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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-12
C0MMERCIA[ CLUBS
USED AGAINST: BILL
Railroads Induce Business: Mems
Organization To Protest
Against Full Crew Bill.

The railroad corpolations of Min
nesota are resorting to every tactic
within their power to prevent the
passage Of the, full crew: bill now be-
fore the legislature The members of
the legislature ara d$p osed to pass
the bill requiring railroads to fully
man their long trains. ISL
r The Brotherhoody6 OF Railroad Train
men Is seeking the passage Of this
bill in the interest of public safety
and for the protection Of railroad
trainmen.
The only objection the railroad
companies have to the passage Of the
bill Is because of the increased cost
it's enactment will entail. They are
going about the state urging business
men and commercial organizations to
protest against the passage Of the
bill.
The private car Of the superinten-
dent Of the Great Northern Railway
company stopped In Virginia one
night last week. On the same eve
ming a meeting of the Commercial
club was called, at which the resolu1
tions passed few nights before were
rescinded and stronger resolutions
were adopted, indorsing the bill. The
Great Northern has punished the peo-
pie of Virginia for its rebellious ac-
tion by cutting off its morning train
from Virginia to Hibbing.
A railroad employe working in the
car service of the Northern Pacific
telephoned to The Labor World the
other day and conveyed the informa-
tion that every employe in the yards
was requested by his foreman to sign
a petition against the full crew bill.
Some of the men demonstrated and
they were promptly informed that if
the bill became law they in the fu-
ture would be denied free passes to
ride over the"railroad. Most Of the
men signed the petition against their
will.
An effort has been made to ascer-
tain whether or mot the Duluth Com
mercial club, passed resolutions
against the full crew bill. A number
Of members have been questioned,
but none seem to know anything
about the matter.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-12

Great Attorney Delivers, Master
full Lecture On Land and La
Dor At Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES, April 1O.-Clar-
ence Darrow delivered an inspiring
address on Land and Labor before
an audience Of $500 persons in this
city yesterday The labor attorneys
wit, sarcasm and 'oratory elected
round after round of applause.
Darrow's main contention was that
it is wrong and literally stupid to
allow the earth to belong to few.
The earth, said Mr.. Darrow, should
not. be the property of a handful ef
parasites whose one function in life
is to extract profits out of the sweat
Of labor
Darrow said that so long as the
people are willing to allow the capt.
taiists to own the earth, they must
be content with problems of poverty,
unemployed and waste Of human
life ...
There is only one thing worse than
the capitalist class that owns the
earth, and that is the working class
that permits and .tolerates that own
'ership,"' said Darrow. :
The great need Of the century,
said Z barrow, is to wrest the earth
io!H SMe nahus OI lHe capitalist class
and place it where it belongs-with
the people.
:, This, said .Darrow, will pave the
way for the Socialist commonwealth,
wherein those who work and produce
wealth will get all that comes from
their toll, instead of allowing it to go
to capitalists. - : .~-..~> ;..,,t.
'Oneiof the legal ways. to deprive
the capitalist of their ownership OF
the world, said Darrow, is to place a
high tax on their property. : Make
the: tag SO high that it will make
ownership Of the earth impractical"
said Mt.sDarrow. .~. -.-~4 -.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-12
CATCH DETECTIVE IN
WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC

SCRANTON, Pa, April 10.-Harry
Kulp,: a former detective of Wilkes
barre, Pa.i has been found guilty in
the United States court on charges
OF" peonagf and white slavery in Sc
curing women ostensibly for domes-
tic service: in West Virginia hotels.
It was, brought out in the testi-
mony at 2the trial that the women
were promised employment in hotels,
but that when they reached West
Virginia they were taken to mining
camps and compelled to associate
with men who had been employed to
take the places of the striking mine
workers. The women who testified
against Kulp came from the Penn
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-12
DIRECT VOTE BILL :
TO. 60 TO PEOPLE.
Both Branches Of Legislature Fin.
ally Agree On Initiative and
Referendum Measure.
PROPOSAL CONTAINS
TWO BAD PROVISIONS
Otherwise It Is Satisfactory.
People Should Pass Bill
and Improve It Later. t*

