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AN EXAMPLE0F
..PR|VA7E OWNERSHIP ! s
Milwaukee Street Railway Grip
pies Service to Increase
Profits. . =

To increase the earnings on it's ip-
vestment from to per cent, the
Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light
company is cutting down the service
by laying off men, according to de-
velopments in a hearing before the
Wisconsin railroad commission in the
city hall Monday morning.
City Attorney Hoan represented the
city and was presented with a table
showing the number of men employed
In 1914 by the car company and q
corresponding table for 1913. This
table is startling in that it indicates
that the company's working force at
present is 1900 less than last year.
Hoan had asked for such a table in
a previous hearing when the question
of the company's earnings and num-
ber of employees and other matters
connected with the business we're con-
sidered
admit Discharging Men.
In the previous hearing officials OF
the railroad company admitted that
they were earning per cent on their
investment. In response to a question
from Hoan, the officials admitted that
their desire for an 3 per cent return
on their money caused them to make
a reduction in the working force
thereby greatly cutting down their
expenses.
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FRENCH STILL FEAR
ATTACK ON PARIS
Wounded Coming From Front
Are Sent to Hospitals Beyond
Capital. w.

!. LONDON. Sept, ! s.-53The stream Of
wounded from the battfefields" or the
Marne and Ourcq is being directed
past Paris to the hospitals in the rear,
says a Paris dispatch to Reuters Tel
egram company.
The obvious reason for this is that
until it is quite certain that Paris will
not have to defend itself against at
tack it would be unwise. to fill the
ample hospital Accommodations of the
capital.
OF special interest are the British
and American hospitals at Neuilly
which are splendidly equipped for the
work before them. At present their
accommodation is not strained. In tho
American hospital only of the 500
beds are occupied.
British cavalrymen in the hospital
say that they were a good deal men
aced by the German aeroplane during
the retreat from Mons.
Whenever a German aeroplane an.
peared over the bivouac the order was
given to change camp
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way, they. did their work that they
We're both !. W: w disrupters and
Waddel-Mahon detectives, imported
by. the .malevolent powers that were
bent upon wiping out organized labor
In Butte for. that low and infamous
purpose. :. s1# iS..S5 =; > .
- Workers 1Basely Betrayed, ,
In this connection II should not be
forgotten that the workers at Law
renee and at Akron. were most basely
betrayed, sold out and treacherously.
delivered to their enemies by I..W. W.
.Judaaesl who, while posing as INDUS
trial uniohists, were at the same time
on the pay rolls, of the detective
agencies in the service :sof the cor
porations. and now, when there is a
union to Be wrecked. eor strike to be
sold out, ora union hall to be dyna-
mited, ora union safe to be blown
and looted, i the gang put. Into COM
mission for that infamous purpose are
labelled i. w. w. and are given credit
by the capitalist press for being In re-
volt against alleged wrongs which
could not be rix hted, according to
them, An any other manner. s-, II ". . :
Claiming to stand Tor industrial
sunionism by the way Of 81 botage ana
direct. action, this element ID the arch
enemy. the reacherous foe of all
Iunionism, the tnfamous' traffickers ii
and ssllsr-out of tho working class,
and after what hay I psken.. /. brought toii
HIGHT 81 tsI4ewrslncessa ana y Akron, ana!
~ M hat 40 aeertain 70 be brought to hight
-
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{MJE FEDERATION EXECUTIVE
|; GS;$:::$ s: -! :! MEETS IN MINNEAPOLIS
President Hall Makes - ,6rt as
q. to Organization Work In
d. State.
LABOR REVIEW MUST
MAKE PUBLIC APOLOGY
Council Demands Retraction For
Papers Report of Duluth
Convention.

