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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-17
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LAWMAKERS SEAT

SACRAMENTO, Z. Cal, May 15.-
That representatives of labor unions
be, prohibited from Ehollings a. seat in
either: house Of <thes legislature was
the proposal made in the state senate
recently BY Senator Edward J. Tyrrell,
Of .Almeda county. in presenting an
amendment, which provides that no
person holding lucrative office un-
der the United States or any other
power, or under county.acity, or state,
Is eligible to a. seat In the legislature,
and that no member Of the, ,1egisla-
ture can, be appointed to a lucrative
office during the term for which he
was elected = 4 =a Hs-s 4. E'a:s - sft s.
Tyrrell held that if, Representa-
tive Of city corporations were to be
prohibited from holding. q seat in the
legislature, representatives of public
service corporations, a public utilities,
and labor unions should also be
barred. ~ '.r>5EH &a SF-.,5 sasIs.>;;.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-17
IOWA MINERS COMPEL.
COMPENSATION LAW

Fuel, publication issued in Chica-
go, devoted to the coal mining inter-
ests. has this to say in reference to
the mine workers of Iowa:
"Inasmuch as the ultimate fate of
the compensation bill now pending
in the Iowa legislature is involved in
some doubt. the officials of the Iowa
mine workers have been giving the
matter some thought. - Il
President w. H. Rogers, Of the
mines state organization, gives out
the statement from the miners head
quarters that the executive officers
have a plan mapped out, whereby a
legal department, composed of the
best legal talent that can be obtained
in the state. will be established sun-
der the supervision of the state organ
izatio to prosecute each personal
injury case which occurs in the mines
in in the event an effective compensa ton
[ act s is not passed during this session
Iof the legislature & &
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-17
Continued On Page 8.
-Four Candidates In Race Henry
Dworshak Administers 0bliga-
Of Membership to His Son.

There is a hot campaign, on in the
Duluth Typographical union for the
election. Of delegate to the I. T.sU.
convention to be held at Nashville,
Tenn. in August. There are four can
didates in the contest. They are Ed.
Anderson, w. E. Towne. Henry Fedi
and H. C. Horst. Each candidate is
canvassing all of the printing offices
In town and is making a hard fight
for election.
A. G. Catlin Of the Herald and Her
bert Wilson Of the News Tribune are
also in contest for election as dele
gate to the State Federation of Labor
convention at st. Cloud. The election
will be held under the Australian bal
lot system on Wednesday, May 2S.
Henry Dworshak, ST., superintend-
ent Of the Herald composing room and
a charter member of the Duluth Typo
graphical union, had the honor at the
last meeting Of the union to admin
lister the obligation to his son, Henry
Dworshak, jr. It was rather an i'm
pressive ceremony, and after the obli-
cation Mr.. Dworshak, sr., gave the
young member some good advice on
his duties to the union. ..: y
The local has presented a new wage
scale to the job printers which calls
for $22.50 a, week pay. =. The employ
ers are now considering the proposi-
tion. It is believed the matter will be
adjusted without strike.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-17
BUREAU OF LABOR
ASKED TO MEDIATE:
PATERSON STRIKE

WASHINGTON, May Ex-senator
I!uehls and Representative Bremner
of New Jersey have been urged by the
business and professional men Of
Paterson to seek to have the depart
lnent of labor brought into the strike
situation with a view of effeeting a.
settlement of the difficulty:
J. Representative Bremner Immediate
ly decided to make an effort to Sc
cure an adjudication without federal
aid, and sought to arrange confer
ences with the. interested parties to
the end that the manufacturers and
ntrikers might have a medium
through which to effect a settlement
f. possible.
Failing in this plan it is quite
likely that efforts will be made to in
woke federal investigation. 1t is
stated that $4,000 mill operatives are
involved in the bitter struggle, which
has been in progress for II weeks.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-17
WOOL Mill STRIKE .
ENDED D|bIIRfNI0k
Textile Workers Score Notable
Victory collective Bargaining
Receives An Impetus.

