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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-02-21

There is also danger-getting back
to another political phase-of a, COM
missioner Of public safety in. times to
come, building, = under :, the license
power, such political machine as
will be difficult to destroy. A COM
missioner who would resort to such
tactics would see to it that only his
political henchnnen were licensed to
work as bartenders, and should they
cease to be his supporters he would
find a way to prevent them from
working. OF course this is only a
probability, but such things have
happened, and we have no assurance
they will not happen again, for we
will not always; have Commissioner
Hicken at the head of the public
safety division of the city govern
ment.
F., Can Not. Be justified.
From no standpoint. of reasoning
can the proposed ordinance to license
and tag bartenders be justified. There
is more danger In it than there can
be good at any time. It can not. be
that Mr.. Hicken has given the quea-
ton the consideration it deserves. It
may be, however, hat his zeal to do
thinas has piinded his vision, and he
can not see the real harm that lies
behind his measure t5.s.5 - = .s& y.
! : The Federated Trades. Assembly
stands behind the Bartenders' union
in it's opposition to the: proposed
license. Union labor is. against the
measure for many reasons, and prin-
nira-11xy kha a.
be nothing more than tax on wages.
If the city needs more money, from
those engaged In the liquor business,
let it be taken from the traffic. and
not from the wages of bartenders.,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-02-21

but another conainissi oner Of public
safety may. |a
8 Mr.. Hicken should rem EN- Der that
as a rule the bartender is a bene-
ficiary. Of his law enforcement policy.
Bartenders are Human; they do not
want to work long hours or on Sun.
day any more than do other working
men,. Since the saloons are required
to fully obey ,thezlaw the bartenders
have been given more time to- spend
with their families There is not one
bartender in a hundred who would
vote to return toftfe old system Of
long hours Of employment and Sun
day labor. For this, reason the bar
tenders very naturally support law
enforcement, although they may not
go as far as Mr. Hicken in putting
other restrictions upon the saloon
business, such asssputting out cigar
stores and otherwise increasing the
expense OF their employers. Let it
be understood, however, the bartend-
ers are for law enforcement, the kind
that will give them leisure time to
spend with their families.
Valuable Friends to Lose.
Aso" Can MI. .9bAAI!cKeH dIIoTQ- 20
divorce from the afstends of law en-
forcsnent such Itt. is true
this is q. ,polihcal but
q wiseG man will tonsider It, well be-
Tore casting It asids entirely ss:5~< 7 Z
|. Beyond (. the political side of the
issue there looms higher than all
other things. the simple question of
human Justice. The licensing of bar
tenders will encourage and ultimately
develop a species Of police tyranny.
There is more danger of it under
com mission form Of government than
there would be under the old form.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-02-21
THREE POLICE MADE
GRAND JURYs GOATS
Commissioner Hicken Compels
That Number to Suffer- to
Satisfy Report.
I: NQU1sToR1AL BOARD !,
~ EXCEEDED AUTHORITY
F. 81 Act of Cowardice Shown by
Hicken-He Will Never Be
Proud OF. His Course.

Three police officers have been
made the goats of the grand jury's
communications They are Lieut..
John brennan. while still able bodied,
is forced to retire on a pension, Pa
trolman William r. Riedel, and Lieut..
Herman A. Fritz. Riedel is given an
opportunity to resign and Fritz Is
reduced to sergeant.
But few people in Duluth sympa-
thize with Commissioner Hicken' 8
treatment of the three police officers.
OF course some one had to be the
goat, and it was the easiest thing in
the world to get the three officers IN
question.
Lieut.. John brennan is the oldest
serving member of the Duluth Police
department. He joined the depart
ment when tWenty-one years of age,
and had he been permitted to actively
serve until next July he would have
rounded out thirty years of active
service. That is a long time. but
ample to ascertain whether or not an
afficer was competent
Exceeded Its Authority.
The grand jury had no business to
make any recommendations to COM
missioner Hicken that it would not
make to the court. In it's report the
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-02-21
TO TRAIN WORKING
GIRLS ORGANIZERS
Woman's Trade Union League In
PRODUCES Novel Plan-Same
AS Used in Germany