Last Sunday in Minneapolis the
executive council Of the Minnesota
State Federation of Labor held one of
the longest. busiest and most fruitful
meetings it has had for a long time.
The session. which lasted from 10
o'clock In the morning until 1880 in
the evening, with a short recess for
luncheon. was called to order prompt
ly by President Hall. Every member
of the council was present except
Vive President Walsh, St. Paul, who
was out of the state on public bus
mess. and Vice President Hallenber-
ger. Red Wing. who was unavoidab bly,
kept away.
Marandaw Called to the Chair.
AS soon as the meeting was oper-
ed and fairly under way Vice Presi-
dent Marandaw, Duluth. was called
to the chair by President Hall, who
then read his report of the work
done by him since the Duluth con-
vention.
The report began with an an
nouncment of the organization of a
metal trades council in St. Paul and
movements toward the organization
Of one in Minneapolis. the two to
take the place Of the old Twin City
Metal Trades Council, which was dis
solved by common consent of all the
unions affiliated with 1t. In these
matters President Hall took an active
part. He next recounted his activity
in Thief River Falls, -Crookston. and
International Falls, where he showed
great energy and secured very valu-
able results. In Thief River Falls he
organized a Bartenders' union and
got the clerks, carmen, carpenters.
and painters on the way toward the
he organized the bartenders, and in
International Falls he formed a
tAinters' union and a Retail Clerks
union with SO charter members, reor-
ganized the defunct Carpenters union
got the BARRIERS and soft drinks bot
:. tiers organized to affiliate with the
Duluth unions Of these crafts and
started two other unions on the road
to- organization. He also secured the
organization of a vigorous and prom
tsing central body in 1nternationa,
Falls, and succeeded in getting al
these organizations and several other.
affiliated with the State Federation
Propaganda Literature Working.
The report gratified the council
with the announcement that GOOD
literature for propaganda purposes
and organization work had been 50.
cured from several international
unions and other sources and distrt.
buted where it was believed 1t WOULD
do the most good. 1t also showed
that vigorous and effective attention
had been given to many other mat.
ters of importance in which the wei,
fare of the labor movement in this
state was deeply involved.
Reports of Vice-Presidents
Following President Halls report
the various reports of the vice-p presi
Continued on Page 2.
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reddening of their hands in theiraown
fratricidal blood! 1t Is without par
>allel in all the tragic struggles of
labor from brutality to brotherhood.
When Charles Meyer went to Butte
as president of the Western Fedora
ton of Miners to look: into the mat
ters that were causing dissension
among the members Of that union,
he acted as fairly and squarely and
honorably as any man could pos
sibly, have acted under the circum-
stances. He admitted the. wrongs of
which the mem bers complained and
gave every assurance that he stood
ready to do all In his power to have
those wrongs nghted, but, as al
ready said, the conspirators did mot
want these wrongs righted, but seized
upon them as their pretext for re
organising" the miners by smashing
the Butte Miners union, the consume
nation devoutly wished for by every
labor hater in the land: % ,;st .stj |, ::
=; When 1t is charged that Meyer had
a self lf-perpetuating machine + answer
it Is false, for the reason that there
is not a more democratic labor. union
than the Western Federation OF Min
ers, and If there Is self -perpetuating
machine In It. the rank and Ale have
themselves to blame, and they. but
add crime to. stupidity when they
blow up the union with dynamite to
destroy the alleged machine.
But theselenent that blew open the
safe and robbed It OF It's contents were
not after any machine. but only the
cold cash, and that element furnishes
one Of the keys to the situation. The
leaders In. this raid II were I. com mon
looters and robbers and quite likely
corporation detectives and secret serv-
Ace agents besides. It SIS said that
they we're also membe berrs 4 Of the 81.
w. N This may or may not sbs
1true, but II 1 any event II gis5 certain
that the consptrat ors 4 ana 4 would -be
union destroyers 4 1were known as 4 I.
w Insn ai1d did not a eny il, ana
Eit quite mo u, Jjud ginl nom TIL
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draw enormous salaries and live in
comfort and ease and never spent an
hour or minute in jail in the serv-
Ice of the unions of which they are
the professed leaders. was ever made
the victim of such outrageous per-
secution, and in the case Of Meyer I
am bound to conclude that his assail.
ants and would-be murderers were
either the most 5lamentable dupes that
ever stabbed their friends at the be-
hest Of their enemies, or that they
were the hired sleuths and assassins
OF the powers which have for months
waged the p1tiiess warfare for the
determination of organized labor In
Michigan and Colorado - s>s 4 49, :. .
OF course, 1 admit that all was not
as it should have been in the Butte
Miners union, but when all is said
that can In truth be said against the
union and the maladministration OF
It's affairs, the fact s:ill remains that
Its attempted destruction was a mon
umental shame to those who melted
It,, and nothing less than. crime
against the labor movement. The
wrongs Of which the insurgents com
planned were as nothing com pared to
the ontrages they perpetrated in their
blind frenzy to- redress these wrongs. !
But the truth is that the meters
and leaders Of #thts malicious assault
We're not bent upon rightink wrongs.
but upon committing i crime. They
had long been laying their plans ana
Matching their conspiracy to destroy
the Butte MinArs union q ~ 4 m fnr =.
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INDUSTRIAL / I i. ! |'| | \ EXPO D |: !.
. S !s|jE|PTE|:||V||||B;E:: I |; !: R|| Is s
y - I>} -; - : rE$ssG:tg: Il M. 5f}.. Fsj
Dairy Feature Added to Program
This Year Of Special !.
...., +. :'2 3. ,2 Interest. =

