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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-06-20
COMMIT c |. ] NNT.TE|E | |: | PLANS |
CONVENTION | \ BALL
Local Organized Labor to Give
Big Dance At Fairmont Park
:. =** = j July 8. a-..:.$.5 a..

The committee having in charge the
arrangements for the convention OF
the Minnesota State Federation Of La
rbor to be he1d II Duluth one month:
from today decided at 6 meeting held
last evening to- give a dance at the
Union Labor pavflio on. Fairmont park,
July 9. The proceeds ofast4,ea dance
will be used in the entertainment Of
the delegates attending the conven-
ton. ~ - ss ~. ys.$s s.$zss :5a gs
The committee has met with a fair
degree of success in soliciting funds
to defray the expenses Of entertain
ment. Contributions have been re-
ceived from several organizations or
merchants, from trade unions and
from the proceeds of a dance given at
the Armory during the winter. There
lis, however, consid derable amount to
be raised to enable the committee to
give the kind Of entertainment ex-
pected from Duluth organization. It
is up to the people Of Duluth to
patronize the dance literally. Tickets
will be sold at SO cents each. They
may be procured from the following
members: Henry Pereault, A.. G.. Cat
lin, Peter Schaefer, Fred Barnard, w.
j. butcher and w. E. McEwen.
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lMACH||VST|s [ ARE /
WINNING STRIKE


! The International Association Of
Machinists is meeting with excellent
support, in its strike for better con-.
ditions against the Universal Bottle
Washing Machine CO., Twelfth and
Marentette streets. s s. ;s#
The company. which depends for
the. most part op the patronage. of
breweries, is not able to ship out its
machines and the breweries are ship
ping machines back to the firm. ac-s
cording to the strike leaders.
X This strike which began almost
three weeks ago, was called because
the company refused to treat with
the men regarding the hours, wages
and alleged discriminations. It has
declared an open shop.
The Turner Carriage Co, which was
notified the first day Of the strike by
Business Agent Mitchell Of the I. A.
NJ, that strike was on. continues
to move machinery and castings. even
though requested to refrain from
handling the Universal goods
Business Agent Mitchell agreed that
the machinists would insist on the
Turner people doing the carriage after
the strike If only this concern would
stand by the men in their time OF
trouble. k n. Is5z. ii 81. e S.
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CAND|DA7ESFOR
OFFICE QU|zZED
Politicians Must Express Their
Opinions Or Lose All Hope Of :
Being Elected.

California politicians will be close
ly quizzed by the organized workers
of that state as to their position on
various measures in which the work
ers are interested.
Among the questions which the Of
flee seekers will be called upon to an
swer are the following:
Do you favor the initiative and re-
ferndum?
Do you favor the recall of Judges?
Do you favor an extension of the
Chinese exclusion act so as to ex-
clude all Asiatics?
Do you favor the literacy test for
all immigrants.
Do you favor stringent State regu-
lation of private detectives and pri-
vate armed guards?
Do you favor protective legis alton
for those engaged in the manufacture
and handling Of Portland cement?
Do you believe that the State
should provide work for residents
during periods of general unemploy-
ment?
Do you favor a State constitutional |
amendment to regulate and limit the
practice Of courts to declare laws nu-
constitutional?
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-06-20
.DEBS DELIVERS TALK
TO A PACKED HOUSE
Socialist Apostle At His Best In
Speech Last %'ey Night
At Auo> ~ j.
SOCIALIST PARTY x$\
FOR THE W. @A%>S
--- q g
The Only Political Party W.
Aids Workmen on Strike =
Says Debs.
SOCIALIST PARTY $%.
FOR THE W. y

Before an enthusiastic audience of
close to $500 people, Eugene V. Debs
of Terre Haute,. delivered a most
striking. miners in Colorado and the
socialist movement, of which he Is
recognized as Americas most forcible
exponent, last Monday night at the
Auditorium. To the discredit of
the Duluth dailies very little notice
was given to the reading public Of
this meeting.
When MIR. Debs entered the hail
he was greeted with a rising cheer
from the audience, which lasted fully
five minutes.
Debs Introduced.
w. E. Towne the socialist candidate
for congressman at the primary cleo
tion acted as chairman and introduce
ed the speaker as "the most loved and
the most hated man in the United
States
In opening his address, Mr.. Debs
pointed out the evolution in. society,
stating that never in the worlds
history has their been self govern
ing people. Aristocracy, monarchy
and republic have all been governed
by a minority. The working class has
always been in some form Of slavery
or servitude."
"Capitalism," he declared, must
be abolished" before real democracy
can be realized. Lawrence, Patter-
son, Little Falls, Calumet and Lud-
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DULUTH AND SUPERIOR, JUNE 90 1914


