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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-08

One of the most pleasing incidents
of the convention was the visit made
by the delegates and their friends to
the new Cathedral of st. Paul. The
visit took place on Wednesday just
before the noon hour. The conven.
ton adjourned and proceeded in a
body to the new Cathedral where they
were met by the Most Reverend Arch
bishop and a number of visiting pre-
lates and priests. From the steps of
the new Cathedral the Most Reverend
Archbishop addressed the gathering
explaining the symbolism enshrined
in the architectural design of its
unique features and bidding them
view for themselves its beauteous
outlines and harmonious proportions.
At the close of the address the Wis
itors were conducted through the
sacred edifce and the various features
referred to by the. Most Reverend
Archbishop were pointed out to them.
All were in admiration at the gran
deur and beauty of the magnificent
structure whose commanding site and
matchless grandeur entitle it to fore
most place among the ecclesiastical
structures on the American continent
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-08
VISIT TO new CATHEDRAL

CONVENTION ADJOURNED AND
DELEGATES WENT IN A BODY
TO THE NEW cATHEDRAL-THE
MOST REVEREND ARCHBISHOP
EXPLAINED THE SYMBOLISM OF
THE ESlGN-kNIGHTS IN AD-
MIRATIoN AT IT'S BEAUTY AND
SITE.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-08
HISTORY OF THE ORDER

BRIEF SKETCH OF THE FOUND
ING OF THE KNIGHTS OF CO.
LUMBUs PURPOSE AND
Observation-Disclosures oFFI-
GERS AND DIRECTORS ST.
PAUL COUNCIL, THE FIRST IN
THE WEsT-ITs PRESENT STA
TUs-SPEcIAL WORK OF THE
KNIGHTS FOR EDUCATION.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-08

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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-04-18

establishing of Moneys inno-
cence, but the prejudice some
people have against him because
he is member of labor union.
Men who know nothing about the
case, but who have strong senti~
ments against organized labor
take. it, for granted that Mooney
is guilty because Of his conpec-
tion with the labor movement.
As one man said the ether day
within our hearing: ''He ought
to be sent to jail on general prin-
ciples; not he alone but all union
men, ~.
Do you belong to this class of
thinkers 2 If you do not you will
sign a. petition for Fred MONEYS
pardon. It is the justice of his
case we appeal to our readers up
on, not the trade union phase of
it: Think of his wife and babies,
and come to the front. We need
you. We are morally certain
that a strong appeal from Du-
luth will get Mooney his freedom.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-04-18
CANADIAN UNIONS
KILL J|NCO ISSUE
Attempt to Dissolve Relations
With United States organi-
cations Is Frustrated,

QUEBEC, April 17.-LonE-he
and practical Canadian trade union
lists are winning their fight against a
rampant lingo. spirit n that would
separate dominion organized workers
from their fellows in the United
States by the establishment of "Cana-
dian unions ,...n
This theory had strong supporters
among Quebec workers, but the in
tclligent and aggressive stand of Can
adian bona fide unionists is slowly
bringing about change of sentiment
In favor of international unionism,
which has been strengthened in this
city because of gains made by the leg
itimate printing crafts unions and the
hostility of manufacturers to even the
Canadian Federation of Shoe Work
ers, whose members find themselves
helpless after two months strike.
and which is causin many of them to
favor the action of their Montreal as
scciates. who recently united with the
bona fide organization of Boot and
Shoe Workers, affiliated to the Amer
1can Federation of Labor.
The gains referred to above by the
printing crafts unions are most sub
stantial. The printing pressmen and
assistants now have enrolled IS per
cent of the eligible members, and
have just signed a five-years' contract
for the union shop, and an increase to
rressmen of SO per week and 81 pe1
week to feeders and assistants.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-04-18
SAFETY. ]. { |. WORK n |||||.K SAVES
many Nj | ME:N'sL|VES
Movement Inaugurated by State
z Bureau of Labor in 1909 for
r., > Safety Bears Fruit.
PSI KILLED in 1910; .
:. 115 LESS LAST YEAR
------y- -y-- IT
Serious Mishaps in Some Indus
tries Prevent Larger De-
-. creases. T..