! The people Of Minnesota :. will vt
the next general election be given an
opportunity to- adopt an; amendment
to- the state constitution providing for
the Initiative, and referendum. .'o # = Is !.
The legislature has at last agreed
to submit such proposition to the
voters. The bill to be submitted is
not ideal by long shot, 1t contains
at least two fundamental objection
able features. 1t requires that no
amendment to the constitution of the
state shall be adopted unless ap-
proved by a majority Of the electors
voting at said election, or by four-sev-
enths of the electors voting on the
proposed amendment; provided not
less than three-sevenths of. the elect
ors voting at<said election voted for
the proposed amendment.
Little Joker Has Advantage.
Another objection, made particu:
larly by organized labor, is to- the
provision requiring that petitions
shall be circulated in one-fourth Of
the counties of the state. The bill,
however, contains a little joker that
may prove advantageous to labor.
One-half Of the required number
OF signatures may be- obtained in one
county and the other half must be
secured in 21 other counties. The
bill does not provide that any GER
tain number Of the petitions Of this
one-half shall be secured in each Of
the other 20 counties
If organized labor then desires to
initiate a, law it may secure the
larger number Of the signatures. In
the three large counties Of the state.
1t will then only be necessary to- OBJ
tain a small number of signatures, in
10 other counties. The bill which
passed the house at the last session
required that Z per cent Of the voters
in each; Of 81 counties In the
state be secured to petitions.
The bill which is now up to the
Xotera4 Of thia. state in: one retpacts at
least IL: decided improvement over
the bill: which passed the house two
years ago. It was worth while tn
make a fight on this feature S. E
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-12
JURY GIVES LYON 5
VERDICT OF S7,5oo
Well Known Secretary Of B. of
r. T. Switchmen Gets Good :
Sized Judgment.

II. J. Lyons, railroad switchman
and former secretary of, the Brother
hood Of Railroad Trainrnen Of this
city, was awarded Judgment for $500
against the Northern Pacific Railway
company in Judge Ensign's division
of the district court late Tuesday aft
ernOon.
Lyons, while switching cars in the
yards OF the company at Duluth, Au-
gust IL, 1912, was run over and his
legs were torn and lacerated by an
engine. He brought suit against the
company for $15,650, which included
medical expense and lost time. ,=.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-12
PRINCE DECLARED
MAYOR Of DULUTH
Those 100 Votes In Fifth Precinct
of First Ward Showed Up
In Official Count.
THREE CANDIDATES
START PROCEEDI'
Court Will Probably Order
count Without Loss Of
Time In All Gases.

Those blame 100 votes showed up
after ALL We really did not think
they were there. In view of the fact
that the returns showed that Mr..
Prince had polled six more votes
than Mr.. McEwen, the council could
do nothing but declare him elected
mayor Of Duluth.
Had the 100 votes not shown up.
it was reported that City Attorney
Carmichael would advise the alder
men that they could go behind the
returns in determining the result. It
was reported that affidavits had been
secured from the judges of election in
the fifth precinct of the First ward to
the effect that a clerical error was
made in making the returns, and that
Mr.. Prince received 173 first choice
votes. instead Of 73 reported unoffi-
cially.
After these affidavits were to sbe
read Mr.. Carmichael was then to ad-
wise the council that it had the au
thority to open the ballot box for this
precinct to verify the aff1davits Of the
judges Of election.
McEwen Had Injunction.
If this situation had arisen, Mr..
McEwen was fully loaded and the
council would have been prevented
from going behind the returns. How
ever, when the returns were opened
they showed that Mr.. Prince had re-
ceived 173 first choice votes and this
settled the question for the time be-
ing.
Mr.. McEwen appealed to the dis
trict court from the decision Of the
council yesterday. Captain Fay and
Mr.. Silberstein through their attor-
neys made like appeals. The four
high candidates will in all probility
join in recount and contest.
1t is believed that the result Of the
vote will be changed in many respects.
At this moment it is anybody's fight.
Mr.. McEWen fully expects to recover
sufficient number of votes to final
ly elect him mayor, and yet evidence
of general errors is 50 manifest that
# Captain Fay, the low man, may be
boosted to the top.
Contest to Be Friendly.
Mr.. McEwen enters the contest up
on the friendliest terms with his COM
petitors. Only in justice to his friends
and supporters does he seek a re-
count He has no desire to occupy the
office of mayor of Duluth unless it
can be conclusively shown that he
received plurality Of votes for that
office.
He will be handicapped in some re-
spects in making the contest, as he
is without funds. The other candi-
dates seem to be we'll equipped for a
long siege in the courts. However,
Mr.. McEwen is fortunate in the fact
that a large number Of willing friends
are coming to his relief.
One hard working day laborer
came into the Labor World yesterday
and laid down one dollar and ex-
pressed the regret that he was un-
able to give more. We would rather
have the friendship and the respect
OF such men at any time, than one
to be elected to any office within the
gilt of the people. that is, if we were
to choose between the two
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-12
WE[l KNOWN labor
Man !. VISITS | :. 5 DULUTH
Q. E. James Of st. Paul, Spends
Day In City Hurries 10
w.. Milwaukee.