TRENTON, May 1O.-The strike of
the employees of the Straus wooden
mill has been settled by the signing
of an agreement. The contest was in
progress nearly three months.
The agreement provides for a 10
per cent increase in wages for all en-
ployes receiving 50 per week or less;
that all employees are to be rein
stated in their former POSITIONS; that
IS hours shall constitute a weeks
work; that time and a half shall be
received for overtime work; Saturday
afternoon to be considered as over
time, and double time for Sundays and
holidays; that all matters in dispute
shall be adjusted by a standing COM
mittee Of the union and superinten-
dent of the mill; that there shall be
no strikes or lockouts during the
life of the agreement.
The settlement was affected by a
general organizer of the Textile Work.
ers and a committee from the local
union. The result is a decided victory
for the employees and shows that by
determined effort wrongs under which
wage-ea earners labor may be righted.
Organizers Travers and Thompson,
and Miss Scott of the Women's Trade
Union league, gave valuable assist
ance in the contest, and were respon-
sible in large part for the victory
which has been won..
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-17
LOCALITY NO BAR
TO COMPENSATION
UNDER JERSEY LAW

CAMDEN, N. J., May 15.-In a.
verbal opinion delivered in the suit
of J. Wesley Clark against the Cam
den Pottery company under the en-
ployers' liability act, Judge Boyle
held that New Jersey employers are
liable for accidents occurring to their
employers while in the discharge of
their duties In another state. 49,.
The question of extra territorial jur-
isdiction was raised by counsel for
the pottery company.
Clark, while engaged as a driver
for the Camden Pottery company, was
sent to Philadelphia to deliver some
goods and while in that city met with
an accident. This 10 one of the first
cases of it's kind to arise in this Sec
ton under the employers liability
act.
The case will now be tried Just az
though the accident in which the en-
ploye was injured had occurred with
in the limits Of the state.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-17
JERSEY WEAVERs !
- :, -"'o .-
" COMPLETELY TIE :,
UP SILK INDUSTRY

NEW YORK, May, 15.-The. entire
silk industry in this country is at q
standstill. The 1900 weavers in the
silk mills of West Hoboken, Union
Hill and Jersey City Heights, added to
the strikers at Paterson, comprising
practically all the workers in this par
ticular industry, are on strike. s!.'
The weavers in the three first men,
toned places are out to secure an
eight-hour day, the present workday
being ten hours, and a 20 per cent In
creast in wages. $ IS * = t-.55 s!5s
1t is asserted that a number of the
manufacturers, members Of the Manu-
facturers' association, have given no
tice that they propose to break away
from the association and treat open
ly with the strikers for the purpose of
reaching settlement Of the difficulty.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-17
LAF0[LETTf PUSHES
Lake SLAVERY Bill
Wisconsin Senator Expects to Get
Favorable Action During
Session.

WASHINGTON. May 15.-The sea-
mems bill. otherwise known as the In
voluntary servitude bill, the subject of
so much controversy in the last con-
gress, will be pushed vigorously In
the present extra session by Senator
La Toilette.
It was referred to a subcommittee OF
the committee on commerce, Of which
Senator Burton is member. Secre-
tary of Commerce Redfield and Sec,
retary of Labor Wilson have en-.
dorsed the bill substantially in the:
form it came from the house. Secre-s
tary Wilson, when a member Of con-
gress, was the author of the house
bill. [..ys#. 4s
Senator La, Toilette hopes to get ac-
tion while the senate is waiting for the
tariff bill to get back from the finance
committee. Senator La Toilette has
had several conferences with Presi-
dent Wilson on the subject.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-17
STEEL TRUST PLANS
HOMES FOR W0RKEFS
Local Offifials Announce that
Model Homes Will Be Built
Near Steel Plant.

The United States Steel corporation
announces that it is to erect a model
town adjoining the steel plant at New
Duluth.
Work will be begun this summer on
$50 buildings, some Of which will be
apartment houses and some dwell
ings, and at least 100 will be erected
this year. The officers of the cor
poration also announce that $1,3OO,0OO
has been appropriated to build the
model town. r. {: - - =: 5' y
.z. The plans for several types !. Of
houses have already been drawn and
the specifications are being prepared
for the contractors.
1t is said the decision to erect these
houses was brought about by condi-
tions existing in the vicinity Of other
steel plants where the corporation has
not attempted to solve the housing
problem, and for which it has received
considerable criticism throughout the
nation.
1t has been the experience in other
cities that slums spring up in the vi
cinity Of the plants. According to one
government report, in some of these
districts adjoining steel plants, as
many as 40 or so people have been
found sleeping in four or five rooms.
The corporation assures Duluth peo-
pie that it will build city second to
none in the country at New Duluth.
There will be but one house on each
50x140 foot lot. There are to be no
25 foot lots and no short lots. Every
house erected on the site will have a.
basement and bathroom.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-17
CITY LAB0RERS !
GET WAGE RAISE
Common Laborers Paid 30 Cents.
and Skilled Laborers 35 Gents
for 8-Hour Day.
NEW SCALE WILL HELP
TO INCREASE ALL WAGES
Private Contractors Pay Their
Workmen But 25 and 271 Cents
An Hour for 10-Hour Day.