From q small beginning two years
ago, the Duluth Industrial Dairy and
Agricultural Exposition has grow An
til every, foot of floor space in the
mammouth !. Duluth Curling rink is
needed to house. it. The exposition,
which will be held, Sept 21 to rs this
year, will surpass all former efforts.
The exposition is arranged by a com
mittees representing all OF the Com
mercial organizations Of Duluth The
industrial department will be larger
than ever this year: An. Egyptian
be used on the second floor of the
Curling rink where the Industrial dis
play will be made. It will include
practically all OF the articles manu-
factured in Duluth, and most of the
exhibits Will be actual demonstrations
of manufacturing methods. In the
agricultural department premiums are
offered primarily on potatoes and
also on collections Of home, garden
and farm products rather than on the
different classes of products The
agricultural display is intended to
stimulate production and to prom
market and home gard ening in Duluth
and its inlme ediate environs.
The dairying feature has been added
this year. and the display of pure
pred animals will be complete It
Will include Guernseys, Holsteins. Jer-
seys and Red Polls from the herds
Of Northwestern Minnesota, and will
show the progress: made In the dairy
industry in the vicinity Of Duluth.
A canning demonstration by the
state college Of agricultural and the
federal department Of agriculture, a
! Horticultural exhibit and a display Of
farm and dairy machinery will be ad-
dttional educational features in the
agricultural departm enf.
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unswerKing loyalty to the labor
movement?
I was present at the convention in
Denver where Meyer was first elected
president of the federation, and from
that day to this, to nv personal
knowledge Meyer has been on the
firing line and has never once shown
the white feather or flinched in the
performance OF his arduous duties.
/ Meyers Martyrdom.
There Is not man in the labor
movement who has gone .throuxh
more that IS calculated to try mems
souls and break their hearts than has
Charles Meyer during the last 10
years. He has lain in ., bullpen
months at time, threatened to be
shot; he has been deported kid
naped: and thrown into the peniten-
tiary Of a foreign state and held there
incommunicado while preparations
were made to hang him; he has been
assaulted by thugs and prodded by
bayonets in. the hands Of uniformed
brutes; he< has been insulted,, spat
upon and goaded into resentment that
he might be murdered. He has been
set upon by p mob, shot, slugged and
dragged half dead through the streets
and threatened with lynching by an
tnfuriated mob OF elabor's enemies;
all Of this has Meyer suffered and a
thousand times more, not on his owr,
personal alaccount, but because Ne VA
true to- the working class and would
rather be burned at the stake. or torn tlr
limb from, limb than to betray the
laDor: s movement. mo and yet we are toId
that In the recent Butte affair n,e1,
wearing union badges, some belong.
ing TO the. very union for which Ne
has shed his hearts blood and sac
rtficed Il all but his life. were looking
for Tor II him with the .ferocity Of ffiends
and with n1arderous weapons UPON
the M with which to :slay him a. af
he had spent all these years In base
q and q i corrupt hetrayal Of the Swaorktnx (
class III d I
|. worthy sof ll ote that not one of
the many Sothsr lab boz chisftatns,s ;Who
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WILSON vEToEs BILL TO :
ALLOW 81 600 DEPOSITS.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1s.-Presi-
dent Wilson has vetoed the bill to
raise the limit of individual deposits
In postal savings banks to $1,000, 'be-
cause it contained q, provision repeal
ing a section of the new bank law
which. provides that federal funds
must be deposited only with members
OF. the: federal reserve system
The President suggested that the
bill be amended to extend for another
- months the timeEin which banks
not members of the new system have
within which to- surrender the govern
ment deposits they now hold.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-09-19
By Eugene Y. Debs.