In a survey Of commission gov
erned cities, Mr.. Bruere Of the
bureau of municipal research and
the present comptroller Of New
York City, said that underlying
all public improvement activities
in progressive city management
is comprehensive city planning :
s City. planning involves public
hygiene and sanitation, housing,
municipal art and design, parks,
Fairgrounds, social centers, ETC.,
city Identification, transportation
problems and education. : 4 =.
O. City planning according to F.
c. Howe, ''extends further" than
this. ut protests, says Mr..
Howe, ''against ugliness, against
discomfort, against dirt and dis
ease" -, ::
1T means the control of prop
erty in the interests Of humanity.
1t means planning cities for peo-
pie to live in as well as to work
in. " '-r
One thing of interest to which
The Labor World draws the at
tention of it's readers in the plans
for the. Identification of Duluth
and Superior is the work of art
and beauty along the rights,of-
way Of railroad companies. What
a contrast we have; between the
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lawns that are. being developed
by some Of our citizens Y near
Fond du Lac, and the muddy
cess-poo]s Of putrid and greasy
water just across the way or with
only a beautiful barbed wire
fence stretched between, possibly.
to prevent the lawn from iintrud-
ing. Then there are those pic
turesqre=piles Of old and rotting
ties or the scented fumes Of burn
ing tie piles 60 ward off mos
quitos, so as tnot to annoy the
passengers?) ,.554... azss>. 4 }8:&
Many citizens are watching
with the deepestsconcern for the
decision of the interstate com
merce commission, insehopes that
a possible increase Of. revenue
will bring in. sufficient returns to
warrant a clean-up on the right
of-way.' *." ,
European Cities at Work, p: a
recent publication of r. C. Howe,
has a most interesting chapter on
city planning il Germany: AS a
contrast between the policies
adopted by German and Ameri-
can cities, let ussquote Mr.. Howe !:
when a city undertakes a
harbor project, the railway ad-
ministration co-operates Gin the
U. s.. they issue injunctions Ed, J
with it. There is no conflict be-
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also imported several macnfne guns,
one OF the most modern instruments
Of death. This particular gun shoots
.250 shots a minute and has a range
of two miles. The jobs Of these gun.
men depend upon violence. II there
was no violence during the strike
there woulG be no use for a thou
sand gunmen and 80 the gunmen
started a%reign Of terror for the ex-
press purpose of holding their Jobs
and making the operators believe
that their services were required In
combating the miners. In spite Of
this, the strike went on very peace
fully for while, and the gunner
were afraid they would lose their Jobs
If 1t continued In that way, 40 they
took their armored automobile to the
little tent city Of Forbes. Colo. One
day, and turned a deadly machine
guns loose on that little camp, COM
.pletely riddling every tent In that:
little city. Al 81 g A! A!
Miners Helpless. .s
The miners were absolutely help
less they had. no guns and were
unable to defend themselves and
their families They knew what II
was done for. They knew that the
company guards wanted anarchy TO.
exist 80 that they could better earn
their pay. The guards wounded d
boy 16 years OF age, shoot ting him
nine times In the legs and making.
him q cripple for II fe, an q Killed one
man IN this attack was one Of the.
first attacks Ia Colorado shall
never forget loo king upon the face
sof that martyr to- our cause ~ he lay
In the mo rgue at Trinid d, at, q. 1 90 e
looked at him, stretchsd stark and
cold sonsa r0agh II ma ne slab lin thStI
dismal y liouaeS ofs u Ron of
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tween ,'e e the CITY ana an railway over g 4
s1reets, statlons or terminals. III Y
tSoGhtrasI, ! tnls with superior rs s
lige q =, me belknap yladuct: ano. 9
-, nMe 300 lime cfosslng-E'd.) ssh
ne . fallWay AZ VI : IS NOT an eye-sore,
G sGulce -, s . ahnoyahce' alrt ana
sinoAS; s,1 :, = = pdr' = ~ nc sly =.
p4aa' .p,' . s,,ss @s.z s.;
!. io quote further, IN order to
point TO possibilities sfs1 for both Du- -)'
luth and [lt1 Superior, where hldeous
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uHO[Ds
HEARINGS Il. s0N|sT|OREs ] |.
Average, Wage IN New York De.
partment Stores Less Than
81 per Week.
OWNERS ARE OPPOSED
s558 TO LABOR UNIONS
Department Store Managers OPP
posed to Organizing the
Retail Clerks.

