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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-08-23

What has the city to gain by further dly dallying
with the Duluth Street Railway company? It will not
build extension to New Duluth and Fond du Lac
until forced to do 1t is contrary the policy OF
tho foreign corporation that
extensions unless 1t is outset that every
exension will be self sustaining ::>. = !
The city commissioners have been informed by Mr.
Warren, the manager Of the company, that extern
sons would be built while the present testing
franchise Of the company is pending in the courts
any event extension is to be made this year; no
assurance is given for for tho year after
The Rotary club appointed a strong committee to
work the New Duluth-Fond du Lac extension It's
report made public this week. advises that
civic bodies Of Duluth join in trying convince the
Duluth Street Railway company that the delay Of this
extension Is retarding the of tho city, ard
doing great damage to business and labor -.
Such recommendation will have much affect
upon Herbert Warren and his Canadian traction
as water has upon ducks back The company has
had It's long that it believes
pursue its own chosen and arbitrary policy with
gard for the rights and claims Of the general public.
: The time to get busy s The thing to do IS to
build municipal street railway from West Duluth
New Duluth and Fond du Lac. There is nothing that
will worry the Duluth Street Railway company and
force 1t to be good stub city owned running
through the extreme western portion Of the city
San Francisco did this very thing The street rail-
way company that city held to the same policy as
our local company. 1t would make extensions It
arbitrarily ignored popular demand for improved
service, and finally the peoples patience became
hausted. Bonds were issued for the building of a
stub line along Geary street to the Ferry, and afteE
much legal wrangling tho line was but and placed
1operstout It has been In operation lust six months
and in that time has to ito credit after paying
ing and maintenance expenses exactly $c2,e7262, a
sum more than sufficient to pay all interest charges
and provide for depreciation fund.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-08-23

with not less than 1900 men. whosa
fares were to be paid from Lawrence
to P1ttsburg and for whom 81 a head
was to be turned into the I. W. W.
general treasury.
Trautmann presents consid erable
6ata' to. connect the links in his claim
OF evidence and claims there are
numerous documents on file to sub.
stantiate his charges. He says the
WOOL trust heads were in a panic for
Tear that an exodus Of laborers would
begin from Lawrence;' that during the
strike, Max Mitchell, an emissary Of
the wool trust, declared that the EN-.
.ployers were ready to settle, but vera
double-crossed by'"powerful interests"
backed by Massachusetts, politicians:
that not only did Mitchell promise and
hold ready 100000 to bail Ettor and
Giovanitti, but he went on the witness.
stand at their trial and testified IN
their defense.
1t is recalled that at the BEGINNING
OF the Lawrence trial the daily news
papers throughout the country print
ed telesraphAc stories to the effect
that the steel mills at PittsburE need
ed $4,000 additional workers, that
Haywood, when apprised of the sttua-
tion, suggested that the PittsburR dis
trict be invaded by himself and seven
other !. W. W. representatives to do
organizing work, and that steel stocks
dropped ten points on the rumors that
such a campaign was to be inaugur.
ated. But nothing came Of ii owinE
to the st. John-Gotf wire-pullinx and
their alleged coilusion with the steel
trust detective agency to stir up sec-
'ond Lawrence strike. for which they
stood to win $4,000. - =
Trautmann's charges arc becomtnr
constantly more, serious, and unlesI
something is done by those toward
whom he points the. finger OF acc,,sa+
ton to. controvert his statement. 81,
working people Of tho country viii 50
forced to accept them at their taos
value. = r.. a..E 81. ~. III I &. ;Tl| Is q. .s's
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-08-23
". ": CONQUERS IN DULUTH;
BUMMERY MAKES LOUD NOISE

