottonseed Oil and Fertilizer
Works will probably come up for
consideration.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1912-11-07
Cleopatra" With Big Circus.

When Barnum and Bailey's
circus appears in Columbus next
Monday the people will be given
an opportunity Of witnessing a
performance of the greatest
spectacle ever produced in Ameri-
ca, In the devising, building and
mounting Of Cleopatra" the
management spent $500, 900. In
the cast are 1.250 characters, a
grand opera chorus and a ballet
of $50 dancing girls. There are
also $50 horses, 5 herds of ele-
plants, a caravon of camels and
a trainload Of special scenery,
costumes and stage devices.
Through the medium of this
mighty spectacle the laureats of
past ages speak from forgotten
ruins. The walls of time fall
down. With the brilliancy and
the speed of the lightning there
is revealed to the audience a
wondrous picture of old Egypt,
the silent pyramids looking down
from long centuries ago-the
Egypt of the Greek, tie Roman
and the Ptolemy. heavy with
the legends of antiquity and the
memory of lost honors, and rich
with the reflected glory and
splendor of its unbridled revelry.
The audience looks into the
streets of ancient Alexandria, in
the days of the Plotemys, throb-
bing with its strange cosmopoli.
tan life. In the near distance
flows the Sphinx, and beyond il
great stretches of sand. The
scenic realism is perfect, and
while spectators marvel at the
inspired enactment of the story
/ the wonderful music of ancient
Egypt is played by an orchestra
of 100 soloists.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1912-11-07

SUPREME COURT AFfIRMS
MATHER- MCDOWELL CASE
Company Gets 400 and 6
per cent Interest from De-
cember 20th. 1910

The supreme court on Mon
day handed down an opinion af-
tirming the decision of the
Lowndes county circuit court in
the case of the Mather-McDowell
Lumber Company VS.. the South
ern Railway in Mississippi, and
ordering the defendant company
to pay to plaintiff the sum of
81, 400, together with 6 per cent
interest from Dec. 10, 1910, when
the verdict in the lower court was
rendered. and 6 per cent addi-
tional damages for the appeal,
making the total amount to be
paid the plaintiff about 81, 800.
The suit was predicated on the
action of the Southern Railway
Company in Mississippi in making
the Mather- Mcdowell Lumber
Company a rate on lumber from
Mullins Switch, Miss, and after
plaintiff established a mill there
refusing to haul its product, al
leging that the railroad running
from Mullins Switch to the main
line belonged to the Interstate
Lumber Company, and could not
be used by any other concern
The outcome of the case is
quite a victory for Lieut-Gov.
James I. Harrison. who had as
his opponent in the lower court
Hon. z. p. Landrum, local attor-
ney for the Southern, and who
in the supreme court went up
against a no less renowned law
yer than Gen, I. c. Catchings.
general counsel in Mississippi for
the company.
Gov. Harrison advanced a new
line of argument in the case, con-
tending that where general traf-
fic purpose are involved there
can be no "spur track" and the
supreme court upheld him in this
contention.