oS Iu40Ac De1DS.
The assault upon the Butte Miners
union, the wrecking of its hall by
dynamite, and the looting Of it's safe
by its own members, coupled with the
riot which followed between the two
factions into which the union had
been torn, edged on by a vicious ele-
ment imported for that special pur-
pose. has made June % memorable
date In the annals of the labor move
ment.
There Is much in this deplora BILE
affair that is still wrapped in mystery.
but enough is known to warrant the
general conclusion that the Butte Min
ers' union has long been marked for
destruction, and that It's enemies have
for months been conspiring to deliver
the coup that should put an end to
its existence.
Since that fateful night at Butte.
which witnessed this brutal and dis
graceful scene, this rioting among
men who wear the union badge and
call themselves brothers, and the wan
ton killing and naming Of innocent
people, I have read everything in the
way Of report which has been. is-
sued by the respective factions and
which has found it's way into public
print, and ! confess that I am "A
yet unable to account for this tragic
and inexc usable affair. But have
some decided views upon the matte,
which I shall now proceed to expres.
in the briefest manner possible.
sj First Of all, I know Butte Miners
II union, and I am familiar. with it,
record from the beginning. Frequent.
Sslys have ] been a visitor at the hal,
nov wrecked and many are the times
that have spoken under its auspices
Butte Miners union, let me, say
has the best record for sympathy with
the working class and fidelity to the
labor movement of any labor union
1.-THE United States barring none.
An Incompatible Record. i
The n embers Of this union have
'contrihnted hundreds Of thousands
of daNA14 of their hard earnings ir
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support of strikes in other industries.
and IN relieving suffering in the work.
ing class even to the remotest parts
OF the country. There is no other
union that has record that will begin
to compare with the Butte union for
the kind of loyalty that is not merely
expressed in resolutions, but is backed
up with moral and financial support
TO the fun extent of its capacity and
resources.
For years Butte has been known
IS the best organized mining camp
IN tnls country. The working con-
oltlons there are admittedly superior
TO those of all other camps, the wages
are as high or higher, the hours as
low or lower, and all other conditions
approximately as favorable as it has
neen possible thus far to realize under
the capitalist system.
These things being true, the con-
clusion Is unavoidable that whosoever
raises his hand to strike this union
or conspire to- overthrow it Is the
enemy not only Of this union, but of
the whole working class.
I Now, as to Charles Moyer, pres,-
w SAAo w ookC1H 0OSaIALlOn OF
Miners, whom the rioters and destruc.
tion1sts sought to murder on the nigh,
they blew. up the hall in which he was
announced to- speak, 1t is imposs, bic
for me to understand how any man
processing to be a union man could
have any part In such reasonable
cewardly and disgraceful plot, and ]
shall believe that every criminal gun
man who has a hand in this affair was
the hired assa ssin Of the criminal cor
porations which for years have been
bounding Meyer because they have
not been able to buy, bully or brow
beat him. - <. =.
/ How can any union man possibly
find It in his heart to threaten bodily
harm TO- Charlie Moyer? Has he not
been sufficiently crucir1ed in The >serv-
Ice |3s sof the working class? & Has he not
stood often enough, in 81 the Ii sh al,dov,
of the sallowa with the sn1an' s
! moose dangling above hisj head for lii
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ministered to- these niscreants and
that, however severe has been his
characterization OF their perfdy, he
has given them no more than, they
deserve. It is only by unmaskingz
these traitors and laying bare their
infamous plots that their power for
disruption can be destroyed.
The lesson Of Butte Is that, the at.
estly managed, and that the rank and
file must always be in control. Who're
this rule is observed there can be no
chance for the police spy and profess
sional disrupter. to ply their nefarious
trade. Sss585
The new union, born OF. dynarniting
the old, will be of short duration.
the elements that, gave it birth viii
combine to destroy It. SIS
Butte Miners union must and will
emerge from the ruins>stronger,sm more
united, more militant and progressive
than ever before. ,s5; s.. S..
The members who were temporarily
led astray will soon realize thst they
have been deceived, and that their
pretended friends were IN fact their
worst enemies They VIII .sreturn to
the fold the wiser for thairs expsrlsnces
and the moro loyal Tor their seerninE
disloyalty. S's IS fi.
Now 10: ths tine Tor every true:
union nlan to stand by the Western
Federation Of, Miners, IS Now Is the.
day: 81 its suprenS III, ana nov the
test Of every loyal adhegent % IT
|principles ...A
3S The corporation would give MIL
lions to destroy it. but they shall not
succeed. The assault upon the Butts.
Miners. Nj union has aroussd the whole'
labor moveme ent,< and the ythols labor;
movement, to. which the BVtte miners
have tribnted sof their substanlc
50 tree eartedls alI thess ysaxs, win.
loyal stand byst hsm a. hour of.
ItheiT frial treach SeA'
has been put .t tes 1lS Shst ma tleir ass
III
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UNIVERSAL PEAC
v |NAt FOLLOW | 0 VAR l|.''
Gompers Makes Prediction In
Labor Day Speech at
:%.o Pittsburgh. q.
sACRAFICED q
:. = TO GODS or! WAR
All Those Forces Furthering De,
:. mocracy Perverted to Aid
-, Present Conflict.

