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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-11-23
GILLETTE. FIGHTS
LABOR MEASURES.
Makes Cowardly Attack on Of
ficers of Minnesota State
Federation of Labor.
AVOIDS ARGUMENT;
RESORTS TO ABUSE.
Attempts to Lead Members Of the
Legislature to Believe Organ
lied Labor Has Blacklist.

The Minnesota Employers associa-
tion, with George M Gillette as its
president, has been circularizing the
state for the purpose of belittling and
discrediting the efforts of organized
labor to secure from the legislature Of
Minnesota fair legislation in the in
terests of the working classes.
Early in September and pursuant
to instructions given by the Brainerd
convention of the Minnesota State
Federation of Labor, every candidate
for the legislature was asked how he
stood on certain bills to be introduced
In the legislature in which labor was
interested.
These bills covered such subject
matter as the initiative, referendum
and recall, a workingmen's compen-
sation, a minimum wage for women
and children, eight-hour day for ,wo-
men workers, state insurance for tho
victims of industrial accidents, pro-
lection for labor in the payment Of
wages, state aid in the crusade against
tuberculosis, tu a more efficient system
OF boiler inspection, limiting the pow
er of courts in declaring certain laws
unconstitutional, extending the eight
hour law to the inmates of state
penal institutions, and favoring home
manufactures in supplying goods and
material for the state. -
LabOr's Fair Position.
The only question above mentioned
to which the group of employers
represented by Mr.. Gillette would
be justified in taking exception
is that providing for working
mems compensation. In this matter
organized labor tried to be fair In
the question submitted to the candi-
dates for the legislature it says: eff
elected, will you vote for a working
mems compensation act that will be
fair to the state, to employers and en-
ployes, and particularly will you sup
port and vote for the bill that will
r meet with the approval Of the work
ingmen of Minnesota genera1ly?"
Added to this question was the fol-
lowing notation: - -. -s7e'=
'<There will undoubtedly be several
measures on this subject presented to
the legislature. Committees of the
Minnesota Employers association, the
state senate, the Minnesota State Bar
association and this federation are
working independently on working
mems compensation bills. We do not
ask for your support at this time of
any specific measure, but we do re-
spectfully request that you. agree to
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-11-23
STILL LEADS
ON IMMIGRANT LIST
In September 81, 1,133 Southern
Italians Landed In America.
Polish Are Next.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 21.-The Bu-
reau of immigration and Naturaliza-
tion, Department of Commerce and
Labor, has just issued it's September
immigration Bulletin.
AS was the case in many preced-
ing months, the influx of Southern
Italians continues to head the list,
and it is a matter of some conjecture
as to how much time it will require
to depopulate the southern portion
Of Italy at the present rate of immi-
grafton.
During the month of September
|21,133 Southern Italians landed on
our shores. Next in point of numbers
came the Polish, with 1885; Hebrew,
9,678; German, 1904; Greek, 6,63S;
English, 5,401; Irish, 4,336; Crotian
and Slavonian, $3.50, the balance be-
ing scattered between thirty-two ma
tionalities. The total immigration for
the month amounted to 1o5,611. Dur
ing the same month 23,728 emigrant
aliens left this country.
Out of the number Of immigrants
for September 22,299 were farm la
borers, 1882 unskilled .laborers, a.
610 servants. In the skilled trades
there were admitted 2,151 tailors,
1867 clerks and accountants, 1,018
carpenters, 1908 shoemakers, the
balance Of the skilled trades being
scattered among all known trades.
The states which received the larg-
est portion. of this immigration are
New York, 31,O62; Pennsylvania, 49,
034; Massachusetts, 9,786; Illinois,
9,153; New Jersey, 5,229; Michigan,
4.2OO; the balance being scattered
throughout the various states of the
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Continued ON Page 8.
LANSING IRON MoLDERs
ARE DETERMINED TO WIN

