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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-10-18
Twin \ PORTS. MUSIC
PR0D D ! |: h N |! \ [
Duluth and Superior Musicians
Unions Consolidated Into One
Big Organization.

The Musicians unions Of Duluth
and Superior have consolidated and
formed one big union which consists
of all the best professional musicians
in the Twin Ports. The consolidated
union is to be known as the Duluth
and Superior Musicians association,
No. 10. Il
The final steps for the consolida-
ton of the two unions were taken
last Tuesday, after a discussion run
ming over several months. The new
ly elected officers are: President, L.
F. Berger, Duluth; vice president,
Otto J. Wendt, superior; secretary,
w. J. butcher, Duluth; treasurer, I.
N. Sodahl, Duluth.
The new union sent SO as a con-
tribution to assist the striking paper
makers at Little Falls and Sank Rap
ids. A committee consisting of w. J.
butcher, N. M. Di Marco, H. Spjot-
void, Edward .Angvick and E. H.
Townsend was appointed to revise
the bylaws for the consolidated un-
ion. The meetings of the union will
be held alternately in Duluth and Su-
perior.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-10-18

E. M. Phelps Of Wisconsin En-
ployment Bureau Resigns to =.
Help Copper Kings.

A number of strike breakers for
the mines in the Copper country were
secured this week in Duluth, Super
Tor and Fargo. The Western Fedora
ton of Miners have sent to these
points number of pickets' who are
working hard to prevent men from
going to Michigan to break the strike.
The men are being secured by E.
M. Phelps, formerly manager of the
State Employment bureau at Supe-
rior. Mr.. Phelps resigned his posi-
ton to accept a job with the Calumet
and Hecla Mining company.
Since Mr.. Phelps left the wiscon-
sin bureau the state commission has
adopted rule to prevent the appllca-
ton Of expert knowledge gained in
the state service, to private gain. The
rule was adopted to maintain the con-
f1dence of employers and laborers in
the state bureau.
To break the miners strike the CAL
umet & Hecla company has organized
a. labor bureau Of its own, It will in
Foremen and superintendents who
employ men can look up the index
to find the history of every workman,
and to ascertain whether or not he
has ever been a striker.
Each prospective employee of the
company would have to receive the
o. K. of the head Of the department.
The presumption is that all strikers
will be blacklisted. This was true in
Colorado where the scheme originat-
ed. Mr.. Phelps has been engaged to
organize this labor bureau. He must
be proud Of his lob.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-10-18
OTHER PORT BOASTS
Of LARGE PAY ROLL
transportation Companies Pay
Their Men in Superior Half
Million in September.

Superior boasts that the railroads
running into the city had a pay roll
last month of half million dollars.
More than half of this sum was paid
out by the Great Northern company.
The Mesaba and Superior divisions of
the Hill road disbursed $280,000. OF
this amount 100000 were expended
on the Mesaba division which in
cludes the ore dock service and the
ore dock crews. The balance was
paid out on the Superior division.
Following the Great Northern
comes the 500 line, whose employees
in Superior were paid 100000 dur
ing September. For a road that has
been operating there for but a few
months this is large amount.
The Omaha railroad disbursed
$4,000 to it's Superior employees for
labor employed last month. The Ter
minal expended $1,000 to it's switch
ing crews and other employees. The
Northern Pacific and the South Shore
payrolls bring the total up to $780,
900.
The pay rolls on the coal docks are
said to have amounted to $4,000
last month; the ship yard $4,000 and
the flour mills $4,000. Three Sup
erior factories disbursed $22,500. It
is believed the total Superior pay
roll, including the building trades and
miscellaneous occupations aggregated
$4,000.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-10-18
CROOK Works LABOR
UNIONS; ARE WARNED
Golfers Weekly Advises Labor
Organizations to Beware of
Smooth agent"