school to train wage working
women to become organizers for trade
unions. This is the newest think in
the labor world. The National
Women's Trade Union League, with
Mrs. Margaret Robins as president,
has started the school, and the first
student is Miss Louis Mittlestadt Of
the Kansas City Beer Bottler's union.
Miss Mittlestadt will attend school
at Chicago. Her scholarship in the
trade union training school has been
provided by the Kansas City Indust-
rial Council. She will take. a four
months course with full pay. The
second student will come from Balti-
more. She will be trade union girl,
and her expenses will be paid by the
Baltimore unions. There is system in
this. We are getting down to the
efficient German idea.
The best women organizers without
question are the trade union girls. 1t
is necessary that women be better or
ganized to protect them and the male
wage earners from the unorganized
underbidder. The trade school will
teach the philosophy and history Of
trade unionism in America. England
and Europe, trade agreements, cur
rent labor legislation, Parliamentary
law and a study of all matters per-
tanning to labor organizations
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-02-21

ven .incompetency of the crew. Such
proof is very difficult to make and the
question cannot be raised until after
the disaster. Shipowners avoid the
whole point by organizing one corpor-
alton for each vessel, the wreck of
which destroys the assets. 7#sos, II
- ..'. The Crime of 1t.
~ AT present the -shipowner may
send his vessel to sea with a crew not
one of whom, except the few licensed
officers, has had any experience or
can understand orders. There istnow
no limit to the number Of passenger
decks above the water line, nor to the
number of passengers vessel may
carry in the domestic trade, except the
conscience Of the local inspector,
pressed to the limit by the power and,
persuasion Of the shipowners. Thus
there Is s4undermanning and lack If
skill in the crew and, In many in
stances, dangerous overcrowding OF
passengers. 81 h 3s54ss - SIS, ..zE
4 Senate bill 1876 regulates this by
requiring percentage OF able sea1nen.
on all vessels over / 005tons, that there
shall be two such men, IN or men Of
higher rating, for III each life boat on
passenger vessels. that q 5 percent 3f
the crew in all departments must be
able to ,1n nderstand orders of the ships;
officers, and by basirig the 4 number y q ".
|passeng gerss s8ll pom he mum Ger and ca.
[apacity of sea aWoTt tfe eboa
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-02-21
(By Andrew Furuseth.)
President, Information Seamen's I'm.
ion Of America.


President Information Seamen's Un-
ion Of America.
The character of literature sent to
members Of Congress and the press
by shipowning interests who are op-
posing LA Follette's Safety at Sea
biH," is calculated to misinform, con-
fuse and mislead.
The Labor World has already dealt
with several phases of the. Seamen's
bill, and we have met and answered
many objections raised by interested
parties. Still the same old vicious
and misleading fight is being made
against the measure by the press, and
it is for this reason the legislative
committee of the International Sea-
mems union has prepared a series Of
letters, giving the plain facts, to be
furnished to each congressman.
The great shipping combinations,
alarmed by the unexpected passage
of the seamen's bill through the SEN
ate. rushed their trained agents to
Washington last October to block it
In the House Of Representatives.
Back of them are the biggest aggre-
cations Of capital on earth. Their
influence cannot be over-stated.
S La Toilette Predicted It.
. Wrote Senator La Toilette on No
Vember 1918: "The onset on the
( / = House will be q thing, the like OF
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-02-21

Yet this company enjoys more
favor from the city commissions
ers than any d-the other public
service corporations in the city.
It is paid fulIprice for all tele-
phones it has installed in the city
hall and other municipal build
ings. The Zenith Telephone Com
pany;, the competitor Of the Bell
telephone trust operates under a
franchise granted BY the city
council. Under its terms the
company must furnish free, tele-
phone service tosthe city. \, ::
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-02-21
BERGER TESTIF|ES
!. !. At STRIKE i ] |: INQUIRY.
Says Socialist Party Had Nothing
to Do With Strike Simply !.
Contributed Money.
COMMITTEE DISCOVERS u
= PEoNAGE IN COLORADO
Baldwin Feltz Manager confesses
Buying Machine Guns. TO- Shoot T.
Up Strikers Camps.

