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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-02

Does your life always have the
last word?"
''Um, no. I most always say: Yes,
dear or Very true, dear Puck.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-02

Hewitt-Gruet doesn't know enough
to go in when it rains.
Jewett-Well, he's all right in n dry
season.-The OpHmist.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-02

promptly at four o'clock this after
noon In the church parlors
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-02

Jigson-Hear you have had an ad-
dltion to your family.
Nugson-Yes, two.
Jigson-Twins?
Nugson-No-a baby boy and my
wife's mother.-Tit-B Bits.
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-02

Mrs. Casey-What der yer think.
Pat the kid walked today for the first
tonne
Casey-Good boy. Send him out for
a pint!-Princeton Tiger.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-09-13
WILL RECOMMEND 81.
FREE UNIVERSITY

FALL RIVER, Mass, Sept. H.
When the state branch Of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor holds it's con-
vention here, Sept. 18th, a committee
from the Central Labor union of Bos-
ton will recommend the esta blish-
ment Of a free state university in Mas
sachusetts. This decision was ar
rived at at a recent meeting of the
educational committss of the Boston
Central Labor union. The resolution
agreed upon by the committee is to
the effect that the Boston C. L. U. in
structs it's delegates to the Massachu-
setts State branch of the A. F. of l..
that they Introduce and advocate this
project at the annual convention in
Fall River" It is said that the Gen.
trail Labor union of this city will al
so interest itself in this matter, and
1t is believed that a favorable report
on the question will be arrived at by
the convention.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-09-13
STRIKE BREAKERS
LOAD ON SUPERIOR
Men Who Took Strike Jobs on
Great Northern Docks Appeal
to Poor Board.

Str1kebreakers is not profitable
JOD according to observations made
by Poor Commissioner Swan of Su
per1or who has received applications
for aid from men who were en-
ployed by the Great Northern railway
at the. Allouez docks during the re-
cent strike.
The Great Northern can afford to
take care of those men," Commits
sioner Hard said. 1T is a. fright how
many transients have drifted into the
city, many of who mare looking for
aid. Superiors prosperous conditions
must have been heralded far and
wide.''
According to the monthly report
for August the county expended
$6S4.S1 in the poor department. This
is an Increase of moro than $40 over
the expense In August of the previous
year when the disbursements amount
ed to but $460.41. The increase was
largely due to the heavier hospital
expenses.
Hospital bills for the recent month
! amounted to $275.34; groceries.
ss17; fuel, $3e; wearing apparel.
$3.50; ambulance hiree, Sc: burials.
$40 and railroad tickets, $4S.97.
Forty-three families were aided.
Ten were sent out Of town. five tn
the hospital, one to the poor farm
and one was buried by the coun+v
Nineteen cases were investigated and
three refusd.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-09-13
FORCE MANUFACTURERS
TO OBEY SAFETY LAWS

NEW YORK, Sept. 11.-Forty-s six
manufacturers ofFthis city and their
employees were brought before the
Justices Of. Special Sessions recently
charged by agents of the Bureau of
Fire Prevention With having violated
the factory laws. :"
Fines ranging from $40 to SIS were
imposed, and the Justice warned five
manufacturers found guilty of lock-
ing the doors of their plants while
operatives were atHwork that if they
were convicted of#th esame offense a
Second. time they would be sent to
prison. 4. : #H% .
I'm the future, ''ssaid Justice Zeller,
speaking forfthe court. lit is the in
tention Of thisscourt to make an ex-
ample Of men, swho persist in violat-
ing the law. There is not going to be
another Triange Shirt Waist Co. fire
If this court can help it," r. ~
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-09-13
DEALING JUSTICE
ri. WITH VENGEANCE

