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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-03
AKRON STRIKE GAVE
IMPETUS TO UNIONS
Several Organizations Formed
Since Big Rubber Strike.
Molders Get Raise.

AKRON. Ohio, May 1.-The orxan-
izing movement in this city, which
started with tho rubber workers and
which precipitated a strike, has had q
most salutary influence among the
other trades, and good results have
been obtained.
The molders have secured an in.
crease in wages from $2.1O to $2,4O,
with an increase in membership Of
nearly 100. The carpenters have in
creased their membership by over f1f-
w. anu the street carmen have added
q similar number. The machinista
nave more than doubled their men,
oersh1p. and the patternmarkers have
mad substantial increase, with the
plumbers also securing an Increased
membership. p ~
6# A new union Of teamsters has been
organized. The printers have also se-
cured 'll an advance, in wages, with bet
|ler' working conditions In fact. there
ls more interest being manifested n
organization work in this city than
ever ever before IN the history Of the move
sinent. I'M ss5 81 d. VI 5Sj N ls #453 S5S5 8
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-03
foreign LAbORER'S !.
MONEY GOES ABROAD
Over $1,000 From Little Postal
Station IN One Month-Enor.
nous Amounts In Country.

WASHINGTON. May, las an in
dication Of what probably is occurring
In every other section Of the country
where foreign labor Is employed. q
monthly occurrence in this city Is in
teresting. n ~. T.. #5s&t.S 81
At the Station q postoffice, not tho
main office. the Italians employed in
and around Washington congregate
one day each month for the purpose
Of purchasing international money or
ders. .if5 ga. ]. 4. s...$ 4
The amount sent abroad each month
is very close to $1,000. When It -
considered that washington is not an
Industrial city, that no factories are
in operation, and that the main. source
Of employment of these Italians is on
railroad track repair work, this state
ment is illuminating. .4s }3 ',3tf
From this instance It would be rea,-
sonable to assume that q tremendous
and almost unbelievable amount 81 Of
money is sent out of this country by
foreign Workmen. ss:] s'l7I 'S7I5
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-03
.sUINR WANTS MQRE
MOntYf0R h|0RKh|fN
New York's Governor Urges State
Public Works Department
to Raise Wages.

ALBANY. May lit seems to me
that your department would get bet
ter results for the general welfare,
and be doing simple justice to it's la
borers, if 25 cents an hour were paid
for work on the canals" says Gov
ernor Sulzer in a letter to Duncan w.
Peck, state superintendent Of public
works. At present they receive 31.76
for an eight-hour day.
contractors for canal work." con-
tinues the letter, pay that much to
their laborers, and laborers on the
state highways are also paid rs cents
an hour. Your department ought to
pay as much to laborers as other state
departments, and certainly as much
as a private corporation pays it's men
for similar work. - D..
You are aware of the increased
cost of living and the high prices that
must be paid for the necessaries OF
life. This affects the la.boring men
fully as much as 1t does clerks, or
other better paid employees. and the
state which employs them should see
to it that they are paid at least a liv-
ing wage" >...,... 4 a..
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-03
.$5.QlQ0,0o0lAcREASE
=. :. :. =. GAINED BY MINERS
Last Years Wage Settlement for
Anthracite Miners Brought
Immense Earnings.

