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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-05
Betting Men Who Waged Money
" On W. !. Prince Die Hard.
Start canard to Prevent Them
From Paying Over Money
They Don't Like to- Lose.
All We Ask Is q Square Deal.
Honest Count. Will Show Nc
! Even Elected They Cant Got
.. Away From 1t-Clerk Must
Issue Certificate to McEwen.

W. e. McEwen was elected mayor Of
Duluth Tuesday by a plurality Of "a
over Bernard Silberstein. Every inch
Of ground was contested from the mo-
naent the ,:counting began until the
last report was made at the city hall.
The betting men had placed their
money on w. 1. Paince. His election
meant them thousands of dollars.
Their latest move is to dispute the
election Of McEwen and to claim the
election of Prince, who was, as a
matter af fact, fourth in the race.
The claim is made that the judges
of election in the fifth precinct of
the first ward made mistake in re-
porting Mr. Princes vote, and when
correct report is made, he will have
100 more votes, which, II true, would
elect him mayor by a plurality of 6
over McEwen.
- Claims Are Not True.
But this is not true. 1t is simply
a scheme of the bookmakers to get
out Of paying a considerable amount
OF money from their own pockets.
They certainly die hard, but when
the smoke Of the battle shall have
entirely cleared away it will be found
that w: E. McEwen was honestly and
fairly elected mayor Of Duluth:
Such men as H.. c. Carmichael, city
attorney, William Craig, former man.
ager Of the Duluth Gas and Water
company, Sid. Mcdonald of the Du-
1uth Street Railway company and
Bob Blackwood, the cigar dealer
and bookmaker. who backed Prince,
and all of whom were bitterly op-
posed to the election of McEw@n.
coined and circulated the story.
" Mr.. .McEwen is elected mayor of
Duluth without. question: It was
schillipqg who sails, votes are weighed,
not counted Mr.%&McEwen received
.is btssest vote ffo1n the portions istA m ri 81
the City where men live who cannot
be bought and whose souls are free.
Where Prince Received Big Vote.
On the other hand, Mr.. Prince re-
ceived his largest vote in precincts
where men. are and always have been
susceptible to influence. We have no
Tear OF a recount. There is a God
In Isreal who, looks after: his own
The night has already been. won.
Mr.. McEwen is the one man whom
the: special interests do not. want to
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-05
CREkP BANcE HALLS AND S. 4 WEEK
!. TWIN EVILS THAT 1ESET G|RLH0oD.
Ernest Poole Tells Graphic Story Of Visit
TO New York's East Side Where
.~".. Misery Abounds. =. =: ~
Low Wages the Cause of All Trouble.
il N Women Live on $3.50 Week. :: !.
~. '.=:=#.. & H Cents for Clothing. =. :. i