Victor Berger appeared before this
congressional committee at Hancock
Tuesday to tell what he knew about
the copper strike. Mr.. Berger ap-
peared ais a committee witness. He
was not called by the Western Fed
Grafton Of Miners. He declared the
Socialist party had nothing to do with
calling the strike and nothing to do
with fomenting it. when the strik-
ers got hard up he said, ''the Social
lists gave them financial aid up to
$4,000 in money and a greater guam
tity of clothing
Mr.. Berger said the national flag
of the Socialists was the Star Span
gled Banner. but the red flag is our
flag-the red flag Of
brotherhood -
Women We're Assaulted.
The committee listened to a large
number Of women, witnesses during
the week. One woman said she was
hit in the back by a rock thrown by
a gunman. She was afterwards ar
rested and was taken to Jail in an au.
tomobile, carrying her 4-months-old
baby with her. The baby died from
exposure from the cold few days
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-02-21
VAN LEAR LEAVES
RED CONVENTION
Well known Minneap. T. %cial
ist Becomes Disgusteo o%\,
"Boss'' Anderson. ~
DAVID MORGAN QUSTED:> Z
LEWIS FOR GOVERNOR
Reds Act Like Old Party Bosses.
Hold Caucus and Garry Arbi-
trary Slate Through.

The Socialist state convention at
Brainerd was anything but har-
mony gathering of love one anothers.
From the time the gavel fell at the
opening of the convention until Tom
Van Lear put on his hat and walked
out Of the convention in disgust it
was hot fight in which personali-
ties played a leading part.
Rev. David Morgan, the party's
candidate for governor two years ago.
was kicked out of the convention be-
cause he was a member of a non-
partisan league in st. Paul. Mr.. Nor
gan stated that he was tried before
his own local for membership in this
league and was exonerated, the men,
bers holding that the league was not
a. political party.
This did not make any difference
to the majority of the delegates, and
Davy was unseated by a vote of SIS to
33. Van Lear supported Morgan,
and Juls Anderson of St. Paul lead
the fight against him.
Old Machine Tactics.
Anderson and his friends, it is
said, held a caucus the night before
the convention, bringing in the solid
delegation of Firms, and he bossed
the job throughout. The program of
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Continued on Page 3.
CE|R||MAN[EAD|E.R0|V \ R
HAYWOOD AND ! N MANN
Carl Legien Pays His Respects to
Syndicalist Leaders-Are
y Not Consistent.

