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The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-09-16
ILLEGAL TO FEED STRIKERS !

Toronto, Ontario.-At the convention
of the Trades and Labor Congress of
Canada to be held in this city Septem-
Der 25 to 30, changes in the industrial
disputes act will be considered This law
prohibits strikes and lockouts in public
utilities until thirty days notice has been
given the government.
1t is intended to annul court decisions
that debar victimized workers from re-
lief. In the case of Montreal street car
employees who were dismissed by the
company, the Quebec superior court
ruled that these workers could not ask
the government to appoint commission
to investigate their case.
A vicious decision was made in Nova
Scotia where worknen struck before
a board was called in and were later
furnished food paid for out of the
funds of the union. One of the union
officials was heavily fined for "en-
couraging the men to stay on strike, +"
and Chief Justice Townshend declared
that 1T is difficult to conceive any
more efficient means of aiding strikes
| than those found in the present case.
1t is, of course, precisely the aid wanted
to enable strikers to live during the
pendency of the strike"
Regarding this decision, J. G. O'Don-
oghue, attorney for the Trades and La
Dor Congress, said
"In other words, the courts view was
that the strikers should have been al
lowed to die of starvation. If the strik-
ers had been in Jail, the court would
have probably have disciplined the jailer
for allowing them fresh air-another
means of allowing them to live Shades
of British justice!"
Minister of Labor Crothers has also
prepared amendments to the present law
and in his analysis of these, Attorney
O'Donoghue says:
"The more | consider the act and its
suggestions, the more am of the opin-
ion that the intent of the draughtsmar
was to choke organized labor to death. y
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-09-16
JOB SELLING AN OHIO EVIL

Columbus, Ohio-The State Indus
trial Commission has issued a pamph-
lei on the evil of job selling in Ohio in
dustrial establishments, practiced on il
literate foreigners.
"In some plants" it is stated, "the
custom has been established for years,
a reprehensible practice should be car
ried on under the very eyes OF the gen
eral officers OF any company without
some knowledge of the. fact on their
part"
The payment 81 Tees to 'foremen for
furnishing Jobs is well-established GUS
The victimized are generally non-Eng-
profit from the fees are usually English
speaking. or able to speak English and
quite generally of different race from
those who are exploited.
The charges range from box OF
cigars or a bottle of whisky to $25 for a
job paying Approximately 25 cents an
hour. The shrewder foremen seldom
receive the present" direct, but have a
number of men who act as go-betweens,
who are either 'straw bosses" or work
men These latter receive their reward
by Standing in" with the foreman and
secure more desirable work. At the
most, their direct share of the present
is the price of few drinks.
"The CUSTOM continues the commits
sion, appears to have become so well
established in some cases that no de-
mand for payment needs to be made, as
the Notwithstanding applicant
understands that he must make pay
ment OF money before he can work.
'Such custom produces the worst
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-09-16
RAILROADS STILL CRY "woLF'

Washington, D. C.-"Wolf, wolf," is
the cry of railroads because Congress
has passed the eight-hour law for rail
road employees engaged in interstate
commerce.
'The railroads have cried wolf for
SO long when anbody has tried to regu-
late them that they don't get much OF
rise any more" said Congressman
Adamson, author of the new law, and
chairman of the House Interstate and
Foreign Commerce Committee.
No law, intended to protect life and
limb, was ever passed by Congress, but
the railroads cried "wolf." The same
cry was heard when Congress created
the present Interstate Commerce Com
mission
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-09-16

possible type OF industrial slavery and
it is small wonder that the much ex-
plotted immigrant often feels bitter and
that sometimes this bitterness manifests
itself in acts of violence during the ex-
ctement incident to strike. What re-
spect can the immigrant be expected to
have for organized society which per-
mits such conditions to eXist?"
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-09-16
STRIKERS ENJOINED.

San contemporary injunc-
tons have been issued by Superior Court
Judge Hunt against score of striking
culinary workers, who are asking for
an eight-hour law.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-09-16
CARPENTERS TO ASK MORE.