The wages of common laborers en-
ployed by the city have been in
creased from 25 to 80 cents per hour.
Skilled laborers who heretofore re-
ceived so cents per hour will now re-
ceive 35 cents and teams will be paid
at the rate of 65 cents pGr hour.
This is a raise of cents per hour
for each classification. Under the
eight-hour day it amounts to a COM
plete increase of 40 cents for each
person. The new wage scale became
effective yesterday.
Those classed as skillful laborers
are the men who relay paVements.
do concrete work, make the more
difficult repairs, work at the rock
quarry, etc.
Eight Hour Day the Rule.
The eight-hour day is the rule
adopted by the city in doing all its
own work. Most of the men start at
O'Clock and quit at o'clock, with
one hour for noon. 1t is given out that
the new commission will make no ef-
fort at this time to require contractors
to employ their men on the eight
hour basis. All of the commissioners
pIOIIllSSu DSlOlc clcCllOn W nave WOI n
done by and for the city under the
eight-hour day. The employees of the
contractors are all working ten hours:
AS an apology for the ten-hour day
among private contractors, one of the
daily papers, in reporting the increase
announced by the city, stated that
workmen employed by private con-
tractors prefer the longer day be-
cause they are able to earn greater
wages
Statement Is Ridiculous.
This statement is ridiculous from
every viewpoint of the laborer. A
man working directly for the city re-
ceived but $2.40 for eight hours, while
the same man working indirectly for
the city but paid by a private con-
tractor, receives S2.25 and not more
than $3.50 for ten hours. ;sa4Tasag& '3}a!s ~;
Now, does it stand to reason that a
laborer would prefer to work ten
hours for a private contractor for the
privilege of earning not more than
$3.50 while he can earn $2.40 for
eight hours from the city?
The same paper states that "some
Continued on Page 8.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-17
MEN ORGANIZE IN
SECRET; COMPANY
INCREASES WAGES

BALTIMORE, Nd, May 15.-Dur-
ing the past few months organizers
Of the American Federation of Labor
have quietly sown- the seeds of or
ganiaztion among the motormen and
conductors on the traction lines.
These seeds had begun to take
root, but the company exhibited a
smattering of enlightened selfish
ness and advanced the wage rates 1
cent per hour, with the end in view
of smothering any organization move.
The office employees Of the company
also share in the increase.
1t is estimated that the aggregate
increase will approximate $1SO,000
per year. This is the third time the
company has advanced wages under
similar circumstances, but some of
these days the employees will summon
sufficient grit to organize. ..
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-17
PROTEST AGAINST
SPECIAL SESSION
stirrup Club Joins With Other
Progressive Organizations In
Behalf Of People.
TO HOLD CONFERENCE; -
HOME RULE THE ISSUE
Public Service Corporations Want
New Law Before Initiative and
Referendum Are Adopted.

The Stirrup club, in common with
other progressive organizations ot
the three large cities of the state, has
taken decided stand against the
calling of a special session of the
legislature by Governor Eberhart for
the purpose of passing public. utili-
ties commission bill. The club has
called a. statewide conference to be
held at the .Spalding hotel on May
"a. There will be an executive meet
ing at p. m. and this will be fol-
lowed by. a banquet.
The purpose is to start a campaign
Of education to foster public senti-
ment. against the calling of a special
extra session. The movement was
started by the Saturday Lunch club
at Minneapolis following Governor
Eberhart's veto of the Nolan bill.
Cities Are jealous of Power.
The Stirrup club. the Saturday
Lunch club and other similar organ
izations of st. Paul, Minneapolis, Still
water: and other cities, win strongly
oppose Governor Eberhart's plan to
pass a public utilities commission bill
that will. take from the cities of the
state power they now possess in reg
ulating public utilities.
The following speakers have already
been secured for the banquet: Speak
er Rines, Representatives w. I. No
Ian, former, Governor John Lind.
Senator James P. Boyle of Eveleth
and Hugh T. Halbert of St. Paul.
An effort will be made to secure
Congressman Lenroot of Superior,
Harvey S. Clapp, city attorney, will
preside at the banquet. The working.
men Of Duluth are vitality interested
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-17
BATTLE FIELD OF
LABOR AS BLOODY
a AS FIELD or WAR,

