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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-05-09
RESULT Of VERDICT
BYC0RONER'S.JU JURY
Company and Officers also Like
ly to Be Brought Before Civil
Authorities.
At.eNT COLONY HORROR
81 FACTS ARE REVEALED
scors>%;~s> Witnesses Tell Of
Tragee. g. ,vn Militia Of.
ficers e. - Fire.

DENVER. May s.-With the entire
membership of Company B, Colorado
National Guard, facing both court
martial and trial by the civil authori-
ties on charges Of murder as a re-
suit of the slaughter of two women
and eleven children in the destruction
by shot and torch Of the Ludlow tent
colony on April 20, the real interest
in the strike situation tonight cen-
ters in Denver.
The report submitted last night by
the Military Commission, board
created by Ammons himself finding
that the soldiers deliberately set fire
to and looted the tents where the
women and children were cremated,
has startled the state.
There are eighty-six men in Com
pany B who are held responsible for
the Ludlow tent tragedy. The Dis
trict Attorney at Trinidad said tonight
that he probably would wait until
noon tomorrow before taking any ac-
tion toward criminal prosecution. He
wants to see what is to be done to-
ward court-martialing the men.
Officers to be Tried.
If the men are court-martialed It
is understood that only Major HAM
rock and Lieutenant Linderfelt will
be arrested by the civil authorities.
The Coroner's jury found that these
two officers directed the soldiers who
shot up, fired and looted the tents.
State militiamen or mine guards, or
both, set fire to the Ludlow tent COL
ony April 20, and burned to death
$xpo Nd al a
ten men had fallen in a battle be-
tween militiamen and. strikers.
The men who fired the tents With
torches, whether, soldiers. mine guards
or both, we're acting under direct or
ders of Maj. Patrick J. Hammock or
Lieut.. K. E. Linderfelt Cor both), Of
the Colorado National Guard. Lin
derfelt was a Baldwin -Feltz thug dur
ing the West Virginia coal strike.
This briefly was the verdict return
ed by a coroner's jury sitting at Trim
idad Saturday.
A score of witnesses including r. J.
Mcdonald. former stenographer for
the Colorado Military Commission,
testified at the inquest.
Heard Order Given.
Mcdonald. who witnessed the last
stages of the battle as a spectator
within the military lines, told the jury
positively that the orders for the COL
ony's destruction came either from
Major Hamrock, in command of the
State troops and mine guards who
participated in the fight, or from Cap
tain Carson, one of Hamrock's prin-
Cipal aides
Mcdonald said he stood within a
few feet of Hammock and Carson, who
were inspecting the colony from. the
top of hill. 1t was we'll toward
night.
"We've got just forty minutes to
take and burn that colony.' he testi.
fled one of the two remarked, 'sbe.
fore 1t sets dark
A few moments later the troops and
mine guards, he said, swept down the
tracks in the charge that meant the
colony's destruction and the death OF
the women and eleven children, who
Continued on ape z.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-05-09
GOVERNMENT ORDER
HITS IS DULUTH D|u|:|||::u!J TUGS !
Tuieimen Can Not b. np,llo''iyj'ssld
:. Longer Than 10 Hours in:
Any One Day. :

An order has been issued from
Washington through the bureau Of
navigation which will result in pro-
hibiting the employment Of crews on
tugs working in Duluth 11arbor for a.
longer period than 13 hours a day.
Tugs in commission twenty four hours
day will be obliged to employ two
crews, where only one crew is now
used
Tug owners have contracts with the
various marine labor unions, all of
which conflict with the new govern
ment rule. Representatives of the
unions are seeking a conference with
tug owners for the purpose of re-
versing their agreements to conform
to the government requirement
1t is understood, that towing COM
panies having tugs in commission for
twenty-four hours day, but part of
the time tied up at the docks waiting
for calls, contend that the waiting
time at docks should be deducted
If this contention is held lawful it
would result in compelling the men to
work a 13-hour day in 24-hour
spread. They would, however, be
forced to remain constantly near their
tugs to answer calls in a. moment.
The marine labor unions are op-
posing this claim of tug owners. They
seek the employment Of two crews on
all tugs held in commission during
the twenty-f -four hours of each day.
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HOUSE ! Q!:||U|. EL!IA||B||0RGR|0UP L!IA||!B|:
!. FIGHTS. / | !! | i FOR BABIES. {
g q 49, 60, ~Eg .t
Congressman from States Where
Child Labor is Exploited Don't
Want Inquiry.
ATTEMPT. TO HEAD OFF,
NEEDED APPROPRIATION
Frank Buchanan the Iron Work
or, Gets in the Fight and Vic :
tory is Scored.