.PLATSBURG, N. Y, Sept 18,-Unf-
versal peace will follow the European
war-a war of aggrandizmeEt and
conquest, to divert people from their
constructive work Of {: humanizins
and democratizing tendencies-were
the. views of president Gompers, in
Labor day speech, in referring to
the present continental upheava1.
The end of this war he said. .'Wili
mean the vaniqishment. of autocracy
the emergence Of society in which
the people shall be: supreme, and
in which mems thought shall be given
to the things OF peace. s 81 ~.
"Civilization had been pressing home
the sacrednes Of human life. upon the
consciences of men. knowledge had
concerned itself with the problems Of
life that men might know themselves
and the world in which they live in
order to gain better mastery over the
elements and conditions. Science had
sought to wrest from nature Aunder-
standing of life that men might. have
life more abundantly. .:,. :tS.Ss 2-s
1T had studied the nature and cause
of disease In order to conserve; ana
safeguard human life. Trained minds
were delving deep into the secrets
under the control Of the win of man
Kind. They had harnessed the waters
and the winds to the wheels Of c1vi-f
lization. Minds rich In culture ana
love OF humanity were studylng the
Ills of society tnat every cnlid a!.1'El mignt
nave the r1ght 10 pc. Wen : porn. 10
oeveiop lts lull pnyAlcal stature ana Ze 70
cultivate ITS mental ana moral pos.
sloiiltles. IN. all Things the purpose
OF :c1v'hzat1on nad neen 20 'glor1,y An, and
enrich the lVes OF the people-al
OF the people. u ~
There were minds that were just
upon the verge of giving the world the,
rich harvest of, years of thought and
study. There were; hearts disciplined
hby life and understanding that were
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The Gar to the Kaiser.

Peterhof Palace, July 20 1 P. M.
I rejoice that you are back in Ger
many. l, beg you earnestly to help
me ne at this grave moment. A shameful
war has ben declare dson q weak sconn-
trXssand there As ,.t1pzn enses indss etioH
In r usste,~ which fully share. I
foresee that I shall very soon be
unable to hold out longer against the
pressure exercised upon me, and shall
be compelled to adopt measures
which will lead to- war. To obviate
such misfortune as an European
war, l implore you in the name of
our old friendship to do all in your
power, to restrain your ally from
goink too far.
-: NICHOLAS
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=, .ss-3r2 - N.ss T.,
The Kaiser to the .Cziiar.

=: -. July ksVtn, i "A. M.
My Ambassado OF lis instructed to
draw the. attention OF your government
to the dangers and serious conse-
quences, of 3 n1chilizatton: said
the same to you in my last telegram
Austria Hungary has only mobilised
against Servia, and only a. part of it's
army. If: as appears from your COM
munication and that Of: your: Govern
ment, Russia is .mobilizing against
Austria Hungary, the role of media
tor which you entrusted. 2 to- me in
friendly wise, and which I accepted
at your express request is leopard
lied if rendered Impossible The whole
burden of decision now rests upon
your shoulders, the responAbly for
war or peace. =. - >
WILHELM.
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The Gar to the Kaiser.

The Czar to the Kaiser.
Peterhof, July soth, 1914, 1920 P. NJ.
From my heart thank you for your
speedy reply. I am this evening send
ing Tatisheff with INSTRUCTIONS The
military measures now coming. in to
operation were decided. upon Ave days
ago for reasons 81 defence against
Austria's preparations Most heartily
do I trust that these measures Will in
no way influence your position, as
mediator which value. highly
We need your: &: strong pressure on
! Austria. To- secure Ean aerstandi dine
~ .us asyss. 'sss7 8. 81.