y. CINCINNATI, Sept 1.-Two Of the
most drastic sentences ever imposed
In the State Of Ohio were given two
striking teamsters by .udge Fricke,
In municipal court here, when he
fined William Watts $3.50 and costs
and sentenced him to thirty days in
the workhouse, and Dixon Plumb
$3.50 and sentenced him to thirty days
in the workhouse.' - ".z- ~
Charges against the two strikers
were that they had .incited to riot"
when, as matter of fact. their offense
consisted Of attempting to persuade
another teamster to join the ranks
of the strikers. Police officers and
thugs in the employ of the express
companies testified that the men had
done their best to start the riot. "a
E Watts sentence will keep him in
prison for more than two years, as
he has no money to pay: the fine: Dix
on must serve "a little more than a
year, as he also. has no money. =
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-09-13
100000 TO Get i.
. BENEFIT N: or | Law A N
Act Effective Oct. i Planned to
Insure Speedy Settlement
Of Claims.
ONLY ONE EMPLOYER r..
REFUSES TO ACCEPT IT
American Express Company Pre-,
fers to, Retain Features of !,
Old: Law. T

ihough by its final clause the new
"orkmen's compensation act does not
take effect until Oct. /, in a sense it
Is already in effect today. Under. the
terms of the law, every emplover. and
eAlpioyee in the classes covered is
presumed to come under the new act.
unless one party or the other has
served notice that it will stay out.
ouch notice must have been filed 30
DAYS before the accident. Only-one
concern, the American Expr ess COM
pany, Is known to have, given such a,
notice. All the others, and their en-
ployees, will come under the law Oct.
l. and it is too late now to avoid the
terms Of the law for any accident that
may take place between Oct. / and
Oct. II.
In fact, practically all large en-
ployers have. placed their risks In the
hands of casualty insurance COM
panies, who under the law will settle
Tor the accidents on the new basis,
twenty-five thousand establishments
employing about 100000 persons. will
be subject to the new law, and will
be on a new basis after Oct. 1.
Ends Tedious Delays.
What the newelaw means to injured
employees is little understood. It NAV
give some idea to say that EMPLOYEES
injured In their work hereafter will
receive a definite legal compensation
promptly. There will be no more de-
lay and uncertainty. Accidents. here
after will be 'regarded&as the hazard
or the Industry, which must carry the
wrecks it has made. The insurance
companies, which have conferred at
length over the new law with the
state labor bureau, have given everv
assurance that they will settle acct
dent claims without contests in court
! and Nd with all possible promptness.:
/ Judging by the past, 1t is probable
that 5000 industrial accidents. will
take place in: Minnesota, in, the next next
IL months. General acceptance Of the
new law means great deal to the
future accident victims. Instead of
suffering and privation during a long
and uncertain legal conflict and ex-
pensive lawyers to split the proceeds
with If there are any, the new sys-
tenn will mean prompt. and certain
payment, by installments on regular
pay days, without any. legal expenses.
Old Loopholes Closed.
Under. the old law the employer has
been able to fight accident claims in
court on one of three main issues:
Contributory negligence. .:.<
~ Assumption of risk.
Negligence of fellow servant.
TO recover damages, it was neces-
sary for the injured man to prove
that his employers own negligence
was responsible for the accident. On
der the new law, the only grounds
for .contesting a claim will be: -
.,. That the injured man inflicted the
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-09-13
BATTLE CREEK FIRM
:: HITS AT Union men
Duplex Printing Press Company
Discharges Men Who
Belong to Union.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich, Sept. H.
A few years ago the Duplex Printing
Press company, Of this city-a con-
Germ that had no use for union
labor"-became painfully aware of
the fact that its union-hating procliv-
tiles were injuring the sale of it's
larger presses in seevral of the prin-
cipal cities of the United States in
cluding New York.
It. was quite apparent that in due
course, Of time the company must
modify its belligerent attitude toward
organized labor Or: else abandon it's
attempt. to extend the market for it's
larger presses. There was little sur
prise, therefore, when the president
of the company, several months ago,
encouraged the rnachinists at the
Duplex plant to form union.
The movement met with such sue
cess that about 30 per cent of the
company's machinists found their
way into the union. Everything ran
along smoothly until about a week
ago, when several union men were
laid off without apparent reason, no
demands having been made on the
company. OF the total number dis
charged, about 80 per cent were union
members. This naturally led to
trouble, and ans Dst9ficial strike order
took effect, and aecessions to the
strikers ranksxf are. being steadily
made. ~-=-.-- *:s,rg
The real cause of the. company's 8
hardness. of heart against the union
Is not known. Its only excuse for
laying off the men is a ''lack of or
ders." The Duplex still holds tenaci-
ously to the heathenish ten-hour
workday. - '~r:
The district organizer. for the Ma
chinists' union is working had to Sc
cure an adjustment of the difficulty,
and the sympathies of the entire
working class of Battle Creek are
with the strikes.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-09-13
MARYLAND MACHINISTS
ARE VICTORIOUS

