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SUPERIOR unions :
N MONSTER: PICNIC
An Interesting Program of Events
Arranged for Labor Day
Celebration.
MANY FEATURES TO
BE STAGED AT PARK
Louis Hhrthill of Minneapolis
Secured as Speaker of the
Day.

: Arrangements have been completed
to carry out a gala celebration in Su-
perior Labor Day. The picnic will
Be held at Billings park where pro-
gram of at least 20 events will be
pulled off.
Among the features will be tug
of-war between the carpenters and
machinists the two largest labor or
xanizations in the city. It is probable
that there will be 10 contestants on
each team. Considerable interest is
being taken among the two locals IN
this particular event.
Louis Harthill, business agent OF
the 'machinists with headquarters In
Minneapolis has been secured as ora
tor of the day. Mr.. Harthill is a
speaker of ability being thoroughly
conversant with the labor movement.
He is recognized as being one of the
ablest men in the movement.
AS was previously announced there
will be no labor Day parade because
of the shortness of the. time for
arrangement and the great amount of
work and expense involved in carry
ing out a parade. The expense and
energy that would be involved In a
parade at this time is being conserved
for the annual convention of the
State Federation of Labor which will
be held in Superior next July.
The. program, which is three times
as large as last year was turned over
to the Labor Day committee at the
regular meeting of the Trades and
Labor assembly last Tuesday night
The local union men are grateful to
the merchants and those who SO gen.
erously contributed toward making
the advertising program a success
Very few IT any of the merchants
raised any objection to advertising in
the program. 1t has been suggested
that each union man bear in mind
those merchants whose advertisement
appears in the leaflet. :; $3.50
The programs Of; the day will be
Tower haaha4>in the evening.
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COMPENSATION 9 ] I , ! ! | ! AC||
! NOT N 'G0''VIERu's
a4 @.., |rSfs5 81, ,54 Sz
WIS CONsIN WORKERS b
RESENT ARROGANCE
resentatives Of Organized
Labor Drafted and Passed
Present Law.

Labor men in Milwaukee who be-
long to the wisconsin Federation of
Labor are UP in arms oyer poster
put ut on behalf Of Y Governor
[sMcGovern, in which the governor
claims the credit for giving Wiscon-
sin workman,s compensation law.
The poster represents the governor
as the Father Of the; Workman's
Compensation Act-under it injured
Workmen receive $1.250,O00.00 an-
nually instead Of $4,000 as former
ly.'s He was not the father of the
law. tin Si5s~ ~. II ..Sa f.> r.:.#g.
The hrst ever heard OF a work
mems compensation law was in 1905
when the idea was brought up in a
conversation between Assem- bly, Fred
erick Brockhausen and myself, in my
Office said Frank Weber, of the
State Federation Of Labor, Monday.
There was noS time to have a bill
drawn up by q. lawyer, Brockhuasen
took. the English law and had the
legislatures. reference library put it
In shape, and he introduced 1t.
Bnl Again Defeated. .
In 1907 . the Social-Dem ocrats
elected me as well as again electing
Brockhausen to the assembly and by
agreement Broekhausen3 again. intro
duceda the RI bill; It was again de-
feated by the Republicans and Demo
Gratis and he and I were the only
members of the labor committee that
supported it. i. 'ss$:.I .y...g@~
The state federation had the bill
redrafter BY Attorney Hoan in. 1909
and our party again introduced it at
| Madison. We: succeeded in getting a
commission appointed on con1pensa-
ton for Industrial accidents, and in
/ that report the bill was again pre-
T sernted and finally passed in the
legislature OF 1911. ss ..s l.. b ;-t-..
| McGovern signed the bill, but he
did not originate it or know much
OF the long struggle labor had had
.in gettingthe hill to Mna1 passage. &
/ snotsTassot chat he clAfn1s III so1ne
t0f his campaign mia Ter he scEai mss stila!
he bolish4 ID the old comnons y de.
fenses Of contri butory negligenc, as.
sumption su Of risk and negligence 1of
fellow servants was organized IL.
Dor, teorking through the Social
! Demo ocratic legislators, that forced
these changes which are so vitality
Important ito the worker.
Z Opinions secured by the federation
! Of labor from Rubin & label, and
from Daniel w. Hoan were taken tc
the legislature by us In 1907, and
these opinions appear. word for word
in the State Federation Of Labor pro.
ceedings for 19OS." 4s s ii
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UNREST