Trenton, N. J.-Carpenters Union
has notified contractors that it will pre-
sent, in the near future, a demand for a
5O-cent IA day wage increase ri WY
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-23
LABOR INJUNCTIONS
TO BE LEADING ISSUE

ChicagO.-At a conference of nearly
$50 organized workers from every sec
ton of the state, called by the State
Federation of Labor to discuss the
increasing number of labor injunc-
tons it was unanimously agreed that
this question be made the paramount
legislative measure and that from
now on everything else be subordinate
ed TO the supreme effort of securing
the enactment of legislation that will
regulate the issuance of injunctions in
strike times, similar to that contained
in the Clayton law
The conference declared that
through strained constructions of the
law voluntary organizations of work
ers, formed for mutual protection and
not for profit, are placed in the same
category as unlawful combinations,
and that equity courts have extended
their powers until now they issue in
functions denying workers the con-
etftutional rights of free assemblage,
free speech and the freedom of the
press
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-23
Patronize YOUR Advertisers.

it, too, would have opened up nego-
tiations with any ally for the purpose
of getting arms and equipment to
carry their venture to success.
"Why apologize? Some day the or
ganized workers of the different ma
lions that go to make up the universe
will take advantage of the experience
and practice of the capitalist govern
ments, and will appoint their ambas-
sadorial staffs, connect up their or
CARNATIONS and be prepared to act in
assisting each other, whenever at
tackled by the capitalist class in their
several countries. With such an or
ganization and in such a day and hour
will we possess a real international
working class movement"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-23
NEW TREE PLANTING MACHINE
BEATS MAN ALL HOLLOW

Washington. - A machine which
plants from 10000 to $1,000 forest
tree seedlings a day is now being used
at the Letchworth Park Forest and
Arboretum, lin Wyoming County, New
York, according to officials of the
Forest Service, who are acting as ad
visers in the work Previously the
planting has been done by hand at the
rate of 1900 to 1900 trees each day
per man.
The machine is about the size of an
ordinary moving machine and is oper-
ated by three men and two horses.
One man drives the team while the
other two handle the seedlings. The
machine makes furrow, in which
the trees are set at any desired dis
lance, and an automatic device indi-
Gates where they should be dropped.
Two metal-tired wheels push and roll
the dirt firmly down around the roots.
This is a very desirable feature, be-
cause tne trees die APP W ulo IL 'ni'
is not we'll done. Two attachments
make it possible to place water and
fertilizer at the roots of each seeding
Another attachment marks the line on
which the next row of trees is to be
planted.
No cost figures are available yet,
but officials say that the cost will be
much less than when the planting is
done by hand.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-23
Loe's Diagnosis

A colored man entered the general
store of a small Ohio town and com
planned to the storekeeper that a ham
he had purchased there a few days
before had proved not to be good.
THE ham is ali right, joe" insisted
the storekeeper.
mo, it amt boss" insisted the
other. Dat hams sure bad"
"How can that be-" continued the
storekeeper, when it was cured only
last week."
Joe reflected solemnly a moment,
and then suggester:
Maybe it's done had a relapse
Youths Companion.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-23
LEAD CABLES PERFORATED
BY BEETLE

A discovery of much importance to
telephone and electrical engineers in
the United States was recently an
n0unced by Albert Schiller, general
manager of the Santa Barbara (Cal.)
Home Telephone Company. After five
years of persistent effort to determine
the cause of minute holes in the lead
armor of aerial telephone cables, Mr..
Schuier established beyond question
that the holes are bored by a compare.
lively small beetle with powerful man
dibles. For years the telephone com
pany was troubled by short circuits
in the aerial cables due to minute
holes in the armor, resulting from
some unknown cause. Electrical eX-
merits who were consulted ridiculed
the suggestion that the holes were
caused by insects and laid the trouble
to electrolysis. Several men who We're
detailed to travel along the line and
watch out for suspicious bugs were
soon rewarded for their trouble. They
captured a number of bugs in the act
of drilling into the lead armor of the
cables. Specimens of the bug were
sent to DR. Van Dyke, entomologist at
the University of California, who
classified them as SnoXylon DECEIVE,
kind of beetle that ordinarily at
tacks wood particularly live oak logs
or cord Notwithstanding American.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-23
Life of Rail Employe
Ends Every 4 Hours