The average wage of department
store workers in New York is less
than 81 a week. sss
This fact was established as the
result OF an investigation based on
conditions in seventeen department
stores. The. investigation was con-
Quoted by Miss Gertrude Beeks who
is the director of the Welfare Work
department Of the National Civic fed
Grafton, and was Instituted by and !
paid for by the department stores
themselves, through the Retail Dry
Goods association.
Miss Beeks told the commission she
did not see how it was possible for
any one to live in decency on SAL:
ary of less than So and declared she
favored law fixing this amount as
the minimum wage for workers in
the stores. 7ss 81
When asked if. she considered the
department store owners hostile to
the organization of their employees,
the witness managed to avoid making
a direct answer, taking noncommtt-
tai position.
( Among the witnesses were also
such magnates of the department
store world as HI. G. Blomingdale.
Jacob Gimbel, P. r. Lynn, general
manager Of the John Wanamaker
company, and Louis Stewart, who, be-
sides being. the general manager Of
James McCreery & Co., is also the
general adviser to the thirty stores,
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the coal camps Of Colorado, who had
successfully intimidated the miners
for years, but, on the first day OF that
strike, 95 per cent of the coal min
ers In the state of Colorado laid
down their tools, and they propose
never to take them up again unless
they can do so as members of the
United Mine Workers Of America. Nj
+ - Miners Are HerOs. !;;5
: I shall never forget, as long as 7
live, the first day of that strike. It
was a miserable day, snow, sleet and
rain falling, and yet at every coal
company town, as L was making the
rounds in the various camps that day,
T saw wagon after wagon Of miners
and their families coming out: Of the
company huts, half starved and half
frozen, but with "a light in their eyes
that betokened the dawn OF a brighter
day, satisfied to make any sacrifice
that some semblance OF liberty might
be their portion. Iii 5i.5 II 81. IL
Il The political poWef Of the state Of
Colorado Is owned by Rockefeller and
associates. and constitutional govern
ment Is q myth In Colorado. "a state
Of practical anarchy exists, and the
miners suffered keenly FOR years, url j
til patience finally ceased to b be q
virtue. and out Of all this suffering
and all this op preston the present
war Tor that IS what It is) has re
suited. II q. BE-; 5o
At the beginning OF this strike, and.
even at the present time, thousands;
,of paid gunmen are In idence. .A
great many OF them Joined the militia,
opposed to be an organizati ton to pre-
serve tho peace and enforce the law
limpartia bet cen 81 81 elasses 81
citizens
sS These .cpi1np anie al Colorado
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0SSsj|A|YS||P|'|'|R'|O||PE|R'|TY ] ] P|'| [. | J ! | |
OWNERS. VI 4: ]. must PAY
Commissioner Objects to Bonding
the City to Benefit a Small
=. - -, !. Faction.