LANSING, Mich, Nov. 21.-The
struggle of the Iron Molders in this
city for shorter hours and an. in
creased scale of wages =is still going
on and has been since May 49,
After five months the ranks of the
strikers remain unbroken and al.
though ten of the strikers have been
sent to prison for contempt of court
for the alleged violation Of an in
junction, yet this has failed to break
the spirit of the strikers.
The iron molders' union will con-
tinue this contest until justice can
be secured.
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COMM|SS|0NPlAN
BEST FOR DULUTH
Cannot Be Plutocratic Govern
men* Where Initiative, Refer
endum and Recall Obtain.
EXPOSED .7'ish;sD s;,ssaD' !s:''':y':1 SYSTEM
Special Interests, Once Chamfptss02!
of Commission Form, Are
Against Duluth Plan"

The Labor World believes that the
commission form of city government
would be the best thing for Duluth,
We have come to this conclusion
after long and studious thought on
the subject
We admit that we were at first
,prejudiced against the proposed plan.
We entertained fears of plutocratic
government. We believed in the old
ward system, and we thought there
was something to the argument that
such system kept city government
close to the people.
But we have changed our mind of
late, and We thank God we have a
mind to change. Study and analysis
have brought us to the honest con-
viction that whatever of evil there
is in our city life it is traceable to
the ward system of representative
city government.
We Don't Want Office.
We are not, nor do we expect to
become a candidate for any office un-
der the new plan, should it be ratified
by the voters. We are only interested
in the welfare of the city and the
people.
Under the ward system at last Mon
day evenings session of the common
council a long delayed housing ordi-
nance was passed, but only after it
had been slashed to pieces by the real
estate interests OF the city.
The saloon ordinance was defeated
because OF real estate interests saw
in 1t probable loss of considerable
hlgl saloon rent money in case the
saloon-keeper occupants of certain
premises were convicted for the VIOLA
ton of the license law.
The motorman's license ordinance
was defeated at the request and
through the subterraneous lobbying
of the organized real estate interests
of the city.
Ward System Indicted.
What stronger indictment can the
workingmen of Duluth bring against
the present ward system than the
action of the aldermen at last Mon
days meeting? Surely the members
of a commission, elected at large and
owing their positions to all the peo-
pie, could not do worse. Over in
Superior the commission passed the
mctormen's license ordinance after
but one days deliberation.
No person need have any fears OF
plutocratic government in any city
where the initiative, referendum and
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-11-23
women MAY ENTER
BUILDING TRADES
Master Builders Association
Opens School To Train
Women for Building.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.-The first
general advent in this country Of
women in industries formerly consid-
cred the economic province of men
only occurred when women were en-
setts in a pump manufacturing estab-
lishment. That it is the purpose Of
employers to crowd women into all
industries is indisputable.
In line with the above statement,
the following is an item which was
clipped from an Eastern publication,
and is indicative of the condition of
affairs which the workmen of this
country will be compelled to face in
the future:
1T won't be long before the sight
Of woman specialist in steel con-
struction directing the work from the
dizzy height of several hundred feet
will be an ordinary one, while the
woman builder with her cohorts of
feminine bricklayers, plasterers, car
penters, and steam filters, will have
lost it's novelty in the eyes of the pub
lic,. for a new trade school for women,
named in honor of Fire Commissioners
Johnsonfi at Winfield, Long Island, is
almost an accomplished fart.
THE school is expected to open the
last of this month with a splendid en-
rollment of 1876 pupils. Ninety was
the original limit of the schools ca
pacity. but so many applications have
come to the Master Binders associa-
ton, which is backing the SCENE, that
it has been decided to add two more
stories to the original plan in order
to accommodate ESQ. Otherwise the
school would have been opened Oc-
tober 15
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TO PUT CR|MP IN
STREET RAILWAY
People of Superior to Get 4-Cent
Fare-Duluth Continues at
5 Cents.
COMPANY'S FINANCIAL
STATEMENT STARTLING
Excessive capitalization and High
Bonded Indebtedness Means
of Robbing People.