= In 1910 there were PSI working
men killed in Minnesota industries.
In 1913 there were 1876 killed. This
is a decrease, according, to a report
just compiled by D. D. Lescohier of
the state labor department., Of 46
per cent in fatal accidents over the
year 1910. ~.
." Prof, Lescohier attributes the fall
ing off of fatal and serious accidents
in Minnesota: industries to the re-
markable safety work that is now be-
ing done, and which was inaugurated
by the state: bureau Of labor in 1909.
The list of fatalities in 1910 did not
include those that happened on the
railroads outside of the shops.
The large decline in fatal accidents
as shown by the department of labor
report does not fully reveal what has
been accomplished in accident pre-
vention. In agricultural pursuits IA
tai accidents which averaged from
II to l2 in 1910 jumped in 1913 to
FL. Little attention is given to safe
ty in this occupation
The railroad shop and mercantile
industries had in 1913 an unusual
series OF peculiar mishaps which in
creased the number of railroad shop
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-04-18


It is necessary, to offset the
tremendous Influence of these in
terests, for every friend Of Fred
Mooney in Duluth, and Of every
person who believes Mooney was
not given a fair deal, to join in
a petition for his pardon. Down
deep in our heart of hearts we
know that Fred Mooney had no
more to do with the dynamite
conspiracy than we ourselves
had. He is. assjnnocent Of the
crime as a child. ~
" If a petition for clemency is to
be made effective, prompt action
must be taken. We don't want a
person to sign the petition if he
has any. doubt about the matter.
The trial Of Fred Mooney was a
travesty upon justice, and every
unbiased man who is not class
prejudiced, and who knows any
thing about square deal in the
courts, admits it.
The hardest thing to overcome
in the whole matter. is not the
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-04-18
Declares Before Industrial Com
mission He Has Millions to
Crush Miners Union.
SOME MORE "DIVINE
RIGHT" PHILOSOPHY
Refused to Arbitrate Colorado
Coal Strike-Trusts Every
thing to Managers.

John D. Rockefeller, Jr., son of the
worlds richest man, testified Monday
before the House Mines Committee in
Washington about the question of his
moral responsibility for the industrial
strife which has kept the coal fields
Of southern Colorado in turmoil for
six months.
After more than four hours Of
cross-exa mination Rock efeller had
told the committee:
That he and three other directors
represented his fathers interest Of
about 40 per cent in the Colorado
Fuel and Iron company, the central
figure in the big coal strike.
That as a director he had fulfilled
all his interest and responsibility in
the company when he placed the Of
flcers, "competent and trusted men,
in charge of the company's affairs
That he knew nothing of conditions
in the strike district except from re-
ports of the officers of the company.
He "Protects'' ''Free'' Labor.
That the strike had become a fight
for the 'principles'' of freedom OF
labor, and that he and his associates
would rather the present violence
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-04-18
DO YOU BELIEVE IN M0ONEY'S INNOCENCE?
IF YOU DO, SIGN PETITION EOR HIS PARDON
No
Chance At
j. His Hard to Fight For-And Union Associations Take
Active IA.
Every person in Duluth who

Every person in Duluth who
believes in : the innocence of
Fred Mooney the Duluth iron
worker who. was convicted in the
dynamite conspiracy case at In
dianapolis, is requested to sign a
petition to- the President of the
United States asking 70 an un-
conditional pardon for him. The
petition is at the office of The
Labor World. If you have not
the time to call at this office will
you not write a letter to the
President? 10
This is a peculiar case. 1t is
said that the members of the Ma
tional Association of Manufact-
urers are flooding the mails with
letters asking the members of
Congress not to interfere in be-
half of the petitioners for a par
don. The real prosecutors of the
case against Mooney and his COL
leagues were the anti-union 'asso-
citation of employers, and not the
government of the United States.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-04-18