Oh, Mabel this is awful. The fol-
lowing is taken from '"solidarity.". the
official organ Of the I. ". W., printed
at Cleveland. 1t shows something Of
the kind of dope the Bummery feeds
their followers: It was SENT from
Duluth by James F.. Cannon, the
L: W.. W.. organizer who came here to
form lone Big Union among the
maritime, workers.: :,.s e..
> G: E.sB. member, F. H. Little, who
wast kidnapped by thugs Of the steel
trust last Wednesday night, was res
cued at daybreak this morning by a
party OF strikers and newspaper re-
porters from an abandoned farm
house 35 miles from here where he
had been held prisoner since his dis
appearance. rs.t ~ :~+'G .S.:<..@ :
>Haggard and unshaven, ne made q
dramatic appearance at the Armory
this afternoon just as a monster pro-
test meeting was opening. The audi
ence OF three thousand: people went
wild with enthusiasm as he was es-
corted to the platform. .,5-# @
The protest meeting was a great
event. Reaction against the attitude
OF the city government and company
thugs IL growing strong and the feel.
ing among the newspapers Is that the
masters have overplayedt their hand in
attempting to check the revolt Of the
workers by kidnapping and sluggins
orS4nizers Of the Nv. ". 5l
The magic letters are on every
I Pody's lips in Duluth and Superior
ana there is no doubt that We. have
driven home the entering 1 wedge to
! sa:ppwerfnl : organization .on the lakes
and iron ranges @ III II.
The etE1ksrs are stand ding solid. All
snattoralittess bound together With !
olfdarity that n1arl.ss III strikes
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-08-23

which have the application OF the
proverb philosophy Of the I. w. w.
A. Finnish speaker has been sent to
the Mesaba iron range to hold protest
meetings, collect money and feel out
the sentiment for organization there.
Indications are that the ore dock
strike will be settled in g. few days as
the steel trust is scared stiff at the
threat Of q strike In the iron mines
and in the others harbors and are
offering concessions already. The One
Big Union has gained a, foothold In
this district that will be hard to
shake, and the frantic opposition OF
the newspapers has increased the.
confidence of the workers. =.sS ss5
p The News Tribune printed inter-
Views with dozen leading bankers
and employers in which they stated
their emphatic disapproval Of the L.
w. W.. The next day the same paper
announced that one Of them had gone
to Detroit In special train. i Can you.
beat that for propaganda
: A delegation Of thirty. Of "our lead.
ing citisens," composed Of the cock
reaches and his honor, the mayor OF
Superior, came to the meeting yester-s
day In an effort to induce. the strik-
erS to return to work. They left their
automobiles two blocks away to avoid,
the open class contrast. They rot
such q bawung out before the stsak-
erB that they beat 1t In a hurry
nuttering execrati9ns against the Is,
W. W. asitators who are putting our
city on the bum by stirring up the
slaves to fight for more OF the ROOD
things Of life. VI. .ss +. e.5 sSs3i s5s
l5j expect to be boarding II tho cftys
5ail by tomorrow. 20 am xet4ine
1 This 11!l OF = q hurry. Long i've -
SrevolutIoni
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-08-23
NEW YORK sHoE.
" CLERKS MAY STRIKE

NEW YORK CITY. Aug. PLAT a
recent meeting Of the Executive Com
1nittee Of the Shoe Clerks Union, held
In this city, it was decided to strike
unless certain concessions could be
secured by the 5000 members Of the
union.
The date OF tho strike has not been
definitely settled. but unless an agree
ment is reached 1t may be put into
effect without further notice. The de-
naands are for a 12shour workday and
recognition Of the union.
The clerks stated that they were
now working ~ hours 4 day az a rule.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-08-23

San Francisco likes its experiment. in the municipa
ownership OF street railway SYSTEM 20 much 10 tina,
lt mas authorized the issue of more bonds extend
the line to the Ocean Beach. The United Railroads
company of that city is sQuirmine. The c!ty's com
petition is felt, and now it is sueng peace but 1,
Is too late. 1t has had it's day. It Is the neoole'a
sturn now.
What San Francisco has done Duluth can do All
that will be necessary after the bond issue shall have
been authorized is to lay tracks, erect trolley lines
and purchase equipment. Power may be gotten from
Great Northern Power company at exactly the
rate paid by the Duluth Street Railway company
e. The building Of line from West Duluth to New
Duluth and Fond du Lac will be good business in.
on the part of the city, It will be self sus-
tanning from the start Traffic to the steel plant
Will be augmented by pleasure seekers to Fond du Lac
Many people will build homes in the extreme western
portion OF the city when they of cheaper
and better transportation facilities This will increase
the assessed valuation of the city and give us ole
money to do the necessary things that not be
done; and more than this, shall have the nucleus
OF = great street railway system, municipality Owned
that will help to put Duluth on the map where she
properly belongs -
@ San Francisco has done the experimenting for every
american city in the public ownership stub street
fan"ay nne 1t Is preparing for greater things Let
Duiuth follow suit. Whatever happens we may rest
assured that the line will never be sold for Junk
Ill., Il ou want to the Duluth Street Railway COM
pan. Let busy if you want to it respect the claims
o the city, Just authorize the city commissioners to
l4ue bonds for the construction of street railway
Ire to New Duluth and Fond du Lac The moment this
done the ofciaas st the private company win be 10
anxiousto build extensions they will construet them 81
lamp light at night fear that the city viii beat
them to it. . >: = >..:>*.. -
Let the voters of Duluth take tumble and get
busy. = :.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-08-23
l..:W !. ~. l down and
!. out IN BAL TIM0RE
Movement to Disrupt the United
Garment Workers Union
T.. Ends In Failure.