WASHINGTON; Oct. 16.-Colliers
has just sent the following Informal
ton to the headquarters of the
American Federation Of Labor:
Members of the labor unions are
warned to beware of a man calling
himself T. J. Edwards and claiming
to represent the International Adver-
Using Syndicate, of New oYrk, Mon
treal, and Boston, who has been
swindling people under the pretense
Of taking subscriptions for Golfers,
The National Weekly, and other
magazines.
HE makes a speciality of gaining
admission to union lodges and max
ing a canvass, in which he offers
Golfers, Metropolitan, Pictorial Re-
view. &C., for $3.50, on payments of
50 cash. Needless to say none of
these orders are ever reported. Ed
wards took seventeen Of these sub
scriptions in the local of the B. M. &
T. union, No. l.. Of Maine, at Lewis
ton. xh,.~H
He generally travels in company
with another man, but does all the
talking himself. He is described as
about thirty years of age, we'll built,
light complexion, weight about 1856
pounds, height about feet II inches,
and has a slight cast in one eye. Ed
wards should be arrested on sight.
Any man, claiming to be an agent
and offering Golfers in combination
with other magazines at less than
$3.50 cash is undoubtedly a fraud,
as Golfers is never sold for less than
$3.50 alone, and all combinations in
Guiding it are higher in price,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-10-18
SUPERIOR LEGISLATIVE
=: COMMITTEE WAS ACTIVE

The legislative committee Of the
Superior Trades and Labor assembly
filed it's report at the last meeting Of
the assembly. It is one of the strong
est reports ever presented by local
legislative committee at the head Of
the lakes. It gives a detailed review
of the efforts of union labor before
the Wisconsin legislature. II
The Labor World will review the
report in detail in the next issue. It
will be Of interest to the workers of
both Duluth and Superior. ..
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-10-18
FIVE MEAT CUTTERS
W|THCR|PPLEDM|TS

George Smith, Byron Hansen, Paul
Newman, Theodore Kintz and Charles
Hitzberg. five members Of the local
Butchers union, are back to- work
this week. Each Of the five has been
laid up at his home with lacerated
fingers secured at; his occupation.
Sausage machines were largely re-
sponsible for the wounded fingers,
Such accidents occur frequently in
the butcher business, but they hap
pened a little more so last. month.
Under the new compensation law the
injured men would received compen-
sation. but as they were injured prior
to October LIST, they will receive only
that which their employers choose to
give them.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-10-18
ST. PAUL BARTENDERS
LOSE POPULAR OFFICER

A. w: Bird, financial secretary Of
st. Paul Bartenders' union, local No.
278, died Monday Of tuberculosis at
his home in st. Paul. Mr.. Bird is
survived by his widow and two daugh-
ters. He was staunch trade union
worker, and for many years served as
business agent Of his union.
Mr.. Bird was well known to many
local trade unionists who have at
tended conventions of the Minnesota
State Federation of Labor. He found
considerable pleasure in breeding
carrier pigeons, and while in attend
ance at labor conventions he invari-
ably took several pigeons with him,
and every day he would send one
home with a message to Mrs. Bird.
The st. Paul union loses a valuable
member in Mr.. Bird.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-10-18
UNION TYPOS HOME
MECCA FOR v|S|TRS
Over 20, 900 Tourists Visit Amer.
lea s Greatest Institution for
Aged and Infirm.

Duluth printers are vitality inter-
ested in the Printers Home at Col
orado Springs. This institution is
supported by assessments levied up
on every member of the International
Typographical union. 1t is the great
est institution of it's kind in the world
Aged and inf1rm printers are sent
there, and they are not designated as
inmates, as they would be in a state
institution, but as 'residents'' Of the
home.
That the Printers Home is pop
ular place for tourists to visit is evil
dent from the record of visitors dur
ing the months Of July and August
kept by one Of the residents for past
time. This resident realized that it
would be Of interest to printers
throughout the country to know the
number Of visitors at the institution
during the tourist season.
His record shows that 14,75O per-
sons went through the Home during
July and August, while 1,420 automo-
biles went through the grounds. Each
automobile carried an average of four
passengers, making the total visitors
to the grounds and buildings, 10000.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-10-18
HOME RULELEAGUE
TO REMAIN ACTIVE

The Home Rule League Of Mime
sofa, the. organization that was form
ed to defeat Governor Eberhart's
state public utilities program, will
hold meeting in st. Paul today. At
this meeting plans will be made for
carrying on the work Of the league
through the next primary and general
elections. -. 49,,
It Is proposed that the league also
take up the campaign in behalf of the
constitutional amendment for the mi
tia1ive and referendum. The Duluth
members of the Home Rule League
are Richard M. Funck, T. T. Hudson,
N. J. Upham and w. e. McEwen.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-10-18
PROUD YOUNG MUSICIAN
COMES TO RITZMAN HOME