year they get a rake off Of $275,ooo,-
900. Now what do they give in return
for that? Nothing-absolutely moth
ing-they can't, as landowners, give
anything; when they do anything
they become producers; as landown-
ers they merely. hold title" =! -
Close attention was given Cassidy
as he made this little speech. Every
one seemed to be impressed but An
drews, and possibly he was, but his
question that followed didn't indi-
cate 1t. >.=e.+'
Don't you think landowners are
entitled to fair return on their In
vestments?" he asked.
For what?" inquired Cassidy.
For their enterprise; d man who
buys a piece Of land and puts up a
building on it is certainly.
I'm not talking about his putting
a building" interrupted Cassidy I'm
referring to a landowner merely as
an owner of land. AS q builder a man
renders service, but what service
does he render as a landowner?"
Ridiculous Position Taken.
well, he furnishes the land,
doesn't hep rs,,ss2, ,sss.s,s f..
mot in a million years." shot back
Cassidy, "the land was furnished be-
fore he was born and 1t will be here
long time after he's dead 25
Well, anyway, he bought it and
had the foresight, possibly. to make a,
good investment; isn't he entitled to
a return for that? ss3$.
You will have to hand 1t to Cassidy
for keeping his temper; he went back
at Andrews as unconcerned as Il he
had been handed franchise in the
Federal league. Every one else looked
Is IL he was satisfied Andrew had an
ivory top-piece. .s , .s9 5s79s
do you think the community
ought TO be grateful 4 to & land downers
tbecauSe they had foresight enough TO
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-04-18
.C0PPERSTR|K'[ WAS
G:AMEST ||vH|ST0RY
~Erf-- - - : = - - = -
No Men Ever Fought Harder For
Industrial Liberty-Less
Than 5000 Desertions. II
5000 MEN LEFT TO ..
DECLARE STRIKE OFF
Over 5000 Left District to Find
Work Elsewhere-Some De- ].
mands Were Granted.

The gamest bunch of workn1en who
ever fought a labor battle in America
voted Sunday to- call the Michigan
copper strike off and return to work.
The newspapers had been announcing
ever since the strike was called that
the men were quitting the union and
''hurrying back to work" The big
referendum vote taken Sunday indi-
Gates that there were 4,740 brave and
courageous miners who stuck" to
the last. =
When the strike was called $4,000
men walked out. 1t is said that 5000
left the country to seek work else
where, 5000 stood pat at home, While
5000 either returned to work or
per country. No great strike In the
United States had fewer deserters.
OF course the men are not going
back to work with their heads erect.
The, mine managers say they will give
employment to all men who did not
take part in violating the law, which
probably also means that those who
were, active as union officials and
CUHllA1tLOcul0H Will LOS Ny
being refused employment. The
hardest exaction is that every person
returning to the mine must surrender
his membership in the. Western Feds
Grafton of Miners.
The strike was by no means lost.
The Western Federation of Miners
may be kept out of the copper coun-.
try for a time. but it will be back
again. If it does not return some
other: organization of miners will be
there, for labor must organize or be
crushed entirely. When the men went
out on strike they worked the 10-hour
day. They will now work only eight
hours; wages have been Increased and
the men will be given one day a week
in which they may state. their griev-
. Atano time before the strike was it
safe Tor dissatisfied semploye. or
.any maj will, a -griexance to. make
complaint to the mine manager If
he did his name would: be quickly
stricken from the payroll. It may be
better In the future: but it will never
be wholesome for the workmen un-
, less they have a we'll organized union
to stand at their backs. -. ~ s
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-04-18
JUST A THOUGHT OR TWO ABOUT THE CLOSED
j SHOP THAT Is THE REAL MENACE TO DULUTH