: BALTIMORE, Aug. 25.-The at
tempt Of Representatives Of the /. W.
". to: disrupt the organization Of the
workers IN the mems clothing indus
try Of Baltimore, which was made by
calling a strike in the factory of H.
Sonneborn & Co., about two weeks
ago, has resulted in failure, and
many OF the men who were misled
at that time have since made appli-
cation for membership into the only
union which this firm will recognize
and that Is the United Garment Work.
erS; Of America, and about 70 per cent
Of those who went on strike returned
to work on the following conditions,
which were laid down by the firm:
The Arm will have no dealings
whtever with the I. w. w. nor en-
ploy those who retain membership in
that organizations; any employe hav-
ing grievance against the firm must
report 1t to the committee Of the
United Garment Workers for presen-
tation; otherwise 1t will not be con-
sfdered. .
When this situation was made plain
to the strikers, their leaders left the
city in q hurry and none Of them have
since been seen around their usual
haunts.
ri On August II a committee from the
I. ". ". waited on the District Coun-
ell; seeking to form q working agree:
ment between the two Organizations,
and HE unanimous reply OF the de1e.
Gates. was that until they became
members Of. the United: Garment
Workers Of America they could ex-
pect no aid or comfort in their work.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-08-23
UNION CLOAK MAKERS,
TAKE STRIKE VOTE

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Aug. 21.-More
than 80 per cent Of the cloak and
shirt makers voted to go out on strike
in this city.
The union officials would not say
whether an order to strike immediate-
ly would be put into effect or that
they would wait for further develop
nents. No definite action will be TAX
en- for at least q week. In the mean
time every effort will be made to Sc
cure an amicable adjustment. This
action is awaiting the approval Of the
international officers. F..
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-08-23
COLORADO BUILDING -.
= TRADES TO oRGANIZl

= DENVER, Colo, Aug. 21.--A prop.
osition to esta blish a building trades
sdepartme Of the Colorado state Fed
grafton OF Labor is to be submitted
At the annual convention in Trinidad:
F.. 1t is to be patterned after the
Building Trades section Of the "A. r.
Of L., although it is not asked to
have separate Offices. The promoters
want 1t under control and directions
of the State Federation officials. - 49,
II the plan is adopted 1t is proposed
to organize all the building trades In
all sections into a State building
trades branch,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-08-23
$s.64 MINIMUM. WAGE -. -.
- FOR OREGON WOMEN II, II;

PORTLAND, Ore. Aug. 21.&1Ths.
Industrial Welfare Commission, OF
this city. has recommended that all
women workers in manufacturing es-
taolishments shall receive the a1ini-
mum weekly wage Of not less than
1854; nine hours a day, or 81 hours
a week averaging the maximum en-.
ployment.
This recommendations is made al
a result of the passage of a compul-
sorry minimum wage law for women
adopted at the recent session Of tho
legislature.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-08-23
WHY NOT TRY BOOST .
FOR DULUTH?" IT PAYS

WORCESTER. Mass, Aug. 21.-
The Boosting Worcester-made Ci-
gars'' campaign, inaugurated by the
oisarmakers several months ago, has
produced splendid results, and the
committee Of the campaign in charge
will continue its propaganda for the
use ot its label.
Some Of the shops show an increas-
ed production of nearly 1000 per cent
~ a result Of the good work done.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-08-23
DEATH TOLL CONTINUES.