Cleveland.-In opposing the eight
hour demand of freight train service
employees, railroad managers, through
their innumerable channels of pub
licity, would create the opinion that
these workers lead happy, care-free
life, with conditions about equal to
that of a bank president in a small
town.
This delightful picture is blurred by
a statement issued last week by the
four railroad brotherhoods, which
shows that the hourly wage rate of
locomotive engineers, firemen and
brakemen is lower than that of many
building tradesmen. To equal the
rates of the latter, it is stated that
train service men must work from -
to 20 hours.
Although the government prohibits
railroad employees from working more
than 16 hours without rest, the rail
roads themselves, in 1915, reported
7S,940 violations of this law.
The last annual report of the inter
state commerce commission shows
that train man is killed on an aver
age every four hours and 40 minutes,
and man is crippled every three min
utes and 80 seconds. This does not
tell all the story. because if man
does not die from his injuries within
"a hours, he is not reported to the
commission as killed, and unless the
injury disables him for three days he
is not counted as injured.
Out of every 100 men who start as
firemen, II become engineers, and out
of every 100 men who do become en-
gineers, but six become passenger
engineers.
Railroads demand a physical ex-
animation more severe than does the
government for enlistment in the
army or navy. These examinations
are repeated every two or three years,
and eyesight, hearing, color percep-
ton, heart action and blood pressure
are all closely scrutinized.
The train mems statement con-
cludes as follows:
Excessive hours and the terrific
strain skaters the health and shortens
the lives of these men.
"The employees are not asking for
more pay, only that their working
hours be made less.
"They desire relief from the present
arduous working conditions so that
their time at home will be heightened
and their chance of relaxation i'm
proved"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-23
Appeal Was Made

1T is true, of course, and no apology
is necessary, that the Irish revolution
airy movement in America did open
negotiations through Sir Roger Case
ment with the German Government
And it is quite within the bounds of
probability that, if the Irish revolu-
tionary movement at home could have
held its position for some time longer
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-23

of history and discover that the men
who have done the greatest service to
mankind We're pOoh-poohed for their
ideas Columbus said he knew there
was land this side of the hemisphere,
but was laughed at Fulton, Edison
and Graham Bell and a host Of others
all had the finger of scorn and de-
rision pointed at them, but we who
live in this day know these men spoke
the truth and that they were on the
verge Of great discoveries.
So when the trades unionists get to
quarreling with one another about
isms, they are the losers and the boss
always the winner So let us be toll
Grant with one another and pull to-
aether, for in unity lies labors only
hope of emancipation.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-23
Injunction Judge
Makes New Record

Chicago.-Long ago Judge Jesse A.
Baldwin of the circuit court estab-
lished record for issuing labor in
functions, but his latest edict against
5000 striking tannery workers makes
a new standard in the denial of con-
stitutional rights, so common in this
state when workers attempt to better
conditions.
Judge Baldwin -Baldwins himself
and in a desperate effort to protect
strikebreakers from even a smile of
contempt makes this contribution to
injunction literature:
"From doing anything which sub
jects any of the complainants' en-
ployes to hatred, criticism, censure,
scoTn, disgrace or annoyance because
Of their employment by the complain
ants, respectively, until this honorable
court in chancery sitting, shall make
order to the contrary. Hereof fail not,
under penalty of what the law Judge
Baldwin, directs"
The strikers "and all others" are or
dered not to induce strikebreakers
from leaving their employment Under
Judge Baldwn's law it is illegal" for
strikers to send "any circulars or
other communications to customers of
the complainants, or to other persons
who might deal or transact business
with the compliments" Under this
order these 5000 workers are guilty
of contempt of court if they appeal
even to prospective customers of the
tannery trust for aid in fight against
12-hour day and a wage of 81 a
week.
The strike has been on for about a
month. These workers are organized
and are being assisted by local trade
unionists.
The injunction issued against them
is one of the numerous court orders
that has compelled Illinois organized
workers to inaugurate a statewide
anti-injunction campaign.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-23
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the Superior Court of the State of
WASHINGTON, in and for the County
of SnOhomish-No. 1851.
In the matter of the estate of
Augusta C. Olson, deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, by
The undersigned, the executor Of the
las will and testament of Augusta c..
Olson. deceased, to The creditors, of
a. 4 all persons having claims against
the said decedent, to exhibit them with
the necessary vouchers within one
year after the date of the first pub
LEGATION of this notice to the under
signed executor, at the office of H. w.
Holmes, Room PIG, Colby Building, in
the City of Everett, County of Sno-
homish, State of Washington, the
same being the place for the transac-
tion of the business of said estate in
Snohomish County, Washington.
EDWARD A. OLSON,
Executor of the last will and tesla
ment of Augusta C. Olson, deceased.
H. w Holmes, Attorney for Ex-
ecutor, Room PIG, Colby Building,
SnOhOmish County, Washington.
ton.
Date of first publication, June 90,
1916
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-23
UNIONS. HOURS AND LIVES

