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The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-06-24
INJUNCTION REFUSED UNION VIEWS UPHELD

Stockton. Cal.-This city secured
much publicity last year because OF
an attempt by the Merchants and
Manufacturers association to disrupt
the trade union movement, and now II
is again in the limelight because of the
refusal of the superior court of this
country to issue an anti-boycott in-
junction against the Building Trades
Council and the Material Teamsters'
union.
In view of last years events and
the antagonistic union sentiment de-
veloped at that time, the decision is
a remarkable one, and again proves
the value of agitation and education
by workers in the securement of rights
to patronize whom they will
While the court believes it has the
right to issue injunctions even in
cases covered by state and city police
laws, it makes the interesting ruling
that there is no such thing as a Sec
ondary boycott" a theory elaborately
defended and explained by ex-Presi-
dent Taft and non-union associations.
The court insists that "the legality of
the secondary boycott is vigorously
denied by the English courts and the
courts of many of the states of this
Union"
The California state supreme court
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-06-24

Twin Falls, Ida.-Harry w. Fulton
Boise, and George E. Hill, Rigby
members of the minimum wage com
mission, visited Twin Falls, the FIRST
of the week gathering data to present
to the next legislature, and experience
ed difficulties at once. The first en-
counter was the refusal of nearly all
the employers to meet the commission
in the Commercial club, compelling
the commission to visit each of the
many institutions employing women
in order to secure necessary informa-
tion from employers. The second was
the refusal of employers to fill out
blanks asking the wages received, the
hours worked, living expenses and
other information necessary for the
commissions report and recommends
tions.
1t is amazing" stated Mr.. Fulton.
because the employees are cutting
their own throats in refusing us this
information, their reason probably be-
ing fear of losing their positions"
The commission left Monday night
for PocSsello, stating they had pro-
fitted by difficulties experienced here
and would resort to drastic measures
if met by the same obstacles in other
places.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-06-24

San Francisco.-The Evening Bull
letin makes this comment on the Law
son verdict:
Cranky Hillyer, judge of the spe-
cially-created court which tried Law
son, went to the bench directly from
the employ of Lawson's bitter enc
mics. te coal companies. As a coal
company attorney he had helped to
manufacture cases against some of the
indicted miners. The jury which he
allowed to serve in the Lawson case
consisted of coal company retainers
hand-picked by coal company
seriff."
mo one said that Lawson killed
anybody. He was charged with muir
der because he was head of the miners
union and because, in a clash between
the miners and the mine guards, a
guard named John Nimmo had been
killed by bullet from some miners
rife. If the miners. instead of the
mine owners, had been in control
of the legal machinery of Las Animas
county. the heads of the coal COM
panies, OH even the RockefellerS,
might have been indicted and the case
would have been no more absurd.
Eleven members of the Lawson
jury wanted him hanged. He was let
off with life imprisonment because one
juryman gagged at the death penalty.
Unless the higher courts intervene,
Lawson and those of his companions
who are most unpopular with the coal
companies will spend the rest Of their
lives in prison. The influence of this
raw capitalists anarchy in sweetening
the relations of capital and labor the
country over may be left to the inn
agination."
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-06-24

organization That is what they have
said, And what is the essential diff
ference, whether they say that to the
employer or against whom this strike
takes place, or whether they solicit
men on the street to do that very
same thing? Essentially say there is
no difference between them. They are
acts which they have right to do
individually and collectively and they
are done for ends which are justtif-
able, which are legal"
The strike started April 2. 1t in
wolves brewery workers, engineers,
hremen and machinists. The workers
asked that former contracts be renew
ed, with the added provision that work
shall be equalized in times of business
depression. Last November the COM
panies discharged fifty-one active
trade unionists, and the proviso was
intended to check this unfairness.
Later the companies demanded that
chief engineers withdraw from the
Steam Engineers union. The strikers
have presented their cause to the pub
lie in vigorous manner and are con-
tident of final victory. TIE failure of
the companies to secure an injunction
is but one of the long series of at
tempts to destroy the unions of the
brewery workers and their allies.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-06-24
PICKETING IS LEGAL
Washington City Supreme Judge Holds Unions
Act Within Rights