and maintain a minimum wage. This
cannot be done save through the
union shop, which cannot be insti-
tuted or maintained except through
collective bargaining with employeds.
The union shop is not the closed
shop, for the union shop is open to all
workingmen at any given trade, but
this cannot be said of the land, for
landlordism has closed it to the poor.
Building managers associations
seek to deny trade unions the right
collective bargaining with employers.
that may insure to the workers liv-
ing wages and better working condi-
tions,; but it's members arbitrarily
force upon all rental conditions that
are almost unbearable, and they have
the power to do so for they have the
one closed shop that is most TO- be
feared; and which is by far the great
est menace TO the cfty OF ar the
menaces. with =Nhich Duluth is, cursed,
Fixes Minimum Rent. /. ~
Let us see, how it works, Next to
the Labor World is an unoccupied
office. Entrance cannot be had to-
this office except through The Labor
World or Martin Brothers, our office
neighbors. Naturally il the room is
to be rented it must be to some per-,
son satisfactory to either The Labor
World or Martin Brothers. This Of
flee has, been vacant for"more than a
year. The rental rate in the Manhat-
tan building has been fixed on a
square foot basis. The minimum rent
is fixed, just as the unions fix the
minimum wage. The office in dues-
tion is held at rental of $40 a month
So far no one has shown up who is
willing to pay the price because he
can not get direct entrance to the Of
flee from the hall. ..
The Labor World found tenant
who was willing to pay $500 a month
for desk room in the vacant office un-
til it could be regularly rented That
tenant was the Typographical union.
The, manager Of the building refused
to rent the room for any purpose un-
less he got his price," So it still
remains vacant
There is this difference between tho
ro~<}rroIa m H1>~n n
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-04-18
EMPLOYER TO TEST
c|'0||N|P'E|.N|SIAT| i ION ACT
Ohio Concern Contends That New
Principle Takes Property
Without Due Process. -

%s< COLUMBUS, Ohio, April ! I .-1The
sfcurteenth. amendment to the federal
constitution Is once more being brush
ed up for use,. this time by the JET
frey Manufacturing company's' attor-
neys in their attack on the Ohio
workmen's compensation act, which,
the attorneys declare, deprives it's
clients Of liberty, property, and other
things that the amendment refers to-.
The company was recently assessed
damages to the amount of $4,000 in
the case of an injured employe. In
the trial ;the company was denied the
right to, plead the common law de-
fenses of "contributory negligence" !"
assumption Of risk and the fellow
servant rule because it had not paid
its premiums into the state compen-
sstion fund. ''''
In the laws application only those
employers which employ five or more
workmen are entitled to the provi-
sions of the act, and the company
s:,ieges that equal protection of the
Ia W. to all persons is abridged. ''
While the suit is brought under the
old voluntary compensation law, a
holding Of 1t as. unconstitutional
would serve, by implication, to hold
the present law unconstitutional, it is
said, as both laws apply only to en-
p.oyers with five or more persons en-
ployed. T.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-04-18
1PLOYERSPUlL1N WAGONAS WORKNlEN THEY EMPLOY

here,' said Cassidy, answering my
question:; there Is a, good future in
Toledo. No better opportunity any
where than I have looked over here
the past two days"
"Mr. Cassidy is a. land speculator,'' -
informed the others, ''he can scent a
rise in land values 10 years Off"
I'm glad the currency bill has
passed." said Cassidy, changing the
Il guess everybody iz:' I agreed.
THE money situation ought ia
loosen up now," observed LanEdon.s
1T isn't more money we need 50
much as more capital" said Andrews.
We looked at Andrews. Cassidy
looked him over as he remarked. You
made distinction there, old man
that few are wise to; wonder IL you
are. What is capital, and what Is
money!"
Cassidy had started something.
Andrews seemed confident. "Why
money is wealth." he repli ed, flickine
the ash from his cigar, 'and capital i,
Investments
T. What Is Wealth: -.
my friend" said Cassidy, IT am
sorry to say you amt within 40 miles
Of being right. And If its any conso.
lation you have lots Of company. You
are only one Of thousands Of busines.
men who have never Studied econo.
mics; you probably don't. even know
what the term mean4. If you pardon
me I'll tell you what wealth is, and
what tho factors Of production are
and what the factors of production
are, and also what money is. I'm q
wise guy: IA ..~ - ~
We all laughed. :. :zzs ~lA
II would as soon learn something In
a parlor car as anywhere else.'' SAID
Andrews, ''go ahead" s. 80 :t..,s (
Some Of the things 1 tell you.'
continued Cassidy, you already know
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-04-18
PAINT TERS WINNING
UNION SHOP STRIKE
All But Five Firms Employ
Union Men-Others May .
Yield Soon.
Nor WON CONCERNS
MhVREArEF BOYCOTT
Union VI taliate By Ask
ing courts;v s f*ect Con-
tracts With ~ >>bor.