P1TTSTON, Pa, May 1.-The first
year Of the present agreement be-
tween the anthrac cite miners and the
operators expired April 1, and is to
continue three years longer.
TO date the agreement has brought
the 10000 mine workers of the an
thracite field an advance in wages
conservatively estimated to be more
than s5,000,OO0.
together with securing to the mine
workers this large increase in wages
the agreement also resulted in giving
the miners union the greatest mem
bership that it has ever had in the
anthracite belt.
The present embership of District
No. the most prominent of the three
anthracite districts. and which has
hea eadquarters in Scranton, Pa, is now
above the $4,000 mark.
Upon the inauguration Of this agree-
ment in 1912 there were not more
than $4,000 mine workers In the union
In District No. 1.
District No. has now 10000 men,
bers, and District No. has 50 600
members, making an aggregate men,
Dershlp In the three districts of 13O.
900 union workers, which is a large
increase in membership, and is 40. 900
more than the organization has ever
had upon its membership rolls IN
these districts.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-03
CITY OWNED. LINE
MAKES. .BIG MONEY
San Francisco's Municipal Street
. Railway Venture Earns Mere
Than 18 Per Cent. =:
EXTENSION PLANNED ~
AND NEW CARS ORDERED
!: Golden Gate Traction Experiment
Shows Gratifying Results Dur y
r. ing First Four Months.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.--san
Francisco's municipality owned and
operated street railway, the. first of
its kind in the United States, com
pleted it's fourth month Monday. The
venture was success from the start
Beginning December %, it took in
$74S the first day, approximately 5000
more than operating expenses and in
terest on the bonds. It has averaged
500 daily in net earnings. 49,.
The statement of the superinten-
dent shows that during the first three
days the road took in $3,3Oo.6O. In
January it took in $17,435.S5; : In
February, $1S,619.90. March and
April figures are not available today
Recapitulation shows the total re-
ceipts up to March / were 9,3s5.S5,
total expenses $21, ,4s5.11 and total net
profits $17,950.74. .., -
Eighteen cars are being operated
twenty-five more cars will be added
as soon as the line is continued down
Market street to the suburban ferry
building. All these cars are to be
constructed in San Francisco.
Thirty-six motormen and conduct
ors are employed. There is a barn
force of seven and an executive force
of six. It is planned to start at once
on the extension Of the line from the
foot Of Market street, the city's main
business artery, to what will be the
very heart Of the Panama-Pacific ex-
position. Thus the line. will be made
to cut practically across the city.
The running expenses Of the road
for a day are approximately $3.50
The interest on the bonds for the
roads construction brings this up to
a total Of $3.50 per day. The rate OF
net profit is, approximately 1s pei
cent, / 80 -.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-03
VIOLATE SPIRIT: OF:
FEDERAL .8-A0UR LAW
Attorney General Holds Employ.
ers Can Work Employees on 9th
er Than Government Work.

WASHINGTON, May 1.-Judgo
Advocate Gen. Crowder has given an
opinion in regard to the operation OF
the eight-hour law, based upon the
opinion recently rendered by the At
torney General. Il
The attorney general declared that
the eight-hour restrictions apply only
to i work contemplated by the con-
tract, and that no penalty can be I'm
posed IL a laborer or mechanic should
be required or permitted to labor
more than eight hours a day ON some
ether work than that contemplated bv
the contract. .t-,gt-% 3; :
General Crowder holds that thu
opinion Of the attorney general can
be extended so as to cover the case of
a laborer or mechanic working mora
than eight hours a day upon two ae-
parate contracts, both coming within
the restrictions OF the law, NO mater
whether they cover like or dinferent
materials or whether made bv ona
department Of the government or IL
tWO.s s.5 Il %5 @ tT t.ss$ Ei,y = && @2E, !,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-03

Labor In Coast States to Confer
and Discuss Plans to Pro.
tect Aliens.

PORTLAND, Ore. May 1.-THE
Central Labor Council of this city, as
the result of the recommendation OF
a committee, have issued a call for a
conference Of delegates from Central
Bodies in Washington, California, Ore.
gon, Montana, wyoming, Utah, Idaho
Nevada, Arizona, Colorado and the
Canadian province of British Colum.
bia.
The object of the conference is to
1naugurate some plan to combat the
efforts of hostile employers and the
steamship companies from foodine
the western territory with immigrants
upon the opening of the Panama can
al. The date set for the meeting is
June 5.
At the instance Of the Central La
Dor Council a letter has also been sent
to the transport workers unions of
Europe seeking information, as we'll
as giving brief resume of the labor
conditions of the western slope, and
urging cooperation to the end that
foreign workmen be not made the
prey Of Designing employers and
steamship companies.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-03
UNION LABOR HELPS
PROPERTY OWNERS
Milwaukee Painters Make New
Wage Agreement and Agree
ment Against .'Skimping."

M1LWAUKEE, May 1.-Property
owners In Milwaukee may now feel
confident they will not be cheated by
contracting painters in having work
done on their property, for the execu-
tive board of the Painters union,
781, in the specifications Of it's new
wage agreements with the contractors
has provided that no "skimp" work
shall be done. This term is applied
to the practices Of some contracting
painters to apply but two coats OF
paint where the owner expects and
pays for three coats, or Is cheated in
some similar manner. 49,:
The Painters union refuses to per-
NIT it's members to work on such jobs,
contending that after May Il the
property owners must get the full
benefits OF the contracts. This will
make all union Jobs closed shops in
Milwaukee. This same question caused
hundred painters in Chicago to threat
en- to strike, the controversy contin-
uing for several weeks.
The new wage contracts signed with
the contractors are for three years
and provide for a wage scale Of go
cents an hour for the first two wears.
and 55 cents an hour for the third
year. The present contracts, which
were for two years, will expire May I.
They called for scale of 47k cents
an hour for the first year, and so
cents the second year.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-03
UTILITIES BILL TO
Be STATE ISSUE
Governor May Not Call Special
Session to Pass Measure to
Relieve Interests.
HOME RULE CHAMPIONS
ORGANIZE OPPOSITION
Meets Today in Minneapolis
Toilette Fears Trend of
Utilities Regulation.

