The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-16

not sufficient to cope with the situation
until mounted police arrived and rode
into the crowd, cracking many heads
During 1911 1866 strikes took place
in Germany involving 217,S09 employees
in 1860 establishments. Twelve per
cent Of the strikes were fully successful, /
62R per cent partially successful, 251b
per cent unsuccessful 9,371 local I'M
ions, embracing 2,169,532 members, are
affiliated with the German Federation |
of Labor.
According to official trade union re-
ports during the month of June 25 per
cent were not employed in England |
France unemployed for May, So per
cent; Germany for May, 10 per cent; |
Holland for May, 3 per cent; Belgium |
for May, 1.3 per cent; Denmark for |
May, a per cent. In the United States |
the only unemployed figures obtainable /
for this period are from New York state, |
where the unemployed averages 10 per
cent for the first three months
Former Mayor Ferguson, who recently /
was recalled by the claw and order /
gang of Hoquiam, and since his recall |
has toured Washington under auspices |
of organized labor, returned to Grays |
Harbor n full Pledged socialist and a |
soapboX is now his pulpit in both cities
Aberdeen and Hoquiam.
During the last few months striking
workmen in Japan have won five strikes. /
strikes
Telephone girls in Boston are organ
lied. Twelve hundred of them recently |
threatened to strike Now the bosses
granted them an eighth day without .
reduction in pay; time and a half for
overtime and Sunday work. five min
utes work after regular time to count I
half an hour overtime.
We now have the findings of the Brit
ish board of trade inquiry into the loss
of the Titanic. The findings summed up
amount to the statement that every
body or nobody was to blame. lust as
you may wish it. 1t is a fine document. |
Socialists, however, will not Judge this
report by what it says, but by what it |
doesn't say.
The special grand jury called in Bos-
ton to investigate charges of perjury
made against officials of the Boston Ele-
waited railway, has returned eight secret
indictments. The investigation is the
of the recent strike, in every
respect victorious for the workers.
Driven to desperation by their inabil-
ty to secure scabs to take the places of
he striking furriers, the bosses in New
fork have accepted the smuggling method.
They sent out a gang of thugs to slug 1
The strikers. In one instance boss |
with his son and salesman personally
.ook hand, but his method was so
rank that the police arrested the three
with the charge of assault against them
In Duluth the lockers strike at the
n. P. docks is beginning to assume a
serious aspect for the company. The
strikers feel that they have practically
won.
The annual scheme of Associated Press
md the railroads-owned by the same
worked again. Scarcity of laborers here
and there, in fact, everywhere, is the
oattlecry. Stay where you are, brother;
organize into unions and make "labor
scarce" by cutting the hours down to
eight, seven or six.
The district court of Shawnee county,
Kansas, has granted a temporary in
junction against the International Coun-
Ill at Topeka, including Edward D. Nc
Aeever, an attorney, and all others aid
ng or abetting in the work of organic
ng the street railway employees of the
Topeka Street Railway company.
The pay of railroads for transporta,
ion of mails has kindly been increased
by the U. S. senate to the tune of 81
100000. At the same time the senate
committee did not overlook the postal
employees. The provision given postal
employees the right to organize in labor
nions and the right to petition congress
'or redress of their grievances, has been
stricken out.
Systematic preparations are being
made for the proposed general strike in
Belgium. Funds are being raised, food
5 being stored and arrangements are
being made for quartering the children
If the strikers during the proposed
struggle.
Il do not believe in cooperative en-
erprise." Oh, you don't? Well, my dear
iir, you have no choice. The time for
'elief or disbelief on that matter has
ong passed by. You might just as we'll
ay, Il do not believe in the Pacific
'cean." Cooperative enterprise is no
onger theory, nor doctrine; it is an
accomplished fact. The only thing that
you have to say about it is whether it
hall be conducted for the benefit and
'rofit of Mr.. Rockefeller and Mr. Nor
IAN or for the benefit Of yourselves;
lOthing else
NJ. G. Rothschild, a capitalist Of Yonk-
rs, n. Y, recently paid $4,000 for a
wing for his daughter
Congress appropriated s1,35O.OOO toll
.efray expenses Of a military mauicureI
n Wisconsin. Military experts and oth-
"a. rafUrufru haHra from. Fs-.- ~ i