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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-12-18

shim1.. Fairy tale stuff. Bill goes
down the canyon: That's: how this
.'union''a Of Rockefeller's works. It
was built for Rockefeller and It
works for Rockefeller even while he
sleeps - 1,:s = 's&a Ia :. s 5ss. "a
:. But the miners Of Colorado are not
fools. Even the men who came III as
strike breakers are not FOOLS. It was
the gtrike- breakers Of ten years ago,
largely, who were the strikers Of two
years ago. Strike breakers learn, too.
Today the miners Of Colorado. are
grfnning In their, sleeves over Rookie
afe1ler's trickery. Fooled? e Not for q
minute s # :sE :l Y rs. sEs2 8 J S y.
. How They view t.tUnion''
y The union men think the whole
thing is a huge Joke. sf They take tt
for; Just what It, is worth ana wait
Rockefeller's t'union" iss at least II
concession that It Is necessary for:
workers to band together in some
form and an admtssion that they
can't: be- prevented from doing SO. The
miners: believe that R Rockefeller never;
again can successfully deny to- them
the right to associate tpgethe her. So
much gained. Only Rocket Her today
thinks that He can etermine the
manner in which the miners shall as-.
.soctate The miners have S anot ther
Sssse,o they Welt ana work ana plan
and have their the slittle'
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STANDARD { / 4 ] |. OIL B|l||e|. 1
.gEglA|l 4 81 ! vEaBH
New Octopus Being Formed to
Buck United States steel |:
= 49,. corp,oration... .*. 81. &

NEW YORK, Dec 16.--Az war. Of
giants is, seen inaprospect todayt In the
merger Of five Of the countrY'ss biggest
independent steel companies reported
nearing completion; and said to repre-
sent the Standard Oil conpany's chal-
1enge to the, United States Steel cor
poraten.l >r.'-fls. ~ =, + 's%' J
Announcement of the. merger was
made by J.. Leonard Replogle, million-
airc steel magnate, who said that only
100000 shares of stock. in the Cambria
Steel company are lacking to complete
the transaction. I>.i y ~. ~.
, The companies slated to come under
4 common ownership are the Cambria
Steel company, Lackawannas Steel com;
:pany, Newport. News SShipbuilding coma
pany, Youngstown Steel & Tube
company, and either the 1roqnois or In
ternational plants, near Chicago. :.
:. Reports in Wall street today are that
the Standard Oil company is, q leading
factor, planning to&add the properties to
its present steel possessions, the Colo
RADIO Fuel & Iron company, Midvale
Steel & Ordnance company and numer-
Gus smaller properties. -: y Ss....'s>
In financial circles It is reported to-
day that the National City bank has
removed the last obstacle to the merger
by acquiring the missing 100000 shares
of Cambria stock on the open market.
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of many that the prosecutions were
at an end. ..iti%
!: But back to the 'union'' and ats
operations. You may ask what would
have. happened If the men had voted
not to accept the Rockefeller plan. It
is well If you do, because I have the
answer "E . -" y -. -
At the Rockefeller mine, In F're-
mont County, that thing happened:
First, the men refused to vote. An
other ELECTION" was ordered. In this
election" the plan was voted down.
Then the beautiful and whole-souled
democracy of Rockefeller arose to
the surface and got into action.
! Some John D. Democracy"
This order went out from the mine
officials: tIf you do not vote to accept
the plan the mine will be closed!
That is what happened when the
men turned Rockefeller down. That
is how much. democracy there was in
1t all. That was the iron fist back of
the: smooth press agents. That was
the truth back Of the bluff and the
bunk! ts<s' %,:s ~s tt 4, =, + =,
But the bunk in the: game didn't
end with the voting. It has gone clear
down the lire. Il There Is not q miner
in all Colorado who has anything to-
show that he belongs to this union
| There are no membership cards.:
there are no due This union ts
;an on the = 0ekefs1l s1llsr books: When
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Rockefeller jolse-ands at the dense
ness Of Rockefeller. u ~, .z z.ksf,i s't ss
There probably will never again be
the same cruel oppression in Rookie
feller's mines. that there was before
the big strike. !. Today Rockefeller Is
opening motion picture shows, IN the
camps Soon they will: be in all
camps. r =. u 1s 4 >.,.!5 a9b 3,
s., S. a:I4: ~ Long On sAmusements.
It is true that these shows B are,
either conducted by the company or.
by lessee and the conn makes
money from them. Il But they are
there. Amusement halls are being
opened. u M sc. "A. buildings are
going; up--are up In some camps TO.
these the miners do not take any too
kindly. They aren't crazy about the
new 3$25, 900 u year elfare expert, = =
They prefer. to do these things for
themselves, or leave them undOne. or
do hem sdif ifferently.. But this activity
On the part of Rockefeller means
something. anyhow. y. $ s.5s.
Comp stores are hardening
their old high binder policy. Goods
are being sold at compett tive prices.
That is to say, that. = miner at VAL
sephurg can buy goo odsf ins the COM
5pany store at sTrinid d prices.
.sSa There ID a. certain sweet revenge
for the niiners an this. For Instance.
when the Il strilk ~ ~ on, the small;
g. g q /,
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BY CHESTER M. WRIGHT.