Washington, D. C.-Justice Mccoy
of the supreme court of the District
of Columbia has refused to issue an
injunction against striking brewery
workers from picketing
The court ruled that the proof pre-
ponderates in favor of the finding that
the picketing, is entirely peaceful"
The court said it has been repeated
" held that unionists may peacefully
advise the public not to purchase nom
union products. This, together with
an absence of threats by the brewery
workers, led the justice to this conclu-
sion:
THE defendant, then, having the
right to curtail the sale on non-union
beer or to increase the sale of union
beer by giving information to others,
there is nothing in the present case
which warrants them from not doing
So"
Attorney Ralston called attention to
the Clayton law, and summarized the
position of the workers as follows:
These workers have said to the
community at large: "lf you will aid
us, by discontnuing the purchase and
consumption of that beer we will the
sooner be able to gain the benefits
which we expect to arise from our
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-06-24
UniOnists CAM be Trusted Lawson Case Discussed

San Francisco-In his report to the
Labor Council on work done at the
state capitol while the legislature was
in session. Legislative Agent Brouil-
let expressed his faith in the A. F. Of
L. political policy and in the integrity
of Pnionists elected to office. The
Legislative agent made this recon-
mendation:
That organized labor seek to elect
men to Office who carry union cards.
and the foregoing biography of men,
bers amply indicate that they will vote
right without being pledged before
hand or threatened after election"
The legislative agent made this ref
erence to changed conditions by rea-
son of organized labor's constant agi-
tation:
1T must be source of satisfaction
to feel that at the portals where we
were once unwelcome, we are now So
licited as to our wants. There are
men, ! understand, in this council,
who remember the time when labor's
representatives had to be satisfied to
plead labor's cause under the fir and
cedar trees of the capital grounds,
but now no door is closed to labor's
request nor deaf ear turned"
The unionist declared that the non
partisan bill (Which removes party
emblems from election ballots) was
unquestionably the most important
political bill passed"
I deem it my duty" he reports. "to
call attention to the very fact tba
every assemblyman and every senator
with one exception) who was most
bitter. and violent against labor. op-
posed that bill, because they felt that
II parties were destroyed the labor
organizations would be the only ones
to reap the benefit, and thereby be-
come too strong"
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-06-24

manufacturers believe the union could
be crushed? Did they ioin IN the
movement to take tn lives and liner
ties OF the cloak makers union? If it
DC their purpose to help take the lives
and liberties of the men we believe
to be inocent. they will be defeatd.
Tn killing of the men at Ludlow
brings a suspicion that that is what
they want to do here
In the fight for freedom we are
going to stand shoulder to shoulder.
not for war, but for peace Any as
sault on our ranks DIR on the mean
est among us, will find our ranks
ready to fight to maintain the lives of
the toilers OF our col ointry.
Strong resolutions were adopted in
protesting against I'd action of en-
ployers, and these WI wbrkers professed
their trade union faith in the follow
ing language:
we realize more than ever that
our only protection against all as
saults on the part OF our EMPLOYERS
and our other enemies lies in our or
ganization; that our union alone will
shield us from the in nhuman exploita-
ton, maltreatment ami persecution to
which we had been subjected before
the general strike ir 1910, and we
pledge ourselves with renewed deter
mination and enthusia sm to stand low
ally and uniiinchingly by our union,
by our international ahd by our faith
ful officers through all the struggles
that NAV come"
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-06-24
Commission Has Grief Law To AnnuI treaties