= Carrie Legien, the German Socialist
and labor leader, declares that w. Z.
Haywood has no right to speak with
authority on labor organizations Of
Europe. He says that during Mr..
Haywood's s recent trip abroad he visit
ed in France and England only, t'and
to have very carefully avoided Ger
many" = ::
This explains" says Mr.. Legien.
"why Haywood found it SO easy to
dispose. of the modern trade, union
movement with "a wave Of the hand,
or with a few rough words. He did
not think the German movement of
sufficient Importance to merit his
study, or even his observation
THE I. w. w., of which he is the
head, numbers but. $4,000 members
in Aemrica, in spite Of the typical
American advertising campaign un-s
dertaken by him and his. colleagues.
Tom Mann, the English Syndicalist,
went to American under the auspices
of the I. w. w., discouraging and
condemning political action in its
every phase"
when Mr.. Gompers took Mann to-
task for his attack upon the Ameri-
can Federation Of labor, Man declared.
in rambling statement that. the press
reports were untrue. He declared
that he. advised his audiences to JON
the Federation and to instil Syndica-
list ideas into it; thus boring from.
within. - ::
This was Manns way Of sugaring
the pill which he. as Syndicalist, had
to administer to his ;Syndicalists hosts,
while condemning the syndicalist Sc
cessionist organization /.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-02-21
LABOR FOES SEEK
T00|U|T[YAW UNIONS
Renew Activities to Becloud Is
sues and Claim Labor Is
Seeking Favors.
J. :z:< - -------- =
UNIONS INCLUSIVE;
TRUSTS EXCLUSIVE
Demo ocratic and Progressive Par
ties Pledged to Amend Sher-
man Anti Trust Law. j.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-Letters
and newspaper. clippings from various
sections Of the country to A. F.. of L.
headquarters show that opponents of
the Bartlett-Bacon bill, now before
congress, are renewing their activities
to again becloud this question.
The bill is Intended to relieve or
ganized labor from the unjust inter-
probation placed upon the Sherman
antitrust law applying it to organized
labor, and also to regulate the issuance
of injunctions in labor disputes.
Col. Harvey, editor of The, North
American Review, sounded the alarm
in his January issue, and other pro-.
tectors of privilege are now falling in
line by either directly charging or in
directly. suggesting that the Bartlett
Bacon bill is in the language of one
newspaper, IAN attempt on the part OF
labor unions to secure exemption
from prosecution when they violate
the law
Well Meaning Opposition.
This naturally ~arouses resentment
on the part of well-meaning citizens.
who rightfully protest against special
privilege. Well aware of this inner.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-02-21
TELEPHONE COMPANY FAVORED BY MAYOR ::
PRINCE FAILS To- FILE ANNUAL REPORT

The Duluth Telephone Com
pany has not filed it's annual re-
port with the city auditor as is
required by the city charter, and
as all other public service COR
porations in the city have done.
The Duluth Telephone Company
has not filed a report with the
city for years. 1t probably has
held that it is not answerable to
any provision of the city charter
or any ordinance passed by the
city council, as it holds no fran
chise from the city,.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-02-21
EvERYBoDY's DOING IT;
... AND WHY NOT YOU

Beggars in Turkey have established
a trades union, with about 10000
members and headquarters in Jerusa-
lem. :,
They have their own printers, ac-
countants and lawyers: They receive
from all over the world the names of
wealthy persons susceptible of being
solicited and address to them circular
letters inclosing dried flowers gath
cred, they assure the recipients on
the Mount Of Olives. -
They have sent. thousands of these
to America and received thousands of
dollars in money orders, it is said. "A
present the trade is very brisk, on ac-
count of an entire new directorate
New York Times
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-02-21

Until the commission form Of
government was adopted by the
people of Duluth Bell phones
were not used by the city except
in the police and fire depart
ments. Mayor Prince ordered
them in the city hail. We sub
NIT that Mayor Prince. owes an
explanation to the people Of Du-
luth. His action was unfair to
the Zenith company, and it re-
suited in fastening an unneces-
sary burden upon the taxpayers,
against which we protest.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-02-21
AsIATICs TO SWAMI.
US SAYS. CHURCHMAN

PHILADELPHIA Feb. 20.-Asiatic
immigration is intolerable and Cali
fornia is right in her contention were
the views expressed by Prof. Sydney
L. Gulick in meeting Of 'churchmen,
held in this city. s='.
The speaker said: with free i'm:
migration millions Of Asiatics would
quickly swamp us in all sparsely set
tied states and bring economic ruin to
all white laborers in all our cities. Un-
assimilated they; would plant 'Asiatic
civilization in every part of our land
and. render: impossible. the success of
our American experiment in democ-
racy.''
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-02-21
HICKEN MIGHT DQGRACEFUL ACT: :
AND LET UP ON BARTENDER9 TAX