BALTIMORE. Sept IL My Mary
land lodge, No. 1856, has succeeded IN
securing settlements whereby eight
hours Will be established In this city
for the machinists trade. This battle
has been wages vigorously for several
weeks past. and the strikers were
literally supported. both morally ana
financially, by the unions OF this city
"a minimum wage OF So a day haa been
estab blished and the union has also
retained the higher wage that had
been previously paid to; q large num-
:ber Of its members. The settlements
arrived at will put to work about 500
men This. Of course, IS OF double
imp portance,,s ID; that It serves the p,,,r.4
pose OF getting these men what they
;wereae tier ana they IA turn being able,
s. help Who are st,l, u ~
lt11
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-09-13
$ S'{ $: GOES LIMIT
- ,..1|A. INJUNCTION
Seattle Jurist Restraints Parrot
F rom Screaching and Soap
Boxers from Talking.

SEATTLE, WASH, Sept. 6.-Judge
John E. Humphries of the superior
court although the most voluble de-
fender of the two-months' vacation
for judges, has thus far taken no va
cation this summer. He has been
too busy issuing all manner of in
functions from stopping parrot
from screaching to stopping "soap-
box" speaking on the streets.
The judge is genial, round, we'll
satisfied individual, who loves to talk.
I'm the whole show now," he~ re-
marked recently. I'm all nine
judges of this county this week. I'm
the only pebble on the beach,. They
all have to come to me ,and if I
haven't made good, no boy in the
world has"
Judge Humphries courtroom is
on each wall and with a lot Of pic
lures of himself, the law library he
used to have and some letters COM
plimenting him upon his patriotism
The judge has been running for
one office or another for quarter
Of a century, but not until last fall
was he elected.
Shortly after he took office he de-
manded that the county commission
ers buy him a flag, 6x9 feet. The
commissioners told him to- buy. it
himself He Issued an order for their
arrest for contempt of court. Judge
Humphries got the flag.
When Judge Humphries issued an
injunction against teamsters on
strike, he said: -.
Il don't blame the strikebreakers
for going armed. If man were
after me. I'd get gun and fill him
full Of holes. l am g., practiced
law for Is years, and know that peo-
pie have got to be governed by fear.
Two uncles of mine killed men in
self-defense.
During the past few weeks Judge
Humphries issued the following in
functions:
Restrained Mayor Cotterill from
closing certain saloons.
Restrained the marshal from en-
forcing certain fire ordinances
Restrained a parrot from screach-
ing within 200 feet of a certain house.
Restrained the Salvation army and
Volunteers Of America from meeting
in front Of certain hotel.
Restrained the I. w. w. and Social
ist speakers on certain corners.
Restrained the teamsters from COM
ing within earshot Of the strike-
breakers.
Restrained the city from continuing
with a condemnation suit started a
year ago.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-09-13
POLES AGAIN SHOW
OLD FIGHTING SPIRIT
Ground to the Last Atom They
Revolt and Poland Has
Industrial War.