TOWER CITY, Pa, Aug. 21.-The
total number losing their lives near
East Brookstde, Pa, which was caused
by a recent gas explosion, will reach
twenty Sixteen miners were brought
from the mine dead, four having since
died from injuries receievd.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-08-23
REFUSED JURISD1(TToN

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.--The Ex-
ecutive Council refused the .applica-
ton of the International Printins
Pressmen and Assistants Union for
jurisdiction over newsboys, the Amer.
lean Federation of Labor retaining
the right to charter organizations Of
this character.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-08-23
PEOPLE SHOULD BUILD STREET "
RAILWAY Line TO new DULUTH;
S s: WILL BRING COMPANY TO TIME

Nothing VIII Duluth
Line Duluth
Good by Doing This Paying
Duluth Fond du Line Built by City we Pay
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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-06-05
CONGRESSIONAL.

Suffrage parade special investigat-
Ing committee reported disorder Of
March 8 was due principally to un-
usual crowds and praised work Of the
police.
The House met at noon Thursday
and adjourned until noon Monday, out
of respect to the memory to the late
Representative Forrest Goodwin,
Third Maine district.
A memorial from the Denver Cham
Der OF Commerce. representing hun.
dred or more commercial organiza-
tions and banks of Colorado and pro
testing against free sugar. was pre-
sented to the Senate by Senator Shat
roth by request.
After a sharp debate over terms.
the Senate adopted a resolution in
structing the judiciary committee to
investigate the charge that a lobby is
teing maintained in Washington, or
elsewhere. to influence pending Leg
islation, with particular emphasis on
its efforts for or against the Under
wood tariff bill. now before the H.
nance committee.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-06-05
A BRIEF RECORD OF PAsSiNo
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
EloN coUNTRIEs.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
ooiNos AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PRo0REso
OF THE AGE. .~
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN.

Nearly 100000 damage was done
at Duluth by a severe electrical
storm.
The Rev. John Greer. for many
years a resident of st. Paul, died.
aged 104 years.
Mrs. John G. Phillips committed
suicide by drowning herself in rain
barrel at Clear Lake. Iowa.
Governor McGovern vetoed the bill
ordering referendum in 1914 on the
question of extending the ballot to
Wisconsin women.
Twenty persons were injured. some
very seriously. in a street care COLI
son on the Akron. Bedford & Cleve-
land line near Chicago. Two mems
legs were cut Off
Ten schoolboys and schoolgirls OF
Ramona. Okla. are farming on eighty
old. the youngest ten. They are culti-
waiting their farm while attending
school.
The closing ceremonies OF reunion
week Of the United Confederate Vet
Grams at Chattanooga, Tenn. were
saddened by the deaths of three aged
Goldiers. whose strength had been
overtaxed In the parade.
All Of the expense of the funerals
OF the thirty-seven persons killed in
the pier disaster at Long Beach. CAL.
end that incurred in the care Of the
injured probably will be paid by the
city OF Long Beach out of a fund to
be raised by a special tax levy.
Among the floral tributes sent to
Monument Hill at Canton, Ohio were
wreaths form President Wilson.
George B. Cortelyou, former Secretary
OF the Treasury. and Justice William
r Day. Of the Supreme Court Of the
United States. to be placed In the
mausoleum which contains the body
CT President Mckinley.
By an odd coincidence. Mrs. Sarah
Mctcalf Beam Kelly and her son, Will
lard Beam. were granted interlocutory
DEGREES Of divorce on the same day at
San Francisco. Added interest ac-
crues from tho fact that Mrs. Beam is
a sister and young Beam q nephew Of
former Secretary OF the Navy Victor
H. Metcalf. and members OF promi-
rent families in the state of Wash
'inton.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-06-05
ROOSEVELT SUIT ENDS
Trial Abruptly Ended When Edito.
Nevett Publicly Retraets Charges
Colonel Awarded Six Cents
Damages.

Marquette, Mich.-Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt won his libel suit against
George A. Newett, who charged the
colonel with drunkenness. The col
onel waived damages after the defend
ant had uttered a retraction. and was
awarded by the jury the nominal dam
ages Of six cents provided in such
cases by the law OF Michigan. Each
party to the suit will have to pay his
own expenses.
Judge Flanagan instructed the
jury to bring in a verdict for the plain
tiff, which 1t did without leaving thu
jury box. The colonel left for Chicago
and the East in less than two hours
after the conclusion of the case.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-06-05
WASHINGTON.

