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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-04-11
MOTHER JONES FREE:
MI LITIA IS BEATEN

DENVER. Col, April 1O.-The
supreme court late yesterday issued a
habeas corpus writ for the release of
Mother" Mary Jones, now held as a
military prisoner in the coal strike
zone at Walsenburg. The writ is re-
turnable in 10 days.
The action of the court is the result
of a petition presented last week by
Horace N. Hawkins, attorney for the
striking coal miners. Until yesterday
the court had not given permission
for the presentation of the petition.
The petition was the third applica-
ton for writ.
= During the detention of Mother"
Jones, the S2-year-old strike leader,
in a hospital at Trinidad, the first apA
plication was made to the supreme
court. 1t was denied on Feb. 1s, on
the ground that the lower court
should first pass upon the case.
The second application was made
to the district court of Las Animas
county, which denied the application,
sustaining the authority. of Governor
Ammons to imprison Mother Jones,
under the decision Of the supreme
court In the Meyer case.
1t was planned then to appeal to
the supreme court This plan was
abandoned when Mother" Jones was
released and brought to Denver a few
weeks ago. "Mother'' Jones was again
arrested and detained at Walsenb burg
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ANOTHER BUCKEYE
JUDGE RINGS TRUE
Declares That Court Has No
Right to Set Aside Verdicts
of Juries.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 10.-"We
have absolutely no right to enter final
Judgment contrary to the verdict Of
they jury. We presumably have in
this country the constitutional guar
enty Of the inviolate right of trial by
fury. The decision of this court alb
solutely and squarely violates that
constitutional provision said State
Supreme Judge Wanamaker in dis
senting from the opinion of his COL
leagues in the case Of an injured
freight conductor, whose claim for
damages against the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad were not allowed.
Both the common pleas and circuit
courts had awarded the worker
$500 damages and charged the COM
rany with negligence because of the
failure of an engineer to obey the
proper order. The conductor was
thrown under a car and lost one of
his legs.
And now along comes the supreme
court and says that not the company,
but Fouts {the conductor) was negli-
gent" said Judge Wanamaker, whose
minority opinion will be used by the
plaintiffs attorney in carrying the
case to the United States supreme
court.
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BUILDERS R GE1Vl|sE;; .
GRANT l ! UNION SHOP
Gary Contractors Sick of tt0pen
Shop Workmen Finally Make
Union Agreement.

GARY, Ind, April 1O.-The EN-
ployers,' Builders and Material Mems
association has decided to abandon
their three years fight to establish
nonunion conditions in this city an5
meetings are being held to again es-
tablish relations with the organized
workers. .- E
At a recent meeting of the employ
crs' association chaotic industrial con-
ditions in Gary were thoroughly dis
cussed, and near the close of the ses-
sion resolution was passed <provid-
ing for uniform working conditions
in Gary" which is only another way
Of saying that all work shall be done
by union labor. -
The activity of trade unionists in
showing merchants the folly Of poorly
paid labor was factor in making
peace possible, for at the meeting re-
ferred to above, one contractor de-
clared that ut seemed as If the mer-l
chants in Gary all wanted a union
shop" Another employer said the
general sentiment of the people of
Gary was in favor of the union shop,
land the resolution was passed to give
the public what is wanted"
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TOLEDO WINS FIGHT
T: FOR scent FARE
After Long Fight Traction Com
pany Gives 1n-Capitulation
Was Complete.
AGREES TO SELL FIVE
TICKETS FOR Is CENTS
"eople's Victory In Ohio City
z.to ht to Be Encouraging to
{, ,eHe~ 9 Duluth.
- IGef g. f.