WARSAW, Poland, Sept H.
After years Of misery and oppression,
Poland is now in the throes Of a
series of strikes. Warsaw gave the
example, and other towns soon fol-
lowed suit, notably Lodz, where e5,-
900 workers are out. ,All over Pol
and the workers are demanding an
increase of wages, varying from 80 to
80 per cent.
The bad harvests Of 1911-12 have
caused infinite suffering in Lodz,
where the workers have been driven
to desperation. Even the average
manufacturer and bourgeoius news
paper acknowledges that the worker
is condemned to suffer hunger be-
cause Of his wretched pay.
The workers of Lodz have declared
war on the powers controlling the
cotton and wollen industries. These
capitalists triumphed over the work.
ing classes in 1907, and successfullv
appealed to the government to sun
press all trade unions. g.,
The capitalists have boldly stated
that they intend giving the workmen
lesson" The anti-semitic press is
actively denouncing the strikers, saw
ing that the movement has been
brought about by Socialist and Jewish
/ agitators. -. H.. . ! =" 8
The government has forbidden anv
workers committee to collect funds
or food. The only organization Al
lowed to do so is. ironically enourh
composed con ! q, of the very men the strik-
[ers are figh htinE. ;s5
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-09-13
MANY RAILROADS
:. REDUCE DIVIDENDS.
Earnings of Carriers Greatly Dis.
turbed New Haven Not 3:
Alone in Losses.

NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-THE last
year has seen a greater disturbance
among railway dividends than was
caused by the panic of 1907. The
passin gof the preferred payment on
Big Four only emphasizes some of the
other omissions and reductions of late.
months. ~5,a
The st. Paul shattered a long record
Of unbroken declarations at the
per cent rate last year, when the
burden Of carrying the Puget Sound
extension forced a reduction to per
cent which rate still obtains.
The Illinois Central had a still more
enviable record as az per cent
payer, but is now on a per cent
basis -
The New Haven, whose president
had stated publicly less than two
years before that he could hardly
conceive of conditions which would
Justify. departure fro mthe 8 per
cent payment, cuts its dividend to
per cent in the last quarter Of the
last fiscal year, and the Chesapeake
and Ohio lowered its rate from, per
cent to per cent as a result Of the
recent floods.
When the next hearing on the ap-
plication for higher freight rates
comes up the shippers organizations
will not be able to point to SO many
prosperous railroads as evidence OF
the sufficiency Of existing charges.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-09-13
BIG BRITISH LABOR
:: CONGRESS IN SESSION
Fraternal Delegates Are Present
From United States, Canada
and Other Countries.

MANCHESTER, England, Sept. IL
Amid cheers and applause and to the
playing OF ''Auld Lang syne,"" the
sixth annual Trade Union Congress
opened in Milton hall Monday last
with about 563 delegates in attend
ance. s~ s..:. II. 5 q
Unusual interest is being taken in
this gathering, which is the largest
in the history. Of the British trade
union movement, because. Of !. the
many important matters due to the
labor unrest through the entire Unit
ed Kingdom which are to be dis.
cussed at the meet. Il. sI
This is q record breaking year In
the history Of the labor movement in
this country. the delegates in attend
sance representing a membership Of
nearly 2,300,000 men and women, the
largest number ever represented at q
labor congress. ss 555
The congress was opened by the
Lord Mayor Of Manchester. Samuel
Walter Royse. who welcomed the
delegates In behalf of the municipal-
ity. Il ss 3ss. {: /.
The American labor smoevment was
represented. by Charles 4 Blaine. sec-
Rotary of the Boot and Shoe Work
.ers' union. and Louis c. Kemper,
secretary OF the u United Brewery
5workmen, who are sat the congress
u l fraternal delsgates from the.
American Fedsriitionso sof Labor.
s,s For the first tirna "A the slsistory ofs
The cous 3srrnaly. antf
slIincs ,y
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-09-13
Honor C0NWCTS :.
CHOOSE GUARDS
OOv4vOO
Established Secret System Among
Themselves Weld Pick and
= Shovel With Zeal.