in the same shop ever since, had not
learned to read or,write, or figure, had
not learned about Bunker HUI or the
trusts or, Votes for Women or ssci-
ence or. art or anti-vivisection. But
she had learned how to sew buttons
on corset covers by hand-f1ve but
tons on each corset cover-three doz-
en- corset covers to a bundle-nine
Gets a bundle-fourteen bundles a
day. Twenty-Five hundred and twen-
ty buttons a day. -
Once the boss had worked the girls
from 1880 a. m. till 8 p. m. Now they
only worked from s to 6. But she lost
no money by this. change because she
had learned to work faster. The boss:
paid her every two weeks. AS the
work was irregular, 50 was her pay.
Once in two weeks she had earned. $13..
That was the highest. The lowest was
$3.50 for two weeks. The average
weekly wage was $4.75.
So much for the wealth. Before
talking about the waste there are
few things to be seen to first.
How the 'Wealth'' Goes.
The main thing was board. She liv-
ed with her grandparents and two
uncles. There were three rooms. In,
one she slept with her grandmother,
in the other slept the old man and the
two uncles. The other room was the
kitchen. She paid $3.50 a week for,
board, not counting the lunch counter
breakfast Of coffee. and rolls-for
which she paid eight cents: s.~' -
"Is this Kosher food?" asked her.
She looked startled. = -: (, -: ;
Coffee and rolls do not have to be-
Kosher, she sald.. ..>: s. y
But I replied, "'butter should be
Kosher. Was there no butter on the
rol1s!',, IA. -. 3:
ze1ssllo |, ~ ~ sa
Budget 50, far- $2.SS. s: About a. dol
lar a week on an average she had to
save and mali on Jewish holidays 10,
her parents hack in Russia. This left
Z cents q week to waste on riotous
living. ..- 49,. y. -
:. How They Spend It. {,
"How do you spend it % 1 inquired.
Well, to begin with, both girls want
ed to get married. The minute we got
On this subject the whole atmosphere
e
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-05
LABOR DEMANDS THAT LEGISLATURE
PASS WORKMEN's COMPENSATION ACT
State Federation of Labor Legislative
Committee Submits Series of Import
ant Amendments \ Present Bill.
~ r."
In Any Event Some 49, Compensa-
ton Act Must Be Pas'1e at This *=
Session of the Legislak =

The legislative committee of the
Minnesota State Federation of Labor
has made formal demand upon the
legislature for the passage at this
session Of a workingmens compensa
tion act. A number of amendments
to the bill now before the legislature
tee of the Federation. but above all
it asks that a worlzingmen's compen-
sation act be passed.
The demand on the legislature is
signed and submitted by E. G. Halt,
president of the Minnesota State Fed
Grafton Of Labor, w. E. McEwen, Sec
retary-treasurer, and vice presidents
George w. Lawson, Axel F. Peterson,
n. c. O'Connor and J. c. Mulholland.
The amendments submitted will II
adopted make the present bill salts
factory to labor. They cover many
vital provisions of the bill. One Of
them will compel payment of bene-
fits from the first day Of the accident
when disability is prolonged over 80
days. Another requires free medical
attendance for: a period Of 80 days.
$4,000 for Death.
Inc maximum cOmpenSa tlOn Is
raised from $40 to $15 per week. The
maximum for death is raised to
$4,000. A broader definition of an
''accident'' is demanded. The COM
missioner of labor is given authority
to represent workingmen in the set
tlement Of all claims.
The committee also proposes to the
legislature an alternative amendment
thus showing its fairness to employ
ers. 1t favors in lieu of the SIS
weekly maximum asked for the rails
ing of the allowance for total dis
ability to 65 per cent of the wages
paid at the time of the accident. This
provision if accepted, would aid a,
large 7claSse 81 poorly paid workmen
- The formal demand TO- the lexizla.
ture. by the legislative COMMITTEES of
the Minnesota State Federation Of
Labor is as follows:
Make Strong Appeal.
~'For more than 20 years represen-
tatives Of the working people of the
state have appealed to each session Of
the legislature for an employers liza
bility law to protect laborers from the
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hazards and negligence in industry.
During the past two. sessions this de-
mand has been modified to an appeal
for a workmen's compensation law.
The efforts in the last session were
frustrated by the ina bility Of the en-
ployers and employees to agree upon
ly. At this session they are closer to-
gether than ever before. However,
We have not been able to unite all
the employees, and the employers arc
not all agreed. . :.
THE reports of the Bureau of La
Dor show us that the average recovery
for death from Industrial accidents
In this state is 1886. It also shows
us that many workmen who are
manned and crippled in the course Of
their employment, whether through
negligence or because of the natural
hazards of the industry, do not re-
ceive any compensa ton, and that the
average amounts recovered are ridic-
ulously low. -.
Conditions Are Intolerable.
THAT this condition of affairs -
intolerable is a fact upon which We
are all agreed. Most of us are agreed
that some kind of compensation bill
should be passed at this session of
the legislature. Recent develop
ments lead us to believe that a seri-
GUS attempt is being made to defeat
any kind of a compensation measure.
This must not be permitted. S. r.. 2s0
and II. F. 406 has been prepared by
the special. committee of the senate
after lengthy conferences with rep
resentatives of employers and en-
ployes.
THE employers do not claim that
1t is an. ideal measure. The under
signed members of the legislative
committee Of the Minnesota State
Federation ofeLabor areaaatisfikd$with;
most Of the provisions. Of the bill
We have a Few arnendmentsas to g. s1ootfsir
thereto, and submit them to your
careful consideration. We ask you to
give the working people Of this state
the. best: law that you believe will
give them the fullest measure. Of
justice without unnecessarily cripplinx
industry and above all we say to YOU
pass workmen's compensation
bill" ..
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STRIKE COLLAPSES::
FOR Want OF MONEY
Low Dues and Extravagant Prom.
ises From I. w. w. Leaders
Cause of Loss.