5"As long as4-Is am commissioner, L
will never vote FOR a bond issue to
finance improYennen ents that. should be
borne by owners s1of property bene-
fitted by them. ,sf #
Commission pess yesterday made
this statement IL. .honne elton with the
attitude Of1 seVerakaNew eDuluthians
who urged a bond issue at the meet
ing of the council Monday when they
appeared to seek an order of the
council for paving the road to New
Duluth. .5%E~ M i.
1T is not fair" Commissioner Voss
said. eff the bonds are issued, every
taxpayer in the city will be Obliged
to pay his; share Of the cost of. an
Improvement that does not benefit
him in the least. It is not unreasonab BILE
that those who benefit by it should
pay"
''If we issued bonds in this case,'''
he added, where could we draw the
line. Other sections would demand
the same procedure and refusal would
result in criticism. The New Duluth
road could be built half-width until
such a time as funds for it's compile
tion could be raised. Such. plan
certainly would not prove a burden
on the owners :" -. + s ~
Another alternative offered provid-
ed for the direction of the work. by
the council without petition from the
property owners, the cost to be as
sessed against the. latter. Voss' OBJ
lection to this, was that, within SO
days, a renonstrance of rs per cent
of the owners could halt the improve
ment. This is a provision of the
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declared a strike of all the coal min
ers in the state. Of Colorado, the
strike to begin on Sept. %, 1913. I'M
"a, : The Miners Demands.
j. The following are the demands of
the Colorado miners: y .
First. We demand recognition OF
the union s+. III. H., "% E.,.5Ss
Second. We demand 10 per cent
advance in wages on the tonnage
rates and day wage SCALE practically
81 accord with the Wyoming day
wage scale. 55 # #a.- So. 4
Third. We demand an eight hour
work day for all classes Of labor in
or around the coal mines and at coke
ovens. Estate law but not enforced. )
Fourth. We demand pay for ali
narrow work. which includes brush
ing, tim bering, removing falls. hand
ling i'm pur1ties,> etc. 5.. s .s
Fifth. We demand checkweighmen
at all mines to be elected by the min
.es without any Interference by
company officials. in said election.
Estate law but not emf forced.) E
Sixth. We demand the right 4 to
trade ID any store we. please, and the
right to choose our own boarding
place and our own doctor. estate
law but not enforced.) u
Seventh. We demand the enforce
.nent tfof the Colorado mining laws
and the abol lition of the notorious
.andscriminal guard system which has
prevailed In the mining camps OF
Colorado for many years. Estate law
but not enforced.) d
The ope orators said. through their
subsi lied press, that only 10 per
Gent OF the miners OF Colorado ID would
respond TO the strike call. tsls They
thought that was sSStrue because II hey llt,s
l1unsl i 1l 4 pai GUNNER. in ail
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CARL | | | PERSON ( ! I Gains | | l |!
F|R|E|::E|:D'|0.||N|..O||N||.B'O |.
IS. s : 1--- - - ~ '-3:.
Labor Editor, Who Faces Trial
for Murder Gained His Lib
erty on Bail.
COURTS OF DE WITT asst
...5 COUNTY 4: ARE FEARED
Labor Leaders Fear Prejudice
Would Hang the Accused
Editor from Clinton.

s3 CHICAGO, June 19. Carl Person,
the labor editor, who faces trial for
murder in Clinton, ILL.,, and federal
Indictment in Spring gfield, has gained
his liberty on bail. Judge Charles
M. Walker in the circuit court accep-
ted $120,O0) worth Of suretiesa pledg-
ed by Mrs. Jane Comerford and
Frank Shind berg for the required
$12. 900 bond. Dbl. Il. ss:.z s.z&S
The proceeding has been closely
followed by attorneys all over the:
state, who realize that the action Of
the Cook county court is without.
precedent in the legal records OF
Illinois. 1t is declared the first time
that a prisoner, denied a writ. of
habeas corpus in any of the country
district has been liberated on bail
by court 200 miles away.
Reyerses Customary Procedure.
d Attorney Frank Comerford for the
defense also reversed the customary
procedure when instead of subpoena
ing witnesses for the defense he sub
poenaed all 3 of the states witnesses
and won the appeal for bail on the
testimony on which the prosecution
T44OPCS ~ iOOAVANI. iSs liz &AOAi16t ~ SOAAI
erford came . into possession of a
astenograp phic record Of the states en-
tire case. 55,sf6 B. s as...
5 IL reviewing the evidence Judge
Walker declared the testimony indi-
Gated that Person had been lured
from his office and assaulted by a.
man who had to have him pointed
out. States Attorney /. o. Williams
and Lott Herrick OF Dewitt ounty
$contended that Person had not taken
advantage of the chance to get away
from his 5assailant, as he should have
done. II Il ..sEsS- ..ss-S- ilss5* lg a5 III ss s
Labor Leader In Conrt. %s.
John C. Flora, John Fitzpatrick.
president Of the Chicago Federation
.sof labor, and other labor sleareds were
IN, court. They declared that al
though the evidence indicated that
Person killed Tony 8 Musser in de-
tense ::of. his lifess heced diteTs ol1ld be
hanged II. tried in Dewitt county,
which they charac acterized as "a nest
OF: prejudice, owned body and soul
blythe Illinois Central. 5a.s
Person and Comerford left for
Centralia, III, where q demonstration
has been arranged >by the coal miners
of central Illinois. Person said that
he intends to- return to Clinton and
the editorship Of his labor paper to
renew the war Of publicity against
the crimes of the Illinois Central
railway .sit .rss.5sSS.3 sa.sS s@#>5 5*s5. .
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us that we owe 1t to our respective
Interests, as well as the general pub
lie, to make every honest endeavor
to adjust our, differences in an en-
lightened manner. >s.s VII 1. y
Let us meet now as friends and
proceed to settle this entire con-
troversy, with honor to ourselves,
with credit, to our people and with
faith in each other, ,..g:.%.*,r /. -
H. Request Ignored. H.. =, ::
After waiting reasonable length
Of time, and receiving no answer to
this very fair request, the miners OF
Colorado became insistent that some
thing be done, and that their griev-
ances be heard, and so answering the
voice of the miners of Colorado, we
decided to call a convention of all
the mine workers in that state, and
we also decided to again invite the
coal operators of that state to meet
with us in conference and to attend
that convention, and so, on Sept. 8,
We wnote them in part, as follows:
s. I'VE are making this last endeavor
to settle our differences peacefully,
with the hope OF preventing q strike.
II you will kindly meet with us we
feel sure that we can adjust all points
at issue between our respective In
terests IN q satisfactory manner"
The operators again did not even
give us the courtesy Of q reply, and
not q single operator attended that
convention. The convention, how
ever. was the largest attended con-
vention Of coal miners ever held in
the state Of Colorado. And 50, after
seeing all plans to have their griev,-.
ances ed justed in a peaceful way had
failed, the dorado miners. them-
selves, IN convention assembled. out-
& lined 1I J. Y. pared scale M
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SENATE SEEKS TO.
DELAY i! CLAYTON A BILL
Senator Kern Believe Senate Will
= Concur in Labor Provisions
-. In Clayton Bill.