ing of the word. Industrial unrest.
the agitator and the kicker make for
the uplift, better social, economic
and policitical state, and for advanc-
ing civilization, and were it not for
industrial and social unrest there
would be no human progress. along
lines that are good and beneficial for
the great mass of working men and
women of our country.
I would, however, minimize that
unrest to the lowest possible point.
That should be along constructive
lines. First, I believe that this com
mission in it's findings and in it's
search for remedies is Handicapped
by state rights and state lines. Hence
it would be a. waste of my time to ad-
vance things that cannot. by any pos
sible stretch of the Imagination come
within the jurisdiction of this COM
mission.
q Demand Action. =. -
There is one thing, though, that 1
would suggest. Commissions In the
past have proven entirely futile and
useless. Commissions such as this
have worked their heads off, and have
sought diligently, earnestly and faith
fully for a cause and for remedy
that will be helpful They made an
elaborate report to the United States
government and Congress which Gre
ated them. 1t then becomes every
body's business in general and mo-
body's business in particular. II this
commission would recommend that in
the future all commissions, or in cases
like this commission, which is 4 three
:cornered' one; one for labor, one tor
capital, and one for the dear public,
Of whom should like to speak later
one of each department. should be
given q seat in Congress with a voice
and no vote, and such Representa-
tiyes ought to remain there until
Congress- has acted, has either defeat
ed or adopted its recommend alton,
then their efforts will not be wasted.
Revise Laws. t5sS s#& # I. ts5 .s5, rs,
III hold that one Of those things you
can act upon is to see to IT. that the
Eimm Il, g igratinon I 81 Il laws are propefly re-
stricted. or becom . more effective II.
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wealth Of the great states Of Wash
ington. It provided for q system Of
selling tickets on the installment plan.
It was figured out, SO many; marks
every two weeks, so many marks a
month will land you on the golden
shores of the state Of Washington
early in the spring Of 1918, where
acres and acres Of virgin14soil await
you. '. =
Last November on my way to the
American Federation of Labor, I
passed through the great state of
Washington, and looked eagerly for
the acres and acres Of virgin soil
awaiting the poor deluded immigrant
saw, yes, much virgin soil in the
state of Washington, but it was dotted
with stumps. They had taken off the
lumber. The stLmps were there. The
virgin soil was there, yes, but it was
dotted with stumps.
Now when the, immigrant gets there
and sees. that, dotyou blame him il
he is little restless? :? I don't. q, !
..*r. - Stop Persecution. y /.
What can you do for labor Take
US out from under the restriction
now resting upon us by d false ap-
plication Of the Sherman Anti Trust
Act, and let us carry out our natural
activities, su biect only to the law OF
the land, and We will work out our
own destiny. We ask no favors from
the llaw-making forces. All we ask is
a, right; to carry forward our. natural
activities, always am me nable5 to tlte law.
We respect the aw--the written law
Of the land. We rebel against judge
made a,1 law, and gove nnaent ~ injunc-
tton. We deny that the goyernment
we deny that anyone has any prop
erty right in our work THAT belon Sc
to us.. II is not the property Of any
living soul on earth except US. The
money thai we eafn Is ours. 81 w de-
mand the right to- spend that IN oney
where We and with WI ON We
please. S Give lissa 4 little more d
this yoss ihoth ays - hon ssty 1indus-
trtaily oliticl ilysE and socially. In
fcludes ourssly yos when nay this.
hs ociety 3,
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believe in old are pensions and In
dustrial insurance for sickness and
invalidity, and i believe in the In
dustrial insurance against unem ploy-
ment, despite the fact that some. of
| my very able colleagues in the labor
movement disagree with me-,
Migratory labor constitutes one Of
the most important classes Of citizens
we have in this. country, and instead
| OF being kicked and cuffed about as
tramps, the migratory workers de-
serve more consideration at the hands
OF society at large than. lawyers, doc
tors or labor asitators. or anybody
else. &. .t
What does the migratory wfoker
do? Things that you and, II won't do
1T we can help It. He gathers the,
harvest In the summer time and Ice
In the winter; he contributes more to-
the comfort and we'll being of society
| at large than any other class of
workers or professional men, I don't
care who or what they are. be-
lieve he should sbe taken care Of. sIs
believe that the migratory worker
should be transported free, absolutely:
from the industrial center toSthe agri-
lAcultural district. apportioning the cost
ION each community the state ana the
federal government; let the three pay'
for It. s
|@s I believe he should be brousht back
to the ioe harveat in winter time
absol lptely free. believe thst You
should furnish for thsse werkerS, not
/ the neyer.Sweats and huYia.-the are
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their restrictions Labor an s,,ch i.
not opposed to immigration, the kind
that formerly landed OF, our shores
and to whom much Of our greatness.
commercially, industrially, socially
and politically, is dull. =,
BAt' remember the immigrants in
those days came in slow, dangerously
sailing vessels. They came of their
own volition. They. came from Eng
land, Ireland, Scotland, Germany.
Switzerland; and other countries: the
people of which rank somewhere near