The battle field Of labor is ne lass
bloody than the field of war. Sts,s
tistics have just been compiled cover !
ing period of "a years in Germany.
OF the number. of Industrial accidents
in that country.
The totals are appalling. They
show that in the "a years s.140,1 1872:
workingmen and women were In
jured, of which 2,140,79S were dan
gerously injured In the same eriod
Of time 1882 workingmen and.
women were killed. During the last
five years there has been notice
able reduction in the number killed
and injured. This is undoubted lily due
to the great movement for safety
which has spread over Germany.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-17
SOCIALISTS WANT
PRESIDENT TO ACT
National Committee Demands Re-
establishment Of Constitution 81
- In West Virginia.
SITUATION Is WITHOUT
= PARALLEL IN HISTORY
Declares Civil War Has Been
Provoked by Militia Want
Perpetrators Punished.

CHICAGO, May .15.-(special to The
Labor World )--Voicing a plea that
labor. should stand solidly against the
oppression that now exists in West
Virginia, the Socialist Party Ma
,tional committee in session here sun
day adopted a memorial to President
Wilson, which was also sent to Gov,
ernor Hatfield of West Virginia and
the members of the West Virginia
state legislature. -''.
The memorial directs President Will
sons attention to the fact that in the
state of Virginia, Americas Little
Russia there exists a reign of terror,
OF officially protected lawlessness and
anarchy, which has no parallel in the
history of any modern nation with the
exception Of Russia.
Every Civil Right Destroyed.
1t declares that in the mining dis
tricts of West Virginia American citi-
zens have during the past few months
been deprived of the rights guaranteed
by the Constitution Of the United
States and that of the state of West
Virginia itself. ~
In particular, the fundamental right
OF free speech and free semblage
has been arbitrarily suppressed by the
guards and thugs hired by the coal
barons of the feudal Industrial state,
protected and upheld in their lawless-
ness by the officials of the state.
The memorial refers to the seizure
OF newspapers, the proclamation OF
martial law and the establishment Of
a system of peonage that is a disgrace
to the American people. Victor L.
Berger, Eugene v. Debs and. Adolph
Germer were appointed a committee
Of three to go to West Virginia and
investigate the situation at first hand.
Reign of Terror Prevails.
The memorial also demands OF
President Wilson that he make a
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES thaz..:.gaiSn
Of terror" existing Ia West Virginia.
It sts notable document and reads In
part as follows: &a
Newspapers have been suppressed,
without any process OF law, simply be-
cause they have presented favorably
the claims of the striking miners.
Plants Of these newspapers have been
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-17
MINIMUM WAGE LAW
EFFECTIVE IN UTAH
Women Must Receive 80 Gents a
Day and Girls Not Less Than
rs Cents.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May Is.
NO woman who works in the state
will hereafter receive less than 80
cents a day; no girl worker will re-
ceive less than IS cents per day, and
no woman or girl will work more
than 81 hours a week. The minimum
wage law went into effect Tuesday.
The 81 hour law has been in effect
some time. According to the new law
a woman worker learning new work
must be paid not less than 80 cents
daily; after six months apprentice
ship this must be raised to at least
s1.25 daily. Girl apprentices must
be paid Is cents daily, and after six
months must be paid at least 80
cents per day.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-17
CLOSING !.
FOR WEST DULUTH
Merchants In Western Portion of
City Look With Favor on
Demands Of Labor. s.>A* aA&,
TRADES ASSEMBLY TO + -,
+. APPOINT COMMITTEE
Longshoremen's Union to Help
= SO Hour Law to be Enforced.
Strange Views Expressed. =.