A son was born Monday to Mr.. and
Mrs. Adolph E. R1tzman, 721 East
Fifth street. The father is member
of the local Musicians union, and
plays in the Orpheum orchestra. His
companions in the orchestra declare
that the new daddy's chest measure
ment has Increased several inches
since the arrival of Adolph. jr., at the
Ritzman home. -
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-10-18
ST. PAUL TRADESMEN
TO ASK AMOUR WEEK

The building trades unions of st.
Paul launched an agitation campaign
for the 44-hour week for all building
trades workmen. AS a preliminary
move in this direction a committee of
IL delegates representing that many
building trades unions will visit all
the organizations in the building in
dustry with a view Of soliciting their
active aid in the movement.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-10-18
COPPER MINER HERE.

Chas. A. Huber of Calumet, a strik-
ing miner and member Of the West
ern Federation Of Miners, passed
through Duluth Monday on his way
to Minneapolis to head off possible
per country.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-10-18
WE'LL KNOWN CAPTAIN. ::
SUFFERS FROM STROKE

William Burnett, a charter member
of the local union of the Licensed
Tugmen's Protective association, is at
st. Luke's hospital suffering from
slight ..paraletic stroke. 1t is not be-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-10-18

lieved the attack is serious, and Mr..
Burnett Hopes to leave the hospital
in two weeks. He was captain of
the tug Ward at Two Harbors during
the season. He will take a long rest
during the fall and winter and he
hopes to return to his occupation in
the spring.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-10-18
SUPERIOR SOCIALISTS
HELP COPPER MINERS

The Socialist party of Superior
gave card party Wednesday evening
at Union Labor hall. There was
large attendance and a neat sum was
realized. This will be forwarded to
the copper miners on strike at Hough-
ton, Hancock and Calumet to assist
them in carrying on their fight for
better working conditions.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-10-18
AGAINST MARITIME BILL.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 16.-senator
Penrose Of Pennsylvania presented
to the senate a petition emanating
from the Business Mems organic
altos Of the state. protesting against
the passage of senator Marines
bill, prohibiting the employment Of
mine guards by private interests.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-10-18
MCDONALD AT CLOOUEr.

S. S. Mcdonald, president Of the
Federated Trades Assembly. spent the
early part Of the week at Cloquet
where he repaired the linotype ma
chimes of the Carlton County Vidette.
He returned to Duluth Wednesday.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-10-18
MRS. L. F.. HASKINS HERE;
VISITS WITH HER SON

Mrs. H. F. Haskins of Chippewa
Falls, Wis, is a visitor in Duluth at
the home Of her son, w. A. Haskins,
80 North Fourteenth avenue East.
Mr.. Haskins is an active member Of
the local union of Sheet Metal Work.
ers. His mother expects to spend the
winter in Duluth.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-10-18

Bring the Boys to The Big Du-
luth and let us outfit them in good
Clothes.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-10-18

The Big Duluth Special $14. 40
Suits and overcoats for Men and
Young Men. . N. :S
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-10-18

Headquarters for Mackinaws
for Men,: Women and Children,
The Big Duluth.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-12-22

mother as she came up the steps, he
Inns uUiVeTed.
John, Pm-Pm going to behave
myself she whispered meekly.
And the corners Of her lips were
no longer drawn down, but parted in
a way that uphfted all the hearts
that were there.
And then a new woman became
the queen Of the new home, that
hencefOrth was indeed a veritable,
house of smilesr'
(Copyright\by w. G. Chapman.)
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-12-22

Whilst strolling along the Rialto
with friend, old chap, l was intro
duced to a celebrated ventriloquist.
On assuring him that was charmed
to meet such a famous artist, the fell
low vainly replied:
yep, can toss my voice around
like rag doll. l can let loose a war
whoop down in my gargling works
and you'll swear it was done by the
Injun on a copper cent in your vest
pocket. Most ginks can talk
through their bonnets, but l can
plunge my sweet tenor through an
iron door. Come around to the two
bit opera this evening and watch my
crew of talking dummies do their
spiel while squat up-stage and never
loosen my trap. Here's two ducats
for yourself and the squaw.'"
My word
dad, are second thoughts best?"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-12-22