TOLEDc. April 1o.-L DOH
erty, New YorA.. lcting for the Toledo
Railways & Light company, appeared
before a meeting of the city council
special committee on franchise and
made written offer to sell street car
tickets, good at all points, five for Is
cents. Cash fares, of which few would
be expected, would be cents.
In this proposal, Mr.. Doherty pro-
vides that the fare rate may be re-
vised by the council at the end Of the
first year and at five-year periods
thereafter during the life of the pro-
posed 25-year franchise. He .sug-
gested also that the city appoint u
committee to map out an ideal street
railway system and suggest how it
should be operated. Provision is
ownership if the city so elects.
Ends Fight of Twelve Years.
The concession surprised the coun-
ell committee and it is believed that it
will end the 12-year franchise war.
City Solicitor Thurstin, who on Fri
day prepared a, petition for injunc-
ton to restrain the company, whose
franchises have expired, from collect
ing more than scent fare, has de-
ferred filing the petition.
Was Spectacular Fight.
The long fight for Scent fare in
Toledo was most bitter and spectacu.
lar. Many times the capitalists be-
hind the car company would obtain
control Of the common council, but the
aldermen would be prevented from
granting franchises by mighty "peti.
tions in boots" demonstrations OF
thousands of citizens marching to the
city hall and demanding that alleged
graft-bolstered" franchise ordinances
be killed.
Thousands Rode Free.
When the old franchise, was about
to expire the council enacted a Scent
fare ordinance and the public was ad-
vised to tender three cents as fare and
e refuse. to pay more. Street -car~eondue-
rtors~were~ ordered by the company tt
refuse to accept the three cents, as
that would operate as acceptance o1
the ordinance, which the company re.
sisted in the courts. AS the GARNER
dared not attempt to put passengers
off the cars. thousands of passengers
were carried free.
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mission merits it,. Every commits
sioner can earn his way into the
hearts, of all Duluth Workingmen
by declaring emphatically for the
eight-hour day, and for the mini
mum wage Of $3.50 for common
1aborers. :. '..~.... !. 4 f..
However, the >commissi oners
have not the last word. The new
charter gives the people certain
powers, among which is the right
to initiate ordinances. Unless the
city ,laborers are given a square
deal in this matter The Labor
World proposes to initiate an or
dinance by petition, which when
passed by the people will compel
the city to pay it's workingmen a
living wage on the basis of the
eight-hour day. r.
This is no idle threat. We mean
business. We shall have behind
us in such a fight every working
man in Duluth, every friend Of
labor, and every sincere advocate
of social reform. We shall then
see whether or not this is to be a
"business man's'' government or
a *t|people's'' government. La.
Dor made this government, and
it wants some benefit from it. =
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vate employers, we know, often
force .laborers= to- work below a
living wage, and this has caused
more strikes than all other labor
grievances combined. 7 ~ : j..
The city commission also took
a backward step when it declared
that city labofers would be per-
mitted to work longer than eight
hours day.. It did not say this
in so many words, but its purpose
is plain. It proposes to abolish
the contract system, but it will
maintain at the same time the
principal evils connected with the
system. And i is to this we most
strongly object:
The minimum wage for city Ia
borers should, be- not less than
$3.50 a day for. the, eight-hour day.
Overtime should be paid for at
the rate of time and one-half.s If
the city commission should adopt
this scale it's members would help
to solve serious problem that
faces the home Of every unskilled
worker in the city.
The Labor World does not en-
joy slamming the commission. We
would prefer to be it's booster, but
we cannot do so unless the com
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The city of Duluth should be a
model employer. The rate of
wages paid to it's laborers should
not be based upon the supply and
demand for laborers, but above
everything else should be consid-
cred the cost Of living.
The city commission has voted
to make certain improvements by
day labor. This is step towards
the abolishment Of the contract
system for public improvements.
This is a laudable move and
should be encouraged by the peo-
pie generally.
It was union labor that first ad-
vocated the day labor system for
city improvements, but it was not
expected that the laborers to be
employed should be compelled to
sell their labor at the market
price, just as we buy wheat and
iron and merchandise.
None of these articles can be
purchased for less than the cost
of production, and why should Ia
Dor be put in a position by which
it may be forced to sell its labor
power below the cost of living
There is not the ferst element of
justice in such a position. Pri-
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fURUSETAI0PPOSES
NEW SAFETY | treaty
Will Give Great Britain Advan-
tage Over American Mer:
chant Marine. =. =.
ia g., s7- ~ 1T r. p
UNDER 1T BARBARIC
!. LAWS ARE ]! CONTINUED!
Will Stand As a Barrier Against
Passing Proper Safety Laws =
! ! for Sealnen.