The Painters union Is mr. hg short
work of it's strike for union shop
agreement with the master painters.
AS we 90 to press the union has sign
ed agreements with thirteen firms of
painters and satisfactory verbal agree
ments have been made with seven
others. Only five shops are still out.
The master painters are not getting
the support from the business inter-
ests that was given during the 1907
lockout. Merchants who are having
their regular spring cleanup, instea d
Ct giving their jobs, to. non-union
firms, are having members of the
union do their work.
It is said that two master painters
who stubbornly opposed the union en-
deavored to have one of the banks
discharge union painters who were
employed by the day in painting the
bank building. These men were get
ting better than union wages, were
working union hours and were doing
satisfactory work. The bank officials
refused to discharge the men. Six
years ago it is said that the banks
threatened to cut off the credit OF
union. Times have changed since
then.
Only five important firms refuse
to make an agreement with the union
These are H. A. Hall & Co., John
Hogan & Co., T. III. Hedeen. F. A
Thorwall and Leslie Code, a former
business agent of the union. 1t is
said that representatives of two OF
the above firms are threatening the
rltaster painters who have settled
with the union that they will be boy.
cotted by all architects and rea
estate agents for employing union
painters.
The union men on the other hand
declare that If the firms which have
made verbal agreements with the un.
ion are Disseminated against they
will so into court and ask for an in.
junction restraining. the non-unton
employers from interferfngswfth tfefl
contract relations with their employ.
ers. There is plenty of precedent fol
this, but it is all on the other side
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-04-18

get title to land for which people
have to pay them for permission to
live on ~ queried Cassidy. Let me
put what amounts to the same thing
in another way. In principle slave
owning and land@owning are about \
tie. Should ! the slave shake hands
with himself because his owner had
foresight enough. to invest in him p
HE might have gotten a worse
master and have a harder: time Of it. :"
"Oh, yes, suppose that here and
there you might pick out a slave
owner with a heart as big as a two
dollar4 bilE" went / on Cassidy. "but
we're discussing ! the institutions Of
slavery, and OF land-ownership; insti-
tutions haveSn no hearts, and no souls
Just score cards." ~; %>I
THAT sounds like WISDOM put in
one Of the standing audience. my
dad owns some farm lands out in
Iowa that he rents to tenants he
never saw" 3,.s.a :
5.s, Rats in Granary.
''He is about, as much use to them
as rat is to a granary." added Cas-.
sidy, amid laughter. I'm in on the
same graft; 7 have been a parasite for
20 years; and there are, thousands OF
others in the game. We run no risks
as ca pitalists do; we carry no fire In
surance, we have to employ no night
watchmen, We bother. about, no fire
kextinguishers the Cold weather
doesn't affect ua, wes don't have to
heat our property. nor is it affected
BY damp weather: We have nothing to
rrst NE don't have Ia nainf nr re-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-04-18

as well as you know Monday Is wash
day, but you amt hep to their con-
nections. I'll tell the whole story.
anyway, for fear of cutting something
you amt next to- :,
'rd rather you would do that"
said Andrews
"The factors of production," went
on Cassidy, ARE land, labor and capt.
tai: together they produce things
which satisfy human wants-like food,
clothing and shelter, which in the pos
session of people who use them are
wealth: In the possession of dealers
they are capital. An automobile used
for. hire Is capital; when used for
pleasure it is wealth. Money is O. med
ium of exchange. Without it or some
thing to take its place, like notes, or
checks, man who makes shoes
would have to find some one who
wants shoes and will give him what
he wants in exchange. You can i'm
agine what fierce time we'd have if
we had to find some one who has what
we want and wants to swap it fol.
what we have. When you trade a
thing for money the deal is only half
complete-you have TO spend the
money to complete it. Your hunch
was not 50 bad. but you. were in
wrong. Do you get me?'' . r>....
Capital Il Product of Labor.
II heard what you said,", replied
Andrews. but you didn't say what in
vestments are. Suppose buy stocks
or bonds; amt that capital?" = .
Mix. Capital is product OF labor:
stocks or bonds are merely titles"
We'll, I'll be hanged If I can see
the difference" returned Andrews.
Il can see that plain enough" nut
in Langdon;; # I were running gar
age and man called up for a. ma
chine, #, would make q lot Of differ.
ence whether sent him q Limousine
carsor ~ mortgage On one