CLEVELAND, April 3.-The rubber
strike in Akron has collapsed, as did
the strike in the same industry in
Cleveland last week.
The cause of the allure in both in
stances Is not far to seek. Financial
embarrassment was the principal rea-
son for the defeats in both cities.
It could not be otherwise. The en-
ployers are neither children or fools.
When an organization like this
much-vaunted I. w. W. starts out
with a grandiloquent declaration that
there will be no high initiation fees,
no high dues, no assessments, ETC.,
the average capitalist knows in ad-
vance thatSall he will have to do is
sit tight for few weeks, until the
few rainy day dollars of his workers
are exhausted, and then hunger will
drive the toilers back to the shop in
droves.
1T Is all very fine for enthusiastic
agitators to shout that it is only nee
essary for labor to fold it's arms"
and then the capitalists will be starved
into submission. The direct opposite
is true.
4 The organizations of labor that
have accumulated substantial defense
funds and that can operate assess
ment machinery for long periods Of
time are the ones that usually gain
victories or at least material con-
cessions in strikes and lockouts.
And it frequently occurs that even
under the most favorable circum-
stances extraordinary, sacrifices are
REQUIRED by the strongest Of labor or
sanizations to secure improved condi-
t1ons through strikes, because COM
p1nations Of capitalists and the powers
OF government are against them.
Hence efforts at Cancellation and ar
duration are made before strikes to
gain advantages.
1T Is the part of wisdom for unor-
ganized workers to learn. from the
: experiences Of others who are in
unions that have required years to
build up rather than to EXPECT some-
thing for nothing.
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:. BY Ernest Poole.

+: Out Of the mud OF an east side
street If!went' up into: a dance hall
yesterday, afternoon which was packed
with several hundred girls on strike.
The white goods workers had hired
the hall for their strike headquarters.
Here each day from 10 till there
were, speeches and picket assignments
and talk77-endless,, voluble, chattering
talk, hands helping voices to talk
harder. :, 49,.
Girls talked in couples, standing,
sitting on benches and. chairs or just
wandering through the big, low CELL
inged rooms. most Of them laughing
or smiling, some dancing. Only a few
were old 'women-t -thirty-five years
old. They did not talk so hard. But
they too,. were on strike. The word
'"strike"' In English and Yiddish filled
the air wherever you. went. ..
In. q few hours this would change.
Even now the floor was so slippery
you: slid as you walked, By o'clock
it would be crowded with other girls
not on strike--just dancing, dancing
hard, keeping the orchestra at it till
midnight. There would be men of all
kinds there too. And some girls would
be sick of IS a week. And so in the
course. o. time there would be more
work for the night court, the district
attorney; the grand jury and the
judges and many large institutions
supported at great expense by the
state. = =. C.
- No Law Against Them. .~
And all because there is no law
against either IS a week or the right
to dance. One of, the two should be
stopped. For together they make
trouble; - -; ..''':|'
: The poor waste money. 50 I, have
been told. And over in one: corner
there Isslsarned Just how they do it:
Two girls did the talking. One was
tall, ,,sda rk haired and eyed, with, caear
skin and fine cut regular features. She
spoke only Yiddish. The other, with
jolly voice and eyes, did the talking
for her friend This friends ifive-ye
record I shall try to set down here:
/ First, for the way she piled up her
wealth. This girl came from small
Russian. town near Kieff FIVE years
ago: She had lived in the same three
room tenement ever since, had worked
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-05
STRIKE FOR MORE WAGES