= Here is the inside of the Rocke-
feher union" plan as II got it
straight from the miners of, Colorado.
This story wasn't handed out by
Ivy Ledbetter Lee or any other men,
Der of John D. Rockefeller's high
priced publicity staff. Neither was It
gathered in an automobile tour Of Sc
lected places in the wake Of the
youthful John. And it will not con-
tain the plain and fancy lying that
was done by said press agents when
this phoney ''union'' was established.
How He Put 1t Over.
( When Rockefeller, decided to
organize this so-called union in
; Colorado, he took a nice, neat
,;5raft of the plan, all framed up
:. by w. L. Mackenzie King, and
r. he simply said, in effect: 'This is
to be put in force in Colorado"
- Having said that, there remained
nothing but the bluff, Of having
the miners vote on It,
+ It is an absolute fact that the "vot-
Ing" amounted to nothing and meant
nothing. Here is the manner in which
the voting was conducted -
There were two ballots. A white
ballot was for the new plan. a. red
ballot was against II: Each miner, got
tive ballots. re was t. east one. And
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CITY LA !. !. /.
~. DE -aSs ~ z
PROVES PROFITABLE H I: !:
Traction System Pays All Ex-
penses, Interest and Sets Aside
Huge Reserve. ~
,k,.,T,Ts COMPETITION
OF PRIVATE CAPITAL.
City Owned Railway and State
Insurance Fund Make Good
Showing.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16.-There
is now being prepared two financial
reports, which will be made public
about the first of the year, which
have no connection with each other
except that both show how we'll what
the public can do when it goes into
business for itself.
One report concerns the Municipal
Railways; the other, the State Com
pensation Insurance Fund, and they
will prove conclusively that city
can conduct a street railway system
and a state can do an accident insur-
ance business just as profitably and
better than any private individual or
set of individuals.
In both instances the public-owned
business has had to compete with
privately-owned rivals.
In both instances the services given
the patrons Of the public has been
superior to that given by it's rivals
In both instances the relative cost of
conducting the business has been less
in the case of the public-owned. en-
terprise than in that of it's privately
owned competitors, and, conse-
quently, in both cases the public has
'reaped a larger proportion Of profits
than has it's private rivals.
Owns Profitable Business.
In the case of the State Compensa-
ton Fund the state is in the position
Of now owning profitable insurance
business which pays it's own expenses
and gives protection to large num-
Der of employees and employers
throughout the state against indus
trial accident at smaller. cost to
premium payers than its rivals. The
100000 which was appropriated to
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lER IA
0KGAZED LABOR SoUDN HELP 10 FREE THE JACK