1t is to- be hoped that Commission
er Hicken will do the graceful thing
and withdraw his ordinance provid-
ing for licensing and tagging bar
tenders. Few people have any SYM
pathy for the measure. Alarge num-
ber of Mr.. Hickens warmest friends
express the belief that he is reaching
too far.
The first question in the considera-
ton of the ordinance to ask is: ''Is
it necessarily Mr.. Hicken has not
said SO. He merely wants it, just to
have police power over the bartender
as we'll as the saloon. The passage
Of the ordinance will not give him
greater control of the saloon situa-
tton than he now enjoys. That, it
would seem, is impossible.
Bartenders Afraid of It.
The Bartenders' union does not
want the ordinance. It's members
are afraid of it, although they recog-
nize 1t possesses one advantage to
offset some Of the injuries it is cap
able of doing. 1t would give home
bartenders out of employment pre-
ference over Nonresident, bartenders
at least for a short time. =
But the Bartenders' union can no,
be swayeds: in It's purpose because 81
the one pecuniary advantage pos.
sessed by the ordinance in favor OF
home bartenders. Its members take
higher ground. They think they sec
In the measure an element Of DANCE,
to their personal rights. They know
that in time there will be shifting OF
responsibility from saloon owners te
bartenders. Hicken may not do it
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-02-21
CITY EMPLOYEES GIVEN
MORE MONEY; NOT HERE

FALL RIVER, Mass, Feb. 2O.-A
15-cent day increase to laborers re-
ceiving $2.25 per day. and an advance
from 28k cents an hour to 50 cents
for street laborers has been put into
effect in this. city.
The increase will benefit $50 en-
ployes in the street department, and
within a short time over 900 win
profit.
month by Mayor Kay, but public
opinion forced him to recede, as twas
shown he favored raising salaries OF
department heads
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-02-21
IN THE A. F.. OF L. FOLD.

: PORTLAND, Me-, Feb. 2o.-After
remaining an Independent organization
for years, the Longshoremens union
Of this city has voted to join the In
ternational Longshoremen's union. af.
fliated to the A. F. of L. Application
has been made for a charter
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-02-21
MUST ADMIT REPORTERS.

CH1LLICOTHE, O., Feb. .20.-Com-
mon Pleas Judge Goldsberry has de-
cided against officials Of this: county
in their attempt to debar reporters
from meetings of the county commits
sioners. The court holds that a news
paper has a property right in news
relating to the action of public Of
ficials. - f :: .'..~. =. g. Z I
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-02-21
WILL MAKE DEMANDS.

BURLINGTON, Iowa, Feb. 20
Carpenters Of this city have declared
for 40 cents an hour and eight-hour
day after May 1. The rate now is 80
cents, with a nine-hour day. These
workers believe they will be success
full because of the good trade outlook
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-02-21
CITY MUST PAY DAMAGES.

MADISON, Wis, Feb. 20.-The in
dustrial commission of Wisconsin haA
ordered the city Of Superior to pa,
damages and medical service costs to
a street laborer who was run down By
the auto Of a city Official -. 49,.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-02-21
ON AN EIGHT-HOUR BASIS

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. so.-Em-
ployes of the California and Hawaiian
Sugar Refining company have been
notified that the plant, will be oper,
ated on a basis of three 8-hour shifts,
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PR0GRESSIvES MAY
HOLD A OF
POWER IN A

B"isc Idaho Nov % Whether
the Republicans viii control the ldl
itu house uI representative cog tho
ono Progressive member viii hold th,
balance OF power Is To- be- decided ty
lot when tho stat, ,|auNass,u1 board
meets November e.
In latuh county the Republican
ana Democratic candidate for rrpro
sentative each received l.His votes
The state Law provides that tIr votes
shall ho decided hy the casting 81
lots. IL the Republican, eaIu tu,
iattah county member the, viii have,
20 members To- is Democrats ami 3
Progressive o. however Or. .rlt
socs tu the Domoc.nti, candidate. th.
Republicans Will have 800 tnemh.rs
aud the Democrats ~. pIt nE th, lon,
Progressive Che haiau.e of power Iu
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