I AUBURN, N. Y, April 3.-Demand-
i4g increased wages and the REIN
statement 'tt of discharged union work
- of; the Columbian Rope company
Sars on strike, 3 Il 81. -.... .@ 1,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-05
RAILROAD TRIES TO
VIOLATE AGREEMENT

NEW YORK, April 3.-The Toledo.
st. Louis & Western Railroad COM
pany recently served notice on the
three arbitrators Of the firemen's
with the 81 eastern rail-
roads that It wished to withdraw from
the proceHding.
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nlitaNews Notes

Judge and Mrs. c. ]. Nugent, Mr..
and Mrs. A. F. Nugent, Mr.. and Mrs.
l.. A. Nugent, Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe
Combs, Mr.. and Mrs. W. r. Nugent
and Mr.. and Mrs. Stoner OF Grand
Junction.
A letter from Miss Hattie Sell OF
Phoenix, Arizona, states that her
mother is critically i'll at that place.
Miss Helen Walton, who has been
taking care of case of quinzy at the
home OF Mr.. Savage at Mack, return
ed home Saturday.
Jesse Demaree, who has been i'll
at Clover Lawn for some time, has
recovered and left for his home last
Friday.
James Hay of Rico, who has been
visiting in Nevada, stopped off on
his return trip, yesterday for q visit
with his sister, Mrs. Win Pollock.
Mrs. Yaunt of Mack, came up on
Saturday for few days visit with
The Misses Estella Hayes and An
ma Groves paid a pleasant visit To
'Atchee yesterday.
Last Thursday evening Miss Mabel
Swanson entertained few friends
at an informal gathering at her
home.
Mrs. Dade Goss returned to her
home near Rangeley today.
Charles White and Dave Williams
and James Green returned to the
White river country today.
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JOHN OTTO EXPLAINS HIMSELF

To The Daily Sentinel:
Yes, an application for the roads
position has been left with the clerk
to be handed to the honorable board
of county commissioners, but 1t is
not matter of wanting a Job. (Re-
ferring to a little news item in Fri
days Sentinel.) or course the ap-
pointment would mean job on hand.
So many people continually "cuss"
the roads. They drive over them
with their narrowtired wagons heav-
lily loaded, cutting them all up, and
then they go to "cussing" the com
missioners. the road overseer and
everybody else who in the least way
has anything to do with the roads.
AS far as all other applicants for the
position are concerned, / believe l
would score a point on them, for !
can "cuss" perhaps little more than
the best of them. and well directed
or applied. as the case may be. The
application is presented. not because
that l want a job, but because take
an interest in the upbuilding of the
te. ritory. and am trying to work for
the general welfare-and SO do the
other applicants for the position. No
petition Is out for me, and none will
be, nor have the papers. as The Sen
tinel also knows, been asked to boost
me for the position. / am not out
of job--never was-especially not
at any time since ! came to Mesa
county. ! have been busy winter
and summer-and only recently at
the time of Chief Forester Graves
visit. | left Grand Junction at s
clock at night in order to meet the
auto party at the Anderson ranch
on Reeder Mesa early next morning
for the days trip up the Grand mesa.
| have an appointment as superin-
tendent and caretaker of $4,000
acres of rough country. to become
known as the Colorado National
Park. / could fill many pages of The
Sentinel telling about all there is
laid out to do, and l do my own
engineering. So It's not such q COM
mon matter as wanting Job.
JOHN OTTO.
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CLAY TALIIALAN,
Commissioner OF the Federal Land
Office.