: WASHINGTON, May s.-B1ocking
what appeared to be an attempt to
prohibit an investigation Of infant
mortality and dangerous occupations
the labor group in the House of Rep
resentatives won a decided and Inn
portant. victory, when the appropria-
ton for the Federal Children's Bureau
was under discussion.
An amendment proposed by Rep
resentative johnson, Of South Caro-
lima, provided ''that't this appropriation
shall not, be expended for investi-
cation that the Public Health Service
is required or authorized by law to
make and are. making"
Representative Buchanan, of H.
inois, member of the labor group,
resorted to every parliamentary trick
to defeat this amendment. and heat
edly declared it would 'defeat the
efficiency of the Child Labor Bureau"
/ Ona vote this view was accepted
and the cleverly worded amendment
was rejected. Congressman Nolan, of
California, member of the labor group
appealed for the children.
He said: Z The Children's Bureau,
during the first two fiscal years of it's
existence, has had staff Of fifteen
persons. It's appropriation for salaries
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u. S. WANTS JUSTICE
FOR MINE WORKERS.
. AND OWNERS. ALIKE

WASHINGTON, May s.-"The. Unit
ed States will use every power in its
possession to bring right and justice
into stricken Colorado-rtght. and
Justice to the mine owner, but also the
mine worker" said w. B. Wilson,
secretary of labor, ..
THE two mediators recently ep-
pointed W. r.. Farley: Alabama,
member Of the United Mine Work.
ers Of America, and Hywel Davis,
president Of the Coal Operators'> as
ISOLATION OF Kentucky, must try to-
find some common ground. between
the mine owners and workers..
If this department fails in this
effort to bring q settlement, 1t. has
shot it's last bolt. The government
cannot force either side to do some-
thing it does not wish to do."
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Well they are after Hicken
again. The charge against him
is that he is exceeding the speed
limit in the enforcement Of the
ordinance regulating the sale Of
liquor. They hold Hicken wholly
responsible for the ordinance
passed by the people at the
referendum election last Septem-
ber, and which went into effect
this week.
If Hicken had failed to en-
force the, ordinance or if he had
violated his oath of office it
would be easy to frame up a
charge against him and make it
stick. But Hicken is being close
ly watched; he knows it, and he
is taking no chances.
Advocates of a loose enforce
ment Of law relating ito the con-
duct of saloons never were cred
tied with having an abundant
supply, of political wisdom or
foresight, and their, conduct this
time is no exception. They are
helping to keep alive an issue
that ought to have been settled
months ago.
We know of no better way to
hasten prohibition in Minnesota
than by constantly. keeping the
saloon issue before the public. A
wave that was supposed to be re-
ceding is gathering force with
every trivial election. Note what
happened in Illinois last month.
Even staid old St. Peter in Mimi
esota, conservative city, went
dry by safe majority.
A friend from Oregon visiting
in Duluth declares that at the
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-05-09

Three Committees Will Make
=. Tentative Reports on Cost =
Of Living Here: '~

The joint advisory board for NOR
camille establishments, Wholesale
houses and manufacturing plants OF
the Minnesota Minimum Wage com
mission will meet this morning at 10
o'clock in the rooms Of the Com
mercial club. Miss Eliza Evans OF
Minneapolis. secretary of the board,
will attend.
The committees ON cost of liv-
ing, miscellaneous expenses, and ap-
prentices and education will. meet at
9 o'clock Considerable data has al
ready been collected on the cost OF
living in Duluth. and partial re-
port will be made at today's meeting:
The committee on apprentices has
a difficult task to perform. The work
of this committee will be divided SO
as to take up separately the work
of learners for particular ,callings and
apprentices to given trades. ..,-.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-05-09
(llClZEN,S OPPONENTS DOING LEVEL .
BEST TO HASTEN STATE PROHIBITION
Matters Claim
Popular Attention Should Be Opposed for Fall
Comply Spirit Of City Charter Founding
One-Man Government Instead Of Commission Form. j..