the standard of American citizenship.
while today with the quick passage
',l and the fast-sailing vessels, one vessel
Wlll bring In a weeks time more
than you could crowd into half a
dozen ships in early days with their
slow passage. Originally it took three
months to come over, and now one
week. And where do they come from :?
Without casting any disparag cement
upon any race or calling, originally
they came from England, Ireland.
Scotland; Wales, France, Germany,
and other countries. To-Day, or at least
In 1913: over 100000 immigrants
came TO- this country; 243,OOO, came
from Southern. Italy-not Italy, but
from Southern Italy. You all know
what that means. This was more
than came from England, scotland.
Ireland, Wales, France Germany and
Switzerland, and Scandinavia. We are
not opposed to the natural: influx .of
Immigrants. But Z We dc. object to
the ndiscriminate, assisted immi-
srant:Sp We object to he kind hat are
brough here to enrich the steamship
companies primarily, and sin. the sec.
ond instance to break down American
working, standards: II. Il III; ;1.. ,:;.. 5;i Il
We DO not object to ,rem coming
naturally .st and regularly. L said a mo-
ment: ago that the Immigrant was lied
to y before he came hsre.y 1 personally
know that he is: III 5tf s's5 s,
Foreign Advertising. 5sa Is Is
ii3s IN 4 jig nm n bllrsh, \, Germany, Il saw less
7thal1fa II year $50 Erea tssisns plastered
10y, 8loyerssa labor assn ". Il IN which II bic,
stured the slories of the 4Eldora do, ana ,.s
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The following is part of the testi-
rnony given by George W. Perkins,
president and secretary of the Inter-
national cigarnakers' Union before
the Industrial Relation committee at
the hearing in Chicago recently:-Ed-
itor.
My belief, grounded upon life
time experience, is that Industrial un-
rest is due largely, primarily and
fundamentally, to low wages, and
long hours of labor; the fact that i'm
migrants are lied to before they come
here, cheated and robbed after they
get here, and finally realize this;
careless misstatements of the press as
to fundamental facts, as to real facts
that exist; and the notion that there
is one law for the rich and another
for the poor, whether there is any
such thing or not, fieuratively speak
lnB. The experience of labor has led
me to believe that in it's application
there Is some such difference. An.
other contributing cause is the mad
pace at which industrial workers are
driven q pace that kills $4,000 an
nuaflyt and wounds 100000 in our
Industries alone; a pace that kills a
hike number and wounds like num-
Der in our transportation. The fact
that 100000 people die annually from
tn berculosis a, preventable disease, a
! disease that should NOT eMsr among
\ US, is another cause. Also, the fact
that 500, 600 people die annually from
preyfntab1e, diseases, due to occupa-
tiopal disease, is another; -:
Z . ~ - = =. :.
s.5 t5{. Fake Advertising. ~.t.us
Another cause in connection with
the unrest of immigrants is the fol-
lowing advertisement appearing in
+ tie Ptttsbursh, Pa, newspapers in
E#1 3os: Men wanted; timers. patchers
B and helpers to. work in open shop:
I serxians, Poles and Roulnanians pre-
fefred; steady employment and good
N4tes 70 men willing to work! Fare
pa4ds md no fees charged . S.ss3 a !:
You ask for a cure TOR industria, :,
anrest.I wouldn't cure 1t ii I could.
1 and IScopIdn't II / would. say that
With G tull knowledge of the mean )
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Workingmen and women, and their
best interests should be placed above
the dollar mark.s Human rights and
human interests are of greater value
than property rights or the accumu-
lation Of the swollen fortunes Of the
already predatory rich. We may not
advance quite as rapidly industriafYy
or commercially. but, after all, we will
be advancing along sane lines, that
bode no'ill will to any honest man. or
woman or any good government.
You ask how to- cure-I haven't
cure-you ask how to minimize this
unrest. In my. own candid judgement:
there is only one way TO 90 1t, that is
to let the Industrial: workers organize
on the hand and the employing classes
upon the other. There is an element
Of, fairness and justice in the human
mind, and employers, sociologists and
self constituted guardians of our NOR
ais and social advancement have no
corner upon that justice and fairness
there IS sufficient amount Of that
vested in the workingmen and women
that will protect them from doing
anything that will destroy advancing
civilization. or that VIII oes,roy So
ciety as it. exists today The labor
organization that t5would do the thing
that will destroy, will destroy itself
before it has the opportunity Is do 10.
The organization that is not rust and
is not fair is doomed d---foredooiaed to
failure. There are enough conserve
tives In the labor organizations to
counterbalance the radicals. tA 5 y u 81
Fortunately for the labor orEaniza-
ton and for society at large there are
enough level headed, conservatively-
inclined who are ballast and who Will
protect the labor organization and
protect society at large: " u
may say the general labor move
Ismsnt 10 una alterably opposeu, how-
ever; to legally al appointed federal .or
state sconeilia tion and mediation and
afbitra ton. II voluntary. say this
Igays the concil liator, the med diatorS ana
lsths bitrator posit Ion not 81 ound ded
upon ortune gpf poll tics,, but 81
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COLORADO LABOR !.
i HOLDS j D CONVENTION ] N N 70 !
Nineteenth Annual Meeting Of
=; State Federation Convened n: +,
" r y. = At Pueblo. x :.
PRES. McLENNAN HAS
~. H.. =, RINGING REPORT
Urges I United Political Action.
Many Resolutions Adopted
by. Convention. -. :.