tryman has been called upon to put
in his proof, and later q second hear
ing has been had to give the entry
man an opportunity to meet the at
tack upon his right to patent This
has caused large number OF COM
plants, because 1t involves great ex-
pense to the entryman and also great
delay owing to what was termed the
red tape of the procedure. Follow
ing conference with Commissioner
Tallman of the land office. the Sec
retary decided to try this plan, in
the hope that some red tape" might
be eliminated, and the bona fide
homesteader assisted in every proper
way In securing a home for himself.
For the time being, the plan will be
put into effect only in the state of
Colorado, for it may prove too ex-
pensive to the government for gen.
eral adoption without experiment.
To carry out the idea, II will be
necessary to have al agent of the de-
partment created u United States
Court Commission to take testi-
mony and to receife proof.
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TO MAKE FINAL
PROOF ON LAND
TALLMAN'S PLAN
Experiment TO be Tried in Colo
rado 10 Remove Red Tape
in Case Of Contests.

Commissioner Clay Tallman OF the
General Land Office is to try novel
experiment in the state of Colorado
in connection with final proof OF
homesteaders on the public lands.
In all protested claims. final proof
will be made upon the ground. that
is. upon the claim itself. This will
give the entryman an opportunity to
make a showing at his own home as
to his residence, cultivation. and
other evidences OF good faith. Here
toforc, when protest has been made
against patent being issued, the en-
The daily sentinel., 1913-12-29
Eight Below and
Everyone Shivers

Sunday and today established new
records for cold weather for the
winter.
According to the weather bureau
the thermometers both on the wealth
er bureau roof and at the ground ex-
posure registered eight below zero.
The ground thermometer at the
Uppdegraff ranch at Mt. Lincoln,
which is government volunteer
station showed fifteen below zero,
while Fruitvale reported eleven be-
low zero and Pomona station report
ed the same.
The experts say that the cold has
not been sufficient to cause any
damage to the fruit buds. which
went into the winter in good shape.
The forecast is for clear with rising
temperature tonight and tomorrow.
The daily sentinel., 1913-12-29
Bumped Up Against the Real Thing

think l have bumped up against
the real thing in Chamberlain Tab
let's" writes d. r. Thomas of Tidiou-
to, Pa. They do the work and cause
no unpleasant reaction In cases
of constipation when pills and saline
cathartics are used, their use is often
followed by constipation, as they
take SO much water out of the sys-
TEN. On the other hand the effect
Of Chamberlain's Tablets is SO agree
able and SO natural that you do not
realize that 1t has been produced by
sAoUoy uopoueI ou pue 'euyoIpem Q
their use. For sale by all druggists.
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Yesterday at the homo of w. R.
Nugent. Mrs. C. j. Nugent celebrat-
ed her 72nd birthday. An unique
feature of the event was a Christmas
tree on which were placed the birth
day candles. A large cake held the
post of honor at the feast which had
been prepared for the occasion.
Those present at the festivities were
The daily sentinel., 1913-12-29
The Best Medicine I Ever Used

The Best Medicine I Ever Used"
Chamberlain Tablets is the best
medicine ever used for constipation,
biliousness and headache" writes
Mrs. A. w. Milne; St. George, Utah.
These tablets are very effectual. easy
and pleasant to take. For sale by
all druggists.
The daily sentinel., 1913-12-29

Cure Your Cold While You Can.
More real danger turks in a cold
tnan in any other of the minor all
ments. The safe way is to take
Chamberlains Cough Remedy and
rid yourself of the cold as quickly as
possible. For sale by all druggists S.
The daily sentinel., 1913-12-29
leils st.llion for s1ooo.