office employees still hang around
but = seven and eight hours q
day; for their failure to promote
proper efficiency, and for the
large, increase in the. cost Of run
ming the city government with
out resultant benefits therefrom.
These are =. serious. charges
which are entitled to the .consid-
Grafton of every voter, in Duluth,
and they are all the result Of the
failure on the part of the com
missioners at the very outset to
comply with the spirit of the
charter in perfecting a real CON-
mission government. -.
Each commissioners has .. set
himself up as master in his
division. We have, as a result,
five separate and. distinct little
governments; five little one-man
governments, with the commits
sion form only a theory. This is
not democratic; it is autocratic.
It is not, what the people ex-
pected or wanted it is that which
they tried to avoid. And there
is always going to be turmoil and
dissatisfaction throughout the
city until the ideal commission
form Of government is firmly and
honestly established: :,
: The Labor World will join
with any decent forces in the
city to right these wrongs, but
we will have nothing whatever to
do with any interests whose op-
position to- Commissioner Hicken,
or any Of the commissioners, is
based upon a desire for a let up
on law enforcement. Indeed, we
shall. be forced. to I take. issue
against such opposition. ~. -ss@@.
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statewide referendum election ito
be held next November he is
morally certain the majority. of
the people will vote for prohibi-
tion. The sentiment seems to be
gaining gsround throughout the
country and for this reason it
strikes The Labor orld that the:
present ssfomenters against Hicken:
and hisslaw enforcement policy
are playing into the. hands Of
their enemies. r.: =
All movements feed on agita-
ton and opposition. The anti
saloon movement in Duluth will
becomeS stronger and its forces
more solid1fied by the present at
titude If the so-called |:tliberals"
in fighting the Hicken law en-
forcement policy None can lose
by it except the men and inter-
ests- engaged in the liquor bust
ness. :: &x ,:'
Let the saloon closing issue be
settled now and forever. It can
be settled best by strict obedi-
ence to. law. Every man in the
business should recognize this
fact and adjust himself accord
ingly.
~.
There are plently of reasons
for attacking the city commits
sioners, not alone Mr.. Hicken,
and not On the saloon issue, but
for their failure to comply with
the spirit OF the city: charter; for
needlesslyss increasing the salaries
of favored office holders; for re-
ducing the wages 5of city day Ia
borers; for their threat to extend
the working day for city laborers
from eight to ten hours while
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-05-09
AMERICANS 4 ! \ | ] n J BRUTAL.
PEO|ISL|kE [: | 5 L K. SLAVES
:. -..--.-
'r e.
United States Difficulty with
Huerta Reveals Cause Of Dis
VI. like for This Country.
AWFUL, STORIES OF,
BRUTAL TREATMENT
Laborers Used Like Dogs--shot
Down in Cold Blood by Employ
Z, sers From America. &
(By Labor Correspondent).