PUEBLO. Aug. 28.-With 1874 dele
gates and many visitors present the
Nineteenth Annual convention of the
Colorado State Federation of Labor
was called to order at: noon Monday
in the assembly room of the Con-
gress hotel Commissioner John T.
West on behalf Of the city and w. M.
Dameron, president of the Pueblo
Trades and Labor assembly, for the
labor organizations, made addresses
of welcome which were responded to
by John .McLennan, president of the
federation. General Secretary Joseph
Proebstle of the International Brew
cry Workers, union was the only
national labor officer in attendance.
President McLennan gave an able
report to: the convention, in which he
related the difficulties and pointed
out the way to greater achievement.
His report is given herewith. in part:
The question of. united political
action Is one that ought to receive
serious consideration by this conven-
tion. The work of a labor organiza-
ton Is different from that of a po-
l1tlcal party, and any. effort to com
NIT this organization to any political
party would result in disaster to our
movement. Our business as an orga-
n1zation Is to secure higher wages,
shorter hours, better living conditions
and remedial legislation for our
members. In our efforts to accomp-
lish this, we find that the employ
ers, because OF their united political
action are able to control the ma
chinery of government and use it
against us whenever they see fit. This
In itself ought. to convince us. that
II we expect to make progress we
must. vote-as we struggle
strike-togeuher; that If economic
unity is necessary then so is political
unity. IT,. - -.
III Labor Divided -. 4't.~isl.
only EeaAons swaaa lails4to se4
hone officials III offics,s men svliu
Will not forget their oath and pro.
ceed to serve the interests as soon ass
they are elected, is because we are
divided politically into as many: hos
tie samps as there are political par
ties - ~ ~ :
" is patent to all that the workers,
standing together at the ballot box.
could sweep the political boards and
close their hands on all the Offices.
The regular political parties would
dW1nd1e into insignifcance should la
bor support their candidates as earn
estly and as faithfully as they do
those other things which have
brought the unions to their present
hish place as the mightiest power in
the. economic and industrial field.
The coming political campaign is
one that is fraught with much signi.
flcance to the trades unionists OF
Colorado, because it is, we'll known
that certain predatory corporate in.
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NOT
J. SHOT | ] GERMANY
5secre retary Bryan Gets Assurance
4 From Berlin Concerning.
.. Il. Liebknecht.