Sells 8taliion for $1,000.
Fred Pettijohn of the Appleton
district has sold his young draft
stallion TO Bader brothers OF Omaha
for $1,000. Mr.. PettiJohn raised the
colt himself. and the animal was al
ways . prize winner At the Mesa
county fair.
The daily sentinel., 1913-12-29
NOTED MEDICAL WORKER DEAD
Sentinel apecial Service.

Philadelphia. Dec. 29.-Noted as
an illustrator OF medical works,
Harman Faber. an artist and etcher.
died suddenly at his home. He was
eighty-one years old. During the
civil war he served as artist on the
surgeon-general's staff OF the
United States army under Generals
Barnes and Woodward and illustrat-
ed the United States medical record
of the war.
The daily sentinel., 1913-12-29
What the People Are Doing From
Day To Day In the Lively Little
City OF the Lower Valley.

December %, 1913.
Miss Susie Cloud, who has been
visiting ut the home of Miss Gene
We've Bush. leaves today for Palisade.
Later she will return to Gunnison TO
complete the course in the normal.
The Progressive woman's club
held an interesting meeting on Fri
day afternoon at the home OF Mrs.
Hunter.
| Claude Timbrell an oId-time resi-
dent in the valley, who has been in
| Wyoming for several years, was a
visitor Saturday at the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. r. ID. Bowman.
Miss Lizzie Click OF the Appleton
district was q Fruita visitor Satur-
day.
The Women of Woodcraft held an
interesting meeting at Masonic hall
Saturday night.
An interesting Christmas program
was rendered Sunday afternoon at
the Christian tabernacle, after which
the children were given n treat.
Mrs. Roscoe CoombB will enter
tain the Kensington club this even
ing at her home.
Miss Kathryn Jones. who has been
spending Christmas with relatives In
Fruita. returned yesterday to Thomp-
son, where she is teaching.
! Miss Edna Penfield arrived yes
MI aha
has been visiting for the past six
months.
The S. ID. G.. club met Saturday af-
ternoon at the home OF Miss May
Bush and spent several enjoyable
hours. after which the club attended
tho picture show.
J. II. Rutt returned Friday from
Grand Valley, where he has been
visiting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
s. A. Shank.
Frank Merriell left Friday morn
ing for the high line camp.
Earl and Wilson Bragg were Grand
junction visitors Saturday.
Miss Minnie Hall was a visitor to
Grand Junction Saturday.
Miss Hazel Bunce was shopping in
Grand Junction Saturday.
Mrs. L. Il. Phillips. who slipped on
| the ice about two weeks ago, and fell
hurting her spine. is reported some
better.
Several children OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Lee Cuddy are reported i'll.
w. and the w. of w. that they will
hold joint installation in the near
future. The w. o. w. will furnish
refreshments and very pleasant
The daily sentinel., 1913-12-29
Hero from Denver.

IfefB IfOHf DEhveF,
G. II. Jones, ranehman residing
several miles west of Denver. is here
today for visit with his cousin. II.
G.. Foster on South Seventh street.
Mr.. Jones says Denver has practi-
cally recovered from the recent bliz-
card and is now busy investigating
its vice problems.
The daily sentinel., 1913-12-29
NOTICE.

All persons are warned against
leaving water running during the
night. Those violating this order
will be prosecuted under city or
dinanee prohibiting same
FRANK l.. CARSON,
Water Commissioner.
l2-2s-3t
The daily sentinel., 1913-12-29

C. c. Parks. the well known
0lenwood banker. is Q business yis-
ttor In tho city today.
The daily sentinel., 1913-12-29

Peter Romero and Mrs. Frances
Maysield were married Saturday af-
ternoon at 6 O'Clock by County Judge
Sullivan.
The daily sentinel., 1913-12-29

Captain and Mrs. NJ. W. Cooley OF
Mack are local visitors today.
The daily sentinel., 1913-12-29

William Trewin is confined to his
home for a few days with la grippe.
The daily sentinel., 1913-12-29

Wanted-At tho 6eatinol offios
clean cotton aR.