Washington-The higher labor
standards demanded BY the LaFollette
.seamen's bill, passed d y the last Con-
gress, will make it i'm possible for the
renewal of several TREATIES, and this
government has instructed its dipIo-
matists abroad to ask for the annuI-
ment of those paragraphs in CONNER
ciai treaties which conflict with the
new act
AS the section of the law that ap-
plies to foreign vessels does not take
effect until March, 1915, there is suf-
ficient time for diplo matte negotia-
tions. While the bill uending in Con-
gress, Germany, Grea. t Britain. It.
ally, France, Belgium, and other ma
tions, made represent ations to this
government that the HiIl's provisions
raising the standards of labor and af-
fecting the equipment Of ships which
visit American waters confiicted with
their rights under treaties. Unionists
pointed out these statements as proof
that the law would raise the standard
of seamen throughout the world, and
that the various countries would have
to revise their treaties if the law was
passed.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-06-24
Death Of William Park

William Park, aged So years, died
at 1890 p. m. tuesday in a local
hospital of tuberculosis. after an ill
ness of more than a year. Mr.. Park
was member of the local Stone
makers union and the remains will be
buried under the auspices of the
union. The funeral will be held FRI
day afternoon at 2 o'clock from the
Schrieber & Sidenfaden Chapel and
all union members. especially the
stone cutters, are requested to attend.
Mr.. Park is survived by a wife, who
lives in San Francisco.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-06-24
GOMPERS HITS HARD.
Asserts Employers Break Contracts In Effort
to Destroy Unions

New York.-You can't destroy
unions by breaking agreements. We
favor contracts, but we do not de-
pend on them to live" declared Presi-
dent Gompers last week to an au-
dience composed Of thousands OF
members of the international Ladies'
Garment Workers union 1t was
one of the greatest labor demonstra-
tions this city ever witnessed. and
Madison Square Garden was crowded
with unionists who listened to vigor-
GUS addresses by President Gompers
and Others on the termination of the
procotol by garment manufacturers
and the arrest of several officers of
the union, which was denounced as
a deliberate assault on our union in
particular and on the labor movement
in general-an assault engineered by
some of our most oppressive and un-
scrupulous employers in league with
a band of professional strikebreakers
and a gang of notorious and self
confessed criminals"
President Gompers notified manu-
tacturers that the unions activity
would not be lessened because they
broke an agreement. He said trade
union movement desires these agree
ments, but it does not depend upon
them for existence, and that il will
live and prosper in spite of broken
promises by employers
don't know the reason behind
the breaking of the procotol," said
Ptresident Gompers. Is it that the
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-06-24
Want the Law Enforced

Detroit, O.-In the suit started by
the Detroit federation of labor to-
compel municipal officials to obey the
minimum wage law approved at the
last city charter election, trade union
lists are afforded an opportunity to
compare the workings df wage-by-law
with methods employed by their labor
organizations.
By the largest majority ever given
a city charter amendment the people
approved a minimum wage and an
eight-hour day for municipal Iaborers.
City officials have refusk kd to obey the
mandate and the city attorney pre-
sents the strange specta Gle OF defend
ing this violation in suit started by
the unionists. who have secured coun-
sci and are now raising funds to COM
pei authorities to obey the law.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-06-24
ROckerfelerIs Is Generous

New York Colorado miners who
have been victimized by company
checSweighmen will be interested in
the announcement that the general
education board. a Rockefeller insti-
tuition, has appropriated $5o6.650 for
educational purposes. The board
states that several new lines Of educa-
tional activity have been inaugurated.
II has resolved to enter the field OF
education investigation, research and
experiment, by assisting research
workers connected with institutions Of
learning, as we'll as by supplying inde-
pendent investigators and experi-
ments.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-06-24
Overland National Bank

Monday morning the Idaho Trust &
Savings Bank will open its doors as
the Overland National Bank, and will
take its place as one of the leading
banking institutions of the State, the
following telegram of authorization
having been received Wednesday.
Washington, d. c. June %, 1915.
]. II. Black, Cashier The Overland
National Bank OF Boise, number
lO,zsl, authorized to commence busi-
ness. Charter mailed.
T. P. KANE.
Acting Comptroller" !"
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-06-24
Court Ruled Not Limited