A 1umberjack came into our office
the other day and asked, us If we
could spare few 7minuteszto listen to-
his story. It was a simple one, and
he told us he supposed there was no
way he could get relief from his
plight, but anyway,5he wanted us to
wait until he got through.
The poor devil had hired out to one
of the biggest lumber concerns in
northern Minnesota: His wages were
a dollar = day and board and lodg-
ing. He worked for this company for
about five days, slept in the hunks
provided for the men by this benevo-
lent institution, and found that he
has contracted a contagious disease
had contracted a contagious diseace
Of the sleeping quarters.
Verm1n and Filth.
1--WE could pick the bedbugs from
our clothes while we were at work;
men in the camp told me the bunk
house hadn't been cleaned for two or
three years. At this particular camp
where was employed there IL a
water closet located, about fifty feet
above the camp. The men are obliged
to use this, and then drink and battle
in the water into which the closet
drains" - j. .,
The man had paid seventy five
cents to the company for hospital
ticket which on its face showed hi
was entitled to hospital and medica
services for the period Of one month
He said he applied at the: 'hospita
and was refused entrance. but was
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tartan attitude will undoubtedly re-
suit in complete cure In due time.
The man has been unable to work
ton law affords him no relief. The
criminal neglect Of the lumber bar.
ons, whose human vision are blinded
,by their greed for profits, lis yrespon-
:sib1e for. this poor devils condition,
but. he can do nothing.
His condition is not due to an
"accident" and the law says. he cam,
rot: recover damages or compel the
employer to take care of him. Z He
has a disease, but the law does not
cover occupational diseases, The;
mans condition is typical ..of: thou,
sands. Of other workmen who under:
go the hardships Of employment in
the north woods. -, -; T.. =.
Matter of Course.
But they do not complain. Not
whimper out of the majoritysof them.
These filthy lumber camps are to be
expected when they hire out! They
find themselves in this attitude: Of
mind when they have had one sea-
sons experiences as a lumber Jack. :
49, They suffer because they must.
They are .nnorganized s.. migratory
workers and they are helpless. But
the dawn is breaking and the star of
hope is seen breaking through the
clouds. ~ -, p
Efforts will soon be made to or
ganize the workers in the woods and
the attitude, of, the lumber barons
who refuse to, treat these men as
human beings. but as SO many thou.
sands Of cattle. will be- responsible
for it. :. .>:,: T.
+ Will they never learn? ~, 80 :
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YOU go to work for Rockefeller you
become q member Of his union.
That's all there is to: It. 5,.s.$
Grievances go up the line until
they reach the top. it Is true. And
who isiat the top? Rockefeller's man,
Welborn. And what happens to- "a
grievance when it gets to the top? II
tho top wants to Fix things up, 1t, does
so. II 1t doesn't want to do anything,
it doesn't do anything. That's all. =
2. An Example 81 . Grievance. s
Bill Jones has q kick. He turns st
in and 1T goes up through the various
channels. to the top, maybe. Maybe
Bills kick is that he is getting cheat
ed in weights. I If the top feels like 1t,
the top says to Bill: \" Y ou 60 to hell!
Down the canyon for your s,
= In that case, what does Bill do?
Does he 4 find his ''union..' back 81
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CITY COMMISSION TAXES FIRST step TO Z
= s. Sell ARNORY AT STAR CHAMBER SESSION

Well three of the commissioners have voted in favor
vertsng for bids for the sale Of the sold Armory
Mayor Prince, Commissioners Slberstein and Voss
to be favor Of diposing Of the property private parte
while Commissioners Farrell and Merritt against IT,
The city council star chamber session last Satu
day and without anyone present. alone newspaper
porter the majority put resolution advertise
bids. >*-' =: -. = j>'> p IS tEs i
Commissioner Merritt was called from his office at pre-
cisely l2 o'clock and informed that there to
conference the city hall in ten minutes. When he
rived there he told that the council about
for the purpose Of acting proposed sale Of the
old Armoy. .. =. ,..<-> - a32@.' III
whats the hurrya" asked the game old cruiser sthe
regular meeting of the council will be held Monday afternoons
why not let the matter rest until then?" e.
But the majority members would not wait A powerful
lobby was working them: They know that when the
people get their breath this proposition they Will rise
protest against the sale of the old Armo and they don't
propose to take any chances on delay r. ~
Next Monday the bids will be open, after which or
inance will be introduced to sell the property to the hg
est bidder. The ordinance will become effective until
Of the people to say whether not the proposition will be
submitted referendum: If the people approve
e sale The Labor World will have nothing to say.
In the meantime this paper will continue it's fight and
every effort will be made to acquain the voters with
p~sition, -. " -. >~''.]@ -:
In the first place. we repeat we have nothing against the
Shrners But they considering only their interests
in this matter. They club for their 1000 mem
bers The Labor World wants club people,
large number of whom have other club to attend
This paper is not welded to the Armory building The
suggestion of the News to trade the Aror for the
auditorium is not bad one and such
be brought about well and goed We shall have nothing
further say if assured that the building shall
for public usefor public forum, you please. This IS
all we making the fight for. *.:tt . ...~ i,
In respects the auditorium has better advantages
for public meetings than the Armory. =
But must not lose sight Of the public market
is closed town most of the time Tor farm
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1870 8 !|NACA||v|sT||S | { HI I | .
| GAIN N. THROUGH n |!0||U
= II -, 80 :. 69@@@ ~. = z is.tF.s:
Up Go Wages and Down Go:
Hours, Where Munitions Q
|:.: Are Made. = :.
\? L. = :. -. : =. ~ -
800, GOO OTHER CRAFTS:
WORK SHORTER HOURS.
Wave Of Prosperity Sweeps Over:
Country and Extends to All
: >.:z Industries.