Do Mexicans hate Americans?
They do: millions of them do. And
during the past two months in Mexico
have learned why SO many Mexi-
can Indians wish to kill or abuse mine
managers and planters: !
have heard, first hand, from
Americans, more. than one terrible
story of how they abused their Mex
ican employees. There stories have
been told to me in boasting spirit.
In the days when Diaz ruled with his.
iron hand, Americans, as a rule
treated their Mexican .workmen as
the most cruel slave owners of the old
South treated their black slaves.
1--WE ridden into a bunch Of them
and moved them down with ana
chete as If they were dogs one
name because he has In his possession
at this moment letters threatening his
life when the rebels enter Mexico
his fortune has been made in Mexico
: What Brutal Treatment.
1T was the only way to treat
them," he said. '''Now and then some
Of them would set drunk on my ranch
tn Tampfco. found the best way
to do was:.to ride right In amongst
them with big knife and slash right
and left las they scattered. II any
showed fight I'd shoot them. Revol-
ver in one hand, machete in the 9TH
er. That was the way used to fix
them. We'd have the funeral the
next day, and peace for q long. time
after that 'I'd have the Governor OF
tho state and the mayor of the near
est town on my pay roll, and I'd re-
port the sisugl1ter TO tl1effl was
tatwags slaughter. too. let me tell
you-and they'd always. answer that
had done just right. Those were
good old days, the Diaz days. The
foreigners had plenty of'rishts then"
Zone time had "a .Quarrying con-
tract on the west coast" another rich
American told me recently. 'T had
about 5000 very religious Mexican
Indians. As soon as L got my camp
established an archbishop sent out a
priest. He rtgged up a church, = and
every time he rang the bell all my
Indians stopped work fora few; min
utes for devotfons. saw pretty soon
! that was losing time by it SO hunt
ed up the archbishop and said to him:
/ Bribed An. .Archbishop.
Took here I want to come to
some terms with, you about that bell
! ringing. If you'll agree to make
schedule, which provides for that bell
being rung only two or three times a
week TIL build you a little church
out there in my camp, and I'll cut
the wages OF sany~ Indian who Doesn't
have his money ready When, the
church collectors-come around
1.-THE bargain lasted two years :un-
til the old priest was. calledeaway and
g. new one came He was.sdead hon-
est: couldn't do a thing with him.
He started ringing thet bell on the old
schedule. I told. him about the ar
rangement had with the bishop.
"I don't care what arrangements
you've made with: the bishop, he told
me-, It's my duty to ring that bell
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BETTER CONDITIONS,

) SOUTH BEND, Ind, May :s.-The
union Of garment workers has record
ed marked advances by reducing
hours from 81 to As per week and Sc
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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-04-24
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
ESTATE

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
State of Washington, for Chehalis
County.
In the Matter of the Estate of Resale
Poland, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that pur.
suant to an order of the above en-
titled court made in the above en-
titled matter, the undersigned execu.
tor OF the last Will and Testament of
Resale Poland, deceased, will sell
at private sale to the highest bidder
for cash and subject to confirmation
by said court, all the right, title, in
terest and estate of the said Rosal'
Poland at the time of her death
and all right, title and interest that
the said estate has by operation of
law or otherwise acquired in addition
to that of said Rosalie Poland, al
the time of her death in an to Lots
and 2, Block IL, Frances Addition
to Aberdeen in Chehalis County
Washington. Bids for said propert,
shall be in writing and will be re-
ceived by the undersigned at the Of
flee Of Taggart & Phillips, 432 Finch
Bldg, Aberdeen, Wash, on and after
the Goth day of April, 1914, one-tenth
of the purchase price to accompany
the bid and the balance to be paid on
confirmation Of sale by the said Super
ior Court.
EVERETT CLYDE JACKSON,
Executor of the Last Will and Tesla.
ment of Rosalie Poland, deceased.
Date of first publication April 21,
1914.
Date of last publication April %.
1914.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-04-24
Guerrilla Warfare Feared.