q sGssss ssHabIames of st. Paul, a member
Of the executive board of the Boot &
Shoe Workers International union,
paid q visit to Duluth this week. Mr..
JaHss III how engaged in organization
work 1T Milwaukee and is meeting
with splendid success.
He says that Milwauke Is becom.
Ing an important manufacturing point
for boots and shoes, and =
facturers there are very friendly to
labor and are not Interfering with the
work Of Organization among their en-
ployes. I. Ss=: 81 sss'3
Mr.. James visit to Duluth was Of "a
private nature. He left on the even.
inE train for Milwaukee. sssas
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-12
$50 Guyana RANGE
MINERS ON STRIKE
wv sBN1
Kennedy, Armour and Thomp-
son Properties on the Guyana
Range Suspend Work.

bHAlNERD, Minn., April 9.-Ap-
proxlmately $50 miners, practically
all those working underground on the
Cuyuna range, as we'll as few score
surface men, arc on strike tonight,
and the Kennedy mine at Cuyuna.
Armour Nos. 1 and at Ironton and
the Thompson at Crosby have ceased
hoisting.
A miners committee Of eight. COM
posed OF two from Crosby. four from
lronton and two from Guyana. ia act
ing in an advisory capacity and =
meeting with the mining companies is
scheduled to take place tomorrow
morning. The general feeling is that
the grievances of the men will be sat.
asfactorily adjusted. Their principal
demand is a minimum night scale of
SO instead of $3.50, at present in ef-
feet.
There is no disorder. The miners
early petitioned the authorities to
c'ose the saloons and they have also.
says the miners committee, offered to
turnlsh men to act as special police
70 project mining properties.
!. heavy blizzard ragged tonight and
caused cssu, tne great majority to seek the
Reid. Deputy Sheriff Claus Theorin
ana number Of deputies are at the
mines and deputies have been distrib-
ted about the different properties.
Mayor Culver Adams of Deer
Wooa' son OF Cuyler Adams, discover
@er OF the Guyana range. has ordered
the saloons of his town closed should
any of the miners leave the strike
area, four miles distant. The saloons
IN the strike district at Crosby, Cuy-
una, lronton and Julesburs are tight
~ closed. -. ;e-,'. = 49,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-12
COLORADO LEGISLATURE
PASSES FULL CREW BILL

DENVER, April 10.-A motion to
refer the full-crew bill back to the
committee of the whole for further
amendment was defeated by the SEN
ate recently by vote of is to ;l6,
the lieutenant governor voting mo,
thus saving the bill. ss~-
The bill provides that all trains OF
So or more cars must have an. engi-
neer, fireman, conductor, two brake
men, and a flagman. The flasman,
whose duty would be to guard the rear
of the train against collision, will
not be required on shorter trains. Il
The minimum car limit for ,full
crews in the original bill was %. u
similar measure Is in the house, {. with
prospectss Of passags s... q. ss5.i ss.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-12
SENATE HOLDS UP
LABOR MEASURES
Important Legislation Dealing
With Rights and Interests
of Labor In Balance. .
Dn.AToRY METHODS
MAY DEFEAT BILLS
Powerful Lobby Against F ull
j; Crew Bill and Other Rail-
- = road Legislation. ::