The people Of Superior are to en-
joy the blessings of six street railway
rides for a quarter. The company
promises to appeal from the decision
of the state rate commission of Wis
consin, but in the meantime it will
be obliged to sell six tickets for a
quarter. One of the tickets is to
be of a different color than the other
five, and will be made redeemable by
the street railway company if the
court upholds the decision of the
commission.
However, while the people of Su.
perior are getting a 4-cent car ride
We are still paying a straight scent
fare in Duluth. The common council
has taken the first step toward as
certaining the monopoly right of the
Duluth Street Railway company to oc-
cupy the streets of the city. The sum
of $4,000 has been appropriated to
engage counsel to test the validity
of the Duluth franchise in the courts.
Duluth in Bad Shape.
In the meantime the street railway
passengers on It's lines Is per cent
more for a ride in Duluth than will
be paid in Superior. And this in
spite of the fact that the financial
statement Of the company shows 1t
to be one of the best paying propo-
siions in the country.
According to the Financial World
the Duluth-Superior Traction COM
pany is a bonanza. Its capital stock
amounts to $3,500,00O of authorized
and outstanding common stock, and
$1,500,0OO of authorized and out
standing preferred stock which draws
a cumulative dividend of per cent.
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COMMISSION GOVERNMENT
IN SUPERIOR AND DULUTH

Superior has the commission
form of government. Duluth has
the old ward system. In Supe-
riOr the commissioners, after
less than "a hours deliberation,
passed an ordinance licensing
motormen and requiring the
Street Railway company to en-
ploy only competent, sober and
prudent men to operate the
street cars.
In Duluth similar ordinance
was introduced and was held up
by the aldermen for almost two
months. The final vote on this
ordinance was taken last Mon
day night, and it failed of pas
sage.
MIR. Working1nan, how do you
like it? AS matter of fact Is
not the present b0ss-ridden add
ermanic system more plutocratic
and less responsive to the popu-
lar will than would be the COM
mission form of government for
titled by the initiative, the refer
endum and the recall?
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STREET CAR COMPANY
BARS "CAMPHOR COLLARS

BRISTOL Pa, Nov. 21.-Conduc-
tors on the local street railway sys-
tenn have been forbidden to wear
celluloid collars because. of the fact
that several conductors have been
burned by the blowing out of fuses
on the back platforms.
Under the Sherman antitrust law
this public service corporation is IL
able to be charged with forming a
conspiracy to boycott the business OF
the manufacturers of celluloid col
lars" and it might be incidently noted
that this sort of haberdashery does
not bear the union label.
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CIVIL SERVICE LISTS
GIVEN NEXT MONTH

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.-Two
civil-service examinations are to be
held in this city in December. The
first will be to secure eligibles for ap-
poihtment as teacher of metal work
and mechanical drawing to fill a
vacancy at the Haskell Indian School
in Kansas, at $72O and quarters. The
other examinations will be for aids
in the Bureau Of Standards, Depart
ment Of Commerce and Labor, at
salaries ranging from 5000 to 1870
"a year.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-11-23
TO AGAIN CHOOSE
SAMUEL G0MPER
Few Changes If Any On Execu.
tive eouncil-Hot Fight
For Next Convention,
BRITISH DELEGATES
ADDRESS CONVENTION
Many Important Resolutions Dis
posed of By A. F. of L.
John Mitchell Favored.