Will Governor Eberhar' .fsek up?
1t Is said that his frienf 9ISdvis-
ing him not to call spe> Rs.p
Of the legislature. The govel,e 50
der the pretense that he was ss> a
money for the taxpayers of the sta.S.
clipped s22S,00O from the Omnibus
bill. He said he would have liked
to shave 100000 from the bill, so
jealous is he to save the people
money.
A special session would cost the
people many thousand dollars. If
Governor Ebcchart Is to be consistent
he will hesitate long time before
calling one, but then consistency is
not a cog in the governors powerful
political machine.
Two special committees, one from
the house and the other from the
senate, have been appointed to draft
q statewide public utilities commits
sion bill. The house committee is de-
cided!y progressive. The senate COM
mittee consists largely Of members
who voted against the governors veto
of the Minnette and Nolan bills, but
most of thcm nave in the past voted
consistently with the special interests
and against the people IN other mat
ters Of legislation, particularly of the
kind that struck at fundamentals
Will Legislature Yield?
The house voted overwhelmingly
against a statewide public utilities
commission bill, in favor Of the Nolan
bill and against the governors veto
of the Nolan bill Since then, how
ever. Speaker Rines appointed his
special committee to draft a bill and
the friends Of the measure declare
that the house has nominally receded
from It's former position and 1t will
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-03
WERE PATB|015
F|BST GRAF TEBsI !.
Columbia College Professor e.Dis.
covers Federal Constitution 4
Was "Shoe Horned Through.
"CELEBRATED FATHERs''
CLEARED $4,000, ,000',
"No Wonder Wall Street Sacredly
Worsmps Property, Revering i
Instrument" He Says.

: The celebrated fathers who met
In secret conclave at Philadelphia in
1887 and, without authority, framed
the constitution Of the United States
actually represented a powerful group.
Of business men, which by virtue OF
one clause alone, cleaned up 100000.
600 in profits through it's adoption!
The fathers" were personally and
financially interested in the results OF.
their 1abors. Forty out of the fifty
five members were in on this deal andj
some made as high as 100000!
4 The constitution is an economics
document-cold as a chattel mortgage
designed to enable the.
then Big Business" element to con-
troll the small farmers and working
classes for their own financial bene-,
fit! .... .- -. ST
1t was ratified" by less than ones
sixth of the adult males and its 'tadop@
tion' secured by methods which would
do credit to a modern political boss! s
Though written in severe, historical
phrases these are some of the startS
ling declarations of g. new book, An
Economic Interpretation of the Cons
stitution of the United States. by Dr..
Charles A. Beard, associate professor
of politics In Columbia university, and
published today by the Macmillan Co.
The author is an eminent authority
on American history and politics.
Delved Through Old Records.
The author has spent months delv-
Ing in records at the treasury depart
ment in WaShingtOn which have nof
seen the light or been examined by
human being since Washington's day..
and were buried in dust and dirt 50.
deep that they had. as he says, to be-.
''excavated with a vacuum cleaner. = !:
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-03
HARVESTER TRUST !. !.
D|SMANTLES PLANT
Threatens To Leave County On
Account Of Strike -Indepen-
dent Company Settles.

AUBURN, May The Columbia
Rope company strike is. settled, and
1900 textile operators who. have been
on strike. since March 20 have re-
turned to work. ..s Y, a:s s.
The terms of the settlement are that
the United Textile Workers Union is
to be recognized: reinstatement Of
discharged employees is to follow; In
creases in wages are to. take place,
and arrangements are provided where
by minor difficulties are to be adjusted
by committees from the union and
the management. s@s 81 .5s Is; s n. !. s. S
The strike against the Information
al Harvester company is being inves-
tigated by the state board Of media
ton and arbitration, and while the
company is proceeding to dismantle
its plant under the threat to move it
to q foreign country, still none Of the
machinery has as yet been shippet
from Auburn. * 4. s:.s IL .tss lj5s
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-03
ITALY ASKS ABOUT
men WHO WERE SHOT
Wants Uncle Sam to Explain Why
Italian Strikers Were Shot
To Death.