house of smiles"
(Copyright\by W. G. Chapman.)
-O-O-
THE HIGH TRAIL
BY Berton BraIey.
I'm sick of your mobs and machinery,
I'm weary of secondhand thrills,
I'm tired of your two-by-four scenery,
Your nice little valleys and hills;
l want to see peaks that are bare
.r again
And ragged and rugged and high,
To know the old tang in the air again
And the blue Of the clear western
sky!
Once more in each fiber and fold of
feel the old wonderment brew,
And again has the spell taken hold of
me,
The spell of the mountains knew;
So the city means nothing but slaV-
cry,
And my heart is a load in my
breast,
And life will be stale and unsavory
Till stand on the hills of the west.
Let the homebodies "hoboo" and
''rover" me;
Poor plodders, they never can
know
How the fret for the hills has come
over me
And the fever that bids me to go
Away from traditions gone moulder-
ing,
Away from the paths overtrod,
To the place where the mountains
are shOuldering
Right up to the Archways of God!
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-12-22

Dad, are second thoughts best?"
$50 we. are told, my dear" Then
why don't people have them frst?."
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-07-15
Want lane
TO STOP OFF
WATER USERS WANT TO CONFER
WITH SECRETARY OF THE
IN INTERIOR

Williston, N. D., July 14.-The wa
ter users alon:; the irrigation project
here held a meeting and petitioEed
Secretary OF the Interior Lane to stop
here on his trip to Montana for a
conference with the users. One June
20 he issued an order that all ar.
rearages must be paid by July q or
the water would be shut off.
The water users resoluted to the eff
feet that crops had been poor during
the past two years and soma OF the
alfalfa had been winter killcd, reQuir-
ing reseeding, also that to shut off
the water now would result in much
OF the crop being damaged.
The time on which all payments
must be made was also regarded as so
short many would be unable to raise
the funds. The operators want to
pay the. annual dues 60 p&r ceat in
December and 40 per cent in May,
ad they want the old idebtelness ar.
ranged SO it&can be paid in ten year
installments, 90 per cent in Deem
her and 5 in May of each year.
It is thought that is a conference
can be arranged with Secretary Lane
it will be an easy matter to arrange
the payments on a more satisfactory
basis. The enforcement of his orig
inal order would practically result in
running the farms of some Of the
present water users.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-07-15
FUNGI CAUSED HORSE PLAGUE.
No Known Cure for Ai'ment that
Killed 25.OcO Animals In Kansas.

Topeka. Kan, July l4.-That the
plague which killed more than $4,000
borses and mules in Kansas last year
was not an infectious disease. bur due
to a. poison, was the report OF The
special commission Of the University
of Kansas appointed by the governor
to investigate the subject.
The report stated that there Mass no.
known cure for the aii.pent X m
which the animals suffered, and that
the climate conditions which sproduc-
ed 1T probably will not prsvasi agaisl
In many years.
4 parasitic fungi growing "a the
grains and other vegetables caused
the death OF the animals, according
10 he report, and the poisonous condis
tons in the pastures was due 70 the
excessive moisture and humidity :ac'
col1panied by high temperature.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-07-15

to increase his income. The work
OF the society is divided into the big
divisions of agriculture of the oun
try. Thus, there is the department
Of gdairying, of grain growing, of for
estry, Of fruit and vine culture. The
returns of. the farmers are first en-
tered in the books OF the central Of
flee and then are divided according
to crop and are turned over to the
Interested division. Thus, each divi.
sion of the society operates with ex-
act information as to the status of its
particular branch of agriculture at
the moment. The value OF such stat
istical data is obvious. sEut of course
the individual farmer could not be
induced to 60 to the trouble of max
ing out weekly reports unless there
appeared some material benefit to
himself. This the society does by
making a critical analysis Of each
farmers returns and furnishing him
at the end of each year with a com.
prehensiYe report upon his years
work. II foults are noted in his adj
ministration of his farm, if he is not
marketing properly, or if it would be
more profitable for him to change his
try.
If, duringathe year, his returns.
sllostyy hhadssslleaa9kages, an expert Is sent
to GtooiaaSSisItfEa4lNihEAim in order to check
ther ssesssseStS Since the information.
whieRs4haSfarmer sends the society is
conadSN4ial, he is protected by being
given ssMmber and his reports are
never signed, but only numbered,
The system here described has not
been in operation long enough To-
have been generally adopted by the.
farmers of Austria, but s~ufficients.re.
turns are being made to enablessSthe,
society to analyze the farmingga@cpnnsi
ditions of each section Of the cGdiSSas
try and of each important crop. 1t.
is upon this information that the rec.
concentrations of the. society upon.
tariff matters are made, and SO the
farmers are. assured of scientific tar
If protection. The advantages to
the. individual farmer are proving SO
obvious that the system is rapidly
spreading. The system of accounting
is uniform over the entire country,
and the Americans realized that it.
would be necessary to secure uni
iformity of accounting if the practice
Is to- be adopted in the United States
But even If the work of accounting
is not taken up nationally, but only
by the individual farmers, and they
are instructed how scientifically tc
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-07-15
TARIFF THEORIES
VARY FROM fact
Constituents Are Bombardlpg
Congressman With Queries
About Prices