1t is this element in Mexico that may
cost hundreds of American lives. At
luncheon in Juarez at which Mex
lean federal officers We're present it
was admitted that the United States
would have little trouble blockading
all the ports and that all the land lines
could be cut off and the supply of am
munition shut off.
"YOu have done all that. and we are
in the mountains" said an officer of
SalaZar's command. "fIow are you 60
ing to get ut us: We know the coun-
try: we know every water hole. the
places of the forage. the Securest hid
ing places. We will be able to live
where none of You grin%os can last
What are you going to do them
That was answered by the fore
casts of the government plan The
MaXicans in the mountains-the Xapa
tas. the SalaZars. the Orozcos. the Vii
las and all the other half bandits, half
revOlutionists. now on one side and
now on the other-will be fought by
their compatrots. Sure pay. good
tlOtIlIlS. cOllll OFl;iDlc SuFTOCnulnTS ana
fair treatment will have Il marvellous
effect in a short time. An efficient con
Stabulary properly equipped and back
ed can do the work. and the troops of
the United States can garrison the cit
les
1t is here that Major General viii.
liam II. Carter H. expected to figure
For months he has had under him TO-
600 infantrymen at Texas City. Tex
and ut Galveston. Tex. 1t was early
planned that on General Carter and
these troops would fall the first real
war movement These men are tried
soldiers. all hardened by active service
and peculiarly fitted for the kind of
service expected in a clash with Mex
leo.
General Carter Finished Soldier.
General Carter has seen active serv.
ice in the Indian campaigns and in the
Philippines and has distinguished him
self on several occasions. He has serv.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-04-24
Chehals county circulation almost equal all other papers
See Affidavit on Page Four

600 square inn,>. Is divided into forest
and meadow land. or the entire area
not more than one-fourth has at pres
cnt been brought under cultivation.
Agricultural Waste.
With natural conditions all in their
favor the Mexicans have for more
than two centuries searched for silver
and gold. but neglected the fields and
left the forests untouched, save where
the products were needed for domestic
purposes.
AS long ago as the early part Of the
sixteenth century the far seeing Bish-
op Zumaraga said: THE country is rich
and very fertile 1t contains gold. sill
yer, copper. and lands abundanty pro-
ducing whatever is needed.
HE who would reap must first SOW,
but if the filling of the soil is neglect
ed to engage solely in the working Of
mines the ruin of the country is GER
tain"
AS stated before. Mexico's navy need
not be feared by the thirty eight battle
ships and the horde of lesser fighting
craft which go to make up the navy
Of Uncle Sam. The few vessels she
possesses are for instruction, coast
guard service and transport. They in
clude the transport and gunboat Cen
eral Guerrero: the gunboats Vera Cruz,
Bravo, MOrelos. Democratic and Tam
pico: the transport Progreso and the
training ships Zaragosa and Yucatan.
Five States to Be Invaded.
1t was planned to have transports
follow the ships. and after the regular
army had settled the towns to install
the militia on garrison duty. The
land invasions will be made through
the five northernmost Mexican states
Tamaulipas. Nuevo Leon. Coahuila.
Chihuahua and Sonora. The United
States troops will advance to the CAPT.
tails of those states. take them and
then the principal cities. The militia
rs it is worked into shape will be util-
lied to protect the line from the base
The prinripa, movement will be
through Vera Cruz along the line Of
advance of the Mexican war, and the
objective will be Mexico City
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Petition for Distribution as such ad-
ministrator, and that Saturday, the
9th day of May, 1914, at $3.50 O'Clock
A. M, at the courtroom of our said
Superior Court, in the City of Monte
sano, in said Chehalis County, has
been appointed by our said Superior
Court for the settlement of the said
Account and hearing of said Petition
for Distribution, at which time and
place any person interested in said
estate may appear and file his excep-
tons in writing to the said Final
Account and Petition for Distribution,
and contest the same.
Witness, the Hon. Mason Irwin,
Judge Of the said Superior Court, and
the seal of said Court affixed this
End day OF April, 1914.
LUROY HERMAN,
County Clerk and Clerk of the Su-
perior Court.
BY B. M. BACON,
Deputy.
First publication April Z, 1914.
Last publication May Z. 1914.
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course being impossible. OF this num-
Der over 100000 are of the white
race. mostly of Spanish descent, many
of them as highly educated and cult
waited us can be found anywhere. with
Il splink!iHg OF white foreigners num-
herring perhaps. until President vii
sons recent warning. 10000. The re-
manning 100000 or 12.OOOO00 are
nearly equally divided between the
pure bloodrd Indians. the descendants
Of the abori%ines whom CortpS found
there. and the mestiZoS. or people Of
mixed blood. the latter somewhat out
numbering the former. The great mass
Of the people are ignorant and Hitter
ate. living from hand to mouth on
starvation wages. without ownership
in the land