The longer the hours the shorter the
lives is a rule that is finding new
proof with every investigation. The
federal bureau of mines has issued a
report on mine accidents In order to
give the states with long hours and
non-uniOn employees the best possible
showing the bureau computed the
number of fatal accidents in proper
ton to the total number of hours
worked per year.
Heretofore these statistics have
been compiled with relation to the
number of employees and the number
OF tons mined. This made such bad
showing for the non-union states that
the method of compilation has been
changed to favor the states with long
hours The result was to lower the
death rate in the long hour states.
But short hours and union condi-
tons remain superior in the four
leading non-ur'on states the death
rate per 1000 hours worked for the 10
years preceding 1913 was as follows;
Alabama SIS; Colorado, SOP; Vir
ginia, 5.26; West Virginia, SIS Dur
ing the same time the death rate in
four OF the leading union states hav.
ing the eight-hour day was as follows;
Illinois, 326; Indiana, 2.95; Iowa, 2.27;
Pennsylvania (bitumlnous), .3.34.-Mil
waukee Leaders.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-23

Socialism-A theory of society that
advocates a more precise, orderly and
harmonious arrangement of the social
relations of mankind than that which
has hitherto prevailed. - Webster's
Dictionary.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-08
NATION GUARD OPPOSES
professional. SoI.UiERS

GREENSBORO. y q. January -
Expressing tho belief that tho funda
mental principles Of this country nave
never countcnanccd and never viii
cdunt.nance the cstabli shmcnt OF a vast
and pre;entious professional soldiery,
but that til" reliance for safety and
protection will continue 70 be as IN the
past upon iSS citizen so!dicry as it's
basic strength and that the develop
n!.nt Of citizen army can he better.
more effectively and moro economically
carried ont through the now existing
military establishment th:r by any
new. theoretical and untv!ed expert
nent." the North Carolina National
Guard Association, in annual session
here, yesterday, adopted resolutions
looking 10 the development Of the Ma
tional Guard an unconditional Fed
cral force for Immediate employment in
tn" event OF actual or impending war.
These recommendations arc made for
ultimate presentation to Congress az
suggestions for gisla tion. and the first
is tina; there should he substantial
and rca sonahle increase in the regular
establishments
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-08
AMERICANS AID FRANCE
Three New York Volunteers Brcyetted
for Service In Aviation service
since January I.

Especial Cable TO The Times Di pat cl. ]
FAIRS. January THE FIRST hmcri-
car volunteer in the French aviation
service 10 he brcvctscd in 1916 was lean
iiuffer, OF New York. who received his
license 10 ny on January |. Fred Balls
ley and g. O. Johnson also OF New
York were brevetted the day after.
Lawrence EumSeN of buffalo, y. y.
is in the hospital suffering from in
iuries sustained in making a trial flight
for brevct His acroplanc turned
turtle al n height OF 100 Yards and
fell Rumscy succeeded in ri-hting il
500 wards from the ground. but the
machine struck the earth heavily and
was sma shed into matchwood BY a
miracle. Rumsey escaped being killed.
Roth his legs were badly scrapcd and
bruised and his lips We're severely cut
These mcn were all nj the aviation
camp At Pau. NJ tho school arc volun.
tccrs from All the neutral countries
including several F'ilipinos
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-08
ENCOUNTER MANY PER|LS
IN MOUNTAINS Of ALBANIA
Fearful Hardship. Endured u, Ser
bian Army in Flight Ia
Scntaria.
SIN CAPITALS Is TWO MONTHS
Goat Paths. Used rs i;uads. Run
Along Edges of Terrible Prcci.
piccs and Sides az Peaks in Moui-
tains-SnOw Adds Ia Suffering.