=, The campaign inaugurated by, The
Labor World last week for the early
closing Of stores at West Duluth has
borne fruit. earlier than we had ex-
pected. The merchants of the west
ern portion of the city. are already
discussing the question in earnest.
All Of them profess to be in favor of
the move, but they do not seem to
care to venture into it until all Of the
stores agree thereto. -
The daily papers have taken up
the crusade in behalf of the clerks
and at the next meeting of the Trades
assembly a committee will be ap-
pointed to take charge Of. the: cam
paign for early closing in West Du-
luth, The Longshoremen's union will
be enlisted in the crusade, and an ac-
tive campaign. will be conducted .un-
til. every store in West Duluth closes
at s o'clock in the evening on every
day but Saturday.
Women Can Help.
Our women can do their shopping
during the daytime" said a member
of the longshoremens union yester-
day. The stores in West Duluth have
become accustomed to remain open
until late at nights, working hard
ships on the young women who are
their clerks. In most instances the
trade is light during these after
hours. ,..-
When the people of West Duluth
begin to realize they are working a
hardship on the clerks by doing their
shopping in the evening, they will
stop it and they will do their shopping
during the daytime. ~
"Of course, we expect opposition,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-17
DANCING. ORDINANCE
A|TSlAIlBl|Ql||R|. AIl|Q| UNIONS
Proposed. City Law Relating to
Dancing Pavilions Would Con-
fiscate 'Labor's Property.

Organized labor i vitally Interested
in the proposed ordinance intended to
prohibit dancing paYiMons within 600
feet. of public parks. Duluth has
made little effort h the past to pro-
vide for the recreation or amusement
of its working peo3ie. -
! The labor organizations during the
! summer frequentl 1giye outings to
nefabe ers. Uh Labor Day III an,
nual celebration is had: Until organ
lied labor built. fts pavilion at Fair
mont park, there was no place in the
city where a proper Labor Day cele-
bration could be had.
Prior to the building of, the pavilion
at Fairmont park, outings were had
at Zenith Park and Fond du Lac, but
these places became undesirable and
when Fairmont park was laid out,
union labor organized i a cooperative
society, acquired a number Of lots ad-
joining Fairmont park land built
thereon a dancing pavilion. This was
several years ago..
1t Is Labors Place.
Every recent Labor Day celebration
has been held at Fairmont park. Dur
Ing the summer months many Of the
unions hold their outings there. Work
ingmen and their families have taken
pride in visiting Fairmont park and
helping to popularize it. The dancing
pavilion is their property. It was pur-
chased and built with their money 1t
is a common occurrence to see whole
families on the floor dancing and en-
joying other forms Of amusement.
No complaint has ever; been made
against the union labor pavilion at
Fairmont park. Young girls who at
tend there either come with their par
ents or are properly escorted The
management of the pavilion. associa-
tton, which is composed entirely of
representatives of union labor, have
been exceedingly anxious to preserve
the good name of the pavilion.
It has not been conducted for profit.
It is an institution organized for the
purpose of providing wholesome rec
reation for Duluth's people.
Find Some Other Way.
A private pavilion near : Chester
park seems to fbe Objectionable to the
city commission. Now, to get around
the question of refusing a. license to
this private owner for either a. dance
hall or roller rink, the council pro-
posesstor prohibit all such institutions
within 500 feet of a city park. 1t
would seem. that the policy of the city
is to destroy all forms Of wholesome
amusement to please a certain group
of people who may have certain OBJ
lection to one certain institution,
The passage Of the proposed ordi-
nance would, render particularly val
ueless over $4,000 of union labor's
property. The moral aspect Of the
case need not worry the city commits
sioners. Union labor enjoys well
deserved record for protecting the
morals of the young. It's members
can be depended upon to see that the
pavilion at Fairmont park will be
conducted in conformity to the rules
of decency and morality u >.s
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-17
BIG CLOTHING FIRM &
SETTLES WITH LABOR

CHICAGO, Ill, May .15:By the
execution of an agreement, a strike
has been averted against the firm Of
Hart, Schaffner & Marx, and the 5000
employees employed by this firm will
continue, at work. IF, .{ I. a .@ sa NJ
The settlement was based upon tae
agreements that are now in force In
the eastern cities under the name OF
the protocol sss}s $s .$s$ Il, I
It is provided that all matters OF
disagreement shall be referred to ar
bitration during the life Of the agree
ament. ~ 5 s* 8.t n. M. # sS s5 s i8s