T DIXON, ILL.,, Sept 11.-Forty-five
picked prisoners from the state peni-
tentiary at Joliet are practically un-
guarded on the banks of Rock river.
For five or six. months they will en-
joy most Of the liberties afforded
working road gangs of free men. r.
There IS not happier company Of
men, perhaps, to be found in the
whole country. There is no patrol.
nor is there anyone to observe should
any. prisoner attempt to run for
liberty.
To Give System Thorough Test.
Warden Edmund M. Allen, is deter
mined to put the new honor system
to a. thorough test-the first ever at
tempted in Illinois. .
. In spite of heat that registered
more than 90 degrees they welded
picks and shovels with zeal. After
work they played baseball, went
swimming, fished. 1T was dark when
the men left the penitentiary and had
any wished to escape it would have
been a simple matter to slip away"
"But no man wants to escape" J.
r.. q former Chicago burglar, said.
I'VE think too much OF the. new
warden. ~. # ~ *ss2s'.5 s'.5
E.. - Establish Own Guard. *f@ =
While he does not guard against
any of us breaking faith with him.
we have taken = upon ourselves to
establish our own guard. We have
selected a secret judge and secret de-
tectives who will report any sign of
weakness on the part of any one
Of us.
Mr.. Allen told us all about what is
expected Of us and we are not going
to let him be disappointed"
Some of the prisoners had not been
beyond the prison walls for nearly
score, of years. -"
Serve Tobacco.
Sandwiches and tobacco were
served on the way to Dixon. They
were taken in the motor cars to the
camp, six miles distant. K -
Tents already had been pitched and
dinner preparations soon were under
way. There seemed to be no special
direction. Each man took the initia-
tive in. finding work to do. While
they were eating a delegation Of
women. from the town arrived and in
spected the camp.
The prisoners :. exchanged their
black Sunday clothes for kahki trous-
ers and cotton shirts. Lights straw
hats replaced the black felt ones.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-09-13
NEW YORK FREIGHT
" HANDLERS WIN STRIKE

y NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-THE strike
OF the Longshoremen against the
11amourg-American Line resulted in
IaFor OF the Longshoremen. The men
nave all returned to work.
Ihe settlement was made between
tne committee Of local unions No.
aO6 and 311 and the representatives
OF the company. The men asked that
the Ola brass check SYSTEM" which
entitled the men to obtain work on
the docks whenever any was to be
had, be restored. -.
, There was no question of ware. ~
sr1sg Working hours involved in the strike.
and and. 4 u I; the men asked was that they
be given work whenever there was
any. 5%I d /. Will. l .s.s
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-09-13
SUPERIOR DON'T
LIKE STATE Law
Contract Rights Subordinated to
Rule of Public Utilities
State Commission,
CITY CANT ENFORCE
TERMS OF FRANCHISE
Decision in Street Railway Strike
Case Ought to Be Lesson
For Minnesota,

One of the most plarins % q,
of the deprivation of the pow~ e.
control by a municipality over a pu~1 8
lie service corporation operating
within that municipality, is shown in
the case of the city of Superior, Wis.
The city of Superior granted a
franchise to the Duluth Street Rail-
way company. Now the famous
Dartmouth college case decision,
handed down by the supreme court
early in the last century and in which
John Marshall wrote the opinion and
Daniel Webster made the principal
argument, declares that franchise
is a contract. The constitution of
the United States says that no state
shall pass any law impairing the
obligation Of a contract. and to do 50,
of course, would be an unconstitu-
tional act.
The City's Contract.
However, the city of Superior has
a contract with the Duluth Street
Railway company. In this contract
the company agrees to furnish "a
sufficient number of cars, with rea-
sonably efficient operators, as will
give the travelling public adequate
street car service.
During the street railway strike
last September, when the company
brazenly refused to meet a commit
tee of the strikers, the city attempted
to enforce the contract; it attempted
to compel the company to comply
with the terms of the agreement.
Ordinarily, and as between any
two individuals, the Wisconsin courts
would willingly entertain a suit of
this nature. An individual may not
wanonly violate his solemn agree
ment with another individual and
avoid the penalty. But
Wisconsin has a public utilities
commission, whose power is to set
tie all disputes between a public SER
vice corporation and Its employees, or
in controversies Of any kind INV hicl
such public service corporation may
be party.
Commission Is Supreme.
The city applied for a writ of man.
damus which would compel the COM
pany to live up to it's contract. The
lower court granted the city's re-
quest, but the case was taken up to
the state supreme court.
Then it was that the court held
that lin all controversies as regards