ROCHESTER,, N. Y, Nov. 21.-The
American Federation of Labor will
wind up it's business in Saturday. The
election of officers has been set for
Saturday morning. President Com
pers will be reelected without opposi-
ton. There will be one or two
changes ON the Executive Council.
Frank Morrison will succeed himself,
as secretary. John Lennon of the
Hatters' Union, who has been trea-
surer for rs years, has some opposi-
tion. The delegates from Michigan
have started fight against Mr., Len
non because Of his activity in the
Anti-Saloon movement. It is believed,
however, that they will muster suffi-
cient strength to defeat him.
Seattle, Washington, Milwaukee and
Richmond are candidates for the next
convention. Seattle is said to have
the best chance. The Socialist wing
of the labor movement is putting up
it's usual fight against Mr.. Gompers
and his policy. Efforts are being
made to commit the Federation to a
general policy of Industrial unionism.
Fraternal Delegates.
The speeches of the fraternal dele
gates from Great Britain early in the
week were most interesting. The
delegates dwelt at length on the new
Industrial insurance law in Great
Britain. The new law provides for
payment for sickness, accidents, old
age and death. They also devoted
considerable time to the work Of the
movement for peace. AS one of the
delegates put it:
1--WE stand for the total abolition
of war. We say war as conducted to-
day is simply an adjunct to profit
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-11-23
PIANO WORKERS STRIKE
FOR EIGHT-HOUR DAY

BOSTON, Nov. 21.-The piano work
ers of this city and vicinity went on
strike recently for an eight-hour day
without reduction in pay and the
abolition of piece work. Agents from
the New York Piano manufacturers,
whose employees are now on strike.
are endeavoring to induce the strilz.
ers in this city to go to New York
to help break the strike In that city,
offering q three years contract at
SIS per week. :sss Is ss# s*S
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Samuel Gompers; president of the
American Federation of Labor, will
be reelected for the 32nd time at
Saturdays session in Rochester. While
there has been wide division of
thought over thespolicies that Mr..
Gompers represents in the trade
union movement, all agree that he is
the logical man to head the Ameri-
can trade union movement. Mr..
Gompers has devoted his entire life to
building up the labor movement. He
has been characterized as the Grand
Old Man, and noSdoubt understands
the philosophy of. the movement bet
ter than any living. person in America.
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wANTED--SALESMEN

zeal or travelling to sell
fireproof safes to business men; ex-
ptrience unnecessary; quick sales;
big commissions. Alpine Safe Co.,
Cincinnati.
SALESMAN calling on general stores
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dress goods and blankets; strong
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Pa.
SALESMAN wanted by leading lace
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WANTED-Salesma for a high class
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WANTED-AGENTS


AGENTS~Ladies. attention; best sell
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AGENTS-$5-$10 daily selling our new
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WANTED-Two canvassers. young men
Of neat appearance and good address;
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400 per cent profit, gliding casters. new
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READ the Agents Magazine; months
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SUMMER RESORTS

SPRINGS HOTEL co. offers
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ONE CENT A WORD

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ONE CENT A WORD.

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HOTELS

OsCEOLA Notwithstanding Fla.
New and centrally located; American
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weekly: rooms with or without private
h4Ih
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FOF. RENT OR SALE-By owner, S-room
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blocks from Five Points, splendid view
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BICYCLES AND MOTORCYCLES !
BELGIAN blocks are here forever SO is
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WANTED-To rent, two rooms on 18th
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avenue on second floor, suitable for hair
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-Sldeine; to sell Jago Metal
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FOP RENT-Handsome brick store, g.
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2-2l-7t.
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HAVE; you a kodak? Let us do your
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Of film any size developed for 10 cents;
prints Sc and 4c each: bring US your
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FLORIDA LANDS

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WANTED-Two thoroughly experienced
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LANDLORDS.
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Automobile service for
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FOR RENT-Septembe /. 5-room cottage,
s20 month, has both, gas and electric
lights. 1927 N 18th st. Phone. Main
29S0-J
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NORTHUMBERLAND

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CtPABLB salesman to cover Alabama
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WANTED-sl0OOO, first mortgage loan ON
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FOR RENT-Two nice, unfurnished
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OUR new process air bleach is the only
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FOR RENT-Nice 6-room cottage with
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