PARIS. January =. !ia~dshipS en-
count"r.d 10y ~" serbian army III It's
NtSht through the mountains Of albania
are described Ia a letter 4" the Temps
sent from S1uiari Oh b"cemhe: ~
This j. the sixth capital Serbia has
had during TWO months. says the
writer. After NiSh. II Vas kralieNo.
then EaSl<a. Mtt;ovi'@a. Prtsr:nd and
finally Scutari.
\s tourist an acquainted with
tn" Nlrs. u. tarp"thians aud the
l'Arcn"eS. hui ! lpN. urN": Seen such
goat paths TOT roads running along Tie
edges Of terrible pr""ipic"S aud tho
sides OF p"'t;s IN ne clouds Tie Of
hci;tis OF the serbian government rod"
liitie nonhiaih ponies. bat OFTEN they
had 10 abandon ihclr mounts aitd =" on
loot. have seen their horses slip ami
iall INT" abysseS Something's one had
T" 20 Oh an f"uis Some, I" avoid
vertigo. had 10 ." guided WIN closed
eyes
lhrh 'h"rc WAS snow, winch caused
fresh suffering. Eo"dS We're worn
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-08
TO BOOST TRAINING CAMP
Governors aud Adjutnnt-GeneraIs ur
Invent. Statcs Invited to Meet In
Chattanooga on January 80"

CHATTANOOGA. TENN, January =
me local military training camp COM
mittec yesterday invited Governors and
adjutant-cenerals OF twenty states to
meet hero on January - for the pur-
pose OF considering ways and means Of
promoting attendance at the Southern
Military Training Camp. which will he
held under the auspices Of the War
Department. beginning April :. ut Fort
oSleihorpc. near Chattanooga
This movement seeks cooperation OF
the National Guard and business rcn
Of labama. Arkansas, Delaware. Flor
ida, Georgia Illinois. indiana. Kans. s.
kentucky. Louisiana. Maryland. Missis-
Sippi Missouri, North Carolina. ohio.
south Carolina. Tennessee. Texas. Vir-
einia and Yves, Virginia
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-08
RICHMOND LEADS LIST
Has Largest Percentage OF Increase i'll
Hank ClrnrinE> OF Any Git! In
nif,h Stmtcs.

iiuilmcud showed IL position ~ u
financial ccutcr daring the wc"k end
u:; Thursday in tire bank clcariugs for
the preceding SiX days. This city ,inr-
n:S-tn" week had the LARGEST increase
ia cl"ariurs over the same wcc> al
last Year OF any city IL the United
states.
The cicurings in Richmond for the
week aggregated Sl4,%t: Coo. which WAS
nm increase Of ll".i rcr cont over the
same week %car ago. IN New York
cit! the cl.ariacs "cl" $I.i.i, '"i& 600
m increase Of 'o.S per cent over last
rc:,r. and rhiladclphia followed With
- =. So, 200 iucrcaSin" &C.: per cent.
baltimore and W"Shin.:ton also made
substantial gains over las, wear the
clc.:rincs Of til" former ci'v increasing
%? per cent. while in the capital tho
h;:mrc vas IL per cent In the fan
south. New Orleans, wi;a clcarings OF
So. loo. Increased. !t.G per cent.
showing the improved business cOudi-
''"ts in that section Of the country.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-08
Ciui2 War History
Of North Carolina
DIR. H,u Will Resign as Pes
ident Of 4. 6 N. 70 Com: lie
Data 81, Commission.
Especial TO The Times Dispatch. ]

RALEIGH. y. e., January The
state Historical Commission closed ii
definite contract with Dr H. H. lnl
to-day ~ which a.. VIII devote the
next i've years, or as much thereof as
may be necessary. 10 writing a history
Of North Cardinals part In thc War
between the States. Dr Iiiil j. TO
retire from the Presidency Of the \ &
NJ. College ~ the close Of The present
term and VIII immediately thereafter
enter upon his new du;ic.
In signing this contract with Or.
i'm. the stat. Historical Commission
is acting for tlic North Carolina Divt-
sion. United confedcrat" Veterans. ami
also ~ ;rustc" of the special S25.0Jo
fund being raised 10 d"fray the .x-
pens. III preparing and publishing the
history. which Is 10 prcscm, in au-
;hcu;ic uarra,iy" form tn" history Of
TIA. war from the view point ~ North
Carolina : participation.
!; II. Hicks. OF Rocky Mount. guar
antces the $1,000 that is 10 h. ex-
pended in this work.
Dr. liill i TO receive Si.roo per Year.
this being $500 less than Ii. now re-
cciNes IS presidem, Of ~" \. y