). WASHINGTON, Dec .16.-Reduc-
ton Of hours; increases Of wages, and
decrease %of sunem p1oyment- is q
summary in brief, which labor lead
ers; and. especially officers Of the
metal trades: workers. give Of, the
effect Of the European war on Amer
ican industrial conditions, ..3.< j, :
|. More than: II, 900 machinists have
obtained reductions of hours SINCE the
outbreak Of the war! And 500, 900
members of, other crafts now work
shorter hours as: a result OF the bet
ter conditions procured by rnachin-
lists. This includes many women and
girls engaged in munitions plants and
allied industries. .v~ =
+ up to the end Of November" said
J; =. Anderson, vice president in
charge Of organization work OF the
International Association Of Machin-
lists, 1862 machinists had obtained
the eight-hour, day since the outbreak
Of the war: And $500. more reduced
their, hours of labor to fifty a week
from hours that ranged as high as
sixty. -" -:
j.. "Mores than 100000 members of
other. trades have benefited by. these
reductions. = =,
I -Four Shops Cut Hours.
-Four shops in waterbury, Conn,
reduced hours from fifty-ntne to fifty
g. week. benefiting 1000 employees Of
T all crafts. The U. s. Cartridge Co.,
Lowell, granted the eight-honr: day to
400 machintsts,; and a. total Of $500
others have benefited. to date. This
company has works under construc-
tion which, when completed. will, en-
ploy 5000 more workers, and the
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Closing Of Saloons Also Closes
Cigar Factories-Many Have. =
Families. =

HIBBING, Mimi, Dec. 16.-Hlb-;
bing cigarmakers-are leaving Hibbing
by every train. The saloon closing
has worked havoc in the ranks of the
"weed tuners" and as the wet goods
merchants were among the cigar
makers best customers, many Of the
local cigar factories have been forced
to work with half forces.
The appeal has gone out that Hib-
bing citizens demand Hibbing made
cigars when they buy their smoking
in order to create q. greater demand
for the local brands and at the same
time afford worl<*for the cigar max
ers who are at present in the. city
and perhaps furnish labor for those
who are out Of work, many of the
cigarmakers having families depend
ing upon. them. -.
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to look Michigan for such commodities and
attempt the part Of the commissioners dispose
the Armory building without making provisions market
will confirm the opinion now held by large number of
people that they merely playing into the hands the
Duluth Produce Exchange-Duluths sordid food trust.
Then again. this city should have large meeting place
public for conventions, political gatherings, labor
mblaes and such. OF want central social
tituton but it may be that trle ahead Of The
times We will have day, and when that
COMES will regret having sold public property
ss the old Armory, ! . 8 >&s. =: "a. 4
s Why not the Armory asked There, are
should not but the principal
every time the Amory is let out for public use
viii throw militia company out of drill night This prac-
the old Armory did weaken the Duluth militia
.eempaniesa than any other factor: !: , Il y;
Organized labor is beginning more friendly
towards the state militia. The American Federation
Labor recently record in favor Of citizen soldiey
bnt opposed large standing army. the near future
state mtias will not becsed to- do strike duty The law
VIII prohibit it. and when that day many young work
ingmen will willingly join the militia >~
Then the :Armory will be every night in the
week. morally militia
and The share this opinion with The
labor World. :. 9}f: :,e.y. K. -.
Organized labor gone on record against the sale
old Araory The Federated Trades and Assembly
wants the building held by the city for public It
pubic forum and large social center for all the people
Surely the win listen the voice Of labor
this respect *; - =. ! .'..':" -.
the majority members of the city commission have
social public welfare questions it is time for them
turn their faces toward the morning the new light
Other cities awakening; why should Duluth be So back
xafdl ..>.s.z':%
honor to Commissioners Merritt and Farrell for their
Outrageous stand May continue to remain firm. And
Fred Vos and unless he has experienced changeof
Of late when the final vote taken he be depended
to DO the right thing, The Labor World expects Com
oner Woss to with Labor he has always done in
With these three the the people
then be well protected ~ ~ -. 49, ~ 3.%
ave Old the people; that's the slogan.
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LABOR | I ! Will I \: | | U|R|G|'jE|
~ r. fta5 ,sE - i gSs %s..
:. s7ATE ! ! | INSURANCE. N ! | |||
State Federation TO Begin Actiys
" Campaign to Improve Com
-, pensation Act. + .5st {,
ExEcUT1vE COUNCIL. U:ll'l Z i. .5.. !,
HAS GREAT NfEETING5
Duluth Members Show Up We'll
TO Start Labor Forward i
= Meeting u Spring, ,3 .s5s.f / !:

|. the Minnesota state Federation OF
Labor will take up. the matter of
state. insura rance in. earnest. threet
days session Of the executive council
Of the state body. will be held I'M
March and the question Of workings
mems COMPENSATION; state Insurance.
and kindred subjects will be u dis
cussed and considered at length. = Z.
T. The regular meeting OF the execu-
tive council was held in Minneapolis
Sunday. It was an all-day session.
! lasting until late in, the evening.
Nearly every. member was present.
T President Hall submitted his quar-.
terly report in which he reviewed the
condition Of the. Minnesota labor
movement, stating that IT was IN sa
healthy condition. <: il t- : >sr'z ~;
/ VIII Open In Duluth. :.st sc
i. He:reported that he was would in-
.augurate a labor forward movement
T in northern Minnesota beginning
! April I. The movement will start IN
Duluth. There will. be here repre-
isentattves Of many OF the large trade.
| unions of the country The Duluth
Trades assembly has a committee at
work now preparing for. the.s CAM
paign next, spring. -: :: ss..
I All Of the vice presidents made In
teresting reports. They brought In
le iortnation TO the councn relative TO
tne conuiuon OF %tne. movement IN. ll
eacn OF the congressional distrtct. AZ
ljW1nona, the Republ1can-HeraldF has
agreed to use the union label Of the
Aimed Printing Trades council. The
union shop has been given full recog-
milton in the building trades. s. Not $50
pad Tor Winona-S: :.Es - =, "a. .*
+ ~. - Slow ct FED Wing,
7 Vlce PRESIDENT John Kirby Rel
ported that 1t was very quiet att Red
Wing, which is nsthes third district.
The bartenders, refuse = to rgaslize;,s
Sb'ppt 'pt # was vas hoped to organiza as iloca1a
ofposts Office Clerks. i. ~; IS, &
81. 81 Eta VI has Two vtcs prestde dents, ~
and 1soTy
! 1ney Alaae III repeESA Nj
gory 70 tne only woman mem ber=o&S
Fine fexecanrlVe at council. She recentlyi
fsucceeded N forming "a union suN
mattresses IN st. Paul: The Fslrrierss3
union experienced q splendid growth
since the last meeting admitting 76a
Inew members. It's membership iss
tnow :126. Z |s 5,s 80: Rs d
Vice Presidents Henry Pereanltt
and Peter SMarandaw report tea tor tl,eii
Duluth district They told about ts:t1es
! fight against the Rex and Lyric tfea-t
ters,s and declared that while littles
piosEess was DelhE mace now, unlQns
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given some pills which, It. was prom:
ised, would cureshim Of his trouble. !.
He came to- Duluth and applied to
the county physician who him
proper attention and whose ahumanf-.
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p It IS not SO difficult a task to plant
new truths as to root out old errors,
for there is this paradox in nsmen: they
rum after that which Is new, buts are
pre1udiced in favor Of that which Is
,, old. ~ ), - : = I
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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-25

III II Nhle race,
In some of the small town drug
stores In the quarry districts Of In
diana you can buy anything from tai
cum powder to dynamite, says the In
dianapolis News. Not long ago a
small Qua'ry operator drove up to one
one of these stores The man was In
a buggy. and his wife was with him.
Calling 20 the proprietor Of the store,
he sLid, Jim, bring out that box |
bought "A while agol"
The package was put into the buggy
at the feet Of thee man and his wife.
The latter eyed the box suspiciously
What's in that package? ." she
asked with some asperity.
Now never mind" said the hus-
mand, that's not going TO hurt you. "
The evasion excited the wlfe's fur
ther suspicious, ed Spivens," she
exclaimed, that's box OF dyna-
mite"
We'll. what II 1t is?" said Ed. en-
phGtically. 1T won't do any damage
unless il explodes."
Ed Spivens" shrillcd the woman.
"if YOU think I'm going to ride six
miles In a buggy with fifty pounds OF
dynamite at my feet you're bigger
fool than | thought you were! You
have that man take the stuff right
out and put il in the back part Of the
buggy, under the seatl"