WASHINGTON June 1.-THE
looking to President Wilson for guild
5ance in ding the program Of anti
trust legislation. . 1sss, . 1.s. AZ. J. s. I.
u, u, Despite the. Presidents statement
that he believes it to be the duty of
Congress to remain in session until
the legislation, embodied in, the
House bills, is enacted, Senate leaders
are hoping for an agreement that will
bring about an early adjournment. .
The trust program In the Senate
will be arranged upon the passage of
the tolls repeal bill. Senate leaders
will then confer with the President
and ascertain just what he wants
done with the trust bills. He will be
strongly adviced to let the Clayton
bill, which contains the labor exemp-
ton provision and other controverted
questions, go: over until December
If the President insists upon the
passage of the three bills, either sepa-
rately or under one cover, the Senate
leaders will return to the task pre-
pared to stay in Washington until
September Is, or even later. =
I Senator Kern Of Indiana, the Dem
ocrfatic leader, indicated today that
the Senate would undoubtedly con-
cur in the labor provisions. Of the
Clayton bill or amendments of like
import. The administration will
stand pat in support Of the labor pro-
visions as they are adopted by the
House, and will not, it is understood
consent to any substantive changes
blythe Senate .--Es-
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BY FRANK j. HAYES.


The Colorado strike, without doubt,
is the greatest Industrial conflict ever
waged by any body Of men in this
North American continent. It is not
only a fight for industrial justice, but
it is fight for the civil rights of
the people of Colorado, as we'll.
{. I was assigned to Colorado by the
president of our national union, Last
July, for the purpose of endeavoring
to establish our organization in that
state, and for the purpose of being
helpful in bringing about a settle
ment Of the strike in northern Colo
RADIO that had been In existence for
almost four years.
did not go to Colorado for the
purpose of fomenting trouble or
bringing on an unnecessary strike,
but, rather, with the thought of
working out satisfactory settlement
in the northern part Of the state and
with the hope of organizing the
miners in the southern part, and
seeking a joint conference with the
operators and a fair adjustment Of
the many grievances Of the miners
without resorting to a strike. +
il And so, our first endeavor was to
try and secure conference with the
coal operators of Colorado, and, in
accord with this policy, we addressed
81 letter to every. coal operator in
that state, inviting them to meet with
the representatives of our union in
Joint conference for the purpose OF
adjusting all the grievances COM
planned of by the Colorado miners.
And, so on Aug. rs, 1913, we wrote
them in part, as follows: sH
We are no more desirous Of a
strike th an YOU are and It seems to