NEW YORK CITY, May 1.-Gov-
ernor Sulzer has been communicated
with by the State Department of the
United States in reference to the
shooting of some Italian laborers in
Auburn, N. Y, where a strike has
been and Is in progress at the present
time.
The Italian royal agent who inves-
t1gated the trouble at Auburn re-
ported to the Italian Embassy that the
conditions Of the italian labor ers .:are
wretched." and adds that these labor
ers formed a union and the leaders
were Immediately discharged, and up
on a demand made to reinstate them
not being compiled with a strike fol-
lowed.
The Italian representative also
states that the shooting of the Italians
by the police was not justified, and
that the mayor of Auburn offered no
explanation to justify the action OF
the police.
Governor Sulzer has directed the
State Labor Commission to make an
investigation and has further set the
entire state machinery in motion for
the purpose of getting at the actual
facts in the case.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-03
COURT FAvQRS DEbS,,
SUSTA|hS Demurrer
Judge Decides Appeal Case Of
" Debs, Warren and Sheppard.
May Drop Suits.

r FORT SCOTT, Kan, May Fed
eral Judge Pollock today practically
ended the prosecution of Fred d.
Warren, C. l. Phifer and Eugene v.
Debs, editors Of The Appeal to Reason
Of Girard, Kan, and the late J. "A.
Wayland, when he sustained de-
murrer. - %@S|'~ - Z
The case will not come up FOR trial
- scheduled May 5. The men were
4 changed with snisiSesnf the mailaaiu
sending through the malls The. Appeal
to- Reason, containing alleged sobjee-
tionabler features.
The defense demurrer set up the
claim that the affdavits published
were legal phraseology and although
referring to obscene incidents were
not of themselves obscene. ,',
The indictments against Eugene, v.
Debs, Warren } and Sheppard, now
pending, for the alleged spiriting
away of witnesses in this case, Will
probably be quashed. - i.
Attorney Sheppard yesterday filed
with United States Attorney General
Nc Reynolds charges against District
Attorney Bone and H. Dueberg, spe-
cial investigator Of the department,
alleging malicious persecution, con-
spiracy. and intimidation of witnesses.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-03
APPEALS OF labor
HEAROB BY S0[0Ns
More Good Work Done for Labor
ing Glasses Than in Many
Previous Years.
DIRECT LEGISLATION =.
AND COMPENSATION ACT
Labor Bureau Reorganized With
Increased Power and Larger
Appropriation. "

The Labor World stated last week
that the late legislature enacted more
laws in the interest Of labor than
were passed at any other previous
session. =. A. complete and detailed ac-
count of it's work, so far as the in
terests Of labor are concerned, can
not yet be given, but there are many
results we'll enough known to. be
stated with positiveness, and which
stand out clearly to the credit of
the law-making body of the stats.
Among the bills affecting the in
terests of labor, which passed the
two houses and have received the
approval of the governor, the Minne-
sofa Union Advocate of st. Paul gives
the following:
Requiring more adequate protec-
ton of employees from Accidentally in
jury or death by the more complete
installation of safety devices or dan
gerous machinery.
Prescribing the liability of an en-
ployer to make compensation by way
of damages for injuries due to acci-
dent received by an employe arising
out of and in the course of employ
ment, modifying common law and
statutory remedies in such cases;
establishing an alternative elective
schedule Of compensation, and regu-
lating procedure for the determina-
ton of liability and compensation
Hereunder.
May Form Mutual Companies.
Providing for the incorporation
and regulation of employers mutual
liability insurance associations by
employers who accept the provisions
Of the workmen's compensation law
Of 1913.
Requiring physicians to report to
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-03
REFUSE TO Be USED !,
AS STRIKE BREAKERS
Workmen Imported From Chicago
To Quincy We're Not Told
That Strike Existed. ]; !;