, Labor legislation is hanging in the
balance at st. Paul. - A number of
measures have been passed by the
house, but, are still being held up in
the senate. 81.
, On general orders in the senate
awaiting daily passage is the Bureau
of Labor bill requiring employers to
report in detail all accidents occurring
to employees which result. in death or
injuries. The provisions Of this bill
require employers to furnish all dat;
and Information concerning persons
injured the industry in which the in
jury occurred. it's nature, cause and
duration.
Semi Monthly Pay Day.
There is also pending in the senate
the Semi-Monthly Payday bill which
passed the house some time ago. The
railroad companies have flooded the
senate with petitions against the pas
sage of this bill. A powerful lobby has
been maintained against it and Its
passage through the senate is Ve"y
much in doubt.
Senator Rockne introduced a bill
to amend the law creating the state
board of electricity in the interest of
journeymen electricians. The bill
was referred to general legislation
and has been recommended to pass.
1t is now on general orders in the
senate.
BARRIERS License Bill.
Senator L'Herault has secured the
favorable consideration Of his bill to
amend the present law regulating and
licensing BARRIERS. This bill is also on
general orders and should pass this
week.
The state insurance bill introduced
by Senator Handlan Of st. Paul was
recommended to pass by the commit
tee on insurance. It now has been
referred to the committee on judici-
ary, but still retains it's place on gen.
eral orders.
The bill proposes a. constitutional
amendment authorizing. the, legisIa-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-12
STEEL WORKERS WIN
ANOTHER BIG STRIKE

CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill.,, April 10.
The employees of the Inland Steel
company, who have been on strike for
some time, and who were organized
by the American Federation Of La
Dor. have secured a settlement which
includes concession of all their de-
mands and have returned to work.
This is the second victory of steel
workers organized by the American
Federation of Labor since the cam
pa1gn began. The strike in this place
was complete, not a single man hav-
ing been left in the mill when the
strike took place, and continued for
four weeks without a single strike
breaker having been employed.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-12
SECRETARY LANE MADE .::..
HONORARY UNION MAN

WASHINGTON, April 1O.-Frank-
lin K. Lane, Secretary Of the Interior
Department in the present admins
tration, was formerly Interstate Com
merce commissioner.
He is Canadian by birth, a lawyer
by profession, and was years ago city
attorney Of San Francisco.
Mr.. Lane is also an honorary men,
Der Of Typographical Union No. 21,
San Francisco.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-12

CHICAGO, April 10.-It is reported
that the International Harvester COM
pany has adopted a minimum wage
for women on Its own motion.
1t has been announced that here
after the minimum wage win be 3s
per week. It Is said that the Inv
creased cost to the company win ~
5$25, 900 annually. as
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-12
NORTHERN PACIFIC Il" y: =. -,
EARNINGS INCREASE

WASHINGTON, April 10.-Ths
January gross earnings Of the North
ern Pacific show an estimated in
crease of $1,0OO,000: =:
The company's train load in the
first half of the fiscal year averaged
638 tons, compared with 594 tons for
the fiscal year 1911-12, $50 tons for
1901, and 524 tons for 1909-1O, an
increase of IA tons or % per cent in
three years. This is grinding out
profits with a vengeance.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-12
ELECT SENAT0Rs
BY DIRECT VOTE
Long Advocated Constitutional
=. Amendment Is Finally Rati-
fed By SO States.
CONNECTICUT LAST
STATE TO COME IN
Legislatures In Future Will Be
Out Of E-People Will
e. Have Whole Say. :.>..

Every member Of the United States
Senate must hereafter be elected. by
direct vote of the. people. Connecticut
:is the last OF the necessary 36 states
to ratify the amendment to the feder-
al constitution providing for direct
election of United. States senator's. It
is now a part Of the constitution of
the United States. The new amend
ment read as follows:
''The Senate of the United States
shall be composed of two senators
from each state, elected by the people
thereof, for six years; and each SEN
ator shall have one vote. The elect
ors in each state shall have the quail
f1cations requisite for electors of the
most numerous branch of the state
legislatures.
when vacancies happen in the rep
resentation of any state in the Senate,
the executive authority Of such state
shall issue writs of election to fill such
vacancies, provided that the Legisla-
ture of any state may empower the
executive thereof to make temporary
appointments until the people fill the
vacancies by election as the Legisla-
ture may direct"
Legislature Is Shorn.
The amendment primarily transfers
the power of electing senators from
the state Legislatures to the people
at the polls. To effect this change it
was necessary to alter the machinery
for the filing Of vacancies in the Sen
ate.
The first senators to be elected by
the new method will be those who
take their seats for the term begin
ming March 4, 1915. They will be
elected at the November elections Of
1914. :. p. r
/ Pennsylvania was the thirty-fifth
state to fall in line. The states which
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-12

Senator Q'Gorman of New York is
leader OF the fight in the United
States senate to-; remove the exemp-
ton Of all ships going through to
Panama canal from toll payment.
Senator Root is said to be acting for
the great railroad transportation COM
panies in the matter Senator 0'Gor-
man is chsmpioning the cause of the
people. He predicts that his bill will
pass the senate.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-12