Washington, D. c., July IA
Plain citizens who are unfamiliar
with tariff policies, but are we'll &C
Quainted with market-basket facts,
are asking their congressman about
some discrepancies between theories
and actual prices.
Sugar was advanced Is cents a
hundred pounds, wholesale, by the
eastern refiners last week. Three
weeks ago sugar was quoted Az
cents retail. in this town and today
5 cents was demanded.
All this in defiance Of the claim
that free sugar" Legislation, now
pending, is supposed to be In the in
terest of the consumer, to give i'm.
mediate relief from high prices.
President Wilson explained to the
newspaper men the other day that the
reason he is SO insistrnt upon the
sugar reduction is that sugar Is one
item in the tariff bill which Will at
once respond to tarilr lowering.
Sugar Keeps Going Up. 1
But sugar keeps on going up, the
householders arc complaining to the
congressman, in spite Of prospective
decrease in tariff.
Lemons are selling iPrk @ and 40
cents a dozen. Orange 755@9eent and
a dollar a dozen. He YAE tariff
promises a big cut in l3egl6bds and or.
;anges. 80
Tailors around town say that they
are idvised by their jobbers that the
lowering of the tariff on wooden cloth
will not make clothes any cheaper,
but will bring in a lot Of poorer
woolens."
Called upon for explanations con-
gress:nen have to admit that theories
are not squaring with facts, altogeth-
er AS to sugar, they say that the i'm
mense production, in which the Unit
ed States participated with its beet
and cane sugar, resulted in abnormal.
ly low prices some time back, and SUI
gar is bound to go up as production
decreases. 7 IL
II The domestic sugar lobbyists. as it
the fashion to term the beet and
hne sugar ksen. claim that as soon
d their industries are permanently
put out OF business, sugar will 90
much higher.
Consumers Handed ! Lemon.
AS to lemons and oranges the con-
su1ners were handed a lemon'' once
before in tariff reduction. The Payne
bill reduced the duty on lemons,
W%hereupon the railroads promptly de.
clared that they needed the money
in their business and added just that
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-07-15

w., a.. .G 49, - -
much to the freight on the California
fruit, so the consumer never got
his"
In the present case, it is said, the
disastrous freeze in California las
winter almost annihilated that crop,
%whereupon the foreign producers are
said to have hoisted the pr:ce to the
American consumer, without regard
to tariff, and are pocketing the dif-
ference.
The claim that the American mar
ket will be flooded with "shoddy"
wooden cloth is made by the defend
ers of q duty on. wool and wO0lens.
They claim that the pending bill par.
ticularly invites importations Of in.
ferior goods, and they charge that
the foreigner will shade the price 50
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-07-15

Wilkesbarre. Pa, July 14.--lnter-
estihg developments vel expected in
the murder mystery of Miss Alice
Crisrell, the young woman whose
body was found at Haryey's lake fol-
a Fourth OF. July oouting with
one TO her suitors2( HerbertlJohns,
who is now UNDER arrest. ? Many wit
nesses told their story at the ceroner's
and the funeral of the victim.
was. largely attended. AZ new Wit
found by the state police, Zeph-
aniah l. Reese, who is an automobile
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-07-15

dealer Of Plymouth, told of seeing g
mysterious man in a dark suit crouch
ing on a pile of logs near the boat
landing where the girls body was
subsequently found. Herbert Johns
wore a gray suit, on July 4, and Miss
Crispell wore a blue dress. The. place
and the time swhere Reese saw the
couple r the same as fixed by Johns
when he said he parted with the girl
to leave her walk three miles over a
lonely country road. County detec-
tives have been at work trying to find
the mysterious man in the dark suit.