Hartford, Conn.-The supreme
court of this state has ruled that the
jurisdiction of the Connecticut work
mems compensation act is not limited
to Connecticut. even when the con-
tract between employer and employe
is entered into within the state.
The ruling was in the case of the
wives of two employees of the Thames
Towboat company who lost their lives
when a tug foundered off the New
Jersey coast The company appealed
from the compensation cornmission's s
awards, claiming that as the accident
happened outside of the state the COM
pensation act has no jurisdiction. The
supreme court ruled that under the
conditions the law is effective.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-06-24
Adopt State u ed" Idea

Harrisburg. Pa.-One of the reform
PRISON measures passed by the last
legislature, and just signed by the
governor. introduces the so-cailed
state" use system in th Is state. This
means that prisoners sha n be given an
opportunity to manufacture goods for
use IN state institutions. 1t is believed
TINS VIII eventually res1llt in the abb
olishment of convict lab br in competi-
tion with free labor
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-06-24
Oppose Dangerous Law

Phoenix, Ariz.-Trade unionists and
the railroad brotherhoods are receiv-
ing assistance from citizens in all
walks of life in the fight to repeal, by
referendum, the law enacted by the
last legislature which provides that ali
costs in trial cases. including jury
costs, shall be first deposited with the
clerk of the court
In opposing the bill, Judge Sham
hart says:
Why not require those who seek
legislation from the legislature to pay
for it? 1t is but a Coordinate branch
of the government. Or the governor,
for executing the laws?
we have even abolished the fee
system in the state to secure absolute
impartiality Of the officers. Why
then apply to jurorsi"
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-06-24
MaiIers Raise Wages

Cincinnati-Members of the Mail
ers' union are alert to improved in
dustrial conditions. Several months
ago they agreed to a seven months
renewal of their old contract with
newspaper managers on the theory
that business would improve.
The mailers presented demand for
betterments the first of jane. This was
agreed to and three years contract
with increases of $1.50 a week was
signed by both parties.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-06-24

Wheeling. w. Va.-Editor Hilton.
of the Wheeling Majority, asks this
question:
1T Lawson is to be imprisoned for
the death of strike breaker whom
he never saw or heard Of, why shall
Rockefeller escape punishment for the
crime of burning alive the women
and children Of the Ludlow tent coli
ony.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-06-24
On Strike

Allentown, Pa.-Carpenters struck
TO enforce their new wage scale Of
IS cents an hour. Many contractors
have accepted the new rate, which
compares with other cities in this
vicinity as follows: Easton, 40 cents;
PhilIipsburg. N. J., 40 cents; Reading,
43 cents; Philadelphia. SIS cents and
Wilkes-Barre, IS cents.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-06-24
To Check Shikebraekers

Boston, Mass.-The state iegisla-
ture passed law empowering the
tration to investigate cases of alleged
illegal employment by strikebreakers.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-06-24

Tilonville, -Unskilled work
ers at the chemical plant struck for
wage increases, recogn tion Of their
newly formed union ahd a demand
that intoierabIe working Conditions be
improved. The wages ef these work
ers have ranged from Bloc to SEQ
a day Organized miners and other
trade unionists are assis Eing the strik-
ers.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-06-24
Brewers Hire Singers

Wilmington. Del.-Trade unionists
charge that sluggers are employed BY
the brewery companies to intimidafe
pickets. The brewery workers have
been on strike several weeks rather
than accept the non-union shop.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-06-24
Laundry Workers Strike Try it on Old John D.