Arizona, =. Vermont, 49,,
Colorado, seas,s4s Washing
Connecticut. Wisconsin.
Illinois, Wyoming.
Idaho, Arkansas, ::
Maine, California, -.
Massa ohusetts; Indiana,
Michigan, iowa. =,
Minnesota, ".."< Kansas, -
Montana Missouri,
Nevada, Nebraska. =,
New Hampshire, Ohio:
New York, South Dakota,
North Carolina New Jersey,
North Dakota, West Virginia,
Oklahoma, New Mexico,
Oregon, Tennessee,
Texas, Pennsylvania.
In Utah the state Senate rejected
the amendment. Senator Reed Smoot,
Tory, Mormon senator from Utah
has seen great light, and has wired
urging the state senate to reconsider
it's action. 49,, :
Georgia is the only state which
has by resolution rejected the amend
ment outright -.
The legislatures Of Kentucky, Mary
land, Mississippi and Virginia will
not have an opportunity to pass upon
the question until January, 1914.
when they are scheduled to meet, and
the Louisiana legislature cannot con-
slider the question until May, 1914,
with Alabama last on the list, meet
ing in January, 1915. -
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-12

1t is given out on good authority
that w. A. Hicken will head the di-
vision Of public safety under the new
commission form of government. Mr..
Hicken was alderman from the first
ward for two years. He is a strong
lid man and expects to close every
saloon in town according to law. Mr..
Hicken is man Of strong will and
dogged determination.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-12

The bill proposes a constitutional
nendment authorizing the ,legisIa-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-24
CHICKEN PIE SUPPER.

THE FIRST DIVISION OF THE
Ladies' Aid society of Spencer Memoir
ial Methodist church, under the direc-
ton of Mrs. Alva Whiteside, served
chicken pie supper at the church
last evening to 225 people, between the
hours of and $50. This was the
first of a series of entertainments and
suppers to be given by the ladies'
society and it proved a decided sue
cess. The decorations on the tables,
and about the dining room were car
ried out in the Halloween idea with
jack olanterns. yellow and black fes-
toons, etc. Autumn leaves in festoons
hung above the tables, suspended
from which were witches, black cats,
ghosts, etc. On the tables were run
ners of yellow paper with halloween
emblems and at each place were nap
kin holders of yellow with black
witches. Approximately $50 was
cleared from the sale of the cupper.
The Y. l.. A. of the church had in con
nection with the supper a sale of
kitchen aprons and from this they real.
lied $40
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-24
n. M, w. CLUB,

THE H. NJ. W. CLUB NET AT THE
home of Miss Cecile Williams, 1904 Six
teenth avenue, last evening. The bust
ness session was held as usual during
the forepart of the evening. There
was a large attendance, every mem
Der being there and two more members
: re added. The program con-
sisted of piano duet by Bessie Wash
burn and Frances Hughes, song by
the quartet, Marie Huber, Muriel Win
ter, Florence Long and Frances
Hughes. Readings were given by
Mary Winter and Marguerite Huber.
Florence Long sang a number of Sc
lecticns. After the program games
were enjoyed and the hostess served
a two course luncheon at the close of
the evening. The next meeting will
be held at the home of Miss Mary
Winter, Eighteenth avenue and For
tieth street, on Nov. 6.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-24
HARVEST FESTIVAL.

THE HARVEST FESTIVAL Be
ing conducted by the various societies
OF the First Swedish Lutheran church
in the church annex, will come to a
close tonight after a very successful
week. The program this evening will
consist OF a piano trio by Misses Edna
Lundberg Agnes Johnson and Helen
johnson, vocal solo by Miss Minnie
e. Johnson, a trombone solo by Clark
l.. Swanson, a dialogue, Scene at the
Ticket Office with the following tax
ing part: c. C. Londberg. Frank l..
Johnson. Miss Mary Isaacson. Carl
Swanson. Miss Ellen Isaacson, Enoch
Pealstrom, Victor Swanson, Mrs.
V. Swanson. Elmer Swanson. Miss
Helen Johnson, Miss Lydia Peal
strom and Miss Irene Gustafson.
The program last evening was given
by Miss Nellie swanson, piano solo;
reading by Esmeralda Anderson, vio.
lin solos by G. Guernay, reading by
c. G. LOndberg. vocal solo. Miss Es
Their Malmrose and selections on the