WASHINGTON, April 10-The Lon
don treaty proposed by the conference
on safety OF life at sea: has been sent
to the senate by the president for
ratification. The senate committee on
foreign relations has removed the in
junction of secrecy, and Andrew Fur
useth, president of the International
Seamen's Union of America. who was
one of the commissioners appointed
by the president, and who resigned,
will appear, together with his asso-
ciates on the seamen's legislative
committee, before the committee on
foreign relations in opposition to the
treaty. t.>.<
Reduces Safety Standards.
In resigning from the commission,
the sailor forwarded this cablegram to
President Wilson: Commission today
today considered committee reports.
They contained provisions. reducing
existing standards ( of safety. Being
true to safety. cannot sign the. con-
vention containing them. tender my
resignation to be effective at once"
The injunction of secrecy under
which the London conference was
working was held by our government
to be binding upon Mr.. Furuseth after
his return to the United States. Be-
fore the senate committee on foreign
relations he will have a full opportun-
ity Of giving further explanation of his
resignation. ...
He and his associates claim that the
provisions Of the convention do not
furnish reasonable safety; that it will
stand as a barrier against laws
adopted by individual nations incon-
sistent with the terms of the conven-
ton, and that it will be impossible for
the United States to build up mer-
chant marine, or to do anything effec-
tive toward building up a merchant
marine while the treaty is in force, II
it shall be ratified by the senate.
Il Perpetuates: Old Treaties,
Our existing treaties providing for
the arrest, detention and deIivering
up Of certain ,seamens have been re-
sponsible for the difference in the op-
GRAFTON Of vessels in ocean traffic.
This London convention perpetuates
those treaties and preven1s equaliza-
t1on.. BY surrendering our national
control over foreign vessels coming
to our harbors, we sacrifice any op-
portunity to participate in the foreign
commerce, any change of building up
an efficient body OF American seamen.
and. We accede, the .seamen insist, to
safety regulations which in many in
stances reduce existing standards of
safety and lega1ize some Of the most
unsafe of existing nractices
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PAINTERS ALL OUT.
. DEMAND UNION SHOP
Union and Former Non union Men
, Join in Demand for Fair Trade
Agreement With Bosses.
NO GENERAL STRIKE:
I. w. w. NOT INVOLVED
Master Painters Should Arh-
Avoid Necessity for I. w. s<a.
Brand of Unionism.

The members of the local Painters
union are still standing firmly for
the Union Shop. Never in the history
Of organized labor in Duluth has a
body of workingmen put up such
a consistent and earnest fight. The
season Is favorable; there is plenty
of work and all of the men recognize
that their only hope for main
tanning fair conditions is through the
medium of a union shop contract
with the master painters.
Spokesman for the master painters
are trying to command public SYM
pathy by declaring that this strike
was provoked through the influenceS
of I. w. w. members in the union.
This is f1imsy excuse, and is good
evidence of the weakness of their
position.
No Place for I. ". w.
There is no place in the trade un.
Painters union is part, for men,
a con Sract with the master painters.
The W. W. is opposed to contracts.
It's le ers advocate strikes at any
and all times whent conditions are
favorable.
The master painters should know,
if they can see into the distance, that
their opposition to the present or
ganization Of the journeymen paint
ers and their refusal to make un-
ion shop agreement are causes which
give birth to such organizations as the
/. w. w. Do they want an organiza-
ton of painters which advocates
''striking on the job?" They should
be fair and reasonable and lose no
time in making peace with the con-
structive Painters union.
Unions Position Clear.
The union has made it's position
clear to the public. It has tried the
so-called open shop which is none
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PREPARE FOR DULUTH CONVENTION AND =" ".:@:
APPROVE LABOR LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM

twice month, with such exceptions
as may be found necessary, be In
dorsed The recommendation. was
concurred in, with the provision that
all legislative candidates be requested
to declare their attitude toward such
bill. 1t was agreed that the men,
bers of all labor organizations should
be urged to attend no protest meet
ings and sign no petitions against
such legislation. :.
As, to Lumber Camps.
T.. That further action in reference
to- legfs1asfop T eQuiring 'better wash
ing facilities ana other sanitary pro
visions for the worknen in lumber
and construction camps be deferred
until the investigation of the subject
in progress under the auspices Of the
state labor department is completed.
Labor Commissioner Houk stated that
the investigation was to continue and
be made as thorough as possible, aft
er which the labor department would
prepare bill to meet the require
ments of the case. The recommended
tion was adopted. J..
A bill to regulate the inspection
of boilers, which was presented by
the boiler makers, and one governing
the practice of BARRIERS in the opera
ton of their trade were left in charge
of the. committee. Labor Commits
sioner Houk stated that the labor de-
partment contemplated preparing a
bill on the subject placing boiler in
spection under the control Of that
department. In this connection Vice
President Brown read a letter he had
received from Victor Patnaude, bust .
ness agent for the Engineers unions
in the Twin Cities, stating that the
special bill satisfactory to them and
would agree to no other, and to no
change in that one.
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CANTON HELLO" GIRLS
WIN 7-WEEKs' STRIKE

CANTON, Ohio, April 10.-Tele-
phone girls have won their strike in
this city, after a struggle of several
weeks. They have been granted an
average wage increase of 25 cents a
day. and all strikers are reinstated.
1.-THE strike was on for several weeks,
and was caused by discrimination and
unfair conditions. The girls presented
tEeir cause in a most vigorous man
ner, and were aided by the local trade
union movement and representatives
of the A. F. of L. i
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The state federation of labor is al
ready preparing for the big conven-
tion to be held in Duluth in July. At
the quarterly meeting of the execu-
tive council held in Minneapolis last
Sunday a conference was held with
officials of the Northern Pacific and
500 railroads and plans were made
for getting a special train from the
Twin Cities to Duluth.
The council went on record against
the manufacture of brooms in Min
nesota penal INSTITUTIONS The con-
vict la Dor committee announced that
itwould have its report ready for the
Duluth convention. 1t is expected
that union labor will go on record for
the adoption by the state Of the "hon-
or system" and the employment Of
convicts on state roads and in re-
claiming state lands.
For State Insurance.
The legislative program was prac-
tically completed and confirmed by
the council. The federation went on
record for insurance by the state Of
workmen incapacitated at their oc-
cupations. The following is the pros
posed program:
I. That the constitutional amend
ment designed to provide for the
initiative and referendum in this
state be given the widest possible
publicity through the labor and daily
papers, central bodies and sympa-
thetic groups of citizens in all parts
Of the state. The recommendation
was concurred in.
2. That a bill for an act to pro-
tect the lives Of theatrical performers
and employees and pre);cr9bing a
penalty for the violation thereof,
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asked for by the st: Paul branch Of
the International Theatrical Alliance
at the st. Cloud convention be in
dorsed The recommendation was
concurred In. b
3. That the matter OF working for
the appointment of practical inspect
ors, where state laws and city ordi-
nances provide for, sanitary condi-
tions and shorter hours, be con-
tinued for the present in charge Of
the legislative committee. Preside ent
Hall stated that he had conferred
with the head Of the state dairy and
food commission on son the subject and
that official 'deeme ed the present stat7
ute, known as the Murray law, suffi-
cient to meet the requirements if it
were properly enforced. It was
deemed important to include in the
agitation provision for one day off IN
seven for all workers, except In cases
where such concession was imprac-
ticable, and this provision of the pro-
posed law was unanimously indorsed.
With this exception the recommends
ton of the committee was concurred
in,
For Apprentice Laws.
4. That all action designed to Sc
cure g. law for the better preparation
and regulation Of apprentices in the
various trades be deferred until
copies of the laws of other states on
the subject could be secured for
guidance. The recommendation was
concurred in.
5. That all legislative candidates
be urged to oppose the enactment of
law creating a state public utilities
commission. The recommendation
was concurred in.
6. That a bill for an act requiring
employers to pay their employees
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CONTRACT CONVICT
LABOR AIB|||0 |: R IS DE|BAs|NG. | [: l c
Gompers Hits At Iniquitous sys.
tenn In Which Profits Are
Fl. :. Main Issue.
PRISONERS WELFARE ~
is NOT CONSIDERED
How Convict Contract Trust
| Works-'No Strikes Occur in !.
State Prisons. ~,