Richmond, Ind.-Laundry Workers
were forced on strike because en-
ployers refused to accept a wage
scale, carrying increases of from so
cents to $l.00 week. One EMPLOYER
does not believe the demands are un-
reasonable and he has signed the
contract.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-06-24
Plumbers Back to Work

Little Rock. Plumbers in tins
city have adjusted differences with
their employers and have returned to
work The unionists announce that
working condiainos have been inn
proved.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-06-24
Close on Wednesdays

Niles, O.-Retail merchants have
signed an agreement to close their
stores on Wednesday afternoons dur
ing the months Of June, July and
August.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-06-24

The Gem Worker speaks to and
for the organized labor member
ship of Idaho. Il has a loyal and
progressive constituency ( h {
workers Of the State. It stands for
progress and achievement; for the
rights and Brotherhood Of man; for
the Development Of Idaho and for
the prosperity Of all. There can
be no better advertising medium
and we solicit the patronage of pro-
gressive business firms.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-06-24

The Gem Worker is the stesd-
fast advocate Of rnunicipaI ovrrer-
snip OF public Utilities, as It be-
neves TINS to Ne the inevitable
monopolistic enterprises Chat serve
tne PUBLIC We make no war upon
ciple that is fast becoming recog-
nRzeo as the t1ue one for the
management and control Of enter
prises of this cha racter.
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-04-09

3 a * . 4 .
Such a border should run north and
south. and if possible, face the east.
The background may be of hoIlyhocks.
both single and double. golden-glow.
the single tiger lily, the ever bloom.
ing fame dover. the tall meadow-rue.
and tall meadow-sweet, set out alter
nately.
Then in front of these and at least
two feet from them we will set out
the pearl echillea, some of the column
bines. the choice of which are cana
densis,, chrysantha, chrysantha alba,
caruiia hybrida, skinneri, and Cali
fornica hybrida.
In the center of this row by.
drangea paniculata grandiflora would
be very pretty, and to continue the
row. hardy pofnpon chrysanthemums.
the several blue varieties of larkspurs
moon penny daisies, Shasta daisies.
fox gloves sweet williams, coreopsis
lanceolata grandiflora and an almost
double variety, called 'sthe golden
fleece
Nicotina affinis can be planted In
this row early next spring and from
year to year it win SOW its own seed
and will come up so close to where
the old plants grew that 1t will not
often need transpfantfng.
Then we will have the hardy gail
lardia. gysophila paniculata. or baby's
breath, lavender, Lychnis, rose cam.
pion. monarda didyma splendens, al
80 called the bee balm and robin run.
away. the Chinese bell flower, the
hardy perennial peoples and the gar
den heiiotrope.
A double border we viii make OF
two heights of plants. setting the tall
err ones little back of the very low
ones. The snap dragon. the double
anemone, the MULLEN pink, the sea
pink. English daisies, the harebell
Canterbury bells, the hardy double
and single pinks, the poIyanthus. the
hardy primroses and the English COW.
slips all will help to make our hardy
flower bed a thing of beauty and a
joy forever"
The earth for a perennial border
should be light and porous. Never
try to raise flowers in soggy. wet SOIL
AS soon as the plants are well rooted
have a forkful of well-decayed stable
manure apaded In well around each
plant unless they are very small
plants, then use your own good judg.
ment.
Just before freezing weather a
mulch two or three inches deep of
stable manure should be spread over
the bed a little heavier about each
plant, and If the plants have any
spooky branches they should all be
trimmed back quite close.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-04-09
KEEPING UP THE LAWN

XIII weeds on the lawn by either
pulling or cutting OF the plant below
the crown.
Don't NOW the lawn too closely
during the heated term; but do not
allow weeds to go to seed.
Deep working, thorough pulveriza-
ton, effective fertilization and q
thorough raking and rolling down to
a smooth level are all necessary to 3
smooth, level lawn.
Get your lawn seeds Of a reliable
scotsman, and ask for the best and
the freshest. Don't use old seed left
over from last year, but insist on hav-
ing 1t fresh, and of a good mixture.
The best time to seed lawn is
during the latter part. OF August or
the early part of September. At that
season. the heat is over and showers
are almost sure to come, and the
young grass will have several months
of cool. moist weather in which to
grow before winter.