Z CHICAGO, Aug: s-Dr. Karl
.Liebknecht, the noted German Social
list leader, is not dead. secretary OF
State w. J. Bryan made inquiries as:
to the truth OF .5Lebknechts: death
at the request of American Socialists
and Thursday sent the Following teIe-5
gram to Walter Lanfersiek,e national
secretary Of the Socialist party:
4 TELEGRAM received from anabassa-
dor at Berlin states that 'Idebknecht.
has just left me. Says absolutely no.
ground for fantastic rumors.''z .
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PLACES FATHERLAND -
! i. -;%* ~ %ABoVE>FAMILY: TIES

CHICAGO, Aug. 2s.-Paul valid
apple deserted hiss wife and two chill
dren to 90 to Europe to fight for his
country, according to the story his
wife told Mrs. Lawrence, head of the
civil service department of Cook
county.
He said patriotism was above
family ties" wept his wife. He drew
his money and left"
The family was left destitute and
the United Charities was called to
help pay the rent. .-
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=nLflao oIs fkpE pERA1feiH .t;
: ). :-s.. 4. ADOPTS REFERENDUM

sPR1NGF1ELp, ST q F. IlE., Aug 1ss.- The
executive board Of the illinois State
Federation@ OF Labor at Its recent
meeting in: their yyhea dquarters August
II approved: tentative pl-n Tor the
future election of officers for that
body by referendum vote TO be sent
out to the local unions and central
bodies along with the call for their
coming convention to be held Octo-
Der 20, 1914. at Peoria. III - =v'fs a.
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INDEPENDENT MINES
RECOGNIZE UNIONS
IS Independent Operators Admit
the Efficiency of Organized
Miners.
BY Walter HI. Fink, District Is Direc.
tor of Publicity, United Mine
Workers Of Americ8.

Workers OF America.
DENVER, Colo, Aug. 2s.-Gov-
ernor Elias w. Ammons, who has
won for himself the title of chief
lickspittle of the coal operators, is
out In new role-this time writing
letters to be used as press matter for
the Colorado coal operators.
When the strike was called, AM
mons began at once to use the influ-
ences of his office for the operators.
The state militia was sent into the
strike zone at cost to the taxpayers
of $1,000,000 to protect coal barons'
property at the expense of personal
rights and constitutional government.
The slaughter of the innocents at
Ludlow was done by his gunmen-mi-
litia.
Now that the federal troops are in
the field and he cannot use state
powers to aid the coal operators. Am
mons is writing wilful and deliberate
lies in the form of letters to news
papers to be used as "copy" for the
operators.
Accuses Miners.
His first effort was spent in talk
on 'The Other Gunmen" in the coal
strike. He mentions the several no.
torious thugs who were killed when
the gunner of industry attacked the
peaceful strikers. trying to bring out
the point, of course, that the strikers
were "the other gunmen." ,....
But he says nothing of the twelve
children slaughtered and cremated at
Ludlow by his gunmen-militia nor OF
the operators gunner, in their ef-
fort to obtain industrial. and political
freedom in Colorado through an en-
forcement Of, the law, now on the
statute books
+ New Scale.
The miners scale committee met
in<Denver this week to make a scale
\ Tor contra cts to be- signed. for. two
years beginning septeIn Ser {. Nc, :. : 81
definite information has been given
out, but 1t is believed that there will
be few changes in the present scale.
I: There are now thirty-five 'indepen-
dent operators working under:.a a con.
tract with the United Mine Workers
and other mine owners are contem-
plating the recognition of the union.
The greater efficiency of union Ia
Dor is clearly brought out in the cur
rent report of the State Inspection OF
Coal Mines.
The report shows that mines work
ing under an agreement with the
United Mine Workers are producing
almost twice their normal tonnage
while the operators employing scab
| labor are only getting out'' about
one-third of the, normal outnu+
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MUNICIPAL DANCES =. a.. =,
-. FOR SEATTLE, WASH

SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. 2s.-The
first municipal dance ever given in
this city will be held in the Collins
Playfield hall, Sept. I. Admission
will be five cents dance per couple.
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. WAR CUTS IMMIGRATION.

: = WASH .l'sH 1NGIUN, D Aug. 2 28.--Immi-
grafton from Europe for the first
nine days OF August was approx
mately one-third that of a similar
period last year, the Federal Bureau
of Immigration has announced. IN
1915 IT was 4l,4s2, and this year
l4.442 5, = g$4 #,E - g.
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BELGIAN NORT.ES KI

BELGIAN MOBILES KILLED.
LONDON, Aug. 9..-An Amsterdam dis
patch to the Post says: THE Belgian
legation at The Hague announces that
Fringe George De Ligne. who Joined the
Belgian. colors a, volunteer. has been
killed, also that Count 'Vanderburch. a lieu
tenant in the third regiment. Belgian lam
GERS was killed in the fighting near Diest.'
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sLAy TROOPS REVOLT

SLAV TROOPS REVOLT
LONDON, Aug. q. Is a. m.)-Informa
ton from southern Dalmatia says the Post 8
Paris correspondent is to the effect that: in
several towns the slav troops have revolted
against their officers.
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