Pointing how debasing and brutal
izing is the system of contract convict
labor to the inmates Of penal institu-
tions, President Gompers Of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor stated, be-
fore the senate interstate commerce
committee that the Booher-Hughes.
bill was simply an enabling act, which
proposed to give each state the right
protect itself against the contract con-
vict labor of other states.
The bill has passed the house, and
provides that where convict-made
goods are shipped into other states or
territories that they must come under
the jurisdiction of the laws of that
state or territory.
Wardens Oppose Bill.
At the hearing the bill was urged
by representatives Of the trade union
movement, and was opposed by war
dens Of several penitentiaries and con-
tractors who profit by the trafficking
in human beings. ---
This question is being continual
1y urged by organized labor. which is
striving to wipe from our statute
books all privileges to contractors to
exploit inmates of our penal institu-
tions. Continued publicity of the
methods employed by the contractors,
together with the effect of this sys-
has on industry, is bearing fruit. This
was shown in the case Of the bill now
pending in the Senate, and is intend
ed to make it impossible for the bene-
factors of this system to set up the
claim that where a state would pro-
hibit the sale Of convict-made goods
manufactured in other states that this
is AN interference with Interstate
commerce." ...:.. IT.. -
Competition Fearful. i
he prospectus issued by the Amer
ican Fibre Reed company, urging the
purchase of stock in this institution,
which states that it "manufactures
fibre and reed furniture with prison
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CHICAGO B. T. COUNCIL
ORDERS MEN TO STRIKE

CHICAGO, April 1O.-After declar-
ing general dissatisfaction with labor
conditions in the Chicago South
Parks, the building trades council
Friday night ordered all members of
building trades unions employed by
the South Park commission to strike
Reports had been made by officials of
every trade that wages were being
graded on the efficiency system with
out regard to the minimum rate up
held by the unions.
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ST. LOUIS BOX MAKERS
SECURE WAGE INCREASE

ST. LOUIS, April 10.-Box Makers
and Sawyers union, No. 795, affiliated
to- thesBrotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners, have secured. an agreement
with the packing box manufacturers
providing for an increase in wages for
the lowest paid men the first year and
q five per cent increase for all men
the second year, the Saturday half
holiday commencing this month, and
a wage scale ranging from 23 3-4 to
S5 cents an hour on. the various ma
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CITY PROPOSES TO HIRE LABOR AT MARKET d
PRICE AND ABOLISH EIGH1-HOUR WORK DAl


Beings Must Feed
: Others Shall We Use Initiative to Get $3.50 Minimum
Wage and S-Hous Day for City LaborerS
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The most perfect government Il one
in which an injury to the most
insult to the whole constitution
SOlon.