Thad Thompson, a wealthy business
man of Austin, Tex, has been appoint
ed minister of Colombia, to succeed
Minister Du Bois.
Although the American reply to the
Japanese protest against California
land legislation was, made two weeks
ago, there has been no rejoinder, for
NAL or informal, as yet
The United States census explodes
the fallacy OF the vanishing Indian
race; showing that in the past ten
years there has been an increase Of
the dusky boys and girls of 17,430, or
seven per cent. The total number of
Indians in the United States Is shown
to have been 265.6S3 in 1910. besides
25,331 in Alaska.
More than a million dollars collect
ed in corporation taxes must be sur
rendered by the treasury as result
of the Supreme Courts decision that
a corporation leasing its property and
deriving it's only income from that
lease is not doing business within the
meaning of the law and is not taxable.
The White House mint patch. re-
ferred to by Colonel Roosevelt In his
testimony in the libel suit he is press
ing at Marquette, Mich, promises to
become as much an object OF interest
to capital visitors as the Washington
monument or the library Of Congress.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-06-05
FOREIGN.

Princess Mary of England, dauxh
ter Of King George. has proposed to
Lord Kitchener.
The military circles Of the Bulgarian
capital expect an almost Immediate
outbreak of hostilities between Bull.
garia and Servia.
A religious battle for the stand.
ard" resulted in three people losins
their lives and many being seriously
hurt in the town Of Pergola. near
Pifaroya.
Lieutenant Desmond Arthur Of the
aviation corps OF the British army was
filled when his aeroplane turned tur.
tie at a great height at Montrose,
Scotland.
The eight months war between Tur
key and the allied Balkan states is
ended. The Peace of London" was
signed in the picture gallery Of st
James palace.
Myron T. Herrick, United States
ambassador to France, placed q
wreath on the tomb of Lafayette IN
the Picpus cemetery In celebration oil
MEMORIAL Day.
Immediately after Mrs. Emmeline
Pankhurst, the militant suffragette
leader, had been released from Hollo
way jail in London, an attempt was
made to set fire to the Royal Acad
emy.
The Spanish premier. Count Alvara
do Romanones, and the other mem
bers OF the cabinet resigned. Count
Romanones has been premier since
November IA. 1912, when he took Of
flee after the assassination OF former
Premier Canalejas.
The Duchess OF Orleans. 1t is an
nounced at Brussels. intends to start
a suit for separation. alimony and the
restitution of large sums which 1t is
affirmed she has advanced, against
her husband, Prince Louis Philippe
Duke of Orleans, the French pre-
tender.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-06-05
MEMORY IMPROVED.
Since Leaving on Coffee.

Many persons suffer from poor
memory who never suspect coffee has
anything to do with It.
The drug-caffeine-in coffee, acts
in5uriously on the nerves and heart.
causing imperfect circulation, too
much blood in the brain at one time,
too little in another part. This often
causes dullness which makes = good
memory nearly impossible.
Il am nearly seventy years old and
did not know that coffee was the
cause Of the stomach and heart trou-
BILE / suffered from for many years.
until about four years ago." writes =
Kansas woman.
"A kind neighbor induced me to
quit coffee and try Postum. I had
been suffering severely and was
greatly reduced in flesh. After using
Postum q little while / found myself
improving. My heart beats became
regular and now I seldom ever no
tice any symptoms OF my old stom-
ach trouble ut all. Ny nerves are
steady and my memory decidedly
better than while was using coffee.
i like the taste of Postum fully as
well as coffee"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Greek, Mich. Write for booklet, 'The
Road to wellville."
h Postum comes in two forms.
Regular Unjust be boiled).
Instant Postum doesn't require
boiling but i prepared instantly by
stirring level teaspoonful in an or
dinary cup Of hot water, which makes
It right for most persons,
A big cup requires more and some
people who like strong things put in
Z heaping spoonful and temper It with
. large supply Of cream.
Experiment until you know tho
amount that pleases your palate and
have 1t served that way In the future.
There's Reason" for Postum.