Z QUINCY, Ill. May 1.-The Broth45
erhood Of Carpenters in this city ha1
ben fighting certain firms for the pure
pose Of establishing q living wage.
A number Of the factories manuss
featuring show cases and goods Of thaa.
character have signed agreements;
with the union. but all OF the fac4s
tories have not conceded the union
scale. s3 z55
Those factories who are actively opS;
posing the union are having gr0ak,
difficulty in securing competsn1i
workmen. .s4 35sal ssg#'
Recently the Knittle Show Case
Works induced Workmen ii Chicago,
to come to this city to accept employs
ment With the positive assuranc thas
no labor trouble was In progress up~
on arriving II this city, however. q
I number. ny sofs these men learned. ols
course. thai strike was IN progress
sand Iefused to- accept am pIoymellf.
s The flrna gneuti Toned g perisnctnxs s
4 .s9 $ az 8 q s.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-03

In Spite Of Compulsory Arbitra@
tion Law Laborers Quit Work
In Large Groups.

. WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE. fo14
lowing item was published by the
Washington Star from it's corre.7
spondent in Sidney, Australia:
''The state wages board system is
in the melting pot, compulsory ara:
bitration having been rendered nuga-
tory by a series of strikes, which has
commenced despite the agreements
and awards Of the wages boards and
the penal clauses of the arbitration
act. " ~ Z s
During the gas strike Sidney was.
In darkness for several days. Alt
coal miners in the southern district.
under the leadership OF the notorious
Peter Bowling, who was prominent.
in the disastrous 1908 stoppage, are
on strike, and there Is prospect OF a.
prolonged struggle.
The ferryboats connecting the
north shore with the city have
stopped, and thousands Of workers
in the densely populated suburbs are
deprived of the means of communi-
cation to their work. The cause OF
the strike was the delay Of the wages
boards in dealing with their claims.
"The labor governments enforce
ment Of the provisions Of the act pro-
hibiting strikes under penalty OF fines
and imprisonment is awaited with in-
terest. Local opinion favors amend-
ment OF the law on the lines Of the
Canadian act"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-03
STATE FEDERATION
MEETS At St. CLOUD
Call Issued From Office of secre-
tary-Treasurer- w. E. NC
Even Will Retire.

, The trade unions of Minnesota will
meet in annual convention 1T St.
Cloud, Monday, June 16. The secre-
tary-treasurer this week issued the
call for the thirty-first convention Of
the Minnesota State Federation Of
Labor.
All central bodies having seven or
fewer affiliated unions are entitled to
two delegates, with one additional
DELEGATE for every union, and a limit
of 4 adelegatea4ns al = .ocal mi lns
are entitled ia sae delegate Tor every
Is members or ll1najor.fraction, but n0
union is entitled to greater number
than five delegates. :
The credentials committee will meet
Saturday and Sunday, June II and Is,
to pass on the credentials. The con-
Vention will open at 10 a. M, June
16, and continue in session until all
business is disposed Of. The Western
Passenger association has granted a
fare of one and one-third the regular
fare for the round trip, on the GER
tifcate plan.
Influence Is Extended.
Each year furnishes additional rea-
sons why the State Federation of La
Dor should be supported by every
trade union in this state" says the
call, which is signed by President E..
G. Hall and Secretary-Treasurer Nc
Even. I'm the absence of a state
central body the labor movement
would be little heard Of beyond the
limits of the three large cities.
n11n }1aA1
the state as it never was before. AS
in other states the labor movement is
this year facing a crisis, and it is ab-
solutely necessary that each union
should elect its most able and best
qualified members, to the end that the
most satisfactory results may be at
tained by the convention.
THE State Federation of Labor
succeeded in securing the passage Of
a number Of bills at the session Of
the legislature which has just ad-
journed. However, number Of very
important measures were not acted
upon. ;..::,-.. 49,. =. -.
There is :, important work to be
done throughout the state in strength
ening the movement, and ways and
means will be discussed at the con-
vention to carry out the / work. A
word to the wise should be sufficient.
Without dwelling further upon the
urgency Of the situation, / we Z. trust
that the present call will be responded
to with greater enthusiasm than ever
before" 4sr...<-- =. .r:~::s .sa
McEwen Drops Out. IL
In making the call public, Mr.. Nc
Even also announced that he will
not be candidate for secretary-treas-
urer and that he will not accept the
Office again under any circumstances
Mr.. McEwen has sought to withdraw
at several conventions in recent
years, but he has been induced to ac-
cept the office. This year he will In
sist on the convention electing some
other man If any effort is made to
give him the office again.
MI. McEWen has been secretary
treasurer Of the State Federation Of
Labor seventeen years, being first
elected in June, 1896. .:5.s-